2015 AIK Fotboll season explained

Club:	AIK
Season:	2015
Chairman:	Johan Segui
Manager:	Andreas Alm
Stadium:	Skytteholms IP Friends Arena
League Topscorer:	Henok Goitom (18)
Season Topscorer:	Henok Goitom (27)
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The 2015 season was AIK's 124th in existence, their 87th season in Allsvenskan, and their 10th consecutive season in the league. The team competed in Allsvenskan, UEFA Europa League, and Svenska Cupen.

Season events

Prior to the start of the season, AIK announced the signings Haukur Hauksson to a five-year contract, Fredrik Brustad and Johan Blomberg to a three-year contracts and that Mohamed Bangura would return on a two-year contract from İstanbul Başakşehir.^[1] ^[2] ^[3] ^[4]

On 23 December 2014, AIK announced the signing of free-agent Dickson Etuhu to a two-year contract after he had left Blackburn Rovers during the summer of 2014,^[5] and that Ibrahim Moro had been sold to Kairat effective 1 January.^[6]

On 14 January, Celso Borges left AIK to join Deportivo La Coruña on loan until the summer of 2015, with an option to make the move permanent.^[7]

On 3 February, AIK announced the signing of Patrick Kpozo from International Allies from 15 July, when he turned 18-years old.^[8]

On 6 February, Ebenezer Ofori signed a 12-month extension to his contract, keeping him at AIK until the end of the 2017 season.^[9]

On 24 February, AIK announced the loan signing of Alex Pereira from AFC United until the summer transfer window.^[10]

On 10 July, AIK announced the signing of Jos Hooiveld and Stefan Ishizaki on contracts until the end of 2017.^[11] ^[12]

On 30 July, AIK extended their loan agreement for Alex Pereira until the end of the season.^[13]

On 2 September, Sauli Väisänen joined HIFK on loan for the remainder of the season.^[14]

Squad

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No.	Name	Position	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from	Signed in	Contract ends	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
13	Kyriakos Stamatopoulos	GK	2015 10, df=yes	Tromsø	2011		61	0
34	Oscar Linnér	GK	2015 10, df=yes	Academy	2015		4	0
35	Patrik Carlgren	GK	2015 10, df=yes	IK Brage	2013^[16]	2016	56	0
Defenders
3	Per Karlsson	DF	2015 10, df=yes	Academy	2003
4	Nils-Eric Johansson	DF	2015 10, df=yes	Leicester City	2007^[17]		295	17
12	Haukur Hauksson	DF	2015 10, df=yes	KR	2015	2019	30	0
16	Alex Pereira	DF	2015 10, df=yes	on loan from AFC United	2015	2015	18	2
18	Noah Sundberg	DF	2015 10, df=yes	Academy	2013		38	3
26	Jos Hooiveld	DF	2015 10, df=yes	Unattached	2015	2017	42	1
32	Patrick Kpozo	DF	2015 10, df=yes	International Allies	2015		1	0
Midfielders
8	Johan Blomberg	MF	2015 10, df=yes	Halmstad	2015	2017	39	6
14	Kenny Pavey	MF	2015 10, df=yes	Östers	2014^[18]	2015	191	16
15	Gabriel Ferreyra	MF	2015 10, df=yes	on loan from Boca Juniors	2014^[19]	2015	2	0
17	Ebenezer Ofori	MF	2015 10, df=yes	New Edubiase United	2013^[20]	2017	67	2
20	Dickson Etuhu	MF	2015 10, df=yes	Unattached	2015	2016	30	2
21	William Sheriff	MF	2015 10, df=yes	Academy	2015		0	0
24	Stefan Ishizaki	MF	2015 10, df=yes	Unattached	2015	2017
28	Niclas Eliasson	MF	2015 10, df=yes	Falkenberg	2014^[21]	2017	34	2
29	Anton Salétros	MF	2015 10, df=yes	Academy	2013		47	1
31	Christos Gravius	MF	2015 10, df=yes	Academy	2015		2	0
Forwards
7	Fredrik Brustad	FW	2015 10, df=yes	Stabæk	2015	2017	35	7
9	Marko Nikolić	FW	2015 10, df=yes	Academy	2014		17	1
10	Henok Goitom	FW	2015 10, df=yes	Almería	2012		114	52
23	Mohamed Bangura	FW	2015 10, df=yes	İstanbul Başakşehir	2015	2016	93	30
Out on loan
2	Sauli Väisänen	DF	2015 10, df=yes	Honka	2014^[22]		15	2
	Edward Owusu	DF	2015 10, df=yes	Brommapojkarna	2011		0	0
Left during the season
5	Panajotis Dimitriadis	MF	2015 10, df=yes	Brommapojkarna	2014^[23]	2017	17	0
6	Alexander Milošević	DF	2015 10, df=yes	Vasalund	2011^[24]	2014	87	4
11	Nabil Bahoui	MF	2015 10, df=yes	Brommapojkarna	2013^[25]	2016	75	32
22	Kwame Karikari	FW	2015 10, df=yes	International Allies	2011^[26]	2015^[27]	58	9
25	Sam Lundholm	MF	2015 10, df=yes	Academy	2012		41	2
26	Nicklas Maripuu	MF	2015 10, df=yes	Väsby United	2010		14	0
30	Lalawélé Atakora	MF	2015 10, df=yes	Fredrikstad	2011^[28]	2015^[29]	52	3
	Celso Borges	MF	2015 10, df=yes	Fredrikstad	2012		97	23

Transfers

See main article: List of Swedish football transfers winter 2014–15 and List of Swedish football transfers summer 2015.

In

Date	Position	Name	From	Fee
1 January 2015	DF	Haukur Hauksson	KR	Undisclosed
1 January 2015	MF	Dickson Etuhu	Unattached	Free
1 January 2015	MF	Johan Blomberg	Halmstad	Undisclosed
1 January 2015	FW	Fredrik Brustad	Stabæk	Free
1 January 2015	FW	Mohamed Bangura	İstanbul Başakşehir	Undisclosed
10 July 2015	DF	Jos Hooiveld	Unattached	Free
10 July 2015	MF	Stefan Ishizaki	Unattached	Free
15 July 2015	DF	Patrick Kpozo	International Allies	Undisclosed

Loans in

Start date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	End date	Ref.
11 August 2014	MF		Gabriel Ferreyra	Boca Juniors	31 December 2015
24 February 2015	DF		Alex Pereira	AFC United	31 December 2015

Out

Date	Position	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 January 2015	MF	Ibrahim Moro	Kairat	Undisclosed
1 January 2015	FW	Kennedy Igboananike	Chicago Fire	Undisclosed	^[30]
7 January 2015	DF	Alexander Milošević	Beşiktaş	Undisclosed	^[31]
14 January 2015	MF	Lalawélé Atakora	Helsingborg	Undisclosed	^[32]
22 January 2015	FW	Kwame Karikari	Halmstad	Undisclosed	^[33]
13 February 2015	MF	Nicklas Maripuu	IK Sirius	Undisclosed	^[34]
9 June 2015	MF	Panajotis Dimitriadis	Gençlerbirliği	Undisclosed	^[35]
8 July 2015	MF	Nabil Bahoui	Al Ahli	Undisclosed	^[36]
11 August 2015	MF	Sam Lundholm	NEC Nijmegen	Undisclosed	^[37]

Loans out

Start date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	End date	Ref.
14 January 2015	MF		Celso Borges	Deportivo La Coruña	30 June 2015
1 July 2015	DF		Sauli Väisänen	HIFK	31 December 2015

Released

Date	Position	Name	Joined	Date	Ref
31 December 2015	DF	Edward Owusu	Piteå	1 January 2016	^[38]
31 December 2015	MF	Kenny Pavey	Assyriska	1 January 2016	^[39]
31 December 2015	MF	Alexander Hedman	IK Sirius	1 January 2016	^[40]
31 December 2015	FW	Henok Goitom	Getafe	22 March 2016	^[41] ^[42] ^[43]

Competitions

Allsvenskan

See main article: 2015 Allsvenskan.

Results

Svenska Cupen

2014–15

See main article: 2014–15 Svenska Cupen.

Group stage

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

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Goal scorers

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1	FW		36	Henok Goitom	18	2	1	6	27
2	FW		23	Mohamed Bangura	8	1	1	1	11
3	MF		11	Nabil Bahoui	5	1	0	2	8
4	MF		8	Johan Blomberg	6	0	0	0	6
4	MF		7	Fredrik Brustad	5	0	1	0	6
6	DF		4	Nils-Eric Johansson	3	1	0	0	4
7	DF		16	Alex Pereira	2	0	0	0	2
	MF		20	Dickson Etuhu	2	0	0	0	2
	DF		2	Sauli Väisänen	1	1	0	0	2
	DF		18	Noah Sundberg	1	1	0	0	2
	MF		24	Stefan Ishizaki	1	0	0	1	2
12	DF		26	Jos Hooiveld	1	0	0	0	1
	MF		25	Sam Lundholm	0	1	0	0	1
	MF		29	Anton Salétros	0	0	1	0	1
	MF		28	Niclas Eliasson	0	0	1	0	1
	MF		17	Ebenezer Ofori	0	0	0	1	1
				Own goal	1	0	0	0	1
TOTALS					54	8	6		11	79

Clean sheets

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1	GK		35	Patrik Carlgren	8	0	0	0	8
2	GK		13	Kyriakos Stamatopoulos	0	2	1	2	5
3	GK		34	Oscar Linnér	1	0	0	1	2
TOTALS					9	2	1		3	15

Disciplinary record

Number	Position	Name	Allsvenskan		2014–15 Svenska Cupen		2015–16 Svenska Cupen		UEFA Europa League		Total

3	DF	Per Karlsson	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
4	DF	Nils-Eric Johansson	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	5	0
8	MF	Johan Blomberg	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
10	FW	Henok Goitom	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	5	0
12	DF	Haukur Hauksson	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
14	MF	Kenny Pavey	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	1
16	DF	Alex Pereira	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
17	MF	Ebenezer Ofori	6	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	9	0
18	DF	Noah Sundberg	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
20	MF	Dickson Etuhu	5	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	9	1
23	FW	Mohamed Bangura	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0
24	MF	Stefan Ishizaki	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
26	DF	Jos Hooiveld	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
28	MF	Niclas Eliasson	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0
29	MF	Anton Salétros	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
35	GK	Patrik Carlgren	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Players away on loan:
2	DF	Sauli Väisänen	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Players who left AIK during the season:
11	MF	Nabil Bahoui	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
25	MF	Sam Lundholm	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Total			49	3	9	0	0	0	9	0	67	3

Notes and References

Web site: Haukur Heidar I Radir AIK I Svithjod . ruv.is/ . RUV . 2 January 2023 . Icelandic . 24 November 2014.
Web site: Fredrik Brustad till AIK 2015 . aikfotboll.se/ . AIK Fotboll . 2 January 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141109144957/http://www.aikfotboll.se/Article.aspx?contentID=8710 . 9 November 2014 . Swedish . 13 August 2014.
Web site: Johan Blomberg . aikfotboll.se/ . AIK Fotboll . 2 January 2023 . Swedish .
Web site: Officiellt: Mohamed Bangura klar för AIK . fotbolltransfers.com . Fotboll Transfers . 2 January 2023 . Swedish . 5 December 2014.
Web site: AIK Fotboll värvar Dickson Etuhu . aikfotboll.se/ . AIK Fotboll . 2 January 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141223132601/http://www.aikfotboll.se/Article.aspx?contentID=8985 . 23 December 2014 . Swedish . 23 December 2014.
Web site: Ibrahim Moro lämnar AIK . 23 December 2014 . 6 March 2015 . Swedish . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141223142059/http://www.aikfotboll.se/Article.aspx?contentID=8987 . 23 December 2014 .
Web site: Officiellt: AIK släpper Celso Borges till Deportivo La Coruna . fotbolltransfers.com . Fotboll Transfers . 2 January 2023 . Swedish . 14 January 2015.
Web site: Patrick Kpozo . aikfotboll.se/ . AIK Fotboll . 2 January 2023 . Swedish .
Web site: Kontraktsförlängning med Ofori . aikfotboll.se . AIK Fotboll . 5 January 2023 . Swedish . 6 February 2015.
Web site: Officiellt: AIK lånar Alex Pereira . fotbolltransfers.com . Fotboll Transfers . 2 January 2023 . Swedish . 23 February 2015.
Web site: Jos Hooiveld . aikfotboll.se/ . AIK Fotboll . 2 January 2023 . Swedish .
Web site: Stefan Ishizaki . aikfotboll.se/ . AIK Fotboll . 2 January 2023 . Swedish .
Web site: Officiellt: Alex Pereira stannar i AIK . fotbolltransfers.com . Fotboll Transfers . 2 January 2023 . Swedish . 30 July 2015.
Web site: Officiellt: Sauli Väisänen lånas ut till IFK Helsingfors . fotbolltransfers.com . Fotboll Transfers . 2 January 2023 . Swedish . 2 September 2015.
Web site: AIK - 2015 . footballsquads.co.uk/ . Football Squads . 2 January 2023.
Web site: AIK värvar Patrik Carlgren . aikfotboll.se . AIK Fotboll . 30 December 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140301040119/http://www.aikfotboll.se/Article.aspx?contentID=7349 . 1 March 2014 . Swedish . 11 July 2013.
Web site: NILS-ERIC JOHANSSON KLAR FÖR AIK . news.cision.com . News Cision . 25 November 2022 . Swedish . 21 May 2007.
Web site: Kenny Pavey är tillbaka i AIK . aikfotboll.se/ . AIK Fotboll . 1 January 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140116180536/http://www.aikfotboll.se/Article.aspx?contentID=8024 . 16 January 2014 . Swedish . 16 January 2014.
Web site: AIK lånar spelare från Boca Juniors . aikfotboll.se/ . AIK Fotboll . 1 January 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140815052836/http://www.aikfotboll.se/Article.aspx?contentID=8701 . 15 August 2014 . Swedish . 11 August 2014.
Web site: Ebenezer Ofori till AIK . aikfotboll.se . AIK Fotboll . 30 December 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150207194429/http://www.aikfotboll.se/Article.aspx?contentID=7401 . 7 February 2015 . 24 July 2013.
Web site: Niclas Eliasson klar för AIK . aikfotboll.se/ . AIK Fotboll . 1 January 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160401122654/http://aikfotboll.se/Article.aspx?contentID=7854 . 1 April 2016 . Swedish . 5 November 2013.
Web site: Sauli Väisänen klar för AIK . aikfotboll.se/ . AIK Fotboll . 1 January 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140729140608/http://www.aikfotboll.se/Article.aspx?contentID=8638 . 29 July 2014 . Swedish . 25 July 2014.
Web site: Panajotis Dimitriadis klar för AIK . aikfotboll.se/ . AIK Fotboll . 1 January 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131105160139/http://www.aikfotboll.se/Article.aspx?contentID=7853 . 5 November 2013 . Swedish . 5 November 2013.
Web site: Alexander Milosevic klar för AIK . 2011-02-01 . 2011-02-01 . aikfotboll.se . Swedish . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120328044537/http://www.aikfotboll.se/Article.aspx?contentID=3683 . 2012-03-28 .
Web site: Nabil Bahoui till AIK . aikfotboll.se . AIK Fotboll . 30 December 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140424014704/http://www.aikfotboll.se/Article.aspx?contentID=6351 . 24 April 2014 . 8 November 2012.
Web site: Kwame Amponsah Karikari till AIK . 2011-04-01 . 2011-04-02 . aikfotboll.se. Swedish. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20170107011143/http://www.aikfotboll.se/Article.aspx?contentID=3916. 2017-01-07.
Web site: Officiellt: AIK förlänger med Kwame Karikari - som lånas ut till Balikesirspor . fotbolltransfers.com . Fotboll Transfers . 30 December 2022 . Swedish . 4 July 2013.
Web site: AIK Fotboll köper loss Atakora . 2011-11-01 . 2011-11-03 . aikfotboll.se . Swedish . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111115175236/http://www.aikfotboll.se/Article.aspx?contentID=4909 . 2011-11-15 .
Web site: Officiellt: Lalawele Atakora lånas ut till Balikesirspor . fotbolltransfers.com . Fotboll Transfers . 30 December 2022 . Swedish . 29 July 2013.
Web site: Chicago Fire add striker Kennedy Igboananike as designated player . espn.co.uk/ . ESPN . 2 January 2023 . 2 December 2014.
Web site: Officiellt: Alexander Milosevic klar för Besiktas . fotbolltransfers.com/ . Fotboll Transfers . 2 January 2023 . Swedish . 7 January 2015.
Web site: Officiellt: Lalawele Atakora klar för Helsingborgs IF . fotbolltransfers.com/ . Fotboll Transfers . 2 January 2023 . Swedish . 14 January 2015.
Web site: Officiellt: Halmstads BK värvar Kwame Karikari . fotbolltransfers.com/ . Fotboll Transfers . 2 January 2023 . Swedish . 22 January 2015.
Web site: Officiellt: Nicklas Maripuu till IK Sirius . fotbolltransfers.com/ . Fotboll Transfers . 2 January 2023 . Swedish . 13 February 2015.
Web site: Officiellt: AIK bekräftar försäljning av Panajotis Dimitriadis . fotbolltransfers.com/ . Fotboll Transfers . 2 January 2023 . Swedish . 9 June 2015.
Web site: Officiellt: Nabil Bahoui lämnar AIK för Al-Ahli . fotbolltransfers.com/ . Fotboll Transfers . 2 January 2023 . Swedish . 8 July 2015.
Web site: Officiellt: Sam Lundholm klar för NEC Nijmegen . fotbolltransfers.com/ . Fotboll Transfers . 2 January 2023 . Swedish . 11 August 2015.
Web site: Officiellt: Edward Owusu förlänger med Piteå IF . fotbolltransfers.com . Fotbollt Tansfers . 3 January 2023 . Swedish . 22 December 2015.
Web site: Kenny Pavey slutar i AIK . AIK Fotboll . 12 November 2015 . 29 November 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151117024541/http://www.aikfotboll.se/Article.aspx?contentID=9759 . 17 November 2015 .
Web site: Officiellt: Alexander Hedman klar för Sirius . fotbolltransfers.com . Fotbollt Tansfers . 3 January 2023 . Swedish . 19 December 2015.
Web site: Officiellt: Henok Goitom lämnar AIK . fotbolltransfers.com . Fotbollt Tansfers . 3 January 2023 . Swedish . 5 November 2015.
Web site: Henok Goitom lämnar AIK Fotboll . AIK Fotboll . 5 November 2015 . 29 November 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151109162840/http://www.aikfotboll.se/Article.aspx?contentID=9746 . 9 November 2015 .
Web site: Henok Goitom klar för La Liga-klubben Getafe. Henok Goitom signs with La Liga club Getafe. Kista Galaxy. sv. 22 March 2016. 9 March 2017.