Aston Villa won the 1981-82 UEFA Champions League, then known as the European Cup.
This was the club’s first success in the competition and the sixth consecutive by English sides, following back-to-back wins by Liverpool and Nottingham Forest in the first four years, and then Liverpool again in 1981.
Aston Villa defeated Bayern Munich 1-0 in the final at De Kuip in Rotterdam, Netherlands.
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