Aalesunds Fotballklubb ("Aalesund's Football Club") is a Norwegian football club from the city of Ålesund, currently playing in the Norwegian Premier League. The club was founded on 25 June 1914. As of 2004, the football club had 835 members and several teams on both professional and amateur levels. These teams are the 1st and 2nd teams, junior team, and also several age-specific teams.

Aalesunds F.K. played their home matches at Kråmyra Stadium until the 2005 season, when they relocated to the new Color Line Stadium with an approximate capacity of 11,000 people. Boosted by the new stadium, recent success and general increasing attendance in Norway, Aalesund has gone from attracting crowds of approximately 1,000 to regularly selling out their stadium [1] in only a few years. Their average attendance of 9,943 in Adeccoligaen 2006 became the new record for attendances at the second tier of the Norwegian league system.

The local supporter club for AaFK is called "Stormen", or "The Storm", with about 2000 members.

Michael Barrantes (born October 4, 1983 in Costa Rica) is a Costa Rican football midfielder. He currently plays for Aalesund. On November 6h 2011 he scored two goals for Aalesund in the 2011 Norwegian Cup Final, in a 2-1 win against Brann. He was voted best midfielder in the Tippeligaen for the 2011 season. He is arguably in the best form in his career and is arguably the most influential player at Aalesund. He is capable of scoring spectacular goals and has hit a number during his time with Aalesund. He is at his best when getting forward to support the strikers but he is also an accomplished playmaker.

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Leke James (born 1 November 1992) is a Nigerian footballer forward who plays for Aalesund in Tippeligaen.

He started out his career in his native homeland playing for Bridge Boys, before he transferred to Aalesund on 6 January 2012.

An injury obtained during pre-season hindered his path into the first time and he did not get back into full training until the start of July. On 26 July 2012 he made his first appearance for Aalesund coming on as a substitute at the start of the second half of the game versus Tirana in Europe League scoring twice in Aalesund's 5-0-win. On 29 July 2012 he made his debut in Tippeligaen and also started his first match, against Stabæk.

Josmer Volmy "Jozy" Altidore (born November 6, 1989) is an American soccer player currently playing for Eredivisie side AZ Alkmaar, and for the United States national team.

Altidore made his professional debut in 2006 at the age of 16 with the New York Red Bulls. In the middle of his third season with New York, in 2008, he made a transfer to Villarreal. During his time with Villarreal, he left on three loan stints – with Spanish Segunda División club Xerez in February–May 2009, English Premier League club Hull City for the entire 2009–10 season, and Turkish club Bursaspor where he went on a six month loan. In the summer of 2011, he made the switch to AZ Alkmaar.

Altidore has represented the United States on various levels of international competition, featuring for the United States U-17 team at the 2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship, U-20 team at the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup, the U-23 team at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, and the senior national team at the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup and 2010 FIFA World Cup.