Aalesunds FK

Aalesunds Fotballklubb is a Norwegian football club from the city of Ålesund, currently playing in Eliteserien, the top flight of the Norwegian football league system. The club was founded on 25 June 1914. As of 2004, the football club had 835 members and several teams on both professional and amateur levels. These teams are the 1st and 2nd teams, junior team, and also several age-specific teams.

Aalesunds FK
Full nameAalesunds Fotballklubb
Nickname(s)Tangotrøyene (Tangoshirts), Tango, De oransje og blå (Orange and blue)
Short nameAaFK
Founded25 June 1914 (1914-06-25)
GroundColor Line Stadion
Ålesund
Capacity10,778
ChairmanJan Petter Hagen
ManagerLars Bohinen
League2020 Eliteserien
20191. divisjon, 1st of 16 (promoted)
WebsiteClub website

History

In 2009 the club won the Norwegian Cup for the first time in its history. They beat rival Molde FK in the Final, and thereby qualified for participation in the UEFA Europa League. Aalesund also won the 2011 Cup Final, where they beat SK Brann.

Recent domestic
Season Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Cup Notes
2001 1. divisjon 6 301389 655147 Third round
2002 1. divisjon 2 301974 772664 Semi-final Promoted to the Tippeligaen
2003 Tippeligaen 13 267712 303328 Quarter-final Relegated to the 1. divisjon
2004 1. divisjon 2 302118 673664 Third round Promoted to the Tippeligaen
2005 Tippeligaen 13 266911 304227 Fourth round Relegated to the 1. divisjon
2006 1. divisjon 2 301794 713560 Fourth round Promoted to the Tippeligaen
2007 Tippeligaen 11 269314 495630 Fourth round
2008 Tippeligaen 13 267415 294225 Fourth round
2009 Tippeligaen 13 309912 344336 Winner
2010 Tippeligaen 4 3014511 463747 Third round Europa League Third qualifying round
2011 Tippeligaen 9 3012711 363843 Winner Europa League Play-off round
2012 Tippeligaen 11 3091110 404138 Fourth round Europa League Third qualifying round
2013 Tippeligaen 4 301479 554449 Third round
2014 Tippeligaen 7 3011811 403941 Fourth round
2015 Tippeligaen 10 3011514 425738 Third round
2016 Tippeligaen 9 3012612 465142 Third round
2017 Eliteserien 15 308814 385032 Fourth round
2018 1. divisjon 3 301857 583159 First round
2019 1. divisjon 1 302541 672579 Quarter-final Promoted to Eliteserien
2020 (in progress) Eliteserien 16 13148 18407
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European
Season Competition Round Country Club Home Away Aggregate
2010–11 UEFA Europa League Q3 Motherwell 1–1 0–3 1–4
2011–12 UEFA Europa League Q1 Neath 4–1 2–0 6–1
Q2 Ferencváros 3–1(aet) 1–2 4–3
Q3 Elfsborg 4–0 1–1 5–1
Play-off AZ 2–1 0–6 2–7
2012–13 UEFA Europa League Q2 Tirana 5–0 1–1 6–1
Q3 APOEL 0–1 1–2 1–3

Supporters

The local supporter club for AaFK is called "Stormen", or "The Storm", with about 2000 members.

Rivalries

Rival football clubs in the city include Herd, Rollon, Skarbøvik and Spjelkavik, with Molde and Hødd traditionally being the main regional rivals. Hødd has been less competitive with AaFK in recent years, as they have not been in the same division for some time. More recent rivalries have centred on Molde and Strømsgodset, and to some extent Brann.

The club's supporters enjoy a good relationship with supporters of Oslo club Vålerenga, and it is not uncommon for supporters of one club to support the other in competitions where only one team participates. In the 2011 game against Neath in Wales, some supporters of 2010's Europa League opponents Motherwell also made their way to support the club.

Stadium
Color Line stadium in January 2018.

Aalesund played their home matches at Kråmyra Stadium until the 2005 season, when they relocated to the new Color Line Stadium with an approximate capacity of 11,000 people. Boosted by the new stadium, recent success and general increasing attendance in Norway, Aalesund has gone from attracting crowds of approximately 1,000 to regularly selling out their stadium in only a few years. Their average attendance of 9,943 in the 2006 1. divisjon became at the time a new record for attendances at the second tier of the Norwegian league system.

Current squad
As of 7 February 2020

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  NOR Andreas Lie
2 DF  NED Shaquill Sno
3 DF  ISL Daníel Leó Grétarsson
4 DF  NOR Jonas Grønner
5 DF  NOR Oddbjørn Lie
6 DF  NED Daan Klinkenberg
7 MF  CPV Erikson Spinola Lima
8 MF  NOR Fredrik Carlsen
9 FW  CHI Niklas Castro
10 FW  ISL Hólmbert Friðjónsson
11 MF  NOR Simen Bolkan Nordli
14 MF  ENG Jordon Mutch
15 DF  NOR Ståle Steen Sæthre
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 DF  NOR Jørgen Hatlehol
18 DF  ISL Davíð Kristján Ólafsson
19 MF  NOR Peter Orry Larsen
20 DF  BDI Parfait Bizoza
22 FW  NOR Sigurd Hauso Haugen
23 FW  NOR Torbjørn Agdestein
24 GK  NOR Enock Mawete Mwimba
25 GK  NOR Gudmund Broks Kongshavn
28 DF  NOR Håvard Mork Breivik
30 MF  NGA Izunna Uzochukwu
36 FW  NOR Vetle Fiskerstand
38 FW  NOR Isak Dybvik Määttä
41 MF  NOR Markus Karlsbakk

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
17 MF  NOR Sondre Brunstad Fet (on loan at Bodø/Glimt until 31 December 2020)
No. Pos. Nation Player

For season transfers, see 2020 Aalesunds FK season.

Club officials

Managers

Honours

League

1. divisjon

Cup

Norwegian Cup

History of league positions (since 1963)
1963 1964–1967 1968–1976 1977–1978 1979 1980–1981 1982–1983 1984 1985–1993 1994 1995–1998 1999–2000 2001–2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007–2017 2018–2019 2020–
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
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References
  1. "Norsk & Internasjonal Fotballstatistikk" (in Norwegian).

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