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AIK
Full name	Allmänna Idrottsklubben
Nickname(s)	Gnaget Smokinglirarna (The Tuxedo Players)
Founded	1891 1896 (football department)
Ground	Råsunda Stadium, Solna, Stockholm, Sweden (Capacity 36,608[1])
Chairman	Charlie Granfeldt
Manager	Rikard Norling
League	Allsvenskan
2007	Allsvenskan, 5th
Home colours 　 Away colours

AIK, pron. IPA: ['ɑ:i:kɔː], Allmänna Idrottsklubben, is a Swedish football club based in Solna, just north of Stockholm. The club was formed 15 February 1891 in Stockholm and the football department was formed in 1896. The club's full name, "Allmänna Idrottsklubben", translates to "The general sports club". The name was chosen to indicate that the club was open for everyone and also that one of the main events was to be athletics, at the time called "allmän idrott" in Swedish.^[1] The club is currently playing in the highest Swedish league, Allsvenskan.

AIK was founded in 1891 by Isidor Behrens in Stockholm, at the downtown address of Biblioteksgatan 8. Football was put into practice in 1896 and AIK won its first title four years later. AIK relocated to the suburb Solna in 1937, as the home stadium of the club was changed from Stockholms Stadion to Råsunda Fotbollsstadion. AIK have played 62 matches in European competitions and took part in the 1999/2000 Uefa Champions League, their only appearance in the tournament group stage to date. Drawn in Group B along with FC Barcelona, Arsenal FC and Fiorentina, AIK would finish bottom of the group with only 1 point from 6 games, their sole point coming from a 0-0 draw at home to Fiorentina.

With one of the largest fan-bases in Sweden, AIK had an average attendance of over 21 000 people during the 2006 season, the highest in Sweden.

The club's main rival is Djurgårdens IF, also formed in 1891. The local derbies between the clubs are sometimes listed in the European top ten of derbies. Another fierce rival is Hammarby IF, also from Stockholm but with its largest fan base in southern Stockholm. The derbies against Hammarby are naturally also very intense and passionate but are not regarded quite as classic as the Djurgårdens IF derbies.

As of 17 November 2007.

No. Position Player 1 GK Daniel Örlund 2 DF Patrik Karlsson 4 DF Nils-Eric Johansson 5 DF Per Verner Vågan Rønning 6 MF Bojan Djordjic 7 MF Pablo Monsalvo 8 MF Daniel Tjernström (captain) 9 FW Miran Burgič 13 DF Daniel Arnefjord 14 MF Kenny Pavey 15 MF Kevin Walker 16 MF Pierre Bengtsson 18 DF Markus Jonsson

No. Position Player 20 MF Khari Stephenson 21 FW Alexander Gerndt 23 MF Mats Rubarth 26 FW Daniel Mendes 27 FW Iván Óbolo 28 FW Lucas Valdemarín 29 MF Gabriel Özkan 30 MF Dulee Johnson — GK Nicklas Bergh — DF Walid Atta — DF Per Karlsson — FW Saihou Jagne

• 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 (10): 1930–31, 1934–35, 1935–36, 1938–39, 1946–47, 1972, 1974, 1984, 1999, 2006
• 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, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2002
• Corinthian Bowl:
  • Runners-up (2): 1912, 1913
• Rosenska Pokalen:
  • Runners-up (2): 1899, 1900
• Wicanderska Välgörenhetsskölden:
  • Winners (4): 1908, 1909, 1914, 1916
  • Runners-up (3): 1905, 1906, 1915

• Hans Backe (1994-1995)
• Stuart Baxter (1998-2000)
• Olle Nordin (2001-2002)
• George Raynor (1948-1952)
• Fred Spiksley (1911)
• Tommy Söderberg (1991-1993)
• Dušan Uhrin (2002)

• AIK Fotboll - official site
• Black Army - official supporter club's site
• Smokinglirarna - supporter site
• AIK-Tifo - tifo site
• Sol Invictus - supporter site
• Gnagarforum - supporter forum