AIK FOTBOLL

'AIK', pron. , 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.^[1] The club is currently playing in the highest Swedish league, Allsvenskan.

Contents

History

AIK as a club

Current squad

Achievements

Noted players

Noted managers

External links

History

AIK was founded in 1891 by Isidor Behrens at Biblioteksgatan 8, a street in downtown Stockholm. 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.'' Players in 'bold' have international caps.

Achievements

★ 'Swedish Champions:'

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★ 'Winners (10):' 1900, 1901, 1911, 1914, 1916, 1923, 1931–32, 1936–37, 1992, 1998

★ 'Allsvenskan:'

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★ 'Winners (4):' 1931–32, 1936–37, 1983, 1998

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★ 'Runners-up (10):' 1930–31, 1934–35, 1935–36, 1938–39, 1946–47, 1972, 1974, 1984, 1999, 2006

★ 'Mästerskapsserien:'

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★ 'Winners (1):' 1992

★ 'Allsvenskan play-off:'

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★ 'Runners-up (1):' 1986

★ 'Svenska Serien:'

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★ 'Runners-up (5):' 1910, 1914–15, 1915–16, 1922–23, 1923–24

★ 'Svenska Mästerskapet:'

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★ 'Winners (6):' 1900, 1901, 1911, 1914, 1916, 1923

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★ 'Runners-up (2):' 1898, 1917

★ 'Svenska Cupen:'

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★ 'Winners (7):' 1949, 1950, 1975–76, 1984–85, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1998–99

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★ 'Runners-up (8):' 1943, 1947, 1968–69, 1991, 1994–95, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2002

★ 'Corinthian Bowl:'

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★ 'Runners-up (2):' 1912, 1913

★ 'Rosenska Pokalen:'

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★ 'Runners-up (2):' 1899, 1900

★ 'Wicanderska Välgörenhetsskölden:'

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★ 'Winners (4):' 1908, 1909, 1914, 1916

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★ '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

★ Jens Lindblom

★ Olle Nordin

★ 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
1. http://www.aik.se/aikindex.html?/historik/aik/aikbildas.html