in january 2017, djurgården sold the kenyan international forward michael olunga for a club record fee of 40 million sek which made the club's financial positions one of the best in the country. the transfer also made it possible to sign club legend kim källström and fellow former swedish international jonas olsson. both players, together with recently returned goalkeeper andreas isaksson, played important roles as djurgården finished in third place in the 2017 allsvenskan, qualifying for the second qualifying round for the 2018–19 uefa europa league for the first time in ten years. after 13 years without a title djurgården won the svenska cupen (swedish cup) on 10 may 2018 going through the cup scoring 14 goals and not conceding a single goal.