List of Malmö FF seasons

For details of the current season, see 2012 Malmö FF season.

Malmö Fotbollförening are a Swedish football club, founded in 1910. There was no established official league system in Swedish football during the club's early years. Instead they competed in the national championship Svenska Mästerskapet as well as the regional championship of Scania, Distriksmästerskapen, both which were decided in a cup tournament format. The club best positions in these early competitions were the participation in the quarter-finals of Svenska Mästerskapet in 1920 as well as finishing as runners-up twice in Distriktmästerskapen, in 1916 and 1918 respectively. The club would later go on to win Distriktmästerskapen a total of 27 times until the competition's abolishment in 1966.

When the Swedish Football Association introduced an official league system in 1920 Malmö FF were given a place in a regional division of the second tier, Divison 2 Sydsvenska Serien. They won the league in it's first season and were promoted to one of the divisions in the first tier, Div 1 Svenska Serien Västra. The club were directly relegated to Divison 2 Sydsvenska Serien yet again. Achieving mid-table positions Malmö FF stayed in the second tier as it was renamed Division 2 Södra for the 1928–29 season. The club won Divison 2 Södra for the 1930–31 season and were promoted to Allsvenskan for the first time since the new first tier leagues creation for the 1924–25 season. The club was yet again relegated in 1934, having been found guilty of breaching the amateur regulations. They found their way back to Allsvenskan after two seasons in Division 2 Södra where they won the league both times but failed to win in the promotion play-offs in their first try.

Malmö FF established themselves as an Allsvenskan club and had a period of great success in the late 1940's and early 1950's when they finished within the top three in Allsvenskan for ten years in a row, securing five league titles in the process. The club also won the main Swedish cup tournament Svenska Cupen five times in the same era, the cup was created in 1941. The club continued to finish in the upper half of the league table and experienced additional periods of success in the late 1960's and for the 1970's. Malmö FF also qualified for European Cup play, the first time in 1964–65 when they qualified for the European Cup as Allsvenskan leaders during the summer as Sweden had switched to the calender year season format. The club qualified for European cup play 12 times in a row between 1971 and 1982.

In the 1980's and 1990's the Swedish FA experimented with the competition format and the Swedish championship were given to the winners of a play-off of the best placed Allsvenskan teams between 1982 and 1989 and a championship league for the 1991 and 1992 seasons. The previous format was then restored. Malmö FF won Allsvenskan a record five times in a row between 1985 and 1989, however the club only managed to win the play-offs in 1986 and 1988. After a briefly sucessful period in the mid 1990's the club began to decline in Allsvenskan and found themselves relegated in 1999, the first time since 1934. The club were relegated to the newly created Superettan

Malmö FF achieved promotion in Superettan in their first season in the league and were once again promoted to Allsvenskan. Back in the first tier of Swedish football the club established themselves as a successful club. After a meagre season in 2000 they managed to finish in the top three for three seasons in a row between 2002 and 2004, winning Allsvenskan in 2004, the first time since 1989. Malmö FF then became a mid-table team as they finished between the 5th and 9th positions from 2005 until the won the league once more in 2010 for the clubs centennial anniversary. This qualified the club for their first ever participation in Supercupen, a Super Cup created in 2007, in which they lost 2–1 to rivals Helsingborgs IF.

Contents

Key

Champions Runners-up Promoted Relegated

Top scorer and number of goals scored shown in bold when he was also top scorer for the division

Key to league record
  • Season = The year and article of the season
  • Pos = Final position
  • Pld = Played
  • W = Games won
  • D = Games drawn
  • L = Games lost
  • GF = Goals scored
  • GA = Goals against
  • Pts = Points
Key to cup record
  • En dash = No competition
  • Empty Space = The club did not qualify for cup play
  • DNE = The club did not enter cup play
  • QR = Qualification round
  • QR2 = Second qualification round
  • R1 = First round
  • R2 = Second round
  • R3 = Third round
  • R4 = Fourth round
  • R5 = Fifth roound
  • R6 = Sixth round
  • QF = Quarter-finals
  • SF = Semi-finals
Allsvenskan specifics
1st 2nd and 3rd 4th

Historically the players and leaders of the four best teams in Allsvenskan are awarded medals. The winners are awarded the "gold" medal, the runners-up "the big silver" medal, the team finishing in third place the "small silver" medal and the team finishing in fourth place the "bronze" medal. The principle of awarding four medals and not three is thought to have to do with the fact that the losers of the Semi-finals in Svenska Mästerskapet were both given bronze medals since no bronze match was played.[1]

Pre league era

Malmö FF were founded in 1910 and did not play any competitive football for the first year. In 1911 the club competed in the regional competition called "Distriktsmästerskapet" for teams located in Scania, other regions in Sweden had their own regional competitions also named "Distriktsmästerskapet". In 1917 the club competed in the national cup Svenska Mästerskapet for the first time. Even though a national league division called Svenska Serien had been introduced in 1910 the club did not take part in league competition until 1920. This was largely due to the fact that only specific clubs were allowed to compete in Svenska Serien, it wasn't until the 1920–1921 when an official league system was introduced that the club was given a place in a national league. Malmö FF continued to play in Svenska Mästerskapet until 1922, the competition was discontinued in favour of the introduction of Allsvenskan for the 1924–1925 season. The club also continued to play in "Distriktsmästerskapet" until 1966 when the competition was discontinued, winning the competition a whole 27 times.

Season[2] Svenska
mästerskapet		 Distriktsmästerskapet
Malmö FF played no competitive football for the 1910 season
1911 DNE SF
1912 DNE SF
1913 DNE SF
1914 DNE SF
1915 DNE QF
1916 DNE Runners-up
1917 2QR SF
1918 QR Runners-up
1919 2QR QF
1920 QF QF

1920-Present

In 1920 the Swedish Football Association invited Swedish football clubs to compete in official national competitions. The club earned a place in Division 2 Sydsvenska Serien. They won this division in the first season, and were promoted to Svenska Serien Västra, the highest level of competition in Sweden at the time. However, they were relegated after a single season, and found themselves back in Sydsvenska Serien for nearly a decade until they again achieved promotion to Allsvenskan, in 1931. The club competed in Svenska Cupen for the first time in 1941, the same year the tournament was founded. Top scorers in bold were also top scorers of Allsvenskan.

Season League Svenska
cupen		 Super-
cupen		 Play-offs Europe[A] Top goalscorer Ref
Division Pld W D L GF GA Pts Pos Name Goals[B]
1920–21 Div 2 Sydsvenska Serien 10 7 1 2 31 20 15 1st – – – Johan Andersson 12 [3]
Malmö FF played no competitive football for the 1921-22 season [4]
1922–23 Div 1 Svenska Serien Västra 10 1 2 7 6 19 4 6th – – – Emil Gudmundsson 3 [4]
1923–24 Div 2 Sydsvenska Serien 10 6 3 1 20 7 15 2nd – – – Fredrik Lindblad 8 [4]
1924–25 Div 2 Sydsvenska Serien 14 6 3 5 35 32 15 5th – – – Lars Öhrn 7 [5]
1925–26 Div 2 Sydsvenska Serien 16 5 8 3 44 24 18 3rd – – – John Rosén
Erik Svensson		 7 [5]
1926–27 Div 2 Sydsvenska Serien 18 7 4 7 30 31 18 6th – – – Erik Svensson 10 [6]
1927–28 Div 2 Sydsvenska Serien 20 11 4 5 42 41 26 3rd – – – Ivar Roslund
Hans Håkansson		 14 [6]
1928–29 Div 2 Södra 18 8 2 8 63 44 18 4th – – – Hans Håkansson 10 [7]
1929–30 Div 2 Södra 18 9 2 7 47 34 20 2nd – – – Hans Håkansson 21 [7]
1930–31 Div 2 Södra 18 11 3 4 50 2 25 1st – – – Hans Håkansson 13 [8]
1931–32 Allsvenskan 22 6 4 12 48 68 16 9th – – – Hans Håkansson 18 [8]
1932–33 Allsvenskan 22 8 3 11 42 66 19 9th – – – Hans Håkansson 15 [9]
1933–34 Allsvenskan 13 5 0 8 27 38 0 DSQ[C] – – – Hans Håkansson 8 [9]
1934–35 Div 2 Södra 18 13 5 0 66 21 31 1st – – Promotion Play-offs – Runners-up – Hans Håkansson 24 [10]
1935–36 Div 2 Södra 18 14 2 2 61 17 30 1st – – Promotion Play-offs – Winners – Hans Håkansson 30 [10]
1936–37 Allsvenskan 22 9 3 10 39 45 21 6th – – – Hans Håkansson 15 [11]
1937–38 Allsvenskan 22 6 8 8 20 30 20 9th – – – John Andersson 5 [11]
1938–39 Allsvenskan 22 9 7 6 30 29 25 3rd – – – Ove Andersson 16 [12]
1939–40 Allsvenskan 22 4 10 8 25 28 18 10th – – – Carl-Erik Sandberg
Andreas Nilsson
Ove Eriksson		 4 [12]
1940–41 Allsvenskan 22 7 8 7 33 33 22 8th R2 – – Fridolf Martinsson 8 [13]
1941–42 Allsvenskan 22 9 7 6 37 33 25 5th R2 – – Fridolf Martinsson 7 [13]
1942–43 Allsvenskan 22 10 5 7 44 30 25 5th QF – – Börje Tapper 10 [14]
1943–44 Allsvenskan 22 17 3 2 54 22 37 1st Winners – – Börje Tapper
Stellan Nilsson		 11 [14]
1944–45 Allsvenskan 22 12 4 6 58 31 28 3rd Runners-up – – Egon Jönsson 13 [15]
1945–46 Allsvenskan 22 13 4 5 48 27 30 2nd Winners – – Gustav Nilsson 14 [16]
1946–47 Allsvenskan 22 10 8 4 51 30 28 3rd Winners – – Egon Jönsson 10 [16]
1947–48 Allsvenskan 22 12 5 5 60 33 29 2nd DNE – – Egon Jönsson 14 [17]
1948–49 Allsvenskan 22 12 5 5 72 29 29 1st QF – – Börje Tapper 18 [17]
1949–50 Allsvenskan 22 20 2 0 82 21 42 1st QF – – Ingvar Rydell 21 [18]
1950–51 Allsvenskan 22 16 5 1 52 22 37 1st Winners – – Egon Jönsson 14 [19]
1951–52 Allsvenskan 22 15 2 5 50 17 32 2nd – – – Ingvar Rydell 13 [20]
1952–53 Allsvenskan 22 14 3 5 60 32 31 1st Winners – – Nils-Åke Sandell 22 [21]
1953–54 Allsvenskan 22 8 6 8 33 30 22 7th – – – Nils-Åke Sandell 12 [22]
1954–55 Allsvenskan 22 8 5 9 33 33 21 8th – – – Prawitz Öberg 9 [22]
1955–56 Allsvenskan 22 14 4 4 60 26 32 2nd – – Nils-Åke Sandell 20 [23]
1956–57 Allsvenskan 22 11 6 5 50 30 28 2nd – – Charles Gustafsson 18 [23]
1957–58 Allsvenskan 33 16 8 9 62 49 40 4th – – Charles Gustafsson 16 [24]
1959 Allsvenskan 22 12 4 6 50 29 28 5th – – Bertil Nilsson
Ingvar Svahn
Jan Ekström		 9 [24]
1960 Allsvenskan 22 9 4 9 33 33 22 4th – – Ingvar Svahn 8 [25]
1961 Allsvenskan 22 10 4 8 31 34 24 5th – – Ingvar Svahn 8 [25]
1962 Allsvenskan 22 9 4 9 32 40 22 8th – – Rolf Eriksson 10 [26]
1963 Allsvenskan 22 11 5 6 43 31 27 4th – – Bo Larsson 17 [26]
1964 Allsvenskan 22 13 5 4 45 20 31 2nd – – European Cup – QR Bo Larsson 11 [27]
1965 Allsvenskan 22 15 4 3 64 24 34 1st – – Bo Larsson 28 [27]
1966 Allsvenskan 22 6 7 9 32 34 19 9th – – European Cup – R1 Bo Larsson 7 [28]
1967 Allsvenskan 22 14 5 3 53 21 33 1st Winners – Dag Szepanski 22 [29]
1968 Allsvenskan 22 11 5 6 42 27 27 2nd – – European Cup – R1 Staffan Tapper 9 [30]
1969 Allsvenskan 22 11 6 5 34 27 28 2nd QF – Staffan Tapper 12 [30]
1970 Allsvenskan 22 11 7 4 30 20 29 1st R5 – Bo Larsson 16 [31]
1971 Allsvenskan 22 12 6 4 46 26 22 1st Runners-up – European Cup – R1 Bo Larsson 13 [32]
1972 Allsvenskan 22 9 5 8 27 26 23 6th R4 – European Cup – R1 Staffan Tapper
Conny Andersson		 6 [33]
1973 Allsvenskan 26 12 6 8 46 32 30 4th Winners – Cup Winners' Cup – R2 Conny Andersson 12 [33]
1974 Allsvenskan 26 19 5 2 48 15 43 1st Winners – Cup Winners' Cup – QF Thomas Sjöberg 14 [34]
1975 Allsvenskan 26 18 6 2 53 17 42 1st Winners – European Cup – R2 Tore Cervin 20 [35]
1976 Allsvenskan 26 12 11 3 37 21 35 2nd SF – European Cup – R1 Thomas Sjöberg 13 [36]
1977 Allsvenskan 26 15 8 3 41 19 38 1st SF – UEFA Cup – R1 Tommy Hansson 11 [36]
1978 Allsvenskan 26 12 8 6 29 15 32 2nd Winners – European Cup – Runners-up Thomas Sjöberg
Tommy Andersson		 6 [37]
1979 Allsvenskan 26 12 8 6 30 24 32 4th R6 – Intercontinental Cup – Runners-up Tommy Andersson 5 [38]
UEFA Cup – R2
1980 Allsvenskan 26 13 9 4 37 22 35 2nd Winners – Cup Winners' Cup – R2 Tommy Hansson 10 [38]
1981 Allsvenskan 26 11 5 10 48 44 27 5th R5 – UEFA Cup – R2 Thomas Sjöberg 13 [39]
1982 Allsvenskan 22 7 11 4 23 15 25 4th QF – Play-offs – SF Thomas Sjöberg 7 [39]
1983 Allsvenskan 22 12 5 5 46 30 29 2nd R5 – Play-offs – SF UEFA Cup – R1 Lars Larsson 12 [40]
1984 Allsvenskan 22 11 5 6 47 24 27 3rd Winners – Play-offs – QF Cup Winners' Cup – R1 Mats Magnusson 15 [40]
1985 Allsvenskan 22 11 8 3 29 14 30 1st R5 – Play-offs – SF UEFA Cup – R1 Mats Magnusson 7 [41]
1986 Allsvenskan 22 16 5 1 49 11 37 1st Winners – Play-offs – Winners Cup Winners' Cup – QF Lars Larsson 12 [41]
1987 Allsvenskan 22 14 6 2 50 21 34 1st SF – Play-offs – Runners-up European Cup – R1 Lars Larsson 20 [42]
1988 Allsvenskan 22 15 2 5 45 26 32 1st SF– Play-offs – Winners UEFA Cup – R2 Martin Dahlin 22 [43]
1989 Allsvenskan 22 12 7 3 35 11 31 1st Winners – Play-offs – Runners-up European Cup – R2 Leif Engqvist 15 [44]
1990 Allsvenskan 22 6 10 6 20 15 28[D] 6th R6 – European Cup – R2 Martin Dahlin 7 [44]
1991 Allsvenskan 18 7 8 3 20 14 29 3rd QF – Martin Dahlin 11 [45]
Mästerskapsserien 10 3 3 4 9 11 27 4th R5
1992 Allsvenskan 18 7 5 6 22 16 26 5th – – Patrik Andersson
Jörgen Ohlsson		 7 [45]
Mästerskapsserien 10 3 2 5 11 14 24 6th
1993 Allsvenskan 26 10 5 11 43 38 35 10th R3 – Jörgen Ohlsson
Patrick Andersson		 6 [46]
1994 Allsvenskan 26 14 7 5 51 33 49 3rd SF – Jörgen Pettersson 14 [46]
1995 Allsvenskan 26 9 12 5 32 28 39 4th R5 – UEFA Cup – R1 Jörgen Pettersson 15 [47]
1996 Allsvenskan 26 13 7 6 33 26 46 2nd Runners-up – UEFA Cup – R1 Jens Fjellström 6 [47]
1997 Allsvenskan 26 12 10 4 48 28 46 3rd R3 – UEFA Cup – QR2 Niclas Kindvall 12 [48]
1998 Allsvenskan 26 9 6 11 35 30 33 9th R3 – UEFA Cup –QR2 Dejan Pavlovic 10 [48]
1999 Allsvenskan 26 7 4 15 30 48 25 13th SF – Mats Lilienberg 11 [49]
2000 Superettan 30 20 3 7 48 32 60 2nd R2 – Zlatan Ibrahimović 12 [49]
2001 Allsvenskan 26 9 5 12 39 46 32 9th SF – Jörgen Ohlsson 7 [50]
2002 Allsvenskan 26 14 4 8 52 32 46 2nd SF – Peter Ijeh 24 [50]
2003 Allsvenskan 26 14 6 6 50 23 48 3rd R4 – UEFA Cup – R1 Niklas Skoog 22 [51]
2004 Allsvenskan 26 15 7 4 44 21 52 1st R3 – UEFA Intertoto Cup – R1 Afonso Alves 12 [51]
2005 Allsvenskan 26 12 5 9 38 27 41 5th R4 – Champions League – QR3 Afonso Alves 14 [52]
UEFA Cup – R1
2006 Allsvenskan 26 10 8 8 43 39 38 7th R3 – Jonatan Johansson 11 [53]
2007 Allsvenskan 26 9 7 10 29 28 34 9th R3 Júnior 9 [53]
2008 Allsvenskan 30 12 8 10 51 46 44 6th R4 Ola Toivonen 14 [54]
2009 Allsvenskan 30 11 10 9 40 25 43 7th R3 Daniel Larsson 11 [54]
2010 Allsvenskan 30 21 4 5 59 24 67 1st R4 Agon Mehmeti 11 [55]
2011 Allsvenskan 30 15 9 6 37 30 54 4th QF Runners-up Champions League – Play-offs Daniel Larsson 6 [56][57][58][59][60][61]
Europa League – Group Stage

Footnotes

A. ^ Only competitions which are part of UEFA's official European record.
B. ^ Only league goals are counted.
C. ^ Malmö FF were disqualified from the competition due to having been found guilty of breaching the amateur regulations by the Swedish Football Association.
D. ^ The 1990 season saw the introduction of three points for a win.

References

Specific
  1. ^ "Guld, stort silver, litet silver och brons?" (in Swedish). svenskfotboll.se. The Swedish Football Association. http://svenskfotboll.se/arkiv/tidigare/2004/10/guld-stort-silver-litet-silver-och-brons/. Retrieved 22 September 2011. 
  2. ^ Smitt, 2009, pp. 258–309.
  3. ^ Smitt, 2009, p. 258.
  4. ^ a b c Smitt, 2009, p. 259.
  5. ^ a b Smitt, 2009, p. 260.
  6. ^ a b Smitt, 2009, p. 261.
  7. ^ a b Smitt, 2009, p. 262.
  8. ^ a b Smitt, 2009, p. 263.
  9. ^ a b Smitt, 2009, p. 264.
  10. ^ a b Smitt, 2009, p. 265.
  11. ^ a b Smitt, 2009, p. 266.
  12. ^ a b Smitt, 2009, p. 267.
  13. ^ a b Smitt, 2009, p. 268.
  14. ^ a b Smitt, 2009, p. 269.
  15. ^ Smitt, 2009, p. 270.
  16. ^ a b Smitt, 2009, p. 271.
  17. ^ a b Smitt, 2009, p. 272.
  18. ^ Smitt, 2009, p. 273.
  19. ^ Smitt, 2009, p. 274.
  20. ^ Smitt, 2009, p. 275.
  21. ^ Smitt, 2009, p. 276.
  22. ^ a b Smitt, 2009, p. 277.
  23. ^ a b Smitt, 2009, p. 278.
  24. ^ a b Smitt, 2009, p. 279.
  25. ^ a b Smitt, 2009, p. 280.
  26. ^ a b Smitt, 2009, p. 281.
  27. ^ a b Smitt, 2009, p. 282.
  28. ^ Smitt, 2009, p. 283.
  29. ^ Smitt, 2009, p. 284.
  30. ^ a b Smitt, 2009, p. 285.
  31. ^ Smitt, 2009, p. 286.
  32. ^ Smitt, 2009, p. 287.
  33. ^ a b Smitt, 2009, p. 288.
  34. ^ Smitt, 2009, p. 289.
  35. ^ Smitt, 2009, p. 290.
  36. ^ a b Smitt, 2009, p. 291.
  37. ^ Smitt, 2009, p. 292.
  38. ^ a b Smitt, 2009, p. 293.
  39. ^ a b Smitt, 2009, p. 294.
  40. ^ a b Smitt, 2009, p. 295.
  41. ^ a b Smitt, 2009, p. 296.
  42. ^ Smitt, 2009, p. 297.
  43. ^ Smitt, 2009, p. 298.
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  45. ^ a b Smitt, 2009, p. 300.
  46. ^ a b Smitt, 2009, p. 301.
  47. ^ a b Smitt, 2009, p. 302.
  48. ^ a b Smitt, 2009, p. 303.
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  50. ^ a b Smitt, 2009, p. 305.
  51. ^ a b Smitt, 2009, p. 306.
  52. ^ Smitt, 2009, p. 307.
  53. ^ a b Smitt, 2009, p. 308.
  54. ^ a b Smitt, 2009, p. 309.
  55. ^ Malmö FF, 2011, pp. 139–153.
  56. ^ "Tabell och resultat - Allsvenskan, herrar" (in Swedish). svenskfotboll.se. The Swedish Football Association. http://svenskfotboll.se/allsvenskan/tidigare-ar/resultat-2011/tabell-och-resultat/. Retrieved 2012-01-03. 
  57. ^ "Spelprogram - Svenska Cupen, herrar" (in Swedish). svenskfotboll.se. The Swedish Football Association. http://svenskfotboll.se/cuper/svenska-cupen-herrar/alla-matcher-2011/. Retrieved 2012-01-03. 
  58. ^ "Helsingborg tog hem Supercupen 2011" (in Swedish). svenskfotboll.se. The Swedish Football Association. http://svenskfotboll.se/cuper/supercupen-herrar/2011/. Retrieved 2012-01-03. 
  59. ^ "UEFA Champions League 2011–2012 Play-off round". uefa.com. UEFA. http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2012/matches/round=2000262/index.html. Retrieved 2012-01-03. 
  60. ^ "UEFA Europa League 2011–2012 Group G". uefa.com. UEFA. http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/season=2012/standings/round=2000272/group=2001551/index.html. Retrieved 2012-01-03. 
  61. ^ "Skytteliga" (in Swedish). svenskfotboll.se. The Swedish Football Association. http://svenskfotboll.se/allsvenskan/tidigare-ar/resultat-2011/statistikligor/?scr=sl. Retrieved 2012-01-03. 
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