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L’ General Sports Club Football , known as AIK , is the football section of the Swedish Polisportiva company of the same name based in the city of Solna, the municipalities of the Urban Area of ​​Stockholm. It plays in Allsvenskan, the maximum division of the Swedish championship, of which he won 12 editions, the last in the 2018 season.

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The club was founded on the initiative of Isidor Behrens who, together with his brother Paul and other acquaintances, organized a meeting on February 15, 1891 at number 8 of the Bibloteksgat road, in the center of Stockholm. Approved the idea of ​​including a series of practicable sports, public Athletic Club , term translatable into ” Sports club for everyone “. Anyone who could become a member of the club, in a period in which many other organizations were reserved, for example, to the military. The choice of the name also derives from the reference to athletics, which at that time was called” Allmän Idrott “and represented Initially the main sport of the Polisportiva.

Created in 1896 by Sigfrid “Sigge” Stenberg, the football section took part in the championship only two years later, when it became national vice -champion. In those years (until 1925) the title of Sweden champion was not assigned to the winning team of the championship, but to the winner of the Cup Swedish championship : This trophy was won by AIK for the first time in 1900 thanks to the victory in the final over the Örgryte. In 1901 the team became national champion for the second time, even if the final against the Örgryte was not played. In 1902 and 1903 the AIK did not participate in the national championship, playing only a tournament organized by SVENSKA Bollspelsförbundes. The third national title was conquered in 1911, thanks to the victory in the final over the IFK Uppsala with a score of 3-2. Other successes arrived in the following years: in 1914 the AIK won in the final on the Helsingborgs If with a clear 7-2, in 1916 the rivals of Djurgården were beaten with a 3-1, while in 1923 the team was champion For the sixth time thanks to 5-1 on the IFK Eskilstuna.

In the meantime, starting from 1910 in Sweden, the Svenska Serien was also playing, a national competition that did not however assign the title of champion of Sweden, who continued to be reserved for the winners of the Svenska Mästerskapet Cup. Aik played two SVENSKA Servi finals, lost in 1923 against Gais and in 1924 against the Örgryte. At the turn of the 1920s and 1930s, the club’s existence was in danger for economic reasons, also given the high cost of some players purchased as in the case of Axel Alfredsson.

From the 1930-1931 season onwards, the Swedish Football Federation began to recognize the winners of the Allsvenskan as national champions. Aik won his first Allsvenskan (which represented the seventh national title) at the end of the 1931-32 season with an average of the public of 17728 spectators in the race, by far the best in the entire tournament. [first] It was also the debut season of the goalkeeper Gustav Sjöberg, who from there to 1950 will establish the record of league appearances with 321 games. [2]

1937 was the year of the transfer to the Råsunda stadium, a plant intended to host home meetings for numerous decades. The inaugural match in this stadium was the one played against the Malmö FF, which ended with a victory with the score of 4-0. At the end of the season the eighth title arrived thanks to the 23 goals scored by the top scorer Olle Zetherlund. [3]

Kurt Hamrin Durante in Mondiali 1958

In the years immediately following the Second World War some important placement arrived, as in 1946-1947 (2nd place) and 1947-1948 (3rd place), but in June 1951 the first historic relegation in the second series occurred: on the last day The team managed to beat the Malmö FF 1-0, which came from 49 games without defeats, but to reach salvation it would have been necessary to score a second goal. [4] This verdict led to the transfer to Inter of Lennart Skoglund, which closed the parenthesis in nerogial with only 5 appearances to the assets. In the meantime, he made his debut in the first team Kurt Hamrin, destined to score 190 goals in the Italian Serie A.

The ascent was immediate but, following the sale of Hamrin to Juventus in 1956, the AIK often closed in the second half of the ranking, so much so that it is relegated at the end of the Alsvenskan 1961. Also in this case the parenthesis in the second series lasted only one year. In 1963 the team was able to close in 3rd place. In that decade there were the first participations in minor European cups, in the specific Karl Rapan Piano Cup and Fairs Cup, however, poor importance was given to these games.

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In the early 1970s, the team returned to being counted among the favorites for the title, thanks also to players such as the Yngve and Börje Leback or Rolf Zetterlund brothers. The Allsvenskan 1972 was completed in 2nd place, as well as that of 1974. In 1976 the Nerogialli raised the Sweden Cup 1975-1976, thus returning to win an official trophy almost 40 years later. The Allsvenskan 1979 saw the team descending into the second series but also on this occasion the stay in the cadet championship lasted only one season. In 1983 the AIK managed to end the championship in 1st place (thanks also to the contribution of the winner of The gold ball 1984 Sven Dahlkvist), however the formula of the competition provided for the performance of the play-offs that proved fatal with the elimination in the semifinal. [5]

55 years after the latest national title, in 1992, AIK returned to win the championship despite a policy aimed at saving due to a debt of about 10 million Swedish crowns: the 4th place obtained at the end of the regular season allowed Men of Mr. Tommy Söderberg to qualify for the decisive group among the top six classified, a grouping that was then won by the Aik. In this sense, the external victory was crucial on the Malmö field on the last day. [6]

The Sweden Cup won in 1995-96 (the fifth in the history of the club) allowed the participation in the subsequent edition of the Cup Cup, a competition in which the Swedish team advanced to the quarterfinals where he faced Ronaldo’s Barcelona. In the first minute of the first leg disputed at Camp Nou, AIK even took the lead with a goal by Pascal Simpson [7] Before being reassembled (3-1 in Spain and 1-1 in Sweden).

Scudetto number 10 was won in 1998 in a season that began in a difficult way, given that six draws and two defeats had matured in the first ten games. From that moment the team no longer lost a meeting and triumphed on the last day, with an unexpected overtaking against the Helsingborg who was defeated by an already relegated Häcken. [8] The following year in the Champions League the AIK arrived last in a difficult group formed by Barcelona, ​​Arsenal and Fiorentina.

In 2004 the AIK ended the championship in the 13th and penultimate place, a placement that forced the club to the fourth relegation of its history but, as happened on the three previous occasions, the return to the top flight already came the following year.

In 2009 the Nerogialli managed to make the coupled-championship-cup. For the victory of the 2009 Alsvenskan the last day, played away against the rivals and direct competitors of the IFK Gothenburg was decisive. In the first half the white -blue team had gone ahead and was winning the tournament virtually, before the draw of the Brazilian Antônio Flávio and the overtaking of Captain Daniel Tjernström both took place in the second half. [9] The national cup was won six days later, again against IFK Gothenburg. [ten]

AIK-Napoli, l’ultima al Råsunda

In August 2012 AIK, after having already passed two preliminary rounds, managed to qualify for the Europa League group stage thanks to the surprise victory for 2-0 in Russia on the CSKA Moscow field, redeeming the home defeat for 0-1 of the first leg. The draw inserted the Swedish training in group F with Naples, PSV Eindhoven and Dnipro. The passage of the round succeeded, despite the two positive results against the PSV (1-1 in the first leg in the Netherlands and 1-0 victory for the return).

A starting eleven of the 2018 season, which ended with the twelfth national title

On 11 November 2018 he won the championship after 9 years of waiting, winning 0-1 on the Kalmar field; The tournament ended with 67 points made, the result of 19 wins, 10 draws and only one defeat. [11] Three years later, in 2021, the team returned to be fighting for the title until the last day, but in the end it was the Malmö FF who remained first. [twelfth]

Stadium [ change | Modifica Wikitesto ]

In the very first years of activity, the team played on a land located in the Ladugårdsgärdet area. In 1901 there was the transfer to the hydrottsparken, a small sports facility located where the current Stadion stands. Starting from 1912, the Stadion, just inaugurated in view of the Olympic games of that year, hosting the home games of the Aik.

Much of the history of the club, however, developed at the Råsunda stadium, a plant of about 36,000 places that hosted the team’s meetings for a total of 75 years, starting from 1937 until it reached autumn 2012. The last game of Championship dates back to November 4, 2012 (Aik-Malmö 2-0), while the last meeting ever was that of November 22 against Napoli (1-2) decided by a penalty kick by Cavani in the 93 ‘minute. [13] The structure (already home to the 1958 World Cup final) was in fact demolished.

From the 2013 season the team has moved to the new Friends Arena, also located at the Municipality of Solna.

Paolo Bruschi was the first Italian to play in the AIK; He later took Swedish citizenship.

Winners of titles [ change | Modifica Wikitesto ]

Olympic football champions footballers

Shirt numbers withdrawn [ change | Modifica Wikitesto ]

  • The number 1 was withdrawn in honor of the fans starting from the 2009 season. [14]
  • The number 27 was withdrawn after the death of Ivan Turina.

National competitions [ change | Modifica Wikitesto ]

1900, 1901, 1911, 1914, 1916, 1923-1924, 1931-1932, 1936-1937, 1992, 1998, 2009, 2018
1992
1949, 1950, 1975-1976, 1984-1985, 1995-1996, 1996-1997, 1998-1999, 2009
1908, 1909, 1914, 1916
2010
2005

International competitions [ change | Modifica Wikitesto ]

1984, 1985, 1987, 1994

Other placements [ change | Modifica Wikitesto ]

Second place: 1898, 1910, 1914-1915, 1915-1916, 1930-1931, 1934-1935, 1935-1936, 1938-1939, 1946-1947, 1972, 1986, 1999, 2006, 2011, 2013, 2016 , 2017, 2021
Third place: 1912-1913, 1916-1917, 1922-1923, 1940-1941, 1943-1944, 1947-1948, 1954-1955, 1963, 1965, 1986, 1993, 2000, 2001, 2014, 2015
Finalist: 1943, 1947, 1968-1969, 1991, 1994-1995, 1999-2000, 2000-2001, 2002
Semifinalist: 1946, 1969-1970, 2017-2018, 2018-2019
Finalist: 2012
Finalist: 1905, 1906, 1915
Finalist: 1899, 1900
Finalist: 1912, 1913

Rosa 2023 [ change | Modifica Wikitesto ]

Updated on January 30, 2023.

  1. ^ ( SV ) Year by year – 1931-32 . are AIK.SE .
  2. ^ ( SV ) 500 AIK: are – Gustav Sjöberg . are AIK.SE .
  3. ^ ( SV ) Year by year – 1936-37 . are AIK.SE .
  4. ^ ( SV ) Year by year – 1950-51 . are AIK.SE .
  5. ^ ( SV ) Year by year – the football year 1983 . are AIK.SE .
  6. ^ ( SV ) Classic matches: Malmö FF – AIK 1992 . are Aikfotboll.se (archived by URL Original 1 April 2016) .
  7. ^ ( SV ) 500 AIK:are – Pascal Simpson . are AIK.SE .
  8. ^ ( SV ) 15 years ago 98-gold . are Old.aikfotboll.se , Aikfotboll.se. URL consulted on 29 December 2017 (archived by URL Original December 29, 2017) .
  9. ^ ( SV ) AIK Swedish champion . are Aftonbladet.se , 1 November 2009.
  10. ^ ( SV ) Obolo’s beautiful farewell . are Aftonbladet.se , 7 November 2009.
  11. ^ ( SV ) AIK secured the twelfth SM gold . are Aikfotboll.se , 11 November 2018.
  12. ^ ( SV ) AIK turned and won – wasn’t enough for gold . are Aftonbladet.se , December 4, 2021.
  13. ^ Aik-Napoli 1-2, Cavani at 94 ‘qualifies the Azzurri . are repubblica.it , 22 November 2012.
  14. ^ ( SV ) The player squad . are Aikfotboll.se (archived by URL Original March 5, 2016) .
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