Malmö Fotbollförening, also known simply as Malmö FF, are a Swedish professional football club based in Malmö. The club is affiliated with Skånes Fotbollförbund and play their home games at Swedbank Stadion.[1] Formed on 24 February 1910, the club have won sixteen national championship titles and fourteen national cup titles, making them the most successful club in Sweden in terms of total trophies won.[2] Malmö FF have also won the highest Swedish league, Allsvenskan, on three occasions when the title of Swedish champions was not decided by the outcome of that league.[3][A] They were runners-up in the 1979 European Champions Cup final, which they lost 1–0 to English club Nottingham Forest.[4] This made them the only Swedish football club, as of 2011, to have reached the final of the competition, for which the team were awarded the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal.[5] Currently playing in Allsvenskan, where the season lasts from April to October, the club are the reigning champions. The club first won Allsvenskan in 1944.[6] Malmö FF were most successful during the 1970s, when they won five Swedish championships and four Svenska Cupen titles.
This is a list of players who has played more than 100 games for Malmö FF. For a list of all Malmö FF players with a Wikipedia article, see the Malmö FF players' category. Players are listed according to total number of games played. Substitute appearances included. Present players are marked in bold.
As of 15 December 2011:[7]
This and the * indicate that they played their full career at Malmö FF.
Rank | Name | Nat | Pos | Malmö FF career |
Total apps |
Total goals |
Swedish champion[8][2] |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Krister Kristensson | Sweden | Defender | 1963–1979 | 626 | 16 | 6 (1967, 1970, 1971, 1974, 1975, 1977) |
2 | Roy Andersson | Sweden | Defender | 1968–1983* | 624 | 49 | 5 (1970, 1971, 1974, 1975, 1977) |
3 | Erik Nilsson | Sweden | Defender | 1934–1953* | 600 | 4 | 5 (1944, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1953) |
4 | Jan Möller | Sweden | Goalkeeper | 1971–1980 1984–1988 |
591 | 1 | 5 (1974, 1975, 1977, 1986, 1988) |
5 | Jonnie Fedel | Sweden | Goalkeeper | 1984–2001 | 588 | 1 | |
6 | Torbjörn Persson | Sweden | Defender | 1980–1995 | 574 | 39 | 2 (1986, 1988) |
7 | Magnus Andersson | Sweden | Defender | 1977–1988* | 568 | 28 | 3 (1977, 1986, 1988) |
8 | Roland Andersson | Sweden | Defender | 1968–1974 1977–1983 |
564 | 13 | 4 (1970, 1971, 1974, 1977) |
9 | Bo Larsson | Sweden | Forward | 1962–1966 1969–1979 |
546 | 289 | 6 (1965, 1970, 1971, 1974, 1975, 1977) |
10 | Prawitz Öberg | Sweden | Forward | 1952–1965* | 515 | 103 | 1 (1965) |
11 | Helge Bengtsson | Sweden | Goalkeeper | 1934–1951* | 501 | 3 | 4 (1944, 1949, 1950, 1951) |
12 | Kent Jönsson | Sweden | Defender | 1974–1987 | 480 | 9 | 1 (1986) |
13 | Ingemar Erlandsson | Sweden | Defender | 1976–1987* | 473 | 46 | 2 (1977, 1986) |
14 | Jörgen Ohlsson | Sweden | Defender | 1991 1992–2003 |
464 | 53 | |
15 | Daniel Andersson | Sweden | Midfielder | 1994–1998 2004– |
434 | 37 | 2 (2004, 2010) |
16 | Tore Svensson | Sweden | Goalkeeper | 1951–1961 | 433 | 1 | 1 (1953) |
17 | Ingvar Svahn | Sweden | Midfielder | 1957–1968 1970 |
414 | 161 | 3 (1965, 1967, 1970) |
18 | Niclas Nyhlén | Sweden | Midfielder | 1987–1996 | 410 | 33 | 1 (1988) |
19 | Staffan Tapper | Sweden | Midfielder | 1966–1979* | 407 | 99 | 4 (1970, 1971, 1974, 1975) |
20 | Egon Jönsson | Sweden | Midfielder | 1943–1955* | 405 | 269 | 5 (1944, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1953) |
21 | Sture Mårtensson | Sweden | Midfielder | 1937–1949 | 403 | 25 | 2 (1944, 1949) |
22 | Kjell Rosén | Sweden | Defender | 1939–1950 | 379 | 108 | 3 (1944, 1949, 1950) |
23 | Börje Tapper | Sweden | Forward | 1940–1950 | 371 | 298 | 3 (1944, 1949, 1950) |
24 | Andreas Nilsson | Sweden | Midfielder | 1929–1940 | 371 | 168 | |
25 | Anders Ljungberg | Sweden | Midfielder | 1967–1968 1972–1979 |
371 | 75 | 4 (1967, 1974, 1975, 1977) |
26 | John Thorstensson | Sweden | Defender | 1914–1931 | 370 | 53 | |
27 | Henry Thillberg | Sweden | Forward | 1951–1962 | 367 | 149 | 1 (1953) |
28 | Lars Granström | Sweden | Midfielder | 1960–1966 1967–1971 |
359 | 120 | 3 (1965, 1967, 1970) |
29 | Harry Jönsson | Sweden | Forward | 1967–1976 | 357 | 31 | 5 (1967, 1970, 1971, 1974, 1975) |
30 | Hans Håkansson | Sweden | Forward | 1927–1938 | 350 | 341 | |
31 | Bertil Elmstedt | Sweden | Forward | 1956–1969 | 350 | 94 | 2 (1965, 1967) |
32 | Hasse Mattisson | Sweden | Midfielder | 1996–2006 | 350 | 39 | 1 (2004) |
33 | Olof Persson | Sweden | Defender | 1997–2001 2002–2006 |
350 | 20 | 1 (2004) |
34 | Anders Palmér | Sweden | Midfielder | 1980–1989 | 348 | 73 | 2 (1986, 1988) |
35 | Bertil Nilsson | Sweden | Midfielder | 1953–1960 1964–1966 |
342 | 111 | 1 (1965) |
36 | Rolf Björklund | Sweden | Defender | 1959–1970 | 341 | 6 | 3 (1965, 1967, 1970) |
37 | Stellan Nilsson | Sweden | Midfielder | 1940–1948 1948–1950 |
336 | 166 | 3 (1944, 1949, 1950) |
38 | Lennart Svensson | Sweden | Midfielder | 1953–1966 | 336 | 102 | 1 (1965) |
39 | Thomas Sjöberg | Sweden | Forward | 1974–1976 1977–1978 1979–1982 |
334 | 157 | 3 (1974, 1975, 1977) |
40 | Per Ågren | Sweden | Defender | 1983–1992 | 329 | 2 | 1 (1988) |
41 | Nils Hult | Sweden | Goalkeeper | 1960 1963–1972 |
329 | 0 | 4 (1965, 1967, 1970, 1971) |
42 | Sven Hjertsson | Sweden | Defender | 1942–1954 | 319 | 30 | 4 (1949, 1950, 1951, 1953) |
43 | Ivar Roslund | Sweden | Midfielder | 1925–1937 | 311 | 179 | |
44 | Anders Andersson | Sweden | Midfielder | 1990–1997 2005–2008 |
305 | 50 | |
45 | Sune Sandbring | Sweden | Defender | 1950–1958 | 305 | 1 | 1 (1953) |
46 | Artur Bergqvist | Sweden | Defender | 1950–1957 | 302 | 10 | 2 (1951, 1953) |
47 | Sven Nilsson | Sweden | Defender | 1931–1940* | 302 | 4 | |
48 | Algot Christoffersson | Sweden | Defender | 1922–1932 | 295 | 28 | |
49 | Mats Arvidsson | Sweden | Defender | 1978–1987 | 294 | 24 | 1 (1986) |
50 | Åke Hansson | Sweden | Midfielder | 1950–1957 | 292 | 59 | 2 (1951, 1953) |
51 | Leif Engqvist | Sweden | Midfielder | 1985–1991 | 288 | 57 | 2 (1986, 1988) |
52 | Jörgen Ohlin | Sweden | Defender | 1956–1958 1958–1967 |
271 | 8 | 2 (1965, 1967) |
53 | Kjell Hjertsson | Sweden | Midfielder | 1940–1950 | 270 | 15 | 2 (1944, 1950) |
54 | Carl-Erik Sandberg | Sweden | Forward | 1938–1945 | 269 | 130 | 1 (1944) |
55 | Gustaf Nilsson | Sweden | Forward | 1940–1950 | 265 | 205 | 1 (1944) |
56 | Björn Nilsson | Sweden | Forward | 1979–1986 | 265 | 66 | 1 (1986) |
57 | Georg Österlin | Sweden | Defender | 1932–1940 | 265 | 16 | |
58 | Hilding Andersson | Sweden | ? | ?–1936 | 262 | 65 | |
59 | Robert Prytz | Sweden | Midfielder | 1977–1982 1993–1995 |
262 | 57 | |
60 | Tore Cervin | Sweden | Forward | 1972–1980 | 258 | 110 | 3 (1974, 1975, 1977) |
61 | Tommy Andersson | Sweden | Forward | 1969–1980 | 256 | 73 | 4 (1970, 1971, 1974, 1977) |
62 | Lars Larsson | Sweden | Forward | 1982–1984 1985–1991 |
255 | 164 | 1 (1986) |
63 | Tommy Larsson | Sweden | Midfielder | 1969–1979 | 255 | 50 | 3 (1974, 1975, 1977) |
64 | Joseph Elanga | Cameroon | Defender | 2000–2005 2010 |
254 | 13 | 2 (2004, 2010) |
65 | Arne Månsson | Sweden | Defender | 1944–1955 | 252 | 1 | 2 (1950, 1951) |
66 | Gunnar Martinsson | Sweden | Midfielder | 1927–1938 | 232 | 19 | |
67 | Ulrich Vinzents | Denmark | Defender | 2006– | 232 | 3 | 1 (2010) |
68 | Charles Gustavsson | Sweden | Midfielder | 1954–1961 | 231 | 141 | |
69 | Curt Olsberg | Sweden | Midfielder | 1967–1973 | 226 | 70 | 2 (1970, 1971) |
70 | Jonas Wirmola | Sweden | Defender | 1994–1997 | 223 | 7 | |
71 | Jan Ekström | Sweden | Midfielder | 1955–1960 1964–1966 |
222 | 124 | |
72 | Carl Florin | Sweden | ? | ?–1930 | 217 | 15 | |
73 | Gert Lundqvist | Sweden | Defender | 1954–1962 | 214 | 16 | |
74 | Yksel Osmanovski | Sweden | Forward | 1995–1998 2004–2007 |
212 | 42 | |
75 | Erik Svensson | Sweden | ? | ? | 211 | 129 | |
76 | Ingvar Rydell | Sweden | Forward | 1948–1953 | 210 | 162 | 4 (1949, 1950, 1951, 1953) |
77 | Carl Andersson | Sweden | ? | ? | 210 | 4 | |
78 | Hans Malmström | Sweden | Defender | 1942–1950 | 209 | 0 | 2 (1944, 1950) |
79 | Åke Larsson | Sweden | Defender | 1952–1959 | 207 | 3 | |
80 | Håkan Lindman | Sweden | Forward | 1986–1987 1988–1990 |
204 | 65 | 1 (1988) |
81 | Jens Fjellström | Sweden | Midfielder | 1993–1997 2000 |
204 | 43 | |
82 | Axel Håkansson | Sweden | ? | ?–1928 | 204 | 0 | |
83 | Hasse Borg | Sweden | Defender | 1983–1988 | 201 | 24 | 2 (1986, 1988) |
84 | Hilder Svensson | Sweden | ? | ? | 200 | 143 | |
85 | Niclas Kindvall | Sweden | Forward | 1997–2000 | 193 | 54 | |
86 | Valfrid Ek | Sweden | Forward | 1946–1952 | 192 | 98 | |
87 | Niklas Skoog | Sweden | Forward | 2001–2008 | 191 | 97 | 1 (2004) |
88 | Tommy Hansson | Sweden | Forward | 1975–1981 | 190 | 52 | 1 (1977) |
89 | Ture Isberg | Sweden | Forward | ?–1931 | 187 | 70 | |
90 | Wilhelm Nilsson | Sweden | ? | ? | 187 | 0 | |
91 | Patrik Andersson | Sweden | Defender | 1989–1992 2004–2005 |
184 | 24 | 1 (2004) |
92 | Gösta Nilsson | Sweden | ? | ? | 181 | 51 | |
93 | Ingvar Gärd | Sweden | Midfielder | 1944–1950 | 180 | 2 | 2 (1949, 1950) |
94 | Henry Dahl | Sweden | Defender | ?–1933 | 178 | 1 | |
95 | Ove Karlsson | Sweden | ? | ? | 178 | 1 | |
96 | Martin Dahlin | Sweden | Forward | 1987–1991 | 176 | 83 | 1 (1988) |
97 | Conny Andersson | Sweden | Forward | 1971–1973 1974–1976 |
174 | 74 | 3 (1971, 1974, 1975) |
98 | Ebbe Löfgren | Sweden | ? | ? | 174 | 0 | |
99 | Henrik Nilsson | Sweden | ? | ? | 169 | 5 | |
100 | Mikael Roth | Sweden | Defender | 1998–2003 | 166 | 2 | |
101 | Nils-Åke Sandell | Sweden | Forward | 1952–1956 1958 |
162 | 189 | 1 (1953) |
102 | Mattias Thylander | Sweden | Defender | 1991–1999 | 162 | 7 | |
103 | Mattias Asper | Sweden | Goalkeeper | 2002–2005 | 161 | 0 | 1 (2004) |
104 | Jonas Thern | Sweden | Midfielder | 1985–1987 1988–1989 |
160 | 30 | 2 (1986, 1988) |
105 | Daniel Majstorović | Sweden | Defender | 2000–2004 | 157 | 12 | 1 (2004) |
106 | Anders Svensson | Sweden | Defender | 1957–1959 1967–1969 |
157 | 7 | 1 (1967) |
107 | Waldemar Wiberg | Sweden | Goalkeeper | ? | 155 | 0 | |
108 | Stefan Alvén | Sweden | Midfielder | 1991–1994 | 154 | 6 | |
109 | Fritz Landgren | Sweden | Goalkeeper | 1910–1922 | 153 | 0 | |
110 | Mats Magnusson | Sweden | Forward | 1981–1985 1986–1987 |
151 | 99 | 1 (1986) |
111 | Guillermo Molins | Sweden | Midfielder | 2006–2011 | 149 | 26 | 1 (2010) |
112 | Claes Malmberg | Sweden | Forward | 1973–1980 | 148 | 6 | 2 (1974, 1977) |
113 | Peter Jönsson | Sweden | Defender | 1989–1993 | 147 | 4 | |
114 | Roger Ljung | Sweden | Defender | 1985–1989 | 146 | 21 | 1 (1988) |
115 | Joakim Nilsson | Sweden | Defender | 1988–1990 | 146 | 11 | 1 (1988) |
116 | Fredrik Lindblad | Sweden | ? | ? | 145 | 68 | |
117 | Jan-Olov Kindvall | Sweden | Midfielder | 1978–1983 | 145 | 11 | |
118 | Henry Winberg | Sweden | ? | ? | 145 | 0 | |
119 | Gert-Arne Nilsson | Sweden | Defender | 1960–1962 1963–1967 |
141 | 0 | 1 (1965) |
120 | Patrik Olsson | Sweden | Forward | 1991–1998 | 137 | 22 | |
121 | Assar Mossberg | Sweden | Defender | 1932–1937 | 137 | 0 | |
122 | Johan Andersson | Sweden | ? | ? | 136 | 97 | |
123 | Rolf Eriksson | Sweden | Forward | 1961–1965 | 136 | 67 | |
124 | Jean-Paul Vonderburg | Sweden | Defender | 1989–1992 | 136 | 5 | |
125 | Mikael Rönnberg | Sweden | Midfielder | 1982–1984 | 134 | 45 | |
126 | Agon Mehmeti | Sweden | Forward | 2008–2011 | 134 | 34 | 1 (2010) |
127 | Deval Eminovski | Sweden | Midfielder | 1984–1988 | 134 | 11 | 1 (1986) |
128 | Patrick Andersson | Sweden | Forward | 1990–1993 | 132 | 19 | |
129 | Christer Jacobsson | Sweden | Defender | 1969–1976 | 132 | 2 | 3 (1970, 1971, 1975) |
130 | Andreas Yngvesson | Sweden | Forward | 2002–2005 | 130 | 25 | 1 (2004) |
131 | Mats Lilienberg | Sweden | Forward | 2000–2002 | 129 | 39 | |
132 | Jon Inge Høiland | Norway | Defender | 2003–2007 | 129 | 13 | 1 (2004) |
133 | Daniel Larsson | Sweden | Forward | 2009– | 127 | 35 | 1 (2010) |
134 | Edward Ofere | Nigeria | Forward | 2005–2010 | 126 | 43 | |
135 | Göte Rosengren | Sweden | Defender | 1937–1939 | 125 | 31 | |
136 | Jimmy Durmaz | Sweden | Midfielder | 2008– | 123 | 9 | 1 (2010) |
137 | Niklas Gudmundsson | Sweden | Midfielder | 1997–2000 | 121 | 24 | |
138 | Jeffrey Aubynn | Sweden | Midfielder | 2008–2011 | 122 | 7 | 1 (2010) |
139 | Fredrik Dahlström | Sweden | Midfielder | 1992–1995 | 120 | 36 | |
140 | Tommy Jönsson | Sweden | Defender | 1992–1997 | 118 | 4 | |
141 | Jiloan Hamad | Sweden | Midfielder | 2008– | 117 | 17 | 1 (2010) |
142 | Björn Friberg | Sweden | Midfielder | 1967–1973 | 117 | 6 | 1 (1967) |
143 | Ricardinho | Brazil | Defender | 2009– | 117 | 4 | 1 (2010) |
144 | Karl-Erik Palmér | Sweden | Forward | 1948–1951 1960 |
114 | 64 | 2 (1949, 1950) |
145 | Ulf Kleander | Sweden | Defender | 1967–1973 | 114 | 5 | 3 (1967, 1970, 1971) |
146 | Matias Concha | Sweden | Defender | 2001–2003 | 112 | 3 | |
147 | Louay Chanko | Syria | Midfielder | 2003–2005 | 111 | 6 | 1 (2004) |
148 | Markus Rosenberg | Sweden | Forward | 2001–2005 | 110 | 33 | |
149 | Wílton Figueiredo | Brazil | Midfielder | 2009– | 110 | 19 | 1 (2010) |
150 | Behrang Safari | Sweden | Defender | 2004–2008 | 110 | 4 | |
151 | Gabriel | Brazil | Defender | 2006–2009 | 110 | 2 | |
152 | Jonas Sandqvist | Sweden | Goalkeeper | 2005–2009 | 110 | 0 | |
153 | Anders Ohlsson | Sweden | ? | ? | 109 | 15 | |
154 | Brune Tavell | Sweden | Midfielder | 1997–1999 | 107 | 8 | |
155 | Erik Johansson | Sweden | Midfielder | 2001–2003 | 106 | 12 | |
156 | Göte Dahl | Sweden | Forward | ?–1937 | 106 | 55 | |
157 | Gösta Nilsson | Sweden | ? | ? | 105 | 21 | |
158 | Jon Jönsson | Sweden | Defender | 2001–2006 | 104 | 14 | 1 (2004) |
159 | Dejan Pavlovic | Sweden | Forward | 1997–1999 | 103 | 29 | |
160 | Stefan Schwarz | Sweden | Midfielder | 1987–1991 | 103 | 7 | 1 (1988) |
161 | Afonso Alves | Brazil | Forward | 2004–2006 | 100 | 47 | 1 (2004) |
162 | John Rosén | Sweden | ? | ? | 100 | 31 | |
163 | Bengt Fröjd | Sweden | Midfielder | 1960–1963 | 100 | 10 | |
164 | Roland Löwegren | Sweden | Defender | 1962–1965 | 100 | 0 |
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