the team was renewed for the 2013–14 season, with veteran players kristofer ottosson, jimmie ölvestad, fredrik bremberg and christian eklund retiring. despite a rough period in november with six straight losses, djurgården finished the regular season on third place in the league table, which guaranteed a spot in the 2014 kvalserien. the fight for second place after already qualified örebro was close, and had to be decided in the last round of kvalserien. djurgården managed to grab the spot with 17 points, the same number as rögle but with better goal difference due to a 6-2 win against vik västerås hk in the final game of the season. djurgården was once again a team of sweden's top tier league.