# 2021 AIK Fotboll season

The 2021 season was AIK 130th in existence, their 93nd season in Allsvenskan and their 16th consecutive season in the league.

## Season events

On 23 December 2020, AIK announced that Samuel Brolin had joined Mjällby on a season-long loan deal for the upcoming season.
On 21 January, AIK announced the signing of Jetmir Haliti from Jönköpings Södra to a three-year contract.
On 1 February, AIK announced that they'd agreed a deal with Groningen for Paulos Abraham, that would see him initially join the Eredivisie club on loan, and then join permanently on 1 July.
On 22 February, AIK announced the signing of Lucas Forsberg from Sollentuna to a three-year contract.
On 26 February, AIK announced the return of Nicolás Stefanelli, signing a three-year contract from Unión La Calera.
On 29 March, AIK announced the return of Alexander Milošević, to a one-year contract from Vejle, with the option of two more years. On the same day, Robin Tihi joined AFC Eskilstuna on a season-long loan deal.
On 15 July, AIK announced the signing of Zachary Elbouzedi from Lincoln City to a four-year contract.
On 24 July, AIK announced that Eric Kahl had joined AGF.
On 9 August, AIK announced the signing of Kristoffer Nordfeldt from Gençlerbirliği on a contract until the end of the season. Two days later, 11 August, AIK announced that Felix Melki had joined AFC Eskilstuna on loan for the remainder of the season.
On 3 September, AIK announced the signing of Henry Atola from Tusker, with the player officially joining on 1 January 2022 on a contract until 1 September 2026.

## Squad

    As of match played 4 December 2021
| No. | Name | Position | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Contract ends | Apps. | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 13 | Kyriakos Stamatopoulos | GK | (1979-08-28)28 August 1979 (aged 42) | Tromsø | 2011 | | 58 | 0 |
| 15 | Kristoffer Nordfeldt | GK | (1989-06-23)23 June 1989 (aged 32) | Gençlerbirliği | 2021 | 2021 | 15 | 0 |
| 23 | Budimir Janošević | GK | (1989-10-21)21 October 1989 (aged 32) | Brommapojkarna | 2018 | | 53 | 0 |
| 31 | Jakob Haugaard | GK | (1992-05-01)1 May 1992 (aged 29) | Stoke City | 2020 | | 16 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 3 | Per Karlsson | DF | (1986-01-02)2 January 1986 (aged 35) | Academy | 2003 | | 446 | 5 |
| 4 | Sotirios Papagiannopoulos | DF | (1990-09-05)5 September 1990 (aged 31) | Copenhagen | 2020 | | 45 | 2 |
| 5 | Alexander Milošević | DF | (1992-01-30)30 January 1992 (aged 29) | Vejle | 2021 | 2021 (+2) | 147 | 8 |
| 6 | Jetmir Haliti | DF | (1996-09-14)14 September 1996 (aged 25) | Jönköpings Södra | 2021 | 2023 | 4 | 0 |
| 14 | Lucas Forsberg | DF | (2003-05-21)21 May 2003 (aged 18) | Sollentuna | 2021 | 2023 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | Erick Otieno | DF | (1996-09-27)27 September 1996 (aged 25) | Vasalund | 2020 | | 39 | 1 |
| 33 | Mikael Lustig | DF | (2003-05-21)21 May 2003 (aged 18) | Gent | 2020 | | 29 | 0 |
| 37 | Ahmad Faqa | DF | (2003-01-10)10 January 2003 (aged 18) | Academy | 2021 | | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 7 | Sebastian Larsson | MF | (1985-06-06)6 June 1985 (aged 36) | Hull City | 2018 | | 103 | 22 |
| 8 | Bilal Hussein | MF | (2000-04-22)22 April 2000 (aged 21) | Academy | 2018 | | 86 | 4 |
| 10 | Nabil Bahoui | MF | (1991-02-05)5 February 1991 (aged 30) | De Graafschap | 2019 | | 150 | 53 |
| 17 | Ebenezer Ofori | MF | (1995-07-01)1 July 1995 (aged 26) | VfB Stuttgart | 2020 | | 139 | 6 |
| 19 | Saku Ylätupa | MF | (1999-08-04)4 August 1999 (aged 22) | AFC Ajax | 2019 | | 37 | 4 |
| 20 | Zachary Elbouzedi | MF | (1998-04-05)5 April 1998 (aged 23) | Lincoln City | 2021 | 2024 | 21 | 2 |
| 22 | Filip Rogić | MF | (1993-06-14)14 June 1993 (aged 28) | Orenburg | 2020 | | 29 | 4 |
| 26 | Yasin Ayari | MF | (2003-10-06)6 October 2003 (aged 18) | Academy | 2020 | | 15 | 2 |
| 28 | Calvin Kabuye | MF | (2003-03-28)28 March 2003 (aged 18) | Academy | 2021 | | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | Amar Abdirahman Ahmed | MF | (2004-02-19)19 February 2004 (aged 17) | Academy | 2020 | | 1 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | Nicolás Stefanelli | FW | (1994-11-22)22 November 1994 (aged 27) | Unión La Calera | 2021 | 2023 | 74 | 29 |
| 11 | Stefan Silva | FW | (1990-03-11)11 March 1990 (aged 31) | Palermo | 2018 | | 42 | 2 |
| 21 | Bojan Radulović | FW | (1999-12-09)9 December 1999 (aged 21) | Brighton & Hove Albion | 2020 | | 31 | 4 |
| 34 | Erik Ring | FW | (2002-04-24)24 April 2002 (aged 19) | Academy | 2020 | | 30 | 3 |
| 36 | Henok Goitom | FW | (1984-09-22)22 September 1984 (aged 37) | San Jose Earthquakes | 2017 | | 290 | 100 |
| Out on loan ||||||||||
| 12 | Felix Melki | DF | (1994-07-23)23 July 1994 (aged 27) | AFC Eskilstuna | 2019 | | 22 | 0 |
| 16 | Robin Tihi | DF | (2002-03-16)16 March 2002 (aged 19) | Academy | 2020 | | 19 | 1 |
| 32 | Tom Strannegård | MF | (2002-04-29)29 April 2002 (aged 19) | Academy | 2019 | | 32 | 2 |
| 35 | Samuel Brolin | GK | (2000-09-29)29 September 2000 (aged 21) | Academy | 2019 | | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | Joshua Sivertsen | DF | (2003-05-20)20 May 2003 (aged 18) | Academy | 2021 | | 1 | 0 |
| 46 | Rasmus Bonde | DF | (2003-02-01)1 February 2003 (aged 18) | Academy | 2021 | | 1 | 0 |
| Left during the season ||||||||||
| 29 | Eric Kahl | DF | (2001-09-27)27 September 2001 (aged 20) | Academy | 2019 | | | |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 12 | MF | LBN | Felix Melki (at AFC Eskilstuna until 31 December 2021) |
| 16 | DF | FIN | Robin Tihi (at AFC Eskilstuna until 31 December 2021) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 32 | MF | SWE | Tom Strannegård (at Start until 31 December 2021) |
| 35 | GK | SWE | Samuel Brolin (to Mjällby until 31 December 2021) |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 21 January 2021 | DF | Jetmir Haliti | Jönköpings Södra | Undisclosed |
| 22 February 2021 | DF | Lucas Forsberg | Sollentuna | Undisclosed |
| 26 February 2021 | FW | Nicolás Stefanelli | Unión La Calera | Undisclosed |
| 29 March 2021 | DF | Alexander Milošević | Vejle | Undisclosed |
| 15 July 2021 | MF | Zachary Elbouzedi | Lincoln City | Undisclosed |
| 9 August 2021 | GK | Kristoffer Nordfeldt | Gençlerbirliği | Undisclosed |

### Out

| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Fee | Ref. |
| 1 July 2021 | FW | | Paulos Abraham | Groningen | Undisclosed | |
| 24 July 2021 | DF | | Eric Kahl | AGF | Undisclosed | |

### Loans out

| Start date | Position | Name | To | End date |
| 23 December 2020 | GK | Samuel Brolin | Mjällby | 31 December 2021 |
| 1 February 2021 | FW | Paulos Abraham | Groningen | 30 June 2021 |
| 29 March 2021 | DF | Robin Tihi | AFC Eskilstuna | 31 December 2021 |
| 11 August 2021 | DF | Felix Melki | AFC Eskilstuna | 31 December 2021 |

### Released

| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | Joined | Date | Ref |
| 31 December 2021 | FW | | Stefan Silva | | | |
| 31 December 2021 | FW | | Henok Goitom | Retired | Retired | |

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Allsvenskan | 12 April 2021 | 4 December 2021 | Matchday 1 | Runners-up | 30 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 45 | 25 | +20 | 060.00 |
| 2020–21 Svenska Cupen | 20 February 2021 | 7 March 2021 | Group stage | Group stage | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 066.67 |
| 2021–22 Svenska Cupen | 19 August 2021 | See 2022 season | Second round | See 2022 season | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 100.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 34 | 21 | 5 | 8 | 58 | 29 | +29 | 061.76 |
Last updated: 4 December 2021 Source: Competitions

### Allsvenskan
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Malmö FF (C) | 30 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 58 | 30 | +28 | 59 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | AIK | 30 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 45 | 25 | +20 | 59 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Djurgårdens IF | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 46 | 30 | +16 | 57 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round |
| 4 | IF Elfsborg | 30 | 17 | 4 | 9 | 51 | 35 | +16 | 55 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round |
| 5 | Hammarby IF | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 54 | 41 | +13 | 53 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 4 December 2022. Source: Results

#### Results
### 2020–21 Svenska Cupen
#### Group stage

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Hammarby IF | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 9 | Advance to Knockout stage |
| 2 | AIK | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 6 | |
| 3 | AFC Eskilstuna | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 3 | |
| 4 | Oskarshamns AIK | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | −7 | 0 | |

### 2021–22 Svenska Cupen

Progressed to the 2022 season

## Squad statistics

    As of match played 4 December 2021

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Allsvenskan | Allsvenskan | 2020–21 Svenska Cupen | 2020–21 Svenska Cupen | 2021–22 Svenska Cupen | 2021–22 Svenska Cupen |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 3 | DF | SWE | Per Karlsson | 10 | 0 | 2+6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | SWE | Sotirios Papagiannopoulos | 32 | 2 | 29 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | SWE | Alexander Milošević | 27 | 3 | 26+1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | KOS | Jetmir Haliti | 4 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | SWE | Sebastian Larsson | 28 | 6 | 25 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | SWE | Bilal Hussein | 33 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ARG | Nicolás Stefanelli | 30 | 12 | 28+1 | 12 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | SWE | Nabil Bahoui | 30 | 10 | 21+6 | 10 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | SWE | Stefan Silva | 7 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | SWE | Lucas Forsberg | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 15 | GK | SWE | Kristoffer Nordfeldt | 15 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | GHA | Ebenezer Ofori | 17 | 0 | 4+12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | FIN | Saku Ylätupa | 15 | 2 | 10+1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | IRL | Zachary Elbouzedi | 21 | 2 | 18+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 |
| 21 | FW | SRB | Bojan Radulović | 28 | 4 | 6+20 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 22 | MF | SWE | Filip Rogić | 18 | 3 | 8+8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | GK | SRB | Budimir Janošević | 19 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | KEN | Erick Otieno | 33 | 1 | 29 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | SWE | Yasin Ayari | 14 | 1 | 3+9 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 33 | DF | SWE | Mikael Lustig | 29 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | FW | SWE | Erik Ring | 19 | 2 | 10+7 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 36 | FW | ERI | Henok Goitom | 32 | 5 | 17+12 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | SWE | Joshua Sivertsen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 46 | MF | SWE | Amar Abdirahman Ahmed | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players away on loan: ||||||||||||
| 12 | MF | LBN | Felix Melki | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | FIN | Robin Tihi | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | SWE | Tom Strannegård | 18 | 1 | 3+11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 46 | DF | SWE | Rasmus Bonde | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Players who appeared for AIK but left during the season: ||||||||||||
| 29 | DF | SWE | Eric Kahl | 6 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | Allsvenskan | 2020–21 Svenska Cupen | 2021–22 Svenska Cupen | Total |
| 1 | FW | | 9 | Nicolás Stefanelli | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 2 | MF | | 10 | Nabil Bahoui | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 3 | MF | | 7 | Sebastian Larsson | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | FW | | 36 | Henok Goitom | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | FW | | 21 | Bojan Radulović | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | DF | | 5 | Alexander Milošević | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | MF | | 22 | Filip Rogić | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | | | | Own goal | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | DF | | 4 | Sotirios Papagiannopoulos | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | MF | | 19 | Saku Ylätupa | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | MF | | 20 | Zachary Elbouzedi | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | FW | | 34 | Erik Ring | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 13 | MF | | 12 | Bilal Hussein | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | DF | | 25 | Erick Otieno | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | FW | | 32 | Tom Strannegård | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | MF | | 26 | Yasin Ayari | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 45 | 8 | 5 | 58 |

### Clean sheets

| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | Allsvenskan | 2020–21 Svenska Cupen | 2021–22 Svenska Cupen | Total |
| 1 | GK | | 23 | Budimir Janošević | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | GK | | 15 | Kristoffer Nordfeldt | 6 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 12 | 1 | 1 | 14 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Nation | Position | Name | Allsvenskan | Allsvenskan | 2020–21 Svenska Cupen | 2020–21 Svenska Cupen | 2021–22 Svenska Cupen | 2021–22 Svenska Cupen | Total | Total |
| 3 | | DF | Per Karlsson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | | DF | Sotirios Papagiannopoulos | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 5 | | DF | Alexander Milošević | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 7 | | MF | Sebastian Larsson | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 8 | | MF | Bilal Hussein | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | | FW | Nicolás Stefanelli | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 10 | | MF | Nabil Bahoui | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | | FW | Stefan Silva | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | | GK | Kristoffer Nordfeldt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | | MF | Ebenezer Ofori | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | | MF | Saku Ylätupa | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | | MF | Zachary Elbouzedi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | | FW | Bojan Radulović | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | | MF | Filip Rogić | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | | GK | Budimir Janošević | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | | DF | Erick Otieno | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 33 | | DF | Mikael Lustig | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 34 | | FW | Erik Ring | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 36 | | FW | Henok Goitom | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Players away on loan: ||||||||||||
| 16 | | DF | Robin Tihi | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | | MF | Tom Strannegård | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Players who left AIK during the season: ||||||||||||
| 29 | | DF | Eric Kahl | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 50 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 55 | 1 |