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 Strawberry Arena, located in Solna, just north of the Stockholm City Centre.
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| Full name | Allmänna Idrottsklubben | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Gnaget | ||
| Short name | AIK | ||
| Founded | 15 February 1891 | ||
| Ground | Strawberry Arena | ||
| Capacity | 54,329 (50,653 international)[1] | ||
| Chairman | Mikael Jomer | ||
| Head coach | Mikkjal Thomassen | ||
| League | Allsvenskan | ||
| 2024 | Allsvenskan, 3rd of 16 | ||
| Website | http://www.aikfotboll.se | ||
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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
editKit
editThe 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 | None | |
| 1978–80 | ||
| 1981 | Eldorado (grocery brand) | |
| 1982–84 | BPA (technical installation) | |
| 1985–88 | BPA or Första Sparbanken (banking company) | |
| 1989–90 | Folksam (insurance company) | |
| 1991 | Folksam or Kombilott (lottery) | |
| 1992 | Folksam or Trippellott (lottery) | |
| 1995–96 | Scandic (hotel chain) | |
| 1997 | Hyundai (automaker) | |
| 1998–2016 | Åbro (brewery) | |
| 2017 | Hjärt-Lungfonden (charity)[a] | |
| Åbro | ||
| 2018–2022 | Notar (real-estate agent)[4] | |
| 2023– | Truecaller (caller-ID app)[5] |
Stadium
editSince the 2013 season, AIK play their home games at the Nationalarenan (known for sponsorship reasons as Strawberry Arena since 2024), which also houses the Sweden national 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.[citation needed]
Support
editRivalries
editAIK'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
editIn 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
editThe 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
editFirst-team squad
edit- As of 6 September 2024[13]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Retired numbers
edit1 – Supporters of the club[14]
Out on loan
edit- As of 16 September 2024
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Notable past players
editNon-playing personnel
editBackroom staff
edit| Position | Name |
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| Managing Director | |
| Finance Director | |
| Director of Sports | |
| Technical Director | |
| Chief Scout | |
| Scout |
Coaching staff
edit| Position | Staff |
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| Head coach | |
| Assistant coach | |
| Goalkeeping coach | |
| Fitness coach |
Medical staff
edit| Position | Staff |
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| Physiotherapist | |
| Naprapath |
Other
edit| Position | Staff |
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| Data analyst | |
| Equipment manager | |
| Co-ordinator |
Coaching history
editFred Spiksley (1911)
Ferdinand Humenberger (1930–32)
Per Kaufeldt (1934–40)
Václav Simon (1940–44)
Lajos Szendrödi (1960–61)
Stuart Baxter (1 Jan 1998 – Dec 2000)
Henok Goitom (interim) (19 August 2022 – 8 November 2022)
Henning Berg (2 July 2023 – 14 June 2024)
Mikkjal Thomassen (16 July 2024 – Present)
Honours
editLeague
edit- Allsvenskan:
- Superettan:
- Winners: 2005
- Mästerskapsserien:
- Winners: 1992
- Svenska Serien:
Cups
edit- Svenska Cupen
- Svenska Mästerskapet
- Allsvenskan play-offs
- Runners-up: 1986
- Svenska Supercupen
- Corinthian Bowl
- Rosenska Pokalen
- Runners-up: 1899, 1900
- Wicanderska Välgörenhetsskölden
Invitational
edit- Tournoi de Pentecôte de Paris:
- Winners (1): 1921[16]
- Singapore Community Shield:
- Winners (1): 2010[17]
AIK in Europe
editEuropean games
edit| Season | Competition | Round | Country | Club | Home | Away | Agg. | Notes |
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| 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
editThe following list ranks the current position of AIK in UEFA ranking:
| Rank | Team | Points |
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| 269 | 5.075 | |
| 270 | 5.000 | |
| 271 | 5.000 | |
| 272 | 5.000 | |
| 273 | 5.000 | |
| 274 | 4.855 | |
| 275 | 4.500 | |
| 276 | 4.500 | |
| 277 | 4.500 |
As of 2 January 2024. Club coefficients | UEFA Coefficients
Footnotes
edit- ^ 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]
References
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External links
editOfficial
editMajor fan websites
edit- AIKforum – fan community
- Gnagarforum – fan community
- Allmänna Supporterklubben. Archived 1 February 2010 at the Wayback Machine.
- Black Army
- Sol Invictus
- Ultras Nord. Archived 4 February 2020 at the Wayback Machine.
- Smokinglirarna
- AIK-Tifo – terrace choreographers (archived 27 April 2007)