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 (1914-06-25)
Ground	Color Line Stadion Ålesund
Capacity	10,778
Chairman	Jan Petter Hagen
Manager	Kjetil Rekdal
League	1. divisjon
2023	Eliteserien, 16th of 16 (relegated)
Website	http://www.aafk.no/
Home colours Away colours

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 (in progress)	1. divisjon	10	29	11	4	14	41	48	37	Second round

European

Season	Competition	Round	Country	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
		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.

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

Main articles: Kråmyra Stadium and Color Line 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 [1] 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

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
35	DF	NOR	Sebastian Berntsen
44	DF	USA	Sam Rogers (on loan from Lillestrøm)
66	MF	DEN	Janus Seehusen

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
4	DF	NOR	Nikolai Hopland (at Heerenveen until 30 June 2025)
19	FW	GHA	Isaac Atanga (at Ilves until 31 December 2024)
33	DF	NOR	Stian Aarønes Holte (at Follo until 31 December 2024)

Club officials

• Sporting Development Manager: Bjørn Erik Melland
• Head coach: Kjetil Rekdal
• Assistant coach: Geir Frigård
• Goalkeeper coach: Frank Mathiesen
• Reserve team head coach:

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 – 4 May 2023)
• Christian Johnsen (13 June 2023 – 18 June 2024)
• Kjetil Rekdal (30 June 2024 –)

Honours

League

1. divisjon

• Champions (1): 2019

Cup

Norwegian Cup

• Champions (2): 2009, 2011

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

External links

• Official website
• Stormen Fanclub site