# 2015 AIK Fotboll season

The 2015 season was AIK's 124th in existence, their 87th season in Allsvenskan, and their 10th consecutive season in the league. The team competed in Allsvenskan, UEFA Europa League, and Svenska Cupen.

## Season events

Prior to the start of the season, AIK announced the signings Haukur Hauksson to a five-year contract, Fredrik Brustad and Johan Blomberg to a three-year contracts and that Mohamed Bangura would return on a two-year contract from İstanbul Başakşehir.
On 23 December 2014, AIK announced the signing of free-agent Dickson Etuhu to a two-year contract after he had left Blackburn Rovers during the summer of 2014, and that Ibrahim Moro had been sold to Kairat effective 1 January.
On 14 January, Celso Borges left AIK to join Deportivo La Coruña on loan until the summer of 2015, with an option to make the move permanent.
On 3 February, AIK announced the signing of Patrick Kpozo from International Allies from 15 July, when he turned 18-years old.
On 6 February, Ebenezer Ofori signed a 12-month extension to his contract, keeping him at AIK until the end of the 2017 season.
On 24 February, AIK announced the loan signing of Alex Pereira from AFC United until the summer transfer window.
On 10 July, AIK announced the signing of Jos Hooiveld and Stefan Ishizaki on contracts until the end of 2017.
On 30 July, AIK extended their loan agreement for Alex Pereira until the end of the season.
On 2 September, Sauli Väisänen joined HIFK on loan for the remainder of the season.

## Squad

    As of match played 31 October 2015
| 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 36) | Tromsø | 2011 | | 61 | 0 |
| 34 | Oscar Linnér | GK | (1997-02-23)23 February 1997 (aged 18) | Academy | 2015 | | 4 | 0 |
| 35 | Patrik Carlgren | GK | (1992-01-08)8 January 1992 (aged 23) | IK Brage | 2013 | 2016 | 56 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 3 | Per Karlsson | DF | (1986-01-02)2 January 1986 (aged 29) | Academy | 2003 | | | |
| 4 | Nils-Eric Johansson | DF | (1980-01-13)13 January 1980 (aged 35) | Leicester City | 2007 | | 295 | 17 |
| 12 | Haukur Hauksson | DF | (1991-09-01)1 September 1991 (aged 24) | KR | 2015 | 2019 | 30 | 0 |
| 16 | Alex Pereira | DF | (1982-05-15)15 May 1982 (aged 33) | on loan from AFC United | 2015 | 2015 | 18 | 2 |
| 18 | Noah Sundberg | DF | (1996-06-06)6 June 1996 (aged 19) | Academy | 2013 | | 38 | 3 |
| 26 | Jos Hooiveld | DF | (1983-04-22)22 April 1983 (aged 32) | Unattached | 2015 | 2017 | 42 | 1 |
| 32 | Patrick Kpozo | DF | (1997-07-15)15 July 1997 (aged 18) | International Allies | 2015 | | 1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 8 | Johan Blomberg | MF | (1987-06-14)14 June 1987 (aged 28) | Halmstad | 2015 | 2017 | 39 | 6 |
| 14 | Kenny Pavey | MF | (1979-08-23)23 August 1979 (aged 36) | Öster | 2014 | 2015 | 191 | 16 |
| 15 | Gabriel Ferreyra | MF | (1994-02-03)3 February 1994 (aged 21) | on loan from Boca Juniors | 2014 | 2015 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | Ebenezer Ofori | MF | (1995-07-01)1 July 1995 (aged 20) | New Edubiase United | 2013 | 2017 | 67 | 2 |
| 20 | Dickson Etuhu | MF | (1982-06-08)8 June 1982 (aged 33) | Unattached | 2015 | 2016 | 30 | 2 |
| 21 | William Sheriff | MF | (1996-10-30)30 October 1996 (aged 19) | Academy | 2015 | | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Stefan Ishizaki | MF | (1982-05-15)15 May 1982 (aged 33) | Unattached | 2015 | 2017 | | |
| 28 | Niclas Eliasson | MF | (1995-12-07)7 December 1995 (aged 19) | Falkenberg | 2014 | 2017 | 34 | 2 |
| 29 | Anton Salétros | MF | (1996-04-12)12 April 1996 (aged 19) | Academy | 2013 | | 47 | 1 |
| 31 | Christos Gravius | MF | (1997-10-14)14 October 1997 (aged 18) | Academy | 2015 | | 2 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 7 | Fredrik Brustad | FW | (1989-06-22)22 June 1989 (aged 26) | Stabæk | 2015 | 2017 | 35 | 7 |
| 9 | Marko Nikolić | FW | (1997-09-17)17 September 1997 (aged 18) | Academy | 2014 | | 17 | 1 |
| 10 | Henok Goitom | FW | (1984-09-22)22 September 1984 (aged 31) | Almería | 2012 | | 114 | 52 |
| 23 | Mohamed Bangura | FW | (1989-07-27)27 July 1989 (aged 26) | İstanbul Başakşehir | 2015 | 2016 | 93 | 30 |
| Out on loan ||||||||||
| 2 | Sauli Väisänen | DF | (1994-06-05)5 June 1994 (aged 21) | Honka | 2014 | | 15 | 2 |
| | Edward Owusu | DF | (1994-01-13)13 January 1994 (aged 21) | Brommapojkarna | 2011 | | 0 | 0 |
| Left during the season ||||||||||
| 5 | Panajotis Dimitriadis | MF | (1986-08-12)12 August 1986 (aged 29) | Brommapojkarna | 2014 | 2017 | 17 | 0 |
| 6 | Alexander Milošević | DF | (1992-01-30)30 January 1992 (aged 23) | Vasalund | 2011 | 2014 | 87 | 4 |
| 11 | Nabil Bahoui | MF | (1991-02-05)5 February 1991 (aged 24) | Brommapojkarna | 2013 | 2016 | 75 | 32 |
| 22 | Kwame Karikari | FW | (1992-01-20)20 January 1992 (aged 23) | International Allies | 2011 | 2015 | 58 | 9 |
| 25 | Sam Lundholm | MF | (1994-07-01)1 July 1994 (aged 21) | Academy | 2012 | | 41 | 2 |
| 26 | Nicklas Maripuu | MF | (1992-03-02)2 March 1992 (aged 23) | Väsby United | 2010 | | 14 | 0 |
| 30 | Lalawélé Atakora | MF | (1990-11-09)9 November 1990 (aged 24) | Fredrikstad | 2011 | 2015 | 52 | 3 |
| | Celso Borges | MF | (1988-05-27)27 May 1988 (aged 27) | Fredrikstad | 2012 | | 97 | 23 |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 1 January 2015 | DF | Haukur Hauksson | KR | Undisclosed |
| 1 January 2015 | MF | Dickson Etuhu | Unattached | Free |
| 1 January 2015 | MF | Johan Blomberg | Halmstad | Undisclosed |
| 1 January 2015 | FW | Fredrik Brustad | Stabæk | Free |
| 1 January 2015 | FW | Mohamed Bangura | İstanbul Başakşehir | Undisclosed |
| 10 July 2015 | DF | Jos Hooiveld | Unattached | Free |
| 10 July 2015 | MF | Stefan Ishizaki | Unattached | Free |
| 15 July 2015 | DF | Patrick Kpozo | International Allies | Undisclosed |

### Loans in

| Start date | Position | Nationality | Name | From | End date | Ref. |
| 11 August 2014 | MF | | Gabriel Ferreyra | Boca Juniors | 31 December 2015 | |
| 24 February 2015 | DF | | Alex Pereira | AFC United | 31 December 2015 | |

### Out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 1 January 2015 | MF | Ibrahim Moro | Kairat | Undisclosed |
| 1 January 2015 | FW | Kennedy Igboananike | Chicago Fire | Undisclosed |
| 7 January 2015 | DF | Alexander Milošević | Beşiktaş | Undisclosed |
| 14 January 2015 | MF | Lalawélé Atakora | Helsingborg | Undisclosed |
| 22 January 2015 | FW | Kwame Karikari | Halmstad | Undisclosed |
| 13 February 2015 | MF | Nicklas Maripuu | IK Sirius | Undisclosed |
| 9 June 2015 | MF | Panajotis Dimitriadis | Gençlerbirliği | Undisclosed |
| 8 July 2015 | MF | Nabil Bahoui | Al Ahli | Undisclosed |
| 11 August 2015 | MF | Sam Lundholm | NEC Nijmegen | Undisclosed |

### Loans out

| Start date | Position | Nationality | Name | To | End date | Ref. |
| 14 January 2015 | MF | | Celso Borges | Deportivo La Coruña | 30 June 2015 | |
| 1 July 2015 | DF | | Sauli Väisänen | HIFK | 31 December 2015 | |

### Released

| Date | Position | Name | Joined | Date |
| 31 December 2015 | DF | Edward Owusu | Piteå | 1 January 2016 |
| 31 December 2015 | MF | Kenny Pavey | Assyriska | 1 January 2016 |
| 31 December 2015 | MF | Alexander Hedman | IK Sirius | 1 January 2016 |
| 31 December 2015 | FW | Henok Goitom | Getafe | 22 March 2016 |

## 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 | 6 April 2015 | 31 October 2015 | Matchday 1 | 3rd | 30 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 54 | 34 | +20 | 060.00 |
| 2014–15 Svenska Cupen | 21 February 2015 | 7 March 2015 | From to 2014 season | Group stage | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 066.67 |
| 2015–16 Svenska Cupen | 19 August 2015 | Progress to 2016 season | Second round | Progress to 2016 season | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 | 100.00 |
| UEFA Europa League | 2 July 2015 | 6 August 2015 | First qualifying round | Third qualifying round | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 40 | 24 | 8 | 8 | 79 | 42 | +37 | 060.00 |
Last updated: 31 October 2015 Source: Competitions

### Allsvenskan
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | IFK Norrköping (C) | 30 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 60 | 33 | +27 | 66 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | IFK Göteborg | 30 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 52 | 22 | +30 | 63 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 3 | AIK | 30 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 54 | 34 | +20 | 61 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | IF Elfsborg | 30 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 59 | 42 | +17 | 55 | |
| 5 | Malmö FF | 30 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 54 | 34 | +20 | 54 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 31 October 2015. Source: (in Swedish)

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | D | W | L | W | D | W | D | L | D | W | W | D | D | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | L | D |
| Position | 4 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 |

#### Results
### Svenska Cupen
#### 2014–15
##### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Hammarby IF | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 7 | Advance to Knockout stage |
| 2 | AIK | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 6 | |
| 3 | Landskrona BoIS | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 4 | |
| 4 | Kristianstads FF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 0 | |

#### 2015–16
### UEFA Europa League
#### Qualifying rounds
## Squad statistics

    As of match played 31 October 2015

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Allsvenskan | Allsvenskan | 2014–15 Svenska Cupen | 2014–15 Svenska Cupen | 2015–16 Svenska Cupen | 2015–16 Svenska Cupen | UEFA Europa League | UEFA Europa League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 3 | DF | SWE | Per Karlsson | 28 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | SWE | Nils-Eric Johansson | 39 | 4 | 29 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | NOR | Fredrik Brustad | 35 | 7 | 12+15 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | SWE | Johan Blomberg | 39 | 6 | 25+4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | SWE | Marko Nikolić | 6 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | ERI | Henok Goitom | 39 | 27 | 28+1 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 0+1 | 1 | 5+1 | 6 |
| 12 | DF | ISL | Haukur Hauksson | 30 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | CAN | Kyriakos Stamatopoulos | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | ENG | Kenny Pavey | 20 | 0 | 5+11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | BRA | Alex Pereira | 18 | 2 | 9+5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | GHA | Ebenezer Ofori | 36 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 18 | DF | SWE | Noah Sundberg | 32 | 2 | 16+8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | NGA | Dickson Etuhu | 30 | 2 | 18+3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | SLE | Mohamed Bangura | 39 | 11 | 26+4 | 8 | 0+3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3+2 | 1 |
| 24 | MF | SWE | Stefan Ishizaki | 13 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 26 | DF | NED | Jos Hooiveld | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | SWE | Niclas Eliasson | 17 | 1 | 3+7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3+2 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | SWE | Anton Salétros | 26 | 1 | 6+14 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1+3 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | SWE | Christos Gravius | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | GHA | Patrick Kpozo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | GK | SWE | Oscar Linnér | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 35 | GK | SWE | Patrik Carlgren | 29 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Players away on loan: ||||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | FIN | Sauli Väisänen | 9 | 2 | 4+2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who appeared for AIK but left during the season: ||||||||||||||
| 5 | MF | SWE | Panajotis Dimitriadis | 11 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | SWE | Nabil Bahoui | 12 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 25 | MF | SWE | Sam Lundholm | 18 | 1 | 7+6 | 0 | 1+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | Allsvenskan | 2014–15 Svenska Cupen | 2015–16 Svenska Cupen | UEFA Europa League | Total |
| 1 | FW | | 36 | Henok Goitom | 18 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 27 |
| 2 | FW | | 23 | Mohamed Bangura | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| 3 | MF | | 11 | Nabil Bahoui | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 4 | MF | | 8 | Johan Blomberg | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | MF | | 7 | Fredrik Brustad | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 6 | DF | | 4 | Nils-Eric Johansson | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | DF | | 16 | Alex Pereira | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | | 20 | Dickson Etuhu | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | DF | | 2 | Sauli Väisänen | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | DF | | 18 | Noah Sundberg | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | | 24 | Stefan Ishizaki | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | DF | | 26 | Jos Hooiveld | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | MF | | 25 | Sam Lundholm | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | MF | | 29 | Anton Salétros | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | MF | | 28 | Niclas Eliasson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | MF | | 17 | Ebenezer Ofori | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | | | | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 54 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 79 |

### Clean sheets

| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | Allsvenskan | 2014–15 Svenska Cupen | 2015–16 Svenska Cupen | UEFA Europa League | Total |
| 1 | GK | | 35 | Patrik Carlgren | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 2 | GK | | 13 | Kyriakos Stamatopoulos | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | GK | | 34 | Oscar Linnér | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 9 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 15 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Nation | Position | Name | Allsvenskan | Allsvenskan | 2014–15 Svenska Cupen | 2014–15 Svenska Cupen | 2015–16 Svenska Cupen | 2015–16 Svenska Cupen | UEFA Europa League | UEFA Europa League | Total | Total |
| 3 | | DF | Per Karlsson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | | DF | Nils-Eric Johansson | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 8 | | MF | Johan Blomberg | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 10 | | FW | Henok Goitom | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 12 | | DF | Haukur Hauksson | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 14 | | MF | Kenny Pavey | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 16 | | DF | Alex Pereira | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | | MF | Ebenezer Ofori | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 18 | | DF | Noah Sundberg | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 20 | | MF | Dickson Etuhu | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| 23 | | FW | Mohamed Bangura | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | | MF | Stefan Ishizaki | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | | DF | Jos Hooiveld | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 28 | | MF | Niclas Eliasson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | | MF | Anton Salétros | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 35 | | GK | Patrik Carlgren | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Players away on loan: ||||||||||||||
| 2 | | DF | Sauli Väisänen | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Players who left AIK during the season: ||||||||||||||
| 11 | | MF | Nabil Bahoui | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 25 | | MF | Sam Lundholm | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 49 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 67 | 3 |