Djurgårdens IF Fotboll

Djurgårdens IF
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Full name	Djurgårdens Idrottsförening
Nickname(s)	Blåränderna (The Blue Stripes); Järnkaminerna (The Iron Stoves)
Short name	DIF
Founded	12 March 1891; 134 years ago; 1899; 126 years ago (football department)
Ground	Tele2 Arena, Stockholm
Capacity	30,000
Chairman	Lars-Erik Sjöberg
Head coach	Per Olsson
League	Allsvenskan
2015	Allsvenskan, 6th
Website	Club home page
Home colours	Away colours
	Current season

Djurgårdens IF Fotbollsförening (commonly known as Djurgården [ˈjʉːr.ˈɡoːɖɛn] or informally Djurgår'n [ˈjʉː(r)ɡɔɳ]; abbreviated DIF ([diːf]) is the association football department of Djurgårdens IF and is based at Tele2 Arena in Johanneshov, Stockholm.

Formed in 1891, the club has 11 national championship titles and 4 national cup titles. Djurgården has won their Swedish championships during three eras. The first one occurred during the 1910s when the club won four championships, the second during the 1950s and 1960s with the same amount of championships. The latest era occurred in the first half of the 00s: they finished second in 2001, won Allsvenskan and the cup – Svenska Cupen – in 2002, Allsvenskan in 2003, and Svenska Cupen in 2004, before winning Allsvenskan for a third time in 2005. They currently play in the top Swedish tier, Allsvenskan. The club is affiliated to the Stockholms Fotbollförbund.^[1]

History

Foundation

Djurgårdens IF was founded 12 March 1891 at a café in Alberget 4A on the island of Djurgården. Most of the founding members were young working class men.^[2] 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 Teodor Andersson.^[3] Djurgården played their first match in July 1899, a 1–2 loss against AIK.^[3]

First era

Djurgården playing against IK Brage at Stockholms Stadion in 1930.

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, being directly relegated back down to Division 2 both times. 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 runner-ups 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 Division 2. 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.

It's during this era that the nickname "Järnkaminerna" ("The Iron Stoves") was established, due to the clubs physical playing style. The ideal of a strong and uncomprimising Djurgården player might also be traced back to the clubs 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.

A chart showing the progress of Djurgårdens IF through the Swedish football league system. The different shades of gray represent league divisions.

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.

The 1990s saw Djurgården being 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 bad; 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

Andreas Johansson in 2013.

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 lead to a third place. The results went downhill in 2008 and 2009; Djurgården ended up on 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-Allsvenskan team finishing 7th to 11th between 2010 and 2014.

Supporters and rivalries

Tvillingderbyt in the 1950–51 Allsvenskan season.

Djurgården supporters during a Tvillingderby against AIK from the 2014 Allsvenskan season.

Djurgården is one of the most supported clubs in Sweden, with most of its supporters living in Stockholm and the neighbouring suburbs.^[5] While other Stockholm clubs have profiled themselves as belonging to a certain borough of Stockholm, Djurgården is seen as more of a pan-Stockholm club. 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.^[6]

Although Djurgården's supporters have been organizing themselves since the late 40's, 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.^[7]^[8] The supporter club later changed its name in 1997 to Järnkaminerna (lit. The Iron Stoves) since the old name was perceived to be associated with violence. Järnkaminerna is to this day Djurgården's Official Supporters Club with a membership of a few thousand. 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.^[9] In 2005 a specific tifo-group known as Fabriken Stockholm was formed, taking over the role of creating tifos for the team's games, from the former, now abolished group; Ultras Stockholm, founded in the late 90's. In 2013 Fabriken Stockholm discontinued as the club's tifo-group and instead a more open and larger tifo-organization was started, headed by Ultra Caos Stockholm.

Djurgården's arch rivals are AIK due to several reasons. Djurgårdens IF and AIK were both founded in 1891, just three weeks apart. Because of this, games between the teams are called Tvillingderbyt (lit. The twin derby). Both teams are originally from Stockholm's city centre. With Djurgården residing in the north eastern borough of Östermalm and AIK now based to the north of the city in Solna municipality. The strong rivalry can also be traced back to the two clubs older history, when Djurgården was a working class club and AIK a middle class club.^[2] Games between the two teams are very popular and draw large attendances. The games can often be heated occasions given the fact that there is a lot of animosity between both sets of supporters and can produce great atmospheres. They are also historically the biggest and most successful clubs from Stockholm, with 11 Swedish Championships each.

Hammarby IF is the other main rival, mostly because of the geographical proximity with Djurgården originating from the north eastern part of Stockholm and Hammarby from the south part of the city. Since 2013, the two teams share the same home ground: Tele2 Arena.

Affiliated clubs

^[10]

Division 2
- Konyaspor KIF

Updated 13 May 2015

Kit

The home jersey is vertically striped in dark and light blue and the away shirt is striped in dark blue and red.

Kit manufacturers and sponsors

Amadou Jawo wearing the 2014 Allsvenskan home shirt.

Period	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor (chest)
1977–1979	Adidas	None
1980		MasterCharge (payment card)
1981		Köpkort (payment card)
1982		None
1983		Atari (arcade-game company)
1984–1987		Året Runt (weekly family newspaper)
1988		QC Business Card
1989–1992		Mita Copiers (photocopiers)
1993		ICA (retailing corporate group)
1994–1996		Graphium (communications company)
1997		"Nej till våld och droger!"/No to violence and drugs!
1998		HP (tech company)
1999		Bewator (electronics company)
2000–2004		Kaffeknappen (coffee retailer)
2005–2012		ICA (retailing corporate group)
2013		Djurgårdsandan (social responsibility organization)
2014–		Prioritet Finans (finance company)

Stadiums

Tranebergs IP (1911–1936)

Stockholms Stadion (1936–2013)

Tele2 Arena (2013–)

Djurgården's primary stadium since 2013 is Tele2 Arena. The first match at the new arena was the 1–2 defeat to IFK Norrköping on 31 July 2013, with an attendance of 27,798 people, which also counts as Djurgården's record attendance on the arena.

Between 1936 and 2013, Djurgården's primary stadium was Stockholm Olympic Stadium, where the national league and cup games were played. The secondary stadium 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.^[11]^{[upper-alpha 1]} Djurgården's record attendance at Råsunda is 48,894 against IFK Göteborg on 11 October 1959.^[12]

The club's first stadium was Stockholms idrottspark where the club played from 1899 when the football department was founded until 1906 when the club moved to the newly built Östermalm Athletic Grounds.^[13] Djurgården did not stay long at Östermalm, in August 1910 the club signed a 25-year contract with the Stockholm City Council to dispose of an area in Traneberg, a district west of the inner city, to build a stadium.^[14] Tranebergs Idrottsplats was finished in October 1911 and inaugurated by Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf.^[14] The contract expired in 1935, and the City Council intended to build a residential area where the stadium was situated. Djurgården therefore moved to the Stockholm Olympic Stadium in 1936, where the club had played previously on several occasions since it was finished in 1912.^[15]

The later half of the 1940s saw a significant increase in attendances, which led the club to play some games at the larger, more modern, Råsunda Stadium.^[16]^[17] As Djurgården climbed in the league table in the beginning of the 1950s, all games were played at Råsunda.^[17] The end of the 1960s saw a return to the Olympic stadium, and soon all games were played there, with the exception of derbies.^[17]

The club's achievements in the early 2000s drew large attendances with led Djurgården to plan for a new stadium. The old 1912 Olympic Stadium also lacked 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.^[18]^[19]^[20] These plans were abandoned in December 2011 due to the building costs exceeding the club's financial capabilities.^[21] New stadium requirements from the Swedish Football Association also did not allow Djurgården to play at the Olympic Stadium after 2013.^[22] Thus, the club board made the decision to move to Tele2 Arena for the 2013 season.^[23]

Players

First-team squad

As of 8 January 2016 ^[24]

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

No.	Position	Player
4	DF	Jacob Une Larsson
5	DF	Stefan Karlsson
6	MF	Alexander Faltsetas
7	MF	Moon Seon-min
8	MF	Kevin Walker (vice captain)
9	MF	Haris Radetinac
10	MF	Daniel Berntsen
11	FW	Amadou Jawo
12	GK	Kenneth Høie
13	DF	Emil Bergström (captain)
14	DF	Elliot Käck
15	DF	Omar Colley
16	FW	Sebastian Andersson

No.	Position	Player
17	DF	Tim Björkström
18	MF	Kerim Mrabti
19	MF	Yoon Soo-yong
20	FW	Sam Johnson
22	MF	Jesper Karlström
23	GK	Hampus Nilsson
24	FW	Tino Kadewere
25	GK	Oscar Jonsson
31	DF	Kevin Deeromram
32	DF	Michael Jahn
33	MF	Besard Sabović
35	MF	Filip Tasić

Current youth players with first-team experience

As of 8 January 2016^{[upper-alpha 2]}

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

No.		Position	Player
40		FW	Samuel Holm

No.		Position	Player
41		MF	Marijan Ćosić

For season transfers, see transfers winter 2015–16.

Retired numbers

1 – Fans of the club

Notable players

List criteria:

player has been named Allsvenskan Top Goalscorer of the year,^[25] or
player has won Guldbollen,^[26] or
player is one of the 12 players named as "DIF-heroes" on the official club website.^[27]

John Eriksson during a 1954–55 Allsvenskan game against Malmö FF.

Hans Mild shielding his goalkeeper from the onrushing Degerfors IF player Tord Grip.

Name	Nationality	Djurgården career	Total appearances	Total goals	Guldbollen	Allsvenskan top goalscorer
Hasse Jeppson	Sweden	1948–51	51	58		1951
Sigge Parling	Sweden	1949–60	200	12
Gösta Sandberg	Sweden	1951–66	328	79	1956
John Eriksson	Sweden	1951–60	123	72
Arne Arvidsson	Sweden	1952–65	269	0
Hans Mild	Sweden	1957–65	160	6	1964
Olle Hellström	Sweden	1957–64 1968	129	4
Leif Skiöld	Sweden	1960–65	75	60		1962
Ronney Pettersson	Sweden	1960–70	123	0
Sven Lindman	Sweden	1965–68 1969–80	326	49
Tommy Berggren	Sweden	1968–84	299	55		1978
Vito Knežević	Sweden	1977–88	242	18
Leif Nilsson	Sweden	1984–92	215	5
Stefan Rehn	Sweden	1984–89 2000–02	210	52

Management and boardroom

Management

As of 5 march 2015^[24]

Current director of sport Bo Andersson also held the same position between 1997 and 2008.

Name	Role
Bo Andersson	Director of Sport
Per Olsson	Head Coach
Anders Johansson	Coach
Kjell Frisk	Goalkeeping Coach
Christian Andersson	Naprapath
Christian Schumacher	Physiotherapist
Daniel Granqvist	Player Manager
Inge Lindström	Team Arranger

Boardroom

As of 5 March 2015^[28]

Name	Role
Lars-Erik Sjöberg	Chairman
Anders Grönhagen	Boardmember
Gustaf Törngren	Boardmember
Patrik Nilsson	Boardmember
Ellinor Persson	Boardmember
Johan Lindén	Boardmember
Mikael Pawlo	Boardmember
Claes-Göran Sylvén	Boardmember
Pelle Kotschack	Honorary Boardmember

Managers

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.^[29]

Years^[29]	Manager^[29]
1922	John Smith Maconnachie
1923–1929	Bertil Nordenskjöld
1929–1932	Samuel Lindqvist
1932–1934	Rudolf Kock Samuel Lindqvist
1935–1944	Einar Svensson
1944–1950	Per Kaufeldt
1950–1954	David Astley
1954–1955	Frank Soo
1955–1957	Kjell Cronqvist
1957–1959	Lajos Szendrődi
1959	Birger Sandberg Knut Hallberg
1960	George Raynor
1960–1963	Walter Probst
1964–1966	Torsten Lindberg
1967–1971	Gösta Sandberg
1972–1974	Antonio Durán
1975–1978	Bengt Persson
1979	Alan Ball, Sr.^{[upper-alpha 3]}
1979	Gösta Sandberg Lars Arnesson
1980–1981	Arve Mokkelbost
1982–1984	Hans Backe
1985–1986	Björn Westerberg

Years^[29]	Manager^[29]
1987–1989	Tommy Söderberg
1990–1991	Lennart Wass
1992	Thomas Lundin
1993	Bo Petersson
1994–1996	Anders Grönhagen
1997	Roger Lundin
1998–1999	Michael Andersson
1999–2003	Zoran Lukić Sören Åkeby
2004	Zoran Lukić
2004–2006	Kjell Jonevret
2006	Anders Grönhagen
2007–2008^[30]	Siggi Jónsson^[30]
2009^[30]	Andrée Jeglertz Zoran Lukić
2009	Andrée Jeglertz
2010–2011	Lennart Wass Carlos Banda
2012–2013	Magnus Pehrsson Carlos Banda
2012–2013	Magnus Pehrsson
2013	Anders Johansson Martin Sundgren
2013	Per-Mathias Høgmo
2014–0000	Per Olsson

Kjell Jonevret is the manager who most recently won the league with Djurgården in 2005.

Gösta Sandberg became manager in 1967, the year after he retired as a player for the club.

Honours

Swedish Champions^{[upper-alpha 4]}
- Winners (11): 1912, 1915, 1917, 1920, 1954–1955, 1959, 1964, 1966, 2002, 2003, 2005

League

Allsvenskan:
- Winners (7): 1954–1955, 1959, 1964, 1966, 2002, 2003, 2005
- 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): 1911–1912

Cups

Svenska Cupen:
- Winners (4): 1989–1990, 2002, 2004, 2005
- Runners-up (4): 1951, 1974–1975, 1988–1989, 2013
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 (2): 1902
Wicanderska Välgörenhetsskölden:
- Winners (4): 1907, 1910, 1913, 1915
- Runners-up (3): 1908, 1914, 1916

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: 27,798 vs. IFK Norrköping (21 July 2013)
Most appearances, Allsvenskan: 312, Sven Lindman (1965–80)
Most goals scored, Allsvenskan: 70, Gösta 'Knivsta' Sandberg (1951–66)

Footnotes

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