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
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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

Appearances for competitive matches only.

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

Goals

Total

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

Competitions

Overall

Allsvenskan

Main article: 1959 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
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

Nordic Cup

The tournament continued into the 1960 season.

Round of 16

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

Quarter-finals

20 October 1959 (1959-10-20) Djurgården 1–0 KB Solna
 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