in the middle of 1999 season, zoran lukic and sören åkeby took over the team and won the inaugural 2000 superettan and finished 2nd as newly promoted in the 2001 allsvenskan. with a team consisting of stefan rehn, kim källström, andreas johansson, and andreas isaksson, djurgården secured its first title in 36 years in the last round of the 2002 allsvenskan. the first half of the 2000s was a golden era for the club, with three championships (2002, 2003 and 2005) and three cup wins (2002, 2004 and 2005). this marked the end of the golden era for djurgården, which ended on sixth place in 2006. the club was one of the main contenders for the league championship in 2007, which ultimately lead to a third place.