Aalesunds FK
{{Short description|Norwegian association football club}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}}
{{Infobox football club
| clubname = Aalesunds FK
| image = Aalesunds FK logo.svg
| upright = 0.74
| fullname = Aalesunds Fotballklubb
| nickname = Tangotrøyene (Tangoshirts), Tango, De oransje og blå (Orange and blue)
| short name = AaFK
| founded = {{Start date and age|1914|6|25|df=yes|p=yes}}
| ground = Color Line Stadion
Ålesund
| capacity = 10,778
| chairman = Jan Petter Hagen
| manager = Kjetil Rekdal
| league = 1. divisjon
| season = 2024
| position = 1. divisjon, 9th of 16
| website = {{URL|http://www.aafk.no/}}
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Aalesunds Fotballklubb, commonly known as Aalesund or AaFK, is a Norwegian professional football club from the town of Ålesund, that competes in the Norwegian first division, the second tier of the Norwegian football league system. 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=
:
class="wikitable"
! Season ! ! Pos. ! Pl. ! W ! D ! L ! GS ! GA ! P !Cup !Notes | ||||||
2001
|align=right |6 |align=right|30 | align=right|13 | align=right|8 | align=right|9
|align=right|65 | align=right|51 | align=right|47
|Third round | | |
2002
|align=right bgcolor=#DDFFDD|{{Up-arrow|alt=promoted}} 2 |align=right|30 | align=right|19 | align=right|7 | align=right|4
|align=right|77 | align=right|26 | align=right|64
|Semi-final |Promoted to the Tippeligaen | |
2003
|align=right bgcolor="#FFCCCC"|{{Down-arrow|alt=relegated}} 13 |align=right|26 | align=right|7 | align=right|7 | align=right|12
|align=right|30 | align=right|33 | align=right|28
|Quarter-final |Relegated to the 1. divisjon | |
2004
|align=right bgcolor=#DDFFDD|{{Up-arrow|alt=promoted}} 2 |align=right|30 | align=right|21 | align=right|1 | align=right|8
|align=right|67 | align=right|36 | align=right|64
|Third round |Promoted to the Tippeligaen | |
2005
|align=right bgcolor="#FFCCCC"|{{Down-arrow|alt=relegated}} 13 |align=right|26 | align=right|6 | align=right|9 | align=right|11
|align=right|30 | align=right|42 | align=right|27
|Fourth round |Relegated to the 1. divisjon | |
2006
|align=right bgcolor=#DDFFDD|{{Up-arrow|alt=promoted}} 2 |align=right|30 | align=right|17 | align=right|9 | align=right|4
|align=right|71 | align=right|35 | align=right|60
|Fourth round |Promoted to the Tippeligaen | |
2007
|align=right |11 |align=right|26 | align=right|9 | align=right|3 | align=right|14
|align=right|49 | align=right|56 | align=right|30
|Fourth round | | |
2008
|align=right |13 |align=right|26 | align=right|7 | align=right|4 | align=right|15
|align=right|29 | align=right|42 | align=right|25
|Fourth round | | |
2009
|align=right |13 |align=right|30 | align=right|9 | align=right|9 | align=right|12
|align=right|34 | align=right|43 | align=right|36
|bgcolor=gold|Winner | | |
2010
|align=right |4 |align=right|30 | align=right|14 | align=right|5 | align=right|11
|align=right|46 | align=right|37 | align=right|47
|Third round |Europa League Third qualifying round | |
2011
|align=right |9 |align=right|30 | align=right|12 | align=right|7 | align=right|11
|align=right|36 | align=right|38 | align=right|43
|bgcolor=gold|Winner |Europa League Play-off round | |
2012
|align=right |11 |align=right|30 | align=right|9 | align=right|11 | align=right|10
|align=right|40 | align=right|41 | align=right|38
|Fourth round |Europa League Third qualifying round | |
2013
|align=right |4 |align=right|30 | align=right|14 | align=right|7 | align=right|9
|align=right|55 | align=right|44 | align=right|49
|Third round | | |
2014
|align=right |7 |align=right|30 | align=right|11 | align=right|8 | align=right|11
|align=right|40 | align=right|39 | align=right|41
|Fourth round | | |
2015
|align=right |10 |align=right|30 | align=right|11 | align=right|5 | align=right|14
|align=right|42 | align=right|57 | align=right|38
|Third round | | |
2016
|align=right |9 |align=right|30 | align=right|12 | align=right|6 | align=right|12
|align=right|46 | align=right|51 | align=right|42
|Third round | | |
2017
|align=right bgcolor="#FFCCCC"|{{Down-arrow|alt=relegated}} 15 |align=right|30 | align=right|8 | align=right|8 | align=right|14
|align=right|38 | align=right|50 | align=right|32
|Fourth round |Relegated to 1. divisjon | |
2018
|align=right |3 |align=right|30 | align=right|18 | align=right|5 | align=right|7
|align=right|58 | align=right|31 | align=right|59
|First round | | |
2019
|align=right bgcolor=#DDFFDD|{{Up-arrow|alt=promoted}} 1 |align=right|30 | align=right|25 | align=right|4 | align=right|1
|align=right|67 | align=right|25 | align=right|79
|Quarter-final | Promoted to Eliteserien |
2020
|align=right bgcolor="#FFCCCC"|{{Down-arrow|alt=relegated}} 16 |align=right|30 | align=right|2 | align=right|5 | align=right|23
|align=right|30 | align=right|85 | align=right|11
|Cancelled |Relegated to 1. divisjon | |
2021
|align=right bgcolor=#DDFFDD|{{Up-arrow|alt=promoted}} 2 |align=right|30 | align=right|16 | align=right|10 | align=right|4
|align=right|68 | align=right|43 | align=right|58
|Fourth round |Promoted to Eliteserien | |
2022
|align=right |9 |align=right|30 | align=right|10 | align=right|9 | align=right|11
|align=right|32 | align=right|45 | align=right|39
|Third round | | |
2023
|align=right bgcolor="#FFCCCC"|{{Down-arrow|alt=relegated}} 16 |align=right|30 | align=right|5 | align=right|3 | align=right|22
|align=right|23 | align=right|73 | align=right|18
|Third round |Relegated to 1. divisjon | |
2024
|align=right |9 |align=right|30 | align=right|12 | align=right|4 | align=right|14
|align=right|45 | align=right|49 | align=right|40
|Second round | |
=European=
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! Season ! Competition ! Round ! Country ! Club ! Home ! Away ! Aggregate |
2010–11
|Q3 |align=center|{{Flag icon|SCO}} |align=center|1–1 |align=center|0–3 |1–4 |
rowspan="4"|2011–12
|rowspan="4"|UEFA Europa League |Q1 |align=center|{{Flag icon|WAL}} |align=center|4–1 |align=center|2–0 |6–1 |
Q2
|align=center|{{Flag icon|HUN}} |align=center|3–1(aet) |align=center|1–2 |4–3 |
Q3
|align=center|{{Flag icon|SWE}} |align=center|4–0 |align=center|1–1 |5–1 |
Play-off
|align=center|{{Flag icon|NED}} |AZ |align=center|2–1 |align=center|0–6 |2–7 |
rowspan="2"|2012–13
|rowspan="2"|UEFA Europa League |Q2 |align=center|{{Flag icon|ALB}} |align=center|5–0 |align=center|1–1 |6–1 |
Q3
|align=center|{{Flag icon|CYP}} |align=center|0–1 |align=center|1–2 |1–3 |
Supporters
The local supporter club for AaFK is called "Stormen", or "The Storm", with about 2000 members. They also have another supporter club who is called "Aalesund Support" which makes great noise every game.
=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
{{Main|Kråmyra Stadium|Color Line Stadium}}
File:Color-line-stadion-januar-2018.jpg
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 the 2006 1. divisjon became at the time a new record for attendances at the second tier of the Norwegian league system.
Current squad
{{updated|1 April 2025}}{{cite web|url=https://www.aafk.no/lag|title=A-laget|website=aafk.no|publisher=Aalesunds FK|language=no|trans-title=First team squad}}
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|no= 1|nat=NOR|name=Sten Grytebust|pos=GK}}
{{Fs player|no= 2|nat=NOR|name=Marius Andresen|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no= 3|nat=ISL|name=Ólafur Guðmundsson|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no= 4|nat=NOR|name=Simen Vatne Haram|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no= 5|nat=NOR|name=Aleksander Hammer Kjelsen|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no= 6|nat=NOR|name=Håkon Hammer|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no= 7|nat=NOR|name=Kristoffer Nessø|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no= 8|nat=NOR|name=Henrik Melland|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no= 9|nat=DEN|name=Paul Ngongo|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=10|nat=POR|name=Cláudio Braga|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=11|nat=ISL|name=Davíð Jóhannsson|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=14|nat=DEN|name=Mathias Kristensen|pos=MF}}
{{Fs mid}}
{{Fs player|no=19|nat=DEN|name=Frederik Heiselberg|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=23|nat=NOR|name=Erik Ansok Frøysa|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=25|nat=NOR|name=John Kitolano|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=26|nat=NOR|name=Tor Erik Valderhaug Larsen|pos=GK}}
{{Fs player|no=29|nat=NOR|name=Jørgen Bøe|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=33|nat=NOR|name=Magnus Vestre Døving|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=34|nat=NOR|name=Thomas Gulbrandsen|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=35|nat=NOR|name=Sebastian Berntsen|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=39|nat=DEN|name=Kristian Lonebu|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=45|nat=NOR|name=Philip Aukland|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=66|nat=DEN|name=Janus Seehusen|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no= |nat=DEN|name=Alexander Ammitzbøll|pos=FW}}
{{Fs end}}
= Out on loan =
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|no=17|nat=NOR|name=Noah Solskjær|pos=FW|other={{small|at Brattvåg until 15 July 2025}}}}
{{Fs player|no=28|nat=NOR|name=Eivind Kolve|pos=MF|other={{small|at Levanger until 31 December 2025}}}}
{{Fs end}}
Club officials
- Chairman:Gunnar Haagensen
- Head coach: Kjetil Rekdal
- Assistant coach: Geir Frigård
- Goalkeeper coach: Frank Mathiesen
- Reserve team head coach:
Managers
- Bobby Gould
- Egil "Drillo" Olsen (1989)
- Eivind Syversen (19??–93)
- Knut Torbjørn Eggen (1994–96)
- Bård Wiggen (1 July 1997 – 30 June 1999)
- Geir Hansen (2000)
- Ivar Morten Normark (1 January 2002 – 31 December 2005)
- Per Joar Hansen (1 January 2006 – 31 December 2007)
- Sören Åkeby (1 January 2008 – 31 August 2008)
- Kjetil Rekdal (5 September 2008 – 26 November 2012)
- Jan Jönsson (8 January 2013 – 31 December 2014)
- Harald Aabrekk (1 January 2015 – 28 April 2015)
- Trond Fredriksen (28 April 2015 – 12 December 2017)
- Lars Bohinen (20 December 2017 – 23 August 2020)
- Lars Arne Nilsen (25 August 2020 – 4 May 2023)
- Christian Johnsen (13 June 2023 – 18 June 2024)
- Kjetil Rekdal (30 June 2024 –)
Honours
=League=
- Champions (1): 2019
=Cup=
History of league positions (since 1963)
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! style="width: 3.5em;" | ! style="width: 3.0em;" | 1963 ! style="width: 3.0em;" | 1964–1967 ! style="width: 3.0em;" | 1968–1976 ! style="width: 3.0em;" | 1977–1978 ! style="width: 3.0em;" | 1979 ! style="width: 3.0em;" | 1980–1981 ! style="width: 3.0em;" | 1982–1983 ! style="width: 3.0em;" | 1984 ! style="width: 3.0em;" | 1985–1993 ! style="width: 3.0em;" | 1994 ! style="width: 3.0em;" | 1995–1998 ! style="width: 3.0em;" | 1999–2000 ! style="width: 3.0em;" | 2001–2002 ! style="width: 3.0em;" | 2003 ! style="width: 3.0em;" | 2004 ! style="width: 3.0em;" | 2005 ! style="width: 3.0em;" | 2006 ! style="width: 3.0em;" | 2007–2017 ! style="width: 3.0em;" | 2018–2019 ! style="width: 3.0em;" | 2020 ! style="width: 3.0em;" | 2021 ! style="width: 3.0em;" | 2022–2023 ! style="width: 3.0em;" | 2024– | |||||||||||||
Level 1
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| Level 2
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| Level 3
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References
{{Reflist}}
External links
{{commons category}}
- {{official website|http://www.aafk.no}}
- [http://www.stormensupport.no Stormen Fanclub site]
{{Aalesunds FK}}
{{1. divisjon teamlist}}
{{Eliteserien teamlist}}
{{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Aalesunds Fk}}
Category:Association football clubs established in 1914