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Djurgårdens IF Fotboll

Djurgårdens IF
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Full name Djurgårdens Idrottsförening
Nickname(s) Blåränderna (The Blue Stripes)
Järnkaminerna (The Iron Stoves)
Short name DIF
Founded 12 March 1891; 125 years ago (1891-03-12)
1899; 118 years ago (1899) (football department)
Ground Tele2 Arena,
Ground Capacity 30,000
Chairman Lars-Erik Sjöberg
Head coach Özcan Melkemichel
League Allsvenskan
2016 Allsvenskan, 7th
Website Club home page
Current season

Djurgårdens IF Fotbollsförening, commonly known simply as Djurgården [²jʉːʳˌɡoːɖɛn], informally Djurgår'n [ˈjʉːʳɡɔɳ] and (especially locally) Dif or DIF, is the association football department of Djurgårdens IF and is based at Tele2 Arena in the Johanneshov district of .

Fans of the club, called djurgårdare, are found all over Stockholm and Sweden. However, the Östermalm district of , where Djurgården's former home ground is situated, is considered the club's heartland.

Formed in 1891, the club has eleven national championship titles and four national cup titles. Djurgården has won their Swedish championships during three eras. The first one occurred during the 1910s when the club won four championships, the second during the 1950s and 1960s with the same amount of championships. The latest era occurred in the first half of the 00s: they finished second in 2001, won Allsvenskan and the cup – Svenska Cupen – in 2002, Allsvenskan in 2003, and Svenska Cupen in 2004, before winning Allsvenskan for a third time in 2005. They currently play in the highest Swedish tier, Allsvenskan. The club is affiliated to the .

Djurgårdens IF was founded 12 March 1891 at a café in Alberget 4A on the island of Djurgården or, more officially, Kungliga Djurgården (Royal Djurgården) primarily by John G. Jansson. Most of the founding members were young working class men. The first real football field in Stockholm was created in 1896. Djurgårdens IF's football department was formed in 1899, with the help of former GAIS-player Teodor Andersson. Djurgården played their first match in July 1899, a 1–2 loss against AIK.

The first real achievement was made in 1902 when the team finished second in the tournament Rosenska Pokalen. Just two years later, in 1904, the first Swedish Championship final of the club was played, ending in a defeat against Örgryte IS. The team finished second in three more finals before the first Championship victory came in 1912 after two draws in the final matches against Örgryte, and a replay which Djurgården won. The club won three more Swedish Championships in the early years, in 1915 against Örgryte, 1917 against AIK and 1920 against IK Sleipner. However, DIF never managed to win Svenska Serien, the top Swedish league of the period, before the club's first great era ended. Between 1911 and 1935, Tranebergs Idrottsplats was the homeground for Djurgården. For the 1912 Summer Olympics, was built. It became Djurgården's permanent home arena in 1936.


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