1997 Djurgårdens IF season

Djurgården
1997 season
Manager	Roger Lundin
Division 1 Norra	2nd (to promotion play-offs)
Svenska Cupen	3rd round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Fredrik Dahlström (14); All: ; Fredrik Dahlström (17)
Highest home attendance	12,522 (26 May vs Hammarby IF, Division 1 Norra)
Lowest home attendance	1,320 (4 June vs Lira Luleå BK, Division 1 Norra)
Average home league attendance	2,965
	← 1996 1998 →

The 1997 season was Djurgårdens IF's 97th in existence, their 4th season in Division 1 Norra and their 2nd consecutive season in the league. They were competing in Allsvenskan and 1997–98 Svenska Cupen.

Player statistics[]

Appearances for competitive matches only.^[1]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Division 1		Allsvenskan promotion play-off
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
		SWE	Stefan Alvén	24	1	22	1	2	0
		SWE	Johan Andersson	20	6	18	6	2	0
		SWE	Bo Andersson	20	2	20	2	0	0
		SWE	Carlos Banda	6	0	6	0	0	0
		SWE		16	1	16	1	0	0
		SWE	Kenneth Bergqvist	22	0	22	0	0	0
		SWE	Michael Borgqvist	27	2	25	2	2	0
		SWE	Fredrik Dahlström	27	15	25	14	2	1
		SWE	Kaj Eskelinen	25	13	23	13	2	0
		SWE		4	0	4	0	0	0
		SCG		3	0	3	0	0	0
		SWE	Markus Karlsson	15	1	13	1	2	0
		SWE		25	3	23	3	2	0
		SWE		3	0	3	0	0	0
		SWE	Daniel Nannskog	25	10	23	10	2	0
		SWE	Lucas Nilsson	7	0	7	0	0	0
		NOR	Thor André Olsen	27	0	25	0	2	0
		SWE	Fred Persson	21	1	20	1	1	0
		SWE	Jon Persson	26	3	24	3	2	0
		SWE	Zoran Stojcevski	21	5	19	5	2	0
		SWE	Sharbel Touma	8	0	8	0	0	0

Goals[]

Total[]

Name	Goals
Fredrik Dahlström	17
Kaj Eskelinen	15
Daniel Nannskog	12
Johan Andersson	6
Zoran Stojcevski	6
Bo Andersson	5
Jon Persson	4
	3
Stefan Alvén	2
Michael Borgqvist	2
	1
Kenneth Bergqvist
Markus Karlsson
Lucas Nilsson
Fred Persson
Sharbel Touma

Division 1 Norra[]

Name	Goals
Fredrik Dahlström	14
Kaj Eskelinen	13
Daniel Nannskog	10
Johan Andersson	6
Zoran Stojcevski	5
	3
Jon Persson	3
Bo Andersson	2
Michael Borgqvist	2
Stefan Alvén	1

Markus Karlsson
Fred Persson

Svenska Cupen[]

Name	Goals
Bo Andersson	3
Fredrik Dahlström	2
Kaj Eskelinen
Daniel Nannskog
Stefan Alvén	1
Kenneth Bergqvist
Lucas Nilsson
Sharbel Touma
Jon Persson

Allsvenskan play-offs[]

Name	Goals
Fredrik Dahlström	1

Competitions[]

Overall[]

Division 1 Norra[]

League table[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Hammarby IF	26	19	5	2	55	17	+38	62
2	Djurgårdens IF	26	17	6	3	65	30	+35	57
3	Umeå FC	26	12	7	7	52	38	+14	43
4	GIF Sundsvall	26	11	6	9	40	31	+9	39
5	Gefle IF	26	10	7	9	44	31	+13	37

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Matches[]

29 April 1997	Djurgårdens IF	0 – 0	Nacka FF	Stockholm
				Stadium: Stockholm Olympic Stadium Attendance: 2,161

4 May 1997	Assyriska Föreningen	0 – 3	Djurgårdens IF	Södertälje
			12' J. Persson 30' Dahlström 73'	Stadium: Bårsta IP Attendance: 3,150

12 May 1997	Djurgårdens IF	1 – 0	IK Brage	Stockholm
	Borgqvist 57'			Stadium: Stockholm Olympic Stadium Attendance: 1,639

15 May 1997	IFK Luleå	0 – 1	Djurgårdens IF	Luleå
			Dahlström 88'	Stadium: Skogsvallen Attendance: 561

19 May 1997	Spårvägens FF	1 – 5	Djurgårdens IF	Stockholm
	Myrthil 17'		Eskelinen 19' 20' Dahlström 33' Alvén 47' F. Persson 53'	Stadium: Attendance: 1,655

26 May 1997	Djurgårdens IF	0 – 1	Hammarby IF	Solna
			Andersson 34'	Stadium: Råsunda Stadium Attendance: 12,522

1 June 1997	Enköpings SK	3 – 5	Djurgårdens IF	Enköping
	24' 40', 44'		Dahlström 7', 28', 40' J. Andersson 28' Eskelinen 71'	Stadium: Enavallen Attendance: 2,503

4 June 1997	Djurgårdens IF	3 – 0	Lira Luleå BK	Stockholm
	Nannskog 35' Eskelinen 62', 83'			Stadium: Stockholm Olympic Stadium Attendance: 1,320

10 June 1997	Umeå FC	2 – 2	Djurgårdens IF	Umeå
	50' Lundgren 81'		Nannskog 3' Dahlström 36'	Stadium: Gammliavallen Attendance: 5,063

16 June 1997	Djurgårdens IF	1 – 0	IF Brommapojkarna	Stockholm
	67'			Stadium: Stockholm Olympic Stadium Attendance: 1,420

22 June 1997	GIF Sundsvall	3 – 0	Djurgårdens IF	Sundsvall
	Wikström 25' 36' Forsberg 82'			Stadium: Idrottsparken Attendance: 888

29 June 1997	Djurgårdens IF	3 – 0^[a]	Vasalunds IF	Stockholm
	Dahlström 85'			Stadium: Stockholm Olympic Stadium Attendance: 1,896

3 July 1997	Djurgårdens IF	2 – 1	Gefle IF	Stockholm
	Dahlström 45' J. Persson 89'		Berggren 42'	Stadium: Stockholm Olympic Stadium Attendance: 2,012

3 August 1997	Gefle IF	3 – 4	Djurgårdens IF	Gävle
	34' Berggren 43' 88'		Dahlström 18', 84' Eskelinen 70' J. Persson 89'	Stadium: Strömvallen Attendance: 2,112

12 August 1997	IF Brommapojkarna	0 – 5	Djurgårdens IF	Stockholm
			Stojcevski 9', 71' Borgqvist 65' J. Andersson 77' B. Andersson 90'	Stadium: Grimsta IP Attendance: 2,643

18 August 1997	Djurgårdens IF	5 – 1	Umeå FC	Stockholm
	Nannskog 35', 39' Dahlström 55' J. Andersson 73' o.g. 78'		82'	Stadium: Stockholm Olympic Stadium Attendance: 4,109

26 August 1997	Vasalunds IF	1 – 4	Djurgårdens IF	Solna
	McNiven 60'		Stojcevski 36', 71' B. Andersson 54' J. Andersson 73'	Stadium: Skytteholms IP Attendance: 3,662

2 September 1997	Djurgårdens IF	2 – 1	GIF Sundsvall	Stockholm
	Eskelinen 29' Nannskog 50'		o.g. 66'	Stadium: Stockholm Olympic Stadium Attendance: 3,481

7 September 1997	Lira Luleå BK	2 – 4	Djurgårdens IF	Luleå
	69' 85'		Nannskog 12' Dahlström 28' Eskelinen 37' Stojcevski 69'	Stadium: Skogsvallen Attendance: 812

11 September 1997	Djurgårdens IF	2 – 0	Enköpings SK	Stockholm
	Nannskog 25', 50'			Stadium: Stockholm Olympic Stadium Attendance: 1,642

23 September 1997	Djurgårdens IF	3 – 3	Spårvägens FF	Stockholm
	Eskelinen 6', 24', 86'	Report	Henriksson 32', 41' 91'	Stadium: Stockholm Olympic Stadium Attendance: 1,531

28 September 1997	IK Brage	4 – 2	Djurgårdens IF	Borlänge
	2', 69' 61' 90'		J. Andersson 29' (pen) 32'	Stadium: Domnarvsvallen Attendance: 1,756

1 October 1997	Hammarby IF	2 – 2	Djurgårdens IF	Stockholm
	Andersson 39' 92'		J. Andersson 44' (pen) Karlsson 88'	Stadium: Söderstadion Attendance: 9,127

6 October 1997	Djurgårdens IF	0 – 0	Assyriska Föreningen	Stockholm
				Stadium: Stockholm Olympic Stadium Attendance: 1,921

13 October 1997	Nacka FF	1 – 5	Djurgårdens IF	Nacka
	Kontinen 64'		Dahlström 18' Nannskog 75' Eskelinen 77', 89', 92' (pen)	Stadium: Attendance: 2,191

19 October 1997	Djurgårdens IF	1 – 1	IFK Luleå	Stockholm
	Nannskog 64'		93'	Stadium: Stockholm Olympic Stadium Attendance: 2,893

Allsvenskan play-offs[]

29 October 1997 1st leg	Djurgårdens IF	1 – 1	Östers IF	Stockholm
	Dahlström 5'	Report	Blomqvist 77'	Stadium: Stockholm Olympic Stadium Attendance: 6,046

5 November 1997 2nd leg	Östers IF	2 – 0	Djurgårdens IF	Växjö
	Gustafson 1' Watson 71'	Report		Stadium: Värendsvallen Attendance: 6,833

Svenska Cupen[]

27 July 1997		2 – 8	Djurgårdens IF
	Lundqvist		B. Andersson (2) Dahlström (2) Alvén Touma K. Bergqvist J. Persson	Attendance: 500

28 August 1997		0 – 2	Djurgårdens IF	Täfteå
			B. Andersson 50' Nilsson 55'	Stadium: Attendance: 490

17 September 1997		2 – 5	Djurgårdens IF
	?		Eskelinen (2) Nannskog (2) Stojkovic

Friendlies[]

Notes[]

^ Djurgården was awarded a 3–0 win by the Swedish FA due to Vasalunds IF fielding too many non-EU players. Original was score 1–0.^[2]

References[]

Alsiö, Martin; Frantz, Alf; Lindahl, Jimmy; Persson, Gunnar, eds. (2004). 100 år: Svenska fotbollförbundets jubileumsbok 1904-2004, del 2: statistiken [100 years: Swedish Football Association's centenary 1904-2004, part 2: statistics] (in Swedish). Vällingby: Stroemberg Media Group. ISBN 91-86184-59-8.

^ "Årets fotboll 1998" [1998 Football of the year]. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
^ "Årets fotboll 1998" [1998 Football of the year]. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

[3] Djurgården was awarded a 3–0 win by the Swedish FA due to Vasalunds IF fielding too many non-EU players. Original was score 1–0.^[2]

[1] "Årets fotboll 1998" [1998 Football of the year]. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

[2] "Årets fotboll 1998" [1998 Football of the year]. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

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