AIK Fotboll

AIK

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Full name	Allmänna Idrottsklubben
Nickname(s)	Gnaget Smokinglirarna (The Tuxedo Players)
Founded	1891 1896 (football department)
Ground	Råsunda, Solna
Capacity	36,608[1]
Chairman	Per Bystedt
Manager	Rikard Norling
League	Allsvenskan
2006	Allsvenskan, 2nd
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This article is about AIK's football department. For other departments of the club, see Allmänna Idrottsklubben.

AIK, pron. Template:IPA2, Allmänna Idrottsklubben, is a Swedish football club based in Solna, just north of Stockholm. The club was formed 15 February 1891 in Stockholm and the football department was formed in 1896. The club's full name, "Allmänna Idrottsklubben", translates to "The general sports club". The name was chosen to indicate that the club was open for everyone and also that one of the main events was to be athletics, at the time called "allmän idrott" in Swedish. The club is currently playing in the highest Swedish league, Allsvenskan.

History

AIK was founded in 1891 by Isidor Behrens in Stockholm, at the downtown address of Biblioteksgatan 8. Football was put into practice in 1896 and AIK won its first title four years later. AIK relocated to the suburb Solna in 1937, as the home stadium of the club was changed from Stockholms Stadion to Råsunda Fotbollsstadion. AIK have played 62 matches in European competitions and took part in the 1999/2000 Uefa Champions League, their only appearance in the tournament group stage to date. Drawn in Group B along with FC Barcelona, Arsenal FC and Fiorentina, AIK would finish bottom of the group with only 1 point from 6 games, their sole point coming from a 0-0 draw at home to Fiorentina.

AIK as a club

With one of the largest fan-bases in Sweden, AIK had an average attendance of over 21 000 people during the 2006 season, the highest in Sweden.

The club's main rival is Djurgårdens IF, also formed in 1891. The local derbies between the clubs are sometimes listed in the European top ten of derbies. Another fierce rival is Hammarby IF, also from Stockholm but with its largest fan base in southern Stockholm. The derbies against Hammarby are naturally also very intense and passionate but are not regarded quite as classic as the Djurgårdens IF derbies.

While Hammarby IF likes to cultivate a working-class image and Djurgårdens IF is often considered the posh man's team, AIK cannot easily be placed on a sociopolitical scale.

Current squad

As of 6 September 2007. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	SWE	Daniel Örlund
2	DF	SWE	Patrik Karlsson
4	DF	SWE	Nils-Eric Johansson
5	DF	NOR	Per Verner Vågan Rønning
7	MF	ARG	Pablo Monsalvo
8	MF	SWE	Daniel Tjernström (captain)
9	FW	SVN	Miran Burgič
13	DF	SWE	Daniel Arnefjord
14	MF	ENG	Kenny Pavey
15	MF	SWE	Kevin Walker
16	MF	SWE	Pierre Bengtsson
17	DF	SWE	Jimmy Tamandi

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	DF	SWE	Markus Jonsson
20	MF	JAM	Khari Stephenson
21	FW	SWE	Alexander Gerndt
22	GK	SWE	Niklas Westberg
23	MF	SWE	Mats Rubarth
24	DF	SWE	Nicklas Carlsson
26	FW	BRA	Daniel Mendes
27	FW	ARG	Iván Óbolo
28	FW	ARG	Lucas Valdemarín
29	MF	SWE	Gabriel Özkan
30	MF	LBR	Dulee Johnson
—	DF	SWE	Per Karlsson (on loan to Åtvidabergs FF)
—	FW	NOR	Bernt Hulsker (on loan to I.K. Start)

Achievements

• Swedish Champions:
  • Winners (10): 1900, 1901, 1911, 1914, 1916, 1923, 1931–32, 1936–37, 1992, 1998
• Allsvenskan:
  • Winners (4): 1931–32, 1936–37, 1983, 1998
  • Runners-up (10): 1930–31, 1934–35, 1935–36, 1938–39, 1946–47, 1972, 1974, 1984, 1999, 2006
• Mästerskapsserien:
  • Winners (1): 1992
• Allsvenskan play-off:
  • Runners-up (1): 1986
• Svenska Serien:
  • Runners-up (5): 1910, 1914–15, 1915–16, 1922–23, 1923–24
• Svenska Mästerskapet:
  • Winners (6): 1900, 1901, 1911, 1914, 1916, 1923
  • Runners-up (2): 1898, 1917
• Svenska Cupen:
  • Winners (7): 1949, 1950, 1975–76, 1984–85, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1998–99
  • Runners-up (8): 1943, 1947, 1968–69, 1991, 1994–95, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2002
• Corinthian Bowl:
  • Runners-up (2): 1912, 1913
• Rosenska Pokalen:
  • Runners-up (2): 1899, 1900
• Wicanderska Välgörenhetsskölden:
  • Winners (4): 1908, 1909, 1914, 1916
  • Runners-up (3): 1905, 1906, 1915

Noted players

• Andreas Andersson
• Tomas Antonelius
• Mattias Asper
• Henry Garvis Carlsson
• Derek Boateng
• Kurt Hamrin
• Krister Nordin

• Magnus Hedman
• Pontus Kåmark
• Peter Larsson
• Anders Limpar
• Teddy Lucic
• Olof Mellberg
• Wilton Figueiredo

• Johan Mjällby
• Nik Mrdja
• Nebosja Novakovic
• Lennart Skoglund
• Thore Sundberg
• Gary Sundgren
• Sanny Åslund
• Stefan Ishizaki
• Benjamin Kibebe

Noted managers

• Fred Spiksley
• Richard Money
• Stuart Baxter
• Dušan Uhrin
• Olle Nordin
• Jens Lindblom
• Tommy Söderberg
• Erik Hamrén
• Hans Backe
• Rikard Norling

External links

• AIK Fotboll - official site
• Black Army - supporter site
• Gnagarforum - supporter site
• Sol Invictus - supporter site
• AIK-Tifo - tifo site