2008–09 Aston Villa F.C. season

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.

Matches

Pre-season friendlies Premier League FA Cup Football League Cup UEFA Cup == Transfers ==

Transfers

Transferred in Loaned in Transferred out Loaned out Overall transfer activity Expenditure £45,400,000 Income £6,600,000 Balance £38,800,000 ==Players==

Players

First-team squad :Squad at end of season Left club during season Reserve squad :The following players made most of their appearances for the reserve team this season, and did not appear for the first team. Youth squad :The following players made most of their appearances for the youth team this season, but may have also appeared for the reserves. Other players :The following players did not appear for any squad this season. Trialists ==Competitions==

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) Premier League Final league table Results summary ==Statistics==

Statistics

Player statistics First-Team } Goals • Last Update: End of season • Data includes all competitive competitions Reserves/Academy } Reserve Goals • 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 ==Notes==

Source: Wikipedia ↗

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