the second great era took place in the 1950s and 1960s, winning allsvenskan four times during the period. djurgården's fifth swedish championships, and first allsvenskan championship, was taken in the 1954–55 season under the lead of frank soo. in the 1955–56 season, djurgården became the first swedish team to enter the european cup. beating gwardia warszawa in the first round, djurgården advanced to quarter finals against scottish hibernian that they lost by 1–4 over two matches.