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 professional 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, just north of the Stockholm City Centre.

This article is about AIK's men's football department. For other departments of the club, see AIK (disambiguation). For women's football, see AIK Fotboll (women).

AIK
Full nameAllmänna Idrottsklubben
Nickname(s)Gnaget
Short nameAIK
Founded15 February 1891 (1891-02-15)
GroundFriends Arena
Capacity54,329 (50,653 international)[1]
ChairmanMikael Jomer
Head coachHenok Goitom (interim)
LeagueAllsvenskan
2023Allsvenskan, 11th of 16
WebsiteClub website

League champions in 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 Europe, AIK reached the quarter-finals of the 1996–97 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, qualified for the 1999–00 UEFA Champions League group stage, and competed in the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League group stage.

History
Main article: History of AIK Fotboll

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: Truecaller a caller-ID app; Svea, a financial group; German automakers Volkswagen; Stadium, a sports retailer, and league sponsors Svenska Spel, a government-owned gambling company (whose logo is mandatory 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
2018–2022 Nike[3] Notar (real-estate agent)[4]
2023– Truecaller (caller-ID app)[5]
  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.

Support
Further information: Allmänna Idrottsklubben § Support

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,[6] 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 2023, AIK had an average attendance of 25 739, the biggest in Allsvenskan, despite not going well in the league.[7] In 2006 AIK had an average attendance of over 21,000, the highest in Sweden that season.[8][9] In 2007 AIK had an average attendance of over 20,000.

AIK have had the highest average attendance 41 times,[10] the most of all clubs in Sweden of all time, second is city rival IFK Göteborg with 23 times. AIK finished the 2013 season with an average attendance of 18,900, the highest number in Scandnavia.[11] 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.[12]

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 27 March 2024[13]

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 Eskil Edh
4 DF  SWE Sotirios Papagiannopoulos
5 DF  SWE Alexander Milošević (Captain)
6 MF  NOR Martin Ellingsen
7 MF  SWE Anton Salétros
8 MF  MLI Ismaila Coulibaly (on loan from Sheffield United)
9 FW  PLE Omar Faraj
10 MF  KOS Bersant Celina
11 FW  SWE John Guidetti
12 DF  SWE Axel Björnström
14 MF  SWE Aaron Stoch Rydell
15 GK  SWE Kristoffer Nordfeldt
16 DF  DEN Benjamin Tiedemann Hansen
17 DF  DEN Mads Døhr Thychosen
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 MF  SWE Abdihakin Ali
19 MF  BIH Dino Beširović
23 GK  SRB Budimir Janošević
24 MF  ESP Lamine Dabo
28 FW  CYP Ioannis Pittas
29 DF  KEN Collins Sichenje
30 GK  MLI Ismael Diawara
31 FW  LBR Emmanuel Gono
32 MF  ANG Rui Modesto
34 MF  SWE Erik Ring
37 DF  SWE Ahmad Faqa
43 MF  SWE Victor Andersson
45 MF  SWE Taha Ayari
47 FW  SWE Alexander Fesshaie

Retired numbers

1 – Supporters of the club[14]

Out on loan
As of 20 March 2024

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
26 DF  SWE Rasmus Bonde (on loan at Vasalunds IF until 31 December 2024)
20 MF  IRL Zachary Elbouzedi (on loan at Swindon Town until 30 June 2024)
No. Pos. Nation Player
39 FW  KEN Henry Atola (on loan at AFC Eskilstuna until 31 December 2024)

Notable past players
Main article: Notable past AIK Fotboll players

Non-playing personnel

Backroom staff
Position Name
Managing Director Fredrik Söderberg
Finance Director Håkan Strandlund
Director of Sports Thomas Berntsen
Technical Director Peter Wennberg
Chief Scout Fredrik Wisur Hansen
Scout Tobias Ackerman

Coaching staff
Position Staff
Head coach Henning Berg
Assistant coach Kazimierz Sokołowski
Henok Goitom
Goalkeeping coach Kyriakos Stamatopoulos
Fitness coach Pálmar Hreinsson

Medical staff
Position Staff
Physiotherapist Victor Lydberg
Naprapath David Björkman

Other
Position Staff
Data analyst Lukas Arndt
Equipment manager Håkan Sjöberg
Co-ordinator Thomas Thudin

Coaching history

Honours

League

Cups

Invitational

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
2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League Second qual. round Vorskla Poltava 2−0 (a.e.t.) 2–3 4−3
Third qual. round Shkëndija 1–1 1–1 (a.e.t.) 2–2 (3–2 p)
Play-off round Slovácko 0−1 0–3 0−4

UEFA Team rank

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

RankTeamPoints
269 MKS Cracovia5.075
270 MŠK Žilina5.000
271 Paide Linnameeskond5.000
272 FC Milsami5.000
273 AIK5.000
274 Lokomotiva Zagreb4.855
275 Aris Limassol4.500
276 Celje4.500
277 Hamrun Spartans4.500

As of 2 January 2024. Club coefficients | UEFA Coefficients

Footnotes
  1. 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.[15]

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