# 2007 AIK Fotboll season

AIK had a disappointing season, where the team did not win a single match in the wake of the sale of Brazilian star Wílton Figueiredo, dropping out of the title chase, missing European qualification in the process. Argentine recruits Iván Obolo and Lucas Valdemarín impressed upon their arrivals, forming an impressive unit with Figueiredo, which was curtailed when Al-Rayyan bought Figueiredo in September. The defense was arguably AIK's greatest asset, conceding just 28 goals, led by keeper Daniel Örlund and new talisman Nils-Eric Johansson.

## Season events

Prior to the start of the season, AIK announced the signings of Per Rønning, Patrik Karlsson, Alexander Gerndt and Niklas Westberg. Rønning and Karlsson both signed three-year contracts, whilst Nicklas Bergh joined Enköpings SK on loan for the season when Westberg signed.
On 11 January, AIK and venture capital company Agent 03, announced the signings of Khari Stephenson from GAIS to a four-year contract.
On 19 January, Wílton Figueiredo signed a new contract with AIK until the end of 2009.
On 21 May, AIK announced the signing of Nils-Eric Johansson on a free transfer from Leicester City, commencing 1 July, on a three-year contract.
On 26 June, AIK and venture capital company Agent 03, announced the signings of Iván Obolo and Lucas Valdemarín from Arsenal de Sarandí to three-year contracts commencing 1 July.

## Squad

    As of match played 28 October 2007
| No. | Name | Position | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Contract ends | Apps. | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | Daniel Örlund | GK | (1980-06-23)23 June 1980 (aged 27) | Spårvägens | 2002 | | | |
| 22 | Niklas Westberg | GK | (1979-04-01)1 April 1979 (aged 28) | Väsby United | 2007 | | 3 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | Patrik Karlsson | DF | (1980-12-26)26 December 1980 (aged 26) | Gefle | 2007 | 2009 | 27 | 2 |
| 4 | Nils-Eric Johansson | DF | (1980-01-13)13 January 1980 (aged 27) | Leicester City | 2007 | 2010 | 20 | 0 |
| 5 | Per Verner Rønning | DF | (1983-01-09)9 January 1983 (aged 24) | Kongsvinger | 2007 | 2009 | 4 | 0 |
| 13 | Daniel Arnefjord | DF | (1979-03-21)21 March 1979 (aged 28) | Väsby United | 2006 | | 42 | 0 |
| 16 | Pierre Bengtsson | DF | (1988-04-12)12 April 1988 (aged 19) | Academy | 2006 | | 16 | 0 |
| 17 | Jimmy Tamandi | DF | (1980-05-12)12 May 1980 (aged 27) | Potenza | 2005 | | | |
| 18 | Markus Jonsson | DF | (1981-03-09)9 March 1981 (aged 26) | Öster | 2006 | | 49 | 11 |
| 24 | Nicklas Carlsson | DF | (1979-11-13)13 November 1979 (aged 27) | AGF | 2005 | | 73 | 11 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 7 | Pablo Monsalvo | MF | (1983-01-17)17 January 1983 (aged 24) | Olimpo | 2007 | | 8 | 0 |
| 8 | Daniel Tjernström | MF | (1974-02-19)19 February 1974 (aged 33) | Örebro SK | 1999 | | | |
| 14 | Kenny Pavey | MF | (1979-08-23)23 August 1979 (aged 28) | Ljungskile | 2006 | | 48 | 5 |
| 15 | Kevin Walker | MF | (1989-08-03)3 August 1989 (aged 18) | Örebro | 2007 | | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | Khari Stephenson | MF | (1981-01-18)18 January 1981 (aged 26) | GAIS | 2007 | 2010 | 24 | 2 |
| 23 | Mats Rubarth | MF | (1977-01-25)25 January 1977 (aged 30) | Örebro SK | 2001 | | | |
| 29 | Gabriel Özkan | MF | (1986-05-23)23 May 1986 (aged 21) | IF Brommapojkarna | 2006 | | 20 | 3 |
| 30 | Dulee Johnson | MF | (1984-11-07)7 November 1984 (aged 22) | BK Häcken | 2006 | | 61 | 3 |
| | Magnus Eriksson | MF | (1990-04-08)8 April 1990 (aged 17) | Academy | 2006 | | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | Miran Burgić | FW | (1984-09-25)25 September 1984 (aged 23) | Gorica | 2006 | | 20 | 6 |
| 21 | Alexander Gerndt | FW | (1986-07-14)14 July 1986 (aged 21) | Visby IF Gute | 2007 | | 7 | 1 |
| 26 | Daniel Mendes | FW | (1981-01-18)18 January 1981 (aged 26) | Degerfors | 2006 | | 39 | 6 |
| 27 | Iván Obolo | FW | (1981-09-28)28 September 1981 (aged 26) | Arsenal de Sarandí | 2007 | 2010 | 19 | 6 |
| 28 | Lucas Valdemarín | FW | (1978-05-13)13 May 1978 (aged 29) | Arsenal de Sarandí | 2007 | 2010 | 20 | 6 |
| Out on loan ||||||||||
| 4 | Per Karlsson | DF | (1986-01-02)2 January 1986 (aged 21) | Academy | 2003 | | | |
| 11 | Bernt Hulsker | FW | (1977-09-09)9 September 1977 (aged 30) | Vålerenga | 2006 | | 25 | 3 |
| | Nicklas Bergh | GK | (1982-09-06)6 September 1982 (aged 25) | Eskilstuna City | 2005 | | 2 | 0 |
| Left during the season ||||||||||
| 3 | Niklas Sandberg | DF | (1978-09-03)3 September 1978 (aged 29) | Eskilstuna City | 2005 | | | |
| 6 | Dennis Östlundh | MF | (1977-08-30)30 August 1977 (aged 30) | Assyriska | 2005 | | | |
| 7 | Kristian Haynes | MF | (1980-12-20)20 December 1980 (aged 26) | Trelleborg | 2005 | | 43 | 9 |
| 10 | Wílton Figueiredo | FW | (1982-03-17)17 March 1982 (aged 25) | GAIS | 2006 | 2009 | 51 | 22 |
| 19 | Robert Persson | MF | (1979-11-13)13 November 1979 (aged 27) | Academy | 2004 | | | |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 1 January 2007 | GK | Niklas Westberg | Väsby United | Undisclosed |
| 1 January 2007 | DF | Per Rønning | Kongsvinger | Undisclosed |
| 1 January 2007 | DF | Patrik Karlsson | Gefle | Undisclosed |
| 1 January 2007 | FW | Alexander Gerndt | Visby IF Gute | Undisclosed |
| 11 January 2007 | MF | Khari Stephenson | GAIS | Undisclosed |
| 28 January 2007 | MF | Brwa Nouri | Väsby United | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2007 | DF | Nils-Eric Johansson | Leicester City | Free |
| 1 July 2007 | FW | Iván Obolo | Arsenal de Sarandí | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2007 | FW | Lucas Valdemarín | Arsenal de Sarandí | Undisclosed |
| 28 August 2007 | MF | Pablo Monsalvo | Olimpo | Undisclosed |
| 31 August 2007 | MF | Kevin Walker | Örebro | Undisclosed |

### Out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 1 March 2007 | MF | Dennis Östlundh | Assyriska FF | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2007 | DF | Niklas Sandberg | CFR Cluj | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2007 | MF | Robert Persson | Viborg | Undisclosed |
| 1 August 2007 | MF | Kristian Haynes | Trelleborg | Undisclosed |
| 1 November 2007 | DF | Nicklas Carlsson | IFK Göteborg | Undisclosed |
| 1 December 2007 | FW | Wílton Figueiredo | Al-Rayyan | Undisclosed |

### Loans out

| Start date | Position | Name | To | End date |
| 1 January 2007 | GK | Nicklas Bergh | Enköping | 1 February 2008 |
| 1 April 2007 | DF | Per Karlsson | Åtvidaberg | 30 November 2007 |
| 20 August 2007 | FW | Bernt Hulsker | IK Start | 30 November 2007 |

### Released

| Date | Position | Name | Joined | Date |
| 31 December 2007 | GK | Niklas Westberg | Väsby United | 1 January 2008 |
| 31 December 2007 | DF | Jimmy Tamandi | Lyn | 1 January 2008 |
| 31 December 2007 | MF | Pablo Monsalvo | Newell's Old Boys | 1 July 2008 |
| 31 December 2007 | FW | Bernt Hulsker | IK Start | 1 January 2008 |

### Trial

| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | Last club | Date to | Ref |
| Winter 2007 | MF | | Kali Ongala | 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 | 9 April 2007 | 28 October 2007 | Matchday 1 | 5th | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 30 | 27 | +3 | 038.46 |
| Svenska Cupen | 1 May 2007 | 24 May 2007 | Second round | Third round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | +0 | 050.00 |
| UEFA Cup | 19 July 2007 | 4 October 2007 | First qualifying round | First round | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 4 | +9 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 34 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 44 | 32 | +12 | 041.18 |
Last updated: 28 October 2007 Source: Competitions

### Allsvenskan
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 3 | Djurgårdens IF | 26 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 39 | 24 | +15 | 46 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round |
| 4 | IF Elfsborg | 26 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 39 | 30 | +9 | 40 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round |
| 5 | AIK | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 30 | 27 | +3 | 38 | |
| 6 | Hammarby IF | 26 | 11 | 3 | 12 | 35 | 31 | +4 | 36 | |
| 7 | Halmstads BK | 26 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 33 | 41 | −8 | 36 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 28 October 2007. 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 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | W | W | L | L | W | D | L | D | D | D | W | L | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | D | D | D | L | L |
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#### Results
### UEFA Cup
## Squad statistics

    As of match played 28 October 2007

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Allsvenskan | Allsvenskan | Svenska Cupen | Svenska Cupen | UEFA Cup | UEFA Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | SWE | Daniel Örlund | 31 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | SWE | Patrik Karlsson | 27 | 2 | 17+4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3+1 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | SWE | Nils-Eric Johansson | 20 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | NOR | Per Rønning | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ARG | Pablo Monsalvo | 8 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | SWE | Daniel Tjernström | 28 | 0 | 21+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | SVN | Miran Burgić | 7 | 1 | 4+2 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | SWE | Daniel Arnefjord | 23 | 0 | 15+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | ENG | Kenny Pavey | 28 | 2 | 16+5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | SWE | Kevin Walker | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | SWE | Pierre Bengtsson | 12 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | SWE | Jimmy Tamandi | 28 | 2 | 21+1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | SWE | Markus Jonsson | 24 | 3 | 13+5 | 3 | 1+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | JAM | Khari Stephenson | 24 | 2 | 14+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5+1 | 1 |
| 21 | FW | SWE | Alexander Gerndt | 7 | 1 | 2+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 |
| 22 | GK | SWE | Niklas Westberg | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | SWE | Mats Rubarth | 12 | 0 | 6+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | SWE | Nicklas Carlsson | 19 | 1 | 15+2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | BRA | Daniel Mendes | 25 | 2 | 7+11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | ARG | Iván Obolo | 19 | 6 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 28 | FW | ARG | Lucas Valdemarín | 20 | 6 | 9+5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4+2 | 1 |
| 29 | MF | SWE | Gabriel Özkan | 10 | 1 | 4+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 30 | MF | LBR | Dulee Johnson | 33 | 3 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| Players away on loan: ||||||||||||
| 11 | FW | NOR | Bernt Hulsker | 7 | 0 | 3+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who appeared for AIK but left during the season: ||||||||||||
| 3 | DF | SWE | Niklas Sandberg | 9 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | SWE | Kristian Haynes | 6 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | BRA | Wílton Figueiredo | 24 | 11 | 17+1 | 6 | 1+1 | 1 | 3+1 | 4 |
| 19 | MF | SWE | Robert Persson | 10 | 0 | 3+5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | Allsvenskan | Svenska Cupen | UEFA Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | | 10 | Wílton Figueiredo | 6 | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| 2 | FW | | 28 | Lucas Valdemarín | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 2 | FW | | 27 | Iván Obolo | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | DF | | 18 | Markus Jonsson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | MF | | 30 | Dulee Johnson | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | FW | | 26 | Daniel Mendes | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | MF | | 14 | Kenny Pavey | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | DF | | 17 | Jimmy Tamandi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | MF | | 20 | Khari Stephenson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | DF | | 2 | Patrik Karlsson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | FW | | 9 | Miran Burgić | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | DF | | 24 | Nicklas Carlsson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | | 29 | Gabriel Özkan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | | 21 | Alexander Gerndt | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | | | | Own goal | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 30 | 1 | 13 | 44 |

### Clean sheets

| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | Allsvenskan | Svenska Cupen | UEFA Cup | Total |
| 1 | GK | | 1 | Daniel Örlund | 8 | 0 | 4 | 12 |
| 2 | GK | | 22 | Niklas Westberg | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 8 | 1 | 4 | 13 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Nation | Position | Name | Allsvenskan | Allsvenskan | Svenska Cupen | Svenska Cupen | UEFA Cup | UEFA Cup | Total | Total |
| 2 | | DF | Patrik Karlsson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | | DF | Nils-Eric Johansson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | | DF | Per Rønning | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | | MF | Pablo Monsalvo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | | MF | Daniel Tjernström | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | | DF | Daniel Arnefjord | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 2 |
| 14 | | MF | Kenny Pavey | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 16 | | DF | Pierre Bengtsson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | | DF | Jimmy Tamandi | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 18 | | DF | Markus Jonsson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 23 | | MF | Mats Rubarth | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 24 | | DF | Nicklas Carlsson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 26 | | FW | Daniel Mendes | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | | FW | Iván Obolo | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 28 | | FW | Lucas Valdemarín | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 29 | | MF | Gabriel Özkan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | | MF | Dulee Johnson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Players away on loan: ||||||||||||
| 11 | | FW | Bernt Hulsker | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Players who left AIK during the season: ||||||||||||
| 10 | | FW | Wílton Figueiredo | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 19 | | MF | Robert Persson | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 48 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 62 | 3 |