Djurgårdens Idrottsförening, also known simply as Djurgårdens IF, is a Swedish professional

football club In association football, a football club (or association football club, alternatively soccer club) is a sports club that acts as an entity through which association football teams organise their sporting activities. The club can exist either as ...

based in

Stockholm Stockholm (; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, most populous city of Sweden, as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in the Nordic countries. Approximately ...

. The club have participated in 20 editions of the club competitions governed by

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, the chief authority for football across Europe, during 18 seasons. These include seven seasons in the European Cup and Champions League, nine seasons in the UEFA Cup and Europa League, three seasons in the

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, three seasons in the

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and one season in the

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. Djurgården's first match in European football was against

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of Poland in the

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, a 0–0 draw in Stockholm. John Eriksson scored Djurgården's first goal in European football in the return leg in Warsaw. Djurgården reached the quarter-final of the inaugural

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, where they lost to

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of Scotland. Other merits include reaching the group stage of the

in 2022–23, and qualifying for the round of 16, which they lost against

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of Poland. In 2024–25, Djurgården reached the league phase of the

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, where they finished 5th and again qualified for the round of 16. In said tournament, Djurgården then advanced to the semi-finals by beating

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of Austria, which they lost to Chelsea, 1–5 on aggregate. Djurgården's 8–0 victory over

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of Cyprus in the

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is the club's most decisive win in European competitions, while the team's heaviest defeat is 0–6, against Bulgarian club

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in the

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. With 26 appearances in European competitions,

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is Djurgården's most capped player. Joel Asoro has scored the most European goals with 8. Djurgården also competed in the non-UEFA European competitions the

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, the

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, and in 13 instances of the

before it became a UEFA competition ( 1963–64, 1965–66,

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1968 Events January–February * January 1968, January – The I'm Backing Britain, I'm Backing Britain campaign starts spontaneously. * January 5 – Prague Spring: Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Cze ...

1969 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1969th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 969th year of the 2nd millennium, the 69th year of the 20th century, and the ...

1970 Events January * January 1 – Unix time epoch reached at 00:00:00 UTC. * January 5 – The 7.1 1970 Tonghai earthquake, Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity scale, Mercalli ...

1971 * The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses (Solar eclipse of February 25, 1971, February 25, Solar eclipse of July 22, 1971, July 22 and Solar eclipse of August 20, 1971, August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 1971 lunar eclip ...

1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, ...

1973 Events January * January 1 – The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark 1973 enlargement of the European Communities, enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union. * January 14 - The 16-0 19 ...

1974 Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War determined politics; ...

1976 Events January * January 2 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 18 – Full diplomatic ...

1989 1989 was a turning point in political history with the "Revolutions of 1989" which ended communism in Eastern Bloc of Europe, starting in Poland and Hungary, with experiments in power-sharing coming to a head with the opening of the Berlin W ...

, and

1991 It was the final year of the Cold War, which had begun in 1947. During the year, the Soviet Union Dissolution of the Soviet Union, collapsed, leaving Post-soviet states, fifteen sovereign republics and the Commonwealth of Independent State ...

). Furthermore, Djurgården competed in the inter-Nordic competitions the 1959–62 Nordic Cup, the

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, and the

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. Of these competitions, Djurgården reached the final of the 1959–62 Nordic Cup, which they lost to Helsinki-Alliance of Finland. They also reached the semi-finals of the

, which they lost to

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of Norway. To these results, a heavier loss than the one above, 0–7 against

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in the 1967 Intertoto Cup, can also be included.

Key

* S = Seasons * Pld = Played * W = Games won * D = Games drawn * L = Games lost * GF = Goals for * GA = Goals against * GD = Goal difference * Final = Final * SF = Semi-finals * QF = Quarter-finals * R16 = Round of 16 * 2R = Round 2 * 1R = Round 1 * GS = Group stage * LP = League phase * PO = Play-off round * QR = Qualifying round * 3QR = Third qualifying round * 2QR = Second qualifying round * 1QR = First qualifying round * PR = Preliminary round * a.e.t. = Match determined after

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* a = Match determined by

away goals rule The away goals rule is a method of tiebreaking in association football and other sports when teams play each other twice, once at each team's home ground. Under the away goals rule, if the total goals scored by each team are equal, the team that ...

* p = Match determined by

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* Agg = Aggregated score * Ref = Reference :Djurgården's score is noted first in all of the match results given below.

Overall record

By competition

By opponent club country

By club

Clubs Djurgården have played against a minimum of three times:

Matches

UEFA Champions League

UEFA Europa League

UEFA Conference League

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

UEFA Intertoto Cup

Non-UEFA matches

Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

Intertoto Cup

Nordic Cup

Royal League

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Djurgardens IF in Europe Djurgårdens IF Fotboll Djurgardens IF 1950s establishments in Stockholm 1955 establishments in Sweden