Traneberg's IP

Tranebergs Idrottsplats
Traneberg's IP ca.1912
Data
place	Stockholm , Sweden
Coordinates	59 ° 20 '4.9 "  N , 17 ° 59' 17.2"  E Coordinates: 59 ° 20 '4.9 "  N , 17 ° 59' 17.2"  E
opening	September 1911
demolition	1935
surface	Natural grass
Societies)
Djurgårdens IF
Events
1912 Summer Olympics

The Tranebergs Idrottsplats (German: Traneberg-Sportplatz ) was a football stadium in Stockholm . It served the Djurgårdens IF football team as a home game venue between 1911 and 1936 and was used in 1912 as part of the 1912 Olympic football competition .

history

The stadium, built in the run-up to the 1912 Olympic Games, opened in October 1911. At the opening were the then Crown Prince and later King Gustav VI. Adolf and the important sports official Viktor Balck were present, Djurgårdens IF won the opening game 3-1 against local rivals AIK . In the following year, Olympic football was played on the facility: In the regular tournament Finland first defeated Italy 3: 2 and then Russia 2: 1, in the consolation round Austria and Norway met (1: 0). In the same year, the stadium hosted the final first leg for Svenska Mästerskapet , Djurgårdens IF played a draw as well as in the second leg against record champions Örgryte IS and ultimately won the first Swedish championship title in the club's history on neutral ground at Råsunda IP .

After the Olympic tournament, Djurgårdens IF continued to play mainly in Tranebergs IP, but avoided games in the Olympic Stadium in Stockholm for large-scale games . In particular, the home games in the Allsvenskan increasingly took place in the larger stadium. After the 25-year lease expired, the team finally moved in 1936.

On the site of the former sports field, a city park can now be found under the name Traneberg Fritidspark .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} dif.se: "1910-1919 - Djurgården Fotbolls första storhetstid" (accessed on January 28, 2019)