Swedish Djurgarden became Mariupol's first rival in the European League.

Mariupol became a participant in European competition after the first season after returning to the elite division of the Ukrainian Championship. Starts in the European League Mariupol from the second qualifying round, where he will meet with the owner of the Cup of Sweden, Djurgarden. What kind of club is this?.

Stadium: Tele2 Arena (capacity 33000) Djurgarden performs in a brand new modern arena, opened only five years ago. The record attendance in this arena, by the way, has established ... Madonna. 39 338 people came to the concert of the singer.

Trainer: Ozcan Melkemikhel Swedish coach of Turkish origin did not have enough stars from the sky, being a player. His whole career he spent in the modest FC Suryansk, who played in the lower divisions of Sweden. Upon its completion, he headed his own club and managed to bring him from the third division to the elite in six years.

He spent three seasons with Syuriansk in the elite, after which he flew out and headed AFC Eskilstuna from ... third division. This time it took him only three years to raise the club to the top division. But in Allsveskan he did not play with the AFC, heading in December 2016 Djurgarden.

Achievements:.

Champions of Sweden - 11 times (last in 2005);.

The Swedish Cup - 5 times The record sale - Michael Olunga (3.4 million euros) in Guizhou (China).

Last season: 3rd place In Sweden, the seasons pass through the system of spring-autumn, and therefore the last championship ended in late 2017. Djurgarden took third place, which allowed the club to perform in the second qualifying round of the League of Europe.

This season: 4th place after 12 rounds Djurgarden in the current championship at the moment is only the fourth, while having a game more than going on the third and the first place Norrkoping and Hammarby. A third of matches held in this season, Djurgarden lost.

Unlike the championship, the cup of Sweden passes on system autumn-spring. In May, the final was held, in which Djurgarden defeated Malmo (3-0).

Results in European competition:.

For Djurgarden it will be a debut in the Europa League. The last time they played in the European Cups in the UEFA Cup in the 2008/09 season, reaching only the second qualifier of the round. In 2004, the team reached the first round of the UEFA Cup, but lost there to Utrecht, despite winning the second leg with a score of 3: 0 (the first fight was lost 0: 4).

Composition:.

Djurgarden plays in the classic 4-4-2. In the defense operates four Beimo - Olsson -Une Larsson - Augustinesson. Often, one of them is replaced by Danielsson, who can play at any position in the defense. Jonas Olcson is the captain of the team, famous for his performances for West Bromwich Albion, whose colors he defended for 9 years.

In the midfield, the flags are the Bosnian Swede Radetinac and Ring, while in the center one of the Walker-Kalstrem-Ulvastad triplets.

A couple of forwards are Karim Mrabati (5 goals) and Zimbabwean Tino Cadevere (12 goals). Often the guys do not finish the matches until the end and they are changed Kosice and Badji. There is among the attacking Swedish club and the well-known striker Jura Movsisyan.

But only an Armenian can not get into the squad by spending only 4 matches in the championship, and not having scored goals.

Star:.

But the main star of this team is her goalkeeper - Andreas Isaksson. The 36-year-old goalkeeper, who played 133 matches for the Swedish national team, moved to Djurgarden two years ago from Kasimpasha, and is spending his last career season. In the current club, he is unconditionally the first number, conceding only two matches, one of which is against the amateur team in the Swedish Cup.