Djurgårdens IF Fotboll in European football explained

Continent:	Europe
Djurgårdens IF in European football
Club:	Djurgårdens IF
First Entry:	1955–56 European Cup
Last Entry:	2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League

Djurgårdens Idrottsförening, also known simply as Djurgårdens IF, is a Swedish professional football club based in Stockholm. The club have participated in 18 editions of the club competitions governed by UEFA, the chief authority for football across Europe. These include seven seasons in the European Cup and Champions League, nine seasons in the UEFA Cup and Europa League, one season in the UEFA Europa Conference League, three seasons in the Cup Winners' Cup and one season in the Intertoto Cup. Counting all of the 69 games the side have played in UEFA competitions since their first entry into the European Cup in the 1955–56 season, the team's record stands at 26 wins, 17 draws and 26 defeats.

Djurgården's 8–0 victory over Apollon Limassol of Cyprus in the 1996 UEFA Intertoto Cup is the club's most decisive win in European competitions, while the team's heaviest defeat is 6–0, against Bulgarian club Levski Sofia in the 1965–66 European Cup. With 15 caps, Toni Kuivasto has appeared in the most UEFA matches for Djungården, while Fredrik Dahlström and Kaj Eskelinen has scored the most goals with 5.^[1]

Key

• S = Seasons
• Pld = Played
• W = Games won
• D = Games drawn
• L = Games lost
• GF = Goals for
• GA = Goals against
• GD = Goal difference
• H = Home ground
• A = Away ground
• N = Neutral ground
• Final = Final
• SF = Semi-finals
• QF = Quarter-finals

• Group = Group stage
• PO = Play-off round
• 3R = Round 3
• 2R = Round 2
• 1R = Round 1
• 3QR = Third qualification round
• 2QR = Second qualification round
• 1QR = First qualification round
• QR = Qualification round
• aet = Match determined after extra time
• ag = Match determined by away goals rule
• ap = Match determined by penalty shoot-out
• Agg = Aggregated score
• Ref = Reference

Djurgården's score is noted first in all of the match results given below.

Overall record

By competition

Tournament	scope=col		scope=col		scope=col		scope=col		scope=col		scope=col		scope=col
European Cup/UEFA Champions League
UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League
UEFA Europa Conference League
European Cup Winners' Cup/UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
UEFA Intertoto Cup
Total

By opponent club nationality

Country	scope=col		scope=col		scope=col		scope=col		scope=col		scope=col		scope=col		scope=col
Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia
Faroe Islands
France
Germany
Gibraltar
Hungary
Iceland
Italy
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Romania
Serbia
Slovakia
Spain
Ukraine

By club

Teams Djurgården have played against a minimum of three times:

Matches

UEFA Champions League

Season	Stage	Opponent	Date	Venue	Score
		Team	Country
European Cup
1955–56	1R			20 September 1955		0–0	4–1
				12 October 1955		4–1
	QF			23 November 1955		1–3	1–4
				28 November 1955		0–1
1965–66	PR			12 September 1965		2–1	2–7
				3 October 1965		0–6
1967–68	1R			20 September 1967		0–3	0–4
				4 October 1967		0–1
UEFA Champions League
2003–04	2QR			30 July 2003		1–1	3–3
				6 August 2003		2–2
2004–05	2QR			28 July 2004		0–0	2–0
				4 August 2004		2–0
	3QR			10 August 2004		2–2	3–6
				25 August 2004		1–4
2006–07	2QR			26 July 2006		1–0	2–3
				2 August 2006		1–3
2020–21	1QR			19 August 2020		0−2

UEFA Europa League

Season	Stage	Opponent	Date	Venue	Score
		Team	Country
UEFA Cup
1971–72	1R			15 September 1971		1–4	3–6
				29 September 1971		2–2
1974–75	1R			2 October 1971		5–0	7–1
				18 September 1974		2–1
	2R			23 October 1974		0–2	1–5	^[2]
				6 November 1974		1–3		^[3]
1976–77	1R			15 September 1976		0–3	2–4
				29 September 1976		2–1
2002–03	QR			15 August 2002		3–1	5–1
				29 August 2002		2–0
	1R			19 September 2002		0–0	3–1
				3 October 2002		3–1
	2R			29 October 2002		0–1	1–3
				12 November 2002		1–2
2004–05	1R			16 September 2004		0–4	3–4
				30 September 2004		3–0
2005–06	2QR			11 August 2005		1–1	1–1(a)
				25 August 2005		0–0
2008–09	1QR			17 July 2008		0–0	2–2(a)
				31 July 2008		2–2
	2QR			14 August 2008		2–1	2–6
				28 August 2008		0–5
UEFA Europa League
2018–19	2QR			26 July 2018		1–1	2–3
				2 August 2018		1–2(a.e.t)
2020–21	2QR			17 September 2020		2−1
	3QR			24 September 2020		0−1

UEFA Europa Conference League

Season	Stage	Opponent	Date	Venue	Score
		Team	Country
2022–23	2QR			21 July 2022		2–1	4-1	^[4]
				28 July 2022		2–0		^[5]
	3QR			4 August 2022		3–1	6-2	^[6]
				11 August 2022		3–1		^[7]
	PO			17 August 2022		3–0	5-3	^[8]
				23 August 2022		2–3		^[9]
	GS			8 September 2022		0–0	1st	^[10]
				15 September 2022		3–2		^[11]
				6 October 2022		1–0		^[12]
				13 October 2022		4–2		^[13]
				27 October 2022		3–2		^[14]
				3 November 2022		1–0		^[15]
	R16			9 March 2023		0–2	0–5	^[16]
				16 March 2023		0–3		^[17]
2023–24	2QR			27 July 2023		1-2
				3 August 2023		1-1

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

Season	Stage	Opponent	Date	Venue	Score
		Team	Country
European Cup Winners' Cup
1975–76	1R			16 September 1975		1–2	2–3
				30 September 1975		1–1
1989–90	1R			12 September 1989		0–0	5–0	^[18]
				27 September 1989		5–0
	2R			18 October 1989		0–2	2–4	^[19]
				1 November 1989		2–2
1990–91	1R			19 September 1990		0–3	1–4
				3 October 1990		1–1

UEFA Intertoto Cup

Season	Stage	Opponent	Date	Venue	Score
		Team	Country
1996	GS			22 June 1996		0–2	3rd	^[20]
				29 June 1996		8–0
				7 July 1996		2–3
				20 July 1996		5–1

Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

Season	Stage	Opponent	Date	Venue	Score
		Team	Country
1964–65	1R			23 September 1964		1–1	2–8
				27 October 1964		1–6
1966–67	1R			24 August 1966		1–3	2–5
				27 September 1966		1–2

Notes and References

1. Web site: UEFA Europa League 2002/03 - History - Djurgården – UEFA.com. UEFA.com.
2. Web site: Djurgårdens IF - Dukla Praha 0:2 (Europa League 1974/1975, 2. Round). worldfootball.net.
3. Web site: Dukla Praha - Djurgårdens IF 3:1 (Europa League 1974/1975, 2. Round). worldfootball.net.
4. Web site: Rijeka-Djurgården | UEFA Europa Conference League 2022/23 .
5. Web site: Djurgården-Rijeka | UEFA Europa Conference League 2022/23 .
6. Web site: Sepsi Sfantu Gheorghe-Djurgården | UEFA Europa Conference League 2022/23 .
7. Web site: Djurgården-Sepsi Sfantu Gheorghe | UEFA Europa Conference League 2022/23 .
8. Web site: Djurgården-APOEL | UEFA Europa Conference League 2022/23 .
9. Web site: APOEL-Djurgården | UEFA Europa Conference League 2022/23 .
10. Web site: Shamrock Rovers-Djurgården | UEFA Europa Conference League 2022/23 .
11. Web site: Djurgården-Molde | UEFA Europa Conference League 2022/23 .
12. Web site: Gent-Djurgården | UEFA Europa Conference League 2022/23 .
13. Web site: Djurgården-Gent | UEFA Europa Conference League 2022/23 .
14. Web site: Molde-Djurgården | UEFA Europa Conference League 2022/23 .
15. Web site: Djurgården-Shamrock Rovers | UEFA Europa Conference League 2022/23 .
16. Web site: Lech-Djurgården | UEFA Europa Conference League 2022/23 .
17. Web site: Djurgården-Lech | UEFA Europa Conference League 2022/23 .
18. Web site: Union Luxembourg - Djurgårdens IF 0:0 (Cup Winners Cup 1989/1990, 1. Round). worldfootball.net.
19. Web site: Real Valladolid - Djurgårdens IF 2:0 (Cup Winners Cup 1989/1990, 2. Round). worldfootball.net.
20. Web site: Intertoto Cup 1996 (game details). linguasport.com.