Villa Park
Birmingham, West Midlands, England
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Villa Park is a football stadium in Aston, Birmingham, with a seating capacity of 43,205. It has been the home of Premier League club Aston Villa since 1897. The ground is less than a mile from both Witton and Aston railway stations and has hosted seventeen England internationals at senior level, the first in 1899 and the most recent in 2025. Villa Park has hosted 55 FA Cup semi-finals, more than any other stadium, and it is the 11th largest in England.
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History & Stats
Opened
1897
Former names
Aston Lower Grounds
Capacity
43,205
Record attendance
76,588 (Aston Villa vs Derby County, 2 March 1946)
Owner
Aston Villa
Operator
Aston Villa
Architect
Archibald Leitch
Surface
Desso GrassMaster
Construction cost
£16,733 (£25 mil)
Broke ground
1894
Tenants
Aston Villa (1897–present)