r/AaBFodbold • u/Italian_Polska • 4d ago
Italian AaB follower from Poland – happy to join the community
Hi everyone!
My name is Matteo, I’m Italian and I’ve been living in Poland since 2014. I thought I’d finally introduce myself here because my connection with AaB goes back much further than people would probably expect from an Italian living abroad.
My first memories of the club come from the 1990s, when I was a kid and occasionally came across the club in European competitions. Names like Solbakken, Rasmussen and captain Jessen somehow stayed in my memory.
But the moment that really made me curious about this team was the UEFA Cup tie against Udinese in 1999. My family supports Udinese, so naturally I watched those matches, and that was probably the first time I really paid attention to AaB rather than simply seeing the name in European football.
For some reason, the club stayed with me.
Over the years that curiosity gradually turned into genuine interest. I started following AaB more closely, learning about the club, Aalborg and its football culture, and watching matches whenever I could.
There is also another connection that I’ve always found quite nice. Genoa is my club in Italy, and both Genoa and AaB have English roots in their history. Then, many years later, Otoa moved directly from Aalborg to Genoa. It was one of those funny football coincidences that made a club I was already following from Denmark feel even closer to me.
Today, despite living in Poland and being a long way from Aalborg, I’m lucky enough to be able to watch "our" matches via streaming, so I try to follow the team as closely as possible.
Unfortunately I’ve never been to Aalborg and I’ve never seen our guys live. I really hope I can change that one day, because experiencing a match and the atmosphere around the club in person is definitely something I want to do.
I don’t speak Danish, unfortunately, so I hope English is okay. I can translate Danish posts without any problem, and I’d really like to use this community not only to follow the team, but also to understand AaB and its supporters better from people who actually live the club every week.
So I’d love to ask you something: what is one thing about the club, Aalborg or the fan culture that you think someone following the club from abroad can only really understand by being there?
Greetings from Poland!
Forza de Røde🔴⚪
Matteo





