Results:
14-Nov-53 Hong Kong All Hong Kong 2-4 Djurgårdens IF
15-Nov-53 Hong Kong Hong Kong Selection 1-8 Djurgårdens IF
17-Nov-53 Hong Kong Combined Chinese 1-7 Djurgårdens IF
22-Nov-53 Osaka Japan 1-5 Djurgårdens IF
25-Nov-53 Tokyo Kanto 0-1 Djurgårdens IF
29-Nov-53 Tokyo Japan 1-9 Djurgårdens IF
2-Dec-53 Hong Kong All Hong Kong 0-2 Djurgårdens IF
5-Dec-53 Hanoï Hanoï French XI 2-7 Djurgårdens IF
6-Dec-53 Hanoï Hanoï XI 1-7 Djurgårdens IF
9-Dec-53 Phnom Penh Cambodia 0-6 Djurgårdens IF
12-Dec-53 Saïgon AJS 0-2 Djurgårdens IF
13-Dec-53 Saïgon Saïgon XI 1-2 Djurgårdens IF
16-Dec-53 Saïgon South Vietnam 2-3 Djurgårdens IF
In addition, the tourists played an ice-hockey match:
27-Nov-53 Tokyo Japan 5-9 Djurgårdens IF
Squad:
Officials: Wolf Lyberg (leader), Åke Dunér (club president), Sigvard Bergh (football section president),
Gunnar Lundqvist (Secretary), Anders Bernmar (Manager), Henry Eidmark (journalist)
Coach: David 'Dai' Astley [Wales]
Goalkeepers: Arne Arvidsson, Sven Lindberg
Full-backs: Karl-Erik 'Cacka' Andersson [c], Åke Olsson, Stig Gustavsson
Half-backs: Birger Stenman, Berndt Ivegren, Sigvard Parling, Rune Othberg, Arne Larsson
Forwards: Stig Eriksson, Bernt Andersson, Sven 'Tumba' Johansson, Lennart 'Foppa' Forsberg,
Gösta 'Knivsta' Sandberg, John 'Jompa' Eriksson, Birger Eklund, Ola Edlund, Bo Finnhammar
Match details:
Note: matches in Hong Kong were 80 minutes in duration.
14-Nov-53 All Hong Kong 2-4 Djurgårdens IF [HT 0-1]
[Au Chi-Yin 53', Lee Yuk-Tak 68' pen / Berndt Andersson 29' 76', Sven Johansson 44', Birger Eklund 69']
[HKFC stadium, Happy Valley, Hong Kong; att: 17000]
[All HK: Granger [Army]; Hau Yung-Sang [Sing Tao], Lau Yee [South China]; Tang Sum [Kowloon Motor Bus],
Ko Po-Keung [South China], Tong Sheung [South China] [c]; Chu Wing-Keung [Kitchee],
Lee Yuk-Tak [South China], Au Chi-Yin [Police], Yiu Cheuk-Yin [South China],
Mok Chun-Wah [South China]. Manager: Loo Shun-Huen.]
[Djurgårdens: Arne Arvidsson; Karl-Erik Andersson [c], Åke Olsson; Birger Stenman, Berndt Ivegren,
Sigvard Parling; Bernt Andersson, Birger Eklund, Sven Johansson, Lennart Forsberg,
Ola Edlund.]
[Referee: Kearney.]
15-Nov-53 Hong Kong Selection 1-8 Djurgårdens IF [HT 0-4]
[Szeto Man 52' pen / Sven Johansson 8' 25' ~38' 45', Bernt Andersson 22' 57', Birger Eklund 47' 65']
[HKFC stadium, Happy Valley, Hong Kong; att: 12000]
[HK XI: Cheung Wing-Choi [Kwong Wah]; Fraser [RAF], Chan Kar-Sau [KMB]; Chan Fei-Hung [Kitchee],
R.G.Honniball [Sing Tao] [c], Szeto Yiu [KMB]; Dalziel [RAF], Szeto Man [KMB], Lee Chun-Fat [KMB],
Ho Cheung-Yau [Sing Tao], Hau Ching-To [Kitchee]. Manager: Flt Lt Hides.]
[Djurgårdens: Arne Arvidsson; Karl-Erik Andersson [c], Åke Olsson; Birger Stenman, Berndt Ivegren,
Sigvard Parling; Bernt Andersson, Birger Eklund, Sven Johansson, Lennart Forsberg,
Ola Edlund.]
17-Nov-53 Combined Chinese 1-7 Djurgårdens IF [HT 0-3]
[Yiu Cheuk-Yin 62' / Birger Eklund 8' 14', Sven Johansson 29' ~75', Lennart Forsberg 48' 67', Eriksson 55'
[HKFC stadium, Happy Valley, Hong Kong; att: 16000]
[Comb. Chinese: Yu Yiu-Tak [Eastern]; Hau Yung-Sang [Sing Tao], Chan Kar-Sau [KMB]; Tong Sheung [South China],
Ko Po-Keung [South China] [c], Chan Fei-Hung [Kitchee]; Ho Ying-Fun [Kitchee],
Lee Yuk-Tak [South China], Lee Chun-Fat [KMB], Yiu Cheuk-Yin [South China],
Mok Chun-Wah [South China].]
[Djurgårdens: Arne Arvidsson; Karl-Erik Andersson [c], Åke Olsson; Birger Stenman, Berndt Ivegren,
Sigvard Parling; ?. Eriksson, Birger Eklund, Sven Johansson, Lennart Forsberg,
Ola Edlund.]
[Notes: It is unclear whether Stig Eriksson or John Eriksson played. The goal at 8' is also
attributed to Edlund, and the goal at 48' to Eklund.]
22-Nov-53 Japan 1-5 Djurgårdens IF [HT 0-1]
[Arawa Kimura 84' / John Eriksson 26', Lennart Forsberg 56' 90', Sven Johansson 60', Ola Edlund 86']
[Osaka Stadium (Namba), Osaka; att: 15000]
[Japan: Hidemaro Watanabe; Nobuyuki Kato (Tamotsu Yamagata 46'), Yoshio Okada; Koji Miyata
(Takashi Okamura 46'), Osamu Yamaji, Takeshi Inoue; Arawa Kimura, Taro Kagawa,
Masanori Tokita, Toshio Iwatani, Takashi Mizuno. Coach: Shigemaru Takenokoshi.]
[Djurgårdens: Bernt Andersson, Birger Eklund, John Eriksson (Lennart Forsberg), Sven Johansson,
Ola Edlund, (incomplete).]
25-Nov-53 Kanto 0-1 Djurgårdens IF [HT 0-1]
[Lennart Forsberg 20']
[Korakuen Stadium, Tokyo; att: 3000]
[Kanto: Hiroto Muraoka (GK), Yoichi Ninomiya, Yoshinori Shigematsu, (incomplete)]
[Djurgårdens: Bernt Andersson, Birger Eklund, Ola Edlund, Lennart Forsberg, (incomplete)]
27-Nov-53 Japan 5-9 Djurgårdens IF [2-3 2-3 1-3]
[Shiba Sports Center]
[? / Sven Johansson x4, Sigvard Parling, Karl-Erik Andersson, Gösta Sandberg x2, Arne Arvidsson]
[Note: ice-hockey match.]
29-Nov-53 Japan 1-9 Djurgårdens IF [HT 1-3]
[Masanori Tokita 20' / Lennart Forsberg 9' 28' 35' 88' 89', Bernt Andersson 62', Sven Johansson 79',
Gösta Sandberg 80', John Eriksson 81']
[Meiji Shrine Stadium, Tokyo; att: 15000]
[Japan: Hidemaro Watanabe (Yukio Shimomura 46'); Hiroyuki Doida, Megumu Tamura; Takashi Takabayashi,
Nobuo Matsunaga, Masao Ono; Masanori Tokita (Tokue Suzuki 46'), Taro Kagawa,
Hirokazu Ninomiya (Arawa Kimura 46'), Toshio Iwatani, Takashi Kano.
Coach: Shigemaru Takenokoshi.]
[Djurgårdens: Lennart Forsberg, Bernt Andersson, Sven Johansson, Gösta Sandberg, John Eriksson,
Birger Stenman, (incomplete)]
[Note: Reuter reported that Forsberg scored four goals and Johansson two, whereas the
"Mainichi" reported that Forsberg scored six and Sandberg none.]
2-Dec-53 All Hong Kong 0-2 Djurgårdens IF [HT 0-2]
[Lennart Forsberg 28', Stig Eriksson 33']
[HKFC stadium, Happy Valley, Hong Kong]
[All HK: Granger [Army]; Hau Yung-Sang [Sing Tao], Wells [Army]; Chan Fei-Hung [Kitchee],
Ko Po-Keung [South China], Tong Sheung [South China]; Nash [Army], Lee Chun-Fat [KMB],
Bennett [Army], Szeto Man [KMB], Morgan [RAF]. Manager: C.K. Woo [Eastern].]
[Djurgårdens: Arne Arvidsson; Birger Stenman, Åke Olsson; Arne Larsson, Karl-Erik Andersson [c],
Sigvard Parling; Bernt Andersson, Birger Eklund, Stig Eriksson, Lennart Forsberg,
Gösta Sandberg.]
[Referee: S.U. Woo.]
5-Dec-53 Hanoï French XI 2-7 Djurgårdens IF
[Hanoï]
6-Dec-53 Hanoï XI 1-7 Djurgårdens IF
[Hanoï; att: 5000]
[? / John Eriksson x3, Sven Johansson x2, Bernt Andersson, Ola Edlund]
9-Dec-53 Cambodia 0-6 Djurgårdens IF [HT 0-3]
[Stade Vélodrome Lambert, Phnom Penh; att: 5000]
[Djurgårdens: Ola Edlund (substituted due to injury) (incomplete)]
12-Dec-53 AJS 0-2 Djurgårdens IF
[Lennart Forsberg, Sven Johansson]
[Saïgon]
[AJS = Association Jeunesse Sportive]
13-Dec-53 Saïgon XI 1-2 Djurgårdens IF
[? / Gösta Sandberg, Bernt Andersson]
[Saïgon; att: 10000]
16-Dec-53 South Vietnam 2-3 Djurgårdens IF [HT 1-2]
[Do Quang Thach x2 / Bernt Andersson, John Eriksson, Lennart Forsberg]
[Saïgon]
[S.Vietnam: Pham Van Rang (GK), Do Quang Thach, (incomplete)]
[Djurgårdens: Birger Stenman, Sigvard Parling, Bernt Andersson, John Eriksson,
Lennart Forsberg, (incomplete).]
Sources included: "South China Morning Post" (Hong Kong), "China Mail" (Hong Kong), "Nippon Times" (Tokyo), "Mainichi" (Osaka), and the personal recollections of several former players.
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