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 (1914-06-25)
Ground Color Line Stadion
Ålesund
Ground Capacity 10,778
Chairman Reidar Mjelde
Manager Trond Fredriksen
League Tippeligaen
2015 Tippeligaen, 10th
Website Club home page

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

Famous former players

Aalesund, Liverpool, Roma, Fulham and Norway player John Arne Riise started 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 12 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 Country Club Home Away Aggregate
2010–11 UEFA Europa League Q3 Scotland Motherwell 1–1 0–3 1–4
2011–12 UEFA Europa League Q1 Wales Neath 4–1 2–0 6–1
Q2 Hungary Ferencváros 3–1(aet) 1–2 4–3
Q3 Sweden Elfsborg 4–0 1–1 5–1
Play-off Netherlands AZ 2–1 0–6 2–7
2012–13 UEFA Europa League Q2 Albania Tirana 5–0 1–1 6–1
Q3 Cyprus 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 January 18, 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 Norway GK Andreas Lie
2 Denmark DF Mikkel Kirkeskov
3 Iceland DF Daníel Leó Grétarsson
4 Finland DF Tero Mäntylä
5 Norway DF Oddbjørn Lie
6 Norway DF John Arne Riise
7 Ivory Coast FW Franck Boli (on loan from Liaoning)
8 Norway MF Fredrik Carlsen
9 Sweden FW Carl Björk
10 Norway MF Peter Orry Larsen
11 Iceland MF Aron Elís Þrándarson
14 Netherlands FW Edwin Gyasi
15 Brazil MF Marlinho
18 Norway MF Vebjørn Hoff
No. Position Player
20 Norway DF Thomas Martinussen
21 Norway MF Bjørn Helge Riise
22 Iceland DF Adam Örn Arnarson
23 Norway DF Edvard Skagestad
24 Norway GK Lars Cramer
30 Norway FW Mustafa Abdellaoue
31 Norway FW Sebastian Andreassen
32 Norway GK Sondre Sødergren
35 Norway DF Lars Valderhaug
36 Norway MF Emil Solnørdal
37 Norway DF Joakim Barstad
38 Norway MF Jørgen Hatlehol
39 Norway DF Sigurd Tafjord
40 Norway MF Sondre Brunstad Fet

For season transfers, see transfers winter 2011–12 and transfers summer 2012.

Coaching staff

Managers

References

External links

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