Djurgården
1959 season
ManagerLajos Szendrődi (spring)
Birger Sandberg & Knut Hallberg (autumn)
StadiumRåsunda Stadium
AllsvenskanWinner
Top goalscorerLeague:
Sven Tumba (11)

All:
Sven Tumba (11)
Highest home attendance48,894 (11 October vs IFK Göteborg, Allsvenskan)
Lowest home attendance5,352 (13 August vs GAIS, Allsvenskan)
Average home league attendance22,696

The 1959 season was Djurgårdens IF's 59th in existence, their 15th season in Allsvenskan and their 10th consecutive season in the league. They were competing in Allsvenskan.

Player statistics

Appearances for competitive matches only.

No. Pos Nat Player TotalAllsvenskan
AppsGoalsAppsGoals
  Sweden SWE Hans Andersson-Tvilling 8383
GK Sweden SWE Arne Arvidsson 220220
  Sweden SWE Jan Aronsson 9292
  Sweden SWE Leif Aronsson 1010
  Sweden SWE Lars Broström 210210
  Sweden SWE Birger Eklund 125125
  Sweden SWE John Eriksson 113113
  Sweden SWE Stig Gustafsson 220220
  Sweden SWE Olle Hellström 220220
  Sweden SWE Karl Erik Isaksson 1010
  Sweden SWE Hans Karlsson 187187
  Sweden SWE Hans Mild 220220
  Sweden SWE Eje Nilsson 6161
  Sweden SWE Nils Nilsson 2121
  Sweden SWE Sigge Parling 220220
  Sweden SWE Åke Rydberg 6464
  Sweden SWE Gösta Sandberg 21102110
  Sweden SWE Sven Tumba 16111611

Goals

Total

Name Goals
Sweden Sven Tumba 11
Sweden Gösta Sandberg 10
Sweden Hans Karlsson 7
Sweden Birger Eklund 5
Sweden Åke Rydberg 4
Sweden Hans Andersson-Tvilling 3
Sweden John Eriksson
Sweden Jan Aronsson 2
Sweden Eje Nilsson 1
Sweden Nils Nilsson (footballer)

Competitions

Overall

Allsvenskan

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Djurgårdens IF (C) 22 11 10 1 46 20 +26 32
2 IFK Norrköping 22 14 3 5 58 30 +28 31
3 IFK Göteborg 22 14 3 5 56 28 +28 31 Qualification to European Cup preliminary round[lower-alpha 1]
4 Örgryte IS 22 13 4 5 53 38 +15 30
5 Malmö FF 22 12 4 6 50 29 +21 28
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. IFK Göteborg qualified for the European Cup as Allsvenskan leaders in the spring of 1959.

Matches

Nordic Cup

The tournament continued into the 1960 season.

Round of 16

4 August 1959 (1959-08-04) Skovshoved Denmark 0–3 Sweden Djurgården Copenhagen
[1] Stadium: Parken
Attendance: 3,500
8 September 1959 (1959-09-08) Djurgården Sweden 5–1 Denmark Skovshoved Solna
[2]
  • Wollertsen
Stadium: Råsunda Stadium
Attendance: 2,206

Quarter-finals

20 October 1959 (1959-10-20) Djurgården Sweden 1–0 Denmark KB Solna
[3] Stadium: Råsunda Stadium
Attendance: 1,098

References

  1. "DIF vann med 3–0 i Köpenhamn", Svenska Dagbladet, Stockholm, p. 11, 5 August 1959
  2. "Djurgården i lektagen", Svenska Dagbladet, Stockholm, p. 15, 9 September 1959
  3. STRONG (21 October 1959), "Djurgården vann 1–0 inför 1 098 åskådare", Svenska Dagbladet, Stockholm, p. 21
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