AIK Fotboll
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Full name | Allmänna Idrottsklubben | ||
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Nickname(s) | Gnaget (The Gnaw) | ||
Short name | AIK | ||
Founded | 15 February 1891 | ||
Ground | Friends Arena, Solna, Stockholm County | ||
Capacity | 50,622 | ||
Chairman | Robert Falck | ||
Head coach | Bartosz Grzelak | ||
League | Allsvenskan | ||
2021 | Allsvenskan, 2nd | ||
Website | Club website | ||
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AIK Fotboll (LSE: 0DI2), more commonly known simply as AIK (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈɑ̂ːiːˌkoː]), an abbreviation for Allmänna Idrottsklubben (meaning the public or general sports club), is a Swedish 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 Friends Arena, located in Solna, Metropolitan Stockholm.
League champions 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 addition, in this century AIK is the club that has finished top three in Allsvenskan the most times (11), and finished top three six times in a row (2013–2018). AIK is consequently the Swedish club that has qualified for UEFA club competitions the most times this century.
Affiliated with the Stockholm Football Association,[1] AIK is the only side from Stockholm to have qualified for the group stage of a UEFA competition; the club reached the quarter-finals of the 1996–97 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, qualified for the 1999–2000 UEFA Champions League group stage, and competed in the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League group stage.
History[]
Kit[]
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: Notar, a real-estate agent; Stadium, a sporting-goods retail chain; German automakers Volkswagen; and league sponsors Svenska Spel, a government-owned gambling company (whose logo is on the right sleeve of the shirts of all Allsvenskan teams).
Period | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor (chest) |
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1975–77 | ![]() |
None |
1978–80 | ![]() | |
1981 | ![]() |
Eldorado (grocery brand) |
1982–84 | ![]() |
BPA (technical installation) |
1985–88 | ![]() |
BPA or Första Sparbanken (banking company) |
1989–90 | ![]() |
Folksam (insurance company) |
1991 | Folksam or Kombilott (lottery) | |
1992 | Folksam or Trippellott (lottery) | |
1995–96 | Scandic (hotel chain) | |
1997 | Hyundai (automaker) | |
1998–2016 | ![]() |
Åbro (brewery) |
2017 | Hjärt-Lungfonden (charity)[a] | |
Åbro | ||
2018– | ![]() |
Notar (real-estate agent)[4] |
Stadium[]
Since the 2013 season, AIK play their home games at the Nationalarenan (known for sponsorship reasons as Friends Arena until 2023), which also houses the Swedish national football 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.[citation needed]
Support[]
Rivalries[]
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.
Attendances[]
In 2006 AIK had an average attendance of over 21,000, the highest in Sweden[6][7] In 2007 AIK had an average attendance of over 20,000. AIK have had the highest average attendance 39 times,[citation needed] more than any other club in Sweden. AIK finished the 2013 season with an average attendance of 18,900, the highest number in Scandinavia.[8] 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.[9]
Club culture[]
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.
Players[]
First-team squad[]
- As of 25 December 2021[10]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Retired numbers[]
1 – Fans of the club[11]
Out on loan[]
- As of 11 August 2021
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Notable past players[]
Non-playing personnel[]
Backroom staff[]
Position | Name |
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Managing director | ![]() |
Assistant managing director | ![]() |
Director of sports | ![]() |
Head scout | ![]() |
Coaching staff[]
Position | Staff |
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Head coach | ![]() |
Assistant coach | ![]() |
Assistant coach | ![]() |
Goalkeeping coach | ![]() |
Fitness coach | ![]() |
Medical staff[]
Position | Staff |
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Physiotherapist | ![]() |
Naprapath | ![]() |
Other[]
Position | Staff |
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Data analyst | ![]() |
Equipment manager | ![]() |
Co-ordinator | ![]() |
Coaching history[]
Fred Spiksley (1911)
Ferdinand Humenberger (1930–32)
Jimmy Elliott (1932–34)
Per Kaufeldt (1934–40)
Václav Simon (1940–44)
Istvan Wampetits (1944–48)
George Raynor (1 July 1948 – 30 June 1952)
Per Kaufeldt (1951–56)
Henry Carlsson (1956–58)
Frank Soo (1958)
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)
Keith Spurgeon (1 Jan, 1975 – 31 Dec, 1975)
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)
Stuart Baxter (1 Jan, 1998 – Dec 00)
Olle Nordin (2001–02)
Peter Larsson (2002)
Dušan Uhrin (1 July 2002 – 31 Oct, 2002)
Richard Money (1 Jan, 2003 – 19 April 2004)
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)
Alex Miller (22 June 2010 – 10 Nov, 2010)
Andreas Alm (1 Jan, 2011 – 13 May 2016)
Rikard Norling (13 May 2016 – 27 July 2020)
Bartosz Grzelak (31 July 2020 – present)
Honours[]
- Swedish Champions[A]
League[]
- Allsvenskan:
- Superettan:
- Winners: 2005
- Mästerskapsserien:
- Winners: 1992
- Svenska Serien:
Cups[]
- Svenska Cupen
- Svenska Mästerskapet
- Allsvenskan play-offs
- Runners-up: 1986
- Svenska Supercupen
- Corinthian Bowl
- Rosenska Pokalen
- Runners-up: 1899, 1900
- Wicanderska Välgörenhetsskölden
International[]
- Tournoi de Pentecôte de Paris:
- Winners (1): 1921[13]
- Singapore Community Shield:
- Winners (1): 2010[14]
AIK in Europe[]
European games[]
Season | Competition | Round | Country | Club | Home | Away | Agg. | Notes |
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1964–65 | International Football Cup | Group C2 | ![]() |
Angers | 4–1 | 1–3 | Placed 2nd | |
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Sarajevo | 2–0 | 0–2 | |||||
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Slovnaft Bratislava | 3–2 | 1–7 | |||||
1965–66 | Inter-Cities Fairs Cup | First round | ![]() |
Bruxelles | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | |
Second round | ![]() |
Servette | 2–1 | 1–4 | 3–5 | |||
1966–67 | International Football Cup | Group B3 | ![]() |
Carl Zeiss Jena | 0–0 | 1–4 | Placed 4th | |
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Eintracht Braunschweig | 3–1 | 0–1 | |||||
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Górnik Zabrze | 1–1 | 2–3 | |||||
1967 | International Football Cup | Group B6 | ![]() |
AGF | 1–0 | 2–1 | Placed 3rd | |
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Dynamo Dresden | 1–4 | 2–1 | |||||
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Košice | 1–1 | 0–4 | |||||
1968–69 | Inter-Cities Fairs Cup | First round | ![]() |
Skeid | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | |
Second round | ![]() |
Hannover 96 | 4–2 | 2–5 | 6–7 | |||
1970 | International Football Cup | Group B3 | ![]() |
Lausanne Sports | 1–1 | 2–2 | Placed 3rd | |
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Marseille | 2–2 | 2–6 | |||||
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Zagłębie Sosnowiec | 2–1 | 1–2 | |||||
1973 | International Football Cup | Group 2 | ![]() |
Duisburg | 3–1 | 1–1 | Placed 3rd | |
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PSV | 0–1 | 0–3 | |||||
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Slovan Bratislava | 1–1 | 0–0 | |||||
1973–74 | UEFA Cup | First round | ![]() |
B 1903 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–3 | |
1974 | International Football Cup | Group 6 | ![]() |
Linz | 3–2 | 1–6 | Placed 4th | |
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Spartak Trnava | 0–1 | 1–2 | |||||
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Wisła Kraków | 0–3 | 0–1 | |||||
1975 | International Football Cup | Group 5 | ![]() |
Tennis Borussia Berlin | 2–3 | 3–1 | Placed 4th | |
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Polonia Bytom | 0–2 | 1–5 | |||||
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Zbrojovka Brno | 1–2 | 0–2 | |||||
1975–76 | UEFA Cup | First round | ![]() |
Spartak Moscow | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | |
1976 | International Football Cup | Group 4 | ![]() |
Baník Ostrava | 0–1 | 0–2 | Placed 4th | |
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Eintracht Braunschweig | 1–3 | 1–2 | |||||
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Tirol Innsbruck | 3–3 | 1–3 | |||||
1976–77 | European Cup Winners' Cup | First round | ![]() |
Galatasaray | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 | |
1984 | International Football Cup | Group 5 | ![]() |
Górnik Zabrze | 2–3 | 0–1 | Placed 1st | |
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Magdeburg | 2–0 | 2–0 | |||||
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Nürnberg | 8–2 | 2–1 | |||||
1984–85 | UEFA Cup | First round | ![]() |
Dundee United | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–3 | |
1985 | International Football Cup | Group 4 | ![]() |
Bohemians Praha | 2–1 | 1–1 | Placed 1st | |
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St. Gallen | 0–1 | 6–1 | |||||
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Videoton | 3–0 | 0–1 | |||||
1985–86 | European Cup Winners' Cup | First round | ![]() |
Red Boys Differdange | 8–0 | 5–0 | 13–0 | |
Second round | ![]() |
Dukla Prague | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–3 | |||
1987 | International Football Cup | Group 6 | ![]() |
Lech Poznań | 4–1 | 0–0 | Placed 1st | |
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Lyngby | 3–1 | 2–0 | |||||
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Plastika Nitra | 0–0 | 0–1 | |||||
1987–88 | UEFA Cup | First round | ![]() |
Vítkovice | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | |
1993–94 | UEFA Champions League | First round | ![]() |
Sparta Prague | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | |
1994 | International Football Cup | Group 3 | ![]() |
Bayer Leverkusen | 3–2 | Placed 1st | ||
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Lausanne Sports | 2–1 | ||||||
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Sparta Rotterdam | 2–2 | ||||||
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Tirol Innsbruck | 2–0 | ||||||
1994–95 | UEFA Cup | Prel. round | ![]() |
Mažeikiai | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | |
First round | ![]() |
Slavia Prague | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | Away goal | ||
Second round | ![]() |
Parma | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–3 | |||
1996–97 | UEFA Cup Winners' Cup | First round | ![]() |
KR | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | |
Second round | ![]() |
Nîmes Olympique | 0–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 | |||
Quarter-final | ![]() |
Barcelona | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–4 | |||
1997–98 | UEFA Cup Winners' Cup | First round | ![]() |
Primorje | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | |
1999–00 | UEFA Champions League | Second round | ![]() |
Dnepr-Transmash Mogilev | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | |
Third round | ![]() |
AEK Athens | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | |||
Group B | ![]() |
Arsenal | 2–3 | 1–3 | Placed 4th | |||
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Barcelona | 1–2 | 0–5 | |||||
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Fiorentina | 0–0 | 0–3 | |||||
2000–01 | UEFA Cup | Qual. round | ![]() |
Gomel | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | |
First round | ![]() |
Herfølge | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | |||
2001 | UEFA Intertoto Cup | First round | ![]() |
Carmarthen Town | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | |
Second round | ![]() |
OB | 2–0 | 2–2 | 4–2 | |||
Third round | ![]() |
Troyes | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–4 | |||
2002–03 | UEFA Cup | Qual. round | ![]() |
ÍBV | 2–0 | 3–1 | 5–1 | |
First round | ![]() |
Fenerbahçe | 3–3 | 1–3 | 4–6 | |||
2003–04 | UEFA Cup | Qual. round | ![]() |
Fylkir | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | |
First round | ![]() |
Valencia | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | |||
2007–08 | UEFA Cup | First qual. round | ![]() |
Glentoran | 4–0 | 5–0 | 9–0 | |
Second qual. round | ![]() |
Liepājas Metalurgs | 2–0 | 2–3 | 4–3 | |||
First round | ![]() |
Hapoel Tel Aviv | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | |||
2010–11 | UEFA Champions League | Second qual. round | ![]() |
Jeunesse Esch | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | |
Third qual. round | ![]() |
Rosenborg | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–4 | |||
2010–11 | UEFA Europa League | Play-off round | ![]() |
Levski Sofia | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | |
2012–13 | UEFA Europa League | Second qual. round | ![]() |
FH | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | |
Third qual. round | ![]() |
Lech Poznań | 3–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | |||
Play-off round | ![]() |
CSKA | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | |||
Group F | ![]() |
Dnipro | 2–3 | 0–4 | Placed 4th | |||
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Napoli | 1–2 | 0–4 | |||||
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PSV | 1–0 | 1–1 | |||||
2014–15 | UEFA Europa League | Second qual. round | ![]() |
Linfield | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | |
Third qual. round | ![]() |
Astana | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–4 | |||
2015–16 | UEFA Europa League | First qual. round | ![]() |
VPS | 4–0 | 2–2 | 6–2 | |
Second qual. round | ![]() |
Shirak | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | |||
Third qual. round | ![]() |
Atromitos | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–4 | |||
2016–17 | UEFA Europa League | First qual. round | ![]() |
Bala Town | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | |
Second qual. round | ![]() |
Europa FC | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | |||
Third qual. round | ![]() |
Panathinaikos | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–3 | |||
2017–18 | UEFA Europa League | First qual. round | ![]() |
KÍ | 0–0 | 5–0 | 5–0 | |
Second qual. round | ![]() |
Željezničar | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | |||
Third qual. round | ![]() |
Braga | 1–1 | 1–2 (a.e.t.) | 2–3 | |||
2018–19 | UEFA Europa League | First qual. round | ![]() |
Shamrock Rovers | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | |
Second qual. round | ![]() |
Nordsjælland | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | |||
2019–20 | UEFA Champions League | First qual. round | ![]() |
Ararat-Armenia | 3–1 | 1–2 | 4–3 | |
Second qual. round | ![]() |
Maribor | 3−2 (a.e.t.) | 1–2 | 4−4 (a) | |||
UEFA Europa League | Third qual. round | ![]() |
Sheriff | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | ||
Play-off round | ![]() |
Celtic | 1–4 | 0–2 | 1–6 | |||
2022–23 | UEFA Europa Conference League | Second qual. round | ![]() |
UEFA Team rank[]
The following list ranks the current position of AIK in UEFA ranking:
Rank | Team | Points |
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247 | ![]() |
5.000 |
248 | ![]() |
5.000 |
249 | ![]() |
5.000 |
250 | ![]() |
5.000 |
251 | ![]() |
5.000 |
252 | ![]() |
4.950 |
253 | ![]() |
4.950 |
254 | ![]() |
4.950 |
255 | ![]() |
4.950 |
As of 28 November 2021.[1]
Footnotes[]
- ^ The title of "Swedish Champions" has been awarded to the winner of four different competitions over the years. Between 1896 and 1925 the title was awarded to the winner of Svenska Mästerskapet, a stand-alone cup tournament. No club were given the title between 1926 and 1930 even though the first-tier league Allsvenskan was played. In 1931 the title was reinstated and awarded to the winner of Allsvenskan. Between 1982 and 1990 a play-off in cup format was held at the end of the league season to decide the champions. After the play-off format in 1991 and 1992 the title was decided by the winner of Mästerskapsserien, an additional league after the end of Allsvenskan. Since the 1993 season the title has once again been awarded to the winner of Allsvenskan.[12]
References[]
- ^ "Kontaktuppgifter och tävlingar – Stockholms Fotbollförbund – Svenskfotboll.se". Archived from the original on 7 December 2011. Retrieved 13 January 2011.
- ^ "Åbros sista år som huvudsponsor – skänker platsen på tröjan" (in Swedish).
- ^ "AIK Fotboll inleder nytt samarbete med Nike från 2018" (in Swedish).
- ^ "Notar ny huvudsamarbetspartner till AIK Fotboll". 1 December 2017.
- ^ "Marching With the Black Army". Sports. 11 September 2015. Archived from the original on 2 March 2017. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
- ^ "AIK Fotboll". Archived from the original on 19 November 2015. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
- ^ "Allsvensk statistik – svenskfotboll.se". Retrieved 17 May 2015.
- ^ "Allsvensk statistik – svenskfotboll.se". Archived from the original on 5 July 2015. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
- ^ "Allmänna Idrottsklubben on Instagram: "Med 13 dagar till avspark i derbyt har vi nu passerat rekordnoteringen från 2015! Det här blir en dag för historieböckerna som du INTE vill…"". Instagram. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Svenska mästare 1896–1925, 1931–" [Swedish champions 1896–1925, 1931–]. svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). The Swedish Football Association. Archived from the original on 2 December 2009. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
- ^ "International Tournaments (Paris) 1904-1935".
- ^ "11th Edition of Community Shield to Open Inaugural Singapore Premier League Season". 27 March 2018.
External links[]
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Official[]
Major fan websites[]
- AIKforum – fan community
- Gnagarforum – fan community
- Allmänna Supporterklubben
- Black Army
- Sol Invictus
- Ultras Nord
- Smokinglirarna
- AIK-Tifo – terrace choreographers
- AIK Fotboll
- Allsvenskan clubs
- Association football clubs established in 1891
- Football clubs in Stockholm
- Football clubs in Sweden
- 1891 establishments in Sweden