Skövde AIK is a Swedish football club from

Skövde Skövde () is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality and urban centre in Skövde Municipality and Västra Götaland County, in the Västergötland, Västergötland (Western Gothland region) in central southern Sweden. Skövde is situated around 150 k ...

. It was founded on 21 June 1919. The club plays in the third-tier Ettan after relegation from

Superettan Superettan (; ) is an association football league and the second highest league in the Swedish football league system, league system of Swedish football, Swedish men's football. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and rel ...

in 2024.

Background

Skövde AIK was founded on 20 June 1919. The club played in the second tier in 1995. eight seasons later the club had plunged into Division 5 Västergötland Östra, the sixth tier, having been relegated three consecutive times between 2000 and 2002. However SAIK have made a dramatic recovery and by 2007 were back in Division 1 Södra which is now the third tier of Swedish football after 4 consecutive promotions. In 2006, Skövde AIK won the Division 2 Mellersta Götaland after defeating

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2–1 in the decisive final match before 2364 spectators. In 2009 the club just failed to get into the

after missing out in the promotion play-offs. In 2021 the club got promoted to

. The first year in Superettan was a success, as they placed 5th, only 4 points away from the playoff game to

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. The club is affiliated to the

Västergötlands Fotbollförbund The Västergötlands Fotbollförbund ''(Västergötland Football Association)'' is one of the 24 district organisations of the Swedish Football Association. It administers lower tier football in the historical province of Västergötland. Back ...

Season to season

Current squad

Out on loan

Famous players that have played for Skövde AIK

Johan Mårtensson Johan Daniel Mårtensson (born 16 February 1989) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Club career GAIS During his career at GAIS, he first came from the third-tier club Skövde AIK and, therefore, had some ti ...

* Jakob Orlov * Jonas Lindberg * Sebastian Ohlsson * Gustav Granath * Viktor Granath * Gustaf Norlin

Achievements

League

Division 1 Södra Ettan Fotboll, or simply Ettan (), which also is its common name in everyday speech, is the third level in the Swedish football league system and consists of 32 Swedish football teams. It was formerly simply known as ''Division 1''. Division 1 ...

: ** Runners-up (2): 2009, 2021.

Managers

* Gunnar Reis (1958–59) * Sven "Fiskarn" Johansson (1960–1961) * Lars Daremark (1962) * C-G Bolander (1963) * Arne Selmosson (1964–68) * Lars Arnesson (1969) * Axel "Acke" Eriksson (1970) * Carl-Axel "CAS" Stenberg (1971–72) *

Janne Carlsson Jan Edvard Carlsson (12 March 1937 – 31 August 2017), known professionally as Janne 'Loffe' Carlsson, was a Swedish actor, musician, composer and artist. Early life Carlsson was born on 12 March 1937 in Katarina Parish, Stockholm, the son of ...

(1973–74) * Blagoja Vucidolov (1975) * Carl-Axel "CAS" Stenberg (1976–77) * Ove Wigertz (1978) * Sven - Eric "Svenne" Johansson (1979–80) * Christer Fermvik (1981–83) *

Thom Åhlund Thom Alvar Ålund (born 17 February 1953) is a Swedish former football player and manager, best known for representing Hammarby IF. In 1979, he won four caps for the Sweden men's national football team. Club career Early career Born in Stock ...

(1984–86) *

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(1987) * Inge Lennartsson (1988–89) * Christer Swärd (1990–94) * Stefan Johansson (1995–96) * Francisco Verona (1997) *

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(1998) * Bengt Persson (1998) * Francisco Verona (1999–2000) * Magnus Henriksson (2001–02) * Gudmundur Magnusson (2003–07) * Stefan Jacobsson (2008–11) * Rickard Söderberg (2012–2013) * Charbel Abraham (2013) * Mikael Thorvald (2018) * Stefan Strind (2019–2020) * Mikael Lindgren (2020) * Tobias Linderoth (2021–2023) * Srdjan Tufegdzic (2024–)

Futsal

Honours

*5 Futsal Swedish Championship: 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009

External links

Skövde AIK Official Website

Footnotes

{{DEFAULTSORT:Skovde Aik Association football clubs established in 1919 Football clubs in Västra Götaland County Futsal clubs in Sweden 1919 establishments in Sweden Sport in Skövde 20th-century establishments in Skaraborg County