1961 Djurgårdens IF season

The 1961 season was Djurgårdens IF's 61st in existence, their 18th season in Division 2 and their 1st consecutive season in the league. They were competing in Division 2 Svealand and its play-off for the 1962 Allsvenskan.

Player statistics

Appearances for competitive matches only.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Division 2 Svealand		Allsvenskan promotion play-offs
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
			Christer Andersson
			Nils Andersson
			Lars Arnesson
			Arne Arvidsson
			Jan Åslund
			Lars Broström
			Jan Carlsson
			Leif Eriksson
			Olle Hellström
			Hans Johansson
			Hans Karlsson
			Lars Lundqvist
			Hans Mild
			Gösta Sandberg
			Lars-Olof Sandberg
			Ulf Schramm
			Sigvard Schwartzmann
			Leif Skiöld
			Sven Tumba

Goals

Total

Division 2 Svealand

Promotion play-offs Name Goals Leif Skiöld 3 Leif Eriksson 2 Hans Mild 1 Gösta Sandberg Lars-Olof Sandberg Ulf Schramm Sven Tumba

Competitions

Allsvenskan promotion play-offs

Main article: 1961 Allsvenskan

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Djurgårdens IF (C)	3	3	0	0	10	4	+6	6	Promotion to Allsvenskan
2	Högadal	3	2	0	1	12	7	+5	4
3	GIF Sundsvall	3	0	1	2	5	9	−4	1
4	Östers IF	3	0	1	2	2	9	−7	1

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(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.

Matches

Djurgårdens IF v GIF Sundsvall

7 October 1961 Matchday 1	Djurgårdens IF	3 – 1	GIF Sundsvall	Solna
	L.-O. Sandberg  13' (pen) Tumba  22' Eriksson  84'	[1][2]	Nordin  12'	Stadium: Råsunda Stadium Attendance: 28,294 Referee: Erik Johansson

Östers IF v Djurgårdens IF

15 October 1961 Matchday 2	Östers IF	0 – 2	Djurgårdens IF	Växjö
		[3][4]	G. Sandberg  25' Skiöld  44'	Stadium: Värendsvallen Attendance: 17,036 Referee: Einar Boström

Djurgårdens IF v Högadals IS

21 October 1961 Matchday 3	Djurgårdens IF	5 – 3	Högadals IS	Nässjö
	Skiöld  34', 80' Schramm  40' Mild  42' Eriksson  48'	[5][6]	Lindqvist  27' Ingvarsson  50' Jönsson  60'	Attendance: 2,495 Referee: Roland Bäckström

Nordic Cup

The tournament continued from the 1960 season and continued into the 1962 season.

Semi-finals

IFK Norrköping v Djurgården

9 April 1961 (1961-04-09)	IFK Norrköping	0–2	Djurgården	Norrköping
		[7]	Skiöld Karlsson	Stadium: Idrottsparken Attendance: 4,156

References

• Alsiö, Martin; Frantz, Alf; Lindahl, Jimmy; Persson, Gunnar, eds. (2004). 100 år: Svenska fotbollförbundets jubileumsbok 1904-2004, del 2: statistiken [100 years: Swedish Football Association's centenary 1904-2004, part 2: statistics] (in Swedish). Vällingby: Stroemberg Media Group. ISBN 91-86184-59-8.