Sebastian Berg

Attacking Midfielder (L) - Djurgarden U18
2 Sep 2028
Saturday
Process

Marked for Sebastian Berg

86 Edition

The Djurgarden Courier

20 Mar 2028
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Eyes on Jeppe Okkels again

The phone has started ringing about Jeppe Okkels again, and this time the name on the line is Hammarby. Djurgarden are listening politely and promising nothing.

Market

Isidro Pitta has his eye on Europe

It is not a grievance and it is not a demand: he wants to play continental football, and he has stopped hiding it. Whether Djurgarden can give him that is a question about the club, not about him.

Squad

A row about effort at Djurgarden

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Charly Nouck was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Loan watch

Max Croon counts the days

“I watch every Djurgarden game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at IFK Norrkoping runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.

The dugout

When it matters, Kristian Strømland Lien plays

It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.

Market

The Max Larsson story refuses to die

It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Max Larsson signs something — a contract at Djurgarden or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.

Squad

Isidro Pitta called up by his country

A window away with the national side, and a shirt at Djurgarden that briefly doubles as an advertisement. A call-up flatters the player and the club that built him in the same breath.

The dugout

A door opens for Charly Nouck

He asked about his future and was given an answer with minutes in it. The manager has now made a promise in a building where promises are remembered, and the clock on it has started.

The dugout

Gustav Friberg knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Djurgarden, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief

Back issues
36 Edition

The Djurgarden Courier

5 Apr 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Match

12 unbeaten for Djurgarden

Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 12 matches without defeat is a foundation Djurgarden did not have in the autumn.

Boardroom

Djurgarden close the window on a squad of their own making

11 in and 4 out, and no more changes for months. The manager has what he has, the supporters have their opinion of it, and the table will have the last word.

Squad

Kristian Strømland Lien in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Djurgarden this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Taha Ali

Successful dribbles: 21. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Boardroom

5 academy graduates step up at Djurgarden

Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.

Market

One of our own: Marcus Kulusevski joins the Djurgarden first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Marcus Kulusevski is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

Market

One of our own: Mattias Larsson joins the Djurgarden first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Mattias Larsson is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

Market

Djurgarden promote Sebastian Berg from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Sebastian Berg has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.

Market

Djurgarden promote Adam Ibrahimovic from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Adam Ibrahimovic has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.

In brief

  • Boardroom The ground is getting bigger
  • Squad 7 new faces, and Djurgarden are still learning each other
  • The dugout When it matters, Matias Siltanen plays