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Aalesunds FK
Full nameAalesunds Fotballklubb
Nickname(s)Tangotrøyene (Tangoshirts), Tango, De oransje og blå (Orange and blue)
Short nameAaFK
Founded25 June 1914 (110 years ago) (1914-06-25)
GroundColor Line Stadion
Ålesund
Capacity10,778
ChairmanJan Petter Hagen
ManagerKjetil Rekdal
League1. divisjon
2023Eliteserien, 16th of 16 (relegated)
Websitehttp://www.aafk.no/
Current season

Aalesunds Fotballklubb, commonly known as Aalesund or AaFK, is a Norwegian football club from the town of Ålesund, that competes in the Norwegian first division, the second tier of the Norwegian football league system. The club was founded on 25 June 1914. As of 2004, the football club had 835 members and several teams on both professional and amateur levels. These teams are the 1st and 2nd teams, junior team, and also several age-specific teams.

History

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In 2009 the club won the Norwegian Cup for the first time in its history. They beat rival Molde FK in the Final, and thereby qualified for participation in the UEFA Europa League. Aalesund also won the 2011 Cup final, where they beat SK Brann.

Recent domestic

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Season Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Cup Notes
2001 1. divisjon 6 30 13 8 9 65 51 47 Third round
2002 1. divisjon 2 30 19 7 4 77 26 64 Semi-final Promoted to the Tippeligaen
2003 Tippeligaen 13 26 7 7 12 30 33 28 Quarter-final Relegated to the 1. divisjon
2004 1. divisjon 2 30 21 1 8 67 36 64 Third round Promoted to the Tippeligaen
2005 Tippeligaen 13 26 6 9 11 30 42 27 Fourth round Relegated to the 1. divisjon
2006 1. divisjon 2 30 17 9 4 71 35 60 Fourth round Promoted to the Tippeligaen
2007 Tippeligaen 11 26 9 3 14 49 56 30 Fourth round
2008 Tippeligaen 13 26 7 4 15 29 42 25 Fourth round
2009 Tippeligaen 13 30 9 9 12 34 43 36 Winner
2010 Tippeligaen 4 30 14 5 11 46 37 47 Third round Europa League Third qualifying round
2011 Tippeligaen 9 30 12 7 11 36 38 43 Winner Europa League Play-off round
2012 Tippeligaen 11 30 9 11 10 40 41 38 Fourth round Europa League Third qualifying round
2013 Tippeligaen 4 30 14 7 9 55 44 49 Third round
2014 Tippeligaen 7 30 11 8 11 40 39 41 Fourth round
2015 Tippeligaen 10 30 11 5 14 42 57 38 Third round
2016 Tippeligaen 9 30 12 6 12 46 51 42 Third round
2017 Eliteserien 15 30 8 8 14 38 50 32 Fourth round Relegated to 1. divisjon
2018 1. divisjon 3 30 18 5 7 58 31 59 First round
2019 1. divisjon 1 30 25 4 1 67 25 79 Quarter-final Promoted to Eliteserien
2020 Eliteserien 16 30 2 5 23 30 85 11 Cancelled Relegated to 1. divisjon
2021 1. divisjon 2 30 16 10 4 68 43 58 Fourth round Promoted to Eliteserien
2022 Eliteserien 9 30 10 9 11 32 45 39 Third round
2023 Eliteserien 16 30 5 3 22 23 73 18 Third round Relegated to 1. divisjon
2024 (in progress) 1. divisjon 12 27 9 4 14 36 45 31 Second round
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European

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Season Competition Round Country Club Home Away Aggregate
2010–11 UEFA Europa League Q3 Scotland Motherwell 1–1 0–3 1–4
2011–12 UEFA Europa League Q1 Wales Neath 4–1 2–0 6–1
Q2 Hungary Ferencváros 3–1(aet) 1–2 4–3
Q3 Sweden Elfsborg 4–0 1–1 5–1
Play-off Netherlands AZ 2–1 0–6 2–7
2012–13 UEFA Europa League Q2 Albania Tirana 5–0 1–1 6–1
Q3 Cyprus APOEL 0–1 1–2 1–3

Supporters

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The local supporter club for AaFK is called "Stormen", or "The Storm", with about 2000 members.

Rivalries

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Rival football clubs in the city include Herd, Rollon, Skarbøvik and Spjelkavik, with Molde and Hødd traditionally being the main regional rivals. Hødd has been less competitive with AaFK in recent years, as they have not been in the same division for some time. More recent rivalries have centred on Molde and Strømsgodset, and to some extent Brann.

The club's supporters enjoy a good relationship with supporters of Oslo club Vålerenga, and it is not uncommon for supporters of one club to support the other in competitions where only one team participates. In the 2011 game against Neath in Wales, some supporters of 2010's Europa League opponents Motherwell also made their way to support the club.

Stadium

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Color Line stadium in January 2018.

Aalesund played their home matches at Kråmyra Stadium until the 2005 season, when they relocated to the new Color Line Stadium with an approximate capacity of 11,000 people. Boosted by the new stadium, recent success and general increasing attendance in Norway, Aalesund has gone from attracting crowds of approximately 1,000 to regularly selling out their stadium [1] in only a few years. Their average attendance of 9,943 in the 2006 1. divisjon became at the time a new record for attendances at the second tier of the Norwegian league system.

Current squad

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As of 25 April 2024[2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Norway NOR Sten Grytebust
2 DF Denmark DEN Mads Nielsen (on loan from Fredrikstad)
3 DF Croatia CRO Vinko Međimorec
5 DF Norway NOR Thomas Grøgaard
6 MF Norway NOR Håkon Butli Hammer
7 MF Norway NOR Kristoffer Nessø
8 MF Norway NOR Henrik Molvær Melland
9 FW Denmark DEN Alexander Ammitzbøll
10 FW Portugal POR Cláudio Braga
11 MF Iceland ISL David Jóhannsson
13 GK Denmark DEN Andreas Gülstorff (on loan from Nordsjælland)
14 DF Norway NOR Simen Vatne Haram
15 MF Norway NOR Sander Hestetun Kilen
17 FW Norway NOR Noah Solskjær
18 FW Norway NOR Martin Ramsland
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 FW Denmark DEN Paul Ngongo
20 DF North Macedonia MKD Metodi Maksimov (on loan from LASK)
22 MF Sweden SWE Marcus Rafferty (on loan from Hammarby)
23 DF Norway NOR Erik Ansok Frøysa
24 GK Norway NOR Sondre Nor Midthjell
25 DF Norway NOR John Kitolano
26 GK Norway NOR Tor Erik Valderhaug Larsen
28 MF Norway NOR Eivind Strømsheim Kolve
29 FW Philippines PHI Bjørn Martin Kristensen
35 DF Norway NOR Sebastian Berntsen
44 DF United States USA Sam Rogers (on loan from Lillestrøm)
66 MF Denmark DEN Janus Seehusen

Out on loan

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
4 DF Norway NOR Nikolai Hopland (at Heerenveen until 30 June 2025)
19 FW Ghana GHA Isaac Atanga (at Ilves until 31 December 2024)
33 DF Norway NOR Stian Aarønes Holte (at Follo until 31 December 2024)

Club officials

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Managers

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Honours

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League

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1. divisjon

Cup

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Norwegian Cup

History of league positions (since 1963)

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1963 1964–1967 1968–1976 1977–1978 1979 1980–1981 1982–1983 1984 1985–1993 1994 1995–1998 1999–2000 2001–2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007–2017 2018–2019 2020 2021 2022–2023 2024–
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3

References

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  1. ^ "Norsk & Internasjonal Fotballstatistikk" (in Norwegian).
  2. ^ "A-laget" [First team squad]. aafk.no (in Norwegian). Aalesunds FK.
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