2018 AIK Fotboll season explained

Club:	AIK
Season:	2018
Chairman:	Eric Ljunggren
Manager:	Rikard Norling
Stadium:	Friends Arena
League:	Allsvenskan
League Result:	1st
Cup1:	Svenska Cupen
Cup1 Result:	Semi-finals
Cup2:	UEFA Europa League
Cup2 Result:	Second qualifying round
League Topscorer:	Henok Goitom (11)
Season Topscorer:	Henok Goitom (12)
Highest Attendance:	50,128 (4 November 2018 vs GIF Sundsvall, Allsvenskan)
Lowest Attendance:	7,679 (13 March 2018 vs Örebro SK, Svenska Cupen)
Average Attendance:	23,664 (in Allsvenskan) 19,940 (in all competitions)
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Current:	2018 AIK Fotboll season
Prevseason:	2017

The 2018 season was AIK's 127th in existence, their 90th season in Allsvenskan and their 13th consecutive season in the league. The team was competing in Allsvenskan, Svenska Cupen and UEFA Europa League.

Squad

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No.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from	Signed in	Contract ends	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
13	Kyriakos Stamatopoulos		GK	2018 11, df=yes	Tromsø	2011		63	0
23	Budimir Janošević		GK	2018 11, df=yes	IF Brommapojkarna	2018	2020	10	0
34	Oscar Linnér		GK	2018 11, df=yes	Academy	2015		76	0
35	Samuel Brolin		GK	2018 11, df=yes	Academy	2018		0	0
Defenders
2	Haukur Hauksson		DF	2018 11, df=yes	KR	2015^[2]	2019	83	7
3	Per Karlsson		DF	2018 11, df=yes	Academy	2003
5	Jesper Nyholm		DF	2018 11, df=yes	Dalkurd	2017^[3]	2019	34	1
6	Alexander Milošević		DF	2018 11, df=yes	Vasalund	2018	2018	121	5
9	Rasmus Lindkvist		DF	2018 11, df=yes	Vålerenga	2017^[4]	2020	52	7
15	Robert Lundström		DF	2018 11, df=yes	Vålerenga	2018	2020	10	1
21	Daniel Sundgren		DF	2018 11, df=yes	Degerfors	2016^[5]	2019	98	7
24	Robin Jansson		DF	2018 11, df=yes	IK Oddevold	2018	2019	29	3
26	Joel Ekstrand		DF	2018 11, df=yes	Rotherham United	2018	2020	6	0
Midfielders
7	Kristoffer Olsson		MF	2018 11, df=yes	Midtjylland	2017^[6]	2020	77	9
8	Enoch Adu		MF	2018 11, df=yes	Akhisarspor	2018	2020	36	0
14	Heradi Rashidi		MF	2018 11, df=yes	Dalkurd	2018	2020	19	1
16	Sebastian Larsson		MF	2018 11, df=yes	Hull City	2018	2020	18	2
20	Tarik Elyounoussi		MF	2018 11, df=yes	Olympiacos	2018	2019	34	11
25	Panajotis Dimitriadis		MF	2018 11, df=yes	Giresunspor	2018	2020	31	1
Forwards
10	Denni Avdić		FW	2018 11, df=yes	AZ Alkmaar	2016^[7]	2018	76	8
11	Stefan Silva		FW	2018 11, df=yes	Palermo	2018	2021	13	2
22	Nicolás Stefanelli		FW	2018 11, df=yes	Defensa y Justicia	2017^[8]	2020	44	17
36	Henok Goitom		FW	2018 11, df=yes	San Jose Earthquakes	2017^[9]	2018	185	71
Out on loan
18	Bilal Hussein		MF	2018 11, df=yes	Academy	2017		0	0
31	Christos Gravius		MF	2018 11, df=yes	Academy	2015		17	0
	Adam Ben Lamin		DF	2018 11, df=yes	Academy	2019		0	0
	Rickson Mansiamina		MF	2018 11, df=yes	Academy	2016		1	0
	Daniel Mushitu		FW	2018 11, df=yes	Västerås	2017		5	0
Left during the season
14	Robert Taylor		MF	2018 11, df=yes	RoPS	2017^[10]	2020	6	0
16	Anton Salétros		MF	2018 11, df=yes	Academy	2013		104	5
17	Nabil Bahoui		MF	2018 11, df=yes	on loan from Grasshopper	2018	2018	90	36
19	Ahmed Yasin		MF	2018 11, df=yes	AGF	2016^[11]	2018	48	4

Players out on loan

Transfers

See main article: List of Swedish football transfers winter 2017–18.

In

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 January 2018	MF		Enoch Adu	Akhisarspor	Undisclosed	^[12]
1 January 2018	GK		Budimir Janošević	Brommapojkarna	Undisclosed	^[13]
1 January 2018	DF		Robert Lundström	Vålerenga	Undisclosed	^[14]
9 January 2018	FW		Stefan Silva	Palermo	Undisclosed	^[15]
15 January 2018	DF		Joel Ekstrand	Rotherham United	Undisclosed	^[16]
30 January 2018	MF		Tarik Elyounoussi	Olympiacos	Undisclosed	^[17]
28 February 2018	DF		Alexander Milošević	Beşiktaş	Undisclosed	^[18]
3 April 2018	DF		Robin Jansson	IK Oddevold	Undisclosed	^[19]
11 June 2018	MF		Sebastian Larsson	Hull City	Undisclosed	^[20]
4 July 2018	MF		Heradi Rashidi	Dalkurd	Undisclosed	^[21]
4 July 2018	MF		Panajotis Dimitriadis	Giresunspor	Undisclosed	^[22]

Out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
8 January 2018	DF		Noah Sundberg	Östersund	Undisclosed	^[25]
17 January 2018	MF		Amin Affane	IFK Göteborg	Undisclosed	^[26]
17 January 2018	GK		Gustav Nyberg	IK Sirius	Undisclosed	^[27]
6 June 2018	MF		Anton Salétros	Rostov	Undisclosed	^[28]
2 August 2018	MF		Ahmed Yasin	Al-Khor	Undisclosed	^[29]
31 August 2018	MF		Robert Taylor	Tromsø	Undisclosed	^[30]

Loans out

Start date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	End date	Ref.
4 January 2018	MF		Christos Gravius	Degerfors IF	31 December 2018	^[31]
15 January 2018	FW		Eero Markkanen	Randers	30 June 2018	^[32]
15 February 2018	FW		Daniel Mushitu	Vasalund	30 June 2018	^[33]
28 March 2018	MF		Robert Taylor	Tromsø	31 August 2018	^[34]

Released

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	Joined	Date	Ref
18 February 2018	DF		Nils-Eric Johansson	Retirement		^[35]
10 August 2018	FW		Eero Markkanen	Dalkurd	10 August 2018	^[36] ^[37]
31 December 2018	DF		Haukur Hauksson	KA
31 December 2018	DF		Alexander Milošević	Nottingham Forest	1 February 2019	^[38]
31 December 2018	MF		Rickson Mansiamina	Enskede
31 December 2018	FW		Denni Avdić	AFC Eskilstuna

Competitions

Allsvenskan

See main article: 2018 Allsvenskan.

Results

Svenska Cupen

2017–18

See main article: 2017–18 Svenska Cupen.

Knock-out stage

2018–19

See main article: 2018–19 Svenska Cupen.

UEFA Europa League

See main article: 2018–19 UEFA Europa League.

Qualifying rounds

See main article: 2018–19 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round (Main Path).

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

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Goal scorers

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1	FW		36	Henok Goitom	12	1	0	0	13
2	MF		20	Tarik Elyounoussi	8	3	0	0	11
3	FW		22	Nicolás Stefanelli	6	0	0	1	7
4	MF		7	Kristoffer Olsson	5	1	0	0	6
5	MF		17	Nabil Bahoui	3	1	0	0	4
6	MF		16	Anton Salétros	3	0	0	0	3
	DF		9	Rasmus Lindkvist	2	1	0	0	3
	DF		24	Robin Jansson	2	0	1	0	3
9	MF		16	Sebastian Larsson	2	0	0	0	2
	MF		19	Ahmed Yasin	1	1	0	0	2
	FW		11	Stefan Silva	1	1	0	0	2
	DF		21	Daniel Sundgren	1	0	0	1	2
13	DF		15	Robert Lundström	1	0	0	0	1
	MF		14	Heradi Rashidi	1	0	0	0	1
	MF		25	Panajotis Dimitriadis	1	0	0	0	1
	DF		6	Alexander Milošević	0	0	1	0	1
				Own goal	1	0	0	0	1
TOTALS					50	9	2		2	63

Clean sheets

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1	GK		34	Oscar Linnér	13	1	0	1	15
2	GK		23	Budimir Janošević	5	0	1	0	6
TOTALS					18	1	1		1	21

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Allsvenskan		2017–18 Svenska Cupen		2018–19 Svenska Cupen		UEFA Europa League		Total
2		DF	Haukur Hauksson	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
3		DF	Per Karlsson	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
6		DF	Alexander Milošević	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
7		MF	Kristoffer Olsson	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	6	0
8		MF	Enoch Adu	3	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	6	1
9		DF	Rasmus Lindkvist	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
10		FW	Denni Avdić	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
11		FW	Stefan Silva	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
14		MF	Heradi Rashidi	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
15		DF	Robert Lundström	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
16		MF	Sebastian Larsson	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	1
20		MF	Tarik Elyounoussi	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	5	0
21		DF	Daniel Sundgren	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	8	0
22		FW	Nicolás Stefanelli	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
23		GK	Budimir Janošević	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
24		DF	Robin Jansson	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	0
25		MF	Panajotis Dimitriadis	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
34		GK	Oscar Linnér	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
36		FW	Henok Goitom	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
Players away on loan:
Players who left AIK during the season:
16		MF	Anton Salétros	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
17		MF	Nabil Bahoui	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
19		MF	Ahmed Yasin	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Total				52	4	9	0	0	0	7	0	68	4

Notes and References

1. Web site: AIK - 2016 . footballsquads.co.uk/ . Football Squads . 3 January 2023.
2. Web site: Haukur Heidar I Radir AIK I Svithjod . ruv.is/ . RUV . 2 January 2023 . Icelandic . 24 November 2014.
3. Web site: Officiellt: AIK vinner dragkampen om Jesper Nyholm . fotbolltransfers.com . Fotboll Transfers . 4 January 2023 . Swedish . 12 September 2016.
4. Web site: Rasmus Lindkvist klar för AIK Fotboll . aikfotboll.se . AIK Fotboll . 5 January 2023 . Swedish . 3 July 2017.
5. 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 .
6. Web site: Kristoffer Olsson klar för AIK Fotboll. sv . 31 January 2017 . AIK Fotboll . 31 January 2017.
7. 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 .
8. Web site: Nicolás Stefanelli klar för AIK Fotboll AIK Fotboll. AIK Fotboll. sv.
9. 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.
10. Web site: Robert Taylor klar för AIK Fotboll . aikfotboll.se . AIK Fotboll . 5 January 2023 . Swedish . 4 July 2017.
11. Web site: Ahmed Yasin . aikfotboll.se . AIK Fotboll . 4 January 2023.
12. Web site: AIK Fotboll värvar Enoch Kofi Adu . aikfotboll.se . AIK Fotboll . 24 January 2023 . 25 October 2017.
13. Web site: AIK Fotboll värvar Budimir Janošević . aikfotboll.se . AIK Fotboll . 24 January 2023 . 22 November 2017.
14. Web site: 15 Robert Lundström . aikfotboll.se . AIK Fotboll . 24 January 2023 . 21 December 2017.
15. Web site: 11 Stefan Silva . aikfotboll.se . AIK Fotboll . 24 January 2023 . 9 January 2018.
16. Web site: 26 Joel Ekstrand . aikfotboll.se . AIK Fotboll . 24 January 2023 . 15 January 2018.
17. Web site: 20 Tarik Elyounoussi . aikfotboll.se . AIK Fotboll . 24 January 2023 . 30 January 2018.
18. Web site: Välkommen hem til AIK! Alexander Milošević . aikfotboll.se . AIK Fotboll . 24 January 2023 . 28 February 2018.
19. Web site: 24 Robin Jansson . aikfotboll.se . AIK Fotboll . 24 January 2023 . 3 April 2018.
20. Web site: Sebastian Larsson klar för AIK Fotboll . aikfotboll.se . AIK Fotboll . 24 January 2023 . 11 June 2018.
21. Web site: AIK Fotboll värvar Heradi Rashidi . aikfotboll.se . AIK Fotboll . 24 January 2023 . 4 July 2018.
22. Web site: Panajotis Dimitriadis klar för AIK Fotboll . aikfotboll.se . AIK Fotboll . 24 January 2023 . 4 July 2018.
23. Web site: Officiellt: Bahoui presenterad av AIK: "Känns fantastiskt" . fotbollskanalen.se . Fotboll Skanalen . 23 January 2023 . Swedish . 20 February 2018.
24. Web site: Kommer inte överens – Bahoui lämnar AIK . expressen.se . Expressen . 23 January 2023 . Swedish . 29 June 2018.
25. Web site: Noah Sonko Sundberg leaves AIK Football . aikfotboll.se . AIK Fotboll . 23 January 2023 . Swedish . 8 January 2018.
26. Web site: Amin Affane lämnar AIK Fotboll . aikfotboll.se . AIK Fotboll . 23 January 2023 . Swedish . 17 January 2018.
27. Web site: Gustav Nyberg till IK Sirius FK . aikfotboll.se . AIK Fotboll . 23 January 2023 . Swedish . 17 January 2018.
28. Web site: Anton Salétros säljs till FC Rostov . aikfotboll.se . AIK Fotboll . 23 January 2023 . Swedish . 6 June 2018.
29. Web site: Ahmed Yasin lämnar AIK Fotboll för Qatar . aikfotboll.se . AIK Fotboll . 23 January 2023 . Swedish . 2 August 2018.
30. Web site: Robert Taylor lämnar AIK Fotboll . aikfotboll.se . AIK Fotboll . 23 January 2023 . Swedish . 31 August 2018.
31. Web site: Officiellt: AIK lånar ut Gravius till superettan-klubb . fotbollskanalen.se . Fotboll Skanalen . 23 January 2023 . Swedish . 4 January 2018.
32. Web site: Eero Markkasen ura jatkuu Tanskassa – "Hän on iso poika" . yle.fi . yle . 23 January 2023 . Finnish . 15 January 2018.
33. Web site: Officiellt: AIK lånar ut talang till division 2 . fotbollskanalen.se . Fotboll Skanalen . 23 January 2023 . Swedish . 15 February 2018.
34. Web site: Ytterbacken lämnar AIK: ”Obalans i truppen” . aftonbladet.se . Sport Bladet . 23 January 2023 . Swedish . 28 March 2018.
35. News: Kurt. Nemrud. Nils-Eric Johansson slutar på grund av hjärtproblem. 18 February 2018. Sveriges Television. 18 February 2018. sv.
36. Web site: Eero Markkanen lämnar AIK Fotboll . aikfotboll.se . AIK Fotboll . 23 January 2023 . Swedish . 10 August 2018.
37. News: Välkommen till Dalkurd, Eero Markkanen. 29 August 2018. AIK Fotboll. 10 August 2018. sv. 7 September 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180907101638/https://dalkurd.se/2018/08/10/valkommen-till-dalkurd-eero-markkanen/. dead.
38. Web site: MILOSEVIC SIGNS FOR THE REDS . nottinghamforest.co.uk . Nottingham Forest F.C. . 1 February 2023 . 1 February 2019.