| Clubname: | AIK |
| Fullname: | Allmänna Idrottsklubben |
| Nickname: | Gnaget |
| Short Name: | AIK |
| Ground: | Strawberry Arena |
| Capacity: | 54,329 (50,653 international)[1] |
| Chairman: | Mikael Jomer |
| Mgrtitle: | Head coach |
| Manager: | Mikkjal Thomassen |
| League: | Allsvenskan |
| Season: | 2023 |
| Position: | Allsvenskan, 11th of 16 |
| Website: | http://www.aikfotboll.se |
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| Current: | 2024 AIK Fotboll season |
AIK Fotboll, more commonly known simply as AIK (in Swedish pronounced as /ˈɑ̂ːiːˌkoː/), an abbreviation for Allmänna Idrottsklubben (meaning the public or general sports club), is a Swedish professional football club competing in Allsvenskan, the top flight of Swedish football. The club was founded 1891 in Stockholm and the football department was formed in 1896. AIK's home ground is Strawberry Arena, located in Solna, just north of the Stockholm City Centre.
League champions in 2018, AIK has 12 championship titles and is third in the all-time Allsvenskan table. The club holds the record for having played the most seasons in the Swedish top flight.
In Europe, AIK reached the quarter-finals of the 1996–97 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, qualified for the 1999–00 UEFA Champions League group stage, and competed in the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League group stage.
See main article: History of AIK Fotboll.
The first shirt is black and the second shirt is white. Shorts are white or, on rare occasions, black. Socks are striped in black and yellow; second socks are all white. A yellow third jersey was used in 2004, an orange third jersey was used in 2007, a dark-blue third jersey was used in 2010 and a grey commemorative third jersey was used in 2016. A dark-blue first shirt was used for the 2017–2018 UEFA Europa League qualification campaign.
When Adidas was the kit provider, new kits were launched every even year. Nike, however, releases a new AIK kit every year, before the start of the new season.
Apart from the brand of their kit provider Nike, AIK has the logos of the following sponsors visible on their shirt and shorts: Truecaller a caller-ID app; Svea, a financial group; German automakers Volkswagen; Stadium, a sports retailer, and league sponsors Svenska Spel, a government-owned gambling company (whose logo is mandatory on the right sleeve of the shirts of all Allsvenskan teams).
| Period | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor (chest) |
|---|---|---|
| 1975–77 | Adidas | None |
| 1978–80 | Puma | |
| 1981 | Hummel | Eldorado (grocery brand) |
| 1982–84 | Umbro | BPA (technical installation) |
| 1985–88 |  Nike | BPA or Första Sparbanken (banking company) |
| 1989–90 | Puma | Folksam (insurance company) |
| 1991 | Folksam or Kombilott (lottery) | |
| 1992 | Folksam or Trippellott (lottery) | |
| 1995–96 | Scandic (hotel chain) | |
| 1997 | Hyundai (automaker) | |
| 1998–2016 | Adidas | Åbro (brewery) |
| 2017 | Hjärt-Lungfonden (charity) | |
| Åbro | ||
| 2018–2022 | Nike[2] | Notar (real-estate agent)[3] |
| 2023– | Truecaller (caller-ID app)[4] |
See main article: Strawberry Arena. Since the 2013 season, AIK play their home games at the Nationalarenan (known for sponsorship reasons as Strawberry Arena since 2024), which also houses the Sweden national team. The decision which arena would replace Råsunda, the club's home up until the 2012 season, was made by a vote of the club's members, held in 2011, which resulted in a large majority favoring Nationalarenan over Tele2 Arena.
AIK's main rival is Djurgården, also formed in 1891 in Stockholm, just three weeks after AIK. Widely considered the fiercest rivalry in Swedish – and arguably also Nordic – football,[5] the fixture between the clubs is known as Tvillingderbyt (the Twin derby). AIK also maintains a strong animosity towards the third major Stockholm side Hammarby. The club's biggest rival outside the Stockholm urban area is IFK Göteborg, followed by Malmö FF.
In 2023, AIK had an average attendance of 25 739, the biggest in Allsvenskan, despite not going well in the league.[6] In 2006 AIK had an average attendance of over 21,000, the highest in Sweden that season.[7] [8] In 2007 AIK had an average attendance of over 20,000.
AIK have had the highest average attendance 41 times,[9] the most of all clubs in Sweden of all time, second is city rival IFK Göteborg with 23 times. AIK finished the 2013 season with an average attendance of 18,900, the highest number in Scandnavia.[10] That was also the first season with the new arena. In 2018, AIK broke the record for most sold tickets in an Allsvenskan game in the derby against Hammarby two weeks before the game was played.[11]
The club's entrance music and hymn is "Å vi e AIK" (meaning "Oh we are AIK"), a Swedish-lyric version (written in the 1980s) of a 1971 song, "The Last Farewell", originally performed by its co-writer, the British-Kenyan folk singer Roger Whittaker. The recording that has been used as AIK's entrance music since the mid 00s was released in 2002, an arrangement somewhat closer to Elvis Presley's 1976 cover of the song.
1 – Supporters of the club[12]
See main article: Notable past AIK Fotboll players.
| Position | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Managing Director | Fredrik Söderberg | |
| Finance Director | Håkan Strandlund | |
| Director of Sports | Thomas Berntsen | |
| Technical Director | Peter Wennberg | |
| Chief Scout | Fredrik Wisur Hansen | |
| Scout | Tobias Ackerman |
| Position | Staff | |
|---|---|---|
| Head coach | Mikkjal Thomassen | |
| Assistant coach | Kazimierz Sokołowski Henok Goitom | |
| Goalkeeping coach | Kyriakos Stamatopoulos | |
| Fitness coach | Pálmar Hreinsson |
| Position | Staff |
|---|---|
| Physiotherapist | Victor Lydberg |
| Naprapath | David Björkman |
| Position | Staff | |
|---|---|---|
| Data analyst | Lukas Arndt | |
| Equipment manager | Håkan Sjöberg | |
| Co-ordinator | Thomas Thudin |
Ferdinand Humenberger (1930–32)
Per Kaufeldt (1934–40)
Istvan Wampetits (1944–48) Per Kaufeldt (1951–56) Henry Carlsson (1956–58) Erik "Lillis" Persson (1959) Lajos Szendrödi (1960–61) Hilding "Moggli" Gustafsson (1962–64) Henry Carlsson (1965–66) Ingemar Ingevik (1967–68) Torsten Lindberg (1 Jan 1969 – 31 Dec 1970) Jens Lindblom (1971–74) Kurt Liander (1975) Lars-Oscar Nilsson (1976) Gunnar Nordahl (1977–78) Olavus Olsson (1978 – Dec 78) Jens Lindblom (1979) Bo Petersson (1979–80) Rolf Zetterlund (1 Jan 1981 – 31 Dec 1986) Göran Åberg (1987) Nisse Andersson (1 July 1987–87) Sanny Åslund (1988–90) Tommy Söderberg (1991–93) Hans Backe (1 Jan 1994 – 30 June 1995) Erik Hamrén (1 Jan 1995 – 31 Dec 1997) Olle Nordin (2001–02) Peter Larsson (2002)
Dušan Uhrin (1 July 2002 – 31 Oct 2002) Patrick Englund (2004) Rikard Norling (Jan 2005 – Nov 2008) Mikael Stahre (1 Jan 2009 – 24 April 2010) Björn Wesström (interim) (26 April 2010 – 22 June 2010) Andreas Alm (1 Jan 2011 – 13 May 2016) Rikard Norling (13 May 2016 – 27 July 2020)
Bartosz Grzelak (31 July 2020 – 19 August 2022)
Henok Goitom (interim) (19 August 2022 – 8 November 2022) Andreas Brännström (8 November 2022 – 2 July 2023)
Henning Berg (2 July 2023 – 14 June 2024) Henok Goitom (interim) (18 June 2024 – 16 July 2024)
Mikkjal Thomassen (16 July 2024 – Present)The following list ranks the current position of AIK in UEFA ranking:
| Rank | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 269 | MKS Cracovia | 5.075 |
| 270 |  MŠK Žilina | 5.000 |
| 271 |  Paide Linnameeskond | 5.000 |
| 272 | FC Milsami | 5.000 |
| 273 | AIK | 5.000 |
| 274 | Lokomotiva Zagreb | 4.855 |
| 275 |  Aris Limassol | 4.500 |
| 276 | Celje | 4.500 |
| 277 |  Hamrun Spartans | 4.500 |
