Aalesunds FK

Aalesund

Full name

Aalesunds Fotballklubb

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

Reidar Mjelde

Manager

Trond Fredriksen

League

Tippeligaen

2016

Tippeligaen, 9th

Website

Club home page

Home colours

Away colours

Aalesunds Fotballklubb is a Norwegian football club from the city of Ålesund, currently playing in the Norwegian Premier League. 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.

Aalesunds F.K. 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 Adeccoligaen 2006 became the new record for attendances at the second tier of the Norwegian league system.

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

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.

Achievements

Norwegian Football Cup:
- Winners (2): 2009, 2011

Famous former players

Liverpool, Roma, Fulham and Norway player John Arne Riise started and ended his career in the club, as did his younger brother Bjørn Helge Riise.

West Bromwich Albion goalkeeper and Denmark international Anders Lindegaard played two seasons for the club, in which he won the Norwegian Cup, and made his debut for the Denmark national team

Jonathan Parr played for Crystal Palace and Ipswich Town, and he currently plays for the Norwegian national team.

The club also has several national players for countries such as Finland, Costa Rica, Estonia and Jamaica.

Tor Hogne Aarøy played for the club for nearly a decade (2001–11), and is famous for being the tallest outfield football player in the world, standing at approximately 2.04 m (6 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in) tall.

Former player and manager Bobby Gould was once signed for the club, but never played because he got signed by Hereford United.

John Arne and Bjørn Helge are now both in the team.

Recent history

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European record

UEFA Europa League

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

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.

Current squad

As 27 September 2016

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

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Andreas Lie
2	DF	Mikkel Kirkeskov
3	DF	Daníel Leó Grétarsson
4	DF	Tero Mäntylä
5	DF	Oddbjørn Lie
6	DF	Vito Wormgoor
7	FW	Franck Boli (on loan from Liaoning)
8	MF	Fredrik Carlsen
10	MF	Peter Orry Larsen
11	MF	Aron Elís Þrándarson
14	FW	Edwin Gyasi
15	MF	Marlinho
18	MF	Vebjørn Hoff

No.	Position	Player
21	MF	Bjørn Helge Riise
22	DF	Adam Örn Arnarson
23	DF	Edvard Skagestad
24	GK	Lars Cramer
30	FW	Mustafa Abdellaoue
31	FW	Sebastian Andreassen
32	GK	Sondre Sødergren
35	DF	Lars Valderhaug
36	MF	Emil Solnørdal
37	DF	Joakim Barstad
38	MF	Jørgen Hatlehol
39	DF	Sigurd Tafjord
40	MF	Sondre Brunstad Fet

For season transfers, see transfers winter 2016–17 and transfers summer 2017.

Coaching staff

Head coach: Trond Fredriksen
Assistant coach: Karl Oskar Fjørtoft
Goalkeeper coach: Frank Mathiesen
Physical trainer: Bjørn Erik Melland
Youth coach: Jan Erik Sørnes
Youth coach: Erling Ytterland

Managers

Bobby Gould
Egil "Drillo" Olsen (1989)
Eivind Syversen (19??–93)
Knut Torbjørn Eggen (1994–96)
Bård Wiggen (July 1, 1997 – June 30, 1999)
Geir Hansen (2000)
Ivar Morten Normark (Jan 1, 2002 – Dec 31, 2005)
Per Joar Hansen (Jan 1, 2006 – Dec 31, 2007)
Sören Åkeby (Jan 1, 2008 – Aug 31, 2008)
Kjetil Rekdal (Sept 5, 2008 – Nov 26, 2012)
Jan Jönsson (Jan 8, 2013 – Dec 31, 2014)
Harald Aabrekk (Jan 1, 2015 – Apr 28, 2015)
Trond Fredriksen (Apr 28, 2015–)

References

↑ "Norsk & Internasjonal Fotballstatistikk" (in Norwegian).

External links

Aalesunds FK

The club	History Seasons Records and statistics Players Managers

Grounds	Color Line Stadion Kråmyra Stadion

Seasons	2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Tippeligaen teams

Current (2016)	Aalesund Bodø/Glimt Brann Haugesund Lillestrøm Molde Odd Rosenborg Sarpsborg 08 Sogndal Stabæk Start Strømsgodset Tromsø Viking Vålerenga

Former	Bryne Djerv 1919 Eik-Tønsberg Fredrikstad Frigg Fyllingen Gjøvik-Lyn HamKam Haugar Hødd Hønefoss Kongsvinger Lisleby Lyn Mjølner Mjøndalen Moss Os Pors Raufoss Sandefjord BK Sandefjord Sandnes Ulf Sarpsborg Skeid Steinkjer Strindheim Strømmen Vard Haugesund

Football in Norway

League competitions	Tippeligaen 1. Divisjon (D1) 2. Divisjon (D2) 3. Divisjon (D3) Toppserien (W) 1. divisjon (W, D1)

Cup competitions	Norwegian Football Cup Norwegian Women's Cup

Defunct cup competitions	Northern Norwegian Cup (1929–1969) Superfinalen (2009–2010)

Playoff competitions	To the First Division (1996–2000) To the Second Division (2001–2010) To the First Division (women)

National teams	Men U-21 U-19 U-17 Women

Lists and categories	Clubs Competitions Players Foreign Stadia

Football Association of Norway Women's football in Norway

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