Tvillingderbyt (; ) is a football fixture in the capital Stockholm, Sweden, between cross-town rivals AIK Stockholm and DjurgÃÂ¥rdens IF. Both clubs were founded in Stockholm in 1891, AIK was first with DjurgÃÂ¥rdens IF following three weeks later, but they started playing football in 1896 (AIK) and 1899 (DjurgÃÂ¥rdens IF) respectively.
The Stockholm sports clubs AIK and DjurgÃÂ¥rdens IF 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. DjurgÃÂ¥rdens IF was founded the 12th of March on the eastern island DjurgÃÂ¥rden in Stockholm.
AIK started playing football in 1896, while DjurgÃÂ¥rdens IF Fotboll started in 1899. the first football match between them was played on 16 July 1899 at Svea Lifgardes IP and resulted in a 2âÂÂ1 AIK win.
When Jesper Jansson left AIK for DjurgÃÂ¥rden 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 DjurgÃÂ¥rden 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.
The fixture between AIK and DjurgÃÂ¥rden is generally considered to be the most important derby 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 Svenska Cupen titles, while DjurgÃÂ¥rden 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 DjurgÃÂ¥rden wins.
Both clubs have a large number of fans throughout Stockholm. There is somewhat of a geographical divide; DjurgÃÂ¥rden consider the affluent ÃÂstermalm district, the eastern part of Stockholm City Centre, 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 western part of the Stockholm urban area, roughly along the blue line and western-going green line of the Metro. Mixed DjurgÃÂ¥rdens IF and AIK supporters can also be found all-round in Stockholm city and the southwestern part of Stockholms urban area and the Stockholm archipelago. Both clubs also maintain a cross-town rivalry with Hammarby IF, whose stronghold is the Södermalm district, the southern part of the city centre.
The AIKâÂÂDjurgÃÂ¥rden 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 â AIK have won twelve football titles and seven ice hockey titles; DjurgÃÂ¥rden 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.
Since 28 September 2009
<sup>1</sup> Only competitive matches are counted.