2023 Djurgårdens IF season explained

Club:	Djurgårdens IF Fotboll
Season:	2023
Chairman:	Lars-Erik Sjöberg
Mgrtitle:	Head coach(es)
Manager:	Kim Bergstrand &<br>Thomas Lagerlöf
Stadium:	Tele2 Arena
League:	Allsvenskan
League Result:	4th
Cup1:	2022–23 Svenska Cupen
Cup1 Result:	Semi-final
Cup2:	2023–24 Svenska Cupen
Cup2 Result:	Runners Up
Cup3:	2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League
Cup3 Result:	Round of 16
Cup4:	2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League
Cup4 Result:	2nd Qualifying Round
League Topscorer:	Marcus Danielson Hampus Finndell (5)
Season Topscorer:	Marcus Danielson Hampus Finndell (6)
Highest Attendance:	26,207 v Malmö
Lowest Attendance:	8,762 v Landskrona
Largest Win:	6–1 v Landskrona
Largest Loss:	0–4 v Elfsborg
Prevseason:	2022
Nextseason:	2024
Updated:	12 November 2023
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The 2023 season was Djurgårdens IF's 123rd in existence, their 68th season in Allsvenskan and their 23rd consecutive season in the league. In addition to the Allsvenskan, they competed in the 2022–23 and 2023–24 editions of the Svenska Cupen, continued the 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League at the Round of 16, and entered the 2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League at the 2nd Qualifying Round.

Squad

Season squad

Squad No.	Name	Position	Date of birth (Age)	Previous club	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
30	Tommi Vaiho	GK	1988 9, df=yes	GAIS	87	0
35	Jacob Widell Zetterström	GK	1998 7, df=yes	IFK Lidingö	92	0
40	André Picornell	GK	2004 4, df=yes	IF Brommapojkarna	2	0
Defenders
2	Piotr Johansson	DF	1995 2, df=yes	Kalmar FF	85	3
3	Marcus Danielson	DF	1989 4, df=yes	Dalian Professional	126	17
5	Elliot Käck	DF	1989 9, df=yes	IK Start	187	2
12	Theo Bergvall	DF	2004 9, df=yes	IF Brommapojkarna	3	0
16	Rami Kaib	DF	1997 5, df=yes	SC Heerenveen	7	0
17	Carlos Moros Gracia	DF	1993 4, df=yes	Mjällby	13	0
19	Pierre Bengtsson	DF	1988 4, df=yes	F.C. Copenhagen	40	0
26	Samuel Dahl	DF	2003 3, df=yes	Örebro	15	0
27	Jacob Une Larsson	DF	1994 4, df=yes	IF Brommapojkarna	193	13
Midfielders
6	Rasmus Schüller	MF	1991 6, df=yes	HJK Helsinki	99	3
7	Magnus Eriksson (C)	MF	1990 4, df=yes	San Jose Earthquakes	185	32
9	Haris Radetinac	MF	1985 10, df=yes	Mjällby AIF	279	32
13	Hampus Finndell	MF	2000 6, df=yes	FC Groningen	115	16
14	Besard Šabović	MF	1998 1, df=yes	FC Khimki	64	6
20	Isak Alemayehu Mulugeta	MF	2006 10, df=yes	Djurgården Youth	2	0
21	Lucas Bergvall	MF	2006 2, df=yes	IF Brommapojkarna	29	3
23	Gustav Wikheim	MF	1993 3, df=yes	Al Fateh	72	14
Forwards
15	Oskar Fallenius	FW	2001 11, df=yes	Brøndby	29	2
18	Felix Vá	FW	1998 4, df=yes	Apollon Limassol	12	2
22	Musa Qurbanlı	FW	2002 4, df=yes	Qarabağ	17	3
29	Noel Milleskog	FW	2002 5, df=yes	Örebro	13	3
33	Kalipha Jawla	FW	2006 4, df=yes	Djurgården Youth	1	0
Away on loan
	Jesper Löfgren	DF	1997 5, df=yes	SK Brann	82	3
	Frank Odhiambo	DF	2002 10, df=yes	Gor Mahia	0	0
	Axel Wallenborg	DF	2000 12, df=yes	IF Brommapojkarna	0	0

Transfers

Loans out

Date from	Position	Name	Date until	Ref.
25 January 2022	DF		1 July 2023	^[1]
11 January 2023	MF		7 November 2023	^[2]
31 January 2023	DF	Axel Wallenborg	1 July 2023	^[3]
31 March 2023	DF		31 December 2023	^[4]
20 July 2023	DF	Axel Wallenborg	31 December 2023	^[5]
31 August 2023	DF		31 December 2023	^[6]

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Name	Fee	Ref.
27 February 2023	FW		Undisclosed	^[7]
30 March 2023	DF	Philip Rolke	Undisclosed	^[8]
30 June 2023	DF		Undisclosed	^[9]
4 July 2023	FW		Undisclosed	^[10]
5 July 2023	FW		Undisclosed	^[11]
14 July 2023	FW		Undisclosed	^[12]
24 July 2023	DF		Undisclosed	^[13]
28 November 2023	MF		Undisclosed	^[14]
10 December 2023	GK		Undisclosed	^[15]
21 December 2023	DF		Undisclosed	^[16]
30 December 2023	MF		Free	^[17]

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Name	Fee	Ref.
3 January 2023	MF		Free	^[18]
21 January 2023	DF		Undisclosed	^[19]
27 June 2023	FW		Undisclosed	^[20]
3 July 2023	MF	Wilmer Odefalk	Undisclosed	^[21]
14 July 2023	FW		Undisclosed	^[22]
18 July 2023	DF		Undisclosed	^[23]
21 August 2023	FW		Undisclosed	^[24]
24 August 2023	FW		Undisclosed	^[25]
7 November 2023	MF		Undisclosed	^[26]

Released

Date from	Position	Notes	Ref.
12 January 2023	MF	Mutual Consent	^[27]
31 December 2023	DF	Mutual Consent	^[28]
31 December 2023	GK	Mutual Consent	^[29]

Note: Players will join other clubs after being released or terminated from their contract. Only the following clubs are mentioned when that club signed the player in the same transfer window.

Competitions

Allsvenskan

See main article: 2023 Allsvenskan.

Matches

November

2022–23 Svenska Cupen

See main article: 2022–23 Svenska Cupen.

Matches

Group stage

Semi-final

2023–24 Svenska Cupen

See main article: 2023-24 Svenska Cupen.

Djurgården were drawn away at Sandvikens IF in the 2nd round of the 2023-24 Svenska Cupen on 4 July 2023.^[30]

Qualification

2022–23 Europa Conference League

See main article: 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League.

Round of 16

Djurgården finished top of Group F and qualified for the round of 16. The draw to decide their opponents was made on 24 February 2023, where they were drawn against Lech Poznań of Poland.^[31]

Matches

Djurgården lost 5-0 on aggregate.

2023–24 Europa Conference League

See main article: 2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League.

Qualifying

Djurgården entered the 2023–24 Europa Conference League at the 2nd Qualifying Round after finishing 2nd in the 2022 Allsvenskan. Djurgården were drawn against Luzern of Switzerland, with the 1st leg at home.^[32] The draw was made on 21 June 2023, with the matches being played on 27 July 2023 and 3 August 2023.^[33]

The draw for the 3rd Qualifying Round was made on 24 July 2023, which drew the winners of the tie against Hibernian of Scotland or Inter Club d%27Escaldes of Andorra, with the first leg away from home.^[34]

Both draws were made at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.^[35]

Matches

Djurgården lost 3-2 on aggregate.

Statistics

Appearances

No.	Pos.	Name	Allsvenskan		Svenska Cupen 2022/23		Svenska Cupen 2023/24		Europa Conference League 2022/23		Europa Conference League 2023/24		Total
No.	Pos.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
30	GK	Tommi Vaiho	6+1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	7+1	0
35	GK	Jacob Widell Zetterström	23	0	5	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	32	0
40	GK	André Picornell	1+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1+1	0
Defenders
2	DF	Piotr Johansson	30	0	5	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	39	1
3	DF	Marcus Danielson	29	5	5	0	1	1	2	0	1	0	38	6
4	DF	Jesper Löfgren	15+2	1	2+2	0	1	0	1+1	0	1	1	20+5	2
12	DF	Theo Bergvall	0+2	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0+3	0
16	DF	Rami Kaib	1+4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	3+4	0
17	DF	Carlos Moros Gracia	4+4	0	3	0	0	0	1+1	0	0	0	8+5	0
19	DF	Pierre Bengtsson	0+4	0	1+2	0	0	0	1+1	0	0	0	2+7	0
26	DF	Samuel Dahl	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1+1	0	14+1	0
27	DF	Jacob Une Larsson	11+3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	14+3	0
Midfielders
6	MF	Rasmus Schüller	23	1	5	0	0+1	0	1	0	2	0	31+1	1
7	MF	Magnus Eriksson	22+7	1	5	2	1	0	2	0	1+1	0	31+8	3
9	MF	Haris Radetinac	16+8	3	1+3	0	0+1	1	1+1	0	1+1	0	19+14	4
13	MF	Hampus Finndell	20+4	5	2+3	1	1	0	1+1	0	2	0	26+8	6
14	MF	Besard Šabović	7+18	1	1+4	1	1	0	1+1	0	0	0	10+23	2
20	MF	Isak Alemayehu Mulugeta	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0+1	0
21	MF	Lucas Bergvall	11+14	2	1+2	1	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	12+17	3
23	MF	Gustav Wikheim	19+3	3	5	2	0+1	0	2	0	1+1	0	27+5	5
Forwards
15	FW	Oskar Fallenius	14+12	2	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	16+13	2
18	FW	Felix Vá	2+9	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3+9	2
22	FW	Musa Qurbanlı	10+4	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	1+1	0	12+5	3
29	FW	Noel Milleskog	2+9	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0+1	0	3+10	3
33	FW	Kalipha Jawla	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
Players no longer at the club
8	DF	Elias Andersson	16	0	4	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	21	2
10	FW	Joel Asoro	10+6	3	3+2	1	0	0	2	0	1+1	1	15+9	5
11	FW	Oliver Berg	19	3	1+2	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	22+2	4
16	FW	Victor Edvardsen	6+5	2	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	12+5	2
18	FW	Jacob Bergström	0+6	0	1+3	0	0	0	0+2	0	0	0	1+11	0
22	MF	Wilmer Odefalk	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0

Goalscorers

The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.

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1	DF	3	align=left		5	0	1	0	0	6
1	MF	13	align=left		5	1	0	0	0	6
3	FW	10	align=left		3	1	0	0	1	5
3	MF	23	align=left		3	2	0	0	0	5
5	MF	9	align=left		3	0	1	0	0	4
5	FW	11	align=left		3	1	0	0	0	4
7	MF	7	align=left		1	2	0	0	0	3
	MF	21	align=left		2	1	0	0	0	3
	FW	22	align=left		2	0	1	0	0	3
	FW	29	align=left		1	0	2	0	0	3
11	DF	4	align=left		1	0	0	0	1	2
	DF	8	align=left		0	2	0	0	0	2
	MF	14	align=left		1	1	0	0	0	2
	FW	15	align=left		2	0	0	0	0	2
	FW	16	align=left		2	0	0	0	0	2
	FW	18	align=left		2	0	0	0	0	2
17	DF	2	align=left		0	1	0	0	0	1
17	MF	6	align=left		1	0	0	0	0	1
Total				37	12	5	0	2	56

Disciplinary

Updated 12 November 2023
The list is sorted by shirt number when total cards are equal.

			Name	Allsvenskan			Svenska Cupen 2022/23			Svenska Cupen 2023/24			Europa Conference League 2022/23			Europa Conference League 2023/24			Total
			Name
1	MF	6	align=left	Rasmus Schüller	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	11	0	0
2	MF	13	align=left	Hampus Finndell	7	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0
3	MF	14	align=left	Besard Šabović	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
4	DF	2	align=left	Piotr Johansson	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
	DF	3	align=left	Marcus Danielson	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	1
	MF	9	align=left	Haris Radetinac	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
7	DF	4	align=left	Jesper Löfgren	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
	DF	8	align=left	Elias Andersson	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
	FW	16	align=left	Victor Edvardsen	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
	DF	17	align=left	Carlos Moros Gracia	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
	GK	35	align=left	Jacob Widell Zetterström	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
12	MF	7	align=left	Magnus Eriksson	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	FW	10	align=left	Joel Asoro	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	FW	15	align=left	Oskar Fallenius	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	MF	21	align=left	Lucas Bergvall	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	MF	23	align=left	Gustav Wikheim	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
	DF	26	align=left	Samuel Dahl	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
18	FW	29	align=left	Noel Milleskog	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Total				46	0	1	8	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	3	0	0	61	0	2

Clean sheets

The list is sorted by shirt number when total clean sheets are equal.

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1	35		11	0	0	0	0	11
2	30		3	0	0	0	0	3
3	40		1	0	0	0	0	1
Total			15	0	0	0	0	15

Notes and References

Web site: Jacob Une Larsson on loan to Panetolikos FC . Djurgårdens IF . 25 January 2022 . 25 January 2022.
Web site: Albion Ademi on loan to Värnamo . Djurgårdens IF . 11 January 2023 . 17 January 2023.
Web site: Axel Wallenborg is loaned to a Danish club . Djurgårdens IF . 31 January 2023 . 4 February 2023.
Web site: Frank Odhiambo is loaned to Vasalund . Djurgårdens IF . 31 March 2023 . 31 March 2023.
Web site: Axel Wallenborg on loan to IK Karlstad . Djurgårdens IF . 20 July 2023 . 20 July 2023.
Web site: Jesper Löfgren on loan to BP . Djurgårdens IF . 31 August 2023 . 1 September 2023.
Web site: Welcome Oskar Fallenius . Dif.se . 27 February 2023 . 27 February 2023.
Web site: Welcome Philip Rolke . Dif.se . 30 March 2023 . 30 March 2023.
Web site: Welcome Rami Kaib . Dif.se . 30 June 2023 . 1 July 2023.
Web site: Welcome Felix Vá . Dif.se . 4 July 2023 . 4 July 2023.
Web site: Welcome Musa Gurbanli . Dif.se . 5 July 2023 . 5 July 2023.
Web site: Welcome to Djurgården, Noel Milleskog! . Dif.se . 14 July 2023 . 15 July 2023.
Web site: Welcome Samuel Dahl! . Dif.se . 24 July 2023 . 24 July 2023.
Web site: Welcome back Samuel Leach Holm! . Dif.se . 28 November 2023 . 7 December 2023.
Web site: Welcome Malkolm Nilsson Säfqvist . Dif.se . 10 December 2023 . 19 December 2023.
Web site: Welcome Miro Tenho . Dif.se . 21 December 2023 . 23 December 2023.
Web site: Welcome to Djurgården, Albin Ekdal . Dif.se . 30 December 2023 . 31 December 2023.
Web site: Thanks for everything Emmanuel Banda! . Dif.se . 3 January 2023 . 3 January 2023.
Web site: Thanks for everything Hjalmar Ekdal! . Dif.se . 21 January 2023 . 21 January 2023.
Web site: Thanks for this time, Victor Edvardsen . Dif.se . 27 June 2023 . 27 June 2023.
Web site: Wilmer Odefalk returns to BP . Dif.se . 3 July 2023 . 3 July 2023.
Web site: Thank you for your efforts at DIF, Jacob Bergström! . Dif.se . 14 July 2023 . 15 July 2023.
Web site: Thanks for everything Elias Andersson! . Dif.se . 18 July 2023 . 18 July 2023.
Web site: Thanks for this time Oliver Berg . Dif.se . 21 August 2023 . 21 August 2023.
Web site: Thanks for everything Joel Asoro . Dif.se . 24 August 2023 . 25 August 2023.
Web site: Albion Ademi to IFK Varnamo . Dif.se . 7 November 2023 . 19 November 2023.
Web site: Djurgården ends the contract with Amadou Doumbouya . Dif.se . 12 January 2023 . 17 January 2023.
Web site: Thanks for everything Elliot Käck . Dif.se . 4 November 2023 . 19 November 2023.
Web site: Thanks for everything Tommi Vaiho . Dif.se . 4 November 2023 . 19 November 2023.
Web site: Round 2 in the Men's Svenska Cupen . 4 July 2023 . Svenskfotboll.se . 4 July 2023.
Web site: UEFA Europa Conference League last 16 draw . UEFA.com . Union of European Football Associations . 4 November 2022.
News: UEFA Europa Conference League Second Qualifying Round draw . . 21 June 2023 . 21 June 2023.
News: 2023/24 UEFA Europa Conference League: Matches, final, key dates . . 12 January 2022 . 24 January 2023.
News: UEFA Europa Conference League Third Qualifying Round draw . . 24 July 2023 . 24 July 2023.
News: 2023 European football calendar: Match and draw dates for all UEFA competitions . . 16 June 2023 . 21 June 2023.