The 2013 season was AIK's 122nd in existence, their 85th season in

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and their 8th consecutive season in the league. The team competed in

and Svenska Cupen.

Season events

Preseason

On 8 November 2012, AIK announced the signing of

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to a three-and-a-half-year contract from IF Brommapojkarna, starting on 1 January. On 14 November 2012, AIK announced the signing of

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to a three-year contract from Djurgården, starting on 1 January.

April

On 3 April, AIK loaned

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to Mjällby, whilst

Sal Jobarteh Sulayman "Sal" Jobarteh (born 9 March 1993) is a footballer who plays as a midfielder for IFK Haninge. Born in Sweden, Jobarteh represents the Gambia national football team. International career Jobarteh was born in Sweden and is of Gambian desc ...

joined AFC Eskilstuna. On 5 April, AIK loaned Emil Skogh to

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. On 9 April, AIK loaned Oskar Cederling, Robin Palacios and Adam Bergkvist to Akropolis IF, whilst Adhavan Rajamohan joined on a permanent deal.

May

On 2 May, AIK's

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n goalkeeper Ivan Turina died while sleeping in his apartment. His wife did not realize that he was dead until she woke up. He left one-year-old twins and his pregnant wife. Subsequently, all matches in

and

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honoured Turina with one minute of silence, and in most of the matches, the game will be stopped in the 27th minute for one minute's applause. On 13 May, Turina's first professional club,

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, played a charity game against AIK at the

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, with all the money received during this game being given to Turina's family. The game was played in 2x27 minutes to honor Turina who wore number 27 while he played for

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. On 21 May, AIK announced the signing of Christian Frealdsson to a short-term contract.

June

On 15 June,

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announced his retirement. On 18 June, AIK announced that they had sold Viktor Lundberg to Randers.

July

On 2 July, AIK announced that they had sold Helgi Daníelsson to

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. On 4 July,

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extended his contract with AIK until the summer of 2015, whilst also moving to Balıkesirspor on a year-long loan deal with an option to make the move permanent. The following day, 5 July,

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joined

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on loan for the remainder of the season. On 11 July, Christian Frealdsson left the club after his short-term contract came to an end, with

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signing from

IK Brage Idrottsklubben Brage, also known as IK Brage or simply Brage, is a Swedish football club located in Borlänge. The club is affiliated with Dalarnas Fotbollförbund and play their home games at Domnarvsvallen. The club colours, reflected in their ...

on a contract until the end of 2016. On 24 July, AIK announced the signing of Ebenezer Ofori from

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to a three-and-a-half-year contract, whilst

returned from his loan deal at AFC Eskilstuna, to join

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on loan for the remainder of the season. On 29 July,

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extended his contract with AIK until the summer of 2015, whilst also moving to Balıkesirspor on a year-long loan deal with an option to make the move permanent.

Squad

Transfers

In

Out

Loans out

Released

Friendlies

Competitions

Overview

Allsvenskan

League table

Results summary

Results by round

Results

Svenska Cupen

2012–13

=Group stage

2013–14

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

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