Djurgårdens IF Fotbollsförening – commonly known as Djurgårdens IF, Djurgården Fotboll (official name), Djurgården (), and (especially locally) Djurgår'n (), Dif or DIF – is the
men's
association football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...
department of its parent association
Djurgårdens IF
Djurgårdens Idrottsförening, commonly known simply as Djurgårdens IF, Djurgården (), and (especially locally) Djurgår'n (), Dif or DIF – is a Swedish sports association with several sections, located in Stockholm.
Name
The club is nam ...
. Founded 1891 on the island of
Djurgården
Djurgården ( or ) or, more officially, ''Kungliga Djurgården'' (), is an island in central Stockholm, Sweden. Djurgården is home to historical buildings and monuments, museums, galleries, the amusement park Gröna Lund, the open-air museum ...
, the club's home ground is
Tele2 Arena
The Stockholmsarenan, known as the Tele2 Arena for sponsorship reasons, is a retractable roof multi-purpose stadium in Stockholm Globe City, Johanneshov, just south of Stockholm City Centre, Sweden. It is used mostly for concerts and football ma ...
, situated in the
Johanneshov
Johanneshov () is a district in Stockholm located at the intersection of national road 73 and national road 75 in the borough of Enskede-Årsta-Vantör, southern Stockholm, Sweden.
The icehockey arena Hovet is located in Johanneshov, its ...
district of
Stockholm
Stockholm () is the capital and largest city of Sweden as well as the largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people live in the municipality, with 1.6 million in the urban area, and 2.4 million in the metropo ...
.
Competing in the highest Swedish tier,
Allsvenskan
Allsvenskan (; en, the All-Swedish, also known as Fotbollsallsvenskan, en, the Football All-Swedish) is a Swedish professional league for men's association football clubs. It was founded in 1924 and is the top tier of the Swedish football lea ...
, 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. From 2017 to the current day, the club has seen a boom, both nationally and internationally, highlighted by the
Svenska Cupen title in 2018, the league title in 2019 & their qualification to 2022-23
Europa Conference League round of 16.
Supporters of the club, called ''djurgårdare'', are found in all socio-economic spheres and throughout all areas of
Stockholm
Stockholm () is the capital and largest city of Sweden as well as the largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people live in the municipality, with 1.6 million in the urban area, and 2.4 million in the metropo ...
. To some extent, also all over
Sweden
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. However, east
Vasastan and especially
Östermalm
Östermalm (; "Eastern city-borough") is a 2.56 km2 large district in central Stockholm, Sweden. With 71,802 inhabitants, it is one of the most populous districts in Stockholm. It is an extremely expensive area, having the highest housing ...
, the later where Djurgården's former home ground
Stadion is situated, is by some considered the club's heartland. Djurgården is affiliated to the
Stockholms Fotbollförbund.
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
Djurgården ( or ) or, more officially, ''Kungliga Djurgården'' (), is an island in central Stockholm, Sweden. Djurgården is home to historical buildings and monuments, museums, galleries, the amusement park Gröna Lund, the open-air museum ...
in central
Stockholm
Stockholm () is the capital and largest city of Sweden as well as the largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people live in the municipality, with 1.6 million in the urban area, and 2.4 million in the metropo ...
. Most of the founding members were from the dockyard-industry
working class
The working class (or labouring class) comprises those engaged in manual-labour occupations or industrial work, who are remunerated via waged or salaried contracts. Working-class occupations (see also " Designation of workers by collar colou ...
,
[Andersson, Torbjörn (2002) "Kung fotboll: den svenska fotbollens kulturhistoria från 1800-talets slut till 1950".] an identity that stayed true up until the 1940s and 1950s.
The club originally focused on
winter sports
Winter sports or winter activities are competitive sports or non-competitive recreational activities which are played on snow or ice. Most are variations of skiing, ice skating and sledding. Traditionally, such games were only played in cold a ...
and
athletics
Athletics may refer to:
Sports
* Sport of athletics, a collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking
** Track and field, a sub-category of the above sport
* Athletics (physical culture), competi ...
. The first real football field in Stockholm was created in 1896. Djurgårdens IF's football section was formed in 1899, with the help of former
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player Teodor Andersson.
Djurgården played their first match in July 1899, a 1–2 loss against
AIK.
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
Svenska Serien (literally, "The Swedish Series", also Svenska Fotbollserien, "The Swedish Football Series") was the highest league in Swedish football
Association football is the most popular sport in Sweden, with over 240,000 licensed play ...
, 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
The 1912 Summer Olympics ( sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1912), officially known as the Games of the V Olympiad ( sv, Den V olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Stockholm 1912, were an international multi-sport event held in Stockholm, Sweden, b ...
,
Stockholms Stadion was built. It became Djurgården's permanent home arena in 1936.
The club did not qualify for the first season of
Allsvenskan
Allsvenskan (; en, the All-Swedish, also known as Fotbollsallsvenskan, en, the Football All-Swedish) is a Swedish professional league for men's association football clubs. It was founded in 1924 and is the top tier of the Swedish football lea ...
, 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
Frank Soo (8 March 1914 – 25 January 1991) was an English professional football player and manager of mixed Chinese and English parentage. He was the first player of Chinese origin to play in the English Football League, and the first player ...
. In the 1955–56 season, Djurgården became the first Swedish team to enter the
European Cup
The UEFA Champions League (abbreviated as UCL, or sometimes, UEFA CL) is an annual club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) and contested by top-division European clubs, deciding the competit ...
.
Beating
Gwardia Warszawa in the first round, Djurgården advanced to quarter finals against Scottish
Hibernian that they lost by 1–4 over two matches.
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
Råsunda Stadium (; also known as Råsunda Fotbollsstadion, Råsundastadion, Råsunda Football Stadium or just Råsunda) was the Swedish national football stadium. It was located in Solna Municipality in Stockholm and named after the district i ...
, 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
Hans Karlsson (born 21 October 1946) is a Swedish Social Democratic politician. From 2002 to 2006, he served in the Cabinet of Göran Persson as Minister for Employment in the Ministry of Enterprise, Energy and Communications of the Swedis ...
,
Gösta Sandberg
Gösta "Knivsta" Sandberg (6 August 1932 – 27 April 2006) was a Swedish football, ice hockey, and bandy player who is best remembered for representing Djurgårdens IF. He was capped 52 times for the national team in football, eight times in ...
,
Olle Hellström,
Stig Gustafsson,
Arne Arvidsson
Arne Arvidsson (19 January 1929 – 30 September 2008) was a Swedish footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He also played bandy.
Club career
Arvidsson started his career in Långshyttans AIK and joined Djurgårdens IF in 1952. He made his ...
,
Hans Mild and
Sigge Parling
Sigvard Emanuel "Sigge" Parling (26 March 1930 – 17 September 2016) was a Swedish football player. He also played ice hockey and bandy.
During his career he played for Djurgårdens IF (1949–1960), IK Sirius (1960–1963) and Gefle IF (1963–1 ...
.
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
Gösta "Knivsta" Sandberg (6 August 1932 – 27 April 2006) was a Swedish football, ice hockey, and bandy player who is best remembered for representing Djurgårdens IF. He was capped 52 times for the national team in football, eight times in ...
.
Sandberg played 322 league matches for the team 1951–66 and scored 77 goals.
Gösta Sandberg
Gösta "Knivsta" Sandberg (6 August 1932 – 27 April 2006) was a Swedish football, ice hockey, and bandy player who is best remembered for representing Djurgårdens IF. He was capped 52 times for the national team in football, eight times in ...
is known as "Mr Djurgården" and was in 1991 named "Djurgårdare of the century". Sandberg also played for the club's
Bandy
Bandy is a winter sport and ball sport played by two teams wearing ice skates on a large ice surface (either indoors or outdoors) while using sticks to direct a ball into the opposing team's goal. The international governing body for bandy is ...
and
Ice Hockey
Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice ...
section. He died on his way home after attending the
Tvillingderbyt
Tvillingderbyt (, "The Twin Derby") is a football fixture in Stockholm, Sweden, between cross-town rivals AIK Stockholm and Djurgårdens IF. Both clubs were founded in Stockholm in 1891, AIK was first with Djurgårdens IF following three weeks l ...
in 2006. A fun and interesting anecdote from this period is that Djurgården are the first and so far only swedish team to have beaten
Real Madrid
Real Madrid Club de Fútbol (, meaning ''Royal Madrid Football Club''), commonly referred to as Real Madrid, is a Spanish professional football club based in Madrid.
Founded in 1902 as Madrid Football Club, the club has traditionally wor ...
, the game was a friendly at Råsunda in 1960 and ended 2–1 to the Swedes.
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.
Middle years
The 1970s saw no greater successes; however, Djurgården was steady in
Allsvenskan
Allsvenskan (; en, the All-Swedish, also known as Fotbollsallsvenskan, en, the Football All-Swedish) is a Swedish professional league for men's association football clubs. It was founded in 1924 and is the top tier of the Swedish football lea ...
and had three third-places and a final loss in the
1975 Svenska Cupen Final
The 1975 Svenska Cupen final took place on 8 May 1975 at Malmö Stadion in Malmö. The match was contested by Allsvenskan sides Malmö FF and Djurgårdens IF. Djurgården played their first final since 1951 and their second in total, Malmö FF pla ...
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
''Aktiebolag'' (, " stock company") is the Swedish term for "limited company" or "corporation". When used in company names, it is abbreviated AB (in Sweden), Ab (in Finland), or, rarely, A/B (dated), roughly equivalent to the abbreviations '' Lt ...
. Former
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe ...
striker
Teddy Sheringham
Edward Paul "Teddy" Sheringham, MBE (born 2 April 1966) is an English football manager and former player. He played as a forward, mostly as a second striker, in a 24-year professional career.
Sheringham began his career at Millwall, where ...
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
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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. 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
Anders Frisk (born 18 February 1963) is a Swedish insurance agent by trade and a former football referee. Frisk chose to go into early retirement from refereeing due to pressure from death threats made against him and his family. He is fluent ...
.
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
Allsvenskan 2001, part of the 2001 Swedish football season, was the 77th Allsvenskan season played. The first match was played 7 April 2001 and the last match was played 27 October 2001. Hammarby IF won the league ahead of runners-up Djurgårdens ...
. 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.
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. The golden era saw the club play against big and classic clubs like
Juventus
Juventus Football Club (from la, iuventūs, 'youth'; ), colloquially known as Juve (), is a professional football club based in Turin, Piedmont, Italy, that competes in the Serie A, the top tier of the Italian football league system. Founded in ...
,
FC Girondins de Bordeaux
Football Club des Girondins de Bordeaux (), commonly referred to as Girondins de Bordeaux ( oc, Girondins de Bordèu) or simply Bordeaux, is a French professional Association football, football club based in the city of Bordeaux in Gironde (de ...
,
Shamrock Rovers F.C.
Shamrock Rovers Football Club ( ga, Cumann Peile Ruagairí na Seamróige) is an Irish association football club based in Tallaght, South Dublin. The club's senior team competes in the League of Ireland Premier Division and it is the most suc ...
,
FK Partizan
Fudbalski klub Partizan ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Партизан, ; en, Partizan Football Club), sometimes known as Partizan Belgrade in English, is a Serbia, Serbian professional football club (association football), football ...
and
FC Utrecht
Football Club Utrecht () is a Dutch professional football club based in Utrecht. The club competes in the Eredivisie, the top tier of Dutch football, and plays its home matches at the Stadion Galgenwaard.
The club was formed in 1970 as a merg ...
. The most remarkabel resultat being the 2-2 draw away against Juventus at
Stadio Delle Alpi.
The difficult years
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 21st century came back in 2014 he was forced to sell players such as
Daniel Amartey
Daniel Amartey (born 21 December 1994) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a defender or midfielder for Premier League club Leicester City and the Ghana national team.
A graduate of International Allies' youth academy, Amartey ...
(who became the most expensive defender ever sold by an
Allsvenskan
Allsvenskan (; en, the All-Swedish, also known as Fotbollsallsvenskan, en, the Football All-Swedish) is a Swedish professional league for men's association football clubs. It was founded in 1924 and is the top tier of the Swedish football lea ...
club for about 25 million SEK),
Erton Fejzullahu
Erton Fejzullahu (born 9 April 1988) is a professional former footballer who played as a striker. He previously represented Sweden at youth and full international level before making his debut for the Kosovo national team in 2016.
Early life ...
,
Christian Rubio Sivodedov
Christian Rubio Sivodedov (born 7 November 1997) is a Swedish footballer who plays for Norrby as a midfielder.
Career Djurgårdens IF
Rubio Sivodedov started playing football in Djurgårdens IF at the age of six. During his youth years in Dj ...
and
Simon Tibbling which stabilized the economy.
The start of something new
In January 2017, Djurgården sold the Kenyan international forward
Michael Olunga
Michael Olunga Ogada (born 26 March 1994) is a Kenyan professional footballer who plays as a striker for Qatari club Al-Duhail and captains the Kenya national team.
Club career
Early career and Gor Mahia
While still a student at the Upper ...
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
The 2018–19 UEFA Europa League was the 48th season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 10th season since it was renamed from the UEFA Cup to the UEFA Europa League.
The final was played at the Olympic Sta ...
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. They defeated
Malmö FF
Malmö Fotbollförening, commonly known as Malmö FF, Malmö, or MFF, is a professional football club and the most successful football club in Sweden in terms of trophies won. Formed in 1910 and affiliated with the Scania Football Associatio ...
3–0 in a thrilling final at
Tele2 Arena
The Stockholmsarenan, known as the Tele2 Arena for sponsorship reasons, is a retractable roof multi-purpose stadium in Stockholm Globe City, Johanneshov, just south of Stockholm City Centre, Sweden. It is used mostly for concerts and football ma ...
, impressive considering the poor form they had in the league before the game.
A new era
In 2019 they won the league title for the first time in fourteen years (2005). They secured the title and a spot in the
UEFA Champions League
The UEFA Champions League (abbreviated as UCL, or sometimes, UEFA CL) is an annual club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) and contested by top-division European clubs, deciding the competi ...
3rd Qualifying round, 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
Dalian () is a major sub-provincial port city in Liaoning province, People's Republic of China, and is Liaoning's second largest city (after the provincial capital Shenyang) and the third-most populous city of Northeast China. Located on ...
for a club record fee of more than 50 million
SEK. This made Djurgården one of Sweden's wealthiest clubs along with various other sales.
The club ended up in fourth place in the 2020 campaign. The season was highly affected by the
COVID-19 pandemic
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, with the start of the season being significantly delayed and all the games played with no crowd.
The 2021 campaign ended with a third place in the league, qualifying for the
UEFA Europa Conference League
The UEFA Europa Conference League (abbreviated as UECL) is an annual football club competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) for eligible European football clubs. Clubs qualify for the competition based on thei ...
2nd Qualifying Round. It was a three horse race until Djurgården lost the must win match in their penultimate game of the season against Varberg at home. The team also reached the knockout stage in the
Svenska Cupen (Swedish Cup) for the 2021/2022 campaign, they reached the semifinals where they lost to
Malmö FF
Malmö Fotbollförening, commonly known as Malmö FF, Malmö, or MFF, is a professional football club and the most successful football club in Sweden in terms of trophies won. Formed in 1910 and affiliated with the Scania Football Associatio ...
.
Their
2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League journey began in the second qualifying round against
Rijeka
Rijeka ( , , ; also known as Fiume hu, Fiume, it, Fiume ; local Chakavian: ''Reka''; german: Sankt Veit am Flaum; sl, Reka) is the principal seaport and the third-largest city in Croatia (after Zagreb and Split). It is located in Prim ...
who they defeated 4–1 on aggregate over the two games. With this they advanced to the third qualifying round where they were drawn against the Romanian Cup winners
Sepsi OSK, who they managed to beat 6–2 over the two legs. Finally, they were then drawn against the experienced Cypriot campaigners
APOEL
APOEL FC ( el, ΑΠΟΕΛ; short for Αθλητικός Ποδοσφαιρικός Όμιλος Ελλήνων Λευκωσίας, ''Athletikos Podosferikos Omilos Ellinon Lefkosias'', literally "Athletic Football Club of Greeks of Nicosia") ...
in the play-off round. The two-legged fixture ended 5–3 in favour of Djurgården, and with this they qualified for the group stages of a European tournament for the first time in club history. They were subsequently drawn into group F alongside Belgian Cup winners
Gent, Irish champions
Shamrock Rovers
Shamrock Rovers Football Club ( ga, Cumann Peile Ruagairí na Seamróige) is an Irish association football club based in Tallaght, South Dublin. The club's senior team competes in the League of Ireland Premier Division and it is the most ...
and Norwegian neighbours
Molde
Molde () is a town and municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Romsdal. It is located on the Romsdal Peninsula, surrounding the Fannefjord and Moldefjord.
The administrative centre of t ...
, with whom they had a Nordic derby.
Djurgården sold their young and talented centre back Isak Hien to
Serie A
The Serie A (), also called Serie A TIM for national sponsorship with TIM, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and the winner is awarded the Scudetto and the Cop ...
side
Hellas Verona for around 3.2 million Euro or 34 million
SEK, his last match for the club was the second leg against APOEL. Djurgården also secured at least 3.2 million Euros for qualifying for the group stages.
The club advanced to the
knockout phase after their 4–2 win over Gent in Stockholm, securing another 2 million Euros in prize money. The Swedes topped their group with one game to spare after they came from 2–0 down away against Molde to record a 3–2 win, with
Haris Radetinac scoring the winner. They ended up on 16 points, 8 clear of Gent on second place and 9 of Molde in third.
Their domestic 2022–2023 season included the club qualifying for the cup group stages, after a 3–0 victory against Örebro Syrianska.
Djurgården secured a European qualifying spot in the 2023-24 UEFA Conference League, in the third to last game of the Allsvenskan season, after other results went in their favour. They ended in second place, securing it after a late winner against IFK Norrköping, the runners up spot also meant they finished ahead of both their city rivals.
Djurgården signed the highly talented and covoted trio, Wilmer Odefalk 18, and the Bergvall brothers, Theo 18 and Lucas 16 from the talent factory and Stockholm club
Brommapojkarna
Idrottsföreningen Brommapojkarna, more commonly known as Brommapojkarna (meaning ''the Bromma boys'') or simply BP, is a Swedish football club located in the borough of Bromma, in the western parts of Stockholm municipality. Brommapojkarna is ...
in the winter transfer window before the 2023 campaign. The trio had other interested clubs from both Sweden and major European leagues, but they all chose to stay and play for Djurgården.
European cups and tournaments
Notes for the abbreviations in the table below:
* 1R: First round
* 2R: Second round
* QF: Quarter-finals
* PR: Preliminary round
* QR: Qualifying round
* 1QR: First qualifying round
* 2QR: Second qualifying round
* 3QR: Third qualifying round
* PO: Play-off round
* R16: Round of 16
This is Djurgårdens' history in international cups and
tournaments
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# One or more competitions held at a single venue and concentr ...
, past and forthcoming organised by
UEFA
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. As of October 2022, the club is ranked 123rd by UEFA in its of European football clubs by coefficient, surpassing arch rivals
AIK in the process, and thereby becoming Sweden's second highest ranked team after
Malmö FF
Malmö Fotbollförening, commonly known as Malmö FF, Malmö, or MFF, is a professional football club and the most successful football club in Sweden in terms of trophies won. Formed in 1910 and affiliated with the Scania Football Associatio ...
.
The
Royal League
The Royal League was an annual Scandinavian football tournament held three times between teams from the three Scandinavian monarchies (Denmark, Sweden, and Norway), starting after the end of the regular domestic seasons of Norway and Sweden. Denm ...
is not included since it was a tournament
exclusively for
Scandinavia
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n teams and wasn't arranged by UEFA, but the club qualified for the tournament three out of the five years (namely during the seasons 2004–05, 2005–06, and 2007–08).
Supporters and rivalries
Djurgården is one of the most supported clubs in Sweden (with 21 232 paying members and around 10 000 season ticket holders as of 2022/2023), with most of its supporters living in Stockholm and the neighbouring
suburbs
A suburb (more broadly suburban area) is an area within a metropolitan area, which may include commercial and mixed-use, that is primarily a residential area. A suburb can exist either as part of a larger city/urban area or as a separa ...
. Traditionally, the borough of
Östermalm
Östermalm (; "Eastern city-borough") is a 2.56 km2 large district in central Stockholm, Sweden. With 71,802 inhabitants, it is one of the most populous districts in Stockholm. It is an extremely expensive area, having the highest housing ...
is considered to be the club's stronghold (where Stockholms Stadion is located) which is why the stereotypical view of the clubs supporters is, for them to be upperclass since Östermalm is considerwd one the wealthier parts of the city. However, a 2015
T-shirt
A T-shirt (also spelled tee shirt), or tee, is a style of fabric shirt named after the T shape of its body and sleeves. Traditionally, it has short sleeves and a round neckline, known as a '' crew neck'', which lacks a collar. T-shirts are genera ...
campaign suggests that supporters are spread fairly evenly throughout all geographical and socio-economical areas of Stockholm.
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. The supporter club later changed its name in 1997 to
Järnkaminerna
Järnkaminerna (lit. The Iron Stoves) is the largest official supporter club of the sports club Djurgårdens IF. Järnkaminerna is also a nickname for the sports club itself.
A common shortened form of the supporters club Järnkaminerna is JK.
...
(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 about 5800.
The 2000s saw the emergence and creation of independent
ultras
Ultras are a type of association football fans who are renowned for their fanatical support. The term originated in Italy, but is used worldwide to describe predominantly organised fans of association football teams. The behavioural tende ...
groups. The oldest active ultra group, Ultra Caos Stockholm, formed in 2003 is largely influenced by southern European supporter culture.
In 2005 Fabriken Stockholm was formed and took over the role of creating
tifo
Tifo () is the phenomenon whereby tifosi of a sports team makes a visual display of any choreographed flag, sign or banner in the stands of a stadium, mostly as part of an association football match.
Tifos are most commonly seen in important ...
s 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 (SOFIA TIFO) was formed and took charge of the terrace choreography, headed by Ultra Caos Stockholm.
The ultras can be found on the lower part of Sofialäktaren/ the Sofia stand located in the south end of the stadium. The origins of the name comes from the hospital (Sofiahemmet) behind
Stockholms stadion and the section where the ultras used to stand when they played there.
Notable Djurgården supporters
*
Fredrik Reinfeldt, former
Prime Minister of Sweden
The prime minister ( sv, statsminister ; literally translating to "Minister of State") is the head of government of Sweden. The prime minister and their cabinet (the government) exercise executive authority in the Kingdom of Sweden and are su ...
*
Joakim Thåström
Sven Joakim Eriksson Thåström (born 20 March 1957), better known as Thåström, is a Swedish singer and songwriter, mostly known for the bands Ebba Grön and Imperiet. He has moved between a number of genres, from punk to rock, industrial and ...
, musician
*
Stefan Persson, former CEO, Chairman of the Board and major shareholder of
H&M
*
Christer Fuglesang
Arne Christer Fuglesang (born 18 March 1957) is a Swedish physicist and an ESA astronaut. He was first launched aboard the STS-116 Space Shuttle mission on 10 December 2006, making him the first Swedish citizen in space.
Married with three chil ...
, astronaut, first Scandinavian in space
*
Carl XVI Gustaf
Carl XVI Gustaf (Carl Gustaf Folke Hubertus; born 30 April 1946) is King of Sweden. He ascended the throne on the death of his grandfather, Gustaf VI Adolf, on 15 September 1973.
He is the youngest child and only son of Prince Gustaf Adolf, D ...
, king of Sweden
*
Olof Palme
Sven Olof Joachim Palme (; ; 30 January 1927 – 28 February 1986) was a Swedish politician and statesman who served as Prime Minister of Sweden from 1969 to 1976 and 1982 to 1986. Palme led the Swedish Social Democratic Party from 1969 until ...
, former
Prime Minister of Sweden
The prime minister ( sv, statsminister ; literally translating to "Minister of State") is the head of government of Sweden. The prime minister and their cabinet (the government) exercise executive authority in the Kingdom of Sweden and are su ...
*
Lars Ohly
Lars-Magnus Harald Christoffer Ohly (; born 13 January 1957) is a Swedish politician, and the former party chairman of the Swedish Left Party. He was a member of the Swedish parliament from 1998 to 2014.
Early life and career
Lars Ohly was ...
, former leader of
Vänsterpartiet
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
Stockholm City Centre (''Stockholms innerstad'', ''Innerstaden'', ''Inre staden'') is in Stockholm Municipality, also known as the City of Stockholm, part of the Stockholm urban area in Sweden.
Since 2007, Stockholm City Centre has been orga ...
. Because of this, games between the teams are called
Tvillingderbyt
Tvillingderbyt (, "The Twin Derby") is a football fixture in Stockholm, Sweden, between cross-town rivals AIK Stockholm and Djurgårdens IF. Both clubs were founded in Stockholm in 1891, AIK was first with Djurgårdens IF following three weeks l ...
(''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. 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
Östermalm (; "Eastern city-borough") is a 2.56 km2 large district in central Stockholm, Sweden. With 71,802 inhabitants, it is one of the most populous districts in Stockholm. It is an extremely expensive area, having the highest housing ...
district and Hammarby's in
Södermalm
Södermalm, often shortened to just Söder, is a district and island in central Stockholm.
Overview
The district covers the large island of the same name (formerly called ''Åsön''). Although Södermalm usually is considered an island, wat ...
. Since 2013, the two teams have shared the same home ground, the
Tele2 Arena
The Stockholmsarenan, known as the Tele2 Arena for sponsorship reasons, is a retractable roof multi-purpose stadium in Stockholm Globe City, Johanneshov, just south of Stockholm City Centre, Sweden. It is used mostly for concerts and football ma ...
.
Malmö FF
Malmö Fotbollförening, commonly known as Malmö FF, Malmö, or MFF, is a professional football club and the most successful football club in Sweden in terms of trophies won. Formed in 1910 and affiliated with the Scania Football Associatio ...
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.
Another rivalry that has come to grow bigger and more intense is with
Helsingborg IF, and that after an incident where a Djurgården supporter was beaten to death before the premier of the 2014 season in Helsingborg.
Affiliated schools
These are the schools where lot of the club's junior and academy players go.
*Engelbrektsskolan in
Östermalm
Östermalm (; "Eastern city-borough") is a 2.56 km2 large district in central Stockholm, Sweden. With 71,802 inhabitants, it is one of the most populous districts in Stockholm. It is an extremely expensive area, having the highest housing ...
(grade 4–9)
*Sjölins Gymnasium in
Södermalm
Södermalm, often shortened to just Söder, is a district and island in central Stockholm.
Overview
The district covers the large island of the same name (formerly called ''Åsön''). Although Södermalm usually is considered an island, wat ...
(high school)
*Stockholms Idrottsgymnasium in
Östermalm
Östermalm (; "Eastern city-borough") is a 2.56 km2 large district in central Stockholm, Sweden. With 71,802 inhabitants, it is one of the most populous districts in Stockholm. It is an extremely expensive area, having the highest housing ...
(high school)
*Gustavsbergs Gymnasium (high school) since 2021/2022
Djurgården have gym/PE teachers working in around 31 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
Adidas AG (; stylized as adidas since 1949) is a German multinational corporation, founded and headquartered in Herzogenaurach, Bavaria, that designs and manufactures shoes, clothing and accessories. It is the largest sportswear manufacture ...
, 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
Volkswagen (),English: , . abbreviated as VW (), is a German Automotive industry, motor vehicle manufacturer headquartered in Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony, Germany. Founded in 1937 by the German Labour Front under the Nazi Party and revived into a ...
; Nordic wellness a gym brand and league sponsors
Unibet
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
Stockholm County ( sv, Stockholms län, link=no ) is a county or ''län'' (in Swedish) on the Baltic Sea coast of Sweden. It borders Uppsala County and Södermanland County. It also borders Mälaren and the Baltic Sea. The city of Stockho ...
.
The club is named after the city park and borough
Djurgården
Djurgården ( or ) or, more officially, ''Kungliga Djurgården'' (), is an island in central Stockholm, Sweden. Djurgården is home to historical buildings and monuments, museums, galleries, the amusement park Gröna Lund, the open-air museum ...
, which originally was a royal hunting park. A direct translation of ''Djurgården'' would be “animal garden” or "animal yard". The word ''djur'' is cognate with the English word “deer”, so "deer garden" may have been the name's original meaning.
Djurgården has a couple of nicknames, such as Järnkaminerna (the iron stoves), Blåränderna (the blue stripes) and Stockholms stolthet (The pride of Stockholm). The first two are used by both media and the club and its supporters, Stockholms stolthet are just used within the circles of Djurgården.
Stadiums
Djurgården's primary stadium since 2013 is
Tele2 Arena
The Stockholmsarenan, known as the Tele2 Arena for sponsorship reasons, is a retractable roof multi-purpose stadium in Stockholm Globe City, Johanneshov, just south of Stockholm City Centre, Sweden. It is used mostly for concerts and football ma ...
. 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
Råsunda Stadium (; also known as Råsunda Fotbollsstadion, Råsundastadion, Råsunda Football Stadium or just Råsunda) was the Swedish national football stadium. It was located in Solna Municipality in Stockholm and named after the district i ...
, 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. Djurgården's record attendance at Råsunda is 50,750 against IFK Göteborg on 11 October 1959.
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. However, in August 1910 Djurgården signed a 25-year contract with the Stockholm City Council to build a stadium in
Traneberg
Traneberg is a residential district in western Stockholm ( Västerort) and part of the Bromma borough. For the 1912 Summer Olympics, Tranebergs Idrottsplats hosted some of the football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to v ...
, a district west of the inner city.
[Rehnberg, pp. 43–44.] Tranebergs Idrottsplats
Tranebergs Idrottsplats was a football stadium in Traneberg district, western Stockholm, Sweden. It was opened in September 1911. Tranebergs Idrottsplats served as the home ground of Djurgårdens IF for 25 seasons. The stadium was closed in Septe ...
was finished in October 1911 and inaugurated by
Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf.
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.
As attendances increased in the latter half of the 1940s, the club decided to play some games at the newer and larger
Råsunda Stadium
Råsunda Stadium (; also known as Råsunda Fotbollsstadion, Råsundastadion, Råsunda Football Stadium or just Råsunda) was the Swedish national football stadium. It was located in Solna Municipality in Stockholm and named after the district i ...
.
And as Djurgården climbed in the league table at the beginning of the 1950s, all games were played at Råsunda.
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.
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.
These plans were abandoned in December 2011 as the building costs exceeded the club's financial capabilities. New stadium requirements from the Swedish Football Association also did not allow Djurgården to play at the Olympic Stadium after 2013. Thus, the club board made the decision to move to
Tele2 Arena
The Stockholmsarenan, known as the Tele2 Arena for sponsorship reasons, is a retractable roof multi-purpose stadium in Stockholm Globe City, Johanneshov, just south of Stockholm City Centre, Sweden. It is used mostly for concerts and football ma ...
for the 2013 season.
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.
In 2007 Djurgården invested 65 million
SEK (roughly 7 million
Euro
The euro ( symbol: €; code: EUR) is the official currency of 19 out of the member states of the European Union (EU). This group of states is known as the eurozone or, officially, the euro area, and includes about 340 million citizens . ...
) in their youth academy, which former director of sports, Göran Aral, described as a unique investment by a Swedish club. 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
Christian Rubio Sivodedov (born 7 November 1997) is a Swedish footballer who plays for Norrby as a midfielder.
Career Djurgårdens IF
Rubio Sivodedov started playing football in Djurgårdens IF at the age of six. During his youth years in Dj ...
. They recently changed the name of the academy teams from U to PA/FA, meaning boys academy and girls academy.
Players
First-team squad
(vice-captain)
Out on loan
Djurgården in Africa
In recent years Djurgården have been known for signing young talents from around Africa relatively cheap and sell them to bigger clubs for millions. The club's director of sports
Bo Andersson are a big reason for that and he's known as “MR Bo” in big parts of the continent.
Some of the players that have played for Djurgården are Leicester's
Daniel Amartey
Daniel Amartey (born 21 December 1994) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a defender or midfielder for Premier League club Leicester City and the Ghana national team.
A graduate of International Allies' youth academy, Amartey ...
, Al-Duhail SC's
Michael Olunga
Michael Olunga Ogada (born 26 March 1994) is a Kenyan professional footballer who plays as a striker for Qatari club Al-Duhail and captains the Kenya national team.
Club career
Early career and Gor Mahia
While still a student at the Upper ...
, Amiens'
Aliou Badji, Midtjylland's
Edward Chilufya, Sampdoria's
Omar Colley and Lyon's
Tino Kadewere
Notable players
List criteria:
* player has been named Allsvenskan Top Goalscorer of the year, or
* player has won
Guldbollen, or
* player is one of the 12 players named as "DIF-heroes" on the official club website. or
* player has gained 100 caps or more for his country.
Management and boardroom
Management
A list of the staff working with and around the first team squad. ''As of 30/08 2022''
Boardroom
''As of 27/01 2022'' Djurgården are to 100% owned by the members of the club, meaning they have the power to choose the boardroom and vote in important questions, they run the club with democracy.
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.
[Gänger, pp. 68–69]
Honours
*
Swedish Champions
**Winners (12):
1912
Events January
* January 1 – The Republic of China is established.
* January 5 – The Prague Conference (6th All-Russian Conference of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party) opens.
* January 6
** German geophysicist Alfred ...
,
1915,
1917,
1920
Events January
* January 1
** Polish–Soviet War in 1920: The Russian Red Army increases its troops along the Polish border from 4 divisions to 20.
** Kauniainen, completely surrounded by the city of Espoo, secedes from Espoo as its own ma ...
,
1954–55,
1959,
1964,
1966
Events January
* January 1 – In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa takes over as military ruler of the Central African Republic, ousting President David Dacko.
* January 3 – 1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état: President Maurice Yaméogo ...
,
2002
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,
2003
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,
2005
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,
2019
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League
*
Allsvenskan
Allsvenskan (; en, the All-Swedish, also known as Fotbollsallsvenskan, en, the Football All-Swedish) is a Swedish professional league for men's association football clubs. It was founded in 1924 and is the top tier of the Swedish football lea ...
:
**Winners (8):
1954–55,
1959,
1964,
1966
Events January
* January 1 – In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa takes over as military ruler of the Central African Republic, ousting President David Dacko.
* January 3 – 1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état: President Maurice Yaméogo ...
,
2002
File:2002 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 2002 Winter Olympics are held in Salt Lake City; Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and her daughter Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon die; East Timor gains East Timor independence, indepe ...
,
2003
File:2003 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The crew of STS-107 perished when the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated during reentry into Earth's atmosphere; SARS became an epidemic in China, and was a precursor to SARS-CoV-2; A ...
,
2005
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,
2019
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** Runners-up (4):
1962,
1967,
2001
The September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror, were a defining event of 2001. The United States led a multi-national coalition in an invasion of Afghanist ...
,
2022
*
Superettan
Superettan (; meaning the super first (division)) is an association football league and the second highest league in the league system of Swedish men's football. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with Al ...
:
** Winners (1):
2000
File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from S ...
*
Division 1 Norra
Ettan Fotboll, or simply Ettan ( en, the one), which also is its common name in everyday speech, is the third level in the Swedish football league system and consists of 32 Swedish football teams. It was formerly simply known as ''Division 1''. ...
:
** Winners (3):
1987,
1994
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,
1998
** Runners-up (1):
1997
File:1997 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The movie set of ''Titanic'', the highest-grossing movie in history at the time; '' Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', is published; Comet Hale-Bopp passes by Earth and becomes one of ...
*
Svenska Serien
Svenska Serien (literally, "The Swedish Series", also Svenska Fotbollserien, "The Swedish Football Series") was the highest league in Swedish football
Association football is the most popular sport in Sweden, with over 240,000 licensed play ...
:
** Runners-up (1):
1911–12
Cups
*
Svenska Cupen:
** Winners (5):
1989–90,
2002
File:2002 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 2002 Winter Olympics are held in Salt Lake City; Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and her daughter Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon die; East Timor gains East Timor independence, indepe ...
,
2004
2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO).
Events January
* January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight ...
,
2005
File:2005 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf of Mexico; the Funeral of Pope John Paul II is held in Vatican City; " Me at the zoo", the first video ever to be uploaded to YouTube; Eris was discover ...
,
2017–18
** Runners-up (4):
1951
Events
January
* January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950).
* January 9 – The Government of the United ...
,
1974–75,
1988–89,
2012–13
*
Svenska Mästerskapet
Svenska Mästerskapet was a Swedish football competition held as a cup to decide the Swedish Champions between 1896 and 1925. It was held during a short period, and all games were often played in either Gothenburg or Stockholm
Stockholm () ...
:
** Winners (4):
1912
Events January
* January 1 – The Republic of China is established.
* January 5 – The Prague Conference (6th All-Russian Conference of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party) opens.
* January 6
** German geophysicist Alfred ...
, 1915, 1917,
1920
Events January
* January 1
** Polish–Soviet War in 1920: The Russian Red Army increases its troops along the Polish border from 4 divisions to 20.
** Kauniainen, completely surrounded by the city of Espoo, secedes from Espoo as its own ma ...
** Runners-up (7):
1904,
1906, 1909, 1910, 1913, 1916, 1919
*
Allsvenskan play-offs:
** Runners-up (1):
1988
*
Corinthian Bowl
Corinthian Bowl was a Swedish football cup tournament played between 1906 and 1913 commemorating the English club Corinthian and their visit to Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geogra ...
:
** Winners (1):
1910
Events
January
* January 13 – The first public radio broadcast takes place; live performances of the operas '' Cavalleria rusticana'' and ''Pagliacci'' are sent out over the airwaves, from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York C ...
** Runners-up (2):
1908,
1911
A notable ongoing event was the race for the South Pole.
Events January
* January 1 – A decade after federation, the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory are added to the Commonwealth of Australia.
* ...
*
Rosenska Pokalen:
** Runners-up (1):
1902
*
Wicanderska Välgörenhetsskölden:
** Winners (4):
1907,
1910
Events
January
* January 13 – The first public radio broadcast takes place; live performances of the operas '' Cavalleria rusticana'' and ''Pagliacci'' are sent out over the airwaves, from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York C ...
,
1913
Events January
* January 5 – First Balkan War: Battle of Lemnos – Greek admiral Pavlos Kountouriotis forces the Turkish fleet to retreat to its base within the Dardanelles, from which it will not venture for the rest of the ...
,
1915
** Runners-up (3):
1908,
1914,
1916
*
Nordic Cup:
** Runners-up (1):
1959–62
Records
* Victory, Allsvenskan: 9–1 vs.
Hammarby IF
Hammarby Idrottsförening ("Hammarby Sports Club"), commonly known as Hammarby IF or simply Hammarby ( or, especially locally, ), is a Swedish sports club located in Stockholm, with a number of member organizations active in a variety of differ ...
(13 August 1990)
* Loss, Allsvenskan: 1–11 vs.
IFK Norrköping (14 October 1945)
* Highest attendance,
Råsunda Stadium
Råsunda Stadium (; also known as Råsunda Fotbollsstadion, Råsundastadion, Råsunda Football Stadium or just Råsunda) was the Swedish national football stadium. It was located in Solna Municipality in Stockholm and named after the district i ...
: 50,750 vs.
IFK Göteborg (11 October 1959)
* Highest attendance,
Stockholms Stadion: 21,995 vs.
AIK (16 August 1946)
* Highest attendance,
Tele2 Arena
The Stockholmsarenan, known as the Tele2 Arena for sponsorship reasons, is a retractable roof multi-purpose stadium in Stockholm Globe City, Johanneshov, just south of Stockholm City Centre, Sweden. It is used mostly for concerts and football ma ...
: 28,258 vs.
Örebro SK (28 October 2019)
* 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
The krona (; plural: ''kronor''; sign: kr; code: SEK) is the official currency of the Kingdom of Sweden. Both the ISO code "SEK" and currency sign "kr" are in common use; the former precedes or follows the value, the latter usually follows it ...
,
Thiago Quirino from
Atlético Mineiro (winter of 2006)
*Record transfer fee received – 50 million
Swedish krona
The krona (; plural: ''kronor''; sign: kr; code: SEK) is the official currency of the Kingdom of Sweden. Both the ISO code "SEK" and currency sign "kr" are in common use; the former precedes or follows the value, the latter usually follows it ...
,
Marcus Danielson
Marcus Andreas Danielson (born 8 April 1989) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a defender for Allsvenskan club Djurgårdens IF
. A full international between 2019 and 2022, he won 19 caps for the Sweden national team and repres ...
to
Dalian Professional (winter of 2020)
Most appearances
''Competitive matches only, includes appearances as substitute. Numbers in brackets indicate goals scored.''
Footnotes
References
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External links
;Official websites
Djurgården Fotbollnbsp;– official site
nbsp;– at the
UEFA
Union of European Football Associations (UEFA ; french: Union des associations européennes de football; german: Union der europäischen Fußballverbände) is one of six continental bodies of governance in association football. It governs fo ...
official site
Djurgården Fotbollnbsp;– at the
Allsvenskan
Allsvenskan (; en, the All-Swedish, also known as Fotbollsallsvenskan, en, the Football All-Swedish) is a Swedish professional league for men's association football clubs. It was founded in 1924 and is the top tier of the Swedish football lea ...
official site
;Supporter websites
Järnkaminerna Stockholmnbsp;– official supporter club site
Djurgårdens Supporters Clubnbsp;– supporter site
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Allsvenskan clubs
Association football clubs established in 1899
Football clubs in Stockholm
Football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly ...
1899 establishments in Sweden
Football clubs in Stockholm County
Sport in Stockholm
Svenska Cupen winners
Sports companies of Sweden