Aalesunds FK

Aalesunds FK
Full name	Aalesunds Fotballklubb
Nickname(s)	Tangotrøyene (Tangoshirts), Tango, De oransje og blå (Orange and blue)
Short name	AaFK
Founded	25 June 1914 (110 years ago)
Ground	Color Line Stadion; Ålesund
Capacity	10,778
Chairman	Jan Petter Hagen
Manager	Kjetil Rekdal
League	1. divisjon
2024	1. divisjon, 9th of 16
Website	http://www.aafk.no/
Home colours	Away colours
	Current season

Aalesunds Fotballklubb, commonly known as Aalesund or AaFK, is a Norwegian football club from the town of Ålesund, that competes in the Norwegian first division, the second 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	30	13	8	9	65	51	47	Third round
2002	1. divisjon	↑ 2	30	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	↑ 2	30	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	↑ 2	30	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	↑ 1	30	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
2021	1. divisjon	↑ 2	30	16	10	4	68	43	58	Fourth round	Promoted to Eliteserien
2022	Eliteserien	9	30	10	9	11	32	45	39	Third round
2023	Eliteserien	↓ 16	30	5	3	22	23	73	18	Third round	Relegated to 1. divisjon
2024	1. divisjon	9	30	12	4	14	45	49	40	Second round

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European

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2010–11	UEFA Europa League	Q3	Motherwell	1–1	0–3	1–4
2011–12	UEFA Europa League	Q1	Neath	4–1	2–0	6–1
		Q2	Ferencváros	3–1(aet)	1–2	4–3
		Q3	Elfsborg	4–0	1–1	5–1
		Play-off	AZ	2–1	0–6	2–7
2012–13	UEFA Europa League	Q2	Tirana	5–0	1–1	6–1
2012–13	UEFA Europa League	Q3	APOEL	0–1	1–2	1–3

Supporters

The local supporter club for AaFK is called "Stormen", or "The Storm", with about 2000 members.They also have another supporter club who is called "Aalesund Support" which makes great noise every game.

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 25 April 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	NOR	Sten Grytebust
2	DF	DEN	Mads Nielsen (on loan from Fredrikstad)
3	DF	CRO	Vinko Međimorec
5	DF	NOR	Thomas Grøgaard
6	MF	NOR	Håkon Butli Hammer
7	MF	NOR	Kristoffer Nessø
8	MF	NOR	Henrik Molvær Melland
9	FW	DEN	Alexander Ammitzbøll
10	FW	POR	Cláudio Braga
11	MF	ISL	David Jóhannsson
13	GK	DEN	Andreas Gülstorff (on loan from Nordsjælland)
14	DF	NOR	Simen Vatne Haram
15	MF	NOR	Sander Hestetun Kilen
17	FW	NOR	Noah Solskjær
18	FW	NOR	Martin Ramsland


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	FW	DEN	Paul Ngongo
20	DF	MKD	Metodi Maksimov (on loan from LASK)
22	MF	SWE	Marcus Rafferty (on loan from Hammarby)
23	DF	NOR	Erik Ansok Frøysa
24	GK	NOR	Sondre Nor Midthjell
25	DF	NOR	John Kitolano
26	GK	NOR	Tor Erik Valderhaug Larsen
28	MF	NOR	Eivind Strømsheim Kolve
29	FW	PHI	Bjørn Martin Kristensen {{Fs player\|no=33\|nat=NOR\|name=Stian Aarønes Holte\|pos=DF\|
35	DF	NOR	Sebastian Berntsen
36	MF	NOR	John Norvik
44	DF	USA	Sam Rogers (on loan from Lillestrøm)
66	MF	DEN	Janus Seehusen