1959 Djurgårdens IF season

Djurgården
1959 season
Manager	Lajos Szendrődi (spring); Birger Sandberg & Knut Hallberg (autumn)
Stadium	Råsunda Stadium
Allsvenskan	Winner
Top goalscorer	League: ; Sven Tumba (11); All: ; Sven Tumba (11)
Highest home attendance	48,894 (11 October vs IFK Göteborg, Allsvenskan)
Lowest home attendance	5,352 (13 August vs GAIS, Allsvenskan)
Average home league attendance	22,696

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

Competitions

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	1959–60 European Cup Preliminary round ¹
4	Örgryte IS	22	13	4	5	53	38	+15	30
5	Malmö FF	22	12	4	6	50	29	+21	28
6	Hammarby IF	22	9	1	12	38	56	−18	19
7	Sandvikens IF	22	7	5	10	35	54	−19	19
8	Hälsingborgs IF	22	7	4	11	44	45	−1	18
9	IFK Malmö	22	8	2	12	34	48	−14	18
10	AIK	22	6	5	11	37	46	−9	17
11	Halmstads BK (R)	22	7	2	13	38	46	−8	16	Relegation to Division 2
12	GAIS (R)	22	2	1	19	20	69	−49	5	Relegation to Division 2

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
¹IFK Göteborg qualified for the European Cup as Allsvenskan leaders in the spring of 1959.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Nordic Cup

The tournament continued into the 1960 season.

Round of 16

4 August 1959 (1959-08-04)	Skovshoved	0–3	Djurgården	Copenhagen
		^[1]	Eriksson Hellström Nilsson	Stadium: Parken Attendance: 3,500

8 September 1959 (1959-09-08)	Djurgården	5–1	Skovshoved	Solna
	Tumba (2) Rydberg Karlsson Hellström	^[2]	Wollertsen	Stadium: Råsunda Stadium Attendance: 2,206

Quarter-finals

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

References

http://www.fotbollsweden.se

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

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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

1959 season
Manager	Lajos Szendrődi (spring) Birger Sandberg & Knut Hallberg (autumn)
Stadium	Råsunda Stadium
Allsvenskan	Winner
Top goalscorer	League: Sven Tumba (11) All: Sven Tumba (11)
Highest home attendance	48,894 (11 October vs IFK Göteborg, Allsvenskan)
Lowest home attendance	5,352 (13 August vs GAIS, Allsvenskan)
Average home league attendance	22,696