Football365 published a comprehensive review of Premier League clubs' European histories on 10 September, listing Aston Villa as winners of the 2025/26 Europa League. The feature surveys each top-flight side's record across the Champions League, Europa League and Europa Conference League, crediting Villa with lifting the secondary continental trophy last season.
According to the article, Villa's best previous finish in the UEFA Cup or Europa League had been the quarter-finals in 1978 and 1998, before Unai Emery's tenure changed that trajectory. The piece also records the club's latest European entry as the 2026/27 Champions League, placing them among six English sides to have won Europe's premier competition following their 1981/82 European Cup triumph.
Crystal Palace are named alongside Villa as Europa League winners in the same rundown. Elsewhere, the feature states that Arsenal lost the 2025/26 Champions League final to Paris Saint-Germain on penalties in May, describing it as the north London club's second appearance in the showpiece match.
The article further details Villa's broader continental record, noting 12 entries into the Europa League or UEFA Cup, four Champions League campaigns and two appearances in the Super Cup, including a victory in 1982. No transfer activity is discussed, with the summer window having closed on 1 September and business unable to resume until January 2027.
