Aalesunds FK

Aalesund
Full name Aalesunds Fotballklubb
Nickname(s) Tangotrøyene (Tangoshirts), Tango, De oransje og blå (Orange and blue)
Short name AaFK
Founded 25 June 1914 (1914-06-25)
Ground Color Line Stadion
Ålesund
Capacity 10,778
Chairman Reidar Mjelde
Manager Lars Bohinen
League OBOS-ligaen
2017 Eliteserien, 15th (relegated)
Website Club website

Aalesunds Fotballklubb is a Norwegian football club from the city of Ålesund, currently playing in the Norwegian Premier League. The club was founded on 25 June 1914. As of 2004, the football club had 835 members and several teams on both professional and amateur levels. These teams are the 1st and 2nd teams, junior team, and also several age-specific teams.

History

In 2009 the club won the Norwegian Cup for the first time in its history. They beat rival Molde FK in the Final, and thereby qualified for participation in the UEFA Europa League. Aalesund also won the 2011 Cup Final, where they beat SK Brann.

Recent domestic

Season Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Cup Notes
2001 1. Divisjon 6 301389 655147 Third round
2002 1. Divisjon promoted 2 301974 772664 Semifinal Promoted to the Tippeligaen
2003 Tippeligaen relegated 13 267712 303328 Quarterfinal Relegated to the 1. Divisjon
2004 1. Divisjon promoted 2 302118 673664 Third round Promoted to the Tippeligaen
2005 Tippeligaen relegated 13 266911 304227 Fourth round Relegated to the 1. Divisjon
2006 1. Divisjon promoted 2 301794 713560 Fourth round Promoted to the Tippeligaen
2007 Tippeligaen 11 269314 495630 Fourth round
2008 Tippeligaen 13 267415 294225 Fourth round
2009 Tippeligaen 13 309912 344336 Winner
2010 Tippeligaen 4 3014511 463747 Third round Europa League Third qualifying round
2011 Tippeligaen 9 3012711 363843 Winner Europa League Play-off round
2012 Tippeligaen 11 3091110 404138 Fourth round Europa League Third qualifying round
2013 Tippeligaen 4 301479 554449 Third round
2014 Tippeligaen 7 3011811 403941 Fourth round
2015 Tippeligaen 10 3011514 425738 Third round
2016 Tippeligaen 9 3012612 465142 Third round
2017 Eliteserien relegated 15 308814 385032 Fourth round
2018 (in progress) OBOS-ligaen 1 261655 522653 First round
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European

Season Competition Round Country Club Home Away Aggregate
2010–11 UEFA Europa League Q3 Scotland Motherwell 1–1 0–3 1–4
2011–12 UEFA Europa League Q1 Wales Neath 4–1 2–0 6–1
Q2 Hungary Ferencváros 3–1(aet) 1–2 4–3
Q3 Sweden Elfsborg 4–0 1–1 5–1
Play-off Netherlands AZ 2–1 0–6 2–7
2012–13 UEFA Europa League Q2 Albania Tirana 5–0 1–1 6–1
Q3 Cyprus APOEL 0–1 1–2 1–3

Supporters

The local supporter club for AaFK is called "Stormen", or "The Storm", with about 2000 members.

Rivalries

Rival football clubs in the city include Herd, Rollon, Skarbøvik and Spjelkavik, with Molde and Hødd traditionally being the main regional rivals. Hødd has been less competitive with AaFK in recent years, as they have not been in the same division for some time. More recent rivalries have centred on Molde and Strømsgodset, and to some extent Brann.

The club's supporters enjoy a good relationship with supporters of Oslo club Vålerenga, and it is not uncommon for supporters of one club to support the other in competitions where only one team participates. In the 2011 game against Neath in Wales, some supporters of 2010's Europa League opponents Motherwell also made their way to support the club.

Stadium

Aalesund played their home matches at Kråmyra Stadium until the 2005 season, when they relocated to the new Color Line Stadium with an approximate capacity of 11,000 people. Boosted by the new stadium, recent success and general increasing attendance in Norway, Aalesund has gone from attracting crowds of approximately 1,000 to regularly selling out their stadium in only a few years. Their average attendance of 9,943 in Adeccoligaen 2006 became the new record for attendances at the second tier of the Norwegian league system.

Current squad

As of 2 April 2018

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

No. Position Player
1 Norway GK Andreas Lie
3 Iceland DF Daníel Leó Grétarsson
4 Norway DF Jonas Grønner
5 Norway DF Oddbjørn Lie
6 Netherlands DF Kaj Ramsteijn
7 Cape Verde MF Erikson Spinola Lima
8 Norway MF Fredrik Carlsen
9 Sweden FW Valmir Berisha
10 Iceland FW Hólmbert Friðjónsson
11 Iceland MF Aron Elís Þrándarson
13 Norway GK Tarjei Aase Omenås
14 Senegal FW Pape Habib Guèye
No. Position Player
15 Norway DF Ståle Steen Sæthre
16 Norway DF Jørgen Hatlehol
17 Norway MF Sondre Brunstad Fet
19 England DF Jernade Meade
20 Norway DF Robert Sandnes
21 Norway MF Jens Petter Hauge (on loan from Bodø/Glimt)
22 Iceland DF Adam Örn Arnarson
23 Norway FW Torbjørn Agdestein
30 Croatia DF Nikola Tkalčić (on loan from Sarpsborg 08)
32 Norway GK Sondre Sødergren
36 Norway MF Emil Solnørdal
41 Norway MF Markus Karlsbakk

For season transfers, see 2018 Aalesunds FK season.

Club officials

  • Head coach: Lars Bohinen
  • Assistant coach: Karl Oskar Fjørtoft
  • Goalkeeper coach: Frank Mathiesen
  • Physical trainer: Bjørn Erik Melland
  • Youth coach: Jan Erik Sørnes
  • Youth coach: Erling Ytterland

Managers

Notable Players

  • John Arne Riise (1996 - 1998, 2016)
  • Jonathan Parr (2007 - 2011)
  • Adin Brown (2005 - 2009)
  • Anders Lindegaard (2009 -2010)
  • Thor Hogne Aarøy
  • Bjørn Helge Riise

Honours

References

  1. ↑ "Norsk & Internasjonal Fotballstatistikk" (in Norwegian).

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