Djurgårdens IF 2004
 

Let this be the official thread of Djurgårdens IF.

I have a question. What happened to Jesper Blomqvist? I know he came to DIF last season and he's one of my favourite Swedish players.

Squad News:

OUT:


Kim Källström, 21, midfielder. (Stade Rennais, France)

A tough, though expected, loss for Djurgården. Källström has dominated the Swedish league during his two years in DIF and his transfer to a bigger league has only been a matter of time. The Swedish international has signed a four-year contract with French club Stade Rennais, giving Djurgården approximately €2,000,000 in payment.



Samuel Wowoah, 27, forward. (Stabaek, Norway)

During the last season Wowoah had trouble with gaining the managers’ confidence. He has therefore chosen to play for Norwegian club Stabaek the coming season. Stabaek will hire Wowoah during the season of 2004.



Dembo Touray, 23, goalkeeper. (Vålerenga, Norway)

In order to get experience from a first division club, Touray will play for Vålerenga the coming season. DIF has the opportunity to cancel the loan halfway through the year.



Patrik E Ohlsson, 30, defender. (Sundsvall, Sweden)

After last summer’s entrance of Toni Kuivasto, Patrik had difficulties with gaining time on the pitch. He was therefore hired by GIF Sundsvall, where he soon became the team’s most important player and helped the club to stay in Allsvenskan. Sundvall has now reached an agreement with DIF and signed a three-year contract with Patrik E Ohlsson.



Richard Henriksson, 22, defender. (Brommapojkarna, Sweden)

Christer Mattiasson, 31, forward. (Brommapojkarna, Sweden)

Johan Wallinder, 28, forward. (?)




IN:


Abgar Barsom, 26, midfielder. (Heerenveen, Holland)

After having spent 1.5 years in Eredivisie, Abgar Barsom has returned to Djurgården in order to replace Kim Källström. The contract reaches for three years.



Tobias Hysén, 21, forward. (Häcken, Sweden)

Hysén, Swedish U21 international and son of former Liverpool defender Glenn Hysén, has signed a four-year deal with the regent Swedish champions.



Matias Concha, 23, wing-back (Malmö, Sweden)

Leaving Swedish top-rival MFF, Concha has signed a 3-year deal with Djurgården.



Oskar Wahlström, 27, goalkeeper. (Västerås, Sweden)

Brought in to replace Dembo Touray as back-up for Andreas Isaksson. Wahlström has earlier played for Västerås in the Swedish 2nd division.



Djurgården has also reached an agreement with Liverpool FC concerning the promising striker Daniel Sjölund. Sjölund, who was hired from the English club during the last season, will play for DIF the following three years.

Djurgårdens 2004 away kit. My favorite thus far.

2004 Djurgårdens Home Kit

Dont think he'll get much experience... Rekdal said he'll use him as a back-up in case Bolthof gets injured. Øyvind Bolthof is a good keeper and I dont think Touray can replace him.

Kallstrom - this is the biggest blow. I don`t know why they got only 2m for him.

and , yeah - where is Blomquist?

Pyrtas, I haven't found any news on him! Not even at the main site. I think he was just there on a loan, meaning he should be back at Charlton. I think.

Allsvenskan results (Djurgårdens IF) :

April 5 -2004:

Trelleborgs FF - Djurgårdens IF 2-2
1-0: Eric Fischbein (pen.) (5)
Red card: Abgar Barsom,Djurgården (11)
1-1: Tobias Hysén (36)
1-2: Andreas Johansson (64)
2-2: Vitali Gussev (91)
Attendance: 5,919

Other Allsvenskan results ...and the standings :

http://www.svenskfotboll.se/Table.as...namentId=20198

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191 Allsvenskan players were asked some questions in the "Canal+ players poll" .... Here are some of the results:

Who will win the Allsvenskan this season? (top 5):

Malmö FF 37%
Hammarby IF 12%
Djurgårdens IF 11%
AIK 9%
Örgryte IS 8%
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Which 2 teams will be automatically relegated ? (top 5):

Trelleborgs FF 38%
GIF Sundsvall 26%
Kalmar FF 17%
Landskrona BoIS 5%
Örebro SK 4%
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Who will be this seasons top goalscorer ? :

Niklas Skoog, Malmö FF 25%
Igor Sypniewski, Malmö FF 18%
Geert den Ouden, Djurgården 13%
Peter Ijeh, IFK Göteborg 6%
Paulinho Guará , Örgryte IS 6%
Afonso Alves, Malmö FF 5%
Andreas Andersson, AIK 5%
Other- 22%
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Which club has the best supporters ?:

Hammarby- 29%
AIK- 24%
Djurgården- 20%
Malmö- 15%
IFK Göteborg- 6%
Örgryte- 4%
Other- 2%
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If you could play for any Allsvenskan club, which would it be ? (top 5):

Hammarby IF 30%
IFK Göteborg 11%
AIK 9%
Djurgårdens IF 9%
Örgryte IS 8%
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All things being equal, is there any club you would not play for ? (top 5):

No- 44%
Trelleborgs FF 15%
GIF Sundsvall 9%
Djurgårdens IF 8%
AIK 6%

anyone to give us short roundup on Swedish league?

Sypniewski 2 goals!! How is going his case of getting Swedish passport?

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I'm still working out the kinks though. Omgång 1-3 are in another subforum and I think the rest are in the Sverige subforum. Check my site on Monday and I should have all of that straightened.

Coaching changes at Djurgårdens IF
 

After a disappointing season thus far in Allsvenskan, chairman Bo Lundqvist has opted to sack Zoran Lukic has head coach. Lukic was offered a position in lower management, but he snubbed the offer.

Kjell Jonevets replaces Lukic has head coach. A decission that may help the Dutch international, Geert den Ouden, who was on the outs with the club. This shouldn't make Dutch club, De Graafschap, who lined up a deal to snatch den Ouden.

My thoughts, a change was needed, but I think a little earlier. There's no way of repeating the Championship winning team of last year, and I hope they fight for a spot in Europe.

Currently, they are in seventh position.

It's sad what is happening to Djurgården losing so many of their top players and falling appart perhaps also losing sponsors as well... and it's hardly Zoran Lukic fault... Åkeby has just told the Danish media that he would like Lukic as assistant coach in AGF, just like in Djurgården... but AGF's managing director Frank Heskjaer has said no... so far.. but lets see what happens...

With the very low transfers being payed in European football, something new has to happen in Swedish football, so that the clubs can find new ways to earn some more money, otherwise it's downhill all the way for Allsvenskan and they will never be able to keep the best players and get a chance to play for the big money in the Europa cups... It's the managing directors that have to wake up to reality, better sooner than later...
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It's a bit strange because Allsvenskan has way higher attendance numbers than both Tippeligaen and SAS ligaen (meaning more supporters), but both of the two other leagues has more money floating in them.
Also, the oppertunity for good sponsor deals should be alot easier to make in Sweden, because the marked is almost as big as the Danish and Norwegian marked together.

Well, sponsorship is a big one. Norway has Norske Tippe, which is the national lottery. Denmark has the Scandinavian airline, SAS. Even Finland has Veikkaus, the national lottery. From what I remember, a lot of people play the lottery, so that's where a lot of the money comes from. I know Svenska Spel sponsor the national team, but the Allsvenskan stands alone. Even the English have, Barclayard-- an insurance firm!

Transfers are a big problem. Rennes pratically stole Källström and Isaksson! I'm not sure, but both probably went for 2 million euros each! Stefandis is out to a club that I can't remember, and they probably get 2 million for den Ouden, if they are lucky. If Djurgården had a youth system like Nantes and Lille of France's Ligue 1 or an Ajax or PSV youth corps, I wouldn't worry for the longterm, but I don't see any new talent coming up through the ranks, unless they sign me for next season.

I dunno if u know by know...but anyway...

Jesper has been struggling with injuries since he went for his OP in Decemeber. He was back training in August after 8 months, and was gonna play for Djugården's reserves...but strained a muscle He has now decided that he's not going to play anymore football this year. He says he'll be back in 2005, but I doubt it.

Are you from Uppsala? Where in Uppsala? (I've lived there for 5 years, you know :USA_Blue ).

ah cool. I live in Gamla Uppsala...ull probably know where that is.
Im guessing u went to uni here?

Nope, I didn't (too young :)). But I lived in Gränby, and that's not at all far from Gamla Uppsala. One of my best mates lived in Gamla Uppsala. :USA_Blue

Will be interesting with the Rosenborg - Arsenal game soon. You arn't going, are you?

ah silly me, didnt even notice ur age. Gränby is not far at all, naw. Go to Gränby Centrum every now and again :p
How come u lived here then, parens working here?

I wish I was going to the game, but Im not. Hard to get away for Champion League games as its in the week. League games r easier coz I can go over to London over there weekend.

do u any news about rami shaaban
will rami play to Djurgårdens?

http://www.vg.no/pub/vgart.hbs?artid=252645

On the bottom of the article it says that Rami Shabaan is on trial for Lillestrøm. I they'll sign him soon.

thanks man so much for your replaying

Hi all
 

I was wondering... Babis Stefanidis. He's been with BIF for a ½ season now, and man has he stunk. He always tries the hard solution - never succeeds - and AAARGH he's just frustrating to watch. He hasn't found his old form with Elmander....

How good was he, really, when with Djurgården?

Babis was a promising Swedish U-21, until he flopped abroad. It's really disappointing to see a player do that.

Djurgårdens is having one hell of a time this off season. They are sent to lose Andreas Johansson, which will really hurt the team. Their performance in Royal League has been sub-par at the best of times, and their fans are just making it worse. If current trends continue, Djurgårdens will find themselves in Superettan; which is something I don't want to see!

Transfers