Skövde AIK
Swedish football club
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Skövde AIK is a Swedish football club from Skövde. It was founded on 21 June 1919. The club plays in the third-tier Ettan after relegation from Superettan in 2024.
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| Full name | Skövde Allmänna Idrottsklubb | ||
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| Nickname | SAIK | ||
| Founded | 1919 | ||
| Ground | Södermalms IP, Skövde | ||
| Capacity | 4,500 | ||
| Chairman | Lennart Ek | ||
| Manager | Charbel Abraham | ||
| League | Ettan | ||
| 2025 | 12th | ||
| Website | https://www.skovdeaik.se/start/?ID=439779 | ||
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Background
Skövde AIK was founded on 20 June 1919. The club played in the second tier in 1995. eight seasons later the club had plunged into Division 5 Västergötland Östra, the sixth tier, having been relegated three consecutive times between 2000 and 2002. However SAIK have made a dramatic recovery and by 2007 were back in Division 1 Södra which is now the third tier of Swedish football after 4 consecutive promotions. In 2006, Skövde AIK won the Division 2 Mellersta Götaland after defeating IK Sleipner 2–1 in the decisive final match before 2364 spectators. In 2009 the club just failed to get into the Superettan after missing out in the promotion play-offs. In 2021 the club got promoted to Superettan. The first year in Superettan was a success, as they placed 5th, only 4 points away from the playoff game to Allsvenskan.
The club is affiliated to the Västergötlands Fotbollförbund.[1]
Season to season
* League restructuring in 2006 resulted in a new division being created at Tier 3 and subsequent divisions dropping a level.[2] * Attendances are provided in the Publikliga sections of the Svenska Fotbollförbundet website.[3] 2020 and 2021 was affected by the restrictions because of the COVID-19 pandemic. |
Current squad
- As of 1 September 2025[4]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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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.
Famous players that have played for Skövde AIK
Achievements
League
- Division 1 Södra:
- Runners-up (2): 2009, 2021.
Managers
- Gunnar Reis (1958–59)
Sven "Fiskarn" Johansson (1960–1961)- Lars Daremark (1962)
- C-G Bolander (1963)
- Arne Selmosson (1964–68)
- Lars Arnesson (1969)
- Axel "Acke" Eriksson (1970)
- Carl-Axel "CAS" Stenberg (1971–72)
- Janne Carlsson (1973–74)
Blagoja Vucidolov (1975)- Carl-Axel "CAS" Stenberg (1976–77)
- Ove Wigertz (1978)
- Sven - Eric "Svenne" Johansson (1979–80)
- Christer Fermvik (1981–83)
- Thom Åhlund (1984–86)
Teitur Thordarson (1987)- Inge Lennartsson (1988–89)
- Christer Swärd (1990–94)
- Stefan Johansson (1995–96)
- Francisco Verona (1997)
Gary Wright (1998)- Bengt Persson (1998)
- Francisco Verona (1999–2000)
- Magnus Henriksson (2001–02)
- Gudmundur Magnusson (2003–07)
- Stefan Jacobsson (2008–11)
- Rickard Söderberg (2012–2013)
- Charbel Abraham (2013)
- Mikael Thorvald (2018)
- Stefan Strind (2019–2020)
- Mikael Lindgren (2020)
- Tobias Linderoth (2021–2023)
- Srdjan Tufegdzic (2024–)
Futsal
Honours
- 5 Futsal Swedish Championship: 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009[6]