2022 AIK Fotboll season explained

Club:	AIK
Season:	2022
Owner:	Robert Falck
Manager:	Bartosz Grzelak Henok Goitom
League Topscorer:	Nicolás Stefanelli (9)
Season Topscorer:	Two Players (11)
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Prevseason:	2021

The 2022 season was AIK 131st in existence, their 94th season in Allsvenskan and their 17th consecutive season in the league.

Season events

On 3 September 2021, AIK announced the signing of Henry Atola from Tusker, with the player officially joining on 1 January 2022 on a contract until 1 September 2026.^[1]

On 21 December 2021, AIK announced the signings of Jesper Ceesay from Brommapojkarna and Josafat Mendes from Hammarby, with both players officially joining on 1 January 2022 on contracts until 31 December 2025.^{[2] [3]}

On 9 March, AIK announced the signing of Axel Björnström on a contract until 31 December 2024, after the player had ended his contract with Arsenal Tula.^[4]

On 31 March, Benjamin Kimpioka joined AIK 2.5-year contract after leaving Sunderland for an undisclosed fee.^[5]

On 1 April, AIK announced the signing of Collins Sichenje from Leopards on a contract until 31 December 2026.^[6]

On 4 April, AIK announced the singing of Jordan Larsson on a short-term contract until 30 June, after the player invoked a special regulation introduced by FIFA that allowed him to suspend his Spartak Moscow contract in relation to the Russian invasion of Ukraine and join another team until the end of the season.^{[7] [8]}

On 5 May, AIK announced that they had signed a pre-contract agreement with John Guidetti for the player to join the club on contact until 31 December 2025, from 1 July once his Alavés contract has expired.^[9]

On 18 July, Tom Strannegård extended his contract with AIK until 31 December 2024, and then joined Start for the remainder of the season.^[10]

On 5 August, AIK announced the year-long loan signing of Vincent Thill from Vorskla Poltava.^[11]

Squad

No.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from	Signed in	Contract ends	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
13	Kyriakos Stamatopoulos		GK	2022 11, df=yes	Tromsø	2011		58	0
15	Kristoffer Nordfeldt		GK	2022 11, df=yes	Gençlerbirliği	2021^[12]		52	0
23	Budimir Janošević		GK	2022 11, df=yes	Brommapojkarna	2018^[13]	2022^[14]	56	0
Defenders
2	Josafat Mendes		DF	2022 11, df=yes	Hammarby	2022	2025	34	1
3	Per Karlsson		DF	2022 11, df=yes	Academy	2003		455	5
4	Sotirios Papagiannopoulos		DF	2022 11, df=yes	Copenhagen	2020		83	3
5	Alexander Milošević		DF	2022 11, df=yes	Vejle	2021^[15]	2021 (+2)	164	10
12	Axel Björnström		DF	2022 11, df=yes	Unattached	2022	2025	33	1
25	Erick Otieno		DF	2022 11, df=yes	Vasalund	2020		73	3
28	Rasmus Bonde		DF	2022 11, df=yes	Academy	2021		2	0
29	Collins Sichenje		DF	2022 11, df=yes	Leopards	2022	2026	12	0
33	Mikael Lustig		DF	2022 11, df=yes	Gent	2020		61	2
Midfielders
7	Sebastian Larsson		MF	2022 11, df=yes	Hull City	2018		140	30
8	Bilal Hussein		MF	2022 11, df=yes	Academy	2018		120	4
10	Nabil Bahoui		MF	2022 11, df=yes	De Graafschap	2019		180	64
17	Vincent Thill		MF	2022 11, df=yes	on loan from Vorskla Poltava	2022	2023	11	1
20	Zachary Elbouzedi		MF	2022 11, df=yes	Lincoln City	2021^[16]	2024	54	3
24	Jesper Ceesay		MF	2022 11, df=yes	Brommapojkarna	2022	2025	12	0
26	Yasin Ayari		MF	2022 11, df=yes	Academy	2020		48	7
35	Taha Ayari		MF	2022 11, df=yes	Academy	2022		6	0
Forwards
9	Nicolás Stefanelli		FW	2022 11, df=yes	Unión La Calera	2021^[17]	2023	113	40
11	John Guidetti		FW	2022 11, df=yes	Alavés	2022	2025	19	5
19	Calvin Kabuye		FW	2022 11, df=yes	Academy	2021		0	0
22	Benjamin Kimpioka		FW	2022 11, df=yes	Sunderland	2022	2024	23	1
30	Henry Atola		FW	2022 11, df=yes	Tusker	2022	2026	6	1
34	Erik Ring		FW	2022 11, df=yes	Academy	2020		57	4
42	Victor Andersson		FW	2022 11, df=yes	Academy	2022		1	0
Out on loan
6	Jetmir Haliti		DF	2022 11, df=yes	Jönköpings Södra	2021^[18]	2023	4	0
14	Lucas Forsberg		DF	2022 11, df=yes	Sollentuna	2021^[19]	2023	1	0
16	Robin Tihi		DF	2022 11, df=yes	Academy	2020		19	1
31	Jakob Haugaard		GK	2022 11, df=yes	Stoke City	2020		16	0
32	Tom Strannegård		MF	2022 11, df=yes	Academy	2019		35	2
35	Samuel Brolin		GK	2022 11, df=yes	Academy	2019		0	0
37	Ahmad Faqa		DF	2022 11, df=yes	Academy	2021		1	0
Left during the season
12	Felix Melki		DF	2022 11, df=yes	AFC Eskilstuna	2019		22	0
17	Ebenezer Ofori		MF	2022 11, df=yes	VfB Stuttgart	2020		139	6
18	Amar Ahmed		MF	2022 11, df=yes	Academy	2020		19	1
19	Jordan Larsson		FW	2022 11, df=yes	on loan from Spartak Moscow	2022	2022	11	3
21	Bojan Radulović		FW	2022 11, df=yes	Brighton & Hove Albion	2020		31	4

Out on loan

Transfers

See main article: List of Swedish football transfers winter 2021–22 and List of Swedish football transfers summer 2022.

In

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 January 2022	DF		Josafat Mendes	Hammarby	Undisclosed
1 January 2022	MF		Jesper Ceesay	Brommapojkarna	Undisclosed
1 January 2022	FW		Henry Atola	Tusker	Undisclosed
9 March 2022	DF		Axel Björnström	Unattached	Free
31 March 2022	FW		Benjamin Kimpioka	Sunderland	Undisclosed
1 April 2022	DF		Collins Sichenje	Leopards	Undisclosed
1 July 2022	FW		John Guidetti	Alavés	Free

Loans in

Start date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	End date	Ref.
4 April 2022	FW		Jordan Larsson	Spartak Moscow	30 June 2022
5 August 2022	MF		Vincent Thill	Vorskla Poltava	30 June 2023

Out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
10 January 2022	MF		Saku Ylätupa	GIF Sundsvall	Undisclosed	^[20]
15 June 2022	MF		Ebenezer Ofori	Vejle	Undisclosed	^[21]
30 August 2022	MF		Amar Ahmed	Troyes	Undisclosed	^[22]
31 July 2022	FW		Bojan Radulović	HJK	Undisclosed	^[23]

Loans out

Start date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	End date	Ref.
13 January 2022	MF		Ebenezer Ofori	Vejle	30 June 2022	^[24]
10 January 2022	DF		Felix Melki	AFC Eskilstuna	30 June 2022	^[25]
10 January 2022	DF		Lucas Forsberg	Sollentuna	31 December 2022	^[26]
25 January 2022	GK		Jakob Haugaard	Tromsø	31 December 2022	^[27]
26 January 2022	DF		Robin Tihi	Värnamo	31 December 2022	^[28]
15 February 2022	FW		Bojan Radulović	HJK	30 June 2022	^[29]
18 March 2022	DF		Rasmus Bonde	Vasalund	15 July 2022	^[30]
24 March 2022	DF		Ahmad Faqa	Västerås	28 July 2022	^[31]
31 March 2022	DF		Jetmir Haliti	Mjällby	31 December 2022	^[32]
18 July 2022	MF		Tom Strannegård	IK Start	31 December 2022
28 July 2022	DF		Ahmad Faqa	Sandvikens	31 December 2022	^[33]

Released

Competitions

Allsvenskan

See main article: 2022 Allsvenskan.

Results

2021–22 Svenska Cupen

See main article: 2021–22 Svenska Cupen.

Group stage

Knockout stage

2022–23 Svenska Cupen

See main article: 2022–23 Svenska Cupen. Progressed to the 2023 season

UEFA Europa Conference League

See main article: 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League.

Qualifying rounds

See main article: 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League qualifying phase and play-off round.

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

|-|colspan="14"|Players away on loan:|-|colspan="14"|Players who appeared for AIK but left during the season:|}

Goal scorers

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1	FW		9	Nicolás Stefanelli	9	0	1	1	11
	MF		10	Nabil Bahoui	6	4	1	0	11
3	MF		7	Sebastian Larsson	5	1	1	1	8
4	FW		11	John Guidetti	5	0	0	1	6
5	MF		26	Yasin Ayari	4	0	0	1	5
6	FW		19	Jordan Larsson	3	0	0	0	3
7	DF		5	Alexander Milošević	2	0	0	0	2
	DF		25	Erick Otieno	2	0	0	0	2
	DF		33	Mikael Lustig	2	0	0	0	2
	MF		20	Zachary Elbouzedi	1	1	0	0	2
	DF		2	Josafat Mendes	1	0	0	1	2
12	DF		4	Sotirios Papagiannopoulos	1	0	0	0	1
	FW		22	Benjamin Kimpioka	1	0	0	0	1
	MF		18	Amar Ahmed	1	0	0	0	1
	MF		17	Vincent Thill	1	0	0	0	1
	FW		30	Henry Atola	0	1	0	0	1
	GK		34	Erik Ring	0	0	1	0	1
	DF		12	Axel Björnström	0	0	0	1	1
				Own goal	1	0	0	0	1
TOTALS					45	9	4	6	64

Clean sheets

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1	GK		15	Kristoffer Nordfeldt	8	2	0	0	10
2	GK		23	Budimir Janošević	1	0	0	0	1
TOTALS					9	2	0	0	11

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Allsvenskan		2021–22 Svenska Cupen		2022–23 Svenska Cupen		UEFA Europa Conference League		Total
2		DF	Josafat Mendes	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
4		DF	Sotirios Papagiannopoulos	8	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	10	0
5		DF	Alexander Milošević	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	0
7		MF	Sebastian Larsson	10	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	13	0
8		MF	Bilal Hussein	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	6	0
9		FW	Nicolás Stefanelli	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	4	0
10		MF	Nabil Bahoui	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	5	0
11		FW	John Guidetti	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	1
12		DF	Axel Björnström	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	0
15		GK	Kristoffer Nordfeldt	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
17		MF	Vincent Thill	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
20		MF	Zachary Elbouzedi	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
23		GK	Budimir Janošević	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
24		MF	Jesper Ceesay	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
25		DF	Erick Otieno	5	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	9	0
26		MF	Yasin Ayari	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	1
29		DF	Collins Sichenje	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	1
30		FW	Henry Atola	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
33		DF	Mikael Lustig	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	5	1
34		FW	Erik Ring	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
Players away on loan:
Players who left AIK during the season:
18		MF	Amar Ahmed	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
Total				68	4	11	1	0	0	17	0	96	5

Notes and References

1. Web site: Henry Atola Meja klar för AIK Fotboll . aikfotboll.se . AIK Fotboll . 11 November 2022 . Swedish . 3 September 2021.
2. Web site: AIK Fotboll värvar Jesper Ceesay . aikfotboll.se . AIK Fotboll . 11 November 2022 . Swedish . 21 December 2021.
3. Web site: AIK Fotboll värvar Josafat ”Joe” Mendes . aikfotboll.se . AIK Fotboll . 11 November 2022 . Swedish . 21 December 2021.
4. Web site: Axel Björnström klar för AIK Fotboll . aikfotboll.se . AIK Fotboll . 11 November 2022 . Swedish . 9 March 2022.
5. Web site: DEPARTURE: Kimpioka joins AIK Fotboll . safc.com . Sunderland A.F.C. . 11 November 2022 . 31 March 2022.
6. Web site: Sichenje Collins till AIK Fotboll . aikfotboll.se . AIK Fotboll . 11 November 2022 . Swedish . 1 April 2022.
7. Web site: FIFA. FIFA adopts temporary employment and registration rules to address several issues in relation to war in Ukraine. 7 March 2022.
8. AIK. Jordan Larsson klar för AIK Fotboll. 4 April 2022. 4 April 2022. sv.
9. Web site: John Guidetti klar för AIK Fotboll . aikfotboll.se . AIK Fotboll . 11 November 2022 . Swedish . 5 May 2022.
10. Web site: Tom Strannegård förlänger och lånas ut . aikfotboll.se . AIK Fotboll . 11 November 2022 . Swedish . 18 July 2022.
11. Web site: AIK Fotboll lånar Vincent Thill . aikfotboll.se . AIK Fotboll . 11 November 2022 . Swedish . 5 August 2022.
12. Web site: Kristoffer Nordfeldt till AIK Fotboll . aikfotboll.se . AIK Fotboll . 10 November 2022 . Swedish . 9 August 2021.
13. Web site: AIK Fotboll värvar Budimir Janošević . aikfotboll.se . AIK Fotboll . 24 January 2023 . 22 November 2017.
14. Web site: Den 30 december 2021 meddelade AIK Fotboll att man var överens med Budimir Janošević om ett kontra . aikfotboll.se . AIK Fotboll . 24 January 2023 . 30 December 2021.
15. Web site: Nicolás Stefanelli återvänder till AIK Fotboll . aikfotboll.se . AIK Fotboll . 10 November 2022 . Swedish . 29 March 2021.
16. Web site: AIK Fotboll överens med Zack Elbouzedi . aikfotboll.se . AIK Fotboll . 10 November 2022 . Swedish . 15 July 2021.
17. Web site: Nicolás Stefanelli återvänder till AIK Fotboll . aikfotboll.se . AIK Fotboll . 10 November 2022 . Swedish . 26 February 2021.
18. Web site: AIK Fotboll värvar Jetmir Haliti . aikfotboll.se . AIK Fotboll . 10 November 2022 . Swedish . 21 January 2021.
19. Web site: Lucas Forsberg till AIK Fotboll . aikfotboll.se . AIK Fotboll . 10 November 2022 . Swedish . 22 February 2021.
20. Web site: Saku Ylätupa lämnar AIK Fotboll . aikfotboll.se . AIK Fotboll . 11 November 2022 . Swedish . 10 January 2022.
21. Web site: Vejle Boldklub køber Ebenezer Ofori . vejle-boldklub.dk . Vejle Boldklub . 11 November 2022 . Danish . 15 June 2022.
22. Web site: AMAR ABDIRAHMAN AHMED EST TROYEN ! . estac.fr . ES Troyes AC . 11 November 2022 . Danish . 30 August 2022.
23. Web site: Bojan Radulovic jatkaa Klubissa kauden 2023 loppuun . hjk.fi . Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi . 11 November 2022 . Finnish . 31 July 2022.
24. Web site: Vejle Boldklub lejer midtbanekriger i AIK Stockholm . vejle-boldklub.dk . Vejle Boldklub . 11 November 2022 . Danish . 13 January 2022.
25. Web site: Felix Michel lämnar AIK Fotboll . aikfotboll.se . AIK Fotboll . 11 November 2022 . Swedish . 10 January 2022.
26. Web site: Lucas Forsberg lånas ut under 2022 . aikfotboll.se . AIK Fotboll . 11 November 2022 . Swedish . 10 January 2022.
27. Web site: JAKOB FORTSETTER UT 2022 . til.no . Tromsø IL . 11 November 2022 . Norwegian . 14 July 2022.
28. Web site: ROBIN TIHI ÄR KLAR FÖR IFK VÄRNAMO . ifkvarnamo.se . IFK Värnamo . 11 November 2022 . Swedish . 26 January 2022.
29. Web site: Bojan Radulović AIK:sta Klubiin lainasopimuksella . hjk.fi . Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi . 11 November 2022 . Finnish . 15 February 2022.
30. Web site: Rasmus Bonde lånas ut till Vasalunds IF . cision.com/se . News Cision . 11 November 2022 . Swedish . 18 March 2022.
31. Web site: AIK Play: Ahmad Faqa tecknar A-lagskontrakt . aikfotboll.se . AIK Fotboll . 11 November 2022 . Swedish . 24 March 2022.
32. Web site: Jetmir Haliti lånas ut under 2022 . cision.com/se . News Cision . 11 November 2022 . Swedish . 31 March 2022.
33. Web site: Ahmad Faqa lånas ut till Sandvikens IF . cision.com/se . News Cision . 11 November 2022 . Swedish . 28 July 2022.
34. Web site: Felix Michel förlänger med AFC Eskilstuna . afc-eskilstuna.se . AFC Eskilstuna . 11 November 2022 . Danish . 10 July 2022.