defeated Malmö FF 3–0 in a thrilling final at Tele2 Arena, impressive considering the poor form they had in the league before the game. A new era In 2019 they won the league title for the first time in fourteen years (2005). They secured the title and a spot in the UEFA Champions League 3rd Qualifying round, on the last day of the season after a 2–2 draw (after being down 2–0 at half time) away from home against IFK Norrköping. After the season Djurgården sold defender and team captain Marcus Danielsson to the Chinese club Dalian Professional based in Dalian for a club record fee of more than 50 million SEK. This made Djurgården one of Sweden's wealthiest clubs along with various other sales. The club ended up in fourth place in the 2020 campaign. Highly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, the start of the season was significantly delayed, and all the games were played with no spectators allowed in the stands. In 2021 the club ended third in the league, thereby winning a spot in the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa Conference League. Djurgården also reached the knockout stage of the Svenska Cupen (Swedish Cup) and eventually the semifinals, where they lost to Malmö FF. Their 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League journey began in the second qualifying round against Rijeka who they defeated 4–1 on aggregate over the two games. With this they advanced to the third qualifying round where they were drawn against the Romanian Cup winners Sepsi OSK, who they managed to beat 6–2 over the two legs. Finally, they were then drawn against the experienced Cypriot campaigners APOEL in the play-off round. The two-legged fixture ended 5–3 in favour of Djurgården, and with this they qualified for the group stages of a European tournament for the first time in club history. They were subsequently drawn into group F alongside Belgian Cup winners Gent, Irish champions Shamrock Rovers and Norwegian neighbours Molde, with whom they had a Nordic derby. Djurgården secured at least 3.2 million Euros for qualifying for the group stages. The club advanced to the knockout phase after their 4–2 win over Gent in Stockholm, securing another 2 million Euros in prize money. The Swedes topped their group with one game to spare after they came from 2–0 down away against Molde to record a 3–2 win, with Haris Radetinac scoring the