Djurgårdens IF Fotboll

Djurgården

Full name	Djurgårdens IF Fotbollsförening
Nickname(s)	Järnkaminerna Blåränderna and Stockholms stolthet
Short name	DIF
Founded	12 March 1891; 130 years ago (1891-03-12) 1899; 122 years ago (1899) (football department)
Ground	Tele2 Arena, Stockholm
Capacity	30,000
Chairman	Lars-Erik Sjöberg
Head coach(es)	Kim Bergstrand & Thomas Lagerlöf
League	Allsvenskan
2021	Allsvenskan, 3rd
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours
Current season

Djurgårdens IF Fotbollsförening – commonly known as Djurgårdens IF, Djurgården Fotboll (official name), Djurgården (IPA: [ˈjʉ̂ːrˌɡoːɖɛn]), and (especially locally) Djurgår'n (IPA: [ˈjʉ̌ː(r)ɡɔɳ]), Dif or DIF^[A] – is the association football department of Djurgårdens IF. Founded 1891 on the island Djurgården, the club's home ground is Tele2 Arena, situated in the Johanneshov district of Stockholm.

Competing in the highest Swedish tier, Allsvenskan, the club has won the league twelve times and the cup five times. The league titles have mainly been won during three separate eras. The first period was the 1910s, when they won four league titles. The second era occurred in the 1950s and 60s, when Djurgården also won the league four times. The most recent era was the first half of the 00s when they won both the league and the cup three times.

Fans of the club, called djurgårdare, are found all over Stockholm and Sweden. However, Östermalm, where Djurgården's former home ground Stadion is situated, is by some considered the club's heartland. Djurgården is affiliated to the Stockholms Fotbollförbund.^[1]

History[]

Foundation[]

Djurgårdens IF was founded, primarily by John G. Jansson, on 12 March 1891 at a café in Alberget 4A in the island Djurgården. Most of the founding members were young working class men.^[2] The club originally focused on winter sports and athletics. The first real football field in Stockholm was created in 1896. Djurgårdens IF's football department was formed in 1899, with the help of former GAIS player .^[3] Djurgården played their first match in July 1899, a 1–2 loss against AIK.^[3]

First era[]

The first real achievement was made in 1902 when the team finished second in the tournament Rosenska Pokalen. Just two years later, in 1904, the first Swedish Championship final of the club was played, ending in a defeat against Örgryte IS. The team finished second in three more finals before the first Championship victory came in 1912 after two draws in the final matches against Örgryte, and a replay which Djurgården won. The club won three more Swedish Championships in the early years, in 1915 against Örgryte, 1917 against AIK and 1920 against IK Sleipner. However, DIF never managed to win Svenska Serien, the top Swedish league of the period, before the club's first great era ended. Between 1911 and 1935, Tranebergs Idrottsplats was the homeground for Djurgården. For the 1912 Summer Olympics, Stockholms Stadion was built. It became Djurgården's permanent home arena in 1936.

The club did not qualify for the first season of Allsvenskan, and only reached that league twice between 1924 and 1944, both times being directly relegated back down to the second division, at that time called Division 2. The club did also play three seasons in the then third highest league, Division 3, between 1929 and 1932. From 1944 on, the club became a stable Allsvenskan club. In 1951, the team became runners-up in Svenska Cupen after Malmö FF; this was the team's first Cup final.

Second era[]

The second great era took place in the 1950s and 1960s, winning Allsvenskan four times during the period. Djurgården's fifth Swedish championships, and first Allsvenskan championship, was taken in the 1954–55 season under the lead of Frank Soo. In the 1955–56 season, Djurgården became the first Swedish team to enter the European Cup.^[3] Beating Gwardia Warszawa in the first round, Djurgården advanced to quarter finals against Scottish Hibernian that they lost by 1–4 over two matches.^[3]

In 1959, both the football team and Djurgårdens IF's hockey team won their respective Swedish Championships of Sweden's two most popular sports, a remarkable happening. The 1959 title was secured on Råsunda Stadium, in front of 48,894 people, marking a record attendance for Djurgården, with a team of Sven Tumba, Birger Eklund, Lars Broström, John Eriksson, Hans Karlsson, Gösta Sandberg, Olle Hellström, Stig Gustafsson, Arne Arvidsson, Hans Mild and Sigge Parling.^[3]

The year after, in the 1960 season Djurgården finished 11th and was relegated to the second division. The team only needed one year to return to Allsvenskan. In 1964 and 1966, Djurgården took its seventh and eight championships, with 1966 marking the end of the career of Gösta Sandberg.^[3] Sandberg played 322 league matches for the team 1951–66 and scored 77 goals. Gösta Sandberg is known as "Mr Djurgården" and was in 1991 named "Djurgårdare of the century". Sandberg also played for the club's Bandy and Ice Hockey section. He died on his way home after attending the Tvillingderbyt in 2006.

It is during this era that the nickname "Järnkaminerna" ("The Iron Furnaces") was established, due to the club's physical playing style. The ideal of a strong and uncompromising Djurgården player might also be traced back to the club's working-class roots.^[2]

Middle years[]

The 1970s saw no greater successes; however, Djurgården was steady in Allsvenskan and had three third-places and a final loss in the 1975 Svenska Cupen Final as the best results. Gary Williams became the first foreign player in the team in the 1977 season.

The 1980s was not a good decade for the club, being relegated from Allsvenskan in 1981, and losing two promotion play-offs, before making a one-year visit in the highest league in 1986, although DIF returned two years later, and stayed in Allsvenskan for five consecutive seasons, but had no greater success except losing the Championship final in 1988. In 1987, Djurgårdens IF Fotboll presented a 12 million SEK deficit and later transformed into an aktiebolag.^[4] Former England striker Teddy Sheringham had a brief spell at Djurgården early in his career, as a 19-year-old loanee in 1985, and was part of the squad that won the promotion to Allsvenskan after beating GAIS in a dramatic penalty shoot-out in the playoffs.

The 1990s started off well for Djurgården and in 1990 the team won the Svenska Cupen (Swedish Cup) for the first time and took Djurgårdens biggest ever win when they defeated local rival Hammarby with 9–1 in Allsvenskan on August 13.^[5] Although Djurgården undisputedly had a promising start of the 1990s the rest of the decade was not particularly successful and Djurgården was relegated from Allsvenskan no less than three times, and being promoted back two times. During this decade, the club suffered from great economical problems and was close to bankruptcy. The 1995 season started well, but ended badly; in the last home match of the 1995 Allsvenskan, a supporter, later named Terror-Tommy in media, came on pitch and kicked referee Anders Frisk.^[3]

Third era[]

In the middle of 1999 season, Zoran Lukic and Sören Åkeby took over the team and won the inaugural 2000 Superettan and finished 2nd as newly promoted in the 2001 Allsvenskan. With a team consisting of Stefan Rehn, Kim Källström, Andreas Johansson, and Andreas Isaksson, Djurgården secured its first title in 36 years in the last round of the 2002 Allsvenskan.^[3] The first half of the 2000s was a golden era for the club, with three championships (2002, 2003 and 2005) and three cup wins (2002, 2004 and 2005). This marked the end of the golden era for Djurgården, which ended on sixth place in 2006. The club was one of the main contenders for the league championship in 2007, which ultimately led to a third place.

Present day[]

The results went downhill in 2008 and 2009; Djurgården ended up in 14th place in 2009, and had to play through a relegation playoff against Assyriska Föreningen to remain in Allsvenskan. In the early 2010s, Djurgården was a mid-table Allsvenskan team finishing 7th to 11th between 2010 and 2014. When the newly appointed Director of sport Bo Andersson who led Djurgården to three titles in the early 20st century came back in 2014 he was forced to sell players such as Daniel Amartey (who became the most expensive defender ever sold by an Allsvenskan club for about 25 million SEK), Erton Fejzullahu, Christian Rubio Sivodedov and Simon Tibbling which stabilized the economy.

In January 2017, Djurgården sold the Kenyan international forward Michael Olunga for a club record fee of 40 million SEK which made the club's financial positions one of the best in the country. The transfer also made it possible to sign club legend Kim Källström and fellow former Swedish international Jonas Olsson. Both players, together with recently returned goalkeeper Andreas Isaksson, played important roles as Djurgården finished in third place in the 2017 allsvenskan, qualifying for the second qualifying round for the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League for the first time in ten years. After 13 years without a title Djurgården won the Svenska Cupen (Swedish Cup) on 10 May 2018 going through the Cup scoring 14 goals and not conceding a single goal.

In 2019 they won the league title for the first time in fourteen years (2005). They secured the title on the last day of the season after a 2–2 draw (after being down 2–0 at half time) away from home against IFK Norrköping. After the season Djurgården sold defender and team captain Marcus Danielsson to the Chinese club Dalian Professional based in Dalian for a club record fee of more than 50 million SEK.^[6]

The clud ended in fourth place in the 2020 campaign. The season was highly affected by the Corona pandamic, with the start of the season being significantly delayed and all the games played without audience.

The 2021 campaign ended with a third place in the league (this means they will try to qualify for the UEFA confernace league group stage in 2022).It was a three horse race util Djurgården lost the must win match in the second last game aginst Varberg at home.The team also reached the group stage in the Swedish cup for the 2022 campaign.

Supporters[]

Djurgården is one of the most supported clubs in Sweden (with almost 20 000 members as of 2021/2022), with most of its supporters living in Stockholm and the neighbouring suburbs.^[7] Traditionally the Östermalm district is considered to be the club's stronghold. No reliable research exists about the spread of Djurgården supporters, but a 2015 T-shirt campaign suggests that supporters are spread fairly evenly throughout the Stockholm area.^[8]

Although Djurgården's supporters have been organizing themselves since the late 1940s, with the founding of DIF Supporters Club back in 1947, the 1970s saw singing supporter sections emerging which led to a new supporter club to be founded in 1981, named Blue Saints.^[9][10] The supporter club later changed its name in 1997 to Järnkaminerna (lit. the Iron Furnaces) since the old name was perceived to be associated with violence. Järnkaminerna is Djurgården's official supporters' group with a membership of a about 5800.^[11]

The 2000s saw the emergence and creation of independent ultras groups. The oldest active ultra group, Ultra Caos Stockholm, formed in 2003 is largely influenced by southern European supporter culture.^[12]

In 2005 Fabriken Stockholm was formed and took over the role of creating tifos for the team's games from a former, now abolished group, Ultras Stockholm, founded in the late 1990s. In 2013 a larger and more open organization was started and took charge of the terrace choreography, headed by Ultra Caos Stockholm.

Notable Djurgården supporters[]

• Fredrik Reinfeldt, former Prime Minister of Sweden
• Joakim Thåström,^[13] musician
• Stefan Persson, former CEO, Chairman of the Board and major shareholder of H&M^[14]
• Christer Fuglesang,^[15] astronaut, first Scandinavian in space
• Carl XVI Gustaf,^[16] king of Sweden
• Olof Palme, former Prime Minister of Sweden
• Veronica Maggio Singer
• Lars Ohly former leader of Vänsterpartiet
• Albin Ekdal Footballer Sampdoria
• Edvin Ryding, actor

Rivalries[]

Djurgården's archrival is AIK. AIK was founded on February 15, 1891, and Djurgården just four weeks later on March 12, both in Stockholm City Centre. Because of this, games between the teams are called Tvillingderbyt (Derby of the twins) by the media, a name that has not caught on among supporters since they don't view themselves as such. They are also historically the biggest and most successful clubs from Stockholm, with 21 titles won by AIK and 17 by Djurgården.^{[citation needed]} Games between the two teams draw large crowds of rival supporters and can often be highly charged occasions.

Hammarby is the other main rival mostly because of their geographical proximity in central Stockholm, with Djurgården's stronghold in the Östermalm district and Hammarby's in Södermalm. Since 2013, the two teams have shared the same home ground, the Tele2 Arena.

Malmö FF and IFK Göteborg has to be viewed the biggest rivals outside of the Stockholm area. The fixtures against these draw almost as much crowd as the derbys, especially the last couple of years.

Affiliated clubs and schools[]

Affiliated clubs[]

• Division 2
  • Konyaspor KIF^[17]
  • Håbo FF
• Division 3
  • IFK Lidingö FK
  • Spårvägens FF
• Division 4
  • Kista Sports Club
  • Rågsveds IF

On 22 May 2016, Djurgården announced a cooperation with Spårvägens FF as part of strengthening the presence of Djurgården in the southern suburbs of Stockholm as for example Skarpnäck, Bagarmossen and Skölndal. One of the aims of the cooperation is to make a natural way for talents in southern Stockholm to become a part of Djurgården. On 4 August 2016 a similar cooperation with Kista Sports Club was announced.

Affiliated schools[]

This is the school's where lot of the clubs junior and academy players go.

• Engelbrektsskolan in Östermalm (grade 4–9)
• Sjölins Gymnasium in Södermalm (high school)
• Stockholms Idrottsgymnasium in Östermalm (high school)^{[citation needed]}
• Gustavsbergs Gymnasium (high school) since 2021/2022

Djurgården have gym teachers working in 15 different schools around Stockholm as a part of a big project they have together with Djurgårdens hockey section. The goal is to get the city's children to be physically active since children today have a tendency to be less active. The classes Djurgårdens teachers have are in addition to the original classes.

Kit[]

The home shirt is vertically striped in sky and dark blue. This is the reason Djurgården are called Blåränderna (the Blued stripes). The shorts are usually dark blue but have some years been white.

Kit manufacturers and sponsors[]

The club's kit manufacturer, Adidas, presents a new kit every other (even) year. Apart from Adidas, Djurgården has the logos of the following companies visible on their shirt and shorts: Prioritet Finans, a financial-services company; Stadium, a sporting-goods retail chain; Fxoro a financial and trading company; German automakers Volkswagen; Nordic wellness a gym brand and league sponsors Unibet

Period	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor (chest)
1976–1979	Adidas	None
1980		MasterCharge
1981		Köpkort
1982		None
1983		Atari
1984–1987		Året Runt
1988		QC Business Card
1989–1992		Mita Copiers
1993		ICA
1994–1996		Graphium
1997		"Nej till våld och droger!"
1998		HP
1999		Bewator
2000–2004		Kaffeknappen
2005–2012		ICA
2013		Djurgårdsandan
2014–		Prioritet Finans

Crest, colours and name[]

The first crest of the club was a four-pointed silver star in saltire, which had a shield on it with the letters DIF. This star pre-dates the similar star which Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna adopted and is using to this day. The present crest, in the form of a shield in yellow, red and blue with the text D.I.F. was adopted in 1896. According to an often-quoted poem by Johan af Klercker from 1908, blue and yellow stand for Sweden and red stands for love. Blue and yellow are also the colours of Stockholm and yellow, red and blue are the colors of the crest of Stockholm County.^[18]

The club is named after the City Park and borough Djurgården, which originally was a royal hunting park. A direct translation of Djurgården would be “animal garden” or "animal yard". The word djur means "animal" but has the same etymology as the word “deer”, meaning "deer garden" may have been its original meaning.

Stadiums[]

Djurgården's primary stadium since 2013 is Tele2 Arena. The club's first match at Tele2 was a 1–2 defeat to IFK Norrköping on 31 July 2013, which drew 27,798 people. The current record attendance at Tele2 Arena is 28,258 versus Örebro SK on the last home game of the 2019 season.

Between 1936 and 2013, Djurgården's home ground was Stockholm Olympic Stadium, where the national league and cup games were played. Their secondary venue was Råsunda Stadium, where Stockholm derbies against AIK and Hammarby IF were played. The old Olympic Stadium, built in 1912, didn't fulfill UEFA's stadium requirements and therefore international cup games were also played at Råsunda. The club's record attendance at the Olympic Stadium is at least 21,995 against AIK on 16 August 1946.^[19][B] Djurgården's record attendance at Råsunda is 48,894 against IFK Göteborg on 11 October 1959.^[20]

The club's first stadium was Stockholms idrottspark where the club played from 1899 until 1906, when it moved to the newly built Östermalm Athletic Grounds.^[21] However, in August 1910 Djurgården signed a 25-year contract with the Stockholm City Council to build a stadium in Traneberg, a district west of the inner city.^[22] Tranebergs Idrottsplats was finished in October 1911 and inaugurated by Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf.^[22] The contract expired in 1935, and with the City Council intending to establish residential housing on the site, Djurgården moved to the Stockholm Olympic Stadium in 1936, where the club had played previously on several occasions after the construction of the stadium in 1912.^[23]

As attendances increased in the latter half of the 1940s, the club decided to play some games at the newer and larger Råsunda Stadium.^[24][25] And as Djurgården climbed in the league table at the beginning of the 1950s, all games were played at Råsunda.^[25] But by the end of the 1960s, Djurgården returned to the Olympic stadium, and soon all games were played there, with the exception of derbies.^[25]

The club's achievements in the early 2000s drew larger attendances which led Djurgården to plan for a new stadium with modern facilities and individual seats. Along with political promises in 2006, Djurgården aimed for a rehaul of Stockholm Olympic Stadium and later an entirely new stadium at Östermalm Athletic Grounds.^[26][27][28] These plans were abandoned in December 2011 as the building costs exceeded the club's financial capabilities.^[29] New stadium requirements from the Swedish Football Association also did not allow Djurgården to play at the Olympic Stadium after 2013.^[30] Thus, the club board made the decision to move to Tele2 Arena for the 2013 season.^[31]

Youth academy[]

The youth academy is located at Hjorthagens IP. In December 2012, an indoor arena named "Johan Björkmans hall" with one regulation-size turf and two smaller turfs was built at Hjorthagens IP which enables football training all year around.^[32] In 2007 Djurgården invested 65 million SEK (roughly 7 million Euro) in their youth academy, which former director of sports, Göran Aral, described as a unique investment by a Swedish club.^[33] In 2015 the training ground for the first team was renovated which enabled the PA19 and PA17 teams to be training at Kaknäs IP and therefore come closer to the first team. The academy has produced players like Simon Tibbling, Emil Bergström and Christian Rubio Sivodedov. They recently changed the name of the academy teams from U to PA/FA, meaning boys academy and girls academy.

Players[]

First-team squad[]

As of 9 August 2021^[34]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 2 DF  PHI Jesper Nyholm 3 DF  SWE Hjalmar Ekdal 4 DF  SWE Jacob Une Larsson 5 DF  SWE Elliot Käck 6 MF  FIN Rasmus Schüller 7 MF  SWE Magnus Eriksson (captain) 9 MF  BIH Haris Radetinac 10 FW  SWE Joel Asoro 11 MF  ALB Albion Ademi 12 MF  ZAM Emmanuel Banda 13 MF  SWE Hampus Finndell 14 MF  ZAM Edward Chilufya

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 GK  RUS Aleksandr Vasyutin (on loan from Zenit) 16 DF  SWE Jesper Löfgren 17 FW  SWE Kalle Holmberg 19 MF  SWE Nicklas Bärkroth 20 FW  SWE Emir Kujović 22 DF  NOR Leo Cornic 24 MF  ENG Curtis Edwards 26 DF  SWE Linus Tagesson 27 DF  SWE Melker Jonsson 30 GK  SWE Tommi Vaiho 35 GK  SWE Jacob Widell Zetterström

Out on loan[]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 8 MF  SWE Elias Andersson (to Mjällby AIF until 31 December 2021) 18 DF  SWE Isak Hien (to Vasalund until 31 December 2021) 25 MF  SWE Mattias Mitku (to IFK Haninge until 31 December 2021) 29 FW  JAM Peter McGregor (to Åtvidabergs FF until 31 December 2021)

No. Pos. Nation Player 31 DF  SWE Axel Wallenborg (to IFK Haninge until 31 December 2021) — GK  NOR Per Kristian Bråtveit (to Nîmes until 30 June 2022) — FW  SWE Adam Bergmark Wiberg (to Falkenbergs FF until 31 December 2021)

Notable players[]

List criteria:

• player has been named Allsvenskan Top Goalscorer of the year,^[35] or
• player has won Guldbollen,^[36] or
• player is one of the 12 players named as "DIF-heroes" on the official club website.^[37] or
• player has gained 100 caps or more for his country.

Name	Nationality	Djurgården career	Total appearances	Total goals	Honours
Hasse Jeppson	Sweden	1948–51	51	58	Allsvenskan top scorer: 1951
Sigge Parling	Sweden	1949–60	200	12	2 Swedish Championships
Gösta Sandberg	Sweden	1951–66	328	79	4 Swedish Championships Guldbollen: 1956
John Eriksson	Sweden	1951–60	123	72	2 Swedish Championships
Arne Arvidsson	Sweden	1952–65	269	0	3 Swedish Championships
Hans Mild	Sweden	1957–65	160	6	2 Swedish Championships Guldbollen: 1964
Olle Hellström	Sweden	1957–64 1968	129	4	2 Swedish Championships
Leif Skiöld	Sweden	1960–65	75	60	1 Swedish Championships Allsvenskan top scorer: 1962
Ronney Pettersson	Sweden	1960–70	123	0	1 Swedish Championships
Sven Lindman	Sweden	1965–68 1969–80	326	49	1 Swedish Championships
Tommy Berggren	Sweden	1968–84	299	55	Allsvenskan top scorer: 1978
Vito Knežević	Sweden	1977–88	242	18
Leif Nilsson	Sweden	1984–92	215	5	1 Svenska Cupen
Stefan Rehn	Sweden	1984–89 2000–02	210	52	1 Swedish Championships 1 Svenska Cupen
Andreas Isaksson	Sweden	2001–04 2016–2018	163	0	2 Swedish Championships 2 Svenska Cupen 133 games for Sweden national team
Kim Källström	Sweden	2002–03 2017	96	34	2 Swedish Championships 1 Svenska Cupen 131 games for Sweden national team
Magnus Eriksson	Sweden	2016–17 2020–	100	25	Allsvenskan top scorer: 2017
Mohamed Buya Turay	Sierra Leone	2019	29	15	1 Swedish Championships Allsvenskan top scorer: 2019

Management and boardroom[]

Management[]

As of 9 March 2021^[34]

Name Role Henrik Berggren CEO Bo Andersson Director of Sport Kim Bergstrand Head Coach Thomas Lagerlöf Head Coach Hugo Berggren Ass Coach/U21 Head Coach Nikos Gkoulios Goalkeeping Coach Viktor Helander Fitness Coach Jens Ericsson Fitness Coach Kalle Barrling Naprapath David Ed Söderström Naprapath Mattias Göthrick Physio Håkan Nyberg Orthopedist Bengt Sparrelind Cardio Johan Bergling Doctor Daniel Granqvist Player Manager Patrik Eklöf Kit Manager Christian Gentile Head of Academy Mats Jansson Youth Scout

Boardroom[]

As of 22/01 2021^[38] Djurgården are owned by the members, meaning they have the power to choose the boardroom and vote in important questions, they run the club with democracy.

Name Role Lars-Erik Sjöberg Chairman Mattias Jonson Boardmember Petra Wester Boardmember Ruby Rinman Boardmember Poya Motai Boardmember Alexander af Jochnick Boardmember Claes-Göran Sylvén Boardmember Linda Wijikström Boardmember Per "Pelle" Kotschack Honorary Boardmember

Managerial history[]

It is not known for sure who was the team's manager until 1922, though it is believed that Birger Möller was in charge during a part of the club's first decades.^[39]

Honours[]

• Swedish Champions^[D]
  • Winners (12): 1912, 1915, 1917, 1920, 1954–55, 1959, 1964, 1966, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2019

League[]

• Allsvenskan:
  • Winners (8): 1954–55, 1959, 1964, 1966, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2019
  • Runners-up (3): 1962, 1967, 2001
• Superettan:
  • Winners (1): 2000
• Division 1 Norra:
  • Winners (3): 1987, 1994, 1998
  • Runners-up (1): 1997
• Svenska Serien:
  • Runners-up (1): 1911–12

Cups[]

• Svenska Cupen:
  • Winners (5): 1989–90, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2017–18
  • Runners-up (4): 1951, 1974–75, 1988–89, 2012–13
• Svenska Mästerskapet:
  • Winners (4): 1912, 1915, 1917, 1920
  • Runners-up (7): 1904, 1906, 1909, 1910, 1913, 1916, 1919
• Allsvenskan play-offs:
  • Runners-up (1): 1988
• Corinthian Bowl:
  • Winners (1): 1910
  • Runners-up (2): 1908, 1911
• Rosenska Pokalen:
  • Runners-up (1): 1902
• Wicanderska Välgörenhetsskölden:
  • Winners (4): 1907, 1910, 1913, 1915
  • Runners-up (3): 1908, 1914, 1916
• Nordic Cup:
  • Runners-up (1): 1959–62^[42]

Records[]

• Victory, Allsvenskan: 9–1 vs. Hammarby IF (13 August 1990)
• Loss, Allsvenskan: 1–11 vs. IFK Norrköping (14 October 1945)
• Highest attendance, Råsunda Stadium: 48,894 vs. IFK Göteborg (11 October 1959)
• Highest attendance, Stockholms Stadion: 21,995 vs. AIK (16 August 1946)
• Highest attendance, Tele2 Arena: 28,258 vs. Örebro SK (28 October 2019)^[43]
• Most appearances, Allsvenskan: 312, Sven Lindman (1965–80)
• Most goals scored, Allsvenskan: 70, Gösta 'Knivsta' Sandberg (1951–66)
• Record transfer fee paid – 14 million Swedish krona, Thiago Quirino from Atlético Mineiro (winter of 2006)
• Record transfer fee received – 50 million Swedish krona, Marcus Danielson to Dalian Professional (winter of 2020)

Most appearances[]

Competitive matches only, includes appearances as substitute. Numbers in brackets indicate goals scored.

#	Name	Years	League	Cup	Europe	Other	Total
1	Gösta Sandberg	1951–1966	322 (77)	00 0(0)	06 (1)	00 (1)	328 (79)
2	Sven Lindman	1965–1968 1969–1980	312 (49)	02 0(0)	12 (0)	00 (0)	326 (49)
3	Tommy Berggren	1968–1984	289 (54)	00 0(0)	08 (0)	02 (1)	299 (55)
5	Björn Alkeby	1971–1982 1993	265 0(0)	00 0(0)	09 (0)	02 (0)	276 0(0)
4	Arne Arvidson	1952–1965	263 0(0)	00 0(0)	06 (0)	00 (0)	269 0(0)
6	Daniel Sjölund	2003–2012	205 (27)	20 (11)	10 (0)	10 (1)	245 (39)
7	Vito Knežević	1977–1988	236 (17)	00 0(0)	00 (0)	06 (1)	242 (18)
8	Pa Dembo Touray	2000–2011	195 0(1)	16 0(0)	14 (0)	12 (0)	237 0(1)
9	Andreas Johansson	2000–2005 2013–2014	172 (50)	30 (16)	14 (4)	03 (0)	219 (70)
10	Toni Kuivasto	2003–2009	165 0(6)	19 0(2)	15 (0)	17 (1)	216 0(9)

Footnotes[]

References[]

• Gänger, Hasse (2007). Djurgårdens IF Fotboll 1899–2006 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Djurgårdens IF Fotboll. ISBN 978-91-633-0992-2.
• Hagström, Magnus; Johansson, Peter; Jurell, Carl (2010). Vad för jävla pack e ni? (in Swedish). Imperial Publishing. ISBN 978-91-978734-0-6.
• Rehnberg, Bo (ed.); Wickman, Mats (ed.) (1991). Djurgårdens IF 100 år: 1891–1991 (in Swedish). Sellin & Partner förlag. ISBN 91-7055-029-8.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)

External links[]

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Official websites

• Djurgården Fotboll – official site
• Djurgården Fotboll – at the UEFA official site
• Djurgården Fotboll – at the Allsvenskan official site

Supporter websites

• Järnkaminerna Stockholm – official supporter club site
• Djurgårdens Supporters Club – supporter site