| Full name | Aalesunds Fotballklubb | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Tangotrøyene (Tangoshirts), Tango, De oransje og blå (Orange and blue) | ||
| Short name | AaFK | ||
| Founded | 25 June 1914 | ||
| Ground | Color Line Stadion Ålesund (Capacity: 10,778) |
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| Chairman | Kjell Tennfjord | ||
| Manager | Kjetil Rekdal | ||
| League | Tippeligaen | ||
| 2011 | Tippeligaen, 9th | ||
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Aalesunds Fotballklubb ("Aalesund's Football Club") is a Norwegian football club from the city of Ålesund, currently playing in the Norwegian Premier League. 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.
Aalesunds F.K. 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 stadium [1] in only a few years. Their average attendance of 9,943 in Adeccoligaen 2006 became the new record for attendances at the second tier of the Norwegian league system.
The local supporter club for AaFK is called "Stormen", or "The Storm", with about 2000 members.
In 2009 the club won the Norwegian Cup for the first time in its history. They beat rival Molde FK in the Final, and thereby qualified for participation in the UEFA Europa League. Aalesund also won the 2011 Cup Final, where they beat SK Brann.
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Aalesund, Liverpool, Roma, and Norway player John Arne Riise started his career in the club, as did his younger brother Bjørn Helge Riise (Fulham).
Manchester United goalkeeper and Denmark international Anders Lindegaard played two seasons for the club, in which he won the Norwegian Cup, and made his debut for the Denmark national team
Jonathan Parr currently plays for Crystal Palace F.C. and the Norwegian national team.
The club also has several national players for countries such as Finland, Costa Rica, Estonia and Jamaica.
Tor Hogne Aarøy played for the club for nearly a decade (2001–2011), and is famous for being the tallest outfield football player in the world, standing at approximately 2.04 m (6 ft 8 1⁄2 in) tall. Aarøy now plays for JEF United in Japan.
| Season | Pos. | Pl. | W | D | L | GS | GA | P | Cup | Notes | |
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| 2001 | D1 | 6 | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 65 | 51 | 47 | 3rd round | |
| 2002 | D1 | 2 | 30 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 77 | 26 | 64 | semi-final | Promoted to Tippeligaen |
| 2003 | TL | 13 | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 30 | 33 | 28 | quarter-final | Relegated to 1. Division |
| 2004 | D1 | 2 | 30 | 21 | 1 | 8 | 67 | 36 | 64 | 3rd round | Promoted to Tippeligaen |
| 2005 | TL | 13 | 26 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 30 | 42 | 27 | last 16 | Relegated to Adeccoligaen |
| 2006 | AL | 2 | 30 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 71 | 35 | 60 | last 16 | Promoted to Tippeligaen |
| 2007 | TL | 11 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 14 | 49 | 56 | 30 | last 16 | |
| 2008 | TL | 13 | 26 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 29 | 42 | 25 | last 16 | |
| 2009 | TL | 13 | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 34 | 43 | 36 | Winner | |
| 2010 | TL | 4 | 30 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 46 | 37 | 47 | 3rd round | 3rd qualifying round Europa league |
| 2011 | TL | 9 | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 36 | 38 | 43 | Winner | Play-offs Europa League |
| Season | Competition | Round | Country | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
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| 2010–11 | UEFA Europa League | Q3 | Motherwell | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–4 | |
| 2011–12 | UEFA Europa League | Q1 | Neath | 4–1 | 2–0 | 6–1 | |
| Q2 | Ferencváros | 3–1(aet) | 1-2 | 4–3 | |||
| Q3 | Elfsborg | 4–0 | 1-1 | 5-1 | |||
| Play-off | AZ | 2-1 | 0-6 | 2-7 | |||
| 2012–13 | UEFA Europa League | Q2 | TBD |
Rival football clubs in the city include SK Herd, SPKL Rollon, FC Skarbøvik and FC Spjelkavik, with Molde F.K. 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 around 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 F.C. in Wales, some supporters of 2010's Europa League opponents Motherwell FC also made their way to support the club.
As of 29 June 2011.
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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For season transfers, see transfers winter 2011–12.
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