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Malmo Fotbollforening is also known in the media as Malmo FF, Malmo, or MFF is a professional soccer club, and is the most successful soccer club within Sweden according to the number of trophies earned. It was founded in 1910 and is affiliated to the Scania Football Association, Malmo FF is located in the Eleda Stadion located in Malmo, Scania. The team has won an unprecedented 22 Swedish championship titles as well as one of the highest number of national cup wins with 15.

Malmo FF won its first Championship in 1944. The king in Swedish sport in recent times, Malmo FF also saw great success in the 1970s taking home five Swedish championships as well as the four Svenska Cupen titles. Malmo FF remains the only club from the Nordic nations to reach in the last four of the European Cup, the predecessor of the UEFA Champions League. Malmo FF was runner-up in the 1979 European Champions Cup final, where they fell 1-0 to English Nottingham Forest. Nottingham Forest. In recognition of their efforts, Malmo FF was awarded the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal. Malmo FF is also the only Nordic club that has been present at the Intercontinental Cup (succeeded by FIFA Club World Cup) in which they took on the title in 1979.

Malmo FF is the leader of the overall Allsvenskan table, which maratontabellen. they are the team with the record for making the biggest score, as well as having the distinction of winning more games.

In recent times Malmo FF has regularly reached the European stage, including three Champions League group stages (2014-15, 2021-22 and 2015-16) and four Europa League group stages (2011-12 as well as 2018-19, 2019-20 as well 2022-22). In the years 2019 and 2020 Malmo FF played in the knockout stages in the UEFA Europa League. Malmo FF knocked out European heavyweights RB Salzburg x2, Celtic, Rangers, Sparta Prague in the course of their Champions League qualifications and managed to beat Olympiakos, Shakhtar Donetsk & draw with Zenit St Petersburg in the Champions League group stages. In the recent Europa League campaigns, Malmo FF was able to win in the final against Besiktas in two games, Dynamo Kyiv, FC Copenhagen & FC Midtjylland.

The club's colours, which are reflected in their kit and crest, are white and sky blue and sky blue white shorts, white shirts as well as sky blue socks as the traditional colours of the kit. The principal competition for the club is their regional rivals Helsingborg as well as the historic national adversaries IFK Goteborg and historically local Division 2 Sodra Gotaland team IFK Malmo. MFF Support are their official fan club. MFF Support are their official fan club. The name of the club can be literally translated to English in the form of"Malmo Football Association" "Malmo Football Association".

1. History

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1.1. Early years

The club was born out of an initiative by the municipality in 1905 that aimed to inspire youngsters in Malmo to take part in organized football. One of the teams for youth that was formed, named the Bollklubben Idrott, also known as BK Idrott, was a precursor of Malmo FF. Malmo FF. BK Idrott joined the newly established football department of the IFK Malmo in 1909, but left due to conflicts among the two teams. On February 24, 1910, 19 members of BK Idrott founded the Malmo FF and the inaugural chairperson is Werner Martensson.

The club was based for its first decade in regional and local divisions since there was no national league, and they played most of their games within the division for city players known as the Malmomasterskapen. They also participated in regional competitions throughout Scania and also played games in competition against Danish clubs. In 1916 the Malmo FF reached the final of the Scanian regional competition (Distriktsmasterskapen) for the first time, playing against rival the Helsingborgs IF but losing 3-4. The team defeated their local rivals Malmo's IFK Malmo three times during the seasonand gained the unofficial, but highly sought-after title of Malmo's top football club. In 1917, the Malmo FF competed in the Svenska Masterskapet for the first time, a cup competition to claim the title of Swedish champions. However, they the team lost their opening match in the second round of qualifying 4-1 against IFK Malmo. The club continued playing in the tournament until 1922, and reached the quarterfinals in 1920, but they were eliminated in the final by Landskrona BoIS. The cup was later canceled and the title Swedish champions was conferred to those who won the Allsvenskan that was initially in 1924-25.

In 1920, the Swedish Football Association invited Swedish teams to play in official national tournaments. Malmo FF earned a place in the Division 2 Sydsvenska Serien. They were crowned champions during their debut season and were then promoted to Svenska Serien Vastra, the highest competition level for a team in Sweden in the early days. But they were then relegated after just one season and then were back in the Sydsvenska Serien for more than a decade , until they received promotion to the Allsvenskan in 1931.

1.2. First years in the Allsvenskan and early achievements

The club climbed to mid-table league status for two seasons before being removed in 1934 in a punishment for violating the rules of amateurs. The club was paying their players a small amount of money for every game. Even though it was not allowed however, it was commonplace at the time, Malmo FF was the only club to record it in their accounting reports. Along with relegation to Division 2 of the league, the club was also subject to bans on the whole board of directors and 26 players. The account of the incident reported by Malmo FF and local press indicates that the local rival, IFK Malmo, had reported the incident in the Swedish Football Association. Swedish Football Association. This has led to the ongoing tensions between the two clubs.

The club was able to make their way into the Allsvenskan in 1937 following two seasons in Division 2. The same year, Eric Persson was elected as chairman following his appointment as secretary in 1929. He held the office until 1974. Persson is seen by fans and club officials as the most significant person to the history of the club, since he made the club into a professional during the 1970s. Under his direction the club was without a title in 1937, to winning the title for ten Swedish championships at the conclusion of 1974's season. In 1939, the club achieved its highest level yet, being third in the Allsvenskan which was nine points ahead of champions IF Elfsborg. Malmo F.F.'s first Swedish championship was in 1944 in which the club took the final game during the campaign against AIK with 36,000 people watching in the Rasunda. The final fixture of the campaign the 7-0 win against Halmstad BK.

The next 9 seasons that followed, Malmo FF finished in the top three places in the league. The club took home the Swedish Championship in 1949, 1950 1951, 1953 and 1949, and was runners-up in 1946 1948, 1952 and 1946. The team also took home the Svenska Cup in 1944 1946 1947, 1951, and 1953, before finishing as runners-up in the year 1945. Between May 6 between the 1st of June 1951 and 6 May 1949, the team was unbeaten in 49 matches, out of which 23 were an uninterrupted streak of wins.

The club was second-placed in the Allsvenskan twice in 1956 and in 1957. In the following year, the club moved out of the Malmo IP to move to the Malmo Stadion constructed in 1958 for the FIFA World Cup, and was set to house the team for the next 50 years. In 1964, Malmo FF contracted Spanish manager Antonio Duran; this was the first in a series of changes that resulted in the most successful time of the team's existence. Young talent such as Lars Granstrom and Bo Larsson were discovered in the early 1960s, and would turn out to be key players in the success that would follow throughout the 1970s. The team finished second in 1964 , but won the sixth Swedish Championship in 1965, in which Bo Larsson scored 28 goals to become the top goal scorer in the league. Malmo FF won the Allsvenskan in 1967. Malmo FF once again won the Allsvenskan in 1967, following having a less than successful season in the year 1966. The young players of the club along with the players from neighbouring club Scania in the year 1967, created an unstoppable team within the top three places throughout the Allsvenskan.

 

1.3. Successful 1970s, European Cup 1979, 1980s and 1990s

After finishing second in Allsvenskan during the final two years in the 1960s, Malmo FF started the most successful decade in their history by winning the winning of a Swedish Championship in 1970. The club took home Allsvenskan in 1970 1974, 1971 and 1977 and also Svenska Cupen in 1976 and 1978. Its 1977 Allsvenskan victory earned the club a place for 1978-79 European Cup, and after winning against AS Monaco, Dynamo Kyiv, Wisla Krakow and Austria Wien, Malmo FF reached the finals of the competition that was held in the Olympiastadion in Munich against Nottingham Forest. Trevor Francis, who scored the sole goal of the match, scored with a 1-0 win against Nottingham Forest. But in 1979, the European Cup run is the greatest achievement ever recorded by Malmo FF. The team was awarded their Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal the following year, which was awarded to the biggest Swedish sporting accomplishment of the year, in recognition of their achievements at their participation in the European Cup.

The majority of the success in the decade of 1970 was due in part to the innovative strategies and training methods introduced in from Englishman Bob Houghton, who ran the club from 1974 until the year 1980. Eric Persson was succeeded as chairman in 1974 by Hans Cavalli-Bjorkman. After the team did well under the management of Keith Blunt and Tord Grip in the early 1980s, Roy Hodgson took over in the year 1985. Roy Hodgson led Malmo FF to two Swedish Championships in 1986 and 1988. In addition, the team was awarded the Allsvenskan five times in consecutively between 1985 and 1989. The championship was decided via play-offs between the top teams following the conclusion normal season. the arrangement was in place from 1982 to 1992. Malmo FF made it to an eight-time play-off semifinal between 1986 and 1989 and only won the championship twice. In addition to the Allsvenskan as well as Swedish Championships, Malmo FF took home the Svenska Cupen in 1984, 1986 and 1989.

Apart from finishing second-placed in Allsvenskan in 1996 The team didn't perform well in the 1990s because the club was unable to take home Allsvenskan or Svenska Cupen throughout the entire decade. The 1990s came to an end with the club being relegated from Allsvenskan in 1999. Hans Cavalli-Bjorkman was replaced as chair by Bengt Madsen in the year 1999, and the former athlete Hasse Borg was hired as director of Sport. The changes in the organization along with the rise of the young star Zlatan Ibrahimovic, resulted in the return of Allsvenskan during the year 2001. Ibrahimovic became famous and was a key Malmo FF's player to get back to the league at its highest. He was then sold to Ajax in 2001, and then playing for various European teams that are part of the Italian Serie A, FC Barcelona in Spain's La Liga, Paris Saint-Germain in France's Ligue 1, Manchester United F.C. within the English Premier League, LA Galaxy in the MLS and AC Milan again where he currently is a player.

1.4. Start of the 2000s to the present

A return back of Allsvenskan was the first step in the prosperous early 2000s under the direction by Tom Prahl, when the club placed at the top of the list three times in succession. In 2004, they took home Allsvenskan The club's 15th Swedish Championship. It was in 2005 that the team was in the final round of qualifying for the UEFA Champions League but were defeated by FC Thun. The success of their sponsorship and player sales led to Malmo FF the richest club in Sweden which is a position that has been in place from 2013. This was confirmed through the subsequent Champions League group stage appearances the next two years. Malmo FF moved from Malmo Stadion to Eleda Stadion in 2009, the stadium was built exclusively for football. It is situated close to the old one.

The year 2009 was the time that Madsen made it clear that he was stepping out as chairman and became replaced with Hakan Jeppsson at the beginning of the following year. In 2010, the club celebrated its 100th anniversary by holding a series of celebrations in the first week of their season. On the day of the 100th anniversary in 2010 it was reported that the Swedish soccer magazine Offside announced Malmo FF to be the most successful football club of Swedish history. The 2010 season was a huge accomplishment as the team won the Allsvenskan for the ninth time and won the Swedish champions again for 16th time. In contrast to 2004, these achievements were not accompanied by any significant transfers prior to the start of the start of the season and with a squad comprised predominantly of youngsters.

In October of 2013, Malmo FF won their seventeenth Swedish championship and their 20th Allsvenskan championship in the final game of their league at home. Similar to the 2010 championship The title was the result of a youthful team. Their average age, which was team, 23.8 years, was the youngest team to be champions since the dawn at the turn of century 21. The following year, Malmo FF qualified for the group stage of the 2014-15 UEFA Champions League by beating Ventspils, Sparta Prague and Red Bull Salzburg in the qualifying rounds. It is the first time that the club had qualified for the competition as a whole since the rebranding of to the European Cup in the 1992-93 season. It was also the first time since 2000-01 season that an Swedish club had qualified. In the months following, Malmo FF defended their league title, claiming their 18th Swedish championship as well as their the 21st Allsvenskan title. It is the first time that a club had defended the Allsvenskan title since the 2003 season.

The 2015 season was a disappointment for the club, with Malmo FF failing to retaining the title, and was not in the top four in the same way since 2009. But, the club was able to make it back to the stage of group play in the UEFA Champions League in the 2015-16 UEFA Champions League edition, defeating Zalgiris Vilnius, Red Bull Salzburg and Celtic FC in qualifiers. In October, Malmo FF won their 19th Swedish championship and their 22nd Allsvenskan title. The championship was Malmo's third championship in four years. The club ended up exceeding IFK Goteborg in terms of Swedish championships, without doubt being one of the top-performing Swedish football club in history.

Malmo FF is a dominant force in Sweden. In the final days in the 2021 Allsvenskan year, the team is the top team in this year's overall Allsvenskan table of maratontabellen. Malmo FF are also the record holders of all Swedish champions as well as Allsvenskan title in addition to Svenska Cupen titles.

2. Colours and crest

Based on the club colors white and sky blue the club is commonly called Di Blae (Scanian: The Blues) and Himmelsblatt (The Sky Blues). The home kit is sky blue tops, white shorts as well as sky blue socks. Away strip: black. Different kits have been utilized for European games, including an all-white outfit that was first introduced in 1950, and then re-used in the 2011 and 2012 seasons and kits that were all-black with golden trimmings and sky-blue colors were used in the European campaigns in 2005 and 2013.

2.1. Kit evolution

The club's colors have not ever been always sky-blue. The club's predecessor BK Idrott wore blue and white striped shirts, as well as white shorts. This style was in use for the beginning of the year 1910, which was following the time that Malmo FF was founded. The kit was later changed to the red and white stripes on shorts and black shirts in order to demonstrate the fact that Malmo FF was a new independent club. The color combination has been utilized in recent times as an away kit. Sky-blue is the color of the present kit launched in 1920. Since 2010, a small Scanian flag has been incorporated in the rear of the shirt, just under the neck.

2.2. Crest evolution

The Crest of Malmo FF consists of a shield featuring two sky-blue fields on its sides, and one white vertical space within the center. The shield's underside are "Malmo FF" which is written in sky blue words with a sky-blue star beneath the text. The top portion of the shield, there is an horizontal white field that is over three vertical field. The abbreviation of the club's title "MFF" is spell-checked using sky blue letters in this field. To the left of the shield there are five extensions that resemble towers to the plain white fields. The current shield design was first introduced to the shirt during the late 1940s. The crests existed prior to this , but they weren't displayed in the jersey. The first crest was white and black The second one was white and red in keeping with the primary colours of the club from 1910 and 1920.

The original shield logo , the club's full name and sky blue star beneath the shield were not included however they were added after the club's chairman Eric Persson discovered while abroad that many people were unable to determine which city the club came from by simply just looking at the club's crest. The six-pointed star is believed to have its roots in one of the oldest seals in Malmo, the City of Malmo.

To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the club in the year 2010 The dates 1910 and 2010, were highlighted on both sides of the shield, arranged on blue ribbons that hung that ran behind the shield.

 

2.3. Stars above the crest

Malmo FF is the only club in Sweden to be able to boast of sporting two stars over its crest. The stars represent the the 20-29 championships in the domestic championships. The stars appear only on shirts worn by the team and are not component of the official emblem.

 

2.4. Kit manufacturer and shirt sponsors

Malmo's kit was manufactured by Puma and they also sponsor the club. So, many Puma products are available in the club's shop for souvenirs located at Eleda Stadion.

The first company to be featured on the Malmo F.F.'s jerseys was the local shipyard firm Kockums in the year 1976. since 1981 , at least one logo of a sponsor has been featured on the kit of the club. Since the mid-1990s, it has become normal that Swedish clubs to sport multiple shirt sponsors. Malmo FF was no exception and that was the situation until the year 2010, when the team was able to have only one logo for their sponsor on their kits.

As of the year 2018, kits usually include logos of three partners: the primary sponsor (front) as well as the sleeve sponsor (sleeve) as well as the third partner (back).

Period Kit manufacturer Main sponsor Sleeve Partner Secondary sponsor(s)
1976 Puma None None Kockums
1977–78 Tretorn None
1979–80 Admiral
1981 Adidas ABV (NCC)
1982 Skoogs ABV
1983 Nyheterna Skoogs, ABV
1984–85 Skånelaget None
1986–88 Puma
1989–92 ICA
1993 1X2 Stryktipset
1994–97 None Various[46]
1998–99 Nike Wihlborgs
2000–01 Nätverket
2002–08 Puma
2009 Star for Life Stadium
2010 Sydtotal None
2011 ICA Hilding Anders
2012 None
2013–15 Rörläggaren None
2016–17 Volkswagen
2018–19 Tictac Interactive Tillmobil
2020 Limitado
2021 None
2022 Tillmobil

3. Supporters

Malmo FF has several fan clubs, among which the biggest can be described as the fanclub official MFF Support, founded in 1992. MFF Support describes itself as "a non-profit , non-political and non-political group that fights racism and violence". The chairperson of MFF Support is Thelma Ernst.

There are a number of smaller supporter groups that are independent. One of the most well-known are Supras Malmo, which was formed at the end of 2003, by a combination of ultras with smaller numbers and passionate supporters. Its name "Supras" originates from the words ultras and supporters which indicates that the group was influenced by a fan-based society with roots in the southern part of Europe. Supras Malmo is the most well-known group in the main fan stand at Eleda Stadion and is able to show its presence with flags, banners and choreography. Another group that has similar objectives can be found in Rex Scania. MFF Tifosi 96 (MT96) is a group of supporters who create tifos to celebrate important occasions and other occasions. Malmosystrar (Sisters from The Malmo) is the biggest female fan group in Europe with more than 200 members. Its Malmo FF supporters are notorious for their capacity to create an energetic atmosphere. They also hold the record for the highest level of sound measured in Allsvenskan with 127 decibels in the 2016 game against IFK Goteborg.

3.1. Rivalries

Due to their proximity geographically There are minor rivalries due to the proximity of Trelleborgs FF and Landskrona BoIS as well, both of which are found in Scania. The primary opponents of this club include Helsingborgs IF, IFK Goteborg and IFK Malmo. This rivalry among Malmo FF and Helsingborgs IF has been in existence for a long time, since Malmo FF were promoted up to Allsvenskan in the 1930s and is mostly geographical as both teams originate both from Scania located in the southern part of Sweden. The rivalry between IFK Goteborg relates more to titles; the two teams are among the most profitable teams within Swedish football history, and are the only two teams to participate at European Cup finals. IFK Goteborg in the UEFA Cup in 1982 and 1987, and Malmo FF in the European Cup in 1979.

The rivalry between IFK Malmo is both geographical and historical. Both clubs hail from the same town and played at the same venue during the first half of the 20th century. The allegations of the Board members from IFK Malmo in 1933, which exposed Malmo FF's violations of the rules of amateur football in the Swedish Football Association, further increase the conflict between these two teams. IFK Malmo have not played in Allsvenskan since 1962. Consequently, matches between the two teams are very rare.

3.2. Average attendances

As of 16 December 2019

Malmö FF are well known for their large average attendance. Average attendances at Malmö FF's home matches in Allsvenskan and European competitions for the last ten seasons running.

3.2.1. Allsvenskan 2010–2019

Season Stadium Capacity Total High Low Average Occupancy Median
2010 Eleda Stadion 24,000 227,904 24,148 9,346 15,194  63.3% 14,149
2011 185,825 23,612 6,715 12,388  51.6% 11,333
2012 221,981 23,638 10,088 14,799  61.7% 14,583
2013 241,395 23,758 9,837 16,093  67.1% 15,560
2014 211,357 20,310 9,336 14,090  58.7% 13,382
2015 22,500 259,973 22,337 12,862 17,332  77.0% 16,215
2016 267,622 21,719 13,747 17,841  79.3% 17,526
2017 273,807 21,354 14,482 18,254  81.1% 18,830
2018 223,822 20,072 11,237 14,921  66.3% 14,745
2019 248,496 21,812 11,521 16,566  73.6% 16,267

3.2.2. European Competitions 2010–2019

Season Competition Capacity Matches Total High Low Average
2011–12 UEFA Champions League 20,500 3 46,916 19,084 12,501 15,639
2011–12 UEFA Europa League 3 26,900 10,802 7,632 8,967
2013–14 UEFA Europa League 3 25,855 11,538 5,689 8,618
2014–15 UEFA Champions League 6 110,014 20,500 8,831 18,336
2015–16 UEFA Champions League 6 113,958 20,500 12,436 18,993
2017–18 UEFA Champions League 1 20,058 20,058 20,058 20,058
2018–19 UEFA Champions League 3 45,985 18,153 10,623 15,328
2018–19 UEFA Europa League 5 82,692 20,312 11,487 16,538
2019–20 UEFA Europa League 8 125,471 20,500 8,667 15,684

4. Stadia

Malmo FC's first stadium was Malmo IP and was shared with rivals IFK Malmo. The team was present since the inception team in 1910 until 1958. The stadium remains in use today but with less capacity. It is being used by women's soccer team FC Rosengard, who were before the women's team from Malmo FF. The capacity in 2012 was 7,600. However, attendances were typically much greater in the past when Malmo FF played there. In the season that ended in 1957 an average of 15,500 people attended. The record attendance of the club at Malmo IP was 22,436 when they played Helsingborgs IF on 1 June 1956. It is believed to be an important element in the club's story because it was in this stadium that the club was founded and played their first 47 seasons, and also won 5 Swedish championships.

A new stadium was built in Malmo following Sweden received in 1958 the FIFA World Cup - this was the beginning of the Malmo Stadion. Malmo FF played their first season in the stadium in the year 1958. The first time that the club was crowned the Swedish championship in Malmo FF's stadium came in the year 1965. The higher tier was added to this stadium during 1992. The club had the most successful period of their history in this stadium and won ten of the twenty Swedish championships while they were based there. The stadium was originally designed with the capacity of 30,000, but it was reduced to 27,500 after changes to safety regulations. The record attendance for the club for the venue was 29,328, which was set against Helsingborgs IF on 24 September 1967.

Following the victory of 2004 in Allsvenskan the plans were drawn up to build a new stadium. Then, in July of 2005 Malmo FF announced that construction was set to start on Eleda Stadion that was designed to hold 18,000 people seated and 6 000 standing. The stadium is also able to accommodate 21,000 seats as an all-seater venue to host international or European events where the use of terracing is not permitted. The construction began in 2007 and was completed in 2009. The new stadium is situated near Malmo Stadion. While there was small-scale construction happening around the stadium the stadium was officially opened on the 13th of April, 2009 and featured the first home match in the season 2009 in the match against Orgryte IS; Malmo FF's Labinot Harbuzi scored their first strike in the 60th minute. First Swedish championship played at the stadium was in 2010 when the team defeated Mjallby AIF on 7 November in the final match of the season, 2-0. The attendance at the game was record-breaking at 24,148. Stadion is one of the UEFA rating of category 4 stadium.

 

5. European record

Malmo FF has a rich European history, having participated in UEFA competitions from 1964. The club's most impressive European performance was during the season 1978-79, where they made it to the semi-finals of UEFA Champions League (then European Champion Clubs' Cup) and were defeated 1-0 by English champions Nottingham Forest. This is what makes Malmo FF the only Nordic club to make it this level during the European Cup or Champions League. Malmo FF is also the only Nordic club to be part of the Intercontinental Cup (succeeded by FIFA Club World Cup) in which they were a contender for the title in 1979. Malmo FF is one of the four Swedish clubs to have taken part at the UEFA Champions League group stages together with IFK Goteborg, AIK, and Helsingborg.

 

5.1. Overall record by competition

Tournament S Pld W D L GF GA GD
European Champion Clubs' Cup / UEFA Champions League 18 90 31 22 37 95 140 −45
UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League 17 80 34 15 31 122 97 25
Cup Winners' Cup 5 22 9 7 6 35 18 17
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 4 8 0 1 7 4 23 −19
UEFA Intertoto Cup 1 2 0 0 2 1 4 −3
Intercontinental Cup / FIFA Club World Cup 1 2 0 0 2 1 3 −2
Total 45 197 70 43 83 247 273 −26

5.2. UEFA Coefficient

Correct as of 19 Jun 2022. The table shows the position of Malmö FF (highlighted), based on their UEFA coefficient club ranking for 2021, and the four clubs which are closest to Malmö FF's position (the two clubs with the higher coefficient and the two with the lower coefficient).

2023 2022 Mvmt. Club 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023 Coeff.
55 60   5  Krasnodar 11.00 6.00 8.00     25.000
57 78   21  Real Betis 10.00     11.00 3.00 24.000
57 68   11  Malmö FF 7.00 8.00 2.50 5.00 1.50 24.000
59 74   15  West Ham       21.00 2.50 23.500
60 61   1  Monaco 5.00     15.00 3.00 23.000
Club UEFA Champions League UEFA Europa League
Malmö FF 2014–15
2015–16
2021–22
2011–12
2018–19
2019–20
2022–23

6. Ownership and finances

Malmo FF made the transition from an amateur club into full-time professional status in latter part of the 1970s under the direction of the club's Chairman Eric Persson. Malmo FF is an all-inclusive membership association. Its regular general meetings are the most important authority for making decisions. Each member has one voteand so no shares are distributed. The general meeting is the one that approves the accounting and also votes to elect the chairman and board, and makes decisions on any motions that are proposed. In the decade of 2010's success, Hakan Jeppsson served as chairman following the departure of Bengt Madsen's resignation in 2010 prior to his sudden demise in the year 2018. The club's legal status ensures that interest claims are dealt with by the club, and not members of the board or the club members. The day-to-day operations are managed by an executive director who coordinates to the chairperson.

With a capitalization worth 497million SEK The club has the distinction of being the most affluent soccer club in Sweden in 2019. The 2018 turnover of 333,3 million SEK. The most expensive transfer fee paid from Malmo FF for a player was 86.2 million SEK (EUR8.7 million at the at the time) in the case of Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who was transferred to Ajax in 2001. At the time, it was the highest transfer price ever given to an Swedish team of football.

The principal supporters that support Malmo FF are Volkswagen, Elitfonster AB, Intersport, Imtech, JMS Mediasystem, Mercedes-Benz, SOVA and Svenska Spel. The club also signed a naming rights contract with Swedbank about what would become Eleda Stadion in 2007-2017, when it was named Swedbank Stadion.

7. Media coverage

Malmo FF have been the focus of many films. A few examples include Swedish football documentary films Bladarar 1, and Bladarar 2 which depict Malmo FF from a supporter and player perspectives throughout both the seasons of 1997 and 2000. Bladarar 1 takes place in 1997, the year that the club was third in the Allsvenskan. The film follows the fervent fans Lasse, former player Anders Andersson, former chairman Hans Cavalli-Bjorkman , and other characters. Bladarar 2 takes place in the year 2000, when the club was reduced to Superettan and follows the team in their struggle to get Malmo FF back to the Allsvenskan. The sequel follows Lasse but it also puts an emphasis on Zlatan Ibrahimovic's development and how he was transferred the club to AFC Ajax during the 2001 season.

The club is also included on Mitt Hjartas Malmo A documentary series that explores the story of Malmo. Films featured included footage of matches in the late 1940s (Volume 7) as well as matches from 1979's European Cup Final in Munich from the perspective of a fan (Volume 8.). Vol. 9 in the collection is dedicated exclusively to the celebration of the club's 100th anniversary celebration in the year 2010.

in the film Om Sara, 2005 Swedish drama film Om Sara, actor Alexander Skarsgard is the character of the fictional football player Kalle Oberg who is a player in the Swedish football club Malmo FF. A recurring sketch from Season 2 of sketch comedy show Hipphipp! comprised a group Malmo FF fans singing and chanting during daily tasks, like making purchases or using an ATM.

 

8. Players

As of 29 June 2022

8.1. Current Squad

 
No. Pos. Nation Player
3 DF  DEN Jonas Knudsen
4 DF  FIN Niklas Moisander
5 MF  DEN Søren Rieks
6 MF  SWE Oscar Lewicki
7 MF  MKD Erdal Rakip
8 MF  PER Sergio Peña
9 FW  SWE Isaac Kiese Thelin
10 MF  DEN Anders Christiansen (captain)
11 FW  SWE Ola Toivonen (vice-captain)
13 DF  SWE Martin Olsson
14 DF  SWE Felix Beijmo
15 MF  SWE Joseph Ceesay
18 MF  USA Romain Gall
20 MF  SWE Moustafa Zeidan
 
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 DF  BIH Dennis Hadžikadunić (on loan from FC Rostov)
22 FW  BIH Adi Nalić
23 DF  CZE MatÄ›j Chaluš
24 DF  DEN Lasse Nielsen
25 MF  MLI Mahamé Siby
26 MF  SWE Mubaarak Nuh
27 GK  SWE Johan Dahlin
30 GK  MLI Ismael Diawara
31 MF  SWE Hugo Larsson
32 MF  NOR Jo Inge Berget
33 FW  SLE Mohamed Buya Turay
36 MF  KOS Patriot Sejdiu
39 GK  SWE Viktor Andersson
40 MF  GHA Emmanuel Lomotey

8.2. Out On Loan

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  SWE Melker Ellborg (to IFK Malmö until 8 January 2023)
16 GK  SWE Mathias Nilsson (to Östers IF until 8 January 2023)
17 FW  GHA Malik Abubakari (to HJK Helsinki until 8 January 2023)
21 MF  SWE Peter Gwargis (to Jönköpings Södra IF until 8 January 2023)
28 MF  SWE David Edvardsson (to IFK Värnamo until 30 November 2022)
29 DF  SWE Noah Eile (to Mjällby AIF until 8 January 2023)
33 MF  SWE Amel Mujanić (to APOEL FC until 30 June 2023)
34 MF  SWE Markus Björkqvist (to Utsiktens BK until 8 January 2023)
 
No. Pos. Nation Player
35 MF  SWE Samuel Adrian (to Jönköpings Södra IF until 8 January 2023)
37 MF  SWE Sebastian Nanasi (to Kalmar FF until 8 January 2023)
39 DF  CMR Samuel Kotto (to BK Olympic until 8 January 2023)
DF  MLI Ismaël Sidibé (to BK Olympic until 8 January 2023)
MF  SWE Hugo Bolin (to BK Olympic until 8 January 2023)
MF  SWE August Karlin (to BK Olympic until 8 January 2023)
MF  SWE Melker Widell (to BK Olympic until 8 January 2023)
FW  SWE Samuel Burakovsky (to BK Olympic until 8 January 2023)

8.3. Retired numbers

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8.4. Notable players

List criteria:

  • player has made more than 500 appearances overall for the club, or
  • player has won Guldbollen, an official UEFA or FIFA award, or
  • player has been picked as one of the 11 best players in the official hall of fame Sydsvenskan team that was selected by the newspapers readers for the club's 100th anniversary in 2010.
Name Nationality Malmö FF
career
Total
appearances
Total
goals
Guldbollen UEFA/FIFA Award Sydsvenskan team
Erik Nilsson Sweden 1934–1953 600 4 1950    
Helge Bengtsson Sweden 1934–1951 501 3      
Prawitz Öberg Sweden 1952–1965 515 103 1962    
Ingvar Svahn Sweden 1957–1968
1970
414 161 1967    
Bo Larsson Sweden 1962–1966
1969–1979
546 289 1965
1973
  Yes
Krister Kristensson Sweden 1963–1979 626 16     Yes
Roy Andersson Sweden 1968–1983 624 49 1977   Yes
Roland Andersson Sweden 1968–1974
1977–1983
564 13      
Jan Möller Sweden 1971–1980
1984–1988
591 1 1979   Yes
Ingemar Erlandsson Sweden 1976–1987 473 46     Yes
Magnus Andersson Sweden 1975–1988 568 28      
Robert Prytz Sweden 1977–1982
1993–1995
132 36 1986   Yes
Torbjörn Persson Sweden 1980–1995 574 39      
Jonnie Fedel Sweden 1984–2001 588 1      
Jonas Thern Sweden 1985–1987
1988–1989
160 30 1989   Yes
Martin Dahlin Sweden 1987–1991 176 83 1993   Yes
Stefan Schwarz Sweden 1987–1991 103 7 1999   Yes
Patrik Andersson Sweden 1989–1992
2004–2005
184 24 1995
2001
UEFA Team of the Year
2001
Yes
Zlatan Ibrahimović Sweden 1999–2001 69 16 2005
2007–2016
UEFA Team of the Year
2007
2009
2013
2014
FIFPro World XI
2013
FIFA Puskás Award
2013
Yes
Jari Litmanen Finland 2005–2007 18 6   UEFA Jubilee Awards  
Emil Forsberg Sweden 2013-2014 57 19 2021  

9. Management

As of 16 March 2022

9.1. Organisation

Name Role
 Anders Pålsson President
 Niclas Carlnén Chief executive officer
 Pontus Hansson Secretary
 Daniel Andersson Sporting director
 Andreas Georgson Head of sports
 Anne-Maj Jansson Sporting assistant
 Robin Asterhed Chief scout
 Alf Westerberg Sporting co-ordinator
 Per Ågren Sporting director youth

9.2. Technical staff

Name Role
 Jeffrey Aubynn Assistant coaches
 Nikola Trajkovic
 José Martínez Analysts
 Paul Mitchell
 Karou Calamy
 James Slaughter
 Mark Read Fitness coaches
 Jamie Mackay
 Jonnie Fedel Goalkeeping coach
 Alexander Nilsson Physiotherapists
 Jesper Robertsson
 Roem Muftee
 Pär Herbertsson Club doctor
 Greger Andrijevski Club masseur
 Sverker Fryklund Psychologist
 Daniel Möller Equipment manager

9.3. Notable coaches

Name Years Allsvenskan Svenska Cupen
 Sven Nilsson 1944
1945–1946
1950
1943–44
1949–50
1944
1946
 Kálmán Konrád 1947–1949 1948–49 1947
 Bert Turner 1951–1954 1950–51
1952–53
1951
1953
 Antonio Durán 1964–1971 1965
1967
1970
1971
1967
 Karl-Erik Hult 1972–1973   1972–73
 Bob Houghton 1974–1980
1990–1992
1974
1975
1977
1973–74
1974–75
1977–78
1979–80
 Tord Grip 1983–1984   1983–84
 Roy Hodgson 1985–1989 1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1985–86
1988–89
 Tom Prahl 2002–2005 2004  
 Roland Nilsson 2008–2011 2010  
 Rikard Norling 2011–2013 2013  
 Åge Hareide 2014–2015 2014  
 Allan Kuhn 2016 2016  
 Magnus Pehrsson 2017–2018 2017  
 Jon Dahl Tomasson 2020–2021 2020
2021
 
 Miloš Milojević 2022   2021–22

10. Statistics

Malmo FF have played 86 seasons in Allsvenskan. The only teams that have played longer include AIK with 93 seasons and IFK Goteborg with 89 (2021). They are also the most successful team on the Allsvenskan table at the conclusion year 2012. The club is the sole Nordic club to have reached the European Cup final, present day UEFA Champions League, having been in their 1979 European Cup Final. Malmo FF is also the only Nordic club that has been present at the Intercontinental Cup (succeeded by FIFA Club World Cup) in which they were a contender to win the title in 1979.

 

10.1. Club honours

Malmo FF have won domestic, European, and international honors in Europe, the United States and internationally. The club holds records for the most Swedish tournaments as well as Allsvenskan as well as Svenska Cupen titles. The most recent honor for the club was in 2021, when they won Allsvenskan. The club played its first game in Europe during between 1964 and 1965 during the European season during the European Cup as well as lastly during the 2021-2022 European season, in the group stage of the UEFA Champions League. With the exception of the qualifying stages the club has played at the European Cup and UEFA Champions League 18 times, and in the UEFA Cup and UEFA Europa League 17 times. They have also participated in various other, now extinct European tournaments, such as the winner of the UEFA Cup, and the UEFA Intertoto Cup.

10.2. Domestic

  • Swedish Champions
    • Winners (22): 1943–44, 1948–49, 1949–50, 1950–51, 1952–53, 1965, 1967, 1970, 1971, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1986, 1988, 2004, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2020, 2021

10.3. League

  • Allsvenskan (Tier 1)
    • Winners (25): 1943–44, 1948–49, 1949–50, 1950–51, 1952–53, 1965, 1967, 1970, 1971, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 2004, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2020, 2021
    • Runners-up (15): 1945–46, 1947–48, 1951–52, 1955–56, 1956–57, 1964, 1968, 1969, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1983, 1996, 2002, 2019
  • Division 2 Sydsvenska Serien (Tier 2)
    • Winners (1): 1920–21
    • Runners-up (1): 1923–24
  • Division 2 Södra (Tier 2)
    • Winners (3): 1930–31, 1934–35, 1935–36
    • Runners-up (1): 1929–30
  • Superettan (Tier 2)
    • Runners-up (1): 2000

10.4. Cups

  • Svenska Cupen
    • Winners (15): 1944, 1946, 1947, 1951, 1953, 1967, 1972–73, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1977–78, 1979–80, 1983–84, 1985–86, 1988–89, 2021–22
    • Runners-up (6): 1945, 1970–71, 1995–96, 2015–16, 2017–18, 2019–20
  • Allsvenskan play-offs
    • Winners (2): 1986, 1988
    • Runners-up (2): 1987, 1989
  • Svenska Supercupen
    • Winners (2): 2013, 2014
    • Runners-up (1): 2011

10.5. European

  • European Cup (Champions League)
    • Runners-up (1): 1978–79

10.6. Worldwide

  • Intercontinental Cup
    • Runners-up (1): 1979

10.7. Doubles

  • Allsvenskan and Svenska Cupen
    • Winners (8): 1943–44, 1950–51, 1952–53, 1967, 1974, 1975, 1986, 1989

FAQ

Malmo Fotbollforening, commonly known as Malmo FF, is the most successful soccer club of Sweden by the number of the number of trophies that they have won. It is also the only club in the Nordic nation to reach in the last four of European Cup.

Sweden

Malmo is the third-largest town in Sweden and is the fastest-growing of all three cities that are the largest in Sweden.

Malmo F.F.'s best European campaign culminated with Malmo FF's participation in the 1979 European Cup Final against Nottingham Forest at the Olympic Stadium in Munich; Malmo lost 1-0.

Jon Dahl Tomasson

Jon Dahl Tomasson, head coach of Malmo FF. Tomasson has been the team's coach since January of 2020.

It is possible to visit each of Malmo or Lund, Sweden in a day, and return to Copenhagen to eat dinner If you want. If you just want to walk around the city and look at the old buildings around the city, it's well worth it.

Bob Houghton

Robert Douglas Houghton (born 30 October 1947) is an English football manager as well as a former player. His professional career spans more than 30 years as well as 10 nations. Most famously, he is known for his role in taking Swedish team Malmo FF to the 1979 European Cup Final, where they were defeated by Nottingham Forest.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic - Hammarby

The club was founded in 1915 and is based in Stockholm. outfit Hammarby has won the Swedish top flight twice. The club announced that Ibrahimovic was acquiring an 23.5 percent stake in shares of the club in the year 2019.

There are approximately 3200 clubs in operation, with over 8500 teams competing on 7900 fields available throughout the country. Football first began to be introduced within Sweden in the late 1870s. the first tournament was played in 1896. The Swedish Football Association was founded in 1904

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