2008–09 Aston Villa F.C. season

Aston Villa
2008–09 season
Chairman	Randy Lerner
Manager	Martin O'Neill
Premier League	6th
FA Cup	Fifth round
League Cup	Third round
UEFA Cup	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: ; Gabriel Agbonlahor (12); All: ; John Carew (15)
Highest home attendance	42,585 vs Manchester United, Arsenal, Chelsea, Newcastle United
Lowest home attendance	21,541 vs Queens Park Rangers
	← 2007–08 2009–10 →

The 2008-09 season was Aston Villa's 17th season in the Premier League. The 2008–09 Premier League season was Villa's 134th season in English football. It was the club's 98th season in the top-flight and their 21st consecutive season in the top flight. They were managed by Martin O'Neill – in his third season since replacing David O'Leary. The 2008–09 season was the first spell in European competition for O'Neill, and the first for Villa, in 6 seasons.

The club's first summer signing was the permanent capture of on-loan West Brom centre-back, Curtis Davies, in July, while their first sale was made in May, as Luke Moore completed a move to West Brom in an initial £3 million deal, after he had spent the second half of the 2007–08 season there on loan.

The fixtures for the 2008–09 season were announced on Monday 16 June 2008, with Aston Villa beginning at home against Manchester City and finishing the season at home to Newcastle. Due to Birmingham's relegation at the end of the 2007–08 season, there was no Second City derby, however they faced local rivals West Brom on 20 September 2008 at The Hawthorns and on 10 January 2009 at home.^[1]

In December 2008, Everton player and boyhood Villa fan, Joleon Lescott put two past Villa and still lost the match following Ashley Young's "brilliant" equalizer.^[2]

After 25 games, having qualified for the UEFA Cup as joint winners of the Intertoto Cup, the club were third in the table on 51 points, 2 points above Chelsea on level games and 7 points above Arsenal in 5th place and on course for a place in the Champions League for the first time since 1983. O'Neill decided to prioritise Champions League qualification above all else, fielding a virtual reserve side for a UEFA Cup game against CSKA Moscow which was subsequently lost.^[3] Following this, Villa failed to win any of the next 8 league games and improving form for Arsenal & Chelsea meant that Villa failed to reach the top 4.

Kit

Kit Supplier	Sponsor
Nike	Acorns*

*Villa passed up sponsorship for the 2008–09 season and instead displayed the children's hospice charity, Acorns.

Matches

Pre-season friendlies

Date	Opponents	H/A	Result	Scorers	Venue	Ref.
10 July 2008	FC Wil 1900	A	6–0	Harewood (2), Carew, Delfouneso, Maloney, Routledge	Sportpark Bergholz	^[4]
12 July 2008	FC Zürich	A	1–2	Agbonlahor	Letzigrund	^[5]
15 July 2008	Lincoln City	A	1–3	Carew	Sincil Bank	^[6]
22 July 2008	Walsall	A	3–2	Maloney (2), Routledge	Bescot Stadium	^[7]
2 August 2008	Reading	A	1–1	Agbonlahor	Madejski Stadium	^[8]
6 August 2008	Real Balompédica Linense	A	1–1	Carew	Estadio Municipal de La Línea de la Concepción	^[9]
8 August 2008	UD Marbella	A	2–0	Delfouneso, Gardner	Estadio Municipal de Marbella	^[10]

Premier League

17 August 2008	Aston Villa	4–2	Manchester City	Villa Park
	Carew, Agbonlahor (3)	Report		Attendance: 39,955

23 August 2008	Stoke City	3–2	Aston Villa	Britannia Stadium
		Report	Carew, Laursen	Attendance: 27,500

31 August 2008	Aston Villa	0–0	Liverpool	Villa Park
		Report		Attendance: 41,647

15 September 2008	Tottenham Hotspur	1–2	Aston Villa	White Hart Lane
		Report	Reo-Coker, A.Young	Attendance: 36,076

21 September 2008	West Bromwich Albion	1–2	Aston Villa	The Hawthorns
		Report	Carew, Agbonlahor	Attendance: 26,011

27 September 2008	Aston Villa	2–1	Sunderland	Villa Park
	A.Young, Carew	Report		Attendance: 38,706

5 October 2008	Chelsea	2–0	Aston Villa	Stamford Bridge
		Report		Attendance: 41,593

18 October 2008	Aston Villa	0–0	Portsmouth	Villa Park
		Report		Attendance: 37,660

26 October 2008	Wigan Athletic	0–4	Aston Villa	JJB Stadium
		Report	Barry, Agbonlahor, Carew, Sidwell	Attendance: 20,249

29 October 2008	Aston Villa	3–2	Blackburn Rovers	Villa Park
	L.Young, Barry, Agbonlahor	Report		Attendance: 35,985

3 November 2008	Newcastle United	2–0	Aston Villa	St James' Park
		Report		Attendance: 44,567

9 November 2008	Aston Villa	1–2	Middlesbrough	Villa Park
	Sidwell	Report		Attendance: 36,672

15 November 2008	Arsenal	0–2	Aston Villa	Emirates Stadium
		Report	Clichy (OG), Agbonlahor	Attendance: 60,047

22 November 2008	Aston Villa	0–0	Manchester United	Villa Park
		Report		Attendance: 42,585

29 November 2008	Aston Villa	0–0	Fulham	Villa Park
		Report		Attendance: 36,625

7 December 2008	Everton	2–3	Aston Villa	Goodison Park
		Report	Sidwell, A.Young (2)	Attendance: 31,922

13 December 2008	Aston Villa	4–2	Bolton Wanderers	Villa Park
	Agbonlahor (2), Davies (OG), A.Young	Report		Attendance: 35,134

20 December 2008	West Ham United	0–1	Aston Villa	Boleyn Ground
		Report	Neill (OG)	Attendance: 31,353

26 December 2008	Aston Villa	2–2	Arsenal	Villa Park
	Barry (pen), Knight	Report		Attendance: 42,585

30 December 2008	Hull City	0–1	Aston Villa	KC Stadium
		Report	Zayatte (OG)	Attendance: 24,727

10 January 2009	Aston Villa	2–1	West Bromwich Albion	Villa Park
	Davies, Agbonlahor	Report		Attendance: 41,757

17 January 2009	Sunderland	1–2	Aston Villa	Stadium of Light
		Report	Milner, Barry (pen)	Attendance: 40,350

27 January 2009	Portsmouth	0–1	Aston Villa	Fratton Park
		Report	Heskey	Attendance: 19,073

31 January 2009	Aston Villa	0–0	Wigan Athletic	Villa Park
		Report		Attendance: 41,766

7 February 2009	Blackburn Rovers	0–2	Aston Villa	Ewood Park
		Report	Milner, Agbonlahor	Attendance: 24,267

21 February 2009	Aston Villa	0–1	Chelsea	Villa Park
		Report		Attendance: 42,585

1 March 2009	Aston Villa	2–2	Stoke City	Villa Park
	Petrov, Carew	Report		Attendance: 39,641

4 March 2009	Manchester City	2–0	Aston Villa	City of Manchester Stadium
		Report		Attendance: 40,137

15 March 2009	Aston Villa	1–2	Tottenham Hotspur	Villa Park
	Carew	Report		Attendance: 41,205

22 March 2009	Liverpool	5–0	Aston Villa	Anfield
		Report		Attendance: 44,131

5 April 2009	Manchester United	3–2	Aston Villa	Old Trafford
		Report	Carew, Agbonlahor	Attendance: 75,409

12 April 2009	Aston Villa	3–3	Everton	Villa Park
	Carew, Milner, Barry (pen)	Report		Attendance: 40,188

18 April 2009	Aston Villa	1–1	West Ham United	Villa Park
	Heskey	Report		Attendance: 39,534

25 April 2009	Bolton Wanderers	1–1	Aston Villa	Reebok Stadium
		Report	A.Young	Attendance: 21,709

4 May 2009	Aston Villa	1–0	Hull City	Villa Park
	Carew	Report		Attendance: 39,607

9 May 2009	Fulham	3–1	Aston Villa	Craven Cottage
		Report	A.Young	Attendance: 25,660

16 May 2009	Middlesbrough	1–1	Aston Villa	Riverside Stadium
		Report	Carew	Attendance: 27,261

24 May 2009	Aston Villa	1–0	Newcastle United	Villa Park
	Duff (OG)	Report		Attendance: 42,585

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	H/A	Result	Scorers	Venue	Attendance	Ref.
Third round	4 January 2009	Gillingham	A	2–1	Milner (2)	Priestfield Stadium	10,107	^[11]
Fourth round	24 January 2009	Doncaster Rovers	A	0–0		Keepmoat Stadium	13,517	^[12]
Fourth round replay	4 February 2009	Doncaster Rovers	H	3–1	Sidwell, Carew, Delfouneso	Villa Park	24,203	^[13]
Fifth round	15 February 2009	Everton	A	1–3	Milner	Goodison Park	35,439	^[14]

Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	H/A	Result	Scorers	Venue	Attendance	Ref.
Third round	24 September 2008	Queens Park Rangers	H	0–1		Villa Park	21,541	^[15]

UEFA Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	H/A	Result	Scorers	Venue	Attendance	Ref.
UEFA Intertoto Cup – 3rd round	19 July 2008	Odense Boldklub	A	2–2	Carew, Laursen	Fionia Park	12,000	^[16]
UEFA Intertoto Cup – 3rd round	26 July 2008	Odense Boldklub	H	1–0	A.Young	Villa Park	34,394	^[17]
UEFA Cup – Second qualifying round	14 August 2008	Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar	A	4–1	Barry, A.Young, Agbonlahor, Laursen	Laugardalsvöllur	2,200	^[18]
UEFA Cup – Second qualifying round	28 August 2008	Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar	H	1–1	Gardner	Villa Park	25,415	^[19]
UEFA Cup – First round	18 September 2008	PFC Litex Lovech	A	3–1	Reo-Coker, Barry, Petrov	Lovech Stadium	7,000	^[20]
UEFA Cup – First round	2 October 2008	PFC Litex Lovech	H	1–1	Harewood	Villa Park	27,230	^[21]
UEFA Cup – Group Stage	23 October 2008	Ajax	H	2–1	Laursen, Barry	Villa Park	36,657	^[22]
UEFA Cup – Group Stage	6 November 2008	Slavia Prague	A	1–0	Carew	Synot Tip Arena	22,322	^[23]
UEFA Cup – Group Stage	4 December 2008	MŠK Žilina	H	1–2	Delfouneso	Villa Park	28,797	^[24]
UEFA Cup – Group Stage	17 December 2008	Hamburger SV	A	1–3	Delfouneso	HSH Nordbank Arena	49,121	^[25]
UEFA Cup – Round of 32	18 February 2009	CSKA Moscow	H	1–1	Carew	Villa Park	38,038	^[26]
UEFA Cup – Round of 32	26 February 2009	CSKA Moscow	A	0–2		Luzhniki Stadium	25,650	^[27]

Transfers

Transferred in

Date	Pos	Player	From	Fee

3 July 2008	CB	Curtis Davies	West Bromwich Albion	£8,000,000
10 July 2008	CM	Steve Sidwell	Chelsea	£5,000,000
26 July 2008	GK	Brad Friedel	Blackburn Rovers	£2,500,000
1 August 2008	GK	Brad Guzan	Chivas USA	£600,000
7 August 2008	LB	Nicky Shorey	Reading	£2,000,000
8 August 2008	RB	Luke Young	Middlesbrough	£6,000,000
12 August 2008	CB	Carlos Cuéllar	Rangers	£7,800,000
30 August 2008	RM	James Milner	Newcastle United	£12,000,000
23 January 2009	CF	Emile Heskey	Wigan Athletic	£3,500,000
				£45,400,000

Record

Loaned in

Date	Pos	Player	From	Loan End

Transferred out

Date	Pos	Player	To	Fee
28 May 2008	CF	Luke Moore	West Bromwich Albion	£3,000,000
1 July 2008	AM	Patrik Berger	Sparta Prague	Free transfer
1 July 2008	CB	Olof Mellberg	Juventus	Free transfer
1 July 2008	GK	Thomas Sørensen	Stoke City	Free transfer
22 August 2008	AM	Shaun Maloney	Celtic	£3,000,000
3 January 2009	LM	Wayne Routledge	Queens Park Rangers	£600,000
				£6,600,000

Loaned out

Date	Pos	Player	To	Loan End
23 September 2008	GK	David Bevan	Tamworth	20 December 2008
3 November 2008	CF	Sam Williams	Colchester United	30 November 2008
5 November 2008	LB	Stephen O'Halloran	Swansea City	1 January 2009
20 November 2008	LM	Wayne Routledge	Cardiff City	2 January 2009
30 January 2009	CF	Sam Williams	Walsall	15 February 2009
3 March 2009	CM	Isaiah Osbourne	Nottingham Forest	31 May 2009
9 March 2009	CF	Sam Williams	Brentford	31 May 2009
13 March 2009	CM	Barry Bannan	Derby County	31 May 2009
13 March 2009	GK	Stuart Taylor	Cardiff City	31 May 2009
23 March 2009	CF	Marlon Harewood	Wolverhampton Wanderers	31 May 2009

Overall transfer activity

Expenditure

£45,400,000

Income

£6,600,000

Balance

£38,800,000

Players

First-team squad

Squad at end of season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	USA	Brad Friedel
2	DF	ENG	Luke Young
3	DF	NED	Wilfred Bouma
4	MF	ENG	Steve Sidwell
6	MF	ENG	Gareth Barry (vice-captain)
7	MF	ENG	Ashley Young
8	MF	ENG	James Milner
9	FW	ENG	Marlon Harewood
10	FW	NOR	John Carew
11	FW	ENG	Gabriel Agbonlahor
13	GK	ENG	Stuart Taylor
14	FW	ENG	Nathan Delfouneso


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
15	DF	ENG	Curtis Davies
16	DF	ENG	Zat Knight
17	MF	TOG	Moustapha Salifou
18	FW	ENG	Emile Heskey
19	MF	BUL	Stiliyan Petrov
20	MF	ENG	Nigel Reo-Coker
21	DF	ENG	Nicky Shorey
22	GK	USA	Brad Guzan
24	DF	ESP	Carlos Cuéllar
26	MF	ENG	Craig Gardner
27	MF	ENG	Isaiah Osbourne
45	MF	ENG	Marc Albrighton
46	MF	SCO	Barry Bannan

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
5	DF	DEN	Martin Laursen (captain; retired)
9	FW	ENG	Marlon Harewood (on loan to Wolverhampton Wanderers)
18	MF	ENG	Wayne Routledge (to Queens Park Rangers)
27	MF	ENG	Isaiah Osbourne (on loan to Nottingham Forest)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
28	MF	SCO	Shaun Maloney (to Celtic)
29	DF	IRL	Stephen O'Halloran (on loan to Swansea City)
46	MF	SCO	Barry Bannan (on loan to Derby County)

Reserve squad

The following players made most of their appearances for the reserve team this season, and did not appear for the first team.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
29	DF	IRL	Stephen O'Halloran
43	DF	USA	Eric Lichaj
47	DF	ENG	Ciaran Clark
48	DF	ENG	Nathan Baker
49	MF	AUS	Chris Herd


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
51	DF	IRL	Shane Lowry
—	GK	ENG	Elliot Parish
—	MF	HUN	Zoltán Stieber
—	FW	ENG	Sam Williams
—	FW	SWE	Tobias Mikaelsson (on trial to BK Häcken)

Youth squad

The following players made most of their appearances for the youth team this season, but may have also appeared for the reserves.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	NIR	Conor Devlin (on loan from Manchester United)
—	GK	AUT	Thomas Dau
—	GK	SUI	Benjamin Siegrist
—	GK	KOS	Aldi Haxhia (on loan from Chelsea)
—	DF	ENG	Durrell Berry
—	DF	ENG	Daniel Bradley
—	DF	ENG	Ellis Deeney
—	DF	ENG	Ben Love
—	DF	ENG	Matthew Roome
—	DF	ENG	Sam Simmonds
—	DF	WAL	Tomos Roberts


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	IRL	Derrick Williams^{[notes 1]}
—	MF	ENG	Richard Blythe
—	MF	ENG	Jack Dyer
—	MF	ENG	Jason Lampkin
—	MF	AUT	Dominik Hofbauer
—	MF	HUN	András Stieber
—	FW	ENG	Ethan Moore
—	FW	ENG	Kofi Poyser
—	FW	ENG	Ryan Simmonds
—	FW	IRL	James Collins^{[notes 2]}
—	FW	AUT	Andreas Weimann

Other players

The following players did not appear for any squad this season.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	ENG	Calum Barrett
—	GK	ENG	Matt Coton
—	GK	IRL	David Bevan (on loan to Tamworth)
—	DF	ENG	James Clifton
—	DF	ENG	Jordan Collins
—	DF	ENG	Calum Flanagan
—	DF	ENG	Fred Holtom
—	DF	IRL	Richard Bryan^{[notes 3]}
—	DF	NED	Arsenio Halfhuid


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ENG	Emmitt Delfouneso
—	MF	ENG	Harry Forrester
—	MF	ENG	Gary Gardner
—	MF	ENG	William Grocott
—	MF	ENG	Ebby Nelson-Addy
—	MF	ENG	Charlie Ward
—	FW	NIR	Adam McGurk
—	FW	TUR	Umit Eminoglu^{[notes 4]}

Trialists

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ENG	Alex Witham


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	AUS	Reece Caira (on trial from Blacktown City)

Competitions

Overall

Premier League: Sixth
League Cup: Third round (knocked out by Q.P.R.)
FA Cup: Fifth round (knocked out by Everton)
UEFA Intertoto Cup: Joint-winner, qualified for UEFA Cup
UEFA Cup: Round of 32 (knocked out by CSKA Moscow)

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Premier League	—	—	6th	17 August 2008	24 May 2009
Football League Cup	Third round	—	Third round	24 September 2008	24 September 2008
FA Cup	3rd round	—	5th round	4 January 2009	15 February 2009

Updated to match played 12 June 2008
Source: Competitions

Premier League

Final league table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
4	Arsenal	38	20	12	6	68	37	+31	72	Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
5	Everton	38	17	12	9	55	37	+18	63	Qualification for the Europa League play-off round^[a]
6	Aston Villa	38	17	11	10	54	48	+6	62	Qualification for the Europa League play-off round^[a]
7	Fulham	38	14	11	13	39	34	+5	53	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round^[a]
8	Tottenham Hotspur	38	14	9	15	45	45	0	51

Source: Barclays Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:

1 2 Since both finalists of the FA Cup (Chelsea and Everton) and the League Cup winners (Manchester United) qualified for the European competitions based on their league position, the sixth-placed team (Aston Villa) received a berth in the Europa League play-off round and the seventh-placed team (Fulham) received a berth in the Europa League third qualifying round.

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	17	11	10	54	48	+6	62	7	9	3	27	21	+6	10	2	7	27	27	0

Statistics

Player statistics

First-Team

No.	Pos.	Nationality	Player	Apps	Goals	Assists	YC	RC	Total Apps	Total Goals
1	GK	United States	Brad Friedel	46	0	0	1	1	46	0
2	DF	England	Luke Young	43	1	0	7	0	43	1
3	DF	Netherlands	Wilfred Bouma	2	0	0	0	0	90	1
4	MF	England	Steve Sidwell	25	4	1	6	1	25	4
5	DF	Denmark	Martin Laursen	24	4	2	1	0	91	11
6	MF	England	Gareth Barry	48	8	9	10	0	440	52
7	MF	England	Ashley Young	48	9	15	8	1	100	19
8	MF	England	James Milner	43	6	8	7	0	79	9
9	FW	England	Marlon Harewood	15	1	3	1	0	40	7
10	FW	Norway	John Carew	34	15	4	3	0	78	31
11	FW	England	Gabriel Agbonlahor	48	13	10	4	0	139	35
13	GK	England	Stuart Taylor	2	0	0	0	0	17	0
14	FW	England	Nathan Delfouneso	13	3	0	1	0	13	3
15	DF	England	Curtis Davies	45	1	1	3	0	59	2
16	DF	England	Zat Knight	26	1	0	1	0	54	2
17	MF	Togo	Moustapha Salifou	9	0	1	0	0	13	0
18	FW	England	Emile Heskey	14	2	0	0	0	14	2
19	MF	Bulgaria	Stiliyan Petrov	47	2	4	9	0	112	5
20	MF	England	Nigel Reo-Coker	36	2	1	4	0	75	3
21	DF	England	Nicky Shorey	33	0	2	2	0	33	0
22	GK	United States	Brad Guzan	8	0	0	1	0	8	0
24	DF	Spain	Carlos Cuéllar	36	0	0	4	0	36	0
26	MF	England	Craig Gardner	30	1	2	4	0	77	6
27	MF	England	Isaiah Osbourne	6	0	0	1	0	29	0
29	DF	Republic of Ireland	Stephen O'Halloran	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
43	DF	United States	Eric Lichaj	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
45	MF	England	Marc Albrighton	1	0	0	1	0	1	0
46	MF	Scotland	Barry Bannan	2	0	0	1	0	2	0
47	DF	England	Ciaran Clark	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
48	DF	England	Nathan Baker	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
49	MF	Australia	Chris Herd	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
51	MF	Ireland	Shane Lowry	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last Update: End of season
Data includes all competitive competitions

Reserves/Academy

No.	Pos.	Nationality	Player	Reserve Apps	Reserve Goals	Academy Apps	Academy Goals	Total Apps	Total Goals
45	MF	England	Marc Albrighton	10	2	2	0	12	2
48	DF	England	Nathan Baker	4	0	12	0	16	0
46	MF	Scotland	Barry Bannan	11	3	4	0	15	3
–	FW	England	Durrell Berry	0	0	9	2	9	2
–	MF	England	Richard Blythe	1	0	16	1	17	1
–	MF	England	Daniel Bradley	0	0	6	1	6	1
47	DF	England	Ciaran Clark	12	1	9	1	21	2
–	FW	England	James Collins	10	1	22	24	32	25
–	GK	Austria	Thomas Dau	0	0	14	0	14	0
14	FW	England	Nathan Delfouneso	9	3	1	0	10	3
*	GK	Northern Ireland	Conor Devlin	0	0	1	0	1	0
–	MF	England	Jack Dyer	1	0	13	0	14	0
–	DF	England	Calum Flanagan	1	0	17	0	18	0
41	MF	England	Harry Forrester	3	0	18	5	21	5
–	MF	England	Gary Gardner	2	1	11	2	13	3
–	MF	England	Will Grocott	1	0	18	4	19	4
–	DF	Netherlands	Arsenio Halfhuid	0	0	5	0	5	0
*	GK	Kosovo	Aldi Haxhia	0	0	1	0	1	0
49	MF	Australia	Chris Herd	7	1	0	0	7	1
42	MF	Austria	Dominik Hofbauer	6	1	17	3	23	4
–	MF	England	Jonathan Hogg	5	3	0	0	5	3
–	MF	England	Jason Lampkin	0	0	8	0	8	0
43	DF	United States	Eric Lichaj	10	1	0	0	10	1
–	MF	England	Ben Love	0	0	5	0	5	0
51	DF	Republic of Ireland	Shane Lowry	8	1	0	0	8	1
–	FW	Sweden	Tobias Mikaelsson	3	0	0	0	3	0
–	FW	England	Ethan Moore	0	0	1	1	1	1
29	DF	Republic of Ireland	Stephen O'Halloran	2	0	0	0	2	0
53	GK	England	Elliott Parish	9	0	3	0	12	0
–	FW	England	Kofi Poyser	0	0	13	4	13	4
–	DF	Wales	Tomos Roberts	0	0	12	0	12	0
–	DF	England	Matthew Roome	5	0	14	0	19	0
–	GK	Switzerland	Benjamin Siegrist	0	0	4	0	4	0
–	MF	England	Ryan Simmonds	0	0	13	0	13	0
–	DF	England	Sam Simmonds	1	0	6	0	7	0
–	MF	Hungary	András Stieber	0	0	11	4	11	4
*	MF	Hungary	Zoltán Stieber	8	2	0	0	8	2
–	FW	Austria	Andreas Weimann	10	2	18	6	28	8
–	DF	Republic of Ireland	Derrick Williams	0	0	1	0	1	0
–	FW	England	Sam Williams	4	0	0	0	4	0

Last Update: 25 March 2009
Data includes all competitions
Zoltán Stieber signed for TuS Koblenz on 29 January 2009. Conor Devlin and Aldi Haxhia were signed on emergency short-term loan deals. Both returned to Manchester United and Chelsea respectively.

Squad information

N	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Since	App(GS/Sub)	Goals	Ends	Transfer fee
1	GK	Brad Friedel	37	Non-EU	2008	16 (16/0)	0	2011	£2.5m
13	GK	Stuart Taylor	27	EU	2005	17 (14/3)	0	2009	Undisclosed
22	GK	Brad Guzan	23	Non-EU	2008	2 (2/0)	0	2011	£0.6m
2	RB	Luke Young	29	EU	2008	14 (13/1)	1	2011	£6m
3	LB	Wilfred Bouma	30	EU	2005	90 (87/3)	1	2011	£3.5m
5	CB	Martin Laursen	31	EU	2004	83 (81/2)	11	2010	£3m
15	CB	Curtis Davies	23	EU	2008	27 (22/5)	1	2012	Undisclosed
16	CB	Zat Knight	28	EU	2007	34 (32/2)	1	2011	£3.5m
21	LB	Nicky Shorey	27	EU	2008	16 (16/0)	0	2011	Undisclosed
24	CB	Carlos Cuéllar	27	EU	2008	12 (9/3)	0	2012	£7.8m
29	LB	Stephen O'Halloran	20	EU	2008	0 (0/0)	0	2009	Academy
4	CM	Steve Sidwell	25	EU	2008	6 (3/3)	1	2011	Undisclosed
6	CM	Gareth Barry	27	EU	1997	410 (393/17)	49	2010	Undisclosed
7	LM	Ashley Young	23	EU	2007	70 (67/3)	14	2011	£9.6m
8	RM	James Milner	22	EU	2008	45 (40/5)	3	2012	£12m
17	CM	Moustapha Salifou	25	Non-EU	2007	9 (3/6)	0	2009	Undisclosed
19	CM	Stiliyan Petrov	29	EU	2006	82 (75/7)	4	2010	£6.5m
20	CM	Nigel Reo-Coker	24	EU	2007	56 (56/0)	3	2011	£8.5m
26	CM	Craig Gardner	21	EU	2005	58 (37/21)	6	2011	Academy
27	CM	Isaiah Osbourne	20	EU	2006	26 (13/13)	0	2011	Academy
9	CF	Marlon Harewood	29	EU	2006	34 (7/27)	7	2010	£4m
10	CF	John Carew	28	EU	2007	59 (57/2)	23	2010	Part-Exchange
11	CF	Gabriel Agbonlahor	21	EU	2006	110 (102/8)	29	2011	Academy
14	CF	Nathan Delfouneso	17	EU	2008	3 (0/3)	0	2010	Academy
18	CF	Emile Heskey	29	EU	2009	3 (3/0)	1	2012	£3.5m

Last updated: 12 May 2008
Source: avfc.co.uk, players' Wikipedia articles
Ordered by position on pitch (from back right to front left).

Notes

↑ Williams was born in Hamburg, Germany, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally through his mother and represented them at U-19 and U-21 level before making his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in May 2018.
↑ Collins was born in Coventry, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally through his parents and represented them at U-19 and U-21 level.
↑ Bryan was born in Birmingham, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and represented them at U-16 and U-17 level.
↑ Eminoglu was born in Solihull, England, but also qualified to represent Turkey internationally and represented them at U-16 level.

References

↑ "Premier League 2008/09 fixtures announced". Premier League. 16 June 2008. Archived from the original on 13 April 2014. Retrieved 10 April 2014.
↑ 7th December 2008 Everton 2–3 Aston Villa
↑ "Villa 'reserves' crash out to CSKA Moscow". CNN. 26 February 2009. Retrieved 14 December 2013.
↑ "Villa storm to a 6–0 win". The Offside. 10 July 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
↑ "Aston Villa lose fitness battle in Zurich". 13 July 2008.
↑ "Lincoln City 3–1 VILLA". Aston Villa F.C. 15 July 2008. Archived from the original on 10 March 2016.
↑ "Walsall 2–3 VILLA". Aston Villa F.C. 22 July 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
↑ "Reading 1 – Villa 1 & Sidwell Injured". 2 August 2008. Archived from the original on 4 September 2011.
↑ "Pre-season friendly: Real Balompédica Linense 1 Aston Villa 1". AVFC Blog @ OleOle. 6 August 2008. Archived from the original on 11 March 2012.
↑ "FT: UD Marbella 0–2 VILLA". Aston Villa F.C. 8 August 2008. Archived from the original on 9 March 2016.
↑ "Gillingham 1–2 Aston Villa". BBC Sport. 4 January 2009.
↑ "Doncaster 0–0 VILLA". Aston Villa F.C. 24 January 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
↑ "VILLA 3–1 Doncaster". Aston Villa F.C. 4 February 2009. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
↑ "Everton 3–1 Aston Villa". BBC Sport. 15 February 2009.
↑ "Aston Villa 0–1 QPR". BBC Sport. 24 September 2008.
↑ "Odense BK 2–2 VILLA". Aston Villa F.C. 19 July 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
↑ "VILLA 1–0 Odense BK". Aston Villa F.C. 26 July 2008. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
↑ "FH 1–4 VILLA". Aston Villa F.C. 14 August 2008. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
↑ "VILLA 1–1 FH". Aston Villa F.C. 28 August 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
↑ "Litex Lovech 1–3 Aston Villa". BBC Sport. 18 September 2008.
↑ "Aston Villa 1–1 Litex Lov'h (4–2)". BBC Sport. 2 October 2008.
↑ "Aston Villa 2–1 Ajax". BBC Sport. 23 October 2008.
↑ "Slavia Prague 0–1 Aston Villa". BBC Sport. 6 November 2008.
↑ "Aston Villa 1–2 MSK Zilina". BBC Sport. 4 December 2008.
↑ "Hamburg 3–1 Aston Villa". BBC Sport. 17 December 2008.
↑ "VILLA 1–1 CSKA Moscow". Aston Villa F.C. 18 February 2009. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
↑ "CSKA 2–0 VILLA". Aston Villa F.C. 26 February 2009. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.

External links

Aston Villa official website
avfchistory.co.uk 2008–09 season

[table_note_res_ELPR0.70318009969926-32] 1 2 Since both finalists of the FA Cup (Chelsea and Everton) and the League Cup winners (Manchester United) qualified for the European competitions based on their league position, the sixth-placed team (Aston Villa) received a berth in the Europa League play-off round and the seventh-placed team (Fulham) received a berth in the Europa League third qualifying round.

[28] Williams was born in Hamburg, Germany, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally through his mother and represented them at U-19 and U-21 level before making his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in May 2018.

[29] Collins was born in Coventry, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally through his parents and represented them at U-19 and U-21 level.

[30] Bryan was born in Birmingham, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and represented them at U-16 and U-17 level.

[31] Eminoglu was born in Solihull, England, but also qualified to represent Turkey internationally and represented them at U-16 level.

[1] "Premier League 2008/09 fixtures announced". Premier League. 16 June 2008. Archived from the original on 13 April 2014. Retrieved 10 April 2014.

[2] 7th December 2008 Everton 2–3 Aston Villa

[3] "Villa 'reserves' crash out to CSKA Moscow". CNN. 26 February 2009. Retrieved 14 December 2013.

[4] "Villa storm to a 6–0 win". The Offside. 10 July 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)

[5] "Aston Villa lose fitness battle in Zurich". 13 July 2008.

[6] "Lincoln City 3–1 VILLA". Aston Villa F.C. 15 July 2008. Archived from the original on 10 March 2016.

[7] "Walsall 2–3 VILLA". Aston Villa F.C. 22 July 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)

[8] "Reading 1 – Villa 1 & Sidwell Injured". 2 August 2008. Archived from the original on 4 September 2011.

[9] "Pre-season friendly: Real Balompédica Linense 1 Aston Villa 1". AVFC Blog @ OleOle. 6 August 2008. Archived from the original on 11 March 2012.

[10] "FT: UD Marbella 0–2 VILLA". Aston Villa F.C. 8 August 2008. Archived from the original on 9 March 2016.

[11] "Gillingham 1–2 Aston Villa". BBC Sport. 4 January 2009.

[12] "Doncaster 0–0 VILLA". Aston Villa F.C. 24 January 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)

[13] "VILLA 3–1 Doncaster". Aston Villa F.C. 4 February 2009. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.

[14] "Everton 3–1 Aston Villa". BBC Sport. 15 February 2009.

[15] "Aston Villa 0–1 QPR". BBC Sport. 24 September 2008.

[16] "Odense BK 2–2 VILLA". Aston Villa F.C. 19 July 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)

[17] "VILLA 1–0 Odense BK". Aston Villa F.C. 26 July 2008. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.

[18] "FH 1–4 VILLA". Aston Villa F.C. 14 August 2008. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.

[19] "VILLA 1–1 FH". Aston Villa F.C. 28 August 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)

[20] "Litex Lovech 1–3 Aston Villa". BBC Sport. 18 September 2008.

[21] "Aston Villa 1–1 Litex Lov'h (4–2)". BBC Sport. 2 October 2008.

[22] "Aston Villa 2–1 Ajax". BBC Sport. 23 October 2008.

[23] "Slavia Prague 0–1 Aston Villa". BBC Sport. 6 November 2008.

[24] "Aston Villa 1–2 MSK Zilina". BBC Sport. 4 December 2008.

[25] "Hamburg 3–1 Aston Villa". BBC Sport. 17 December 2008.

[26] "VILLA 1–1 CSKA Moscow". Aston Villa F.C. 18 February 2009. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.

[27] "CSKA 2–0 VILLA". Aston Villa F.C. 26 February 2009. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.

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