AIK Fotboll

This article is about AIK's men's football department. For other departments of the club, see AIK (disambiguation). For women's football, see AIK Fotboll (women).

AIK
Full nameAllmänna Idrottsklubben
Nickname(s)Gnaget
Short nameAIK
Founded15 February 1891; 133 years ago (1891-02-15)
GroundStrawberry Arena
Capacity54,329 (50,653 international)[1]
ChairmanMikael Jomer
Head coachMikkjal Thomassen
LeagueAllsvenskan
2024Allsvenskan, 3rd of 16
Websitehttp://www.aikfotboll.se
Current season

AIK Fotboll (LSE: 0DI2), more commonly known simply as AIK (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈɑ̂ːiːˌkoː]), an abbreviation for Allmänna Idrottsklubben (meaning the public or general sports club), is a Swedish professional football club competing in Allsvenskan, the top flight of Swedish football. The club was founded 1891 in Stockholm and the football department was formed in 1896. AIK's home ground is Strawberry Arena, located in Solna, just north of the Stockholm City Centre.

League champions in 2018, AIK has 12 championship titles and is third in the all-time Allsvenskan table. The club holds the record for having played the most seasons in the Swedish top flight.

In Europe, AIK reached the quarter-finals of the 1996–97 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, qualified for the 1999–00 UEFA Champions League group stage, and competed in the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League group stage.

  1. ^ "Friends Arena – StadiumDB.com". stadiumdb.com. Archived from the original on 26 March 2023. Retrieved 9 April 2023.