Aston Villa is an English professional football club formed in March 1874 in Aston, Birmingham, and currently plays in the Premier League. They have played at their current home ground, the 42,640 capacity Villa Park, which is a UEFA 4-star rated stadium, since 1897, having previously played at Aston Park (1874–1876) and Perry Barr (1876–1897). The club was floated by the previous owner and chairman Doug Ellis, but in 2006 full control of the club was acquired by Randy Lerner and the menager Martin O’Neill.
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They are one of the oldest and most successful football clubs in England, and have won the First Division Championship seven times and the FA Cup seven times. Also they are one of only four English clubs to win the European Cup, and the team is the fourth most successful club in English football history, having won 20 major honours. Their main rivals are Birmingham City, also known as the Second City Derby between Aston Villa and Birmingham City has been played since 1879. Their traditional colours are claret shirts with sky blue sleeves, white shorts and sky blue socks and the crest is a rampant gold lion on a sky blue background with the club's motto Prepared underneath. The teams’ current training ground is located at Bodymoor Heath in north Warwickshire.