2021 AIK Fotboll season

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OwnerRobert Falck

ManagerBartosz Grzelak

StadiumFriends Arena

Allsvenskan2nd

AIK

2021 season

Owner

Robert Falck

Manager

Bartosz Grzelak

Stadium

Friends Arena

Allsvenskan

2nd

2020–21 Svenska Cupen

Group Stage

2021–22 Svenska Cupen

Progressed to 2022 season

Top goalscorer

League: Nicolás Stefanelli (12)
All: Nicolás Stefanelli (12)

Highest home attendance

42,539 vs Djurgården
(3 October 2021)

Lowest home attendance

0 vs AFC Eskilstuna
(27 February 2021)

Average home league attendance

11,587 (4 December 2021)

Home colours

Away colours

← 2020

2022 →

The 2021 season was AIK 130th in existence, their 93nd season in Allsvenskan and their 16th consecutive season in the league.

On 23 December 2020, AIK announced that Samuel Brolin had joined Mjällby on a season-long loan deal for the upcoming season.^[1]

On 21 January, AIK announced the signing of Jetmir Haliti from Jönköpings Södra to a three-year contract.^[2]

On 1 February, AIK announced that they'd agreed a deal with Groningen for Paulos Abraham, that would see him initially join the Eredivisie club on loan, and then join permanently on 1 July.^[3]

On 22 February, AIK announced the signing of Lucas Forsberg from Sollentuna to a three-year contract.^[4]

On 26 February, AIK announced the return of Nicolás Stefanelli, signing a three-year contract from Unión La Calera.^[5]

On 29 March, AIK announced the return of Alexander Milošević, to a one-year contract from Vejle, with the option of two more years.^[6] On the same day, Robin Tihi joined AFC Eskilstuna on a season-long loan deal.^[7]

On 15 July, AIK announced the signing of Zack Elbouzedi from Lincoln City to a four-year contract.^[8]

On 24 July, AIK announced that Eric Kahl had joined AGF.^[9]

On 9 August, AIK announced the signing of Kristoffer Nordfeldt from Gençlerbirliği on a contract until the end of the season.^[10] Two days later, 11 August, AIK announced that Felix Melki had joined AFC Eskilstuna on loan for the remainder of the season.^[11]

On 3 September, AIK announced the signing of Henry Atola from Tusker, with the player officially joining on 1 January 2022 on a contract until 1 September 2026.^[12]

Squad

As of match played 4 December 2021

No.	Name	Position	Date of birth (age)	Signed from	Signed in	Contract ends	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
13	Kyriakos Stamatopoulos	GK	(1979-08-28)28 August 1979 (aged 42)	Tromsø	2011		58	0
15	Kristoffer Nordfeldt	GK	(1989-06-23)23 June 1989 (aged 32)	Gençlerbirliği	2021^[10]	2021^[10]	15	0
23	Budimir Janošević	GK	(1989-10-21)21 October 1989 (aged 32)	Brommapojkarna	2018		53	0
31	Jakob Haugaard	GK	(1992-05-01)1 May 1992 (aged 29)	Stoke City	2020		16	0
Defenders
3	Per Karlsson	DF	(1986-01-02)2 January 1986 (aged 35)	Academy	2003		446	5
4	Sotirios Papagiannopoulos	DF	(1990-09-05)5 September 1990 (aged 31)	Copenhagen	2020		45	2
5	Alexander Milošević	DF	(1992-01-30)30 January 1992 (aged 29)	Vejle	2021^[6]	2021 (+2)^[6]	147	8
6	Jetmir Haliti	DF	(1996-09-14)14 September 1996 (aged 25)	Jönköpings Södra	2021^[2]	2023^[2]	4	0
14	Lucas Forsberg	DF	(2003-05-21)21 May 2003 (aged 18)	Sollentuna	2021^[4]	2023^[4]	1	0
25	Erick Otieno	DF	(1996-09-27)27 September 1996 (aged 25)	Vasalund	2020		39	1
33	Mikael Lustig	DF	(2003-05-21)21 May 2003 (aged 18)	Gent	2020		29	0
37	Ahmad Faqa	DF	(2003-01-10)10 January 2003 (aged 18)	Academy	2021		0	0
Midfielders
7	Sebastian Larsson	MF	(1985-06-06)6 June 1985 (aged 36)	Hull City	2018		103	22
8	Bilal Hussein	MF	(2000-04-22)22 April 2000 (aged 21)	Academy	2018		86	4
10	Nabil Bahoui	MF	(1991-02-05)5 February 1991 (aged 30)	De Graafschap	2019		150	53
17	Ebenezer Ofori	MF	(1995-07-01)1 July 1995 (aged 26)	VfB Stuttgart	2020		139	6
19	Saku Ylätupa	MF	(1999-08-04)4 August 1999 (aged 22)	AFC Ajax	2019		37	4
20	Zack Elbouzedi	MF	(1998-04-05)5 April 1998 (aged 23)	Lincoln City	2021^[8]	2024^[8]	21	2
22	Filip Rogić	MF	(1993-06-14)14 June 1993 (aged 28)	Orenburg	2020		29	4
26	Yasin Ayari	MF	(2003-10-06)6 October 2003 (aged 18)	Academy	2020		15	2
28	Calvin Kabuye	MF	(2003-03-28)28 March 2003 (aged 18)	Academy	2021		0	0
46	Amar Abdirahman Ahmed	MF	(2004-02-19)19 February 2004 (aged 17)	Academy	2020		1	0
Forwards
9	Nicolás Stefanelli	FW	(1994-11-22)22 November 1994 (aged 27)	Unión La Calera	2021^[5]	2023^[5]	74	29
11	Stefan Silva	FW	(1990-03-11)11 March 1990 (aged 31)	Palermo	2018		42	2
21	Bojan Radulović	FW	(1999-12-09)9 December 1999 (aged 21)	Brighton & Hove Albion	2020		31	4
34	Erik Ring	FW	(2002-04-24)24 April 2002 (aged 19)	Academy	2020		30	3
36	Henok Goitom	FW	(1984-09-22)22 September 1984 (aged 37)	San Jose Earthquakes	2017		290	100
Out on loan
12	Felix Melki	DF	(1994-07-23)23 July 1994 (aged 27)	AFC Eskilstuna	2019		22	0
16	Robin Tihi	DF	(2002-03-16)16 March 2002 (aged 19)	Academy	2020		19	1
32	Tom Strannegård	MF	(2002-04-29)29 April 2002 (aged 19)	Academy	2019		32	2
35	Samuel Brolin	GK	(2000-09-29)29 September 2000 (aged 21)	Academy	2019		0	0
44	Joshua Sivertsen	DF	(2003-05-20)20 May 2003 (aged 18)	Academy	2021		1	0
46	Rasmus Bonde	DF	(2003-02-01)1 February 2003 (aged 18)	Academy	2021		1	0
Left during the season
29	Eric Kahl	DF	(2001-09-27)27 September 2001 (aged 20)	Academy	2019

Out on loan

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
12	MF	LBN	Felix Melki (at AFC Eskilstuna until 31 December 2021)
16	DF	FIN	Robin Tihi (at AFC Eskilstuna until 31 December 2021)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
32	MF	SWE	Tom Strannegård (at Start until 31 December 2021)
35	GK	SWE	Samuel Brolin (to Mjällby until 31 December 2021)

Transfers

In

Date	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
21 January 2021	DF	Jetmir Haliti	Jönköpings Södra	Undisclosed	^[2]
22 February 2021	DF	Lucas Forsberg	Sollentuna	Undisclosed	^[4]
26 February 2021	FW	Nicolás Stefanelli	Unión La Calera	Undisclosed	^[5]
29 March 2021	DF	Alexander Milošević	Vejle	Undisclosed	^[6]
15 July 2021	MF	Zack Elbouzedi	Lincoln City	Undisclosed	^[8]
9 August 2021	GK	Kristoffer Nordfeldt	Gençlerbirliği	Undisclosed	^[10]

Out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2021	FW		Paulos Abraham	Groningen	Undisclosed	^[3]
24 July 2021	DF		Eric Kahl	AGF	Undisclosed	^[9]

Loans out

Start date	Position	Name	To	End date	Ref.
23 December 2020	GK	Samuel Brolin	Mjällby	31 December 2021	^[1]
1 February 2021	FW	Paulos Abraham	Groningen	30 June 2021	^[3]
29 March 2021	DF	Robin Tihi	AFC Eskilstuna	31 December 2021	^[7]
11 August 2021	DF	Felix Melki	AFC Eskilstuna	31 December 2021	^[11]

Released

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	Joined	Date	Ref
31 December 2021	FW		Stefan Silva			^[13]
31 December 2021	FW		Henok Goitom	Retired		^[14]

Friendlies

30 January 2021	AIK	0–2	Vasalund	Stockholm
13:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Friends Arena

12 February 2021	AIK	1–0	Elfsborg	Stockholm
17:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Friends Arena

14 March 2021	AIK	1–2	Brommapojkarna	Stockholm
14:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Friends Arena

20 March 2021	Elfsborg	0–2	AIK	Borås
13:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Borås Arena

26 March 2021	Örebro	2–3	AIK	Örebro
14:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Behrn Arena

4 April 2021	AIK	1–1	GIF Sundsvall	Stockholm
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Friends Arena

20 June 2021	AIK	3–3	Sirius	Enköping
15:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Enavallen

28 June 2021	AIK	0–1	Östersund	Norrtälje
12:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Norrtälje Sportcentrum

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Allsvenskan	12 April 2021	4 December 2021	Matchday 1	Runners-up	30	18	5	7	45	25	+20	060.00
2020–21 Svenska Cupen	20 February 2021	7 March 2021	Group stage	Group stage	3	2	0	1	8	4	+4	066.67
2021–22 Svenska Cupen	19 August 2021	See 2022 season	Second round	See 2022 season	1	1	0	0	5	0	+5	100.00
Total					34	21	5	8	58	29	+29	061.76

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Malmö FF (C)	30	17	8	5	58	30	+28	59	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	AIK	30	18	5	7	45	25	+20	59	Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round
3	Djurgårdens IF	30	17	6	7	46	30	+16	57
4	IF Elfsborg	30	17	4	9	51	35	+16	55
5	Hammarby IF	30	15	8	7	54	41	+13	53

12 April 2021 1	AIK	2–0	Degerfors	Stockholm
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ylätupa 38' 45+1' Bahoui 65'	Report		Stadium: Friends Arena Attendance: 8 Referee: Bojan Pandžić

19 April 2021 2	IFK Göteborg	2–0	AIK	Gothenburg
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Sigþórsson 3', 38' 33' Aiesh 25' Eriksson 60'	Report	Radulović 22' Silva 81'	Stadium: Gamla Ullevi Attendance: 8 Referee: Andreas Ekberg

25 April 2021 3	AIK	2–0	Hammarby	Stockholm
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Stefanelli 43' Larsson 72' Bahoui 77' Papagiannopoulos 80' Ylätupa 85'	Report	Selmani 53' Fjóluson 60' Sher 81'	Stadium: Friends Arena Attendance: 8 Referee: Glenn Nyberg

2021 AIK Fotboll season

Squad

Out on loan

Transfers

In

Out

Loans out

Released

Friendlies

Competitions

Overview

Allsvenskan

League table

Results summary

Results by matchday

Results

2020–21 Svenska Cupen

Group stage

2021–22 Svenska Cupen

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

Goal scorers

Clean sheets

Disciplinary record

References

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Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
30	18	5	7	45	25	+20	59	13	2	0	29	8	+21	5	3	7	16	17	−1

2 May 2021 4	AIK	1–0	Elfsborg	Stockholm
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Larsson 49' (pen.)	Report	Gojani 16' Ndione 44'	Stadium: Friends Arena Attendance: 8 Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim

10 May 2021 5	IFK Norrköping	2–0	AIK	Norrköping
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Jóhannesson 37' Adegbenro 62', 86' 87'	Report	Larsson 81'	Stadium: Nya Parken Attendance: 8 Referee: Kristoffer Karlsson

13 May 2021 6	AIK	1–1	Malmö	Stockholm
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Otieno 55' Nielsen 64' (o.g.) Larsson 77' Hussein 82'	Report	Knudsen 12' Berget 24' Christiansen 41' Vagić 55'	Stadium: Friends Arena Attendance: 8 Referee: Glenn Nyberg

17 May 2021 7	Östersund	1–2	AIK	Östersund
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Fritzson 71' Turgott 77' Dosis 89'	Report	Strannegård 12' Goitom 26' Janošević 88'	Stadium: Jämtkraft Arena Attendance: 8 Referee: Adam Ladebäck

22 May 2021 8	AIK	2–2	Mjällby	Stockholm
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Stefanelli 11', 82' Bahoui 87' Larsson 90+3'	Report	Hodžić 31' Nilsson 58' Moro 64', 71' Gustavsson 90+4'	Stadium: Friends Arena Attendance: 8 Referee: Fredrik Klitte

4 July 2021 9	BK Häcken	2–1	AIK	Gothenburg
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Wålemark 47' Friberg 49' Youssef 50' Bengtsson 88'	Report	Ofori 22' Karlsson 28' Papagiannopoulos 31' Janošević 48' Radulović 78'	Stadium: Bravida Arena Attendance: 1,005 Referee: Kristoffer Karlsson

10 July 2021 10	AIK	2–1	Varbergs BoIS	Stockholm
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Radulović 37' Kahl 58' Rogić 77'	Report	Simović 17' Matthews 23' Winbo 40'	Stadium: Friends Arena Attendance: 12,342 Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim

18 July 2021 11	AIK	2–0	Kalmar	Stockholm
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Larsson 14' 90+1' Papagiannopoulos 40' Milošević 58' Hussein 90+3'	Report	Ring 61'	Stadium: Friends Arena Attendance: 12,517 Referee: Glenn Nyberg

26 July 2021 12	Örebro	1–1	AIK	Örebro
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Collander 26' Mårtensson 68' Allain 82' Skovgaard 90+3'	Report	Ouma 14' Bahoui 61' Milošević 81'	Stadium: Eyravallen Attendance: 3,948 Referee: Granite Macedonci

2 August 2021 13	AIK	1–0	Halmstad	Stockholm
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Stefanelli 22' Rogić 51' Strannegård 88'	Report	Baffo 90+4'	Stadium: Friends Arena Attendance: 12,112 Referee: Kristoffer Karlsson

8 August 2021 14	Djurgården	1–4	AIK	Stockholm
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Radetinac 29' Löfgren 89' Une Larsson 90+1'	Report	Goitom 8' Larsson 50' Otieno 65' Stefanelli 69' Milošević 80'	Stadium: Tele2 Arena Attendance: 8,712 Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim

16 August 2021 15	IK Sirius	0–1	AIK	Uppsala
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Shabani 36' Sylisufaj 81'	Report	Lustig 39' Larsson 60' Radulović 89' Erik Ring 90+2'	Stadium: Studenternas IP Attendance: 3,073 Referee: Victor Wolf

22 August 2021 16	AIK	2–1	BK Häcken	Stockholm
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Papagiannopoulos 3' Hussein 51'	Report	Nordfeldt 78' (o.g.) Hammar 90+4'	Stadium: Friends Arena Attendance: 12,313 Referee: Andreas Ekberg

28 August 2021 17	AIK	2–0	Örebro	Stockholm
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Milošević 17' Moro 30' (o.g.) Larsson 72'	Report	Moro 1' Walker 11' Ali 31'	Stadium: Friends Arena Attendance: 12,727 Referee: Kristoffer Karlsson

13 September 2021 18	Mjällby	0–0	AIK	Hällevik
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	A.Sarr 34'	Report	Milošević 5'	Stadium: Strandvallen Attendance: 1,496 Referee: Granite Macedonci

20 September 2021 19	AIK	3–1	IFK Göteborg	Stockholm
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Bahoui 5', 13' Ouma 33' Larsson 56'	Report	Thern 23' 25'	Stadium: Friends Arena Attendance: 14,007 Referee: Adam Ladebäck

23 September 2021 20	Kalmar	1–1	AIK	Hällevik
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Sjöstedt 37' Berg 66'	Report	Milošević 60' Bahoui 90' Larsson 90+1' Lustig 90+1'	Stadium: Strandvallen Attendance: 4,315 Referee: Andreas Ekberg

27 September 2021 21	Degerfors	2–1	AIK	Degerfors
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Edvardsen 2', 66' Sabetkar 17' Đurđić 58'	Report	Ouma 85' Bahoui 90'	Stadium: Stora Valla Attendance: 1,602 Referee: Victor Wolf

3 October 2021 22	AIK	1–0	Djurgården	Stockholm
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Stefanelli 45+2' 28' 45+2' Larsson 61' Nordfeldt 77'	Report	Schüller 11' Holmberg 16' Asoro 42'	Stadium: Friends Arena Attendance: 42,539 Referee: Glenn Nyberg

17 October 2021 23	Hammarby	1–0	AIK	Stockholm
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Swedberg 41' Magyar 52' Amoo 58'	Report	Papagiannopoulos 77'	Stadium: Tele2 Arena Attendance: 29,317 Referee: Andreas Ekberg

24 October 2021 24	AIK	1–0	IFK Norrköping	Stockholm
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Stefanelli 24' Lustig 45'	Report	Abdulrazak 7' Levi 70'	Stadium: Friends Arena Attendance: 23,546 Referee: Kristoffer Karlsson

27 October 2021 25	Malmö	1–0	AIK	Malmö
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Birmančević 25' Nielsen 74' Rakip 85'	Report	Elbouzedi 57'	Stadium: Eleda Stadion Attendance: 18,821 Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim

1 November 2021 26	Halmstad	1–0	AIK	Halmstad
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	An.Johansson 45+4' Kurtulus 90+2' Al.Johansson 90+7'	Report	Larsson 45+4' Milošević 61' Bahoui 68'	Stadium: Örjans Vall Attendance: 4,594 Referee: Victor Wolf

7 November 2021 27	AIK	3–0	Östersund	Stockholm
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Stefanelli 27' Elbouzedi 29' 62' Bahoui 73'	Report	Colkett 79'	Stadium: Friends Arena Attendance: 15,515 Referee: Granite Macedonci

21 November 2021 28	Varbergs BoIS	0–1	AIK	Varberg
17:30 CET (UTC+1)	Le Roux 31' Matthews 50' Alfonsi 85'	Report	Bahoui 62' Larsson 68' Milošević 90+2'	Stadium: Påskbergsvallen Attendance: 2,566 Referee: Bojan Pandzic

29 November 2021 29	Elfsborg	2–4	AIK	Borås
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Alm 12', 41' 43' Guðjohnsen 90+4'	Report	Bahoui 27' Rogić 54' Stefanelli 56', 77' Papagiannopoulos 82'	Stadium: Borås Arena Attendance: 10,157 Referee: Glenn Nyberg

4 December 2021 30	AIK	4–2	IK Sirius	Stockholm
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Stefanelli 25', 45+2' Papagiannopoulos 47' Goitom 90+2'	Report	Ståhl 13' Kouakou 21' Sylisufaj 90+1'	Stadium: Friends Arena Attendance: 27,731 Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hammarby IF	3	3	0	10	3	+7	9	Advance to Knockout stage
2	AIK	3	2	1	8	4	+4	6
3	AFC Eskilstuna	3	1	2	5	9	−4	3
4	Oskarshamns AIK	3	0	3	2	9	−7	0

20 February 2021 1	Oskarshamns AIK	1–2	AIK	Oskarshamn
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	M.Persson 34' O.Stejdahl 42' 56' F.Jägerbrink 45' A.Agebjörn 49' S.Östlund 71'	Report	Goitom 29' M.Persson 53' (o.g.) Papagiannopoulos 54' Tihi 76'	Stadium: Arena Oskarshamn Attendance: 0 Referee: Fredrik Klitte