Aalesunds FK
Aalesunds Fotballklubb is a Norwegian football club from the town of Ålesund, currently playing in Eliteserien, the top flight 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.
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| Full name | Aalesunds Fotballklubb | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Tangotrøyene (Tangoshirts), Tango, De oransje og blå (Orange and blue) | ||
| Short name | AaFK | ||
| Founded | 25 June 1914 | ||
| Ground | Color Line Stadion Ålesund | ||
| Capacity | 10,778 | ||
| Chairman | Jan Petter Hagen | ||
| Manager | Lars Arne Nilsen | ||
| League | 2020 Eliteserien | ||
| 2020 | Eliteserien, 16th of 16 (Relegated) | ||
| Website | Club website | ||
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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
[1]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 
230 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 230 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 230 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 130 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
European
| Season | Competition | Round | Country | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
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| 2010–11 | UEFA Europa League | Q3 |  |
Motherwell | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–4 |
| 2011–12 | UEFA Europa League | Q1 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} |
Neath | 4–1 | 2–0 | 6–1 |
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Ferencváros | 3–1(aet) | 1–2 | 4–3 | ||
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Elfsborg | 4–0 | 1–1 | 5–1 | ||
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AZ | 2–1 | 0–6 | 2–7 | ||
| 2012–13 | UEFA Europa League | Q2 |  |
Tirana | 5–0 | 1–1 | 6–1 |
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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
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 23 September 2020
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Out on loan
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For season transfers, see 2020 Aalesunds FK season.
Club officials
- Sporting Development Manager: Bjørn Erik Melland
- Head coach: Lars Arne Nilsen
- Assistant coach: Andrea Loberto
- Goalkeeper coach: Frank Mathiesen
- Top Player Developer: Amund Skiri
Managers
- Bobby Gould
- Egil "Drillo" Olsen (1989)
- Eivind Syversen (19??–93)
- Knut Torbjørn Eggen (1994–96)
- Bård Wiggen (1 July 1997 – 30 June 1999)
- Geir Hansen (2000)
- Ivar Morten Normark (1 January 2002 – 31 December 2005)
- Per Joar Hansen (1 January 2006 – 31 December 2007)
- Sören Åkeby (1 January 2008 – 31 August 2008)
- Kjetil Rekdal (5 September 2008 – 26 November 2012)
- Jan Jönsson (8 January 2013 – 31 December 2014)
- Harald Aabrekk (1 January 2015 – 28 April 2015)
- Trond Fredriksen (28 April 2015 – 12 December 2017)
- Lars Bohinen (20 December 2017 – 23 August 2020)
- Lars Arne Nilsen (25 August 2020 –)
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– | |
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References
- "Norsk & Internasjonal Fotballstatistikk" (in Norwegian).