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Aston Villa Managerial FA Cup Win Record

1879 to Date

FA Cup Win percentage achieved by Managers leading the club 5 or more times in the competition

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1886-87
1886-26 George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Management Committee

62.50%

Win Rate

85

Wins in

136

Games
1926-27
1926-34 Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Management Committee

53.57%

Win Rate

15

Wins in

28

Games
1958-59
1958-64 Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

56.00%

Win Rate

14

Wins in

25

Games
1974-75
1974-82 Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

50.00%

Win Rate

10

Wins in

20

Games
1953-54
1953-58 Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

34.78%

Win Rate

8

Wins in

23

Games
1994-95
1994-98 Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

57.14%

Win Rate

8

Wins in

14

Games
1991-92
1991-94 Ron Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

50.00%

Win Rate

6

Wins in

12

Games
2006-07
2006-10 Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 |

50.00%

Win Rate

6

Wins in

12

Games
1997-98
1998-02 John Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

50.00%

Win Rate

6

Wins in

12

Games
1945-46
1946-50 Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

35.29%

Win Rate

6

Wins in

17

Games
1936-37
1936-39 Jimmy Hogan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

45.45%

Win Rate

5

Wins in

11

Games
1987-88
1987-90 Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

55.56%

Win Rate

5

Wins in

9

Games
2022-23
2022- Unai Emery | 🇪🇸 |

55.56%

Win Rate

5

Wins in

9

Games
1950-51
1950-53 George Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

50.00%

Win Rate

4

Wins in

8

Games
2012-13
2012-15 Paul Lambert | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

60.00%

Win Rate

3

Wins in

5

Games
1981-82
1982-84 Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

42.86%

Win Rate

3

Wins in

7

Games
1964-65
1964-67 Dick Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

37.50%

Win Rate

3

Wins in

8

Games
1969-70
1970-74 Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

28.57%

Win Rate

2

Wins in

7

Games
2003-04
2003-06 David O'Leary | 🇮🇪 |

33.33%

Win Rate

2

Wins in

6

Games
1968-69
1968-70 Tommy Docherty | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

33.33%

Win Rate

2

Wins in

6

Games
1984-85
1984-86 Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

20.00%

Win Rate

1

Wins in

5

Games
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Trophies


🏆 European Cup Winners: (1) 1981-82

🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 League Champions: (7) 1893-94, 1895-96, 1896-97, 1898-99, 1899-00, 1909-10, 1980-81
🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆  FA Cup Winners: (7) 1886-87, 1894-95, 1896-97, 1904-05, 1912-13, 1919-20, 1956-57
🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 League Cup Winners: (5) 1960-61, 1974-75, 1976-77, 1993-94, 1995-96

🏆 🏆 Second Division Champions: (2) 1937-38, 1959-60

🏆 Third Division Champions: (1) 1971-72

🏆 European Super Cup Winners: (1) 1982-83

🏆 Intertoto Cup Winners: (1) 2001-02

🏆 Peace Cup Winners: (1) 2009 (Friendly)

🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 FA Youth Cup Winners: (5) 1971-72, 1979-80, 2001-02, 2020-21, 2024-25
🏆 NextGen Series Winners: (1) 2012-13
🏆 Premier League Cup Winners: (1) 2017-18
🏆 u18s Premier League Champions (3): 2024-25, 2007-08, 2003-04
🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 Birmingham Senior Cup Winners: (20) 1879-80, 1881-82, 1882-83, 1883-84, 1884-85, 1887-88, 1888-90, 1889-90, 1890-91, 1895-96, 1898-99, 1902-03, 1903-04, 1905-06, 1907-08, 1908-09, 1909-10, 1911-12, 1984-85, 2023-24
🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 Premier Reserve League Champions: (5) 2003-04, 2007-08, 2008-09, 2009-10, 2011-12
🏆 🏆 🏆 Central League Champions: (3) 1929-30, 1963-64, 1992-93

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