2019 AIK Fotboll season explained

Club:	AIK
Season:	2019
Chairman:	Robert Falck
Manager:	Rikard Norling
Stadium:	Friends Arena
League:	Allsvenskan
League Result:	4th
Cup1:	Svenska Cupen
Cup1 Result:	Semi-finals
Cup2:	Champions League
Cup2 Result:	Second qualifying round
Cup3:	Europa League
Cup3 Result:	Play-off round
League Topscorer:	Tarik Elyounoussi Henok Goitom (11 each)
Season Topscorer:	Henok Goitom (15 goals)
Highest Attendance:	45,367 (1 September 2019 vs Djurgården IF, Allsvenskan)
Lowest Attendance:	7,875 (2 March 2019 vs Örgryte IS, Svenska Cupen)
Average Attendance:	18,970 (in Allsvenskan) 8,867 (in Svenska Cupen) 18,023 (in European cups) 17,420 (in all competitions)
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Prevseason:	2018

The 2019 season was AIK's 128th in existence, their 91st season in Allsvenskan and their 14th consecutive season in the league. The team was competing in Allsvenskan, Svenska Cupen and UEFA Champions League.

Squad

^[1]

No.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from	Signed in	Contract ends	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
13	Kyriakos Stamatopoulos		GK	2019 11, df=yes	Tromsø	2011		63	0
23	Budimir Janošević		GK	2019 11, df=yes	IF Brommapojkarna	2018^[2]	2020	15	0
34	Oscar Linnér		GK	2019 11, df=yes	Academy	2015		115	0
Defenders
2	Daniel Granli		DF	2019 11, df=yes	Stabæk	2019	2022	24	0
3	Per Karlsson		DF	2019 11, df=yes	Academy	2003
5	Jesper Nyholm		DF	2019 11, df=yes	Dalkurd	2017^[3]	2019	34	1
9	Rasmus Lindkvist		DF	2019 11, df=yes	Vålerenga	2017^[4]	2020	80	8
12	Felix Michel		DF	2019 11, df=yes	AFC Eskilstuna	2019	2022	9	0
14	Karol Mets		DF	2019 11, df=yes	NAC Breda	2019	2021	35	2
15	Robert Lundström		DF	2019 11, df=yes	Vålerenga	2018^[5]	2020	29	3
Midfielders
6	Panajotis Dimitriadis		MF	2019 11, df=yes	Giresunspor	2018^[6]	2020	65	2
7	Sebastian Larsson		MF	2019 11, df=yes	Hull City	2018^[7]	2020	60	13
8	Enoch Adu		MF	2019 11, df=yes	Akhisarspor	2018^[8]	2020	77	0
11	Nabil Bahoui		MF	2019 11, df=yes	De Graafschap	2019	2022	103	39
16	Anton Salétros		MF	2019 11, df=yes	on loan from Rostov	2019	2019	143	7
18	Bilal Hussein		MF	2019 11, df=yes	Academy	2017		22	3
19	Saku Ylätupa		MF	2019 11, df=yes	AFC Ajax	2019	2022	11	0
20	Tarik Elyounoussi		MF	2019 11, df=yes	Olympiacos	2018^[9]	2019	74	26
24	Heradi Rashidi		MF	2019 11, df=yes	Dalkurd	2018^[10]	2020	50	2
32	Tom Strannegård		MF	2019 11, df=yes	Academy	2019		1	1
Forwards
10	Chinedu Obasi		FW	2019 11, df=yes	IF Elfsborg	2019	2019	47	20
17	Daniel Mushitu		FW	2019 11, df=yes	Västerås	2017		5	0
30	Kolbeinn Sigþórsson		FW	2019 11, df=yes	Nantes	2019	2021	25	4
36	Henok Goitom		FW	2019 11, df=yes	San Jose Earthquakes	2017^[11]	2018	228	86
Out on loan
11	Stefan Silva		FW	2019 11, df=yes	Palermo	2018^[12]	2021	17	2
17	Adam Ben Lamin		DF	2019 11, df=yes	Academy	2019		0	0
22	Nicolás Stefanelli		FW	2019 11, df=yes	Defensa y Justicia	2017^[13]	2020	44	17
31	Christos Gravius		MF	2019 11, df=yes	Academy	2015		17	0
35	Samuel Brolin		GK	2019 11, df=yes	Academy	2018		0	0
Left during the season
21	Daniel Sundgren		DF	2019 11, df=yes	Degerfors	2016^[14]	2019	118	12
24	Robin Jansson		DF	2019 11, df=yes	IK Oddevold	2018^[15]	2019	31	3
25	Magnar Ødegaard		DF	2019 11, df=yes	Tromsø	2019	2019	3	0
26	Joel Ekstrand		DF	2019 11, df=yes	Rotherham United	2018^[16]	2020	6	0
28	Jack Lahne		FW	2019 11, df=yes	on loan from Amiens	2019	2019	9	1

Players out on loan

Transfers

In

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
22 January 2019	FW		Chinedu Obasi	IF Elfsborg	Undisclosed	^[17]
28 January 2019	DF		Daniel Granli	Stabaek	Undisclosed	^[18]
29 January 2019	MF		Saku Ylätupa	AFC Ajax	Undisclosed	^[19]
14 February 2019	DF		Magnar Ødegaard	Tromsø	Undisclosed	^[20]
14 March 2019	DF		Karol Mets	NAC Breda	Undisclosed	^[21]
31 March 2019	FW		Kolbeinn Sigþórsson	Nantes	Undisclosed	^[22]
25 July 2019	DF		Felix Michel	AFC Eskilstuna	Undisclosed	^[23]
25 July 2019	MF		Nabil Bahoui	De Graafschap	Undisclosed	^[24]

Loans in

Start date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	End date	Ref.
6 February 2019	MF		Anton Salétros	Rostov	31 December 2019	^[25] ^[26]
5 April 2019	FW		Jack Lahne	Amiens	30 June 2019	^[27] ^[28]

Out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 January 2019	FW		Albin Linnér	IF Brommapojkarna	Undisclosed
7 January 2019	MF		Kristoffer Olsson	Krasnodar	Undisclosed	^[29]
12 March 2019	DF		Robin Jansson	Orlando City	Undisclosed	^[30]
11 July 2019	DF		Daniel Sundgren	Aris Thessaloniki	Undisclosed	^[31]

Loans out

Start date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	End date	Ref.
16 January 2019	FW		Daniel Mushitu	Vasalunds IF	31 December 2019	^[32]
18 January 2019	FW		Nicolás Stefanelli	Anorthosis Famagusta	30 June 2019	^[33]
12 February 2019	MF		Christos Gravius	Degerfors IF	31 December 2019	^[34]
27 February 2019	GK		Samuel Brolin	Vasalunds IF	31 December 2019	^[35]
25 July 2019	FW		Stefan Silva	Fatih Karagümrük	31 December 2019	^[36]
29 July 2019	FW		Nicolás Stefanelli	Unión La Calera	31 December 2019	^[37]
16 August 2019	DF		Adam Ben Lamin	Utsiktens BK	31 December 2019	^[38]

Released

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	Joined	Date	Ref
30 June 2019	DF		Magnar Ødegaard	Sarpsborg 08	18 July 2019	^[39]
9 October 2019	DF		Joel Ekstrand	Retired		^[40]
31 December 2019	DF		Jesper Nyholm	Djurgården
31 December 2019	MF		Tarik Elyounoussi	Shonan Bellmare	12 January 2020
31 December 2019	FW		Chinedu Obasi	Rheindorf Altach

Competitions

Allsvenskan

See main article: 2019 Allsvenskan.

Results

Svenska Cupen

2018–19

See main article: 2018–19 Svenska Cupen.

Knock-out stage

2019–20

See main article: 2019–20 Svenska Cupen.

UEFA Champions League

See main article: 2019–20 UEFA Champions League.

Qualifying rounds

See main article: 2019–20 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round.

UEFA Europa League

See main article: 2019–20 UEFA Europa League.

Qualifying rounds

See main article: 2019–20 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round (Champions Path).

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

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Goal scorers

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1	MF		20	Tarik Elyounoussi	11	1	3	1	0	16
2	FW		36	Henok Goitom	11	1	0	3	0	15
3	MF		16	Sebastian Larsson	6	1	1	2	1	11
4	FW		10	Chinedu Obasi	5	2	0	1	0	8
5	DF		21	Daniel Sundgren	3	2	0	0	0	5
6	FW		30	Kolbeinn Sigþórsson	3	0	0	0	1	4
7	MF		11	Nabil Bahoui	2	0	0	0	1	3
8	MF		16	Anton Salétros	2	0	0	0	0	2
9	DF		9	Rasmus Lindkvist	1	0	0	0	0	1
	DF		14	Karol Mets	1	0	0	0	0	1
	MF		24	Heradi Rashidi	1	0	0	0	0	1
	FW		28	Jack Lahne	1	0	0	0	0	1
	MF		6	Panajotis Dimitriadis	0	1	0	0	0	1
	MF		18	Bilal Hussein	0	0	1	0	0	1
	MF		32	Tom Strannegård	0	0	1	0	0	1
	DF		3	Per Karlsson	0	0	0	1	0	1
				Own goal	0	0	1	0	0	1
TOTALS					47	8	7	8		3	73

Clean sheets

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1	GK		34	Oscar Linnér	14	2	0	0	0	16
2	GK		23	Budimir Janošević	0	0	1	0	0	1
TOTALS					14	2	1	0		0	17

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Allsvenskan		2018–19 Svenska Cupen		2019–20 Svenska Cupen		UEFA Champions League		UEFA Europa League		Total
2		DF	Daniel Granli	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
3		DF	Per Karlsson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
6		MF	Panajotis Dimitriadis	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1
7		MF	Sebastian Larsson	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	10	0
8		MF	Enoch Adu	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	6	1
9		DF	Rasmus Lindkvist	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
10		FW	Chinedu Obasi	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
11		MF	Nabil Bahoui	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
14		DF	Karol Mets	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	8	0
15		DF	Robert Lundström	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	3	1
16		MF	Anton Salétros	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	0
19		MF	Saku Ylätupa	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
20		MF	Tarik Elyounoussi	5	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	11	0
30		FW	Kolbeinn Sigþórsson	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0
34		GK	Oscar Linnér	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
36		FW	Henok Goitom	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Players away on loan:
11		FW	Stefan Silva	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Players who left AIK during the season:
21		DF	Daniel Sundgren	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
28		FW	Jack Lahne	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
Total				51	2	4	0	0	0	6	1	9	0	70	3

Notes and References

1. Web site: AIK - 2019 . footballsquads.co.uk/ . Football Squads . 3 January 2023.
2. Web site: AIK Fotboll värvar Budimir Janošević . aikfotboll.se . AIK Fotboll . 24 January 2023 . 22 November 2017.
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: 15 Robert Lundström . aikfotboll.se . AIK Fotboll . 24 January 2023 . 21 December 2017.
6. Web site: Panajotis Dimitriadis klar för AIK Fotboll . aikfotboll.se . AIK Fotboll . 24 January 2023 . 4 July 2018.
7. Web site: Sebastian Larsson klar för AIK Fotboll . aikfotboll.se . AIK Fotboll . 24 January 2023 . 11 June 2018.
8. Web site: AIK Fotboll värvar Enoch Kofi Adu . aikfotboll.se . AIK Fotboll . 24 January 2023 . 25 October 2017.
9. Web site: 20 Tarik Elyounoussi . aikfotboll.se . AIK Fotboll . 24 January 2023 . 30 January 2018.
10. Web site: AIK Fotboll värvar Heradi Rashidi . aikfotboll.se . AIK Fotboll . 24 January 2023 . 4 July 2018.
11. 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.
12. Web site: 11 Stefan Silva . aikfotboll.se . AIK Fotboll . 24 January 2023 . 9 January 2018.
13. Web site: Nicolás Stefanelli klar för AIK Fotboll AIK Fotboll. AIK Fotboll. sv.
14. 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 .
15. Web site: 24 Robin Jansson . aikfotboll.se . AIK Fotboll . 24 January 2023 . 3 April 2018.
16. Web site: 26 Joel Ekstrand . aikfotboll.se . AIK Fotboll . 24 January 2023 . 15 January 2018.
17. Web site: Chinedu Obasi . aikfotboll.se . AIK Fotboll . 1 February 2023 . Swedish . 22 January 2019.
18. Web site: Daniel Granli till AIK Fotboll . aikfotboll.se . AIK Fotboll . 1 February 2023 . Swedish . 28 January 2019.
19. Web site: Saku Ylätupa till AIK Fotboll . aikfotboll.se . AIK Fotboll . 1 February 2023 . Swedish . 29 January 2019.
20. Web site: Magnar Ødegaard . aikfotboll.se . AIK Fotboll . 1 February 2023 . Swedish . 14 February 2019.
21. Web site: Karol Mets . aikfotboll.se . AIK Fotboll . 1 February 2023 . Swedish . 14 March 2019.
22. Web site: Kolbeinn Sigþórsson . aikfotboll.se . AIK Fotboll . 1 February 2023 . Swedish . 31 March 2019.
23. Web site: AIK Fotboll värvar Felix Michel . aikfotboll.se . AIK Fotboll . 1 February 2023 . Swedish . 25 July 2019.
24. Web site: Nabil Bahoui återvänder till AIK Fotboll . aikfotboll.se . AIK Fotboll . 1 February 2023 . Swedish . 25 July 2019.
25. Web site: Anton Salétros på lån till AIK Fotboll . aikfotboll.se . AIK Fotboll . 1 February 2023 . Swedish . 6 February 2019.
26. Web site: Anton Salétros kvar i AIK under hela 2019 . aikfotboll.se . AIK Fotboll . 1 February 2023 . Swedish . 29 July 2019.
27. Web site: Jack Lahne på lån till AIK Fotboll . aikfotboll.se . AIK Fotboll . 1 February 2023 . Swedish . 5 April 2019.
28. Web site: Truppnyheter . aikfotboll.se . AIK Fotboll . 1 February 2023 . Swedish . 1 July 2019.
29. Web site: Kristoffer Olsson lämnar AIK Fotboll . aikfotboll.se . AIK Fotboll . 1 February 2023 . Swedish . 7 January 2019.
30. Web site: Orlando City SC Signs Center Back Robin Jansson . orlandocitysc.com . Orlando City SC . 1 February 2023 . 12 March 2019.
31. Web site: Daniel Sundgren lämnar AIK Fotboll . aikfotboll.se . AIK Fotboll . 1 February 2023 . Swedish . 9 June 2019.
32. Web site: Daniel Mushitu inleder säsongen med Vasalund . aik-site-production.herokuapp.com . AIK Fotboll . 1 February 2023 . Swedish . 16 January 2019.
33. Web site: Officiellt: Stefanelli lånas ut av AIK - går till cypriotisk klubb . fotbollskanalen.se . Fotboll Skanalen . 1 February 2023 . Swedish . 18 January 2019.
34. Web site: Christos Gravius förlänger med DIF . degerforsif.se . Degerfors IF . 1 February 2023 . Swedish.
35. Web site: Samuel Brolin lånas ut till Vasalunds IF . aikfotboll.se . AIK Fotboll . 1 February 2023 . Swedish . 27 February 2019.
36. Web site: Stefan Silva lånas ut till Fatih Karagümrük SK . aikfotboll.se . AIK Fotboll . 1 February 2023 . Swedish . 25 July 2019.
37. Web site: Unión La Calera se refuerza con un delantero 'europeo' . chile.as.com . Chile AS . 1 February 2023 . Spanish . 29 July 2019.
38. Web site: Adam Ben Lamin lånas ut under 2019 . aikfotboll.se . AIK Fotboll . 1 February 2023 . Swedish . 16 August 2019.
39. Web site: MAGNAR ØDEGAARD ER KLAR FOR SARPSBORG 08 . sarpsborg08.no . Sarpsborg 08 FF . 1 February 2023 . Norwegian . 18 July 2019.
40. Web site: Joel Ekstrand avslutar karriären . aikfotboll.se . AIK Fotboll . 1 February 2023 . Swedish . 9 October 2019.