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AIK is a Swedish sports club based in Solna, north of Stockholm.
AIK is short for Allmänna Idrottsklubben which roughly translates into 'The Public/Common Sports Club'. The name refers to the fundamental idea that the club should be open for everyone but also to the clubs practising of 'common' sports i.e. athletics.
AIK was originally founded in Stockholm 1891 by Isidor Behrens but the club relocated to Solna in 1937. Football was put into practice 1896 and AIK enjoyed its first title four years later.
Nowadays AIK's main sport is football but the club is also represented in ice hockey, bandy, floorball and bowling.
AIK's arena for football is Råsunda Fotbollstadion with a capacity of 36.608. The Ice hockey team is mainly residing at Hovet (8.500) but the more attracting games are usually played in Globen (13.850).
Achievements
- Swedish Champions:
- Winners (10): 1900, 1901, 1911, 1914, 1916, 1923, 1931-32, 1936-37, 1992, 1998
- Allsvenskan:
- Winners (4): 1931-32, 1936-37, 1983, 1998
- Runners-up (9): 1930-31, 1934-35, 1935-36, 1938-39, 1946-47, 1972, 1974, 1984
- Mästerskapsserien:
- Winners (1): 1992
- Allsvenskan play-off:
- Runners-up (1): 1986
- Svenska Serien:
- Runners-up (5): 1910, 1914-15, 1915-16, 1922-23, 1923-24
- Svenska Mästerskapet:
- Winners (6): 1900, 1901, 1911, 1914, 1916, 1923
- Runners-up (2): 1898, 1917
- Svenska Cupen:
- Winners (7): 1949, 1950, 1975-76, 1984-85, 1995-96, 1996-97, 1998-99
- Runners-up (8): 1943, 1947, 1968-69, 1991, 1994-95, 1999-00, 2000-01, 2002
external links
- Allmänna Idrottsklubben Official website (http://www.aik.se/)
- AIK-Tifo (http://www.aiktifo.com/)
- Gnagarforum (http://www.gnagarforum.se/)
- Sol Invictus (http://www.solinvictus.se/)
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