in 2007 djurgården invested 65 million sek (roughly 7 million euro) for the upcoming five years in their youth academy. this project was described as a unique investment by a swedish club by the former director of sports, göran aral. in 2015 the training ground for the first team was renovated which enabled the u-19 and u-17 teams to be training at kaknäs ip and therefore come closer to the first team. the academy has produced players like simon tibbling, emil bergström and christian rubio sivodedov.