Djurgårdens IF Fotboll

Foundation

Djurgårdens IF was founded primarily by John G. Jansson, on 12 March 1891, at a café in Alberget 4A on the island of Djurgården in central Stockholm. Most of the founding members were from the dockyard-industry working class, an identity that remained true until the 1950s and 1960s. The club originally focused on winter sports and athletics. The first true 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. The team played its first match in July 1899, a 1–2 loss against AIK.

Swedish Championship titles – 1912 to 1920

The team's first real achievement was in 1902 when they finished second in the Rosenska Pokalen tournament. Just two years later, in 1904, they participated in their first Svenska Mästerskapet final, but were defeated 2–1 by Örgryte IS. The team lost three more Swedish Championship finals, all against teams from Gothenburg (1906 against Örgryte, 1909 against Örgryte and 1910 against IFK Göteborg), before their first victory came in the 1912 final with a 3–1 win against Örgryte. In 1910, the first Djurgården players were selected for the Swedish national team – Ivar Friberg, Erik Lavass, Samuel Lindqvist, and Bertil Nordenskjöld played in a friendly against Norway on 11 September 1910. The club won three more Swedish Championships in the 1910s and 1920s, the 1915 final against Örgryte, the 1917 final against AIK, and the 1920…

It is not known for sure who was the team's manager until 1922, though it is believed that Birger Möller was in charge during a part of the club's first decades.

Swedish Champions Winners (12): 1912, 1915, 1917, 1920, 1954–55, 1959, 1964, 1966, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2019

League

Allsvenskan: Winners (8): 1954–55, 1959, 1964, 1966, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2019 Runners-up (4): 1962, 1967, 2001, 2022 Superettan: Winners (1): 2000 Division 1 Norra: Winners (3): 1987, 1994, 1998 Runners-up (1): 1997 Svenska Serien: Runners-up (1): 1911–12

Cups

Svenska Cupen: Winners (5): 1989–90, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2017–18 Runners-up (5): 1951, 1974–75, 1988–89, 2012–13, 2023–24 Svenska Mästerskapet: Winners (4): 1912, 1915, 1917, 1920 Runners-up (7): 1904, 1906, 1909, 1910, 1913, 1916, 1919 Allsvenskan play-offs: Runners-up (1): 1988 Corinthian Bowl: Winners (1): 1910 Runners-up (2): 1908, 1911 Rosenska Pokalen: Runners-up (1): 1902 Wicanderska Välgörenhetsskölden: Winners (4): 1907, 1910, 1913, 1915 Runners-up (3): 1908, 1914, 1916 Nordic Cup: Runners-up (1): 1959–62