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Malmö FF
Full name Malmö Fotbollförening
Nickname(s) Di blåe (The blue ones)
Himmelsblått (Sky blue)
Founded 1910
Ground Malmö Stadion,
Malmö
(Capacity 27,500)
Chairman Flag of Sweden Bengt Madsen
Manager Flag of Sweden Roland Nilsson
League Allsvenskan
2007 Allsvenskan, 9th
Team colours Team colours Team colours
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Home colours
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Away colours

Malmö FF is a Swedish football club located in Malmö. "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation. Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered The club, formed 24 February 1910, has won 15 national championship titles and 14 national cup titles. Events 303 - Galerius, Roman Emperor, publishes his edict that begins the persecution of Christians in his portion of the Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Malmo FF was the runner-up in the 1979 European Champions Cup final, which they lost 1-0 to Nottingham Forest. See also List of European Cup and UEFA Champions League winners The UEFA Champions League, which evolved from the European Champion Clubs' Cup is a seasonal club Nottingham Forest Football Club is an English professional football club based at the City Ground in West Bridgford, a suburb of Nottingham

With IFK Göteborg and AIK, Malmö FF are often considered to make-up the classic "Big Three" in Swedish club football, with 42 championship titles between them. IFK Göteborg is a Swedish professional football club based in Gothenburg. AIK, pron. 'ɑikɔː Abbreviation for Allmänna Idrottsklubben, is a Swedish football club based at Råsunda stadium Malmö FF is also the only Swedish team to have played a final in the European Champions Cup. For this, MFF were awarded the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal, as of 2006 the only club to have been so. The Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal ( Swedish: Svenska Dagbladets guldmedalj, but usually simply called Bragdguldet, "The Feat Gold" is Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. They are currently playing in the highest Swedish league, Allsvenskan, where they have played the majority of the seasons during their existence. Allsvenskan (literally "The All Swedish" is the highest league in the league system of Swedish football.

Malmö FF was relegated from Allsvenskan in 1999, this was the first time in 63 seasons for the club and the second time ever. However, the following year, 2000, Malmö FF regained their place in Allsvenskan. The first degradation was decided by the Swedish Football Association since Malmö FF's nemesis IFK Malmö had reported the club for paying their players (this was against rules at the time). The Swedish Football Association ( SvFF) ( Swedish: Svenska Fotbollförbundet) is the governing body of Football in Sweden. IFK Malmö is a Swedish Sport club. Among others they have teams in Bandy, Football (soccer and Handball. A lot of Malmö FF fans, specially among the older ones, still think of IFK Malmö's way of acting as an act of treason.

Malmö FF have in many ways reflected the multi-cultural nature of Malmö. In 1990, defender Jean-Paul Vondenburg became the first black player playing for the Swedish national football team, playing against the United Arab Emirates. Jean-Paul Vonderburg (born July 31, 1964) is a former Swedish football player who is the first black player ever in Sweden national football The Swedish national football team is the national football team of Sweden and is controlled by the Swedish Football Association. The United Arab Emirates national football team is the national team of United Arab Emirates and is controlled by the United Arab Emirates Football Association. In 1998, Turkish-Macedonian midfielder/striker Yksel Osmanovski became the first Muslim player for Sweden, when Sweden played 0-1 to USA. Yksel Osmanovski ( Macedonian cyrillic: Иксел Османовски, Iksel Osmanovski) (born February 24, 1977 The United States men's national soccer team is the national Soccer team of the United States for men and is controlled by the United States Soccer

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History

Club crest and colours

Stadiums

Malmö Stadion - Capacity: 27.500
Malmö Stadion - Capacity: 27. 500
Swedbank Stadion in March 2008.
Swedbank Stadion in March 2008.

Malmö FF's first stadium was Malmö IP, which was shared with arch-rivals IFK Malmö. IFK Malmö is a Swedish Sport club. Among others they have teams in Bandy, Football (soccer and Handball. A new stadium in Malmö had to be constructed after Sweden was awarded the 1958 FIFA World Cup - this saw the birth of the current stadium, Malmö Stadion. "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation. The 1958 FIFA World Cup, the sixth staging of the World Cup was hosted by Sweden from June 8 to June 29. Malmö Stadion is a multi-use Stadium in Malmö, Sweden. It is currently used mostly for football matches with its home team being Malmö An upper tier was added to the stadium in the 80's, and was completed in 1992. [1]

Following the 2004 victory in Allsvenskan, voices where raised for the construction of a new stadium in Malmö. Allsvenskan 2004, part of the 2004 Swedish football season, was the 80th Allsvenskan season played In July 2005, Malmö FF announced that a new stadium was to be constructed - Swedbank Stadion, a 24,000-seater stadium, which is currently being constructed next to Malmö Stadion. Swedbank Stadion is a football Stadium in Malmö, Sweden, that is currently under construction

Supporters

Malmö FF's main fan club is MFF Support. The group was founded in 1992, only days after AIK had secured the title at Malmö Stadion, out-singing the home supporters. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) AIK, pron. 'ɑikɔː Abbreviation for Allmänna Idrottsklubben, is a Swedish football club based at Råsunda stadium MFF Support describes itself as "an idealistic and non-political association working against violence and racism"; the current chairman of MFF Support is Tony Ernst. Tony Nicolai Ernst, born 31 October 1966, is a Journalist and Writer of Swedish hip hop, based in Malmö.

During a Royal League game in 2005, Malmö FF supporters were unprovokedly attacked by Danish police at Parken, Copenhagen. The Kingdom of Denmark ( ˈd̥ænmɑɡ̊ (archaic ˈd̥anmɑːɡ̊ commonly known as Denmark, is a country in the Scandinavian region of northern Europe Parken Stadium ( English: the Park) is a football Stadium in the Indre Østerbro ( Inner Østerbro) district of Copenhagen Copenhagen (ˌkəʊpənˈheɪgən ˌkəʊpənˈhɑːgən ˈkəʊpənˌheɪgən ˈkəʊpənˌhɑːgən kʰøb̥ənˈhɑʊ̯ˀn kʰøb̥m̩ˈhɑʊ̯ˀn is the capital and largest city [2] MFF Support has worked to hold the Danish police officers accountable for the scandal, which made several headlines in Denmark. [3]

In popular culture

A recurring sketch in the second season of Hipphipp! involves a group of Malmö FF fans singing and chanting while performing every-day tasks, such as shopping or operating an ATM. Hipphipp! is a Swedish comedy sketch show that ran for two seasons on SVT - First in 2001 and then in 2003

J-Ro of Tha Liks can be seen sporting a Malmö FF T-shirt in the video to The Flute Song. James Robinson aka J-Ro is a hip-hop performer and former member of Tha Alkaholiks. Tha Alkaholiks, also known as Tha Liks, are an American hip hop group from Los Angeles, California.

In the Swedish 2005 drama movie Om Sara, actor Alexander Skarsgård plays the soccer star Kalle Öberg, who plays for MFF. Alexander Johan Hjalmar Skarsgård (ˈskɑːʂgoːɖ born August 25, 1976, in Stockholm, Sweden) is a Swedish actor and director

Current squad and staff

First team players

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No. Position Player
1 Flag of Sweden GK Jonas Sandqvist
2 Flag of Denmark DF Ulrich Vinzents
3 Flag of Sweden DF Daniel Theorin
4 Flag of Liberia DF Jimmy Dixon
5 Flag of Brazil DF Gabriel
6 Flag of Finland DF Markus Halsti
7 Flag of Sweden DF Anders Andersson
9 Flag of Sweden FW Niklas Skoog
11 Flag of Sweden MF Jeffrey Aubynn
13 Flag of Sweden MF Babis Stefanidis
14 Flag of Sweden FW Guillermo Molins
15 Flag of Brazil FW André Nascimento (on loan from Araxá Esporte Clube)
16 Flag of Sweden DF Christian Järdler
No. In many team Sports a goalkeeper (termed goaltender netminder, goalie, or keeper in some sports Jonas Sandqvist (born 6 may 1981) is a Swedish goalkeeper who plays for Malmö FF. In Association football (soccer a defender is a player who tries to prevent the other team from scoring Ulrich Vinzents (born November 4, 1976) is a Danish football defender with offensive skills In Association football (soccer a defender is a player who tries to prevent the other team from scoring Daniel Theorin (born August 4 1983) is a Swedish footballer who currently plays for Gefle IF, after being traded from Malmö FF in In Association football (soccer a defender is a player who tries to prevent the other team from scoring Jimmy Dixon (born 10 October 1981 in Bomi County) is a Liberian football central defender who currently plays in Sweden In Association football (soccer a defender is a player who tries to prevent the other team from scoring Gabriel de Paulo Limeira, or simply Gabriel, (born August 20 1983) is a Brazilian footballer In Association football (soccer a defender is a player who tries to prevent the other team from scoring In Association football (soccer a defender is a player who tries to prevent the other team from scoring For the Ice hockey player of the same name see Anders Andersson (ice hockey Anders Andersson (born March 15, 1974 in Strikers, also known as forwards and attackers, are the players on a team in Association football (soccer in the row nearest to the opposing Niklas Skoog (born June 15 1974) is a Swedish Football striker who currently plays for Mjällby AIF on loan from Malmö For the Australian Rules position see Midfielder (Australian Rules. History Jeffrey Aubynn (Born May 12 1977 in Göteborg) is a Swedish-Ghana football player playing offensive midfielder and forward For the Australian Rules position see Midfielder (Australian Rules. Charalambos "Babis" Stefanidis (born 8 March, 1981) is a Swedish football player of Greek heritage who is currently representing Strikers, also known as forwards and attackers, are the players on a team in Association football (soccer in the row nearest to the opposing Strikers, also known as forwards and attackers, are the players on a team in Association football (soccer in the row nearest to the opposing In Association football (soccer a defender is a player who tries to prevent the other team from scoring Christian Järdler (born June 3, 1982) is a Swedish footballer (defender who currently plays for Malmö FF. Position Player
17 Flag of Sweden MF Joakim Nilsson
18 Flag of Nigeria FW Edward Ofere
20 Flag of Sweden MF Ola Toivonen
22 Flag of Sweden MF Robin Nilsson
23 Flag of Sweden MF Labinot Harbuzi
24 Flag of Sweden FW Agon Mehmeti
25 Flag of Sweden DF Behrang Safari
26 Flag of Sweden MF Jiloan Hamad
27 Flag of Sweden DF Anes Mravac
30 Flag of Sweden MF Daniel Andersson (Captain)
31 Flag of Finland FW Jonatan Johansson
32 Flag of Sweden DF Niklas Hansson
35 Flag of Sweden GK Dejan Garaca
40 Flag of the Czech Republic GK Dusan Melichárek (on loan from Mjällby AIF)

Players out on loan

No. For the Australian Rules position see Midfielder (Australian Rules. Strikers, also known as forwards and attackers, are the players on a team in Association football (soccer in the row nearest to the opposing Edward Ofere (born March 28, 1986) is a Nigerian football player who plays as a Striker for the Swedish club Malmö For the Australian Rules position see Midfielder (Australian Rules. Ola Toivonen (born July 3, 1986 in Degerfors, Sweden with Finnish parentage plays primary as a midfielder, or secondary For the Australian Rules position see Midfielder (Australian Rules. For the Australian Rules position see Midfielder (Australian Rules. Labinot Harbuzi (born April 4, 1986 in Allhelgona) is a Swedish footballer of Kosovo Albanian heritage Strikers, also known as forwards and attackers, are the players on a team in Association football (soccer in the row nearest to the opposing In Association football (soccer a defender is a player who tries to prevent the other team from scoring Behrang Safari ( Persian: بهرنگ صفری born February 9, 1985 in Tehran, Iran) is a Swedish - Iranian For the Australian Rules position see Midfielder (Australian Rules. In Association football (soccer a defender is a player who tries to prevent the other team from scoring For the Australian Rules position see Midfielder (Australian Rules. Daniel Andersson 'ɑndɛ(rʃɔn (born August 28, 1977 in Borgeby) is a Swedish football Midfielder. Strikers, also known as forwards and attackers, are the players on a team in Association football (soccer in the row nearest to the opposing For the Swedish snowboarder see Jonatan Johansson (snowboarder. In Association football (soccer a defender is a player who tries to prevent the other team from scoring In many team Sports a goalkeeper (termed goaltender netminder, goalie, or keeper in some sports In many team Sports a goalkeeper (termed goaltender netminder, goalie, or keeper in some sports Mjällby AIF is a Swedish football club located in Mjällby. The club formed in 1939, is currently playing in the second highest Swedish league Position Player
- Flag of Sweden DF Philip Milenkovic (at IFK Malmö until November 2008)
- Flag of Sweden MF Joakim Persson (at IFK Malmö until November 2008)
28 Flag of Sweden MF Daniel Sliper (at LB07 until November 2008)
 

Technical staff

Name Role
Flag of Sweden Roland Nilsson Manager
Flag of Sweden Hans Gren Assistant Manager
Flag of Sweden Staffan Tapper First Team Coach / Head of Youth Academy
Flag of Sweden Jonnie Fedel Goalkeeping Coach
Flag of Sweden Agne Bergvall Fitness Coach
Flag of Sweden Leif Engqvist U-21 Team Manager
Flag of Sweden Dr. In Association football (soccer a defender is a player who tries to prevent the other team from scoring IFK Malmö is a Swedish Sport club. Among others they have teams in Bandy, Football (soccer and Handball. For the Australian Rules position see Midfielder (Australian Rules. IFK Malmö is a Swedish Sport club. Among others they have teams in Bandy, Football (soccer and Handball. For the Australian Rules position see Midfielder (Australian Rules. IF Limhamn Bunkeflo 2007, sometimes referred to as LB07, are a Swedish Association football team based in Malmö who play in the Superettan Roland Nilsson (born November 27 1963) is a Swedish football manager who currently manages Malmö FF in the Allsvenskan Staffan Tapper (born 10 July 1948 in Malmö) is a former footballer from Sweden. Agne Bergvall (born 13 October 1962 in Växjö Sweden) is a Swedish athletics coach Leif Engqvist (born July 30, 1962) is a former Swedish footballer. Pär Herbertsson Club Doctor
Flag of Sweden Rickard Dahan Physiotherapist
Flag of Sweden Greger Andrijevski Masseur
Flag of Sweden Kenneth Folkesson Kit Man

League season results

Season Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Notes
2000 SE 2 30 20 3 7 48 32 60 promoted
2001 AS 9 26 9 5 12 39 46 32
2002 AS 2 26 14 4 8 52 32 46
2003 AS 3 26 14 6 6 50 23 48
2004 AS 1 26 15 7 4 44 21 52
2005 AS 5 26 12 5 9 38 27 41
2006 AS 7 26 10 8 8 43 39 38
2007 AS 9 26 9 7 10 29 28 34

Noted players

List of notable football players of Malmö FF's history:

1961 - 1980

1981 - 1990

1990s

2000s

Noted managers

Club records

Achievements

External links

Preceded by
Björn Borg & Ingemar Stenmark
Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal
1979
Succeeded by
Thomas Wassberg (refused)
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