2021 AIK Fotboll season

AIK
2021 season
Chairman	Robert Falck
Manager	Bartosz Grzelak
Stadium	Friends Arena
Allsvenskan	2nd
Svenska Cupen	Group Stage
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2020 →

The 2021 season was AIK 130th in existence, their 93nd season in Allsvenskan and their 16th consecutive season in the league. The team was competing in Allsvenskan and Svenska Cupen.

Players[]

First-team squad[]

As of 9 August 2021^[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
3	DF	SWE	Per Karlsson
4	DF	SWE	Sotirios Papagiannopoulos
5	DF	SWE	Alexander Milošević
6	DF	KVX	Jetmir Haliti
7	MF	SWE	Sebastian Larsson (vice-captain)
8	MF	SWE	Bilal Hussein
9	FW	ARG	Nicolás Stefanelli
10	MF	SWE	Nabil Bahoui
11	FW	SWE	Stefan Silva
14	DF	SWE	Lucas Forsberg
15	GK	SWE	Kristoffer Nordfeldt
17	MF	GHA	Ebenezer Ofori
19	MF	FIN	Saku Ylätupa


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	MF	IRL	Zachary Elbouzedi
21	FW	SRB	Bojan Radulović
22	MF	SWE	Filip Rogić
23	GK	SRB	Budimir Janošević
25	DF	KEN	Eric Ouma Otieno
26	MF	SWE	Yasin Ayari
31	GK	DEN	Jakob Haugaard
32	MF	SWE	Tom Strannegård
33	DF	SWE	Mikael Lustig
34	FW	SWE	Erik Ring
36	FW	ERI	Henok Goitom (captain)
—	DF	LBN	Felix Michel

Retired numbers[]

1 – Fans of the club^[2]

Out on loan[]

As of 9 August 2021

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	DF	FIN	Robin Tihi (to AFC Eskilstuna until 31 December 2021)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
35	GK	SWE	Samuel Brolin (to Mjällby AIF until 31 December 2021)

Notable past players[]

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[]

Club Friendlies[]

Pre-season[]

30 January 2021 Friendly	AIK	0 – 2	Vasalund	Solna
13:00		Report		Stadium: Friends Arena

12 February 2021 Friendly	AIK	1 – 0	Elfsborg	Solna
17:00		Report		Stadium: Friends Arena

14 March 2021 Friendly	AIK	1 – 2	Brommapojkarna	Solna
14:00		Report		Stadium: Friends Arena

20 March 2021 Friendly	Elfsborg	0 – 2	AIK	Borås
13:00		Report		Stadium: Borås Arena

26 March 2021 Friendly	Örebro	2 – 3	AIK	Örebro
14:00		Report		Stadium: Behrn Arena

4 April 2021 Friendly	AIK	1 – 1	GIF Sundsvall	Solna
15:00		Report		Stadium: Friends Arena

20 June 2021 Friendly	AIK	3 – 3	Sirius	Enköping
15:00		Report		Stadium: Enavallen

28 June 2021 Friendly	AIK	0 – 1	Östersunds FK	Norrtälje
12:00		Report		Stadium: Norrtälje Sportcentrum

2020–21 Svenska Cupen[]

Group stage[]

Group 8[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	HAM	AIK	AFC	OAIK
1	Hammarby IF	3	3	0	10	3	+7	9	Advance to Knockout stage		3–2	4–1
2	AIK	3	2	1	8	4	+4	6				4–0
3	AFC Eskilstuna	3	1	2	5	9	−4	3					4–1
4	Oskarshamns AIK	3	0	3	2	9	−7	0		0–3	1–2

Updated to match(es) played on 7 March 2021. Source: SFA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head record; 5) Highest ranked team

20 February 2021 1	Oskarshamns AIK	1 – 2	AIK	Oskarshamn
15:00 CET	Malte Persson 34' Oskar Stejdahl 42' 56' Filip Jägerbrink 45' Anton Agebjörn 49' Samuel Östlund 71'	Report	Goitom 29' Malte Persson 53' (o.g.) Papagiannopoulos 54' Tihi 76'	Stadium: Arena Oskarshamn Attendance: 0 Referee: Fredrik Klitte

27 February 2021 2	AIK	4 – 0	AFC Eskilstuna	Solna
13:00 CET	Larsson 8' 41' Goitom 24' Rogić 47'	Report	Victor Fors 39' Sabah 87'	Stadium: Friends Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Glenn Nyberg

7 March 2021 3	Hammarby	3 – 2	AIK	Stockholm
13:00 CET	Amoo 19' Rodić 56' 85' Magyar 64' Khalili 71' Andersen 73' Ludwigson 82'	Report	Ylätupa 49' Otieno 71' Larsson 75' (pen.) Goitom 77'	Stadium: Tele2 Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim

2021–22 Svenska Cupen[]

19 August 2021 Second Round	Rågsved	0 – 5	AIK	Stockholm
18:30 CET		Report	Radulović 3' Ayari 18' Ring 60' 66' Elbouzedi 72'	Stadium: Hagsätra Idrottsplats

Allsvenskan[]

League table[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Malmö FF (C)	30	17	8	5	58	30	+28	59	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	AIK	30	18	5	7	45	25	+20	59	Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round
3	Djurgårdens IF	30	17	6	7	46	30	+16	57
4	IF Elfsborg	30	17	4	9	51	35	+16	55
5	Hammarby IF	30	15	8	7	54	41	+13	53

Updated to match(es) played on 4 December 2021. 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).
(C) Champion

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
27	17	5	5	32	18	+14	56	14	2	0	21	6	+15	3	3	5	11	12	−1

Last updated: 28 October 2021.
Source: soccerway

Results by round[]

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Ground	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H
Result	W	L	W	W	L	D	W	D	L	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	D	L	W	L	W	L	L	W	W	W	W
Position	1	9	5	2	5	7	3	3	6	5	4	5	3	3	3	3	1	2	1	2	3	2	3	2	4	4	3	3	2	2

Updated to match(es) played on 4 December 2021. Source: wikipedia^{[unreliable source?]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Match results[]

April[]

12 April 2021 Match 1	AIK	2 - 0	Degerfors	Solna
19:00 CET	Ylätupa 38' 45+1' Bahoui 65'	Report		Stadium: Friends Arena Attendance: 8 Referee: Bojan Pandžić

19 April 2021 Match 2	IFK Göteborg	2 - 0	AIK	Göteborg
19:00 CET	Sigþórsson 3' 33' 38' Aiesh 25' Eriksson 60'	Report	Radulović 22' Silva 81'	Stadium: Gamla Ullevi Attendance: 8 Referee: Andreas Ekberg

25 April 2021 Match 3	AIK	2 - 0	Hammarby	Solna
17:30 CET	Stefanelli 43' Larsson 72' Bahoui 77' Papagiannopoulos 80' Ylätupa 85'	Report	Selmani 53' Fjóluson 60' Sher 81'	Stadium: Friends Arena Attendance: 8 Referee: Glenn Nyberg

May[]

2 May 2021 Match 4	AIK	1 – 0	Elfsborg	Solna
17:30 CET	Larsson 49' (pen.)	Report	Gojani 16' Ndione 44'	Stadium: Friends Arena Attendance: 8 Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim

10 May 2021 Match 5	Norrköping	2 – 0	AIK	Norrköping
18:30 CET	Jóhannesson 37' Adegbenro 62' 86' 87'	Report	Larsson 81'	Stadium: PlatinumCars Arena Attendance: 8 Referee: Kristoffer Karlsson

13 May 2021 Match 6	AIK	1 – 1	Malmö	Solna
18:30 CET	Otieno 55' Nielsen 64' (o.g.) Larsson 77' Hussein 82'	Report	Knudsen 12' Berget 24' Christiansen 41' Vagić 55'	Stadium: Friends Arena Attendance: 8 Referee: Glenn Nyberg

17 May 2021 Match 7	Östersunds FK	1 – 2	AIK	Östersund
18:30 CET	Fritzson 71' Turgott 77' Dosis 89'	Report	Strannegård 12' Goitom 26' Janošević 88'	Stadium: Jämtkraft Arena Attendance: 8 Referee: Adam Ladebäck

22 May 2021 Match 8	AIK	2 – 2	Mjällby	Solna
15:00 CET	Stefanelli 11' 82' Bahoui 87' Larsson 90+3'	Report	Hodžić 31' Nilsson 58' Moro 64' 71' Gustavsson 90+4'	Stadium: Friends Arena Attendance: 8 Referee: Fredrik Klitte

June[]

July[]

4 July 2021 Match 9	Häcken	2 - 1	AIK	Göteborg
15:00 CET	Wålemark 47' Friberg 49' Youssef 50' Bengtsson 88'	Report	Ofori 22' Karlsson 28' Papagiannopoulos 31' Janošević 48' Radulović 78'	Stadium: Bravida Arena Attendance: 1,005 Referee: Kristoffer Karlsson

10 July 2021 Match 10	AIK	2 - 1	Varberg	Solna
17:30 CET	Radulović 37' Kahl 58' Rogić 77'	Report	Simović 17' Matthews 23' Winbo 40'	Stadium: Friends Arena Attendance: 12,342 Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim

18 July 2021 Match 11	AIK	2 - 0	Kalmar	Solna
17:30 CET	Larsson 14' 90+1' Papagiannopoulos 40' Milošević 58' Hussein 90+3'	Report	Ring 61'	Stadium: Friends Arena Attendance: 12,517 Referee: Glenn Nyberg

26 July 2021 Match 12	Örebro	1 - 1	AIK	Örebro
19:00 CET	Collander 26' Mårtensson 68' Allain 82' Skovgaard 90+3'	Report	Otieno 14' Bahoui 61' Milošević 81'	Stadium: Behrn Arena Attendance: 3,948 Referee: Granit Maqedonci

August[]

2 August 2021 Match 13	AIK	1 - 0	Halmstad	Solna
19:00 CET	Stefanelli 22' Rogić 51' Strannegård 88'	Report	Baffo 90+4'	Stadium: Friends Arena Attendance: 12,112 Referee: Kristoffer Karlsson

8 August 2021 Match 14	Djurgården	1 - 4	AIK	Stockholm
15:00 CET	Radetinac 29' Löfgren 89' Une Larsson 90+1'	Report	Goitom 8' Larsson 50' Otieno 65' Stefanelli 69' Milošević 80'	Stadium: Tele2 Arena Attendance: 8,712 Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim

16 August 2021 Match 15	Sirius	0 - 1	AIK	Uppsala
19:00 CET	Shabani 36' Sylisufaj 81'	Report	Lustig 39' Larsson 60' Radulović 89' Erik Ring 90+2'	Stadium: Studenternas IP Referee: Victor Wolf

22 August 2021 Match 16	AIK	2 - 1	Häcken	Solna
17:30 CET	Papagiannopoulos 3' Hussein 51'	Report	Nordfeldt 78' (o.g.) Hammar 90+4'	Stadium: Friends Arena Attendance: 12,313 Referee: Andreas Ekberg

28 August 2021 Match 17	AIK	2 - 0	Örebro	Solna
15:00 CET	Milošević 17' Moro 30' (o.g.) Larsson 72'	Report	Moro 1' Walker 11' Ali 31'	Stadium: Friends Arena Attendance: 12,727 Referee: Kristoffer Karlsson

September[]

13 September 2021 Match 18	Mjällby	0 - 0	AIK	Sölvesborg
19:00 CET	Armin Sarr 34'	Report	Milošević 5'	Stadium: Strandvallen Attendance: 1,496 Referee: Granit Maqedonci

20 September 2021 Match 19	AIK	3 - 1	IFK Göteborg	Solna
19:00 CET	Bahoui 5' 13' Ouma 33' Larsson 56'	Report	Thern 23' 25'	Stadium: Friends Arena Attendance: 14,077 Referee: Adam Ladebäck

23 September 2021 Match 20	Kalmar	1 - 1	AIK	Kalmar
19:00 CET	Sjöstedt 37' Berg 66'	Report	Milošević 60' Bahoui 90' Larsson 90+1' Lustig 90+1'	Stadium: Guldfågeln Arena Attendance: 4,315 Referee: Andreas Ekberg

27 September 2021 Match 21	Degerfors	2 - 1	AIK	Degerfors
19:00 CET	Edvardsen 2' 66' Sabetkar 17' Đurđić 58'	Report	Ouma 85' Bahoui 90'	Stadium: Stora Valla Referee: Victor Wolf

October[]

3 October 2021 Match 22	AIK	1 - 0	Djurgården	Solna
15:00 CET	Stefanelli 45+2' 28' 45+2' Larsson 61' Nordfeldt 77'	Report	Schüller 11' Holmberg 16' Asoro 42'	Stadium: Friends Arena Referee: Glenn Nyberg

17 October 2021 Match 23	Hammarby	1 - 0	AIK	Stockholm
15:00 CET	Swedberg 41' Magyar 52' Amoo 58'	Report	Papagiannopoulos 77'	Stadium: Tele2 Arena

24 October 2021 Match 24	AIK	1 - 0	Norrköping	Solna
17:30 CET		Report		Stadium: Friends Arena

27 October 2021 Match 25	Malmö	1 - 0	AIK	Malmö
19:00 CET		Report		Stadium: Eleda Stadion

November[]

01 November 2021 Match 26	Halmstad	1–0	AIK	Halmtad
19:00 CET	An. Johansson 45+4' Kurtulus 90+2' Alexander Johansson 90+7'	Report	Larsson 45+4' Milošević 61' Bahoui 68'	Stadium: Örjans Vall Attendance: 4594 Referee: Victor Wolf

7 November 2021 Match 27	AIK	3–0	Östersund	Solna
15:00 CET	Stefanelli 27' Elbouzedi 29', 62' Bahoui 73'	Report	Colkett 79'	Stadium: Friends Arena Attendance: 15,515 Referee: Granit Maqedonci

21 November 2021 Match 28	Varberg	0–1	AIK	Varberg
17:30 CET		Report	Bahoui 62'	Stadium:

29 November 2021 Match 29	Elfsborg	2–4	AIK	Borås
19:90 CET		Report		Stadium: Friends Arena

4 December 2021 Match 30	AIK	4–2	Sirius	Solna
15:00 CET		Report		Stadium: Friends Arena

Notes[]

References[]

^ "Truppen" (in Swedish). AIK. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
^ "AIK Fotboll skänker tröja nummer 1 till publiken" (in Swedish). AIK Fotboll. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 1 April 2013.

[1] "Truppen" (in Swedish). AIK. Retrieved 9 August 2021.

[2] "AIK Fotboll skänker tröja nummer 1 till publiken" (in Swedish). AIK Fotboll. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 1 April 2013.

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