Malmö FF
Malmö FF, especially in Sweden often abbreviated to MFF, is one of Sweden's most successful football clubs. FF stands for Fotbollsförening ( German: football club ). It was founded in 1910 in Malmö and is the country 's most successful club with 17 championships, as well as record cup winners with 14 titles. Since 1971, the club also has a section for women's football (Malmö FF Dam, since 2007 LDB FC Malmö). At times, the club was also a badminton department, in which Eva Stuart coached one of the world's best badminton players.
- 3.1 Achievements
History of the men's team
1931 played the club for the first time in the highest Swedish league, Allsvenskan, but was excluded in 1933 which, as it had violated the amateur regulations. Since 1936, the association is continuous with an interruption in 1999 in the highest Swedish league. The greatest international success was in the finals in the European Champions Cup in 1979, when they lost 0-1 to Nottingham Forest. In the same year, the club was awarded the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal -. Malmö FF plays its home games at Swedbank Stadion.
Sporting successes
- Swedish Champion ( 17 times - record ): 1944, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1953, 1965, 1967, 1970, 1971, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1986, 1988, 2004, 2010, 2013
- Swedish Cup champion ( 14 times - record ): 1944, 1946, 1947, 1951, 1953, 1967, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1980, 1984, 1986, 1989
- UEFA Champions League ( European Cup of Champions ): Finale 1979 - Malmö FF against Nottingham Forest (0-1 ) ( total of 11 participations )
- UEFA Cup: 16 appearances
- European Cup Winners' Cup: 6 participations
Other Facts
- Highest victory in Allsvenskan: 12:0 against Halmstad BK (3 June 1943) and Jönköping Södra IF (26 May 1949)
- Heaviest defeat in Allsvenskan: 1:7 respectively against IF Elfsborg (16 October 1932) and against AIK (31 August 1960)
- Attendance record at Malmö Stadium: 29,328 against Helsingborgs IF on September 24, 1967
- Most games for Malmö FF in Allsvenskan: 348 Games - Krister Kristensson ( 1963-1978 )
- Club members (as of 2005 ): 4292
Current first team squad
Rikard Norling coach, his assistant Daniel Andersson and goalkeeping coach Jonnie Fedel, who was active even in Malmö, 2012 may have recourse to the following players in the Allsvenskan season:
As of June 14, 2012
Well-known former players
- Afonso Alves
- Patrik Andersson
- Helge Bengtsson
- Hasse Borg
- Martin Dahlin
- Zlatan Ibrahimović
- Peter Ijeh
- Bo Larsson
- Erik Nilsson
- Prawitz Öberg
- Karl -Erik Palmér
- Markus Rosenberg
- Behrang Safari
- Stefan Schwarz
- Staffan Tapper
History of the women's team (Malmö FF Dam )
On September 7, 1970, the club Malmö FF decided to open a women's section. So the club got from 1971 a women's team. In the 70 years the team has worked hard in the Division 2 Södra ( 2nd Division ) before the crew, with the establishment of the two-pronged Damallsvenskan ( still called Division 1 Norra and Södra ) in 1981, was first class. In this Division 1 Södra Malmö FF Dam played since this year until today ( now " single-track " Damallsvenskan ). Overall, Malmö FF Dam fetched since 5 Swedish league titles and two cup wins. Since April 2007, the team acts as LDB FC Malmö on.
Badminton
1948 made Malmö FF from the clubs Malmö BK and BK -33 Malmö a badminton section. This 1979 Swedish team champion. Furthermore, were won 12 singles titles. 1980 Badminton divided again from the association.