Aalesunds FK
Full nameAalesunds Fotballklubb
Nickname(s)Tangotrøyene (Tangoshirts), Tango, De oransje og blå (Orange and blue)
Short nameAaFK
Founded25 June 1914 (1914-06-25)
GroundColor Line Stadion
Ålesund
Capacity10,778
ChairmanJan Petter Hagen
ManagerChristian Johnsen
League1. divisjon
2023Eliteserien, 16th of 16 (relegated)
WebsiteClub website

Aalesunds Fotballklubb, commonly known as Aalesund or AaFK, is a Norwegian football club from the town of Ålesund, that competes in the Eliteserien, the first 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

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

Season Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Cup Notes
2001 1. divisjon 6 301389 655147 Third round
2002 1. divisjon ↑ 2 301974 772664 Semi-final Promoted to the Tippeligaen
2003 Tippeligaen ↓ 13 267712 303328 Quarter-final Relegated to the 1. divisjon
2004 1. divisjon ↑ 2 302118 673664 Third round Promoted to the Tippeligaen
2005 Tippeligaen ↓ 13 266911 304227 Fourth round Relegated to the 1. divisjon
2006 1. divisjon ↑ 2 301794 713560 Fourth round Promoted to the Tippeligaen
2007 Tippeligaen 11 269314 495630 Fourth round
2008 Tippeligaen 13 267415 294225 Fourth round
2009 Tippeligaen 13 309912 344336 Winner
2010 Tippeligaen 4 3014511 463747 Third round Europa League Third qualifying round
2011 Tippeligaen 9 3012711 363843 Winner Europa League Play-off round
2012 Tippeligaen 11 3091110 404138 Fourth round Europa League Third qualifying round
2013 Tippeligaen 4 301479 554449 Third round
2014 Tippeligaen 7 3011811 403941 Fourth round
2015 Tippeligaen 10 3011514 425738 Third round
2016 Tippeligaen 9 3012612 465142 Third round
2017 Eliteserien ↓ 15 308814 385032 Fourth round Relegated to 1. divisjon
2018 1. divisjon 3 301857 583159 First round
2019 1. divisjon ↑ 1 302541 672579 Quarter-final Promoted to Eliteserien
2020 Eliteserien ↓ 16 302523 308511 Cancelled Relegated to 1. divisjon
2021 1. divisjon ↑ 2 3016104 684358 Fourth round Promoted to Eliteserien
2022 Eliteserien 9 3010911 324539 Third round
2023 Eliteserien ↓ 16 305322 237318 Third round Relegated to 1. divisjon
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European

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

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

Rivalries

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

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 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

As of 2 January 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 Jamaica JAM Trace Murray
4 DF Norway NOR Nikolai Hopland
8 MF Norway NOR Håkon Butli Hammer
9 FW Denmark DEN Alexander Ammitzbøll
14 DF Norway NOR Ole Martin Kolskogen
17 FW Senegal SEN Mamadou Diaw
18 FW Norway NOR Martin Ramsland
19 FW Ghana GHA Isaac Atanga
21 MF Senegal SEN Amidou Diop
22 MF Norway NOR Markus Karlsbakk
23 DF Norway NOR Erik Ansok Frøysa
No. Pos. Nation Player
24 GK Norway NOR Sondre Nor Midthjell
25 DF Norway NOR John Kitolano
26 GK Norway NOR Tor Erik Valderhaug Larsen
27 FW Senegal SEN Moctar Diop
29 FW Norway NOR Bjørn Martin Kristensen
33 DF Norway NOR Simen Vatne Haram
34 DF Norway NOR Stian Aarønes Holte
35 DF Norway NOR Sebastian Berntsen
37 MF Norway NOR Henrik Molvær Melland
39 MF Norway NOR Sander Hestetun Kilen
40 MF Norway NOR Eivind Strømsheim Kolve
— MF Iceland ISL David Jóhannsson

Club officials

Managers

Honours

League

1. divisjon

Cup

Norwegian Cup

History of league positions (since 1963)

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

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