Skövde AIK is a Swedish football club from Skövde. It was founded on 21 June 1919. The club plays in the third-tier Ettan after relegation from Superettan in 2024.
Background Skövde AIK was founded on 20 June 1919. The club played in the second tier in 1995. eight seasons later the club had plunged into Division 5 Västergötland Östra, the sixth tier, having been relegated three consecutive times between 2000 and 2002. However SAIK have made a dramatic recovery and by 2007 were back in Division 1 Södra which is now the third tier of Swedish football after 4 consecutive promotions. In 2006, Skövde AIK won the Division 2 Mellersta Götaland after defeating IK Sleipner 2–1 in the decisive final match before 2364 spectators. In 2009 the club just failed to get into the Superettan after missing out in the promotion play-offs. In 2021 the club got promoted to Superettan. The first year in Superettan was a success, as they placed 5th, only 4 points away from the playoff game to Allsvenskan.
The club is affiliated to the Västergötlands Fotbollförbund.
Season to season SeasonLevelDivisionSectionPositionMovementsAverage attendance1993Tier 2Division 1Södra 13th Relegated1994Tier 3Division 2Västra Götaland1stPromoted1995Tier 2Division 1Södra 13th Relegated1996Tier 3Division 2Västra Götaland3rd1997Tier 3Division 2Västra Götaland4th1998Tier 3Division 2Västra Götaland8th1999Tier 3Division 2Västra Götaland7th2000Tier 3Division 2Västra Götaland10thRelegation Playoffs – Relegated2001Tier 4 Division 3 Mellersta Götaland10th Relegated2002Tier 5 Division 4 Västergötland Norra11thRelegated2003Tier 6 Division 5 Västergötland Östra1stPromoted2004Tier 5 Division 4 Västergötland Norra2ndPromoted2005Tier 4 Division 3 Mellersta Götaland1st Promotion Playoffs4812006*Tier 4 Division 2 Mellersta Götaland1st Promoted6532007Tier 3Division 1Södra8th5712008Tier 3Division 1Södra5th5642009Tier 3Division 1Södra2ndPromotion Playoffs8312010Tier 3Division 1Södra8th3672011Tier 3Division 1Södra11th2012Tier 3Division 1Södra6th2013Tier 3Division 1Södra9th2014Tier 3Division 1Södra13thRelegated2015Tier 4Division 2Norra Götaland6th2016Tier 4Division 2Norra Götaland1stPromoted2017Tier 3Division 1Södra11th3642018Tier 3Division 1Södra10th2892019Tier 3Division 1Södra4th4362020Tier 3Division 1Södra6th23*2021Tier 3Division 1Södra2ndPromoted via Playoffs281*2022Tier 2Superettan5th11412023Tier 2Superettan13thRelegation Playoffs – Not relegated10062024Tier 2Superettan16thRelegated2025Tier 3EttanSödra12th * League restructuring in 2006 resulted in a new division being created at Tier 3 and subsequent divisions dropping a level.
* Attendances are provided in the Publikliga sections of the Svenska Fotbollförbundet website. 2020 and 2021 was affected by the restrictions because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Current squad
Out on loan
Famous players that have played for Skövde AIK Johan Mårtensson Jakob Orlov Jonas Lindberg Sebastian Ohlsson Gustav Granath Viktor Granath Gustaf Norlin
Achievements
League Division 1 Södra: Runners-up (2): 2009, 2021.
Managers Gunnar Reis (1958–59) Sven "Fiskarn" Johansson (1960–1961) Lars Daremark (1962) C-G Bolander (1963) Arne Selmosson (1964–68) Lars Arnesson (1969) Axel "Acke" Eriksson (1970) Carl-Axel "CAS" Stenberg (1971–72) Janne Carlsson (1973–74) Blagoja Vucidolov (1975) Carl-Axel "CAS" Stenberg (1976–77) Ove Wigertz (1978) Sven - Eric "Svenne" Johansson (1979–80) Christer Fermvik (1981–83) Thom Åhlund (1984–86) Teitur Thordarson (1987) Inge Lennartsson (1988–89) Christer Swärd (1990–94) Stefan Johansson (1995–96) Francisco Verona (1997) Gary Wright (1998) Bengt Persson (1998) Francisco Verona (1999–2000) Magnus Henriksson (2001–02) Gudmundur Magnusson (2003–07) Stefan Jacobsson (2008–11) Rickard Söderberg (2012–2013) Charbel Abraham (2013) Mikael Thorvald (2018) Stefan Strind (2019–2020) Mikael Lindgren (2020) Tobias Linderoth (2021–2023) Srdjan Tufegdzic (2024–)
Futsal Honours 5 Futsal Swedish Championship: 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
External links Skövde AIK Official Website
Footnotes