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
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
			Hans Andersson-Tvilling	8	3	8	3
	GK		Arne Arvidsson	22	0	22	0
			Jan Aronsson	9	2	9	2
			Leif Aronsson	1	0	1	0
			Lars Broström	21	0	21	0
			Birger Eklund	12	5	12	5
			John Eriksson	11	3	11	3
			Stig Gustafsson	22	0	22	0
			Olle Hellström	22	0	22	0
			Karl Erik Isaksson	1	0	1	0
			Hans Karlsson	18	7	18	7
			Hans Mild	22	0	22	0
			Eje Nilsson	6	1	6	1
			Nils Nilsson	2	1	2	1
			Sigge Parling	22	0	22	0
			Åke Rydberg	6	4	6	4
			Gösta Sandberg	21	10	21	10
			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 Jan Aronsson 2 Eje Nilsson 1 Nils Nilsson (footballer) Competitions Allsvenskan League table Pos Team 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 1959–60 European Cup Preliminary round ^1 4 Örgryte IS 22 13 4 5 53 38 +15 30 5 Malmö FF 22 12 4 6 50 29 +21 28 6 Hammarby IF 22 9 1 12 38 56 −18 19 7 Sandvikens IF 22 7 5 10 35 54 −19 19 8 Hälsingborgs IF 22 7 4 11 44 45 −1 18 9 IFK Malmö 22 8 2 12 34 48 −14 18 10 AIK 22 6 5 11 37 46 −9 17 11 Halmstads BK (R) 22 7 2 13 38 46 −8 16 Relegation to Division 2 12 GAIS (R) 22 2 1 19 20 69 −49 5 Source: Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored ^1IFK Göteborg qualified for the European Cup as Allsvenskan leaders in the spring of 1959. (C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round. Only applicable when the season is not finished: (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament. References http://www.fotbollsweden.se