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Malmö FF
Full nameMalmö Fotbollförening
Nickname(s)Di blåe (Scanian: The Blue Ones)[1]
Himmelsblått (Sky Blue)[1]
Short nameMFF
Gegründet7 September 1970; 53 years ago (1970-09-07) as Malmö FF Dam
26 November 2019; 4 years ago (2019-11-26) as Malmö FF
GroundMalmö Stadion, Malmö
Capacity26,500
PresidentAnders Pålsson
Head coachMaxim Khalil
LeagueElitettan
2023Division 1 Södra, 1st of 14 (promoted)[2]
WebsiteClub website

Malmö Fotbollförening, commonly known as Malmö FF, Malmö, or MFF, are a women's association football team from Malmö, who compete in the Elitettan, the 2nd level of women's football in Sweden.[3] Formed on 26 November 2019 and affiliated with the Scania Football Association, Malmö FF are based in Malmö, Scania.[4]

History

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On 7 September 1970 the board of Malmö FF took the decision to start a women's team as part of the main club. The team was called Malmö FF Dam – the word dam meaning lady – to distinguish the team from the men's division of the same club. In 1986 the club won the Swedish Women's Football Division 1 for the first time. The Division 1 was Sweden's highest division until 1988 when the Damallsvenskan was formed. It took three seasons for the club to win the newly formed Damallsvenskan in 1990 and more success followed in 1991, 1993 and 1994. Malmö FF Dam would then finish as runners-up for seven consecutive seasons (from 1996 to 2002). In April 2007, Malmö FF Dam started a rebranding of the team, including a new team name, jerseys, and logo. The team was renamed LdB FC Malmö on 11 April 2007. This meant that the club fully withdrew from Malmö FF and became a club of its own. That club is now known as FC Rosengård.

On 26 November 2019, an extraordinary annual members meeting of Malmö FF voted in favour of reintroducing a women's section. A merger with IF Limhamn Bunkeflo was rejected and it was decided that the new club would apply for a place at the lowest level of women's football in Sweden, Division 4 Skåne Sydvästra, for the 2020 season. Subsequently, a head coach was hired and eighteen players were recruited, many of them from levels as high as Division 1, the third level of the league system.

Current squad

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As of 3 May 2024[5]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Schweden SWE Julia Cavander
2 DF Schweden SWE Nathalie Persson
3 DF Schweden SWE Lovisa Wifvesson
4 DF Schweden SWE Linnea Svensson
5 DF Schweden SWE Sana Kullberg
6 FW Schweden SWE Malin Gunnarsson
7 MF Schweden SWE Anna Welin
8 MF Schweden SWE Rebecka Holm
9 FW Schweden SWE Nova Rolfsson
10 MF Schweden SWE Ema Paljevic
11 MF Schweden SWE Matilda Kristell
13 MF Schweden SWE Tilde Walhgren
14 FW Schweden SWE Stella Malmros
15 DF Schweden SWE Agnes Mårtensson
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 GK Schweden SWE Linnea Hagberg
17 MF Schweden SWE Amanda Kander
19 FW Schweden SWE Anna Plantin
20 DF Schweden SWE Hannah Lofthammar
21 DF Schweden SWE Elin Björklund (captain)
22 FW Schweden SWE Beatrice Persson
23 DF Schweden SWE Sofia Wännerdahl
24 MF Schweden SWE Petronella Windblad
27 MF Portugal POR Mafalda Barbóz
30 GK Schweden SWE Emelie Borg
31 GK Dänemark DEN Kathrine Larsen
35 MF Schweden SWE Olivia Grindemark
— MF Schweden SWE Olivia Welin

Out on loan

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Schweden SWE Sarah Mellouk (at Team TG FF until 30 June 2024)

Management

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Organisation

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As of 8 December 2020[6][7]

Name Role
Schweden Anders Pålsson President
Schweden Niclas Carlnén Chief executive officer
Schweden Pontus Hansson Secretary
Schweden Daniel Andersson Sporting director
Schweden Anne-Maj Jansson Sporting assistant
Schweden Per Ågren Sporting director youth

Technical staff

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As of 13 March 2023[8]

Name Role
Schweden Maxim Khalil Head coach
Schweden Fredrik Jahnfors Assistant coaches
Schweden Jeff Petersson
Schweden Anders Nilsson Team Manager
Schweden Emelie Karlström Goalkeeping coaches
Schweden Helena Ivarsson
Schweden Jared Wallance Fitness trainer
Schweden Filip Qvist Physiotherapists
Schweden Karin Boman

Honours

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Footnotes

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  1. ^ a b Törner, 2005, pp. 42.
  2. ^ "Division 1 södra 2023". everysport.com. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
  3. ^ "Lagen i Elitettan". Elitettan. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  4. ^ "Kontaktuppgifter och tävlingar" [Contact information and competitions]. skaneboll.se (in Swedish). Skånes Fotbollförbund. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
  5. ^ "Malmö FF Women's 1st Team". mff.se. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
  6. ^ "Styrelse och valberedning". mff.se (in Swedish). Malmö FF. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
  7. ^ "Contact". mff.se. Malmö FF. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
  8. ^ "Malmö FF Women's 1st Team". mff.se. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
  9. ^ "Division 2 södra Götaland 2022". everysport.com. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
  10. ^ "Division 3 Skåne sydvästra 2021". everysport.com. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
  11. ^ "Division 4 Skåne sydvästra 2020". everysport.com. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
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