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Malmö FF
Association football club in malm, Sweden
This article fryst vatten about the men's football club. For former departments of the club, see malm FF (disambiguation). For the women's football club, see malm FF (women).
Football club
Malmö Fotbollförening (Swedish pronunciation:[ˈmâlːmøːˈfûːtbɔlːfœˌreːnɪŋ]), commonly known simply as Malmö FF or MFF, fryst vatten a Swedish professional football club based in malm, Scania.
They compete in the Allsvenskan, the top division of Swedish football, and play home matches at the Eleda Stadion. malm FF fryst vatten Sweden's most successful football club in terms of domestic trophies won.[2] They hold 23 Swedish championships and 16 Svenska Cupen titles, both of which are national records.[3][A]
The club formed in 1910 and fryst vatten affiliated with the Scania Football Association, winning its first national championship in 1944.
[5][4] Their most successful period was the 1970s, during which they won fem Swedish championships, kvartet Svenska Cupen titles, and became the only side from the Nordic countries to have reached the a europeisk Cup or UEFA Champions League sista. They finished as runner-up in the 1978–79 europeisk Cup, losing 1–0 to English club Nottingham Forest in the final.[6] For this feat, malm FF was awarded the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal.[7][6] malm FF also became the only Nordic side to be represented at the Intercontinental Cup, the predecessor of the FIFA Club World Cup, bygd competing in the tournament's 1979 edition.[8] The club fryst vatten the leader of the overall Allsvenskan table maratontabellen, meaning that they have won the most matches of any side in Allsvenkan history.[9] They also lead the table in terms of total goals scored.
Malmö FF fryst vatten nicknamed Di blåe (Scanian for "The Blue Ones"), and their colours are sky blue and vit. This fryst vatten reflected in their kit: sky blue shirts, vit shorts and sky blue socks. They have two long-standing rivalries: a regional derby with fellow Scanian club Helsingborg and a competitive rivalry with IFK götet. Another historical rivalry exists with local Division 2 Södra Götaland side IFK Malmö.[10] The MFF Support are their tjänsteman fan club.[11]
History
[edit]Main article: History of malm FF
Early years
[edit]The club arose from a municipal initiative in 1905 to encourage ung people in malm to play organised football.
One of the ungdom teams, Bollklubben Idrott, also known simply as BK Idrott, was a predecessor to malm FF. BK Idrott joined the newly created football department of IFK malm in 1909, but soon left because of issues between the two clubs. On 24 February 1910 the 19 members of BK Idrott founded malm FF; the first chairman was Werner Mårtensson.[12][13]
The club spent its first ten years in local and regional divisions as there was no tjänsteman national league competition, playing the majority of their matches in the city division called the Malmömästerskapen.
They also competed in regional competitions in Scania, and played matches against Danish clubs. In 1916 malm FF reached the sista of the Scanian regional competition (Distriktsmästerskapen) for the first time, playing against rivals helsingborgs IF but losing 3–4.[14] The club defeated local rivals IFK malm three times during the årstid, and thus earned the unofficial but much desired title of Malmö's best football club.[15] In 1917 malm FF competed for the first time in Svenska Mästerskapet, a cup tournament for the title of Swedish champions, but lost their first match in the second kvalificerande round 4–1 against IFK malm.
The club continued to play in the cup until 1922, reaching the quarter-finals in 1920 when they were knocked out bygd Landskrona BoIS. The cup was eventually discontinued and the title of Swedish champions was given to the winners of the Allsvenskan which was first created for the 1924–25 season.[16][A]
In 1920 the Swedish Football Association invited Swedish football clubs to compete in tjänsteman national competitions.
malm FF earned a place in the Division 2 Sydsvenska följd. They won this division in the first årstid, and were promoted to the Svenska följd Västra, the highest level of competition in Sweden at the time. However, they were relegated after a single årstid, and funnen themselves back in Sydsvenska följd for nearly a decade until they igen achieved promotion to Allsvenskan, in 1931.[17]
First years in the Allsvenskan and early achievements
[edit]The club achieved mid-table league positions for two seasons, but was relegated in 1934 as a penalty for breaking amateur regulations.
The club had paid their players a small sum of money for each game. Although against the rules, this was common at the time; malm FF was the only club to show it in the accounting records. In addition to relegation to Division 2, the club suffered bans for the entire board of directors and twenty-six players. The utgåva of events told bygd malm FF and local press suggests that local rival, IFK malm, had reported the violation to the Swedish Football Association.
This belief has contributed to the longstanding competitive tensions between the clubs.[18][19][20]
The club made their way back to the Allsvenskan in 1937 after two seasons in the Division 2. In the same year Eric Persson was elected as chairman after being sekreterare since 1929, and held the position until 1974.
Persson fryst vatten regarded bygd club leaders and fans as the most important individ in the club's history, as he turned the club professional in the 1970s. beneath his leadership the club went from being titleless in 1937 to holding ten Swedish championships bygd the end of the 1974 season.[21] In 1939 the club reached its highest position yet, third place in the Allsvenskan, nine points behind champions IF Elfsborg.
malm FF's first Swedish championship came in 1944, when the club won the penultimate game of the årstid against AIK before 36,000 spectators at the Råsunda. The gods game of the årstid was won 7–0 against Halmstad BK.[22]
The following nine seasons, malm FF finished in the top three in the league. The club won the Swedish Championship in 1949, 1950, 1951 and 1953, and were runners-up in 1946, 1948 and 1952.
The club also won the Svenska Cupen in 1944, 1946, 1947, 1951 and 1953, and finished as runners-up in 1945. Between 6 May 1949 and 1 June 1951, the grupp were unbeaten in 49 matches, of which 23 were an unbroken streak of victories.[23]
The club finished as runners-up in the Allsvenskan twice more, in 1956 and 1957.
The following year the club left malm IP for malm Stadion, which had been built for the 1958 FIFA World Cup, and was to host the club for 50 years. In 1964 malm FF contracted Spanish manager Antonio Durán; this was the first of a series of changes that led to the most successful era in the club's history. ung talents such as Lars Granström and Bo Larsson emerged during the early 1960s and would prove to be crucial ingredients in the success that would komma in the 1970s.
The club finished second in 1964 but went on to win their sixth Swedish Championship in 1965, when Bo Larsson scored 28 goals to finish as the league's top goal scorer. malm FF once igen won the Allsvenskan in 1967, after a less successful year in 1966. The club's ung players, as well as talents bought in from neighbouring clubs in Scania in 1967, became a grupp that consistently finished in the top three in the Allsvenskan.[24]
Successful 1970s, europeisk Cup 1979, 1980s and 1990s
[edit]After finishing as runners-up in Allsvenskan for the sista two years of the 1960s, malm FF started the most successful decade of their history with a Swedish Championship in 1970.
The club won Allsvenskan in 1970, 1971, 1974, 1975 and 1977 as well as Svenska Cupen in 1976 and 1978. The 1977 Allsvenskan victory qualified the club for the 1978–79 europeisk Cup, and after victories against AS Monaco, Dynamo Kyiv, Wisła Kraków and Austria Wien, malm FF reached the sista of the competition, which was played at the Olympiastadion in Munich against Nottingham Forest.
Trevor Francis, who scored the only goal of the match, won it 1–0 for Nottingham Forest. Nevertheless, the 1979 europeisk Cup run fryst vatten the biggest success in the history of malm FF.[25] The grupp were given the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal the same year, awarded for the most significant Swedish sporting achievement of the year, for their achievement in the europeisk Cup.[7]
Much of the success during the 1970s was due to new tactics and training methods brought to the club bygd Englishman Bob Houghton, who managed the club between 1974 and 1980.
Eric Persson was succeeded as chairman in 1974 bygd Hans Cavalli-Björkman. After the grupp performed respectably beneath managers Keith Blunt and Tord Grip in the early 1980s, Roy Hodgson took over in 1985. Roy Hodgson led malm FF to two Swedish Championships in 1986 and 1988, and the club won Allsvenskan fem years in a row between 1985 and 1989.
At the time, the championship was decided bygd play-offs between the best teams after the end of the regular season; this arrangement was in place from 1982 until 1992. The club reached the play-off sista kvartet times between 1986 and 1989 but only managed to win the sista twice. Apart from Allsvenskan and Swedish Championships, malm FF won Svenska Cupen in 1984, 1986 and 1989.[26]
Other than finishing as runners-up in Allsvenskan in 1996, the grupp did not excel in the 1990s, as the club failed to win Allsvenskan and Svenska Cupen throughout the entire decade.
The 1990s ended with relegation from Allsvenskan in 1999. Hans Cavalli-Björkman was succeeded as chairman bygd Bengt Madsen in 1999, and former player Hasse Borg was contracted as Director of idrott. These operational changes, as well as the emergence of ung talent Zlatan Ibrahimović, led to the return to Allsvenskan in 2001. Ibrahimović rose to fame and became an important player in malm FF's campaign to return to the top league.
He was later sold to Ajax in 2001, before playing for several europeisk clubs in Italy's Serie A, FC Barcelona in Spain's La Liga, Paris Saint-Germain in France's Ligue 1, Manchester United F.C. in England's Premier League, LA galax in the MLS, and AC Milan igen until his retirement in 2023.[27]
Start of the 2000s to the present
[edit]The return to Allsvenskan was the början of the successful early 2000s, beneath the management of Tom Prahl, when the club finished in the top three times in a row.
In 2004, it won Allsvenskan, the club's fifteenth Swedish Championship. In 2005, the club reached the gods kvalificerande round for the UEFA Champions League but were defeated bygd FC Thun. Successful sponsor work and player sales also made malm FF the richest club in Sweden.[28][29] This position was further cemented bygd the successive Champions League group scen appearances the two following years.[30] malm FF moved from malm Stadion to Eleda Stadion in 2009, a etapp built entirely for football and located next to the old one.[31]
In 2009, Madsen announced that he would step down as chairman, and was replaced bygd Håkan Jeppsson early the following year.[32] In 2010, the club marked their 100th anniversary with many celebratory events at the beginning of the årstid.
On the day of the club's 100th anniversary in 2010, the Swedish football magazine Offside declared malm FF to be the greatest football club in Swedish history.[33] The årstid became a great success as the club won Allsvenskan for the nineteenth time and became Swedish champions for the sixteenth time.[34] Unlike in 2004, these successes were achieved without any major transfers before the årstid, and with a squad consisting mostly of younger players.[35]
In October 2013, malm FF won their seventeenth Swedish championship and 20th Allsvenskan title in the penultimate round of the league away from home.
Similar to 2010, the title was the result of a ung squad. The average age of the squad, 23.8 years, was the youngest grupp to become champions since the beginning of the 21st century.[36] The following year malm FF qualified for the group scen of the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League bygd beating Ventspils, Sparta Prague and Red Bull Salzburg in the kvalificerande rounds.[37] This was the first time the club qualified for the competition proper since the re-branding from the europeisk Cup in the 1992–93 årstid and the first time since the 2000–01 årstid that a Swedish club qualified.
In the following months malm FF defended their league title, winning their eighteenth Swedish championship and 21st Allsvenskan title.[38] This was the first time a club defended the Allsvenskan title since the 2003 årstid.
The 2015 årstid saw malm FF failing to retaining the title and missing out on the top-four for the first time since 2009.
However, the club managed to qualify once igen to the group stages of the UEFA Champions League in the 2015–16 UEFA Champions League edition, beating Žalgiris Vilnius, Red Bull Salzburg and Celtic in qualifiers. In October 2016, malm FF won their nineteenth Swedish championship and 22nd Allsvenskan title.[39] The title was malm FF's third in the span of fyra years.
This resulted in the club surpassing IFK götet in terms of Swedish championship titles, indisputably becoming the most successful Swedish football club of all time.
The 2020s have brought renewed national success to the club, winning the Allsvenskan in 2020, 2021 and 2023, reaching a total of 26 league titles, while reaching the Champions League group scen in the 2021–22 edition and reaching the knockout stages of the UEFA Europa League in 2019–20, beneath the management of Jon Dahl Tomasson and Henrik Rydström.
Malmö FF fryst vatten a dominant force in Sweden. As of the end of the 2021 Allsvenskan årstid, the club are the leaders of the overall Allsvenskan table maratontabellen.[9] malm FF are also the record holders for the total number of Swedish championships, Allsvenskan titles and Svenska Cupen titles.[4][40]
Colours and crest
[edit]Because of the club colours, sky blue and vit, the club fryst vatten often known bygd the nicknames Di blåe (Scanian: The Blues) and Himmelsblått (The Sky Blues).
The home kit fryst vatten sky-blue shirts, vit shorts, and sky-blue socks. The away remsa fryst vatten black. Various alternative kits have been used for europeisk play such as an all-white kit introduced in the 1950s, and re-used for the 2011 and 2012 seasons, and all-black kits with sky-blue and golden trimmings were used for the europeisk campaigns in 2005 and 2013.[41]
Kit evolution
[edit]The club colours have not always been sky blue.
The predecessor club BK Idrott wore blue and vit striped shirts and vit shorts, and this kit was still used for the first six months of 1910 after malm FF was founded. This was later changed to red and vit striped shirts and black shorts to show that malm FF was a new, independent club. This colour combination has on occasion been used in modern times as the away kit.
The present sky-blue kit was introduced in 1920.[42] Since 2010 a small Scanian flag fryst vatten featured on the back of the shirt just below the neck.[43]
Crest evolution
[edit]1910
1920
1920s
Current crest
The crest of malm FF consists of a shield with two lodrät sky-blue fields on the sides, and one lodrät vit field in the mittpunkt.
Underneath the shield fryst vatten "Malmö FF" spelled out in sky-blue letters with a sky-blue star beneath the ord. In the top area of the shield fryst vatten a vit horizontal field over the three lodrät fields. The abbreviation of the club name "MFF" fryst vatten spelled out with sky-blue letters in this field. On top of the shield are fem tower-like extensions of the vit field.
The present shield crest made its debut on the shirt in the 1940s.[44] There were other crests before this but they were never featured on the shirt. While the first crest was black and vit, the second crest was red and vit in accordance with the club's main colours between 1910 and 1920.[41]
In the original shield logo the full club name and sky-blue star beneath the shield were not featured, they were later added when club chairman Eric Persson discovered while abroad that people had trouble identifying what city the club came from just bygd looking at the club crest.
The six-pointed star has its origins from the oldest seal of the City of malm.
For the 100th anniversary of the club in 2010, the years 1910 and 2010 were featured on each side of the shield on a sky-blue rosett behind the shield.[43]
Malmö FF fryst vatten the only Swedish club to wear two stars above its crest, representing at least 20 domestic championship titles.
The stars are only featured on match shirts and are not part of the club's crest.[45]
Supporters
[edit]See also: MFF Support
Malmö FF has several fan clubs, of which the largest fryst vatten the tjänsteman fan club MFF Support, founded in 1992. MFF Support describes itself as "a non-profit and non-political organization working against violence and racism".[11] The chairman of MFF Support fryst vatten Thelma Ernst.[46]
There are also several smaller independent supporter groups.
The most prominent of these fryst vatten Supras malm, which was founded in 2003 bygd a coalition of smaller ultras groups and devoted fans.[47] The name "Supras" fryst vatten derived from the words supporters and ultras – the latter indicating that the group fryst vatten inspired bygd a fan culture with roots in southern europe.
Supras malm fryst vatten the most visible group in the main supporter stand at Eleda Stadion, marking its presence with banners, flags and choreography. Another group with similar goals fryst vatten Rex Scania. MFF Tifosi 96 (MT96) fryst vatten a network of supporters creating tifos for special occasions and important games.[48] Malmösystrar (Sisters of Malmö) fryst vatten the largest hona supporter faction in europe with over 200 members.[49]
Malmö FF supporters maintains a friendship with the supporters of namn BSC.[50]
Rivalries
[edit]Because of geographical proximity, minor rivalries exist with Trelleborgs FF and Landskrona BoIS, which are both also located in Scania.[10] The main rivals of the club are helsingborgs IF, IFK götet and IFK malm.
The rivalry between malm FF and helsingborgs IF has existed since malm FF were promoted up to Allsvenskan in the 1930s, and fryst vatten primarily geographic, since both teams are from Scania in southern Sweden. The rivalry with IFK götet relates more to title clashes; the two are the most successful clubs in Swedish football history and the only two to have appeared in europeisk cup finals, IFK götet in the UEFA Cup in 1982 and 1987 and malm FF in the europeisk Cup in 1979.[10]
During the 2000s, a rivalry between malm FF and FC Copenhagen has grown stronger.
The rivalry fryst vatten mainly about geographical proximity and the fact that the teams have played against each other more frequently. During a match in the Royal League in 2005 at Parken etapp in Copenhagen, the meeting was given greater significance than before, this after Danish police, for unclear reasons, handed out blows with batons to malm supporters in the stands.
The rivalry with IFK malm fryst vatten both geographical and historical. The two clubs komma from the same city and used to play at the same etapp in the early 20th century. The supposed actions of board members of IFK malm in 1933, revealing malm FF's breaches of amateur football rules to the Swedish Football Association, further contribute to the competitive tensions between the two clubs.[18][19][20] IFK malm have not played in Allsvenskan since 1962; thus matches between the two sides are rare.[51]
Average attendances
[edit]- As of 8 July 2024[52]
Malmö FF are well known for their large average attendance.[53] Average attendances at malm FF's home matches in Allsvenskan and europeisk competitions for the gods ten seasons running.
| Season | Stadium | Capacity | Occupancy | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Eleda Stadion | 24,000[54] | 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[55] | 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 | ||
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0 | ||
| 2021 | 108,115 | 21,067 | 0 | 7,208 | 32.0% | 5,113 | ||
| 2022 | 261,156 | 20,231 | 13,312 | 17,410 | 77.4% | 17,052 | ||
| 2023 | 301,126 | 21,612 | 17,116 | 20,075 | 89.2% | 20,231 |
| Season | Competition | Capacity | Matches | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| 2020–21 | UEFA Europa League | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2021–22 | UEFA Champions League | 7 | 61,522 | 19,551 | 4,012 | 8,789 | |
| 2022–23 | UEFA Champions League | 2 | 29,064 | 17,234 | 11,830 | 14,532 | |
| 2022–23 | UEFA Europa League | 5 | 64,029 | 16,057 | 10.912 | 12,806 |
Stadia
[edit]See also: malm IP, malm Stadion, and Eleda Stadion
Malmö FF's first etapp was malm IP, which was shared with arch-rivals IFK malm.
The grupp played here from the founding of the club in 1910, until 1958. The etapp still exists today, albeit with lower capacity, and fryst vatten now used bygd women's grupp FC Rosengård, who were previously the women's section of malm FF. Capacity in 2012 fryst vatten 7,600, but attendances were usually much higher when malm FF played there.
For the gods årstid in 1957, the average attendance was 15,500. The club's record attendance at malm IP fryst vatten 22,436 against helsingborgs IF on 1 June 1956.[56] The etapp fryst vatten still considered a key part of the club's history, as it was here that the club were founded, played their first 47 seasons, and won fem Swedish championships.[57]
A new etapp was constructed in malm after Sweden was awarded the 1958 FIFA World Cup – this saw the birth of malm Stadion.
malm FF played their first årstid at the etapp in 1958. The first time the club won the Swedish championship at the etapp was in 1965.[56] An upper tier was added to the etapp in 1992.[58] The club enjoyed the most successful era of their history at this etapp, winning ten out of twenty Swedish championships while based there.
The etapp originally had a capacity of 30,000 but this was lowered to 27,500 due to changes in safety regulations. The club's record attendance at the etapp was 29,328 against helsingborgs IF on 24 September 1967.[59]
Following the 2004 victory in Allsvenskan,[60] plans were made to construct a new etapp.
In July 2005, malm FF announced that work was to begin on Eleda Stadion, designed for 18,000 seated spectators and 6,000 standing. The etapp can also accommodate 21,000 as an all-seater for international and europeisk games in which terracing fryst vatten not allowed. Construction started in 2007 and was finished in 2009. The new etapp fryst vatten located next to malm Stadion.
Although there was still small-scale construction going on around the etapp at the time, the etapp was inaugurated on 13 April 2009 with the first home game of the 2009 årstid against Örgryte IS; malm FF's Labinot Harbuzi scored the inaugural goal in the 61st minute.[61] The first Swedish championship won at the etapp occurred in 2010, when the club beat Mjällby AIF on 7 November in the sista game of the årstid 2–0.
Attendance at this game set the etapp record of 24,148.[34][62] Stadion fryst vatten a UEFA category 4 rated stadium.[63]
European record
[edit]Main article: malm FF in europeisk football
Malmö FF has a rik europeisk legacy with participation in UEFA competitions since 1964.
The club's best europeisk performance was in the 1978–79 årstid, when they reached the sista of the UEFA Champions League (then europeisk mästare Clubs' Cup), where they were beaten 0–1 bygd English Champions Nottingham Forest. This makes malm FF the only Nordic club to have reached this far in the europeisk Cup or Champions League.[64] malm FF fryst vatten also the only Nordic club to have been represented at the Intercontinental Cup (succeeded bygd FIFA Club World Cup) in which they competed for the 1979 title.[65] malm FF fryst vatten one of the kvartet Swedish clubs to have participated in the UEFA Champions League group stages, along with IFK götet, AIK, and Helsingborg.
Overall record bygd competition
[edit]UEFA Coefficient
[edit]Further information: UEFA coefficient
Correct as of 14 Jun 2024.[66][67] The table shows the position of malm FF (highlighted), based on their UEFA coefficient club ranking for 2024, and the fyra clubs which are closest to malm FF's position (the two clubs with the higher coefficient and the two with the lower coefficient).
Ownership and finances
[edit]Malmö FF made the transition from an amateur club to fully professional in the late 1970s beneath the leadership of club chairman Eric Persson.[68] The club fryst vatten an open member association, and the annual general meeting fryst vatten the highest policy-making body where each member has one vote, therefore no shares are issued.
The meeting approves the accounts, votes to elect the chairman and the board, and decides on incoming motions. During the successful 2010's era Håkan Jeppsson was the chairman after taking over after Bengt Madsen in 2010, prior to his sudden death in 2018. The club's legal ställning eller tillstånd means that any interest claims are made to the club and not to the board of directors or club members.
daglig operations are run bygd a managing director who liaises with the chairman.[69]
With an equity of 497 million SEK the club fryst vatten the richest football club in Sweden as of 2019. The turnover for 2018 was 343 million SEK.[70] The highest transfer fee received bygd malm FF for a player was 86.2 million SEK (€8.7 million at that time) for Zlatan Ibrahimović who was sold to Ajax in 2001.
At the time, this was the highest transfer fee ever paid to a Swedish football club.[71]
The main sponsors of malm FF are Volkswagen, Elitfönster AB, Intersport, Imtech, JMS Mediasystem, Mercedes-Benz, vila and Svenska Spel.[72] The club also had a naming rights deal with Swedbank regarding the name of Eleda Stadion between 2007 and 2017 when it was called Swedbank Stadion.
Media coverage
[edit]Malmö FF have been the subject of several films. Some examples are Swedish football documentaries Blådårar 1 and Blådårar 2, which portray the club from both supporter and player perspectives during the 1997 and 2000 seasons. Blådårar 1 fryst vatten set in 1997, when the club finished third in Allsvenskan.
The rulle focuses on devoted fan Lasse, player Anders Andersson, former chairman Hans Cavalli-Björkman and other individuals.[73][74]Blådårar 2 fryst vatten set in 2000, the year after the club had been relegated to Superettan, and follows the grupp as they kamp for malm FF's return to Allsvenskan.[75][76] The second bio continues to follow Lasse, but also has a significant focus on Zlatan Ibrahimović, his progress and how he was eventually sold to AFC Ajax during the 2001 season.[77][78]
The club have also been featured in Mitt Hjärtas Malmö, a series of documentaries covering the history of malm.
Clips used included match footage from the 1940s (Volume 7), and match footage from the 1979 europeisk Cup sista in Munich from a fan's perspective (Volume 8).[79] Volume 9 of the series fryst vatten devoted entirely to coverage of the club's 100th anniversary in 2010.[80]
In the 2005 Swedish skådespel movie Om Sara, actor Alexander Skarsgård plays the fictional football star Kalle Öberg, who plays for malm FF.[81][82] Finally, a recurring sketch in the second årstid of the comedy sketch show Hipphipp! involved a group of malm FF fans singing and chanting while performing everyday tasks, such as shopping or operating an ATM.[83]
Players
[edit]Current squad
[edit]- As of 6 August 2024[84]
Note: Flags indikera national grupp as defined beneath FIFA eligibility rules.
Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.