# 2008 AIK Fotboll season

AIK continued treading water in a disappointing season. The failure to qualify for European competitions ensured popular coach Rikard Norling got the sack, much to the dismay of the AIK supporters.

## Season events

In January, AIK announced the signing of Jorge Anchén to a three-year contract from Bella Vista.
On 29 July, AIK announced the signing of Tomi Maanoja to a three-and-a-half-year contract from Honka.

## Squad

    As of match played 9 November 2008
| No. | Name | Position | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Contract ends | Apps. | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | Tomi Maanoja | GK | (1986-09-12)12 September 1986 (aged 22) | Honka | 2008 | 2011 | 12 | 0 |
| 22 | Nicklas Bergh | GK | (1982-09-06)6 September 1982 (aged 26) | Eskilstuna City | 2005 | | 9 | 0 |
| 76 | Lee Baxter | GK | (1976-06-17)17 June 1976 (aged 32) | Landskrona BoIS | 2008 | | | |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | Patrik Bojent | DF | (1980-12-26)26 December 1980 (aged 27) | Gefle | 2007 | 2009 | 41 | 2 |
| 3 | Per Karlsson | DF | (1986-01-02)2 January 1986 (aged 22) | Academy | 2003 | | | |
| 4 | Nils-Eric Johansson | DF | (1980-01-13)13 January 1980 (aged 28) | Leicester City | 2007 | 2010 | 49 | 1 |
| 6 | Walid Atta | DF | (1986-08-28)28 August 1986 (aged 22) | Väsby United | 2008 | | 12 | 0 |
| 16 | Pierre Bengtsson | DF | (1988-04-12)12 April 1988 (aged 20) | Academy | 2006 | | 35 | 0 |
| 18 | Markus Jonsson | DF | (1981-03-09)9 March 1981 (aged 27) | Öster | 2006 | | 68 | 12 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 5 | Jorge Ortiz | MF | (1984-06-20)20 June 1984 (aged 24) | San Lorenzo | 2008 | | 29 | 1 |
| 7 | Bojan Djordjic | MF | (1982-02-06)6 February 1982 (aged 26) | Plymouth Argyle | 2008 | | 14 | 0 |
| 8 | Daniel Tjernström | MF | (1974-02-19)19 February 1974 (aged 34) | Örebro SK | 1999 | | | |
| 14 | Kenny Pavey | MF | (1979-08-23)23 August 1979 (aged 29) | Ljungskile | 2006 | | 69 | 7 |
| 15 | Kevin Walker | MF | (1989-08-03)3 August 1989 (aged 19) | Örebro | 2007 | | 14 | 0 |
| 19 | Jorge Anchén | MF | (1980-08-17)17 August 1980 (aged 28) | Bella Vista | 2008 | 2010 | 15 | 3 |
| 23 | Mats Rubarth | MF | (1977-01-25)25 January 1977 (aged 31) | Örebro SK | 2001 | | | |
| 25 | Yussuf Saleh | MF | (1984-03-22)22 March 1984 (aged 24) | Vasalund | 2008 | | 4 | 0 |
| 29 | Gabriel Özkan | MF | (1986-05-23)23 May 1986 (aged 22) | IF Brommapojkarna | 2006 | | 31 | 5 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | Miran Burgić | FW | (1984-09-25)25 September 1984 (aged 24) | Gorica | 2006 | | 45 | 11 |
| 10 | Iván Obolo | FW | (1981-09-28)28 September 1981 (aged 27) | Arsenal de Sarandí | 2007 | 2010 | 49 | 16 |
| 17 | Saihou Jagne | FW | (1986-10-10)10 October 1986 (aged 22) | Väsby United | 2008 | | 19 | 3 |
| 26 | Daniel Mendes | FW | (1981-01-18)18 January 1981 (aged 27) | Degerfors | 2006 | | 62 | 10 |
| Out on loan ||||||||||
| | Daniel Örlund | GK | (1980-06-23)23 June 1980 (aged 28) | Spårvägens | 2002 | | | |
| | Sotirios Papagiannopoulos | DF | (1990-09-05)5 September 1990 (aged 18) | Academy | 2008 | | 0 | 0 |
| | Magnus Eriksson | MF | (1990-04-08)8 April 1990 (aged 18) | Academy | 2006 | | 0 | 0 |
| Left during the season ||||||||||
| 11 | Lucas Valdemarín | FW | (1978-05-13)13 May 1978 (aged 30) | Arsenal de Sarandí | 2007 | 2010 | 27 | 8 |
| 13 | Daniel Arnefjord | DF | (1979-03-21)21 March 1979 (aged 29) | Väsby United | 2006 | | 49 | 0 |
| 20 | Khari Stephenson | MF | (1981-01-18)18 January 1981 (aged 27) | GAIS | 2007 | 2010 | 32 | 4 |
| 21 | Alexander Gerndt | FW | (1986-07-14)14 July 1986 (aged 22) | Visby IF Gute | 2007 | | 7 | 1 |
| 25 | Brwa Nouri | MF | (1987-01-23)23 January 1987 (aged 21) | Academy | 2004 | | | |
| 30 | Dulee Johnson | MF | (1984-11-07)7 November 1984 (aged 24) | BK Häcken | 2006 | | 74 | 5 |
| | Emil Berger | MF | (1991-05-23)23 May 1991 (aged 17) | Degerfors | 2008 | | 0 | 0 |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 1 January 2008 | GK | Lee Baxter | Rangers | Undisclosed |
| 1 January 2008 | DF | Walid Atta | Väsby United | Undisclosed |
| 1 January 2008 | MF | Emil Berger | Degerfors | Undisclosed |
| 1 January 2008 | MF | Bojan Djordjic | Plymouth Argyle | Undisclosed |
| 1 January 2008 | MF | Yussuf Saleh | Vasalund | Undisclosed |
| 1 January 2008 | FW | Saihou Jagne | Väsby United | Undisclosed |
| 10 January 2008 | MF | Jorge Anchén | Bella Vista | Undisclosed |
| 1 March 2008 | MF | Jorge Ortiz | San Lorenzo | Undisclosed |
| 29 July 2008 | GK | Tomi Maanoja | Honka | Undisclosed |

### Out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 29 January 2008 | DF | Per Verner Rønning | Bodø/Glimt | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2008 | MF | Emil Berger | Degerfors | Undisclosed |
| 8 July 2008 | DF | Daniel Arnefjord | Aalesund | Undisclosed |
| 18 July 2008 | MF | Khari Stephenson | Aalesund | Undisclosed |
| 22 July 2008 | FW | Lucas Valdemarín | Colón | Undisclosed |
| 22 July 2008 | FW | Alexander Gerndt | Gefle | Undisclosed |
| 1 August 2008 | MF | Dulee Johnson | Maccabi Tel Aviv | Undisclosed |

### Loans out

| Start date | Position | Name | To | End date |
| | MF | Magnus Eriksson | Väsby United | |
| | MF | Magnus Eriksson | Täby | |
| | MF | Magnus Eriksson | Akropolis | |
| 1 January 2008 | DF | Sotirios Papagiannopoulos | Väsby United | |
| 1 February 2008 | MF | Emil Berger | Väsby United | 1 June 2008 |
| 1 July 2008 | FW | Saihou Jagne | Väsby United | 31 December 2008 |
| 30 July 2008 | GK | Daniel Örlund | Fredrikstad | 31 December 2008 |

### Released

| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | Joined | Date | Ref |
| 31 December 2008 | MF | | Jorge Anchén | San Martín | 4 January 2009 | |
| 31 December 2008 | MF | | Mats Rubarth | Retired | Retired | |

### Trial

| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | Last club | Date to | Ref |
| Winter 2008 | DF | | Niklas Backman | Väsby United | | |

## 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 | 30 March 2008 | 9 November 2008 | Matchday 1 | 5th | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 36 | 32 | +4 | 040.00 |
| Svenska Cupen | 1 May 2008 | 18 May 2008 | Second round | Third round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 32 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 38 | 33 | +5 | 040.63 |
Last updated: 9 November 2008 Source: Competitions

### Allsvenskan
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 3 | IFK Göteborg | 30 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 50 | 26 | +24 | 54 | Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round |
| 4 | Helsingborgs IF | 30 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 54 | 41 | +13 | 54 | Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round |
| 5 | AIK | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 36 | 32 | +4 | 45 | |
| 6 | Malmö FF | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 51 | 46 | +5 | 44 | |
| 7 | Örebro SK | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 36 | 39 | −3 | 42 | |
* ↑ IFK Göteborg qualified for the Third qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League as Svenska Cupen champions 2008.
* ↑ Helsingborg qualified for the UEFA Europa League as they received IFK Göteborg's initial qualifying spot.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 9 November 2008. Source: Results

#### Results by matchday

| Matchday | 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A |
| Result | D | L | W | D | W | L | D | W | W | W | W | W | D | L | L | W | L | L | D | D | L | D | D | D | L | W | L | W | W | W |
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#### Results
### Svenska Cupen
## Squad statistics

    As of match played 9 November 2008

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Allsvenskan | Allsvenskan | Svenska Cupen | Svenska Cupen |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | FIN | Tomi Maanoja | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | SWE | Patrik Bojent | 14 | 0 | 13+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | SWE | Per Karlsson | 25 | 0 | 24+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | SWE | Nils-Eric Johansson | 29 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | ARG | Jorge Ortiz | 29 | 1 | 23+5 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | SWE | Walid Atta | 12 | 0 | 10+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | SWE | Bojan Djordjic | 14 | 0 | 7+6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | SWE | Daniel Tjernström | 26 | 0 | 19+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | SVN | Miran Burgić | 25 | 5 | 13+11 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | ARG | Iván Obolo | 30 | 10 | 30 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | ENG | Kenny Pavey | 21 | 2 | 17+3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | SWE | Kevin Walker | 12 | 0 | 5+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | SWE | Pierre Bengtsson | 19 | 0 | 17+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | GAM | Saihou Jagne | 19 | 3 | 6+13 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | SWE | Markus Jonsson | 19 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | URU | Jorge Anchén | 15 | 3 | 9+6 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | SWE | Nicklas Bergh | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | SWE | Mats Rubarth | 18 | 0 | 12+5 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | SWE | Yussuf Saleh | 4 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | BRA | Daniel Mendes | 23 | 4 | 13+9 | 4 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | SWE | Gabriel Özkan | 11 | 2 | 9+1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Players away on loan: ||||||||||
| 1 | GK | SWE | Daniel Örlund | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who appeared for AIK but left during the season: ||||||||||
| 11 | FW | ARG | Lucas Valdemarín | 7 | 2 | 4+2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | DF | SWE | Daniel Arnefjord | 7 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | JAM | Khari Stephenson | 8 | 2 | 2+5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 30 | MF | LBR | Dulee Johnson | 13 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | Allsvenskan | Svenska Cupen | Total |
| 1 | FW | | 10 | Iván Obolo | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | FW | | 9 | Miran Burgić | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | FW | | 26 | Daniel Mendes | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | MF | | 19 | Jorge Anchén | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | FW | | 17 | Saihou Jagne | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | MF | | 14 | Kenny Pavey | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | MF | | 30 | Dulee Johnson | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | MF | | 29 | Gabriel Özkan | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | MF | | 20 | Khari Stephenson | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | FW | | 11 | Lucas Valdemarín | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | MF | | 5 | Jorge Ortiz | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | DF | | 18 | Markus Jonsson | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | DF | | 4 | Nils-Eric Johansson | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 36 | 2 | 38 |

### Clean sheets

| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | Allsvenskan | Svenska Cupen | Total |
| 1 | GK | | 1 | Daniel Örlund | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 1 | GK | | 22 | Nicklas Bergh | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | GK | | 1 | Tomi Maanoja | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 10 | 1 | 11 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Nation | Position | Name | Allsvenskan | Allsvenskan | Svenska Cupen | Svenska Cupen | Total | Total |
| 4 | | DF | Nils-Eric Johansson | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 5 | | MF | Jorge Ortiz | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 6 | | DF | Walid Atta | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | | MF | Bojan Djordjic | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | | MF | Daniel Tjernström | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 9 | | FW | Miran Burgić | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | | MF | Kenny Pavey | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 15 | | MF | Kevin Walker | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | | DF | Pierre Bengtsson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | | FW | Saihou Jagne | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | | DF | Markus Jonsson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | | MF | Jorge Anchén | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | | GK | Nicklas Bergh | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | | MF | Mats Rubarth | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 26 | | FW | Daniel Mendes | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 29 | | MF | Gabriel Özkan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Players away on loan: ||||||||||
| Players who left AIK during the season: ||||||||||
| 11 | | FW | Lucas Valdemarín | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | | DF | Daniel Arnefjord | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 20 | | MF | Khari Stephenson | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 58 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 59 | 3 |