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AaB
File:Aalborg Fodbold.png
Full nameAalborg Boldspilklub
Short nameAaB
Founded13 May 1885;
139 years ago (1885-05-13)
GroundAalborg Portland Park, Aalborg
Capacity14,135[1] (8,997 seated)
OwnerAaB A/S
Sports directorAllan Gaarde
Head coachMorten Wieghorst
LeagueDanish Superliga
2016–17Superliga, 10th
WebsiteClub website
Current season

AaB,[2] internationally referred to as Aalborg BK[3] is a professional football team of the Danish sports conglomerate Aalborg Boldspilklub, located in Aalborg. The club is represented in the Danish Superliga and has won four Danish Superliga championships and three Danish Cup trophies. Most recently the team won the double in 2014, the Danish cup and championship.

AaB became the first Danish team ever to participate in the UEFA Champions League group stage in 1995. AaB also qualified for the 2008–09 Champions League and qualified for the UEFA Cup in the same season by finishing in 3rd place in their Champions League group.

History

Aalborg BK was part of the top-flight Danish leagues from the 1928–29 season, until the relegation of the club in 1947. The club returned to the best league in 1963, and except from the years of 1972, 1978 and 1981–1986, Aalborg BK has since been a part of the various editions of the Danish football championship. Despite its many years in the Danish championship, the club never won a championship title, but Aalborg BK won the Danish Cup competition in 1966 and 1970. Paid football was introduced in Denmark by the Danish Football Association in 1978. As Aalborg BK returned to the best Danish league, the club founded the professional branch of AaB A/S in 1987 to run a professional football team.[4]

Through the 1990s, the club won its first two Danish championships. In the Danish Superliga 1994-95 season, 24 goals from league topscorer Erik Bo Andersen secured the championship title for the team of coach Poul Erik Andreasen. The club was initially eliminated by Dynamo Kyiv in the qualification matches for the UEFA Champions League 1995-96, but following a bribing scandal Kyiv was banned from the tournament and Aalborg BK entered in their place. Aalborg BK thus became the first Danish team to compete in the UEFA Champions League. As they managed a 2–1 home win over Panathinaikos and a 2–2 draw with Porto in the six matches the club played in the initial group stage, Aalborg BK was eliminated. Erik Bo Andersen left the club for Scottish club Rangers, but in Søren Frederiksen, the club found its next goal-getter. Though not the league top scorer, Frederiksen scored 17 goals in the Danish Superliga 1998-99 which the club won under guidance of Swedish coach Hans Backe. Once again, Aalborg BK faced Dinamo Kyiv in the Champions League qualification, but this time they fell short, losing 1–2 at home and drawing 2–2 in Kyiv after a late Aalborg BK goal was disallowed for being behind the goal line.

Since then, the club established itself in the top half of the Superliga and won a bronze medal and qualified for the 2007 UEFA Intertoto Cup. Aalborg beat Honka on the away goals rule (2–2 in Finland and 1–1 in Denmark) in the second round, and in the third and final round Aalborg BK faced Gent and drew, 1–1, in the away game but beat them 2–1 in the following home match. Thus they "won" a place in the UEFA Cup's second qualification round and met HJK, the first match ended 2–1 to Helsinki, but in the last match Aalborg BK won 3–0 and were thus ready for the UEFA Cup 2007-08. Drawing the Italian team Sampdoria in the First Round, which have Antonio Cassano and Vincenzo Montella as notable players, made the task seem impossible. Aalborg made it again on the away goals rule (getting 2–2 in Genoa and managing 0–0 in Aalborg), and qualified for the group stage – being the first Danish team ever, to send an Italian team "out of Europe." In the group stage Aalborg BK was seeded in the lowest pot, and drew Anderlecht, Tottenham Hotspur, Getafe, and Hapoel Tel Aviv. Drawing with Anderlecht at home, and losing 2–3 to Tottenham (after being ahead 2–0 after the first half) forced Aalborg to win at home against Getafe, a match Aalborg BK lost 1–2.

In the 2007–08 season, Aalborg won their third Danish Championship and qualified for the 2008–09 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds. in the second qualifying round, Aalborg easily eliminated FK Modriča 7–1 on aggregate. In the third round, before the group stage, they defeated FBK Kaunas 2–0 both at home and away and reached the group stage of the Champions League for the second time, the first time a Danish team has achieved this. In the group stage, they were drawn in Group E along with defending champions Manchester United, Villarreal and Celtic. Aalborg finished third in the group, ahead of Celtic, with 6 points and progressed to the 2008–09 UEFA Cup knockout stage.

Their first match in their UEFA Cup run was against Spanish side Deportivo de La Coruña. Aalborg BK won the first leg at home 3–0 and the second leg at the Estadio Riazor 1–3, securing a 6–1 aggregate. Aalborg BK thereby earned a place among the last 16 teams. where they faced Manchester City. After a 2–0 loss in Manchester in the first leg Aalborg BK fought back to tie the score with a 2–0 win at home. The tie ended in agony however, as Aalborg were defeated by 4–3 on penalties.

On May 11, 2014, the club won their 4th Danish Championship, and four days later the double was secured, as the club defeated Copenhagen 4–2 in the Cup final.

Stadium

Main article: Nordjyske Arena
The northern facade of Nordjyske Arena, 2008.

Since 1920, Aalborg BK has played its games at Aalborg Stadion. The stadium was opened on 18 July 1920 with a north-south aligned playing field. The first spectator seats was built in 1927, and in 1937 a wooden terrace for 3,000 standing spectators was built. In 1960, the stadium burned down and a new east-western aligned concrete stadium was opened in 1962. In recent years the stadium have been enlarged and rebuilt so that it now has modern facilities and roof over all spectator stands.[5] The stadium currently has the capacity of 13,997 people (8,997 seats) or 10,500 people (all seats).

Players

Current squad

As of 31 January 2018
No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Sweden SWE Jacob Rinne
2 DF Denmark DEN Patrick Kristensen
3 DF Denmark DEN Jakob Ahlmann
4 DF Denmark DEN Jakob Blåbjerg
5 DF Denmark DEN Jores Okore
6 DF Denmark DEN Kristoffer Pallesen
8 MF Denmark DEN Rasmus Würtz
9 FW Denmark DEN Jannik Pohl
10 MF Peru PER Edison Flores
14 FW Slovakia SVK Pavol Šafranko
16 MF Denmark DEN Magnus Christensen
17 MF Denmark DEN Kasper Kusk
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 MF Denmark DEN Rasmus Thellufsen
19 FW Denmark DEN Marco Ramkilde
20 DF Denmark DEN Anders Bærtelsen
21 MF Denmark DEN Kasper Risgård
22 GK United States USA Michael Lansing
23 MF Slovakia SVK Filip Lesniak
24 DF Denmark DEN Nikolaj Lyngø
25 MF Denmark DEN Frederik Børsting
26 MF Uganda UGA Robert Kakeeto
27 MF Denmark DEN Oliver Abildgaard
28 MF Brazil BRA Yann Rolim (on loan from Barra FC)
30 FW Denmark DEN Wessam Abou Ali
32 DF Denmark DEN Kasper Pedersen

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
33 DF Denmark DEN Bardhec Bytyqi (at Skive IK until 30 June 2018)

Retired numbers

12 – Denmark Torben Boye, defender (1984–2001)

Notable former players

See also: Category:AaB Fodbold players

Current management

AaB Fodbold is owned by AaB A/S.

Head coaches

The following managers have coached AaB since it re-entered the Danish top-flight in 1986:

Honours

Domestic

Leagues

Cups

European

Main article: AaB Fodbold in European football

Superliga history

AaB's final ranking in the Danish Superliga standings since 1991
Season Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Cup
1991 SL 6 18 6 5 7 29 33 17 final
1991–92 SL 6 32 10 12 10 45 44 32 quarter-final
1992–93 SL 4 32 12 12 8 48 40 36 final
1993–94 SL 5 32 8 15 9 46 44 31 quarter-final
1994–95 SL 1 32 19 6 7 74 38 44 semi-final
1995–96 SL 5 33 15 6 12 57 38 51 quarter-final
1996–97 SL 5 33 12 11 10 46 40 47 quarter-final
1997–98 SL 7 33 12 8 13 54 48 44 quarter-final
1998–99 SL 1 33 17 13 3 65 37 64 final
1999–00 SL 5 33 12 13 8 57 40 49 final
2000–01 SL 5 33 13 10 10 51 49 49 5th round
2001–02 SL 4 33 16 6 11 52 45 54 quarter-final
2002–03 SL 6 33 14 4 15 42 45 46 semi-final
2003–04 SL 5 33 16 9 8 55 41 57 final
2004–05 SL 4 33 15 8 10 59 45 53 5th round
2005–06 SL 5 33 11 12 10 48 44 45 semi-final
2006–07 SL 3 33 18 7 8 55 34 61 2nd round
2007–08 SL 1 33 22 5 6 60 38 71 4th round
2008–09 SL 7 33 9 12 12 40 49 39 final
2009–10 SL 5 33 13 9 11 36 30 48 4th round
2010–11 SL 10 33 8 11 14 38 48 35 quarter-final
2011–12 SL 7 33 12 8 13 42 48 44 2nd round
2012–13 SL 5 33 13 8 12 51 46 47 4th round
2013–14 SL 1 33 18 8 7 60 38 62 Winner
2014–15 SL 5 33 13 9 11 39 31 48 quarter-final
2015–16 SL 5 33 15 5 13 56 44 50 semi-final
2016–17 SL 10 34 10 8 16 31 49 38 quarter-final

References

  1. ^ "AaB's hjemmebane - Aalborg Portland Park". aabsport.dk. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
  2. ^ Årsrapport for 2011, Aalborg Boldspilklub A/S, p.9
  3. ^ Denmark – Danish Super League UEFA.com
  4. ^ Template:Da icon Om Aalborg Boldspilklub af 1885 Archived 8 March 2008 at the Wayback Machine at Aalborg Boldspilklub af 1885
  5. ^ Template:Da icon Aalborg Stadion 1920–2001[permanent dead link], Aalborg.dk, 8 February 2006

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