AIK Fotboll

AIK Fotboll (LSE: 0DI2), more commonly known simply as AIK (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈɑ̂ːiːˌkoː]), an abbreviation for Allmänna Idrottsklubben (meaning the public or general sports club), is a Swedish football club competing in Allsvenskan, the top flight of Swedish football. The club was founded 1891 in Stockholm and the football department was formed in 1896. AIK's home ground is Friends Arena, located in Solna in central Stockholm County.

This article is about AIK's football department (men). For other departments of the club, see Allmänna Idrottsklubben. For Women's Football, see AIK Fotboll Dam.
AIK
Full nameAllmänna Idrottsklubben
Nickname(s)Gnaget (The Gnaw)
Short nameAIK
Founded15 February 1891 (1891-02-15)
1896 (1896) (football department)
GroundFriends Arena, Solna, Stockholm
Capacity50,622
ChairmanRobert Falck
Head coachBartosz Grzelak
LeagueAllsvenskan
2019Allsvenskan, 4th
WebsiteClub website

League champions 2018, AIK has 12 championship titles and is third in the all-time Allsvenskan table. The club holds the record for having played the most seasons in the Swedish top flight. In addition, in this century AIK is the club that has finished top three in Allsvenskan the most times (11), and finished top three six times in a row (2013–2018). AIK is consequently the Swedish club that has qualified for UEFA club competitions the most times this century.

Affiliated with the Stockholm Football Association,[1] AIK is the only side from Stockholm to have qualified for the group stage of a UEFA competition; the club reached the quarter-finals of the 1996–97 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, qualified for the 1999–2000 UEFA Champions League group stage, and competed in the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League group stage.

History
Main article: History of AIK Fotboll

Colors, badge and kit

Colours

AIK's primary colours are black and yellow. White is the secondary colour.

Badge

AIK's crest is dark blue, yellow and gold. The crest's style is arguably art nouveau, the predominant style at the turn of the 20th century. AIK's crest was created by Fritz Carlsson-Carling, a runner and football player. Contrary to popular belief, the sun has nothing to do with Solna Town's coat of arms. Solna was not a city until 1943, i.e. six years after Råsunda Football Stadium was completed and 52 years after AIK was founded in Stockholm City Centre.

Kit

The first shirt is black and the second shirt is white. Shorts are white or, on rare occasions, black. Socks are striped in black and yellow; second socks are all white. A yellow third jersey was used in 2004, an orange third jersey was used in 2007, a dark-blue third jersey was used in 2010 and a grey commemorative third jersey was used in 2016. A dark-blue first shirt was used for the 2017–2018 UEFA Europa League qualification campaign.

When Adidas was the kit provider, new kits were launched every even year. Nike, however, releases a new AIK kit every year, before the start of the new season.

Apart from the brand of their kit provider Nike, AIK has the logos of the following sponsors visible on their shirt and shorts: Notar, a real-estate agent; Stadium, a sporting-goods retail chain; German automakers Volkswagen; and league sponsors Svenska Spel, a government-owned gambling company (whose logo is on the right sleeve of the shirts of all Allsvenskan teams).

Period Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor (chest)
1975–77 Adidas None
1978–80 Puma
1981 Hummel Eldorado (grocery brand)
1982–84 Umbro BPA (technical installation)
1985–88 Nike BPA or Första Sparbanken (banking company)
1989–90 Puma Folksam (insurance company)
1991 Folksam or Kombilott (lottery)
1992 Folksam or Trippellott (lottery)
1995–96 Scandic (hotel chain)
1997 Hyundai (automaker)
1998–2016 Adidas Åbro (brewery)
2017 Hjärt-Lungfonden (charity)[lower-alpha 1]
Åbro
2018– Nike[3] Notar (real-estate agent)[4]
  1. Åbro donated the space to Hjärt-Lungfonden (a charitable fundraising organization) the first 20 games of the season.[2]

Stadium
Main article: Friends Arena

Since the 2013 season, AIK play their home games at the Nationalarenan (known for sponsorship reasons as Friends Arena until 2023), which also houses the Swedish national football team. The decision which arena would replace Råsunda, the club's home up until the 2012 season, was made by a vote of the club's members, held in 2011, which resulted in a large majority favoring Nationalarenan over Tele2 Arena.

Nationalarenan för fotboll

Supporters

Fans of the club are referred to as AIK:are or gnagare (meaning rodent); both words are the same in singular and plural.

Although AIK fans can be found all over Stockholm and Sweden, the northwestern central Stockholm urban area might be considered the club's stronghold. The blue line of the Metro, a route which is often referred to in AIK's club culture, runs through this area, and both the club's current and previous home grounds are situated there.

Notable fans of AIK include Lennart Johansson, president of UEFA 1990–2007 and dubbed "the Father of the Champions League"; Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden; her spouse Prince Daniel, Duke of Västergötland; songwriter and producer Max Martin; and Daniel Ek, co-founder and CEO of Spotify.

The club's most important fan clubs are Black Army, Ultras Nord, Sol Invictus and Firman Boys. AIK Tifo organizes the club's terrace choreography.

Rivalries

AIK's main rival is Djurgården, also formed in 1891 in Stockholm, just three weeks after AIK. Widely considered the fiercest rivalry in Swedish – and arguably also Nordic – football,[5] the fixture between the clubs is known as Tvillingderbyt (the Twin derby). AIK also maintains a strong animosity towards the third major Stockholm side Hammarby. The club's biggest rival outside the Stockholm urban area is IFK Göteborg, followed by Malmö FF.

Attendances

In 2006 AIK had an average attendance of over 21,000, the highest in Sweden[6][7] In 2007 AIK had an average attendance of over 20,000. AIK have had the highest average attendance 39 times, more than any other club in Sweden. AIK finished the 2013 season with an average attendance of 18,900, the highest number in Scandinavia.[8] That was also the first season with the new arena. In 2018, AIK broke the record for most sold tickets in an Allsvenskan game in the derby against Hammarby two weeks before the game was played.[9]

Club culture

The club's entrance music and hymn is "Å vi e AIK" (meaning "Oh we are AIK"), a Swedish-lyric version (written in the 1980s) of a 1971 song, "The Last Farewell", originally performed by its co-writer, the British-Kenyan folk singer Roger Whittaker. The recording that has been used as AIK's entrance music since the mid 00s was released in 2002, an arrangement somewhat closer to Elvis Presley's 1976 cover of the song.

Players

First-team squad
As of 21 April 2020[10]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF  NOR Daniel Granli
3 DF  SWE Per Karlsson
5 DF  EST Karol Mets
6 MF  SWE Panajotis Dimitriadis
7 MF  SWE Sebastian Larsson (vice-captain)
8 MF  GHA Enoch Kofi Adu
9 FW  ISL Kolbeinn Sigþórsson
10 MF  SWE Nabil Bahoui
11 FW  SWE Stefan Silva
12 DF  LBN Felix Michel
13 GK  CAN Kyriakos Stamatopoulos
14 FW  SWE Paulos Abraham
15 DF  SWE Robert Lundström
16 DF  SWE Robin Tihi
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 MF  GHA Ebenezer Ofori
18 MF  SWE Bilal Hussein
19 MF  FIN Saku Ylätupa
20 DF  SWE Rasmus Lindkvist
21 FW  ALB Jasir Asani (on loan from FK Partizani Tirana)
23 GK  SRB Budimir Janošević
24 MF  COD Heradi Rashidi
25 DF  KEN Erick Ouma Otieno
28 DF  TUN Adam Ben Lamin
29 MF  SWE Eric Kahl
31 GK  DEN Jakob Haugaard
32 MF  SWE Tom Strannegård
36 FW  ERI Henok Goitom (captain)

Current youth players with first-team experience
As of 19 November 2019[upper-alpha 1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player

Out on loan
As of 20 August 2019

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
16 FW  SWE Daniel Mushitu (to IF Karlstad until 31 december 2020)
No. Pos. Nation Player
35 GK  SWE Samuel Brolin (to Akropolis IF until 31 December 2020)

Retired numbers

1 – Fans of the club[11]

Notable past players

Non-playing personnel

Backroom staff
Position Name
Managing Director Jens T. Andersson
Assistant Managing Director Håkan Strandlund
Director of Sports Björn Wesström
Assistant Director of Sports Henrik Jurelius
Scout Tobias Ackerman

Coaching staff
Position Staff
Head Coach Bartosz Grzelak
Assistant Coach Patrik Jildefalk
Goalkeeping Coach Kyriakos Stamatopoulos
Individual Coach Sean O'Shea
Fitness Coach Michael Lawson

Medical staff
Position Staff
Club Doctor Jonas Lundmark
Naprapath Luis Oyarzo

Other
Position Staff
Equipment Manager Håkan Sjöberg
Co-ordinator Thomas Thudin
Kitchen Manager Susanne Andkleven

Managerial history

Honours

League

Cups

International

AIK in Europe

European games
Season Competition Round Country Club Home Away Agg. Notes
1964–65 International Football Cup Group C2 Angers 4–1 1–3 Placed 2nd
Sarajevo 2–0 0–2
Slovnaft Bratislava 3–2 1–7
1965–66 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup First round Bruxelles 0–0 3–1 3–1
Second round Servette 2–1 1–4 3–5
1966–67 International Football Cup Group B3 Carl Zeiss Jena 0–0 1–4 Placed 4th
Eintracht Braunschweig 3–1 0–1
Górnik Zabrze 1–1 2–3
1967 International Football Cup Group B6 AGF 1–0 2–1 Placed 3rd
Dynamo Dresden 1–4 2–1
Košice 1–1 0–4
1968–69 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup First round Skeid 2–1 1–1 3–2
Second round Hannover 96 4–2 2–5 6–7
1970 International Football Cup Group B3 Lausanne Sports 1–1 2–2 Placed 3rd
Marseille 2–2 2–6
Zagłębie Sosnowiec 2–1 1–2
1973 International Football Cup Group 2 Duisburg 3–1 1–1 Placed 3rd
PSV 0–1 0–3
Slovan Bratislava 1–1 0–0
1973–74 UEFA Cup First round B 1903 1–1 1–2 2–3
1974 International Football Cup Group 6 Linz 3–2 1–6 Placed 4th
Spartak Trnava 0–1 1–2
Wisła Kraków 0–3 0–1
1975 International Football Cup Group 5 Tennis Borussia Berlin 2–3 3–1 Placed 4th
Polonia Bytom 0–2 1–5
Zbrojovka Brno 1–2 0–2
1975–76 UEFA Cup First round Spartak Moscow 1–1 0–1 1–2
1976 International Football Cup Group 4 Baník Ostrava 0–1 0–2 Placed 4th
Eintracht Braunschweig 1–3 1–2
Tirol Innsbruck 3–3 1–3
1976–77 European Cup Winners' Cup First round Galatasaray 1–2 1–1 2–3
1984 International Football Cup Group 5 Górnik Zabrze 2–3 0–1 Placed 1st
Magdeburg 2–0 2–0
Nürnberg 8–2 2–1
1984–85 UEFA Cup First round Dundee United 1–0 0–3 1–3
1985 International Football Cup Group 4 Bohemians Praha 2–1 1–1 Placed 1st
St. Gallen 0–1 6–1
Videoton 3–0 0–1
1985–86 European Cup Winners' Cup First round Red Boys Differdange 8–0 5–0 13–0
Second round Dukla Prague 2–2 0–1 2–3
1987 International Football Cup Group 6 Lech Poznań 4–1 0–0 Placed 1st
Lyngby 3–1 2–0
Plastika Nitra 0–0 0–1
1987–88 UEFA Cup First round Vítkovice 0–2 1–1 1–3
1993–94 UEFA Champions League First round Sparta Prague 1–0 0–2 1–2
1994 International Football Cup Group 3 Bayer Leverkusen 3–2 Placed 1st
Lausanne Sports 2–1
Sparta Rotterdam 2–2
Tirol Innsbruck 2–0
1994–95 UEFA Cup Prel. round Mažeikiai 2–0 2–0 4–0
First round Slavia Prague 0–0 2–2 2–2 Away goal
Second round Parma 0–1 0–2 0–3
1996–97 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup First round KR 1–1 1–0 2–1
Second round Nîmes Olympique 0–1 3–1 3–2
Quarter-final Barcelona 1–1 1–3 2–4
1997–98 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup First round Primorje 0–1 1–1 1–2
1999–00 UEFA Champions League Second round Dnepr-Transmash Mogilev 2–0 1–0 3–0
Third round AEK Athens 1–0 0–0 1–0
Group B Arsenal 2–3 1–3 Placed 4th
Barcelona 1–2 0–5
Fiorentina 0–0 0–3
2000–01 UEFA Cup Qual. round Gomel 1–0 2–0 3–0
First round Herfølge 0–1 1–1 1–2
2001 UEFA Intertoto Cup First round Carmarthen Town 3–0 0–0 3–0
Second round OB 2–0 2–2 4–2
Third round Troyes 1–2 1–2 2–4
2002–03 UEFA Cup Qual. round ÍBV 2–0 3–1 5–1
First round Fenerbahçe 3–3 1–3 4–6
2003–04 UEFA Cup Qual. round Fylkir 1–0 0–0 1–0
First round Valencia 0–1 0–1 0–2
2007–08 UEFA Cup First qual. round Glentoran 4–0 5–0 9–0
Second qual. round Liepājas Metalurgs 2–0 2–3 4–3
First round Hapoel Tel Aviv 0–1 0–0 0–1
2010–11 UEFA Champions League Second qual. round Jeunesse Esch 1–0 0–0 1–0
Third qual. round Rosenborg 0–1 0–3 0–4
2010–11 UEFA Europa League Play-off round Levski Sofia 0–0 1–2 1–2
2012–13 UEFA Europa League Second qual. round FH 1–1 1–0 2–1
Third qual. round Lech Poznań 3–0 0–1 3–1
Play-off round CSKA 0–1 2–0 2–1
Group F Dnipro 2–3 0–4 Placed 4th
Napoli 1–2 0–4
PSV 1–0 1–1
2014–15 UEFA Europa League Second qual. round Linfield 2–0 0–1 2–1
Third qual. round Astana 0–3 1–1 1–4
2015–16 UEFA Europa League First qual. round VPS 4–0 2–2 6–2
Second qual. round Shirak 2–0 2–0 4–0
Third qual. round Atromitos 1–3 0–1 1–4
2016–17 UEFA Europa League First qual. round Bala Town 2–0 2–0 4–0
Second qual. round Europa FC 1–0 1–0 2–0
Third qual. round Panathinaikos 0–1 0–2 0–3
2017–18 UEFA Europa League First qual. round KÍ 0–0 5–0 5–0
Second qual. round Željezničar 2–0 0–0 2–0
Third qual. round Braga 1–1 1–2 (a.e.t.) 2–3
2018–19 UEFA Europa League First qual. round Shamrock Rovers 1–1 1–0 2–1
Second qual. round Nordsjælland 0–1 0–1 0–2
2019–20 UEFA Champions League First qual. round Ararat-Armenia 3–1 1–2 4–3
Second qual. round Maribor 3−2 (a.e.t.) 1–2 4−4 (a)
UEFA Europa League Third qual. round Sheriff 1–1 2–1 3–2
Play-off round Celtic 1–4 0–2 1–6

UEFA Team rank

The following list ranks the current position of AIK in UEFA ranking:

RankTeamPoints
153 Heracles Almelo7.150
154 FC Groningen7.150
155 Go Ahead Eagles7.150
156 ŠK Slovan Bratislava7.000
157 AIK7.000
158 The New Saints FC7.000
159 HJK Helsinki7.000
160 FK Jablonec7.000
161 FC Dinamo Minsk7.000

As of 9 March 2020.

Footnotes
  1. Current youth players who at least have sat on the bench in a competitive match.
  2. The title of "Swedish Champions" has been awarded to the winner of four different competitions over the years. Between 1896 and 1925 the title was awarded to the winner of Svenska Mästerskapet, a stand-alone cup tournament. No club were given the title between 1926 and 1930 even though the first-tier league Allsvenskan was played. In 1931 the title was reinstated and awarded to the winner of Allsvenskan. Between 1982 and 1990 a play-off in cup format was held at the end of the league season to decide the champions. After the play-off format in 1991 and 1992 the title was decided by the winner of Mästerskapsserien, an additional league after the end of Allsvenskan. Since the 1993 season the title has once again been awarded to the winner of Allsvenskan.[12]
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References
  1. "Kontaktuppgifter och tävlingar – Stockholms Fotbollförbund – Svenskfotboll.se". Archived from the original on 7 December 2011. Retrieved 13 January 2011.
  2. "Åbros sista år som huvudsponsor – skänker platsen på tröjan" (in Swedish).
  3. "AIK Fotboll inleder nytt samarbete med Nike från 2018" (in Swedish).
  4. "Notar ny huvudsamarbetspartner till AIK Fotboll". 1 December 2017.
  5. "Marching With the Black Army". Sports. 11 September 2015. Archived from the original on 2 March 2017. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
  6. "AIK Fotboll". Archived from the original on 19 November 2015. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
  7. "Allsvensk statistik – svenskfotboll.se". Retrieved 17 May 2015.
  8. "Allsvensk statistik – svenskfotboll.se". Archived from the original on 5 July 2015. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
  9. "Allmänna Idrottsklubben on Instagram: "Med 13 dagar till avspark i derbyt har vi nu passerat rekordnoteringen från 2015! Det här blir en dag för historieböckerna som du INTE vill…"". Instagram. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  10. "Truppen" (in Swedish). AIK. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
  11. "AIK Fotboll skänker tröja nummer 1 till publiken" (in Swedish). AIK Fotboll. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
  12. "Svenska mästare 1896–1925, 1931–" [Swedish champions 1896–1925, 1931–]. svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). The Swedish Football Association. Archived from the original on 2 December 2009. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
  13. http://www.rsssf.com/tablesp/paris-tourn.html
  14. "11th Edition of Community Shield to Open Inaugural Singapore Premier League Season". 27 March 2018.

Official

Major fan websites

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