1959 Djurgårdens IF season

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
1960 →

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

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Appearances for competitive matches only.

No. Pos Nat Player Total Allsvenskan
Apps Goals Apps Goals
  Sweden SWE Hans Andersson-Tvilling 8 3 8 3
GK Sweden SWE Arne Arvidsson 22 0 22 0
  Sweden SWE Jan Aronsson 9 2 9 2
  Sweden SWE Leif Aronsson 1 0 1 0
  Sweden SWE Lars Broström 21 0 21 0
  Sweden SWE Birger Eklund 12 5 12 5
  Sweden SWE John Eriksson 11 3 11 3
  Sweden SWE Stig Gustafsson 22 0 22 0
  Sweden SWE Olle Hellström 22 0 22 0
  Sweden SWE Karl Erik Isaksson 1 0 1 0
  Sweden SWE Hans Karlsson 18 7 18 7
  Sweden SWE Hans Mild 22 0 22 0
  Sweden SWE Eje Nilsson 6 1 6 1
  Sweden SWE Nils Nilsson 2 1 2 1
  Sweden SWE Sigge Parling 22 0 22 0
  Sweden SWE Åke Rydberg 6 4 6 4
  Sweden SWE Gösta Sandberg 21 10 21 10
  Sweden SWE Sven Tumba 16 11 16 11

Goals

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Total

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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

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Overall

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Allsvenskan

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League table

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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[a]
4 Örgryte IS 22 13 4 5 53 38 +15 30
5 Malmö FF 22 12 4 6 50 29 +21 28
Source: [citation needed]
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

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Nordic Cup

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The tournament continued into the 1960 season.

Round of 16

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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

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

References

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  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