2020 AIK Fotboll season

AIK
2020 season
Chairman	Robert Falck
Manager	Rikard Norling until July 27th, Bartosz Grzelak took over July 31st.
Stadium	Friends Arena
Svenska Cupen	Quarter-final
Top goalscorer	League: ; All: Saku Ylätupa (2)
Highest home attendance	5,026 (9 March 2020; vs Kalmar FF, Svenska Cupen)
Lowest home attendance	4,923 (23 February 2020; vs Jönköpings Södra IF, Svenska Cupen)
Average home league attendance	4,975 (in Svenska Cupen); 4,975 (in all competitions)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2019 2021 →

The 2020 season was AIK's 129th in existence, their 92nd season in Allsvenskan and their 15th consecutive season in the league. The team was competing in Allsvenskan and Svenska Cupen.

Current squad[]

2020 squad[]

As of 5 March 2020^[1]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
2	DF	NOR	Daniel Granli
3	DF	SWE	Per Karlsson
5	DF	EST	Karol Mets
6	MF	SWE	Panajotis Dimitriadis
7	MF	SWE	Sebastian Larsson (vice-captain)
8	MF	GHA	Enoch Kofi Adu
9	FW	ISL	Kolbeinn Sigþórsson
10	MF	SWE	Nabil Bahoui
11	FW	SWE	Stefan Silva
12	DF	LBN	Felix Michel
15	DF	SWE	Robert Lundström
16	FW	SWE	Daniel Mushitu
17	MF	GHA	Ebenezer Ofori


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	MF	SWE	Bilal Hussein
19	MF	FIN	Saku Ylätupa
20	DF	SWE	Rasmus Lindkvist
21	FW	ALB	Jasir Asani (on loan from FK Partizani Tirana)
23	GK	SRB	Budimir Janošević
24	MF	SWE	Heradi Rashidi
25	DF	KEN	Erick Otieno
28	DF	TUN	Adam Ben Lamin
29	DF	SWE	Eric Kahl
31	GK	DEN	Jakob Haugaard
32	MF	SWE	Tom Strannegård
36	FW	ERI	Henok Goitom (captain)

Current youth players with first-team experience[]

As of 5 March 2020^[A]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
14	DF	SWE	Robin Tihi

Players out on loan[]

As of 20 June 2019^[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
35	GK	SWE	Samuel Brolin (at Akropolis IF until 30 November 2020)

Players in/out[]

In[]

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
25	DF	Erick Otieno	23	Non-EU	Vasalunds IF	Transfer	Winter	2024	N/A	Aftonbladet (in Swedish)
21	MF	Jasir Asani	24	Non-EU	FK Partizani Tirana	Loan	Winter	2020	N/A	Aftonbladet (in Swedish)
31	GK	Jakob Haugaard	27	EU	Stoke City	Free Agent	Winter	2022	N/A	Reuters
17	MF	Ebenezer Ofori	25	Non-EU	VfB Stuttgart	Transfer	Winter	2023	N/A	Expressen (in Swedish)
11	FW	Stefan Silva	29	EU	Fatih Karagümrük	End of loan	Winter	2020	N/A	Fotbollskanalen (in Swedish)

Out[]

N	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
5	DF	Jesper Nyholm	26	EU		End of contract	Winter	N/A	Expressen (in Swedish)
10	FW	Chinedu Obasi	33	EU		End of contract	Winter	N/A	Aftonbladet (in Swedish)
31	MF	Christos Gravius	22	EU	Degerfors IF	Transfer	Winter	N/A	Fotbollskanalen (in Swedish)
20	MF	Tarik Elyounoussi	31	EU	Shonan Bellmare	End of contract	Winter	N/A	Expressen (in Swedish)
34	GK	Oscar Linnér	22	EU	Arminia Bielefeld	Transfer	Winter	N/A	Aftonbladet (in Swedish)
22	FW	Nicolás Stefanelli	25	EU	Unión La Calera	Transfer	Winter	N/A	Expressen (in Swedish)
35	GK	Samuel Brolin	19	EU	Akropolis IF	Loan	Winter	N/A	Fotbollskanalen (in Swedish)

EU = if holds or not a European Union passport; Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; N = number on jersey; P = Position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); Age = age on the day of the signing; Moving from = only indicate the club the player was playing before start playing for this club in this season, for the type of the moving see Status column; Moving to = only indicates the club the player is going to play next, for the type of the moving see Status column; Ends = when the player's current contract ends; n/a = Not applicable.

Squad statistics[]

Latest updated 9 March 2020

Number	Position	Name	2020 Allsvenskan		2019–20 Svenska Cupen 2020–21 Svenska Cupen		Total
Number	Position	Name	Appearances	Goals	Appearances	Goals	Appearances	Goals
2	DF	Daniel Granli	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF	Per Karlsson	0	0	3	0	3	0
5	DF	Karol Mets	0	0	3	0	3	0
6	MF	Panajotis Dimitriadis	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	MF	Sebastian Larsson	0	0	3	0	3	0
8	MF	Enoch Kofi Adu	0	0	3	0	3	0
9	FW	Kolbeinn Sigþórsson	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	MF	Nabil Bahoui	1	1	0	0
11	FW	Stefan Silva	0	0	3	0	3	0
12	DF	Felix Michel	0	0	3	0	3	0
14	DF	Robin Tihi	0	0	2	0	2	0
15	DF	Robert Lundström	0	0	1	0	1	0
16	FW	Daniel Mushitu	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	MF	Ebenezer Ofori	0	0	3	1	3	1
18	MF	Bilal Hussein	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	MF	Saku Ylätupa	0	0	3	2	3	2
20	DF	Rasmus Lindkvist	0	0	3	0	3	0
21	FW	Jasir Asani	0	0	3	1	3	1
23	GK	Budimir Janošević	0	0	2	0	2	0
24	DF	Heradi Rashidi	0	0	1	0	1	0
25	DF	Erick Otieno	0	0	2	0	2	0
28	DF	Adam Ben Lamin	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	DF	Erik Kahl	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	GK	Jakob Haugaard	0	0	1	0	1	0
32	MF	Tom Strannegård	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	FW	Henok Goitom	0	0	3	1	3	1

Club Friendlies[]

Pre-season[]

18 January 2020	AIK	2–1	IF Karlstad	Solna
14:00	Michel 63' Asani 72'	Report	Gerhardsson Arvidsson 39'	Stadium: Skytteholms IP Attendance: 3,292 Referee: Fredrik Hansson

25 January 2020	AIK	1–1	Västerås SK	Solna
14:00	Larsson 4'	Report	Videhult 84'	Stadium: Skytteholms IP Attendance: 3,803 Referee: Adam Ladebäck

31 January 2020	GIF Sundsvall	1–0	AIK	Sundsvall
13:00	Pichkah 43'	Report	Adu 42'	Stadium: Nordichallen Attendance: 325 Referee: Arian Chalak

15 February 2020	AIK	1–1	FK Rostov	Marbella, Spain
16:00	Mets 65' Asani 74' (pen.)	Report	Shomurodov 57' (pen.) Pesyakov 73'	Stadium: La Quinta Football Fields

19 February 2020	Akropolis IF	3–0	AIK	Stockholm
17:00	Jakobsson 33' Weilid 62' Vasić 90'	Report		Stadium: Grimsta IP Attendance: 400 Referee: Victor Wolf

Results summary[]

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
5	1	2	2	4	7	−3	5	1	2	0	4	3	+1	0	0	2	0	4	−4

Last updated: 5 March 2020.
Source: AIK Fotboll (in Swedish)

2019–20 Svenska Cupen[]

Group stage[]

Group 4[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	AIK	3	2	1	0	6	3	+3	7	Advance to Knockout stage
2	Kalmar FF	3	2	0	1	9	3	+6	6
3	Jönköpings Södra IF	3	1	1	1	4	7	−3	4
4	Örgryte IS	3	0	0	3	0	6	−6	0

Updated to match(es) played on 9 March 2020. Source: Swedish Football Association
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head record; 5) Highest ranked team

23 February 2020 Group stage	AIK	2–2	Jönköpings Södra IF	Solna
12:30	Haugaard 21' Otieno 68' Ofori 79' Goitom 81'	Report	Crona 55' Kozica 69' (pen.) Hamidovic 74' Kwakwa 90+1'	Stadium: Skytteholms IP Attendance: 4,923 Referee: Bojan Pandzic

1 March 2020 Group stage	Örgryte IS	0–1	AIK	Gothenburg
14:30	Paulson 18' 89' Stanisic 54' Sahlin 66'	Report	Razak 32' (o.g.)	Stadium: Bravida Arena Attendance: 2,111 Referee: Kaspar Sjöberg

9 March 2020 Group stage	AIK	3–1	Kalmar FF	Solna
19:00	Ylätupa 45+3', 71' Mets 74' Asani 79' 42'	Report	Löfkvist 10' Elm 32' Fröling 74' Aliti 76' Johansson 86'	Stadium: Skytteholms IP Attendance: 5,026 Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim

Knock-out stage[]

25 June 2020 Quarter-final	Malmö FF	4–1	AIK	Malmö
16:00	Christiansen 39' 66' 88' Rieks 74'	Summary	Paulos Abraham 7' 9' 71' Tihi 58' Karlsson 78'	Stadium: Eleda Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Kristoffer Karlsson

2020–21 Svenska Cupen[]

Preliminary round[]

1 October 2020 Second round	Karlslund	1–2	AIK	Örebro
14:00	Diawara 60'	Report	Abraham 15' Ring 17'	Stadium: Attendance: 0

Allsvenskan[]

League table[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
7	Örebro SK	30	12	6	12	37	41	−4	42
8	Hammarby IF	30	10	11	9	47	47	0	41	Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round
9	AIK	30	10	9	11	30	33	−3	39
10	IK Sirius	30	9	11	10	43	51	−8	38
11	Varbergs BoIS	30	10	7	13	45	44	+1	37

Source: svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Play-off
(Note: Play-off is only played if need to decide champion, teams for relegation or UEFA competition and will be played on a neutral ground).

Match results[]

June[]

14 June 2020 Match 1	Örebro	0–2	AIK	Örebro
17:30	Skovgaard 76'	Summary	Ofori 20' Tihi 59' Asani 90+2'	Stadium: Behrn Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Martin Strömbergsson

17 June 2020 Match 2	AIK	1–4	Norrköping	Solna, Stockholm
19:00	Granli 14' Goitom 88'	Summary	Thern 5' Gastegren 9' Lauritsen 29' Gerson 32' (pen.) 61' Hakšabanović 84'	Stadium: Friends Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Glenn Nyberg

21 June 2020 Match 3	Hammarby	0–2	AIK	Stockholm
17:30	Andersen 38' Paulinho 63'	Summary	Tihi 16' Mets 47' Tom Strannegård 54' Hussein 55' Larsson 58' (pen.)	Stadium: Tele2 Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Andreas Ekberg

28 June 2020 Match 4	AIK	2–2	Malmö FF	Solna, Stockholm
17:30	Ofori 24' Larsson 45+1' Hussein 58' Lindkvist 69' Mets 89'	Summary	Thelin 70' 90' (pen.) Nielsen 88'	Stadium: Friends Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim

July[]

2 July 2020 Match 5	IFK Göteborg	1–0	AIK	Göteborg
19:00	Farnerud 90' Mets 90+2' (o.g.)	Summary	Granli 49' Eric Kahl 63' Mets 85'	Stadium: Gamla Ullevi Attendance: 0 Referee: Kristoffer Karlsson

5 July 2020 Match 6	AIK	1–1	Falkenberg	Solna, Stockholm
14:30	Paulos Abraham 37' 90+1'	Summary	Peter 62'	Stadium: Friends Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Kaspar Sjöberg

12 July 2020 Match 7	Helsingborg	2–0	AIK	Helsingborg
14:30	Svensson 45+1' Alex Timossi Andersson 68' van den Hurk 83'	Summary	Larsson 73'	Stadium: Olympia Attendance: 0 Referee: Glenn Nyberg

15 July 2020 Match 8	AIK	1–0	Sirius	Solna, Stockholm
19:00	Hussein 46' Goitom 74' Michel 85' Stamatopoulos 90+2'	Summary	Andersson 28' Björkström 57' Hellborg 73'	Stadium: Friends Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Bojan Pandžić

19 July 2020 Match 9	Varberg	2–2	AIK	Varberg
14:30	Zackrisson 23' Selmani 89' (pen.)	Summary	Goitom 12' Paulos Abraham 75' Mets 90+1'	Stadium: Varberg Energi Arena Attendance: 0 Referee:

22 July 2020 Match 10	Häcken	4–0	AIK	Göteborg
19:00	Bengtsson 6' Youssef 36' Zuta 74' Nilsson 88'	Summary	Eric Kahl 32' Larsson 42' Hussein 45+1' Bahoui 90'	Stadium: Bravida Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim

26 July 2020 Match 11	AIK	0–1	Djurgården	Solna, Stockholm
17:30	Hussein 45+3' Goitom 76'	Summary	Witry 77' Berg 83' Ulvestad 90+5'	Stadium: Friends Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Glenn Nyberg

August[]

2 August 2020 Match 12	Kalmar	0–0	AIK	Kalmar
18:00			Adu 21' Mets 33'	Stadium: Guldfågeln Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Kaspar Sjöberg

6 August 2020 Match 13	AIK	1–2	Elfsborg	Solna, Stockholm
19:00	Bahoui 32' Goitom 89' Eric Kahl 90+1'	Summary	Okumu 6' Frick 18' 33' Karlsson 39'	Stadium: Friends Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Bojan Pandžić

9 August 2020 Match 14	Mjällby	3–1	AIK	Hällevik
17:30	Ogbu 10' 43' (pen.) Jeahze 58' Silverholt 76'	Summary	Tihi 35' Adu 40' (pen.) Karlsson 42'	Stadium: Strandvallen Attendance: 0 Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim

13 August 2020 Match 15	AIK	0–1	Östersunds FK	Solna, Stockholm
19:00	Michel 23' Karlsson 85' Adu 90+7'	Summary	Fritzson 27' Amin 78' Haugan 87' Sonko Sundberg 90+7'	Stadium: Friends Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Kristoffer Karlsson

16 August 2020 Match 16	Falkenberg	1–1	AIK	Falkenberg
14:30	Söderström 45+5' Gustaf Nilsson 77'	Summary	Larsson 23' 54' Bahoui 39' Eric Kahl 61' Ofori 63' Dimitriadis 90+1'	Stadium: Falcon Alkoholfri Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Kristoffer Karlsson

23 August 2020 Match 17	AIK	2–0	Helsingborg	Solna, Stockholm
17:30	Larsson 19' Mets 52' Bahoui 79'	Summary		Stadium: Friends Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Victor Wolf

30 August 2020 Match 18	AIK	0–1	Häcken	Solna, Stockholm
14:30			Irandust 57'	Stadium: Friends Arena Attendance: 0

September[]

13 September 2020 Match 19	Malmö FF	0–0	AIK	Malmö
17:30				Stadium: Eleda Stadion Attendance: 0

20 September 2020 Match 20	AIK	3–0	Hammarby	Solna, Stockholm
14:30	Bahoui 27' Abraham 37' Lustig 77'			Stadium: Friends Arena Attendance: 0

28 September 2020 Match 21	AIK	1–0	Mjällby	Solna, Stockholm
19:00	Bahoui 90+3'			Stadium: Friends Arena Attendance: 0

October[]

4 October 2020 Match 22	Östersunds FK	1–2	AIK	Östersund
14:30	Ishwerwood 87'		Karlsson 7' Goitom 64'	Stadium: Jämtkraft Arena Attendance: 0

18 October 2020 Match 23	AIK	2–0	IFK Göteborg	Solna, Stockholm
17:30	Rogić 4' Goitom 61'			Stadium: Friends Arena Attendance: 0

26 October 2020 Match 24	Norrköping	2–2	AIK	Norrköping
19:00	Levi 46' Castegren 50'		Goitom 26' Larsson 87' (p)	Stadium: Östgötaporten Attendance: 0

29 October 2020 Match 25	IK Sirius	0–0	AIK	Uppsala
19:00				Stadium: Studenternas IP Attendance: 0

November[]

2 November 2020 Match 26	AIK	1–0	Varberg	Solna, Stockholm
19:00	Goitom 58'			Stadium: Friends Arena Attendance: 0

8 November 2020 Match 27	Djurgården	0–1	AIK	Stockholm
14:30			Nabil Bahoui 74'	Stadium: Tele2 Arena Attendance: 0

22 November 2020 Match 28	AIK	0–2	Örebro	Solna, Stockholm
14:30	Hussein 64' Papagiannopoulos 80' Bahoui 88' Sigþórsson 90+4'	Report	Almebäck 29' Kahl 39' (o.g.) Hümmet 60' 61' Mårtensson 68' Gall 88'	Stadium: Friends Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Glenn Nyberg

30 November 2020 Match 29	AIK	0–1	Kalmar	Solna, Stockholm
19:00	Papagiannopoulos 29' Adu 72'	Report	Elm 31' Isak Jansson 70' Israelsson 84' Söderberg 90+2'	Stadium: Friends Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Bojan Pandžić

December[]

6 December 2020 Match 30	IF Elfsborg	2–2	AIK	Borås
14:30	Olsson 16' Alm 22' Frick 66'	Report	Papagiannopoulos 50' Bahoui 59' Lustig 70' 74' Goitom 86' Larsson 90+3'	Stadium: Borås Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Fredrik Klitte

Notes[]

^ Current youth players who at least have sat on the bench in a competitive match.

References[]

^ "Truppen" (in Swedish). AIK. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
^ "Truppen" (in Swedish). AIK Fotboll. Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 27 December 2017.

[youth_players-2] Current youth players who at least have sat on the bench in a competitive match.

[1] "Truppen" (in Swedish). AIK. Retrieved 17 February 2018.

[3] "Truppen" (in Swedish). AIK Fotboll. Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 27 December 2017.

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