Tvillingderbyt (; ) is a

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fixture in the capital

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, Sweden, between cross-town rivals

AIK Stockholm Allmänna Idrottsklubben (English language, English: ''the Public Sports Club''), usually referred to as just AIK and internationally known as AIK Stockholm, is a professional sports club from Stockholm, Sweden. Founded in 1891, at the downtow ...

and

Djurgårdens IF Djurgårdens Idrottsförening, commonly known simply as Djurgårdens IF, Djurgården (), and (especially locally) Djurgår'n (), Dif or DIF – is a Swedish sports association with several sections, located in Stockholm. Djurgårdens IF is an s ...

. Both clubs were founded in Stockholm in 1891, AIK was first with Djurgårdens IF following three weeks later, but they started playing football in 1896 (AIK) and 1899 (Djurgårdens IF) respectively.

History

The Stockholm sports clubs AIK and

were both founded in 1891 as general sports clubs. AIK was founded the 15th of February 1891 in the city centre of Stockholm on Biblioteksgatan 8. Djurgårdens IF was founded the 12th of March on the eastern island

Djurgården Djurgården ( or ) or, more officially, , is an island in central Stockholm, Sweden. Djurgården is home to historical buildings and monuments, museums, galleries, the amusement park Gröna Lund, the open-air museum Skansen, the small resident ...

in Stockholm. AIK started playing football in 1896, while

Djurgårdens IF Fotboll Djurgårdens IF Fotbollsförening – commonly known as Djurgårdens IF, Djurgården Fotboll (official name), Djurgården (), and (especially locally) Djurgår'n (), Dif or DIF – is a Swedish professional men's association football department ...

started in 1899. the first football match between them was played on 16 July 1899 at Svea Lifgardes IP and resulted in a 2–1 AIK win. When Jesper Jansson left AIK for Djurgården before the 1996 season, he was threatened and the door of his apartment was vandalised by Firman Boys, a group connected to AIK. When former AIK player Anders Limpar signed for Djurgården in 2000, his restaurant in Stockholm was vandalised by the same group. An attendance of 45,367 people watched a 2019 match, breaking an earlier record from 1975. The May 2023 match was interrupted after supporters on the AIK section had thrown flares onto the pitch. Chat messages showed that the action was planned by people on the section in the case of a possible AIK loss.

Rivalry culture

The fixture between AIK and Djurgården is generally considered to be the most important

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in Sweden. It's a true arch rivalry between Stockholm's two most successful clubs, with AIK having won a total of twelve Swedish championship titles and 8

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titles, while Djurgården has won twelve national titles and five cup titles. Both clubs were founded in 1891, just three weeks apart. Therefore, the derby is known as the Tvillingderbyt (). This fixture is considered the fiercest rivalry in Scandinavia. Since 1891, 231 fixtures have been contested in all competitions with 87 AIK wins and 82 Djurgården wins. Both clubs have a large number of fans throughout Stockholm. There is somewhat of a geographical divide; Djurgården consider the affluent

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district, the eastern part of

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, their heartland, with strong support along the northern red line of the metro and the Roslagen trainline. AIK has a strong concentration of fans in the northern and

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part of the

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, roughly along the blue line and western-going green line of the Metro. Mixed Djurgårdens IF and AIK supporters can also be found all-round in Stockholm city and the southwestern part of Stockholms urban area and the

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. Both clubs also maintain a cross-town rivalry with Hammarby IF, whose stronghold is the

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district, the southern part of the city centre. The AIK–Djurgården rivalry is also found in ice hockey which further strengthens the tension between both sets of fans and makes the rivalry somewhat unique for Swedish sports. They are the only two clubs in Sweden who have won more than one championship in both football and ice hockey – AIK have won twelve football titles and seven ice hockey titles; Djurgården have won twelve in football and 16 in ice hockey. The clubs have also met in other sports: the bandy teams have played the Saint Stephen's Day bandy match, e.g. in 2006; The first basketball derby played in 2016, a Division 2 match in Solnahallen.

Matches

AIK in the league at home

Djurgården in the league at home

Cup

Other

Records

Biggest wins (5+ goals)

Longest runs

Most consecutive wins

Most consecutive draws

Most consecutive matches without a draw

Longest undefeated runs

Longest undefeated runs (league)

Most consecutive matches without conceding a goal

Most consecutive games scoring

Most appearances

Goalscorers

Top scorers

Consecutive goalscoring

Clean sheets

''Since 28 September 2009''

Shared player history

Transfers

* Bengt Rosenqvist (AIK to Djurgården) * Gunnar Galin (AIK to Djurgården to AIK to Djurgården to AIK to Djurgården to AIK) (1927, 1928, 1929, 1931) * Algot Haglund (Djurgården to AIK) (1928) * Bertil Andersson (AIK to Djurgården to AIK to Djurgården) (1928, 1928, 1929) * Hugo Söderström (Djurgården to AIK to Djurgården) (1928, 1928) * Carl-Ottil Johansson (AIK to Djurgården) (1948) * Bernt Brick (AIK to Djurgården) (1954) * Leif Skiöld (AIK to Djurgården) (1960) * Hans Nilsson (Djurgården to AIK on loan) (1966) * Joacim Sjöström (Djurgården to AIK) (1988) * Branko Marković (AIK to Djurgården) (1984) *

Krister Nordin Hans Krister Nordin (born 25 February 1968) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He spent most of his career with Allsvenskan club AIK. Club career Born in Stockholm, Nordin started playing football with l ...

(Djurgården to AIK) (1992) * Jan Andersson (Djurgården to AIK) (1993) * Patrik Hagman (Djurgården to AIK) (1994) * Jesper Jansson (AIK to Djurgården) (1996) *

Nebojša Novaković Nebojša Novaković ( sr-Cyrl, Небојша Новаковић, born 29 October 1964) is a former professional football player who played as a striker, most notably for AIK. He is the manager of Vasalunds IF. Born in Sarajevo, he moved to S ...

(Djurgården to AIK) (1997) * Pierre Gallo (AIK to Djurgården) (1998) * Andreas Johansson (AIK to Djurgården) (2000) * Sharbel Touma (Djurgården to AIK) (1999) * Kennedy Igboananike (Djurgården to AIK) (2012)

Played for both clubs

* Ulf Östlund (Djurgården to Hagalund to AIK) (1950) * Lennart Pettersson (AIK to

IFK Eskilstuna Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna Eskilstuna, commonly known as IFK Eskilstuna, or, especially earlier, Eskilstuna-Kamraterna, is a Swedish Association football, football club located in Eskilstuna, Södermanland County. In their early seasons, IFK ...

to Djurgården) (1951) * Roland Magnusson (Djurgården to Altay to AIK) (1970) * Ove Rübsamen (Djurgården to Helenelunds IK to AIK) (1977) * Thomas Lundmark (AIK to

to Djurgården) (1990) * Bo Andersson (AIK to Vasalund to Djurgården) (1994) * Anders Almgren (Djurgården to Vasalund to AIK) (1996) * Pär Millqvist (Djurgården to

IFK Göteborg Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna Göteborg (officially IFK Göteborg Fotboll), commonly known as IFK Göteborg, IFK (especially locally) or Blåvitt, is a Swedish professional Football team, football club based in Gothenburg. Founded in 1904, it ...

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to Vasalund to AIK) (1996) * Mikael Borgqvist (AIK to Spårvägen to Djurgården) (1998) * Peter Hallström (AIK to Spånga to Värtan to Djurgården) (1998) * Martin Åslund (Djurgården to

IFK Norrköping Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna Norrköping, more commonly known as IFK Norrköping or simply Norrköping, is a Swedish professional association football, football club based in Norrköping. The club is affiliated to Östergötlands Fotbollför ...

to AIK) (1999) * Anders Limpar (AIK to

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to Djurgården) (2000) * Christer Mattiasson (AIK to Lillestrøm to Djurgården) (2001) * Kevin Walker (AIK to

GIF Sundsvall Gymnastik- och Idrottsföreningen Sundsvall, more commonly known as GIF Sundsvall (), Giffarna or simply Sundsvall, is a Swedish professional association football, football club based in Sundsvall. The club is affiliated with Medelpads Fotbollf� ...

to Djurgården) (2015)

Played for one club, managed the other

Kim Bergstrand Kim Hilding Bergstrand (born 18 April 1968) is a Swedish association football, football coach. Career Playing career Bergstrand played for AIK Fotboll, AIK, Hammarby Fotboll, Hammarby IF, Nacka FF and IF Brommapojkarna. He became List of S ...

(played for AIK, managed Djurgården) * Kjell Jonevret (played for AIK, managed Djurgården) * Per Kaufeldt (played for AIK, managed AIK and Djurgården) * Putte Kock (played for AIK, managed Djurgården) * Thomas Lagerlöf (played for AIK, managed Djurgården) * Bo Petersson (played for AIK, managed AIK and Djurgården)

Managed both clubs

¹ Only competitive matches are counted.

Notes

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tvillingderbyt Football rivalries in Sweden AIK Fotboll Djurgårdens IF Fotboll Football in Stockholm Recurring sporting events established in 1899 1899 establishments in Sweden 1890s establishments in Stockholm