2021 Djurgårdens IF season
# 2021 Djurgårdens IF season

The 2021 season was Djurgårdens IF's 121st in existence, their 66th season in Allsvenskan and their 21st consecutive season in the league. In addition to the Allsvenskan, they competed in the 2020-21 and 2021–22 editions of the Svenska Cupen.

## Squad

### Season squad

| Squad No. | Name | Position | Date of birth (Age) | Previous club |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Goalkeepers ||||||
| 15 | Aleksandr Vasyutin (On loan from Zenit) | GK | (1995-03-04) 4 March 1995 (age 28) | Zenit Saint Petersburg |
| 30 | Tommi Vaiho | GK | (1988-09-13) 13 September 1988 (age 34) | GAIS |
| 35 | Jacob Widell Zetterström | GK | (1998-07-11) 11 July 1998 (age 25) | IFK Lidingö |
| Defenders ||||||
| 2 | Jesper Nyholm | DF | (1993-09-10) 10 September 1993 (age 29) | AIK |
| 3 | Hjalmar Ekdal | DF | (1998-10-21) 21 October 1998 (age 24) | Hammarby |
| 4 | Jacob Une Larsson | DF | (1994-04-08) 8 April 1994 (age 29) | IF Brommapojkarna |
| 5 | Elliot Käck | DF | (1989-09-18) 18 September 1989 (age 33) | IK Start |
| 16 | Jesper Löfgren | DF | (1997-05-03) 3 May 1997 (age 26) | SK Brann |
| 22 | Leo Cornic | DF | (2001-01-02) 2 January 2001 (age 22) | Grorud IL |
| 26 | Linus Tagesson | DF | (2002-02-11) 11 February 2002 (age 21) | IFK Österåker |
| 27 | Melker Jonsson | DF | (2002-07-10) 10 July 2002 (age 21) | IFK Lidingö |
| Midfielders ||||||
| 6 | Rasmus Schüller | MF | (1991-06-18) 18 June 1991 (age 32) | HJK Helsinki |
| 7 | Magnus Eriksson (C) | MF | (1990-04-08) 8 April 1990 (age 33) | San Jose Earthquakes |
| 9 | Haris Radetinac | MF | (1985-10-28) 28 October 1985 (age 37) | Mjällby AIF |
| 11 | Albion Ademi | MF | (1999-02-19) 19 February 1999 (age 24) | IFK Mariehamn |
| 12 | Emmanuel Banda | MF | (1997-09-29) 29 September 1997 (age 25) | Oostende |
| 13 | Hampus Finndell | MF | (2000-06-06) 6 June 2000 (age 23) | FC Groningen |
| 14 | Edward Chilufya | MF | (1999-09-17) 17 September 1999 (age 23) | Mpande Academy |
| 19 | Nicklas Bärkroth | MF | (1992-01-19) 19 January 1992 (age 31) | Lech Poznań |
| 24 | Curtis Edwards | MF | (1994-01-12) 12 January 1994 (age 29) | Östersund |
| 28 | Kofi Asare | MF | (2002-05-31) 31 May 2002 (age 21) | Hammarby |
| Forwards ||||||
| 10 | Joel Asoro | FW | (1999-04-27) 27 April 1999 (age 24) | Swansea City |
| 17 | Kalle Holmberg | FW | (1993-03-03) 3 March 1993 (age 30) | IFK Norrköping |
| 20 | Emir Kujović | FW | (1988-06-22) 22 June 1988 (age 35) | Fortuna Düsseldorf |

Last updated: 20 August 2021. Source:

## Transfers

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Date until | Ref. |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 11 February 2021 | GK | | Aleksandr Vasyutin | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 31 December 2021 | |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Date until |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 3 January 2021 | GK | Per Kristian Bråtveit | Groningen | 29 June 2021 |
| 16 January 2021 | FW | Adam Bergmark Wiberg | Falkenbergs FF | 29 November 2021 |
| 30 June 2021 | GK | Per Kristian Bråtveit | Nîmes | 30 June 2022 |
| 30 June 2021 | DF | Isak Hien | Vasalund | 29 November 2021 |
| 30 July 2021 | FW | Peter McGregor | Åtvidabergs FF | 31 December 2021 |
| 29 July 2021 | MF | Mattias Mitku | IFK Haninge | 29 November 2021 |
| 29 July 2021 | DF | Axel Wallenborg | IFK Haninge | 29 November 2021 |
| 8 August 2021 | MF | Elias Andersson | Mjällby AIF | 30 December 2021 |
| 28 October 2021 | MF | Kofi Asare | IFK Haninge | 14 November 2021 |

### Transfers in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 January 2021 | MF | Elias Andersson | IK Sirius | Free |
| 1 January 2021 | DF | Isak Hien | Vasalunds IF | Free |
| 1 January 2021 | MF | Rasmus Schüller | HJK Helsinki | Free |
| 1 January 2021 | DF | Axel Wallenborg | IF Brommapojkarna | Undisclosed |
| 8 January 2021 | DF | Leo Cornic | Grorud IL | Undisclosed |
| 8 January 2021 | DF | Hjalmar Ekdal | Hammarby | £63,000 |
| 21 January 2021 | MF | Albion Ademi | IFK Mariehamn | £180,000 |
| 8 February 2021 | FW | Joel Asoro | Swansea | £630,000 |
| 17 March 2021 | GK | Jacob Widell Zetterström | Free Agent | Free |
| 31 March 2021 | DF | Jesper Löfgren | Brann | Undisclosed |

### Transfers out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 January 2021 | MF | Jonathan Ring | Kalmar FF | Free |
| 1 January 2021 | MF | Jesper Karlström | Lech Poznań | £720,000 |
| 1 January 2021 | DF | Alexander Abrahamsson | Akropolis IF | Free |
| 7 January 2021 | MF | Kevin Walker | Örebro | Free |
| 13 January 2021 | DF | Johan Andersson | GAIS | Undisclosed |
| 14 January 2021 | DF | Jonathan Augustinsson | Rosenborg | Undisclosed |
| 20 January 2021 | GK | Erland Tangvik | Ranheim | Free |
| 27 January 2021 | FW | Oscar Pettersson | Akropolis IF | Free |
| 3 February 2021 | MF | Fredrik Ulvestad | Qingdao | Free |
| 7 February 2021 | MF | Oliver Granberg | Täby | Undisclosed |
| 26 February 2021 | MF | Dženis Kozica | Trelleborgs FF | Undisclosed |
| 28 February 2021 | MF | Melvin Bajrovic | Hammarby | Undisclosed |
| 3 May 2021 | DF | Anthonio Sanjairag | Chonburi | Free |
| 10 June 2021 | DF | Erik Berg | Retired | N/A |
| 9 August 2021 | DF | Aslak Fonn Witry | AZ Alkmaar | £1,580,000 |

## Competitions

### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Allsvenskan | 11 April 2021 | 5 December 2021 | Matchday 1 | 3rd | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 46 | 30 | +16 | 056.67 |
| Svenska Cupen 2020/21 | 19 November 2020 | 4 April 2021 | Round 2 | Semi-final | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 2 | +13 | 080.00 |
| Svenska Cupen 2021/22 | 18 August 2021 | 20 March 2022 | Round 2 | Semi-final | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 100.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 36 | 22 | 6 | 8 | 65 | 32 | +33 | 061.11 |

Last updated: 26 May 2022 Source: Soccerway

### Allsvenskan

**League table**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Malmö FF (C) | 30 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 58 | 30 | +28 | 59 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | AIK | 30 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 45 | 25 | +20 | 59 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Djurgårdens IF | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 46 | 30 | +16 | 57 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round |
| 4 | IF Elfsborg | 30 | 17 | 4 | 9 | 51 | 35 | +16 | 55 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round |
| 5 | Hammarby IF | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 54 | 41 | +13 | 53 | |

**Results summary**

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |

Last updated: 28 November 2021. Source: soccerway

**Results by round**

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | W | W | W | L | W | D | D | W | D | W | W | W | L | W | D | L | W | D | W | W | L | L | W | L | W | W | D | L | W |
| Position | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 |

### 2020–21 Svenska Cupen

**Group stage**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Djurgårdens IF | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | +11 | 9 | Advance to Knockout stage |
| 2 | IK Brage | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 3 | |
| 3 | Kalmar FF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 3 | |
| 4 | Umeå FC | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | −7 | 3 | |

## Statistics

### Appearances

Last updated: 4 December 2021. Source:

| No. | Pos. | Name | Allsvenskan | Allsvenskan | Svenska Cupen 2020/21 | Svenska Cupen 2020/21 | Svenska Cupen 2021/22 | Svenska Cupen 2021/22 | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| No. | Pos. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||||
| 15 | GK | Aleksandr Vasyutin | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | Tommi Vaiho | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 35 | GK | Jacob Widell Zetterström | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| Defenders |||||||||||
| 2 | DF | Jesper Nyholm | 4+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5+6 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Hjalmar Ekdal | 25+1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 31+1 | 6 |
| 4 | DF | Jacob Une Larsson | 28 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 4 |
| 5 | DF | Elliot Käck | 28 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | Jesper Löfgren | 11+13 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12+14 | 1 |
| 18 | DF | Isak Hien | 0+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+6 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | Leo Cornic | 1+6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4+6 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | Linus Tagesson | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | Melker Jonsson | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| Midfielders |||||||||||
| 6 | MF | Rasmus Schüller | 26 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Magnus Eriksson | 30 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 5 |
| 8 | MF | Elias Andersson | 0+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | Haris Radetinac | 20+9 | 3 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22+10 | 3 |
| 11 | MF | Albion Ademi | 0+8 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4+10 | 2 |
| 12 | MF | Emmanuel Banda | 5+17 | 4 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6+18 | 4 |
| 13 | MF | Hampus Finndell | 26 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 3 |
| 14 | MF | Edward Chilufya | 29 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 14 |
| 19 | MF | Nicklas Bärkroth | 17+11 | 4 | 1+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18+15 | 5 |
| 24 | MF | Curtis Edwards | 4+3 | 0 | 3+2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8+5 | 1 |
| 25 | MF | Mattias Mitku | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | Kofi Asare | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Forwards |||||||||||
| 10 | FW | Joel Asoro | 11+15 | 2 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 11+18 | 2 |
| 17 | FW | Kalle Holmberg | 21+3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 | 26+4 | 6 |
| 20 | FW | Emir Kujović | 0+11 | 0 | 0+3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1+14 | 1 |
| Players transferred out during the season |||||||||||
| 23 | DF | Aslak Fonn Witry | 14 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 7 |

### Goalscorers

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

| Rnk | Pos | No. | Player | Allsvenskan | Svenska Cupen 2020/21 | Svenska Cupen 2021/22 | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | MF | 14 | Edward Chilufya | 8 | 6 | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | DF | 23 | Aslak Fonn Witry | 5 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | DF | 3 | Hjalmar Ekdal | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | FW | 17 | Kalle Holmberg | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | MF | 7 | Magnus Eriksson | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | MF | 19 | Nicklas Bärkroth | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 7 | DF | 4 | Jacob Une Larsson | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | MF | 12 | Emmanuel Banda | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | MF | 9 | Haris Radetinac | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | MF | 13 | Hampus Finndell | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | FW | 10 | Joel Asoro | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | MF | 11 | Albion Ademi | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 13 | DF | 16 | Jesper Löfgren | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | FW | 20 | Emir Kujović | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | MF | 24 | Curtis Edwards | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 45 | 15 | 4 | 64 |

**Hat-tricks**

| Player | Against | Competition | Minutes | Score after goals | Result | Date |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Edward Chilufya | Umeå | Svenska Cupen | 55', 59', 90' | 4–0, 5–0, 7–0 | 7–0 (H) | 28 February 2021 |

**Own goals**

| Player | Against | Competition | Minute | Score after own goal | Result | Date |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Aslak Fonn Witry | Häcken | Allsvenskan | 57' | 1–1 | 2–1 (H) | 1 August 2021 |

### Disciplinary

Updated 17 January 2022 The list is sorted by shirt number when total cards are equal.

| Rnk | Pos | No. | Name | Allsvenskan | Allsvenskan | Svenska Cupen | Svenska Cupen | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | MF | 6 | Rasmus Schüller | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 2 | DF | 4 | Jacob Une Larsson | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | MF | 13 | Hampus Finndell | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | 3 | Hjalmar Ekdal | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | 5 | Elliot Käck | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | 7 | Magnus Eriksson | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | FW | 17 | Kalle Holmberg | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | 12 | Emmanuel Banda | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | 23 | Aslak Fonn Witry | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | 9 | Haris Radetinac | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | 10 | Joel Asoro | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | 11 | Albion Ademi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | 14 | Edward Chilufya | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | DF | 16 | Jesper Löfgren | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | 20 | Emir Kujović | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | DF | 22 | Leo Cornic | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | GK | 35 | Jacob Widell Zetterström | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 39 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 46 | 1 |

### Clean sheets

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

| Rnk | No. | Player | Allsvenskan | Svenska Cupen 2020/21 | Svenska Cupen 2021/22 | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 15 | Aleksandr Vasyutin | 6 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| 2 | 35 | Jacob Widell Zetterström | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | 30 | Tommi Vaiho | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 14 | 3 | 1 | 18 |
