Aalesunds Fotballklubb, commonly known as Aalesund or AaFK, is a Norwegian professional football club from the town of Ålesund that competes in the Eliteserien, the top tier of the Norwegian football league system. 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.
History 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.
Recent domestic {|class="wikitable" ! Season ! ! Pos. ! Pl. ! W ! D ! L ! GS ! GA ! P !Cup !Notes |- |2001 |1. divisjon |align=right |6 |align=right|30||align=right|13||align=right|8||align=right|9 |align=right|65||align=right|51||align=right|47 |Third round
|2002 |1. divisjon |align=right bgcolor=#DDFFDD| 2 |align=right|30||align=right|19||align=right|7||align=right|4 |align=right|77||align=right|26||align=right|64 |Semi-final |Promoted to the Tippeligaen |- |2003 |Tippeligaen |align=right bgcolor="#FFCCCC"| 13 |align=right|26||align=right|7||align=right|7||align=right|12 |align=right|30||align=right|33||align=right|28 |Quarter-final |Relegated to the 1. divisjon |- |2004 |1. divisjon |align=right bgcolor=#DDFFDD| 2 |align=right|30||align=right|21||align=right|1||align=right|8 |align=right|67||align=right|36||align=right|64 |Third round |Promoted to the Tippeligaen |- |2005 |Tippeligaen |align=right bgcolor="#FFCCCC"| 13 |align=right|26||align=right|6||align=right|9||align=right|11 |align=right|30||align=right|42||align=right|27 |Fourth round |Relegated to the 1. divisjon |- |2006 |1. divisjon |align=right bgcolor=#DDFFDD| 2 |align=right|30||align=right|17||align=right|9||align=right|4 |align=right|71||align=right|35||align=right|60 |Fourth round |Promoted to the Tippeligaen |- |2007 |Tippeligaen |align=right |11 |align=right|26||align=right|9||align=right|3||align=right|14 |align=right|49||align=right|56||align=right|30 |Fourth round
|2008 |Tippeligaen |align=right |13 |align=right|26||align=right|7||align=right|4||align=right|15 |align=right|29||align=right|42||align=right|25 |Fourth round
|2009 |Tippeligaen |align=right |13 |align=right|30||align=right|9||align=right|9||align=right|12 |align=right|34||align=right|43||align=right|36 |bgcolor=gold|Winner
|2010 |Tippeligaen |align=right |4 |align=right|30||align=right|14||align=right|5||align=right|11 |align=right|46||align=right|37||align=right|47 |Third round |Europa League Third qualifying round |- |2011 |Tippeligaen |align=right |9 |align=right|30||align=right|12||align=right|7||align=right|11 |align=right|36||align=right|38||align=right|43 |bgcolor=gold|Winner |Europa League Play-off round |- |2012 |Tippeligaen |align=right |11 |align=right|30||align=right|9||align=right|11||align=right|10 |align=right|40||align=right|41||align=right|38 |Fourth round |Europa League Third qualifying round |- |2013 |Tippeligaen |align=right |4 |align=right|30||align=right|14||align=right|7||align=right|9 |align=right|55||align=right|44||align=right|49 |Third round
|2014 |Tippeligaen |align=right |7 |align=right|30||align=right|11||align=right|8||align=right|11 |align=right|40||align=right|39||align=right|41 |Fourth round
|2015 |Tippeligaen |align=right |10 |align=right|30||align=right|11||align=right|5||align=right|14 |align=right|42||align=right|57||align=right|38 |Third round
|2016 |Tippeligaen |align=right |9 |align=right|30||align=right|12||align=right|6||align=right|12 |align=right|46||align=right|51||align=right|42 |Third round
|2017 |Eliteserien |align=right bgcolor="#FFCCCC"| 15 |align=right|30||align=right|8||align=right|8||align=right|14 |align=right|38||align=right|50||align=right|32 |Fourth round |Relegated to 1. divisjon |- |2018 |1. divisjon |align=right |3 |align=right|30||align=right|18||align=right|5||align=right|7 |align=right|58||align=right|31||align=right|59 |First round
|2019 |1. divisjon |align=right bgcolor=#DDFFDD| 1 |align=right|30||align=right|25||align=right|4||align=right|1 |align=right|67||align=right|25||align=right|79 |Quarter-final ||Promoted to Eliteserien |- |2020 |Eliteserien |align=right bgcolor="#FFCCCC"| 16 |align=right|30||align=right|2||align=right|5||align=right|23 |align=right|30||align=right|85||align=right|11 |Cancelled |Relegated to 1. divisjon |- |2021 |1. divisjon |align=right bgcolor=#DDFFDD| 2 |align=right|30||align=right|16||align=right|10||align=right|4 |align=right|68||align=right|43||align=right|58 |Fourth round |Promoted to Eliteserien |- |2022 |Eliteserien |align=right |9 |align=right|30||align=right|10||align=right|9||align=right|11 |align=right|32||align=right|45||align=right|39 |Third round
|2023 |Eliteserien |align=right bgcolor="#FFCCCC"| 16 |align=right|30||align=right|5||align=right|3||align=right|22 |align=right|23||align=right|73||align=right|18 |Third round |Relegated to 1. divisjon |- |2024 |1. divisjon |align=right |9 |align=right|30||align=right|12||align=right|4||align=right|14 |align=right|45||align=right|49||align=right|40 |Second round
|2025 |1. divisjon |align=right bgcolor=#DDFFDD| 4 |align=right|30|| align="right" |14|| align="right" |10|| align="right" |6 |align=right|56|| align="right" |35|| align="right" |52 |Quarter-final |Promoted to Eliteserien |- |2026 (in progress) |Eliteserien |align=right|13 |align=right|21||align=right|4||align=right|9||align=right|8 |align=right|33||align=right|46||align=right|21 |Semi-final
European Season Competition Round Country Club Home Away Aggregate2010–11UEFA Europa LeagueQ3Motherwell1–10–31–42011–12UEFA Europa LeagueQ1Neath4–12–06–1Q2Ferencváros3–1 (aet)1–24–3Q3Elfsborg4–01–15–1Play-offAZ2–10–62–72012–13UEFA Europa LeagueQ2Tirana5–01–16–1Q3APOEL0–11–21–3
Women's team On 1 January 2026, AaFK Fortuna became part of Aalesunds FK, forming the club's women's team. Under the merger, AaFK Fortuna's assets, rights and obligations were transferred to Aalesunds FK.
Supporters The local supporter club for AaFK is called "Stormen", or "The Storm", with about 2000 members. They also have another supporter club who is called "Aalesund Support" which makes great noise every game.
Rivalries Rival football clubs in the city include Herd, Rollon, Skarbøvik and Spjelkavik, with Molde 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 on 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 in Wales, some supporters of 2010's Europa League opponents Motherwell also made their way to support the club.
Stadium
Aalesund 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 in only a few years. Their average attendance of 9,943 in the 2006 1. divisjon became at the time a new record for attendances at the second tier of the Norwegian league system.
Finances and commercial partnerships The move from Kråmyra Stadium to Color Line Stadion significantly increased the club's commercial income. In 2007, AaFK managing director Henrik Hoff said that sponsorship revenue had quadrupled, ticket revenue had more than doubled and total revenue had more than tripled since the move. The club leased the stadium from Ålesund Stadion KS under an agreement consisting of a fixed payment and 20 per cent of ticket revenue; Hoff said that annual rent could exceed NOK 10 million when the stadium was full. In February 2017, O. N. Sunde AS entered into a three-year agreement to match parts of AaFK's increased income from new and expanded sponsorship agreements and season-ticket sales. ''Aftenposten'' reported that the agreement could provide the club with tens of millions of Norwegian kroner over the period.
Current squad
For season transfers, see List of Norwegian football transfers winter 2025–26, and List of Norwegian football transfers summer 2026.
Out on loan
Club officials Chairman:Gunnar Haagensen Head coach: Kjetil Rekdal Assistant coach: Geir Frigård Goalkeeper coach: Frank Mathiesen Reserve team head coach:
Managers Bobby Gould Egil "Drillo" Olsen (1989) Eivind Syversen (19??–93) Knut Torbjørn Eggen (1994–96) Bård Wiggen (1 July 1997 – 30 June 1999) Geir Hansen (2000) Ivar Morten Normark (1 January 2002 – 31 December 2005) Per Joar Hansen (1 January 2006 – 31 December 2007) Sören Åkeby (1 January 2008 – 31 August 2008) Kjetil Rekdal (5 September 2008 – 26 November 2012) Jan Jönsson (8 January 2013 – 31 December 2014) Harald Aabrekk (1 January 2015 – 28 April 2015) Trond Fredriksen (28 April 2015 – 12 December 2017) Lars Bohinen (20 December 2017 – 23 August 2020) Lars Arne Nilsen (25 August 2020 – 4 May 2023) Christian Johnsen (13 June 2023 – 18 June 2024) Kjetil Rekdal (30 June 2024 –)
Honours League 1. divisjon Champions (1): 2019
Cup Norwegian Cup Champions (2): 2009, 2011
History of league positions (since 1963) 1963 1964–1967 1968–1976 1977–1978 1979 1980–1981 1982–1983 1984 1985–1993 1994 1995–1998 1999–2000 2001–2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007–2017 2018–2019 2020 2021 2022–2023 2024–2025 2026– Level 1 Level 2 Level 3
References
External links
Stormen Fanclub site