Aalesunds Fotballklubb, commonly known as Aalesund or AaFK, is a Norwegian football club from the town of

Ålesund Ålesund () sometimes spelled Aalesund in English, is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal County, Norway. It is part of the traditional district of Sunnmøre and the centre of the Ålesund Region. The town of Ålesund is the administrativ ...

, that competes in the

Eliteserien Eliteserien () is a Norwegian professional league for association football clubs. At the top of the Norwegian football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotio ...

, the first 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 Molde Fotballklubb () is a professional football club based in Molde, Norway, that competes in Eliteserien, the top flight of Norwegian football. Founded on 19 June 1911, the club was originally known as International and changed its name t ...

in the Final, and thereby qualified for participation in the

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. Aalesund also won the 2011 Cup Final, where they beat

SK Brann Sportsklubben Brann (commonly known as Brann, and less often as SK Brann) is a Norwegian professional football club, founded 26 September 1908, from Bergen. Brann had been in the Eliteserien, Norway's Premier Division of Football, since 1987, bar ...

Recent domestic

European

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

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 stadiu

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

Out on loan

Club officials

*Sporting Development Manager: Bjørn Erik Melland *Head coach: Lars Arne Nilsen *Assistant coach: Roger Naustan *Assistant coach: Kristoffer Lie *Goalkeeper coach: Frank Mathiesen *Reserve team head coach:

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Managers

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* Egil "Drillo" Olsen (1989) * Eivind Syversen (19??–93) *

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(1994–96) *

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(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) *

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(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 –)

Honours

League

1. divisjon *Champions (1):

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Cup

Norwegian Cup *Champions (2): 2009, 2011

History of league positions (since 1963)

References

External links

Official website

Stormen Fanclub Site
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