AIK Fotboll (), more commonly known simply as AIK (), an

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for Allmänna Idrottsklubben (meaning ''the public'' or ''general sports club''), and internationally known as AIK Stockholm, is a Swedish professional

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from

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, competing in Allsvenskan, the top flight of Swedish football. The club was founded 1891 and the football department was formed in 1896. AIK's home ground is Strawberry Arena, located in Solna, just north of Stockholm City Centre. 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

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

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; 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).

Stadium

Since 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

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Support

Rivalries

AIK's main rival is

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, also formed in 1891 in Stockholm, just three weeks after AIK. Widely considered the fiercest rivalry in Swedish – and arguably also Nordic – football, 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

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is IFK Göteborg, followed by

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Attendances

In 2023, AIK had an average attendance of 25 739, the biggest in Allsvenskan, despite not doing well in the league. In 2006 AIK had an average attendance of over 21,000, the highest in Sweden that season. In 2007 AIK had an average attendance of over 20,000. AIK have had the highest average attendance 41 times, 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. That was also the first season with the new

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. 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.

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

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's 1976 cover of the song.

Players

First-team squad

Retired numbers

1 – Supporters of the club

Out on loan

Notable past players

Non-playing personnel

Backroom staff

Coaching staff

Medical staff

Other

Coaching history

* Fred Spiksley (1911) * Ferdinand Humenberger (1930–32) * Jimmy Elliott (1932–34) * Per Kaufeldt (1934–40) * Václav Simon (1940–44) * Istvan Wampetits (1944–48) * George Raynor (1 July 1948 – 30 June 1952) * Per Kaufeldt (1951–56) * Henry Carlsson (1956–58) * Frank Soo (1958) * Erik "Lillis" Persson (1959) * Lajos Szendrödi (1960–61) * Hilding "Moggli" Gustafsson (1962–64) * Henry Carlsson (1965–66) * Ingemar Ingevik (1967–68) * Torsten Lindberg (1 Jan 1969 – 31 December 1970) * Jens Lindblom (1971–74) * Keith Spurgeon (1 Jan 1975 – 31 December 1975) * Kurt Liander (1975) * Lars-Oscar Nilsson (1976) * Gunnar Nordahl (1977–78) * Olavus Olsson (1978 – Dec 78) * Jens Lindblom (1979) * Bo Petersson (1979–80) * Rolf Zetterlund (1 Jan 1981 – 31 December 1986) * Göran Åberg (1987) * Nisse Andersson (1 July 1987–87) * Sanny Åslund (1988–90) * Tommy Söderberg (1991–93) *

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(1 Jan 1994 – 30 June 1995) * Erik Hamrén (1 Jan 1995 – 31 December 1997) * Stuart Baxter (1 Jan 1998 – Dec 2000) * Olle Nordin (2001–02) * Peter Larsson (2002) * Dušan Uhrin (1 July 2002 – 31 October 2002) * Richard Money (1 Jan 2003 – 19 April 2004) * Patrick Englund (2004) *

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(Jan 2005 – Nov 2008) * Mikael Stahre (1 Jan 2009 – 24 April 2010) * Björn Wesström ''(interim)'' (26 April 2010 – 22 June 2010) * Alex Miller (22 June 2010 – 10 November 2010) * Andreas Alm (1 Jan 2011 – 13 May 2016) *

(13 May 2016 – 27 July 2020) * Bartosz Grzelak (31 July 2020 – 19 August 2022) * Henok Goitom ''(interim)'' (19 August 2022 – 8 November 2022) * Andreas Brännström (8 November 2022 – 2 July 2023) * Henning Berg (2 July 2023 – 14 June 2024) * Henok Goitom ''(interim)'' (18 June 2024 – 16 July 2024) * Mikkjal Thomassen (16 July 2024 – ''Present'')

Honours

* Swedish Champions ** Winners (12):

1900 As of March 1 ( O.S. February 17), when the Julian calendar acknowledged a leap day and the Gregorian calendar did not, the Julian calendar fell one day further behind, bringing the difference to 13 days until February 28 ( O.S. February 15 ...

, 1901,

1911 Events January * January 1 – A decade after federation, the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory are added to the Commonwealth of Australia. * January 3 ** 1911 Kebin earthquake: An earthquake of 7.7 m ...

1914 This year saw the beginning of what became known as the First World War, after Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir to the Austrian throne was Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, assassinated by Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip ...

, 1916,

1923 In Greece, this year contained only 352 days as 13 days was skipped to achieve the calendrical switch from Julian to Gregorian Calendar. It happened there that Wednesday, 15 February ''(Julian Calendar)'' was followed by Thursday, 1 March ' ...

, 1931–32, 1936–37,

1992 1992 was designated as International Space Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 – Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaces Javier Pérez de Cuéllar of Peru as United Nations Secretary-General. * January 6 ** The Republ ...

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

League

* Allsvenskan: ** Champions (6): 1931–32, 1936–37,

1983 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call. Events January * January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to TCP/IP is officially completed (this is considered to be the beginning of the ...

** Runners-up (15): 1930–31, 1934–35, 1935–36, 1938–39, 1946–47,

1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, ...

, 1974,

1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeas ...

1999 1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons. Events January * January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers. * January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...

2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A stampede during t ...

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...

2021 Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...

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: ** Winners:

2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...

* Mästerskapsserien: ** Winners:

* Svenska Serien: ** Runners-up (5): 1910, 1914–15, 1915–16, 1922–23, 1923–24

Cups

* Svenska Cupen ** Winners (8):

1949 Events January * January 1 – A United Nations-sponsored ceasefire brings an end to the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947. The war results in a stalemate and the division of Kashmir, which still continues as of 2025 * January 2 – Luis ...

1950 Events January * January 1 – The International Police Association (IPA) – the largest police organization in the world – is formed. * January 5 – 1950 Sverdlovsk plane crash, Sverdlovsk plane crash: ''Aeroflot'' Lisunov Li-2 ...

, 1975–76, 1984–1985, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1998–99,

** Runners-up (8):

1943 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 – WWII: The Soviet Union announces that 22 German divisions have been encircled at Stalingrad, with 175,000 killed and 137,650 captured. * January 4 � ...

1947 It was the first year of the Cold War, which would last until 1991, ending with the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Events January * January–February – Winter of 1946–47 in the United Kingdom: The worst snowfall in the country i ...

, 1968–69, 1991, 1994–95, 1999–2000, 2000–01,

2002 The effects of the September 11 attacks of the previous year had a significant impact on the affairs of 2002. The war on terror was a major political focus. Without settled international law, several nations engaged in anti-terror operation ...

* Svenska Mästerskapet ** Winners (6): 1900, 1901,

, 1916,

** Runners-up: 1898,

1917 Events Below, the events of World War I have the "WWI" prefix. January * January 9 – WWI – Battle of Rafa: The last substantial Ottoman Army garrison on the Sinai Peninsula is captured by the Egyptian Expeditionary Force's ...

* Allsvenskan play-offs ** Runners-up: 1986 * Svenska Supercupen ** Winners:

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

** Runners-up:

2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

* Corinthian Bowl ** Runners-up:

1912 This year is notable for Sinking of the Titanic, the sinking of the ''Titanic'', which occurred on April 15. In Albania, this leap year runs with only 353 days as the country achieved switching from the Julian to Gregorian Calendar by skippin ...

1913 Events January * January – Joseph Stalin travels to Vienna to research his ''Marxism and the National Question''. This means that, during this month, Stalin, Hitler, Trotsky and Tito are all living in the city. * January 3 &ndash ...

* Rosenska Pokalen ** Runners-up: 1899, 1900 * Wicanderska Välgörenhetsskölden ** Winners: 1908, 1909,

, 1916 ** Runners-up: 1905, 1906, 1915

Invitational

* Tournoi de Pentecôte de Paris: ** Winners (1): 1921 * Singapore Community Shield: ** Winners (1): 2010

AIK in Europe

European games

UEFA Team rank

The following list ranks the current position of AIK in UEFA ranking: As of 25 December 2024
Club coefficients , UEFA Coefficients

Footnotes

References

External links

Official

AIK Fotboll

Major fan websites

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Gnagarforum
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Black Army

Sol Invictus

Ultras Nord
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Smokinglirarna

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