Aalesunds FK
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| 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 |
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Color Line Stadion Ålesund |
| Capacity | 10,778 |
| Chairman | Reidar Mjelde |
| Manager | Trond Fredriksen |
| League | Tippeligaen |
| 2016 | Tippeligaen, 9th |
| Website | Club home page |
Aalesunds Fotballklubb 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.
Liverpool, Roma, Fulham and Norway player John Arne Riise started and ended his career in the club, as did his younger brother Bjørn Helge Riise.
West Bromwich Albion 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
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