2017 AIK Fotboll season explained

Club:	AIK
Season:	2017
Chairman:	Per Bystedt
Manager:	Rikard Norling
Stadium:	Skytteholms IP Friends Arena Tele2 Arena
League Topscorer:	Nicolás Stefanelli (9)
Season Topscorer:	Nicolás Stefanelli (10)
Highest Attendance:
Lowest Attendance:
Average Attendance:	^[1]
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Prevseason:	2016
Nextseason:	2018

The 2017 season was AIK's 126th in existence, their 89th season in Allsvenskan and their 12th consecutive season in the league. The team competed in Allsvenskan, Svenska Cupen and UEFA Europa League.

Season events

Winter

Prior to the start of the season, AIK announced the signing of Jesper Nyholm from Dalkurd on a contract until the end of 2019,^[2] and the departure of Niclas Eliasson to IFK Norrköping after they exercised an option in the loan agreement to make the move permanent.^[3]

On 1 January, Ahmed Yasin joined Muaither on loan until 31 May.^[4]

On 23 January, AIK announced that Alexander Isak had been sold to Borussia Dortmund.^[5]

On 25 January, AIK and Jos Hooiveld mutual agreed to end their contract early, with Hooiveld going on to sign for Twente.^{[6] [7]}

On 31 January, AIK announced the signing of Kristoffer Olsson from Midtjylland until the end of 2020,^[8] and the departure of Ebenezer Ofori to VfB Stuttgart.^[9]

On 4 February, AIK announced the loan signing of Simon Thern from Heerenveen for the season.^[10]

On 8 February, AIK announced the loan signing of Stipe Vrdoljak from NK Novigrad until 31 July, with an option to make the transfer permanent.^[11]

On 3 March, AIK announced the signing of Sulejman Krpić from Sloboda Tuzla until the end of 2019,^[12] and the return of Henok Goitom on a contract until the end of 2018.^[13]

On 28 March, Patrick Kpozo joined Tromsø on loan until 20 July, with an option to extend the loan until the end of the season.^[14]

Summer

On 30 June, AIK announced that Stipe Vrdoljak's loan had been ended and that they had not taken up the option of making the move permanent,^[15] and that they had signed Nicolás Stefanelli from Defensa y Justicia on a contract until 31 December 2020.^[16]

On 3 July, AIK announced the signing of Rasmus Lindkvist from Vålerenga on a contract until 31 December 2020.^[17] The following day, 4 July, AIK announced the singing of Robert Taylor from RoPS also on a contract until 31 December 2020.^[18]

On 7 July, AIK announced that Sulejman Krpić had left the club to return to Sloboda Tuzla.^[19]

On 20 July, Sauli Väisänen left AIK to sign for SPAL.^[20]

On 26 July, AIK announced the loan signing of Agustin Gómez from Defensa y Justicia for the remainder of the season,^[21] and the return of Chinedu Obasi on a contract until the end of the season.^[22]

On 4 August, Patrick Kpozo left AIK to join Östersund.^[23]

Squad

^[24]

No.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from	Signed in	Contract ends	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
13	Kyriakos Stamatopoulos		GK	2017 11, df=yes	Tromsø	2011		63	0
34	Oscar Linnér		GK	2017 11, df=yes	Academy	2015		46	0
35	Gustav Nyberg		GK	2017 11, df=yes	Academy	2017		0	0
Defenders
2	Haukur Hauksson		DF	2017 11, df=yes	KR	2015^[25]	2019	72	7
3	Per Karlsson		DF	2017 11, df=yes	Academy	2003
4	Nils-Eric Johansson		DF	2017 11, df=yes	Leicester City	2007^[26]		370	21
5	Jesper Nyholm		DF	2017 11, df=yes	Dalkurd	2017	2019	30	1
9	Rasmus Lindkvist		DF	2017 11, df=yes	Vålerenga	2017	2020	19	4
15	Agustin Gómez		DF	2017 11, df=yes	on loan from Defensa y Justicia	2017	2017	1	0
21	Daniel Sundgren		DF	2017 11, df=yes	Degerfors	2016^[27]	2019	70	5
Midfielders
6	Simon Thern		MF	2017 11, df=yes	on loan from Heerenveen	2017	2017	31	1
7	Kristoffer Olsson		MF	2017 11, df=yes	Midtjylland	2017	2020	39	3
8	Johan Blomberg		MF	2017 11, df=yes	Halmstad	2015^[28]	2017	108	12
14	Robert Taylor		MF	2017 11, df=yes	RoPS	2017	2020	5	0
24	Stefan Ishizaki		MF	2017 11, df=yes	Unattached	2015^[29]	2017
25	William Jan		MF	2017 11, df=yes	Academy	2016		0	0
37	Gabriel Aphrem		MF	2017 11, df=yes	Academy	2017		0	0
39	Amin Affane		MF	2017 11, df=yes	Arminia Bielefeld	2016^[30]		49	3
40	Bilal Hussein		MF	2017 11, df=yes	Academy	2017		0	0
43	Albin Linnér		MF	2017 11, df=yes	Academy	2017		0	0
Forwards
10	Denni Avdić		FW	2017 11, df=yes	AZ Alkmaar	2016^[31]	2018	52	8
17	Daniel Mushitu		FW	2017 11, df=yes	Västerås	2017		5	0
20	Chinedu Obasi		FW	2017 11, df=yes	Shenzhen	2017	2017	20	12
22	Nicolás Stefanelli		FW	2017 11, df=yes	Defensa y Justicia	2017	2020	19	10
36	Henok Goitom		FW	2017 11, df=yes	San Jose Earthquakes	2017	2018	145	58
38	Nebiyou Perry		FW	2017 11, df=yes	Academy	2017		1	0
Out on loan
11	Eero Markkanen		FW	2017 11, df=yes	RoPS	2016^[32]	2018	66	22
16	Rickson Mansiamina		MF	2017 11, df=yes	Academy	2016		1	0
18	Noah Sundberg		DF	2017 11, df=yes	Academy	2013		40	3
19	Ahmed Yasin		MF	2017 11, df=yes	AGF	2016^[33]	2018	27	2
29	Anton Salétros		MF	2017 11, df=yes	Academy	2013		90	2
31	Christos Gravius		MF	2017 11, df=yes	Academy	2015		17	0
Left during the season
9	Sulejman Krpić		FW	2017 11, df=yes	Sloboda Tuzla	2017	2019	6	0
14	Stipe Vrdoljak		DF	2017 11, df=yes	on loan from Novigrad	2017	2017	10	0
15	Sauli Väisänen		DF	2017 11, df=yes	Honka	2014^[34]		64	4
17	Ebenezer Ofori		MF	2017 11, df=yes	New Edubiase United	2013^[35]	2017^[36]	101	5
26	Jos Hooiveld		DF	2017 11, df=yes	Unattached	2015^[37]	2017	60	2
32	Patrick Kpozo		DF	2017 11, df=yes	International Allies	2015^[38]		18	0
36	Alexander Isak		FW	2017 11, df=yes	Academy	2016		29	13

Transfers

See main article: List of Swedish football transfers winter 2016–17 and List of Swedish football transfers summer 2017.

In

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 January 2017	DF		Jesper Nyholm	Dalkurd	Undisclosed
31 January 2017	MF		Kristoffer Olsson	Midtjylland	Undisclosed
3 March 2017	FW		Sulejman Krpić	Sloboda Tuzla	Undisclosed
3 March 2017	FW		Henok Goitom	Unattached	Free
30 June 2017	FW		Nicolás Stefanelli	Defensa y Justicia	Undisclosed
3 July 2017	DF		Rasmus Lindkvist	Vålerenga	Undisclosed
4 July 2017	MF		Robert Taylor	RoPS	Undisclosed
26 July 2017	FW		Chinedu Obasi	Shenzhen	Undisclosed

Loans in

Start date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	End date	Ref.
4 February 2017	MF		Simon Thern	Heerenveen	31 December 2017
8 February 2017	DF		Stipe Vrdoljak	NK Novigrad	30 June 2017
26 July 2017	DF		Agustin Gómez	Defensa y Justicia	31 December 2017

Out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 January 2017	MF		Niclas Eliasson	IFK Norrköping	Undisclosed
23 January 2017	FW		Alexander Isak	Borussia Dortmund	Undisclosed
31 January 2017	DF		Ebenezer Ofori	VfB Stuttgart	Undisclosed	^[39]
6 July 2017	FW		Sulejman Krpić	Sloboda Tuzla	Undisclosed
20 July 2017	DF		Sauli Väisänen	SPAL	Undisclosed
4 August 2017	DF		Patrick Kpozo	Östersund	Undisclosed

Loans out

Start date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	End date	Ref.
1 January 2017	MF		Ahmed Yasin	Muaither	24 April 2017	^[40]
21 March 2017	MF		Christos Gravius	Jönköpings Södra	31 December 2017	^[41]
28 March 2017	DF		Patrick Kpozo	Tromsø	20 July 2017
28 March 2017	DF		Noah Sundberg	GIF Sundsvall	31 December 2017
31 March 2017	MF		Rickson Mansiamina	GAIS	15 July 2017	^[42]
13 July 2017	MF		Ahmed Yasin	BK Häcken	31 December 2017	^[43]
25 July 2017	MF		Rickson Mansiamina	Syrianska	31 December 2015	^[44]
4 August 2017	FW		Eero Markkanen	Dynamo Dresden	30 June 2018	^[45]
11 August 2017	MF		Anton Salétros	Újpest	31 December 2017	^[46]

Released

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	Joined	Date	Ref
25 January 2017	DF		Jos Hooiveld	Twente	25 January 2017
31 December 2017	DF		Stefan Ishizaki	IF Elfsborg	1 January 2018	^[47] ^[48]
31 December 2017	MF		Johan Blomberg	Colorado Rapids	1 January 2018	^[49] ^[50]
31 December 2017	FW		Chinedu Obasi	Bolton Wanderers	3 March 2018	^[51]

Competitions

Allsvenskan

See main article: 2017 Allsvenskan.

Results

Svenska Cupen

2016–17

See main article: 2016–17 Svenska Cupen.

Knockout phase

2017–18

See main article: 2017–18 Svenska Cupen.

UEFA Europa League

See main article: 2017–18 UEFA Europa League.

Qualifying rounds

See main article: 2017–18 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round.

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

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Goal scorers

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1	FW		22	Nicolás Stefanelli	9	0	1	0	10
2	FW		36	Henok Goitom	5	0	0	1	6
	FW		20	Chinedu Obasi	5	0	0	1	6
4	DF		21	Daniel Sundgren	4	0	0	1	5
	FW		10	Denni Avdić	3	1	0	0	4
	FW		11	Eero Markkanen	2	0	0	3	5
7	DF		9	Rasmus Lindkvist	4	0	0	0	4
	MF		8	Johan Blomberg	3	1	0	0	4
9	MF		7	Kristoffer Olsson	2	0	0	1	3
	DF		4	Nils-Eric Johansson	2	0	0	1	3
				Own goal	2	1	0	0	3
12	DF		3	Per Karlsson	1	1	0	0	2
	MF		24	Stefan Ishizaki	1	0	0	1	2
14	DF		2	Haukur Hauksson	1	0	0	0	1
	DF		5	Jesper Nyholm	1	0	0	0	1
	MF		6	Simon Thern	1	0	0	0	1
	MF		39	Amin Affane	1	0	0	0	1
TOTALS					47	4	1		9	61

Clean sheets

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1	GK		34	Oscar Linnér	12	3	0	4	19
2	GK		13	Kyriakos Stamatopoulos	1	0	1	0	2
TOTALS					13	3	1		4	21

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Allsvenskan		2016–17 Svenska Cupen		2017–18 Svenska Cupen		UEFA Europa League		Total
2		DF	Haukur Hauksson	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
3		DF	Per Karlsson	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	6	0
4		DF	Nils-Eric Johansson	6	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	8	1
5		DF	Jesper Nyholm	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
6		MF	Simon Thern	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
7		MF	Kristoffer Olsson	6	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	10	0
8		MF	Johan Blomberg	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
20		FW	Chinedu Obasi	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
21		DF	Daniel Sundgren	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
22		FW	Nicolás Stefanelli	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
24		MF	Stefan Ishizaki	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	5	0
34		GK	Oscar Linnér	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
36		FW	Henok Goitom	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
39		MF	Amin Affane	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
Players away on loan:
11		FW	Eero Markkanen	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
29		MF	Anton Salétros	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Players who left AIK during the season:
9		FW	Sulejman Krpić	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
14		DF	Stipe Vrdoljak	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
15		DF	Sauli Väisänen	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Total				55	1	9	0	1	0	6	0	71	1

Notes and References

1. Web site: Allsvenskan 2017 - Attendance.
2. Web site: Officiellt: AIK vinner dragkampen om Jesper Nyholm . fotbolltransfers.com . Fotboll Transfers . 4 January 2023 . Swedish . 12 September 2016.
3. Web site: Niclas Eliasson lämnar AIK Fotboll . aikfotboll.se . AIK Fotboll . 5 January 2023 . Swedish . 3 November 2016.
4. Web site: Ahmed Yasin lånas ut . aikfotboll.se . AIK Fotboll . 5 January 2023 . Swedish . 1 January 2017.
5. Web site: Alexander Isak till Borussia Dortmund . aikfotboll.se . AIK Fotboll . 5 January 2023 . Swedish . 23 January 2017.
6. Web site: BRIEF-AIK Fotboll: Jos Hooiveld leaves AIK . reuters.com . Reuters . 4 January 2023 . 26 January 2017.
7. Web site: Jos Hooiveld naar FC Twente » FC Twente. fctwente.nl. 8 July 2017. nl-NL.
8. Web site: Kristoffer Olsson klar för AIK Fotboll. sv . 31 January 2017 . AIK Fotboll . 31 January 2017.
9. Web site: Ebenezer Ofori till VfB Stuttgart . aikfotboll.se . AIK Fotboll . 5 January 2023 . Swedish . 31 January 2017.
10. Web site: Avslöjar: Simon Thern lånas nu ut till AIK . expressen.se . Expressen . 4 January 2023 . Swedish . 4 February 2017.
11. Web site: Bekräftat: Kroaten klar för AIK Fotboll . aftonbladet.se . Sport Bladet . 4 January 2023 . Swedish . 8 February 2017.
12. Web site: Sulejman Krpić klar för AIK . AIK . 3 March 2017 . 10 March 2017.
13. Web site: Henok Goitom gör comeback i AIK. Henok Goitom makes a comeback at AIK. AIK Fotboll. Stefan. Mellerborg. sv. 3 March 2017. 10 March 2017.
14. Web site: Patrick Kpozo lånas ut . aikfotboll.se . AIK Fotboll . 5 January 2023 . Swedish . 28 March 2017.
15. Web site: Officiellt: Ingen förlängning för AIK-lån: "Inte den nivån vi hoppats" . fotbollskanalen.se . Fotboll Skanalen . 4 January 2023 . Swedish . 30 June 2017.
16. Web site: Nicolás Stefanelli klar för AIK Fotboll AIK Fotboll. AIK Fotboll. sv.
17. Web site: Rasmus Lindkvist klar för AIK Fotboll . aikfotboll.se . AIK Fotboll . 5 January 2023 . Swedish . 3 July 2017.
18. Web site: Robert Taylor klar för AIK Fotboll . aikfotboll.se . AIK Fotboll . 5 January 2023 . Swedish . 4 July 2017.
19. Web site: Sulejman Krpić lämnar AIK Fotboll . aikfotboll.se . AIK Fotboll . 5 January 2023 . Swedish . 7 July 2017.
20. Web site: Sauli Väisänen till SPAL . aikfotboll.se . AIK Fotboll . 5 January 2023 . Swedish . 20 July 2017.
21. Web site: AIK lånar in mittback resten av säsongen . aftonbladet.se . Sport Bladet . 4 January 2023 . Swedish . 26 July 2017.
22. Web site: Chinedu Obasi återvänder till AIK Fotboll . aikfotboll.se . AIK Fotboll . 5 January 2023 . Swedish . 26 July 2017.
23. Web site: Patrick Kpozo till Östersunds FK . aikfotboll.se . AIK Fotboll . 5 January 2023 . Swedish . 4 August 2017.
24. Web site: AIK - 2016 . footballsquads.co.uk/ . Football Squads . 3 January 2023.
25. Web site: Haukur Heidar I Radir AIK I Svithjod . ruv.is/ . RUV . 2 January 2023 . Icelandic . 24 November 2014.
26. Web site: NILS-ERIC JOHANSSON KLAR FÖR AIK . news.cision.com . News Cision . 25 November 2022 . Swedish . 21 May 2007.
27. Web site: AIK värvar Daniel Sundgren . AIK Fotboll . 20 November 2015 . 29 November 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151121095245/http://www.aikfotboll.se/Article.aspx?contentID=9770 . 21 November 2015 .
28. Web site: Johan Blomberg . aikfotboll.se/ . AIK Fotboll . 2 January 2023 . Swedish .
29. Web site: Stefan Ishizaki . aikfotboll.se/ . AIK Fotboll . 2 January 2023 . Swedish .
30. Web site: Heimweh! Affane verlässt Bielefeld . Homesickness! Affane leaves Bielefeld . kicker . 5 January 2016 . 16 January 2016.
31. Web site: AIK värvar Denni Avdić . AIK Fotboll . 4 January 2016 . 12 February 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160310235320/http://www.aikfotboll.se/Article.aspx?contentID=9801 . 10 March 2016 .
32. Web site: Eero Markkanen klar för AIK . AIK Fotboll . 5 November 2015 . 29 November 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160401093721/http://www.aikfotboll.se/Article.aspx?contentID=9748 . 1 April 2016 .
33. Web site: Ahmed Yasin . aikfotboll.se . AIK Fotboll . 4 January 2023.
34. 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.
35. 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.
36. Web site: Kontraktsförlängning med Ofori . aikfotboll.se . AIK Fotboll . 5 January 2023 . Swedish . 6 February 2015.
37. Web site: Jos Hooiveld . aikfotboll.se/ . AIK Fotboll . 2 January 2023 . Swedish .
38. Web site: Patrick Kpozo . aikfotboll.se/ . AIK Fotboll . 2 January 2023 . Swedish .
39. Web site: VfB sign Ebenezer Ofori. 31 January 2017. VfB Stuttgart. 31 January 2017.
40. Web site: Officiellt: Ahmed Yasin lämnar Muaither SC . fotbolltransfers.com . Fotboll Transfers . 4 January 2023 . Swedish . 24 April 2017.
41. Web site: Christos Gravius lånas ut . aikfotboll.se . AIK Fotboll . 4 January 2023 . Swedish . 21 March 2017.
42. Web site: Officiellt: GAIS lånar Rickson Mansiamina . fotbolltransfers.com . Fotboll Transfers . 4 January 2023 . Swedish . 31 March 2017.
43. Web site: Ahmed Yasin klar för BK Häcken . gp.se . Goteborgs-Posten . 4 January 2023 . Swedish . 13 July 2017.
44. Web site: Officiellt: Syrianska lånar från AIK: "Har följt honom hela säsongen" . fotbollskanalen.se . Fotboll Skanalen . 4 January 2023 . Swedish . 25 July 2017.
45. News: Dynamo Dresden leiht Stürmer Markkanen aus. 4 August 2017. kicker Online. 4 August 2017. de.
46. Web site: Klart: Lämnar AIK – för spel i utlandet . expressen.se . Expressen . 4 January 2023 . Swedish . 11 August 2017.
47. Web site: Ishizaki bekräftar: Lämnar AIK i vinter . aftonbladet.se . Sport Bladet . 23 January 2023 . Swedish . 25 October 2017.
48. Web site: Officiellt: Stefan Ishizaki återvänder till Elfsborg: "Ska hjälpa klubben till toppen igen" . fotbollskanalen.se . Fotboll Skanalen . 23 January 2023 . Swedish . 11 December 2017.
49. Web site: Ingen fortsättning för Johan Blomberg . aikfotboll.se . AIK Fotboll . 23 January 2023 . Swedish . 21 November 2017.
50. Web site: Colorado Rapids acquire Swedish midfielder Johan Blomberg from AIK Fotboll . coloradorapids.com . Colorado Rapids . 23 January 2023 . 20 November 2017.
51. Web site: Wanderers sign Chinedu Obasi . Bolton Wanderers . 3 March 2018 . 3 March 2018 . Theo . Squires . https://web.archive.org/web/20180304060511/https://www.bwfc.co.uk/news/2018/march/wanderers-sign-chinedu-obasi/ . 4 March 2018 . live .