Aston Villa's 1981-82 domestic season current resides in the record books as the worst by European champions. Just five days after Tony Barton's team beat Swansea to finish a dismal Division One campaign down in 12th spot [42 games: 15 wins, 12 draws, 15 defeats, +two goal difference], they overcame Bayern Munich 1-0 to win the European Cup.
Bayern Munich, it transpires, claim the second-worst finish and the only one with a record under 50%, after their miserable Bundesliga campaign in 1974-75. They finished tenth [34 games: 14 wins, six draws, 14 defeats, -6 goal difference], but still managed to beat Leeds 2-0 and win their second of three successive European Cup trophies.
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