1982–83 Aston Villa F.C. season

The 1982–83 season was Aston Villa's 83rd season in the Football League. Tony Barton was manager after Ron Saunders had resigned in the previous season.

Aston Villa
1982–83 season
Chairman Doug Ellis
ManagerTony Barton
StadiumVilla Park
First Division6th
European Super CupWinners
FA CupSixth round
League CupSecond round

Villa qualified for the European Cup as holders and reaching the quarter-finals, and also won the European Super Cup in a two-legged contest with FC Barcelona of Spain. They finished the season sixth in the league.

1982–83 European Cup First Round

Aston Villa played in 1982–83 European Cup as champions but they got as far as the quarter-finals by playing eventual runners-up Juventus of Italy after playing Beşiktaş of Turkey and FC Dinamo Bucuresti of Romania.

First leg

Aston Villa 3–1 Beşiktaş
Morley  6'
Withe  9'
Mortimer  29'
Ekşi  61'

Second leg

Beşiktaş 0–0 Aston Villa
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1982–83 European Cup Second Round

First leg

Dinamo Bucuresti 0–2 Aston Villa
Shaw  11',  17'
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Second leg

Aston Villa 4–2 Dinamo Bucuresti
Shaw  5',  52',  67'
Walters  87'
Mulţescu  30'
Iordache  71'

1982–83 European Cup Quarter Final

First leg

Aston Villa 1–2 Juventus
Cowans  53' Rossi  1'
Boniek  82'

Second leg

Juventus 3–1 Aston Villa
Platini  14',  68'
Tardelli  27'
Withe  81'
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References

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