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
← 1957–58 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
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	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	3
Jan Aronsson	2
Eje Nilsson	1
Nils Nilsson (footballer)	1

Competitions

Overall

Allsvenskan

League table

Pos	Team v t e	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:

^ 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
		^[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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League competitions	Allsvenskan Division 2 Division 3
European competitions	European Cup ('58–'59, '59–'60)

Club season articles
Allsvenskan	AIK Djurgården GAIS Halmstad Hammarby Hälsingborg IFK Göteborg Norrköping Malmö FF IFK Malmö Sandviken Örgryte

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