Tvillingderbyt (, "The Twin Derby") is a

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fixture in

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, between cross-town rivals

AIK Stockholm AIK Fotboll (), more commonly known simply as AIK (), an abbreviation for Allmänna Idrottsklubben (meaning ''the public'' or ''general sports club''), is a Swedish football club competing in Allsvenskan, the top flight of Swedish football. T ...

and

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 named ...

. Both clubs were founded in Stockholm in 1891, AIK was first with Djurgårdens IF following three weeks later, but they started playing football in 1896 (AIK) and 1899 (Djurgårdens IF) respectively.

History

Fotbollsmatch mellan AIK och Djurgården 1950

AIK AIK Fotboll (), more commonly known simply as AIK (), an abbreviation for Allmänna Idrottsklubben (meaning ''the public'' or ''general sports club''), is a Swedish football club competing in Allsvenskan, the top flight of Swedish football. The ...

started playing football in 1896, while

Djurgårdens IF Fotboll 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 department of its parent assoc ...

started in 1899. The first football match between them was played on 16 July 1899 at Svea Lifgardes IP and resulted in a 2–1 AIK win.

Rivalry culture

The fixture between AIK and Djurgården is generally considered to be the most important

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in Sweden. It's a true archrivalry between Stockholm's two most successful clubs, with AIK having won a total of 12 Swedish Championships and 8 Swedish cups, while Djurgården has 12 titles and 5 Cups. Both clubs were founded in 1891, just three weeks apart. Therefore, the derby is known as the Tvillingderbyt (The Twin derby). This fixture is listed among the fiercest derbies in the world. Since 1891, 231 fixtures have been contested in all competitions with 87 AIK wins and 82 Djurgården wins. Both clubs have a large number of fans throughout Stockholm. There is somewhat of a geographical divide; Djurgården consider the affluent

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district, the eastern part of

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, their heartland, while AIK has a strong concentration of fans in the north, west and the centre of the city, roughly along the blue line of the

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and stretching north in the Stockholm urban area. (Both clubs also maintain a cross-town rivalry with Hammarby IF, whose stronghold is the

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district, the southern part of the city centre.) The AIK-Djurgården rivalry is also found in ice hockey which further strengthens the tension between both sets of fans and makes the rivalry somewhat unique for Swedish sports. They are the only two clubs in Sweden who have won more than one championship in both football and ice hockey. (AIK have won 12 in football and 7 in ice hockey; Djurgården have won 12 in Football and 16 in ice hockey.)

Matches

AIK in the league at home

Djurgården in the league at home

Cup

Other

Records

Biggest wins (5+ goals)

Longest runs

Most consecutive wins

Most consecutive draws

Most consecutive matches without a draw

Longest undefeated runs

Longest undefeated runs (league)

Most consecutive matches without conceding a goal

Most consecutive games scoring

Most appearances

Goalscorers

Top scorers

Consecutive goalscoring

Clean sheets

''Since 28 September 2009''

Shared player history

Transfers

* Bengt Rosenqvist (AIK to Djurgården) * Gunnar Galin (AIK to Djurgården to AIK to Djurgården to AIK to Djurgården to AIK) (1927, 1928, 1929, 1931) * Algot Haglund (Djurgården to AIK) (1928) *

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(AIK to Djurgården to AIK to Djurgården) (1928, 1928, 1929) * Hugo Söderström (Djurgården to AIK to Djurgården) (1928, 1928) * Carl-Ottil Johansson (AIK to Djurgården) (1948) * Bernt Brick (AIK to Djurgården) (1954) * Leif Skiöld (AIK to Djurgården) (1960) * Hans Nilsson (Djurgården to AIK on loan) (1966) * Joacim Sjöström (Djurgården to AIK) (1988) * Branko Marković (AIK to Djurgården) (1984) *

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(Djurgården to AIK) (1992) * Jan Andersson (Djurgården to AIK) (1993) * Patrik Hagman (Djurgården to AIK) (1994) *

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(AIK to Djurgården) (1996) *

Nebojša Novaković Nebojša Novaković ( sr-Cyrl, Небојша Новаковић, born 29 October 1964) is a former professional football player who played as a striker, most notably for AIK. He is the manager of Vasalunds IF. Born in Sarajevo, he moved to Swe ...

(Djurgården to AIK) (1997) *

Pierre Gallo Stig Pierre Antonio Gallo (born 24 January 1975) is a Swedish football coach and former footballer. He made 89 Allsvenskan matches for AIK, Djurgårdens IF and Landskrona BoIS. A youth international for Sweden, he represented the Sweden U19 and ...

(AIK to Djurgården) (1998) * Andreas Johansson (AIK to Djurgården) (2000) *

Sharbel Touma Sharbel Touma (; born 25 March 1979) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a winger. Beginning his career with Syrianska in the mid-1990s, he went on to represent Djurgårdens IF, AIK, Halmstad, Twente, Borussia Mönchen ...

(Djurgården to AIK) (1999) *

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(Djurgården to AIK) (2012)

Played for both clubs

* Ulf Östlund (Djurgården to

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to AIK) (1950) * Lennart Pettersson (AIK to

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to Djurgården) (1951) * Roland Magnusson (Djurgården to Altay to AIK) (1970) * Ove Rübsamen (Djurgården to

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to AIK) (1977) * Thomas Lundmark (AIK to

to Djurgården) (1990) * Bo Andersson (AIK to Vasalund to Djurgården) (1994) * Anders Almgren (Djurgården to Vasalund to AIK) (1996) *

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(Djurgården to

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to Vasalund to AIK) (1996) * Mikael Borgqvist (AIK to Spårvägen to Djurgården) (1998) * Peter Hallström (AIK to

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to Värtan to Djurgården) (1998) *

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(Djurgården to

IFK Norrköping Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna Norrköping, more commonly known as IFK Norrköping or simply Norrköping, is a Swedish professional football club based in Norrköping. The club is affiliated to Östergötlands Fotbollförbund and play their ...

to AIK) (1999) * Anders Limpar (AIK to

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to Djurgården) (2000) * Christer Mattiasson (AIK to

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to Djurgården) (2001) * Kevin Walker (AIK to

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to Djurgården) (2015)

Played for one club, managed the other

* Kim Bergstrand (played for AIK, manages Djurgården) *

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(played for AIK, managed Djurgården) *

Per Kaufeldt Per Ludvig Gösta Kaufeldt (1 August 1902 – 21 March 1956) was a Swedish football and bandy player. He won a bronze medal at the 1924 Summer Olympics. Kaufeldt is the all-time top scorer of AIK, with 122 goals in 170 matches; he won the natio ...

(played for AIK, managed AIK and Djurgården) *

Putte Kock Rudolf "Putte" Kock (29 June 1901 – 31 October 1979) was a Swedish football, ice hockey and bridge player who won a bronze medal in the 1924 Summer Olympics as a football player, being voted the best left winger after the tournament. He also ...

(played for AIK, managed Djurgården) * Thomas Lagerlöf (played for AIK, manages Djurgården) *

Bo Petersson Bo Petersson (born 10 July 1946 in Kalmar) is a Swedish football manager and former football player. Career He played for Älvsjö AIK, Råsunda IS, Spårvägens FF, Vasalunds IF, AIK, IFK Östersund, Visby AIK and Danderyds SK. After he reti ...

(played for AIK, managed AIK and Djurgården)

Managed both clubs

¹ Only competitive matches are counted.

References

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