2017 AIK Fotboll season

AIK

2017 season
Chairman	Per Bystedt
Manager	Rikard Norling
Stadium	Skytteholms IP Friends Arena Tele2 Arena
Allsvenskan	2nd
2016–17 Svenska Cupen	Quarterfinal vs BK Häcken
2017–18 Svenska Cupen	Progress to 2018 season
UEFA Europa League	Third Qualifying Round vs Braga
Top goalscorer	League: Nicolás Stefanelli (9) All: Nicolás Stefanelli (10)
Highest home attendance	33,157 vs Djurgården (27 August 2017)
Lowest home attendance	3,495 vs GAIS (19 February 2017)
Average home league attendance	17,807 [1] (Allsvenskan - 5 November 2017) 15,099 (All competitions - 5 November 2017)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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The 2017 season was AIK's 126th in existence, their 89th season in Allsvenskan and their 12th consecutive season in the league. The team competed in Allsvenskan, Svenska Cupen and UEFA Europa League.

Season events

Winter

Prior to the start of the season, AIK announced the signing of Jesper Nyholm from Dalkurd on a contract until the end of 2019, ^[2] and the departure of Niclas Eliasson to IFK Norrköping after they exercised an option in the loan agreement to make the move permanent. ^[3]

On 1 January, Ahmed Yasin joined Muaither on loan until 31 May. ^[4]

On 23 January, AIK announced that Alexander Isak had been sold to Borussia Dortmund. ^[5]

On 25 January, AIK and Jos Hooiveld mutual agreed to end their contract early, with Hooiveld going on to sign for Twente. ^{[6] [7]}

On 31 January, AIK announced the signing of Kristoffer Olsson from Midtjylland until the end of 2020, ^[8] and the departure of Ebenezer Ofori to VfB Stuttgart. ^[9]

On 4 February, AIK announced the loan signing of Simon Thern from Heerenveen for the season. ^[10]

On 8 February, AIK announced the loan signing of Stipe Vrdoljak from NK Novigrad until 31 July, with an option to make the transfer permanent. ^[11]

On 3 March, AIK announced the signing of Sulejman Krpić from Sloboda Tuzla until the end of 2019, ^[12] and the return of Henok Goitom on a contract until the end of 2018. ^[13]

On 28 March, Patrick Kpozo joined Tromsø on loan until 20 July, with an option to extend the loan until the end of the season. ^[14]

Summer

On 30 June, AIK announced that Stipe Vrdoljak's loan had been ended and that they had not taken up the option of making the move permanent, ^[15] and that they had signed Nicolás Stefanelli from Defensa y Justicia on a contract until 31 December 2020. ^[16]

On 3 July, AIK announced the signing of Rasmus Lindkvist from Vålerenga on a contract until 31 December 2020. ^[17] The following day, 4 July, AIK announced the singing of Robert Taylor from RoPS also on a contract until 31 December 2020. ^[18]

On 7 July, AIK announced that Sulejman Krpić had left the club to return to Sloboda Tuzla. ^[19]

On 20 July, Sauli Väisänen left AIK to sign for SPAL. ^[20]

On 26 July, AIK announced the loan signing of Agustin Gómez from Defensa y Justicia for the remainder of the season, ^[21] and the return of Chinedu Obasi on a contract until the end of the season. ^[22]

On 4 August, Patrick Kpozo left AIK to join Östersund. ^[23]

Squad

As of match played 5 November 2017 ^[24]

No.	Name	Nationality	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 38)	Tromsø	2011		63	0
34	Oscar Linnér		GK	(1997-02-23)23 February 1997 (aged 20)	Academy	2015		46	0
35	Gustav Nyberg		GK	(1998-05-01)1 May 1998 (aged 19)	Academy	2017		0	0
Defenders
2	Haukur Hauksson		DF	(1991-09-01)1 September 1991 (aged 26)	KR	2015 [25]	2019 [25]	72	7
3	Per Karlsson		DF	(1986-01-02)2 January 1986 (aged 31)	Academy	2003
4	Nils-Eric Johansson		DF	(1980-01-13)13 January 1980 (aged 37)	Leicester City	2007 [26]		370	21
5	Jesper Nyholm		DF	(1993-09-10)10 September 1993 (aged 24)	Dalkurd	2017 [2]	2019 [2]	30	1
9	Rasmus Lindkvist		DF	(1990-05-16)16 May 1990 (aged 27)	Vålerenga	2017 [17]	2020 [17]	19	4
15	Agustin Gómez		DF	(1996-08-28)28 August 1996 (aged 21)	on loan from Defensa y Justicia	2017 [21]	2017 [21]	1	0
21	Daniel Sundgren		DF	(1990-11-22)22 November 1990 (aged 26)	Degerfors	2016 [27]	2019 [27]	70	5
Midfielders
6	Simon Thern		MF	(1992-09-18)18 September 1992 (aged 25)	on loan from Heerenveen	2017 [10]	2017 [10]	31	1
7	Kristoffer Olsson		MF	(1995-06-30)30 June 1995 (aged 22)	Midtjylland	2017 [8]	2020 [8]	39	3
8	Johan Blomberg		MF	(1987-06-14)14 June 1987 (aged 30)	Halmstad	2015 [28]	2017 [28]	108	12
14	Robert Taylor		MF	(1994-10-21)21 October 1994 (aged 23)	RoPS	2017 [18]	2020 [18]	5	0
24	Stefan Ishizaki		MF	(1982-05-15)15 May 1982 (aged 35)	Unattached	2015 [29]	2017 [29]
25	William Jan		MF	(1998-10-07)7 October 1998 (aged 19)	Academy	2016		0	0
37	Gabriel Aphrem		MF	(1999-07-19)19 July 1999 (aged 18)	Academy	2017		0	0
39	Amin Affane		MF	(1994-01-21)21 January 1994 (aged 23)	Arminia Bielefeld	2016 [30]		49	3
40	Bilal Hussein		MF	(2000-04-22)22 April 2000 (aged 17)	Academy	2017		0	0
43	Albin Linnér		MF	(1999-02-14)14 February 1999 (aged 18)	Academy	2017		0	0
Forwards
10	Denni Avdić		FW	(1988-09-05)5 September 1988 (aged 29)	AZ Alkmaar	2016 [31]	2018 [31]	52	8
17	Daniel Mushitu		FW	(2000-02-22)22 February 2000 (aged 17)	Västerås	2017		5	0
20	Chinedu Obasi		FW	(1986-06-01)1 June 1986 (aged 31)	Shenzhen	2017 [22]	2017 [22]	20	12
22	Nicolás Stefanelli		FW	(1994-11-22)22 November 1994 (aged 22)	Defensa y Justicia	2017 [16]	2020 [16]	19	10
36	Henok Goitom		FW	(1984-09-22)22 September 1984 (aged 33)	San Jose Earthquakes	2017 [13]	2018 [13]	145	58
38	Nebiyou Perry		FW	(1999-10-02)2 October 1999 (aged 18)	Academy	2017		1	0
Out on loan
11	Eero Markkanen		FW	(1991-07-03)3 July 1991 (aged 26)	RoPS	2016 [32]	2018 [32]	66	22
16	Rickson Mansiamina		MF	(1997-07-09)9 July 1997 (aged 20)	Academy	2016		1	0
18	Noah Sundberg		DF	(1996-06-06)6 June 1996 (aged 21)	Academy	2013		40	3
19	Ahmed Yasin		MF	(1991-04-22)22 April 1991 (aged 26)	AGF	2016 [33]	2018 [33]	27	2
29	Anton Salétros		MF	(1996-04-12)12 April 1996 (aged 21)	Academy	2013		90	2
31	Christos Gravius		MF	(1997-10-14)14 October 1997 (aged 20)	Academy	2015		17	0
Left during the season
9	Sulejman Krpić		FW	(1991-01-01)1 January 1991 (aged 26)	Sloboda Tuzla	2017 [12]	2019 [12]	6	0
14	Stipe Vrdoljak		DF	(1993-08-02)2 August 1993 (aged 24)	on loan from Novigrad	2017 [11]	2017 [11]	10	0
15	Sauli Väisänen		DF	(1994-06-05)5 June 1994 (aged 23)	Honka	2014 [34]		64	4
17	Ebenezer Ofori		MF	(1995-07-01)1 July 1995 (aged 22)	New Edubiase United	2013 [35]	2017 [36]	101	5
26	Jos Hooiveld		DF	(1983-04-22)22 April 1983 (aged 34)	Unattached	2015 [37]	2017 [37]	60	2
32	Patrick Kpozo		DF	(1997-07-15)15 July 1997 (aged 20)	International Allies	2015 [38]		18	0
36	Alexander Isak		FW	(1999-09-21)21 September 1999 (aged 18)	Academy	2016		29	13

Transfers

Main articles: List of Swedish football transfers winter 2016–17 and List of Swedish football transfers summer 2017

In

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 January 2017	DF		Jesper Nyholm	Dalkurd	Undisclosed	[2]
31 January 2017	MF		Kristoffer Olsson	Midtjylland	Undisclosed	[8]
3 March 2017	FW		Sulejman Krpić	Sloboda Tuzla	Undisclosed	[12]
3 March 2017	FW		Henok Goitom	Unattached	Free	[13]
30 June 2017	FW		Nicolás Stefanelli	Defensa y Justicia	Undisclosed	[16]
3 July 2017	DF		Rasmus Lindkvist	Vålerenga	Undisclosed	[17]
4 July 2017	MF		Robert Taylor	RoPS	Undisclosed	[18]
26 July 2017	FW		Chinedu Obasi	Shenzhen	Undisclosed	[22]

Loans in

Start date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	End date	Ref.
4 February 2017	MF		Simon Thern	Heerenveen	31 December 2017	[10]
8 February 2017	DF		Stipe Vrdoljak	NK Novigrad	30 June 2017	[11] [15]
26 July 2017	DF		Agustin Gómez	Defensa y Justicia	31 December 2017	[21]

Out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 January 2017	MF		Niclas Eliasson	IFK Norrköping	Undisclosed	[3]
23 January 2017	FW		Alexander Isak	Borussia Dortmund	Undisclosed	[5]
31 January 2017	DF		Ebenezer Ofori	VfB Stuttgart	Undisclosed	[9] [39]
6 July 2017	FW		Sulejman Krpić	Sloboda Tuzla	Undisclosed	[19]
20 July 2017	DF		Sauli Väisänen	SPAL	Undisclosed	[20]
4 August 2017	DF		Patrick Kpozo	Östersund	Undisclosed	[23]

Loans out

Start date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	End date	Ref.
1 January 2017	MF		Ahmed Yasin	Muaither	24 April 2017	[4] [40]
21 March 2017	MF		Christos Gravius	Jönköpings Södra	31 December 2017	[41]
28 March 2017	DF		Patrick Kpozo	Tromsø	20 July 2017	[14]
28 March 2017	DF		Noah Sundberg	GIF Sundsvall	31 December 2017
31 March 2017	MF		Rickson Mansiamina	GAIS	15 July 2017	[42]
13 July 2017	MF		Ahmed Yasin	BK Häcken	31 December 2017	[43]
25 July 2017	MF		Rickson Mansiamina	Syrianska	31 December 2015	[44]
4 August 2017	FW		Eero Markkanen	Dynamo Dresden	30 June 2018	[45]
11 August 2017	MF		Anton Salétros	Újpest	31 December 2017	[46]

Released

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	Joined	Date	Ref
25 January 2017	DF		Jos Hooiveld	Twente	25 January 2017	[6] [7]
31 December 2017	DF		Stefan Ishizaki	IF Elfsborg	1 January 2018	[47] [48]
31 December 2017	MF		Johan Blomberg	Colorado Rapids	1 January 2018	[49] [50]
31 December 2017	FW		Chinedu Obasi	Bolton Wanderers	3 March 2018	[51]

Friendlies

Vasalunds IF v AIK

21 January 2017	Vasalunds IF	0–4	AIK	Stockholm
12:00 CET (UTC+1)	Id Salem 10' Amoah  28' Skenderovic 88'	Report	Ishizaki 2' Sundgren 28' (pen.) A.Linnér48' Affane 62'	Stadium: Skytteholms IP Attendance: 1,050 Referee: Victor Wolf

Syrianska v AIK

28 January 2017	Syrianska	0–4	AIK	Södertälje
13:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Blomberg 39' Mansiamina 44', 78' Kpozo 87'	Stadium: Södertälje Fotbollsarena Attendance: 400 Referee: Johan Krantz

AIK v Sollentuna

28 January 2017	AIK	0–1	Sollentuna	Södertälje
16:00 CET (UTC+1)	Sundberg  81'	Report	Pishdari76' Aljaderi 89'	Stadium: Södertälje Fotbollsarena Attendance: 97 Referee: Björn Särnbrink

Midtjylland v AIK

6 February 2017Dubai International Cup	Midtjylland	1–1 (4–3 p)	AIK	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Novák 20'	Report	Markkanen 37' 54'	Stadium: Jebel Ali Centre of Excellence Attendance: 75 Referee: Ahmad Eisa
	Penalties
	Duelund Riis Hansen Poulsen Bruninho		Mansiamina Markkanen Blomberg Thern Sundgren

IFK Göteborg v AIK

11 February 2017Dubai International Cup	IFK Göteborg	2–1	AIK	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Nyholm 2' (o.g.) Hysén 86'	Report	Affane 12'	Stadium: Jebel Ali Centre of Excellence Attendance: 109 Referee: Adel Al Nagabi

AIK v Karlberg

22 February 2017	AIK	1–2	Karlberg	Stockholm
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	A.Linnér77'	Report	Nader44' 81' Keshavarz60'	Stadium: Skytteholms IP Attendance: 200 Referee: Ozan Camlibel

AIK v IK Sirius

17 March 2017	AIK	1–0	IK Sirius	Stockholm
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Krpić 76' Olsson  81' Johansson  89'	Report	Arvidsson 64'	Stadium: Skytteholms IP Attendance: 625 Referee: Johan Hamlin

AIK v IFK Norrköping

26 March 2017	AIK	2–0	IFK Norrköping	Stockholm
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Goitom 12' Johansson 88'	Report		Stadium: Friends Arena Attendance: 2,511 Referee: Stefan Johannesson

Flora Tallinn v AIK

22 June 2017	Flora Tallinn	2–0	AIK	Tallinn, Estonia
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Alliku 69' Sappinen 72'	Report		Stadium: A. Le Coq Arena Attendance: 341 Referee: Romer Tarajev

AIK v IK Brage

17 November 2017	AIK	0–0	IK Brage	Stockholm
15:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Hjertstrand  81'	Stadium: Skytteholms IP Attendance: 611 Referee: Kastriot Gerxhaliu

AIK v Sollentuna

24 November 2017	AIK	3–1	Sollentuna	Stockholm
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Goitom 20' Olsson 57' Stefanelli 64'	Report	Gómez 16' (o.g.) Sabetkar  41' Ågren 43'	Stadium: Skytteholms IP Attendance: 419 Referee: Ozan Camlibel

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Allsvenskan	2 April 2017	5 November 2017	Matchday 1	2nd	30	16	9	5	47	22	+25	053.33
2016–17 Svenska Cupen	19 February 2017	12 March 2017	From 2016 season	Quarterfinal	4	2	1	1	4	3	+1	050.00
2017–18 Svenska Cupen	23 August 2017	Progress to 2018 season	Second round	Progress to 2018 season	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00
UEFA Europa League	29 June 2017	3 August 2017	First qualifying round	Third qualifying round	6	2	3	1	9	3	+6	033.33
Total					41	21	13	7	61	28	+33	051.22

Last updated: 5 November 2017
Source: Competitions

Allsvenskan

Main article: 2017 Allsvenskan

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Malmö FF (C)	30	19	7	4	63	27	+36	64	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	AIK	30	16	9	5	47	22	+25	57	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3	Djurgårdens IF	30	15	8	7	54	30	+24	53	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round [a]
4	BK Häcken	30	14	10	6	42	28	+14	52	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round [a]
5	Östersunds FK	30	13	11	6	48	32	+16	50

Source: svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Play-off
(Note: Play-off is only played if need to decide champion, teams for relegation or UEFA competition and will be played on a neutral ground).
(C) Champions
Notes:

1. Since the winners of 2017–18 Svenska Cupen (Djurgårdens IF) qualified for European competitions based on their league position, the berth awarded to the 3rd-placed team (Europa League second qualifying round) was passed down to the 4th-placed team (BK Häcken).

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
30	16	9	5	47	22	+25	57	7	5	3	21	12	+9	9	4	2	26	10	+16

Last updated: 5 November 2017.
Source: (in Swedish)

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A
Result	D	W	L	L	W	D	W	W	W	L	D	W	D	W	W	L	W	L	D	W	D	D	W	D	W	W	W	D	W	W
Position	9	5	9	12	8	9	6	5	6	4	7	4	6	5	2	2	4	2	4	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	2

Updated to match(es) played on 5 November 2017. Source: see Results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

AIK v BK Häcken

2 April 20171	AIK	0–0	BK Häcken	Stockholm
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Vrdoljak  47'	Report	Mohammed  9'  88'	Stadium: Friends Arena Attendance: 26,812 Referee: Andreas Ekberg

Elfsborg v AIK

10 April 20172	Elfsborg	1–2	AIK	Borås
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Dyer  6' Frick 36' Jönsson  45' Prodell  86'	Report	Goitom 26' Nyholm 26' Markkanen  90+4'	Stadium: Borås Arena Attendance: 9,335 Referee: Johan Hamlin

AIK v Hammarby

17 April 20173	AIK	1–2	Hammarby	Stockholm
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Johansson 14' Krpić  16' Olsson  28'	Report	Smárason 18' Sævarsson  38' Aidoo  40' Dibba 79' Hamad  89'	Stadium: Friends Arena Attendance: 32,318 Referee: Jonas Eriksson

Jönköpings Södra v AIK

22 April 20174	Jönköpings Södra	2–1	AIK	Jönköping
16:00 CET (UTC+1)	S.Karlsson 5' Calisir  64' Svensson 68' Kozica  77'	Report	Blomberg 1' Nyholm  15' Olsson  55' Ishizaki  65' Thern  84'	Stadium: Stadsparksvallen Attendance: 5,191 Referee: Andreas Ekberg

AIK v IK Sirius

27 April 20175	AIK	1–0	IK Sirius	Stockholm
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Markkanen 31' Johansson  62' Linnér  90+2'	Report	Arvidsson  85'	Stadium: Friends Arena Attendance: 13,517 Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim

AIK v GIF Sundsvall

30 April 20176	AIK	0–0	GIF Sundsvall	Stockholm
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Sundgren  86'	Report	Danielson  52' Larsson  55' Sigurðsson  78' Suljević  78'	Stadium: Friends Arena Attendance: 11,927 Referee: Johan Hamlin

Halmstad v AIK

6 May 20177	Halmstad	0–1	AIK	Halmstad
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Pękalski  31' Johansson  33'	Report	Blomberg 5' Olsson  14' Thern  35' Johansson  76'  90+3' Linnér  90+3'	Stadium: Örjans Vall Attendance: 5,438 Referee: Kristoffer Karlsson

AIK v Örebro

13 May 20178	AIK	1–0	Örebro	Stockholm
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ishizaki 18' Markkanen  20' Linnér  78' Salétros  78' Sundgren  82' Vrdoljak  87'	Report	Hines Ike  20' Rogić  53'	Stadium: Friends Arena Attendance: 13,236 Referee: Kaspar Sjöberg

Djurgården v AIK

22 May 201710	Djurgården	0–1	AIK	Stockholm
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Thern 20' Vrdoljak  70'	Stadium: Tele2 Arena Attendance: 25,754 Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim

AIK v Malmö

29 May 201711	AIK	0–1	Malmö	Stockholm
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Markkanen  52'	Report	Rakip  27' Carvalho 90+3'	Stadium: Friends Arena Attendance: 19,570 Referee: Glenn Nyberg

IFK Norrköping v AIK

1 June 201716	IFK Norrköping	0–0	AIK	Norrköping
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Karlsson  13' Blomberg  19' Olsson  64'	Stadium: Nya Parken Attendance: 12,303 Referee: Stefan Johannesson

AFC Eskilstuna v AIK

4 June 201712	AFC Eskilstuna	1–3	AIK	Eskilstuna
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Eddahri 37' Buya Turay  61' Piermayr  90+3'	Report	Sundgren 20' Avdić 85' Markkanen 89'	Stadium: Tunavallen Attendance: 7,047 Referee: Johan Hamlin

AIK v Östersund

2 July 201713	AIK	2–2	Östersund	Stockholm
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Affane  31' Goitom 33' Väisänen  70' Avdić 87'	Report	Ghoddos  9' Somi 22', 57' Nouri  43' Bachirou  73' Sema  85'	Stadium: Friends Arena Attendance: 15,121 Referee: Stefan Johannesson

Kalmar v AIK

9 July 201714	Kalmar	0–1	AIK	Kalmar
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Eid  17' Sachpekidis  65'	Report	Karlsson  16' Goitom 67'	Stadium: Guldfågeln Arena Attendance: 10,318 Referee: Magnus Lindgren

AIK v IFK Norrköping

16 July 201715	AIK	1–0	IFK Norrköping	Stockholm
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Affane  23' Telo 75' (o.g.) Goitom  90+4'	Report	Wahlqvist  48'	Stadium: Friends Arena Attendance: 16,273 Referee: Jonas Eriksson

AIK v Kalmar

30 July 201717	AIK	0–1	Kalmar	Stockholm
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Ring  28' Nouri  29' H.Hallberg 73'	Stadium: Friends Arena Attendance: 14,337 Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim

IK Sirius v AIK

6 August 201718	IK Sirius	1–4	AIK	Uppsala
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Haglund  48' Arvidsson 83'	Report	Obasi 7' (pen.), 37' Stefanelli 16' Goitom 65'	Stadium: Studenternas IP Attendance: 6,748 Referee: Stefan Johannesson

IFK Göteborg v AIK

10 August 20179	IFK Göteborg	2–1	AIK	Gothenburg
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Rieks 55' Eriksson  58' Boman 65' Adekugbe  70' Rogne  78'	Report	Affane 4' Sundgren  39' Stefanelli  52'	Stadium: Gamla Ullevi Attendance: 16,187 Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim
Note: Match was originally scheduled to be played during the week of 16-18 May, but was postponed due to Match fixing allegations. [52]

AIK v AFC Eskilstuna

13 August 201719	AIK	1–1	AFC Eskilstuna	Stockholm
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Karlsson  41' Stefanelli  48' Olsson 54' Obasi  56' Hauksson  75'	Report	Buya Turay 18' Tsiskaridze  38' Alexandersson  45' Öhman  53' Michel  62' Noor  90+5'	Stadium: Friends Arena Attendance: 12,087 Referee: Jonas Eriksson

Östersund v AIK

20 August 201720	Östersund	0–3	AIK	Östersund
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Mensiro  31' Bertilsson  41' Edwards  23'  51'	Report	Sundgren 12' Stefanelli 67' Affane  80' Avdić 87'	Stadium: Jämtkraft Arena Attendance: 5,779 Referee: Bojan Pandžić

AIK v Djurgården

27 August 201721	AIK	1–1	Djurgården	Stockholm
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ishizaki  11' Karlsson  23' Obasi 39' (pen.) Hauksson  58' Linnér  80'	Report	Eriksson  55' Olsson  65' Walker  71' Badji 84'	Stadium: Friends Arena Attendance: 33,157 Referee: Stefan Johannesson

Hammarby v AIK

10 September 201722	Hammarby	1–1	AIK	Stockholm
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Dibba 12' 77'	Report	Olsson 45+3' Johansson  54'	Stadium: Tele2 Arena Attendance: 29,306 Referee: Jonas Eriksson

AIK v Halmstad

17 September 201723	AIK	4–1	Halmstad	Stockholm
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Stefanelli 21', 37' Lindkvist 34' Goitom 42' Johansson  50'	Report	M.Johansson  56' N.Johansson 71' (o.g.)	Stadium: Friends Arena Attendance: 10,342 Referee: Magnus Lindgren

GIF Sundsvall v AIK

20 September 201724	GIF Sundsvall	0–0	AIK	Sundsvall
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Olsson  38'	Stadium: Norrporten Arena Attendance: 4,052 Referee: Patrik Eriksson

BK Häcken v AIK

24 September 201725	BK Häcken	1–6	AIK	Gothenburg
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Mohammed 39' Paulinho  42'	Report	Karlsson 24' Sundgren 27', 73' Stefanelli 35' Lindkvist 37', 77' Ishizaki  39'	Stadium: Bravida Arena Attendance: 3,578 Referee: Stefan Johannesson

AIK v Elfsborg

1 October 201726	AIK	5–2	Elfsborg	Stockholm
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Blomberg 14' Stefanelli 31', 55', 64' Hauksson 45+2'	Report	Jönsson  27' Frick 34' Gustavsson 48' Dyer  53'	Stadium: Friends Arena Attendance: 12,282 Referee: Kaspar Sjöberg

AIK v Jönköpings Södra

15 October 201727	AIK	2–0	Jönköpings Södra	Stockholm
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Jallow 49' (o.g.) Blomberg  81' Johansson 85'	Report	Smylie  57' Siwe 87'	Stadium: Friends Arena Attendance: 16,257 Referee: Andreas Ekberg

Malmö v AIK

23 October 201728	Malmö	0–0	AIK	Malmö
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Christiansen  55' Rosenberg  60'	Report	Johansson  8' Hauksson  30' Sundgren  44'	Stadium: Swedbank Stadion Attendance: 19,535 Referee: Stefan Johannesson

AIK v IFK Göteborg

29 October 201729	AIK	2–1	IFK Göteborg	Stockholm
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Obasi 8' Lindkvist 45+1' Blomberg  86'	Report	Eriksson  27' Adekugbe  33' Sakor  62'72' Ohlsson  79'	Stadium: Friends Arena Attendance: 19,870 Referee: Kristoffer Karlsson

Örebro v AIK

5 November 201730	Örebro	1–2	AIK	Örebro
15:00 5 November 2017	Igboananike 67' 75' Gerzić  74' Brorsson  90+2'	Report	Obasi 30' 74' Stefanelli 32' Olsson  76'	Stadium: Behrn Arena Attendance: 6,572 Referee: Jonas Eriksson

Svenska Cupen

2016–17

Main article: 2016–17 Svenska Cupen

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	AIK	3	2	1	0	4	0	+4	7	Advance to Knockout stage
2	Dalkurd FF	3	1	2	0	3	1	+2	5
3	Kristianstad FC	3	1	0	2	3	7	−4	3
4	GAIS	3	0	1	2	3	5	−2	1

Source: Swedish Football Association
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head record; 5) Highest ranked team

AIK v GAIS

19 February 20171	AIK	2–1	GAIS	Stockholm
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Avdić 4' Väisänen  13' Affane  23' Olsson  66' Linnér  84' Blomberg  86'	Report	Westermark 82'	Stadium: Skytteholms IP Attendance: 3,495 Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim

Kristianstad v AIK

25 February 20172	Kristianstad	0–3	AIK	Kristianstad
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Verngren 23'	Report	Ishizaki  6' Blomberg 16' Markkanen 21' Karlsson 87'	Stadium: Kristianstads IP Attendance: 1,866 Referee: Jonas Karlsson

AIK v Dalkurd FF

5 March 20173	AIK	0–0	Dalkurd FF	Stockholm
16:00 CET (UTC+1)	Karlsson  31'	Report	DeJohn  70' Bangura  90+3'	Stadium: Skytteholms IP Attendance: 3,540 Referee: Patrik Eriksson

Knockout phase

BK Häcken v AIK

12 March 2017Quarterfinal	BK Häcken	3–0	AIK	Stockholm
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Lindgren 70' Kamara 89' Paulinho 90+4' (pen.)	Report	Olsson  61' Nyholm  73'	Stadium: Friends Arena Attendance: 1,764 Referee: Stefan Johannesson

2017–18

Main article: 2017–18 Svenska Cupen

Värmbols v AIK

23 August 2017Second round	Värmbols	0–1	AIK	Katrineholm
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Karjalainen 45' Lindgren 83' Kellokumpu 87'	Report	Stefanelli 53' (pen.) Olsson  81'	Stadium: Värmbols IP Attendance: 3,123 Referee: Johan Krantz

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2017–18 UEFA Europa League

Qualifying rounds

Main article: 2017–18 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round

KÍ v AIK

29 June 2017First qualifying round 1st leg	KÍ	0–0	AIK	Tórshavn, Faroe Islands
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Simonsen 60'	Report		Stadium: Gundadalur Attendance: 1,374 [53] Referee: Michal Ocenáš (Slovakia)

AIK v KÍ

6 July 2017First qualifying round 2nd leg	AIK	5–0 (5–0 agg.)	KÍ	Stockholm, Sweden
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Markkanen 3', 6', 42' Ishizaki 16' Olsson 24'	Report		Stadium: Friends Arena Attendance: 6,257 [53] Referee: Laurent Kopriwa (Luxembourg)

FK Željezničar v AIK

13 July 2017Second qualifying round 1st leg	FK Željezničar	0–0	AIK	Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Projić  74' Marković  88' Zakarić  90+2'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Grbavica Attendance: 11,170 [54] Referee: Adrien Jaccottet (Switzerland)

AIK v FK Željezničar

20 July 2017Second qualifying round 2nd leg	AIK	2–0 (2–0 agg.)	FK Željezničar	Stockholm, Sweden
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Karlsson  30' Johansson  41'48' Goitom 85' 90+2'	Report	Blagojević  25' Graovac  45+2' Zeba  47' Bogičević  51' Projić  79' Radinović  89'	Stadium: Friends Arena Attendance: 9,126 [54] Referee: Georgios Kominis (Greece)

AIK v Braga

27 July 2017Third qualifying round 1st leg	AIK	1–1	Braga	Stockholm, Sweden
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Sundgren 18' (pen.)	Report	Silva 11' Rosiċ  25' Santos  59'	Stadium: Friends Arena Attendance: 12,456 [55] Referee: Marius Avram (Romania)

Braga v AIK

3 August 2017Third qualifying round 2nd leg	Braga	2–1 (a.e.t.) (3–2 agg.)	AIK	Braga, Portugal
22:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Fonte 74' Silva  113'120+1' Matheus  120+3'	Report	Obasi 13' Ishizaki  73' Olsson  120+3'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga Attendance: 13,851 [55] Referee: Frank Schneider (France)

Squad statistics

As of match played 5 November 2017

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Allsvenskan		2016–17 Svenska Cupen		2017–18 Svenska Cupen		UEFA Europa League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
2	DF	ISL	Haukur Hauksson	15	1	10+2	1	0+3	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF	SWE	Per Karlsson	36	2	27	1	4	1	0	0	5	0
4	DF	SWE	Nils-Eric Johansson	37	3	28	2	3	0	1	0	5	1
5	DF	SWE	Jesper Nyholm	30	1	21+1	1	1	0	1	0	6	0
6	MF	SWE	Simon Thern	31	1	14+10	1	1+3	0	0	0	2+1	0
7	MF	SWE	Kristoffer Olsson	39	3	28+1	2	1+2	0	1	0	5+1	1
8	MF	SWE	Johan Blomberg	38	4	23+5	3	4	1	1	0	5	0
9	DF	SWE	Rasmus Lindkvist	19	4	16	4	0	0	0+1	0	2	0
10	FW	SWE	Denni Avdić	29	4	1+20	3	3	1	1	0	2+2	0
13	GK	CAN	Kyriakos Stamatopoulos	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
14	MF	FIN	Robert Taylor	5	0	3+1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
15	DF	ARG	Agustin Gómez	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
17	FW	SWE	Daniel Mushitu	5	0	1+2	0	0+1	0	0	0	0+1	0
20	FW	NGA	Chinedu Obasi	10	6	7+2	5	0	0	0	0	1	1
21	DF	SWE	Daniel Sundgren	38	5	27	4	4	0	1	0	6	1
22	FW	ARG	Nicolás Stefanelli	19	10	14+2	9	0	0	1	1	1+1	0
24	MF	SWE	Stefan Ishizaki	33	2	21+2	1	3+1	0	0	0	5+1	1
34	GK	SWE	Oscar Linnér	39	0	29	0	4	0	0	0	6	0
36	FW	ERI	Henok Goitom	31	6	18+6	5	0+1	0	0+1	0	3+2	1
38	FW	SWE	Nebiyou Perry	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
39	MF	SWE	Amin Affane	22	1	11+4	1	4	0	1	0	2	0
Players away on loan:
11	FW	FIN	Eero Markkanen	22	6	8+5	2	4	1	0	0	4+1	3
18	DF	SWE	Noah Sundberg	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
29	MF	SWE	Anton Salétros	15	0	4+6	0	0	0	0	0	4+1	0
Players who appeared for AIK but left during the season:
9	FW	BIH	Sulejman Krpić	6	0	4+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	DF	CRO	Stipe Vrdoljak	10	0	6	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
15	DF	FIN	Sauli Väisänen	20	0	8+4	0	4	0	0	0	2+2	0

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Allsvenskan	2016–17 Svenska Cupen	2017–18 Svenska Cupen	UEFA Europa League	Total
1	FW		22	Nicolás Stefanelli	9	0	1	0	10
2	FW		36	Henok Goitom	5	0	0	1	6
	FW		20	Chinedu Obasi	5	0	0	1	6
4	DF		21	Daniel Sundgren	4	0	0	1	5
	FW		10	Denni Avdić	3	1	0	0	4
	FW		11	Eero Markkanen	2	0	0	3	5
7	DF		9	Rasmus Lindkvist	4	0	0	0	4
	MF		8	Johan Blomberg	3	1	0	0	4
9	MF		7	Kristoffer Olsson	2	0	0	1	3
	DF		4	Nils-Eric Johansson	2	0	0	1	3
				Own goal	2	1	0	0	3
12	DF		3	Per Karlsson	1	1	0	0	2
	MF		24	Stefan Ishizaki	1	0	0	1	2
14	DF		2	Haukur Hauksson	1	0	0	0	1
	DF		5	Jesper Nyholm	1	0	0	0	1
	MF		6	Simon Thern	1	0	0	0	1
	MF		39	Amin Affane	1	0	0	0	1
TOTALS					47	4	1	9	61

Clean sheets

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Allsvenskan	2016–17 Svenska Cupen	2017–18 Svenska Cupen	UEFA Europa League	Total
1	GK		34	Oscar Linnér	12	3	0	4	19
2	GK		13	Kyriakos Stamatopoulos	1	0	1	0	2
TOTALS					13	3	1	4	21

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Allsvenskan		2016–17 Svenska Cupen		2017–18 Svenska Cupen		UEFA Europa League		Total
2		DF	Haukur Hauksson	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
3		DF	Per Karlsson	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	6	0
4		DF	Nils-Eric Johansson	6	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	8	1
5		DF	Jesper Nyholm	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
6		MF	Simon Thern	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
7		MF	Kristoffer Olsson	6	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	10	0
8		MF	Johan Blomberg	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
20		FW	Chinedu Obasi	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
21		DF	Daniel Sundgren	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
22		FW	Nicolás Stefanelli	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
24		MF	Stefan Ishizaki	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	5	0
34		GK	Oscar Linnér	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
36		FW	Henok Goitom	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
39		MF	Amin Affane	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
Players away on loan:
11		FW	Eero Markkanen	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
29		MF	Anton Salétros	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Players who left AIK during the season:
9		FW	Sulejman Krpić	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
14		DF	Stipe Vrdoljak	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
15		DF	Sauli Väisänen	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Total				55	1	9	0	1	0	6	0	71	1

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