| Club: | Aalesund |
| Season: | 2012 |
| Manager: | Kjetil Rekdal |
| Mgrtitle: | Manager |
| Chairman: | Kjell Tennfjord |
| Chrtitle: | Chairman |
| Stadium: | Color Line Stadion |
| League: | Tippeligaen |
| League Result: | 11th |
| Cup1: | Norwegian Cup |
| Cup1 Result: | Fourth Round vs Sandefjord |
| Cup2: | Europa League |
| Cup2 Result: | Third qualifying Round vs APOEL |
| League Topscorer: | Michael Barrantes (9) |
| Season Topscorer: | Michael Barrantes (10) |
| Highest Attendance: | 10,247 vs Molde 12 August 2012 |
| Lowest Attendance: | 1,340 vs Byåsen 20 June 2012 |
| Average Attendance: | 9,366 |
| Prevseason: | 2011 |
| Nextseason: | 2013 |
The 2012 season is Aalesund's 6th consecutive year in Tippeligaen, it was Kjetil Rekdal's fourth full season as the club's manager. Aalesunds competed in the Tippeligaen, finishing 11th and the 2012 Norwegian Football Cup, where they were knocked out at the Fourth Round stage by Sandefjord. They also competed in the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League qualifying stages, defeating Tirana of Albania in the Second Round and then losing to APOEL of Cyprus in the Third Round.
See main article: List of Norwegian football transfers winter 2011–12. In:[1] Out:
See main article: List of Norwegian football transfers summer 2012. In:Out: [2] [3]
See main article: 2012 Tippeligaen.
See main article: 2012 Norwegian Football Cup.
See main article: 2012–13 UEFA Europa League.
See main article: 2012–13 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round.
Note 1: Tirana played their home match at Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana instead of their regular stadium, Selman Stërmasi Stadium, Tirana.|-|colspan="14"|Players away from Aalesunds on loan:|-|colspan="14"|Players who left Aalesunds during the season:|}
| width=60 | Place | width=60 | Position | width=60 | Nation | width=60 | Number | width=200 | Name | width=80 | Tippeligaen | width=100 | Norwegian Cup | width=100 | Europa League | width=80 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MF | 31 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 10 | |||||||||||
| 2 | FW |  | 11 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 7 | ||||||||||
| 3 | DF |  | 15 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
| MF | 14 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | MF |  | 25 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||
| FW |  | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||||
| 7 | DF | | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| DF | | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||||
| 9 | MF | | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| MF | | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 11 | MF | | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| FW | | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| TOTALS | 40 | 7 | 7 | 54 | |||||||||||||
| Number | Position | Nation | Name | Tippeligaen | Norwegian Cup | Europa League | Total | ||||||||
| width=60 style="background: #FFEE99" | width=60 style="background: #FF8888" | width=60 style="background: #FFEE99" | width=60 style="background: #FF8888" | width=60 style="background: #FFEE99" | width=60 style="background: #FF8888" | width=60 style="background: #FFEE99" | width=60 style="background: #FF8888" | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | DF | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 4 | DF | | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||
| 5 | DF |  | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 6 | MF | | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||||
| 7 | MF | | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |||||
| 8 | MF | | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||||
| 9 | FW | | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||
| 11 | FW | | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |||||
| 15 | DF | | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||||
| 17 | MF | | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||
| 22 | DF | | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||||
| 23 | MF | | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||
| 25 | MF | | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 27 | DF | | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||||
| 31 | MF | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||||||
| TOTALS | 39 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 49 | 0 | |||||||