1997 Djurgårdens IF season

The 1997 season was Djurgårdens IF's 97th in existence, their 4th season in Division 1 Norra and their 2nd consecutive season in the league. They were competing in Allsvenskan and 1997–98 Svenska Cupen.

Djurgården

1997 season
Manager	Roger Lundin
Division 1 Norra	2nd (to promotion play-offs)
Svenska Cupen	3rd round
Top goalscorer	League: Fredrik Dahlström (14) All: Fredrik Dahlström (17)
Highest home attendance	12,522 (26 May vs Hammarby IF, Division 1 Norra)
Lowest home attendance	1,320 (4 June vs Lira Luleå BK, Division 1 Norra)
Average home league attendance	2,965

Player statistics

Appearances for competitive matches only.[1]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Division 1		Allsvenskan promotion play-off		Svenska Cupen
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
			Stefan Alvén	24	1	22	1	2	0
			Johan Andersson	20	6	18	6	2	0
			Bo Andersson	20	2	20	2	0	0
			Carlos Banda	6	0	6	0	0	0
			Christer Bergqvist	16	1	16	1	0	0
			Kenneth Bergqvist	22	0	22	0	0	0
			Michael Borgqvist	27	2	25	2	2	0
			Fredrik Dahlström	27	15	25	14	2	1
			Kaj Eskelinen	25	13	23	13	2	0
			Christian Gröning	4	0	4	0	0	0
			Aleksandar Jovovic	3	0	3	0	0	0
			Markus Karlsson	15	1	13	1	2	0
			Peter Langemar	25	3	23	3	2	0
			Magnus Lindblad	3	0	3	0	0	0
			Daniel Nannskog	25	10	23	10	2	0
			Lucas Nilsson	7	0	7	0	0	0
			Thor André Olsen	27	0	25	0	2	0
			Fred Persson	21	1	20	1	1	0
			Jon Persson	26	3	24	3	2	0
			Zoran Stojcevski	21	5	19	5	2	0
			Sharbel Touma	8	0	8	0	0	0

Goals

Total Name Goals Fredrik Dahlström 17 Kaj Eskelinen 15 Daniel Nannskog 12 Johan Andersson 6 Zoran Stojcevski Bo Andersson 5 Jon Persson 4 Peter Langemar 3 Stefan Alvén 2 Michael Borgqvist Christer Bergqvist 1 Kenneth Bergqvist Markus Karlsson Lucas Nilsson Fred Persson Sharbel Touma

Division 1 Norra Name Goals Fredrik Dahlström 14 Kaj Eskelinen 13 Daniel Nannskog 10 Johan Andersson 6 Zoran Stojcevski 5 Peter Langemar 3 Jon Persson Bo Andersson 2 Michael Borgqvist Stefan Alvén 1 Christer Bergqvist Markus Karlsson Fred Persson

Svenska Cupen Name Goals Bo Andersson 3 Fredrik Dahlström 2 Kaj Eskelinen Daniel Nannskog Stefan Alvén 1 Kenneth Bergqvist Lucas Nilsson Sharbel Touma Jon Persson

Allsvenskan play-offs Name Goals Fredrik Dahlström 1

Competitions

Division 1 Norra

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Hammarby IF	26	19	5	2	55	17	+38	62
2	Djurgårdens IF	26	17	6	3	65	30	+35	57
3	Umeå FC	26	12	7	7	52	38	+14	43
4	GIF Sundsvall	26	11	6	9	40	31	+9	39
5	Gefle IF	26	10	7	9	44	31	+13	37

Source:

Matches

29 April 1997	Djurgårdens IF	0 – 0	Nacka FF	Stockholm
				Stadium: Stockholm Olympic Stadium Attendance: 2,161

4 May 1997	Assyriska Föreningen	0 – 3	Djurgårdens IF	Södertälje
			Langemar  12' J. Persson  30' Dahlström  73'	Stadium: Bårsta IP Attendance: 3,150

12 May 1997	Djurgårdens IF	1 – 0	IK Brage	Stockholm
	Borgqvist  57'			Stadium: Stockholm Olympic Stadium Attendance: 1,639

15 May 1997	IFK Luleå	0 – 1	Djurgårdens IF	Luleå
			Dahlström  88'	Stadium: Skogsvallen Attendance: 561

19 May 1997	Spårvägens FF	1 – 5	Djurgårdens IF	Stockholm
	Myrthil  17'		Eskelinen  19' Langemar  20' Dahlström  33' Alvén  47' F. Persson  53'	Stadium: Kristinebergs IP Attendance: 1,655

26 May 1997	Djurgårdens IF	0 – 1	Hammarby IF	Solna
			Andersson  34'	Stadium: Råsunda Stadium Attendance: 12,522

1 June 1997	Enköpings SK	3 – 5	Djurgårdens IF	Enköping
	Akmar  24' Norell  40', 44'		Dahlström  7', 28', 40' J. Andersson  28' Eskelinen  71'	Stadium: Enavallen Attendance: 2,503

4 June 1997	Djurgårdens IF	3 – 0	Lira Luleå BK	Stockholm
	Nannskog  35' Eskelinen  62', 83'			Stadium: Stockholm Olympic Stadium Attendance: 1,320

10 June 1997	Umeå FC	2 – 2	Djurgårdens IF	Umeå
	Westerberg  50' Lundgren  81'		Nannskog  3' Dahlström  36'	Stadium: Gammliavallen Attendance: 5,063

16 June 1997	Djurgårdens IF	1 – 0	IF Brommapojkarna	Stockholm
	C. Bergqvist  67'			Stadium: Stockholm Olympic Stadium Attendance: 1,420

22 June 1997	GIF Sundsvall	3 – 0	Djurgårdens IF	Sundsvall
	Wikström  25' Östlund  36' Forsberg  82'			Stadium: Idrottsparken Attendance: 888

29 June 1997	Djurgårdens IF	3 – 0[lower-alpha 1]	Vasalunds IF	Stockholm
	Dahlström  85'			Stadium: Stockholm Olympic Stadium Attendance: 1,896

3 July 1997	Djurgårdens IF	2 – 1	Gefle IF	Stockholm
	Dahlström  45' J. Persson  89'		Berggren  42'	Stadium: Stockholm Olympic Stadium Attendance: 2,012

3 August 1997	Gefle IF	3 – 4	Djurgårdens IF	Gävle
	Edvardssson  34' Berggren  43' Lööf  88'		Dahlström  18', 84' Eskelinen  70' J. Persson  89'	Stadium: Strömvallen Attendance: 2,112

12 August 1997	IF Brommapojkarna	0 – 5	Djurgårdens IF	Stockholm
			Stojcevski  9', 71' Borgqvist  65' J. Andersson  77' B. Andersson  90'	Stadium: Grimsta IP Attendance: 2,643

18 August 1997	Djurgårdens IF	5 – 1	Umeå FC	Stockholm
	Nannskog  35', 39' Dahlström  55' J. Andersson  73' o.g.  78'		Häggmark  82'	Stadium: Stockholm Olympic Stadium Attendance: 4,109

26 August 1997	Vasalunds IF	1 – 4	Djurgårdens IF	Solna
	McNiven  60'		Stojcevski  36', 71' B. Andersson  54' J. Andersson  73'	Stadium: Skytteholms IP Attendance: 3,662

2 September 1997	Djurgårdens IF	2 – 1	GIF Sundsvall	Stockholm
	Eskelinen  29' Nannskog  50'		o.g.  66'	Stadium: Stockholm Olympic Stadium Attendance: 3,481

7 September 1997	Lira Luleå BK	2 – 4	Djurgårdens IF	Luleå
	Pettersson  69' Karlsson  85'		Nannskog  12' Dahlström  28' Eskelinen  37' Stojcevski  69'	Stadium: Skogsvallen Attendance: 812

11 September 1997	Djurgårdens IF	2 – 0	Enköpings SK	Stockholm
	Nannskog  25', 50'			Stadium: Stockholm Olympic Stadium Attendance: 1,642

23 September 1997	Djurgårdens IF	3 – 3	Spårvägens FF	Stockholm
	Eskelinen  6', 24', 86'	Report	Henriksson  32', 41' Flobecker  91'	Stadium: Stockholm Olympic Stadium Attendance: 1,531

28 September 1997	IK Brage	4 – 2	Djurgårdens IF	Borlänge
	Brcic  2', 69' Forsman  61' Thomas  90'		J. Andersson  29' (pen) Langemar  32'	Stadium: Domnarvsvallen Attendance: 1,756

1 October 1997	Hammarby IF	2 – 2	Djurgårdens IF	Stockholm
	Andersson  39' Bergman  92'		J. Andersson  44' (pen) Karlsson  88'	Stadium: Söderstadion Attendance: 9,127

6 October 1997	Djurgårdens IF	0 – 0	Assyriska Föreningen	Stockholm
				Stadium: Stockholm Olympic Stadium Attendance: 1,921

13 October 1997	Nacka FF	1 – 5	Djurgårdens IF	Nacka
	Kontinen  64'		Dahlström  18' Nannskog  75' Eskelinen  77', 89', 92' (pen)	Stadium: Nacka IP Attendance: 2,191

19 October 1997	Djurgårdens IF	1 – 1	IFK Luleå	Stockholm
	Nannskog  64'		Westin  93'	Stadium: Stockholm Olympic Stadium Attendance: 2,893

Allsvenskan play-offs

29 October 1997 1st leg	Djurgårdens IF	1 – 1	Östers IF	Stockholm
	Dahlström  5'	Report	Blomqvist  77'	Stadium: Stockholm Olympic Stadium Attendance: 6,046

5 November 1997 2nd leg	Östers IF	2 – 0	Djurgårdens IF	Växjö
	Gustafson  1' Watson  71'	Report		Stadium: Värendsvallen Attendance: 6,833

Svenska Cupen

27 July 1997	Arnäs IF	2 – 8	Djurgårdens IF
	Lundqvist Bylund		B. Andersson (2) Dahlström (2) Alvén Touma K. Bergqvist J. Persson	Attendance: 500

28 August 1997	Täfteå IK	0 – 2	Djurgårdens IF	Täfteå
			B. Andersson  50' Nilsson  55'	Stadium: Täfteborg Attendance: 490

17 September 1997	Gestrike-Hammarby IF	2 – 5	Djurgårdens IF
	?		Eskelinen (2) Nannskog (2) Stojkovic

Notes

1. Djurgården was awarded a 3–0 win by the Swedish FA due to Vasalunds IF fielding too many non-EU players. Original was score 1–0.[2]

References

• Alsiö, Martin; Frantz, Alf; Lindahl, Jimmy; Persson, Gunnar, eds. (2004). 100 år: Svenska fotbollförbundets jubileumsbok 1904-2004, del 2: statistiken [100 years: Swedish Football Association's centenary 1904-2004, part 2: statistics] (in Swedish). Vällingby: Stroemberg Media Group. ISBN 91-86184-59-8.

1. "Årets fotboll 1998" [1998 Football of the year]. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
2. "Årets fotboll 1998" [1998 Football of the year]. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)