Villa face Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar for the first time in competitive football, Hafnarfjarðar become the 152nd team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football, Villa’s 35th continental European opponents and their second from Iceland after their meeting with Valur Reykavik in their 1981-82 European Cup winning campaign.

Goalkeeper Brad Friedel, 37, makes his Villa debut after joining from Blackburn Rovers for £2,250,000 in July 2008 to become the 808th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Left back Nicky Shorey, 27, makes his Villa debut after joining from Reading for a fee of £3,960,000 earlier this monthto become the 809th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Forward Nathan Delfouneso, 17, makes his Villa debut as a substitute after coming through the ranks as a schoolboy before signing professional forms in July 2008 to become the 810th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Craig Gardner makes his 50th appearance in a Villa shirt (33 Starts) to make it W20 D13 L17, 5 Goals, 1 Assist and 7 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Villa open the 2008-09 Premier League campaign with a fine win over pretenders City as Gabriel Agbonlahor hits a seven minute hat-trick and Luke Young makes his debut.

Right back Luke Young makes his Villa debut aged 29 after joining from Middlesbrough for a fee of £2,700,000 earlier this month to become the 811th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Gabriel Agbonlahor scores a hat-trick to pass 25 goals in a Villa shirt on his 95th appearance (88 Starts) and make it W34 D32 L29, 26 Goals, 11 Assists and 6 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Curtis Davies contributes his first assist in a Villa shirt on his 16th appearance (13 Starts) to make it W9 D4 L3, 1 Goal, 1 Assist and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.

Martin O'Neill's Villa suffer a shock defeat to a bunch of hod carriers in football shirts to fall back to 7th in the table.

Martin Laursen scores his 10th goal on his 70th start in a Villa shirt (72 Appearances) to make it W28 D26 L18, 10 Goals, 3 Assists and 3 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Villa are held by Liverpool as James Milner makes his debut following his permanent move to the club with Martin O'Neill's first XI looking Villa's strongest for well over a decade.

James Milner makes his debut after returning to the club following his loan season under David O'Leary in 2005-06. James Milner joined from Newcastle United for a fee of £13,500,000 earlier this month to finally continue his Villa career with his 34th appearance and first as substitute to make it W13 D9 L12, 3 Goals, 9 Assists and 4 Bookings.

Brad Friedel keeps his first clean sheet in a Villa shirt on his 5th appearance to make it W3 D2 L0, 7 Goals Conceded at a rate of 1.40 goals per game and 1 Clean Sheet (20%) so far in his Villa career.

Villa win their second League game of the season and have now taken points off top 6 rivals Liverpool, Manchester City and Tottenham to move to 4th in the table.

John Carew score his 20th goal in a Villa shirt on his 50th appearance to make it W19 D17 L7, 20 Goals, 5 Assists and 8 Bookings at a goal involvement rate of one every 2.00 games he has played so far in his Villa career. 

Curtis Davies secures his 10th win in a Villa shirt on his 20th appearance (17 Starts) to make it W10 D6 L4, 1 Goal, 1 Assist and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.

Future Villa man Darren Bent scores Spurs' consolation.

Martin O'Neill changes policy and names a broadly representative side for the UEFA Cup. 

Villa travel to Bulgaria for the UEFA Cup first round and open up a commanding lead as Reo-Coker scores for the second game in succession.

Villa face PFC Litex Lovech for the first time in competitive football, Lovech become the 153rd team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football, Villa’s 36th continental European opponents and their first from Bulgaria.

Centre back Carlos Cuéllar makes his Villa debut aged 27 after joining from Glasgow Rangers for a fee of £9,000,000 in August 2008 to become the 812th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Gareth Barry makes his 400th appearance for Villa as they beat nine men opponents to take three away goals into the second leg. 

Gabriel Agbonlahor makes his 100th appearance in a Villa shirt (93 Starts) to make it W36 D34 L30, 26 Goals, 11 Assists and 7 Bookings.

Brad Friedel concedes his 10th goal in a Villa shirt on his 8th appearance to make it W6 D2 L0, 10 Goals Conceded at a rate of 1.25 goals per game and 0 Clean Sheets so far in his Villa career.

Martin Laursen secures his 30th win on his 75th appearance in a Villa shirt (73 Starts) to make it W30 D27 L18, 10 Goals, 3 Assists and 3 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Villa make it three wins and a draw in five Premier League games as the Baggies are dispatched on their own patch.

Villa's solid start to the campaign continues as an Albion side with Scott Carson and Luke Moore are dispatched at the Hawthorns to make it 3 League wins in 5 and stay 4th in the early Premier League table.

Stiliyan Petrov secures his 30th win in a Villa shirt on his 74th appearance (67 Starts) to make it W30 D24 L20, 4 Goals, 1 Assist and 8 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Ashley Young secures his 25th win in a Villa shirt on his 60th appearances (57 Starts) to make it W25 D20 L15, 14 Goals, 25 Assists and 10 Bookings at a goal involvement rate of one every 1.54 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

John Carew secures his 20th win in a Villa shirt on his 51st appearance to make it W20 D17 L14, 21 Goals, 5 Assists and 9 Bookings at a goal involvement rate of one every 1.96 games he has played so far in his Villa career. 

Brad Friedel concedes his 10th goal in a Villa shirt on his 8th appearance to make it W6 D2 L0, 10 Goals Conceded at a rate of 1.25 goals per game and 1 Clean Sheet (12.5%) so far in his Villa career.

After making six changes, Villa lose to Championship side QPR in the League Cup without scoring.

Goalkeeper Brad Guzan who joined from CD Chivas for £900,000 in August, makes his Villa debut to become the 813th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Stiliyan Petrov makes his 75th appearance in a Villa shirt (68 Starts) to make it W30 D24 L21, 4 Goals, 1 Assist and 8 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Isaiah Osbourne makes his 25th appearance in a Villa shirt (13 Starts) to make it W5 D9 L11, 1 Assist and 2 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Villa bounce back from their League Cup disappointment to win their third successive League game and rise to 3rd in the Premier League.

Villa win their seventh game of twelve in all competitions and their third consecutive Premier League match as Sunderland become the latest victims of the Carew & Young partnership.

Ashley Young scores his 15th goal in a Villa shirt on his 62nd appearances (57 Starts) to make it W26 D20 L16, 15 Goals, 25 Assists and 10 Bookings  at a goal involvement rate of one every 1.55 games played so far in his Villa career.

Martin Laursen makes his 75th start in a Villa shirt (77 Appearances) to make it W32 D27 L18, 10 Goals, 3 Assists and 3 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Nigel Reo-Coker makes his 50th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it W24 D14 L12, 3 Goals, 4 Assists, 11 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Villa entertain Litex but can only draw for the second home European game in succession yet still qualify for the second round thanks to their aggregate victory.

Once again Martin O'Neill's cup changes see Villa struggle but their first leg result is enough to see them progress to the UEFA Cup Group Stages. 

Wayne Routledge makes his final appearance for Villa aged 23 before moving on to Queens Park Rangers for a fee of £603,000 in January 2009. Routledge had only joined Villa from Tottenham Hotspur in January 2008 for a fee of £1,530,000 making 8 appearances, 6 as substitute during his 12 months with Villa and a record of W3 D3 L2.

Brad Friedel makes his 10th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it W8 D2 L0, 11 Goals Conceded at a rate of 1.10 goals per game and 1 Clean Sheet (10%) so far in his Villa career.

Villa lose to leaders Chelsea for only their second League defeat of the season and sit 5th in the table under Martin O'Neill.

Stiliyan Petrov collects his 10th booking in a Villa shirt on his 78th appearance (71 Starts) to make it W31 D25 L22, 4 Goals, 2 Assists and 10 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Villa beat footballing great Marco van Basten's Ajax featuring Gabri, Huntelaar and Luis Suárez to win their opening game in UEFA Cup Group F.

Villa face AFC Ajax for the first time in competitive football, Ajax become the 154th team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football, Villa’s 37th continental European opponents and their first from Holland.

Villa bounce back from their mini League wobble with a resilient victory against Ajax at Villa Park in one of the best European nights since the Inter Milan victories of the 90's.

Curtis Davies makes his 25th appearance in a Villa shirt (21 Starts) to make it W13 D7 L5, 1 Goal, 1 Assist and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.

Nigel Reo-Coker secures his 25th win in a Villa shirt on his 53rd appearance to make it W25 D15 L13, 3 Goals, 4 Assists, 11 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Villa destroy future Villa boss Steve Bruce's Wigan  on their own patch against a side littered with former Birmingham players, to make it five wins in nine Premier League games and 5th in the table.

Gabriel Agbonlahor contributes his 40th goal involvement to secure his 40th win in a Villa shirt on his 107th appearance (99 Starts) to make it W40 D35 L32, 28 Goals, 12 Assists and 9 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Brad Friedel secures his 10th win in a Villa shirt on his 14th appearance to make it W10 D3 L1, 15 Goals Conceded at a rate of 1.07 goals per game and 3 Clean Sheets (21%) so far in his Villa career.

James Milner contributes his 1st assist since his return to the club (10 Appearances) to make it 43 appearances in a Villa shirt (38 Starts), W19 D11 L13, 3 Goals, 10 Assists and 4 Bookings at a goal involvement rate of one every 3.31 games played so far in his Villa career however it had proven a slow start to his return with a record of Played 10, 5 Starts, 0 Goals and 1 Assist under Martin O’Neill so far.

Steve Sidwell makes his 3rd appearance in a Villa shirt four months after his 2nd to make it W2 D1 L0 and 1 Goal so far in his Villa career.

Villa make it consecutive League wins and six in the first ten of the Premier League campaign as Luke Young scores his first for the club.

Gabriel Agbonlahor makes his 100th start in a Villa shirt (108 Appearances) to make it W41 D35 L32, 29 Goals, 12 Assists and 7 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Stiliyan Petrov makes his 75th start in a Villa shirt (82 Starts) to make it W34 D26 L22, 4 Goals, 2 Assists and 10 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Luke Young scores his 1st goal in a Villa shirt on his 13th appearance (12 Starts) to make it W8 D3 L2, 1 Goal and 2 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Nicky Shorey contributes his first assist in a Villa shirt on his 14th appearance to make it W9 D2 L3, 1 Assist and 2 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Villa suffer a shock defeat to lowly Newcastle losing for only the 3rd time in 11 games under Martin O'Neill to fall back to 5th missing out on the chance to elevate themselves into the Premier League top three.