1959 Djurgårdens IF season

The 1959 season was Djurgårdens IF's 59th in existence, their 15th season in Allsvenskan and their 10th consecutive season in the league. They were competing in Allsvenskan.

Player statistics[]

Appearances for competitive matches only.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Allsvenskan
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
			Hans Andersson-Tvilling	8	3	8	3
	GK		Arne Arvidsson	22	0	22	0
			Jan Aronsson	9	2	9	2
			Leif Aronsson	1	0	1	0
			Lars Broström	21	0	21	0
			Birger Eklund	12	5	12	5
			John Eriksson	11	3	11	3
			Stig Gustafsson	22	0	22	0
			Olle Hellström	22	0	22	0
			Karl Erik Isaksson	1	0	1	0
			Hans Karlsson	18	7	18	7
			Hans Mild	22	0	22	0
			Eje Nilsson	6	1	6	1
			Nils Nilsson	2	1	2	1
			Sigge Parling	22	0	22	0
			Åke Rydberg	6	4	6	4
			Gösta Sandberg	21	10	21	10
			Sven Tumba	16	11	16	11

Goals[]

Total[] Name Goals Sven Tumba 11 Gösta Sandberg 10 Hans Karlsson 7 Birger Eklund 5 Åke Rydberg 4 Hans Andersson-Tvilling 3 John Eriksson Jan Aronsson 2 Eje Nilsson 1 Nils Nilsson (footballer) Competitions[] Overall[] Allsvenskan[] Main article: 1959 Allsvenskan League table[] Pos Team v t Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation 1 Djurgårdens IF (C) 22 11 10 1 46 20 +26 32 2 IFK Norrköping 22 14 3 5 58 30 +28 31 3 IFK Göteborg 22 14 3 5 56 28 +28 31 Qualification to European Cup preliminary round[a] 4 Örgryte IS 22 13 4 5 53 38 +15 30 5 Malmö FF 22 12 4 6 50 29 +21 28 Source:[citation needed] Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. (C) Champion Notes: ^ IFK Göteborg qualified for the European Cup as Allsvenskan leaders in the spring of 1959. Matches[] Nordic Cup[] The tournament continued into the 1960 season. Round of 16[] Skovshoved v Djurgården 4 August 1959 (1959-08-04) Skovshoved 0–3 Djurgården showCopenhagen [1] Eriksson Hellström Nilsson Stadium: Parken Attendance: 3,500 Djurgården v Skovshoved 8 September 1959 (1959-09-08) Djurgården 5–1 Skovshoved showSolna Tumba (2) Rydberg Karlsson Hellström [2] Wollertsen Stadium: Råsunda Stadium Attendance: 2,206 Quarter-finals[] Djurgården v KB 20 October 1959 (1959-10-20) Djurgården 1–0 KB showSolna Hellström [3] Stadium: Råsunda Stadium Attendance: 1,098 References[] http://www.fotbollsweden.se ^ "DIF vann med 3–0 i Köpenhamn", Svenska Dagbladet, Stockholm, p. 11, 5 August 1959 ^ "Djurgården i lektagen", Svenska Dagbladet, Stockholm, p. 15, 9 September 1959 ^ STRONG (21 October 1959), "Djurgården vann 1–0 inför 1 098 åskådare", Svenska Dagbladet, Stockholm, p. 21