Djurgårdens IF Fotboll in European football

Djurgårdens Idrottsförening, also known simply as Djurgårdens IF, is a Swedish professional football club based in Stockholm. The club have participated in 18 editions of the club competitions governed by UEFA, the chief authority for football across Europe. These include seven seasons in the European Cup and Champions League, nine seasons in the UEFA Cup and Europa League, one season in the UEFA Europa Conference League, three seasons in the Cup Winners' Cup and one season in the Intertoto Cup. Counting all of the 69 games the side have played in UEFA competitions since their first entry into the European Cup in the 1955–56 season, the team's record stands at 26 wins, 17 draws and 26 defeats.[a]

Djurgårdens IF in European football
ClubDjurgårdens IF
First entry1955–56 European Cup
Latest entry2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League

Djurgården's 8–0 victory over Apollon Limassol of Cyprus in the 1996 UEFA Intertoto Cup is the club's most decisive win in European competitions, while the team's heaviest defeat is 6–0, against Bulgarian club Levski Sofia in the 1965–66 European Cup. With 15 caps, Toni Kuivasto has appeared in the most UEFA matches for Djungården, while Fredrik Dahlström and Kaj Eskelinen has scored the most goals with 5.[1]

Key edit

Djurgården's score is noted first in all of the match results given below.

Overall record edit

By competition edit

Tournament Pld W D L GF GA GD Win%
European Cup/UEFA Champions League 17 4 5 8 17 30 −13 023.5
UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League 26 9 7 10 34 39 −5 034.6
UEFA Europa Conference League 14 10 1 3 27 17 +10 071.4
European Cup Winners' Cup/UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 8 1 4 3 10 11 −1 012.5
UEFA Intertoto Cup 4 2 0 2 15 6 +9 050.0
Total 69 26 17 26 103 103 +0 037.7

By opponent club nationality edit

Country Pld W D L GF GA GD Win%
  Austria 1 0 0 1 0 2 −2 000.0
  Belgium 2 2 0 0 5 2 +3 100.0
  Bulgaria 2 1 0 1 2 7 −5 050.0
  Croatia 2 2 0 0 4 1 +3 100.0
  Cyprus 3 2 0 1 13 3 +10 066.7
  Czech Republic 2 0 0 2 1 5 −4 000.0
  Denmark 2 1 1 0 3 1 +2 050.0
  Estonia 2 0 2 0 2 2 +0 000.0
  Faroe Islands 1 1 0 0 5 1 +4 100.0
  France 2 0 0 2 1 3 −2 000.0
  Germany 1 0 0 1 2 3 −1 000.0
  Gibraltar 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1 100.0
  Hungary 1 0 0 1 0 2 −2 000.0
  Iceland 2 0 1 1 1 4 −3 000.0
  Republic of Ireland 6 3 3 0 7 2 +5 050.0
  Italy 2 0 1 1 3 6 −3 000.0
  Lithuania 2 1 1 0 2 0 +2 050.0
  Luxembourg 2 1 1 0 5 0 +5 050.0
  Netherlands 4 2 0 2 5 8 −3 050.0
  Norway 6 5 0 1 15 11 +4 083.3
  Poland 6 1 1 4 4 10 −6 016.7
  Romania 3 2 0 1 6 3 +3 066.7
  Scotland 2 0 0 2 1 4 −3 000.0
  Serbia 4 0 3 1 6 9 −3 000.0
  Slovakia 2 1 0 1 2 3 −1 050.0
  Spain 2 0 1 1 2 4 −2 000.0
  Ukraine 2 0 1 1 2 3 −1 000.0
  Wales 2 0 1 1 2 3 −1 000.0

By club edit

Teams Djurgården have played against a minimum of three times:

Country Pld W D L GF GA GD Win%
  Shamrock Rovers 4 3 1 0 6 1 +5 075.0

Matches edit

UEFA Champions League edit

Season Stage Opponent Date Venue Score Agg Ref
Team Country
European Cup
1955–56 1R Gwardia Warszawa   Poland 20 September 1955 Stockholm Olympic Stadium, Stockholm 0–0 4–1
12 October 1955 Polish Army Stadium, Warsaw 4–1
QF Hibernian FC   Scotland 23 November 1955 Firhill Park, Glasgow 1–3 1–4
28 November 1955 Easter Road, Edinburgh 0–1
1965–66 PR Levski Sofia   Bulgaria 12 September 1965 Stockholm Olympic Stadium, Stockholm 2–1 2–7
3 October 1965 Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia 0–6
1967–68 1R Górnik Zabrze   Poland 20 September 1967 Silesian Stadium, Chorzów 0–3 0–4
4 October 1967 Stockholm Olympic Stadium, Stockholm 0–1
UEFA Champions League
2003–04 2QR FK Partizan   Serbia and Montenegro 30 July 2003 Partizan Stadium, Belgrade 1–1 3–3
6 August 2003 Råsunda Stadium, Solna 2–2
2004–05 2QR Kaunas   Lithuania 28 July 2004 Råsunda Stadium, Solna 0–0 2–0
4 August 2004 Darius and Girėnas Stadium, Kaunas 2–0
3QR Juventus   Italy 10 August 2004 Stadio delle Alpi, Turin 2–2 3–6
25 August 2004 Råsunda Stadium, Solna 1–4
2006–07 2QR MFK Ružomberok   Slovakia 26 July 2006 Råsunda Stadium, Solna 1–0 2–3
2 August 2006 Štadión MFK Ružomberok, Ružomberok 1–3
2020–21 1QR Ferencváros   Hungary 19 August 2020 Groupama Arena, Budapest 0−2

UEFA Europa League edit

Season Stage Opponent Date Venue Score Agg Ref
Team Country
UEFA Cup
1971–72 1R OFK Belgrade   SFR Yugoslavia 15 September 1971 Omladinski Stadium, Belgrade 1–4 3–6
29 September 1971 Stockholm Olympic Stadium, Stockholm 2–2
1974–75 1R IK Start   Norway 2 October 1971 Stockholm Olympic Stadium, Stockholm 5–0 7–1
18 September 1974 Kristiansand Stadion, Kristiansand 2–1
2R Dukla Prague   Czechoslovakia 23 October 1974 Stockholm Olympic Stadium, Stockholm 0–2 1–5 [2]
6 November 1974 Stadion Juliska, Prague 1–3 [3]
1976–77 1R Feyenoord   Netherlands 15 September 1976 Feijenoord Stadion, Rotterdam 0–3 2–4
29 September 1976 Stockholm Olympic Stadium, Stockholm 2–1
2002–03 QR Shamrock Rovers   Republic of Ireland 15 August 2002 Råsunda Stadium, Solna 3–1 5–1
29 August 2002 Tolka Park, Dublin 2–0
1R FC Copenhagen   Denmark 19 September 2002 Parken, Copenhagen 0–0 3–1
3 October 2002 Råsunda Stadium, Solna 3–1
2R Bordeaux   France 29 October 2002 Råsunda Stadium, Solna 0–1 1–3
12 November 2002 Stade Chaban-Delmas, Bordeaux 1–2
2004–05 1R Utrecht   Netherlands 16 September 2004 Stadion Galgenwaard, Utrecht 0–4 3–4
30 September 2004 Råsunda Stadium, Solna 3–0
2005–06 2QR Cork City   Republic of Ireland 11 August 2005 Råsunda Stadium, Solna 1–1 1–1(a)
25 August 2005 Turners Cross, Cork 0–0
2008–09 1QR Flora   Estonia 17 July 2008 Råsunda Stadium, Solna 0–0 2–2(a)
31 July 2008 A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn 2–2
2QR Rosenborg   Norway 14 August 2008 Råsunda Stadium, Solna 2–1 2–6
28 August 2008 Lerkendal Stadion, Trondheim 0–5
UEFA Europa League
2018–19 2QR Mariupol   Ukraine 26 July 2018 Tele2 Arena, Stockholm 1–1 2–3
2 August 2018 Chornomorets Stadium, Odessa 1–2(a.e.t)
2020–21 2QR Europa   Gibraltar 17 September 2020 Tele2 Arena, Stockholm 2−1
3QR CFR Cluj   Romania 24 September 2020 Tele2 Arena, Stockholm 0−1

UEFA Europa Conference League edit

Season Stage Opponent Date Venue Score Agg Ref
Team Country
2022–23 2QR Rijeka   Croatia 21 July 2022 Stadion Rujevica, Rijeka 2–1 4-1 [4]
28 July 2022 Tele2 Arena, Stockholm 2–0 [5]
3QR Sepsi OSK   Romania 4 August 2022 Stadionul Sepsi Arena, Sfântu Gheorghe 3–1 6-2 [6]
11 August 2022 Tele2 Arena, Stockholm 3–1 [7]
PO APOEL   Cyprus 17 August 2022 Tele2 Arena, Stockholm 3–0 5-3 [8]
23 August 2022 GSP Stadium, Nicosia 2–3 [9]
GS Shamrock Rovers   Ireland 8 September 2022 Tallaght Stadium, Dublin 0–0 1st [10]
Molde   Norway 15 September 2022 Tele2 Arena, Stockholm 3–2 [11]
Gent   Belgium 6 October 2022 Ghelamco Arena, Ghent 1–0 [12]
Gent   Belgium 13 October 2022 Tele2 Arena, Stockholm 4–2 [13]
Molde   Norway 27 October 2022 Aker Stadion, Molde 3–2 [14]
Shamrock Rovers   Ireland 3 November 2022 Tele2 Arena, Stockholm 1–0 [15]
R16 Lech Poznań   Poland 9 March 2023 Stadion Poznań, Poznań 0–2 0–5 [16]
16 March 2023 Tele2 Arena, Stockholm 0–3 [17]
2023–24 2QR Luzern    Switzerland 27 July 2023 Tele2 Arena, Stockholm
3 August 2023 Swissporarena, Lucerne

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup edit

Season Stage Opponent Date Venue Score Agg Ref
Team Country
European Cup Winners' Cup
1975–76 1R Wrexham   Wales 16 September 1975 Racecourse Ground, Wrexham 1–2 2–3
30 September 1975 Stockholm Olympic Stadium, Stockholm 1–1
1989–90 1R US Luxembourg   Luxembourg 12 September 1989 Stade Achille Hammerel, Luxembourg 0–0 5–0 [18]
27 September 1989 Råsunda Stadium, Solna 5–0
2R Real Valladolid   Spain 18 October 1989 Estadio Nuevo José Zorrilla, Valladolid 0–2 2–4 [19]
1 November 1989 Råsunda Stadium, Solna 2–2
1990–91 1R Fram   Iceland 19 September 1990 Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík 0–3 1–4
3 October 1990 Råsunda Stadium, Solna 1–1

UEFA Intertoto Cup edit

Season Stage Opponent Date Venue Score Agg Ref
Team Country
1996 GS LASK   Austria 22 June 1996 Union-Stadion, Wels 0–2 3rd [20]
Apollon Limassol   Cyprus 29 June 1996 Stockholm Olympic Stadium, Stockholm 8–0 [20]
Werder Bremen   Germany 7 July 1996 Weserstadion, Bremen 2–3 [20]
B68 Toftir   Faroe Islands 20 July 1996 Stockholm Olympic Stadium, Stockholm 5–1 [20]


Inter-Cities Fairs Cup edit

Season Stage Opponent Date Venue Score Agg Ref
Team Country
1964–65 1R Manchester United   England 23 September 1964 Stockholm Olympic Stadium, Stockholm 1–1 2–8
27 October 1964 Old Trafford, Manchester 1–6
1966–67 1R Lokomotive Leipzig   East Germany 24 August 1966 Stockholm Olympic Stadium, Stockholm 1–3 2–5
27 September 1966 Zentralstadion, Leipzig 1–2

Notes edit

  1. ^ This does not include the four matches played by Djurgårdens IF in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup.

References edit

  1. ^ "UEFA Europa League 2002/03 - History - Djurgården – UEFA.com". UEFA.com.
  2. ^ "Djurgårdens IF - Dukla Praha 0:2 (Europa League 1974/1975, 2. Round)". worldfootball.net.
  3. ^ "Dukla Praha - Djurgårdens IF 3:1 (Europa League 1974/1975, 2. Round)". worldfootball.net.
  4. ^ "Rijeka-Djurgården | UEFA Europa Conference League 2022/23".
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  6. ^ "Sepsi Sfantu Gheorghe-Djurgården | UEFA Europa Conference League 2022/23".
  7. ^ "Djurgården-Sepsi Sfantu Gheorghe | UEFA Europa Conference League 2022/23".
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  9. ^ "APOEL-Djurgården | UEFA Europa Conference League 2022/23".
  10. ^ "Shamrock Rovers-Djurgården | UEFA Europa Conference League 2022/23".
  11. ^ "Djurgården-Molde | UEFA Europa Conference League 2022/23".
  12. ^ "Gent-Djurgården | UEFA Europa Conference League 2022/23".
  13. ^ "Djurgården-Gent | UEFA Europa Conference League 2022/23".
  14. ^ "Molde-Djurgården | UEFA Europa Conference League 2022/23".
  15. ^ "Djurgården-Shamrock Rovers | UEFA Europa Conference League 2022/23".
  16. ^ "Lech-Djurgården | UEFA Europa Conference League 2022/23".
  17. ^ "Djurgården-Lech | UEFA Europa Conference League 2022/23".
  18. ^ "Union Luxembourg - Djurgårdens IF 0:0 (Cup Winners Cup 1989/1990, 1. Round)". worldfootball.net.
  19. ^ "Real Valladolid - Djurgårdens IF 2:0 (Cup Winners Cup 1989/1990, 2. Round)". worldfootball.net.
  20. ^ a b c d "Intertoto Cup 1996 (game details)". linguasport.com.