2007 Malmö FF season

Malmö FF

2007 season
Chairman	Bengt Madsen
Manager	Sören Åkeby
Stadium	Malmö Stadion
Allsvenskan	9th
Svenska Cupen	Round 3
Top goalscorer	League: Júnior (9) All: Júnior (16)
Highest home attendance	22,746 (7 August vs Helsingborg, Allsvenskan)
Lowest home attendance	7,805 (28 October vs Elfsborg, Allsvenskan)
Average home attendance	13,364 (Allsvenskan only)
Home colours Away colours
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The 2007 season was Malmö FF´s 98th in existence, their 72nd season in Allsvenskan and their 7th consecutive season in the league. They competed in Allsvenskan where they finished in 9th position and Svenska Cupen where they were knocked out in the third round. The result in Allsvenskan was the clubs worst league performance since the 2001 season when they also finished 9th, as a result of this, manager Sören Åkebys contract was not renewed and Roland Nilsson was announced as the new Malmö FF manager in October 2007.

Contents 1 Players 1.1 Squad 1.2 Squad stats 2 Club 2.1 Coaching staff 2.2 Other information 3 Competitions 3.1 Overall 3.2 Allsvenskan 3.2.1 League table 3.2.2 Results summary 3.2.3 Results by round 3.2.4 Matches 3.3 Svenska Cupen 4 Non competitive 4.1 Pre-season 4.2 Mid-season

Players

Squad

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Håkan Svensson 2 DF Ulrich Vinzents 3 DF Daniel Theorin 4 DF Jimmy Dixon 5 DF Gabriel 7 DF Anders Andersson 8 FW Júnior 9 FW Niklas Skoog 10 FW Jari Litmanen 11 MF Yksel Osmanovski 13 MF Babis Stefanidis 14 DF Jon Inge Høiland 16 DF Christian Järdler 17 MF Joakim Nilsson

No. Position Player 18 FW Edward Ofere 19 MF Johan Andersson 20 MF Ola Toivonen 21 DF Raoul Kouakou 22 MF Robin Nilsson 23 MF Labinot Harbuzi 24 MF Philip Milenković 25 DF Behrang Safari 26 FW Marcus Pode 27 MF Anes Mravac 30 MF Daniel Andersson (Captain) 31 FW Jonatan Johansson 34 FW Guillermo Molins 35 GK Jonas Sandqvist

Squad stats

No.	Nat	Pos	Player	Total		Allsvenskan		Svenska Cupen		Other
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1		GK	Håkan Svensson	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
2		DF	Ulrich Vinzents	38	1	25	0	2	0	11	1
3		FW	Daniel Theorin	9	0	1	0	1	0	7	0
4		DF	Jimmy Dixon	29	0	21	0	0	0	8	0
5		DF	Gabriel	23	0	13	0	2	0	8	0
7		MF	Anders Andersson	36	0	25	0	1	0	10	0
8		FW	Júnior	32	16	21	9	1	2	10	5
9		FW	Niklas Skoog	19	7	16	5	0	0	3	2
11		MF	Yksel Osmanovski	34	4	23	1	1	0	10	3
13		MF	Babis Stefanidis	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	0
14		DF	Jon Inge Høiland	16	2	14	1	1	1	1	0
16		DF	Christian Järdler	21	1	12	0	2	0	7	1
17		MF	Joakim Nilsson	23	0	13	0	1	0	9	0
18		FW	Edward Ofere	25	5	14	0	1	4	10	1
19		MF	Johan Andersson	8	2	5	0	2	2	1	0
20		FW	Ola Toivonen	35	7	24	3	2	2	9	2
21		DF	Raoul Kouakou	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
22		MF	Robin Nilsson	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
23		MF	Labinot Harbuzi	14	0	12	0	0	0	2	0
24		DF	Philip Milenković	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
25		DF	Behrang Safari	35	0	24	0	1	0	10	0
26		FW	Marcus Pode	16	1	7	0	2	1	7	0
27		DF	Anes Mravac	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
30		MF	Daniel Andersson	34	4	23	4	2	0	9	0
31		FW	Jonatan Johansson	29	6	21	6	1	0	7	0
34		MF	Guillermo Molins	13	0	9	0	2	0	2	0
35		GK	Jonas Sandqvist	34	0	26	0	1	0	7	0
–		MF	Daniel Sliper	4	1	0	0	0	0	4	1
–		GK	Jonnie Fedel	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
–		MF	Erdin Demir	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
–		FW	Agon Mehmeti	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
–		MF	Joakim Persson	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
–		MF	Paulo Sérgio	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

Club

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Head Coach First Team	Sören Åkeby
Assistant Coach First Team	Anders Johansson
Assistant Coach First Team	Alf Westerberg

Source: MFF-aren 2007. Malmö FF. 2007. 

Other information

Chairman	Bengt Madsen
Sport director	Hasse Borg
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	Malmö Stadion (27,500 / )

Source: MFF-aren 2007. Malmö FF. 2007. 

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Allsvenskan	—	—	9th	7 April 2007	28 October 2007
Svenska Cupen	Round 2	—	Round 3	1 May 2007	24 May 2007

Source: Competitions

Allsvenskan

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
6	Hammarby IF	26	11	3	12	35	31	+4	36
7	Halmstads BK	26	9	9	8	33	41	−8	36
8	Helsingborgs IF	26	9	8	9	49	37	+12	35
9	Malmö FF	26	9	7	10	29	28	+1	34
10	Gefle IF	26	9	7	10	29	30	−1	34
11	GAIS	26	7	8	11	24	37	−13	29
12	Örebro SK	26	6	7	13	28	45	−17	25

Source: svenskfotboll.se
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
26	9	7	10	29	28	+1	34	4	5	4	15	12	+3	5	2	6	14	16	−2

Source: svenskfotboll.se

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26
Ground	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	D	W	L	W	D	W	D	D	W	L	L	W	L	D	L	D	W	W	L	D	W	L	L	L	W	L
Position	4	4	8	2	3	3	2	4	2	5	7	4	5	6	7	8	8	6	9	7	7	8	8	9	7	9

Source: see below
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Lose; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

Kickoff times are in CEST.

Round 1 7 April 2007	Elfsborg	1 – 1	Malmö FF	Borås Arena, Borås
16:00	Holmén  37'	(Report)	Johansson  28'	Attendance: 12,637 Referee: Martin Hansson (Holmsjö)

Round 2 16 April 207	Malmö FF	1 – 0	GAIS	Malmö Stadion, Malmö
19:00	Júnior  2'	(Report)		Attendance: 17,602 Referee: Stefan Johannesson (Stocksund

Round 3 22 April 2007	Trelleborg	2 – 1	Malmö FF	Vångavallen, Trelleborg
15:00	Augustsson  32' Mensah  42'	(Report)	D.Andersson  59'	Attendance: 9,045 Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Stockholm)

Round 4 28 April 2007	Malmö FF	4 – 0	AIK	Malmö Stadion, Malmö
16:00	Júnior  24', 48' Toivonen  37' Johansson  77'	(Report)		Attendance: 15,876 Referee: Peter Fröjdfeldt (Eskilstuna)

Round 5 8 May 2007	Malmö FF	1 – 1	Hammarby	Malmö Stadion, Malmö
19:00	D.Andersson  9'	(Report)	Eguren  32'	Attendance: 15,607 Referee: Åke Andreasson (Stenungsund)

Round 6 15 May 2007	Helsingborg	0 – 1	Malmö FF	Olympia, Helsingborg
19:00		(Report)	Toivonen  26'	Attendance: 16,500 Referee: Peter Fröjdfeldt (Eskilstuna)

Round 7 20 May 2007	Örebro	1 – 1	Malmö FF	Behrn Arena, Örebro
17:00	Richardsson  90'	(Report)	D.Andersson  34'	Attendance: 7,973 Referee: Markus Strömbergsson (Gävle)

Round 8 27 May 2007	Malmö FF	1 – 1	Gefle	Malmö Stadion, Malmö
17:00	Høiland  2'	(Report)	Westlin  38'	Attendance: 11,408 Referee: Åke Andreasson (Stenungsund)

Round 9 11 June 2007	Brommapojkarna	0 – 1	Malmö FF	Stockholms Stadion, Stockholm
19:00		(Report)	Skoog  80'	Attendance: 3,410 Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Stockholm)

Round 10 14 June 2007	Malmö FF	1 – 2	Halmstad	Malmö Stadion, Malmö
19:00	Johansson  77'	(Report)	Tahirović  44' Rosén  71'	Attendance: 14,328 Referee: Stefan Johannesson (Stocksund)

Round 11 26 June 2007	Malmö FF	1 – 2	Kalmar FF	Malmö Stadion, Malmö
20:00	Osmanovski  42'	(Report)	Sorin  10' Ari  73'	Attendance: 12,927 Referee: Peter Fröjdfeldt (Eskilstuna)

Round 12 2 July 2007	IFK Göteborg	1 – 2	Malmö FF	Ullevi, Gothenburg
19:00	Berg  69'	(Report)	Skoog  21' Júnior  90'	Attendance: 11,270 Referee: Stefan Johannesson (Stocksund)

Round 13 7 July 2007	Djurgården	1 – 0	Malmö FF	Stockholms Stadion, Stockholm
16:00	Kusi-Asare  69'	(Report)		Attendance: 11,515 Referee: Peter Fröjdfeldt (Eskilstuna)

Round 14 17 July 2007	Malmö FF	1 – 1	Djurgården	Malmö Stadion, Malmö
20:00	Johansson  56'	(Report)	Davids  29'	Attendance: 15,976 Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Stockholm)

Round 15 1 August 2007	Hammarby	1 – 0	Malmö FF	Söderstadion, Stockholm
20:00	Paulinho  8'	(Report)		Attendance: 14,063 Referee: Peter Fröjdfeldt (Eskilstuna)

Round 16 7 August 2007	Malmö FF	1 – 1	Helsingborg	Malmö Stadion, Malmö
20:00	Júnior  34'	(Report)	Omotoyossi  54'	Attendance: 22,746 Referee: Martin Hansson (Holmsjö)

Round 17 13 August 2007	Halmstad	1 – 3	Malmö FF	Örjans Vall, Halmstad
19:00	Arvidsson  11'	(Report)	Johansson  20' Júnior  67' Skoog  90'	Attendance: 10,127 Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Stockholm)

Round 18 18 August 2007	Malmö FF	2 – 0	Brommapojkarna	Malmö Stadion, Malmö
16:00	D.Andersson  41' Júnior  41'	(Report)		Attendance: 10,100 Referee: Sven-Martin Åkesson (Solna)

Round 19 26 August 2007	AIK	3 – 1	Malmö FF	Råsunda, Solna
17:00	Figueiredo  6', 65' Pavey  11'	(Report)	Toivonen  89'	Attendance: 23,212 Referee: Markus Strömbergsson (Gävle)

Round 20 1 September 2007	Malmö FF	0 – 0	Trelleborg	Malmö Stadion, Malmö
16:00		(Report)		Attendance: 9,186 Referee: Håkan Jonasson (Helsingborg)

Round 21 17 September 2007	Malmö FF	1 – 0	Örebro	Malmö Stadion, Malmö
19:00	Júnior  48'	(Report)		Attendance: 8,954 Referee: Markus Strömbergsson (Gävle)

Round 22 24 September 2007	Gefle	2 – 1	Malmö FF	Strömvallen, Gävle
19:00	Oremo  59' Bapupa  90'	(Report)	Skoog  87'	Attendance: 4,423 Referee: Keijo Hyvärinen (Haparanda)

Round 23 1 October 2007	Kalmar FF	2 – 0	Malmö FF	Fredriksskans, Kalmar
19:00	Santin  28' Ingelsten  35'	(Report)		Attendance: 6,261 Referee: Markus Strömbergsson (Gävle)

Round 24 6 October 2007	Malmö FF	0 – 2	IFK Göteborg	Malmö Stadion, Malmö
16:00		(Report)	Selakovic  34' Hysén  73'	Attendance: 11,219 Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Stockholm)

Round 25 22 October 2007	GAIS	1 – 2	Malmö FF	Ullevi, Gothenburg
19:00	Christoforidis  53'	(Report)	Skoog  10' Johansson  28'	Attendance: 3,423 Referee: Stefan Johannesson (Stocksund)

Round 26 28 October 2007	Malmö FF	1 – 2	Elfsborg	Malmö Stadion, Malmö
15:00	Júnior  11'	(Report)	A.Svensson  12' M.Svensson  60'	Attendance: 7,805 Referee: Åke Andreasson (Stenungsund)

Svenska Cupen

Kickoff times are in CEST.

Round 2 1 May 2007	Stenungsunds IF	0 – 11	Malmö FF	Nösnäsvallen, Stenungsund
15:00	Ofere  3', 49', 66', 83' Pode  9' Júnior  23', 60' J.Andersson  42', 83' Toivonen  73', 88'	(Report)		Attendance: 1,100 Referee: Antti Kanerva (Olofstorp)

Round 3 24 May 2007	Landskrona BoIS	2 – 1	Malmö FF	Landskrona IP, Landskrona
19:00	Dahlgren  15' Nezirovac  39'	(Report)	Høiland  89'	Attendance: 2,982 Referee: Håkan Jonasson (Helsingborg)

Non competitive

Pre-season

Match	Date	Competition or tour	Ground	Opponent	Score1	Scorers	GD
1	10 February 2007	—	H	Stadslaget	1 - 0	Sliper 51'	1
2	17 February 2007	—	H	HB Køge	4 - 0	Júnior 11' Toivonen 36' Skoog 62' Järdler 76'	4
3	24 February 2007	—	H	Herfølge BK	0 - 1		-1
4	28 February 2007	—	H	Östers IF	0 - 1		-1
5	3 March 2007	—	H	FC Nordsjælland	2 - 1	Osmanovski 23' Júnior 45'	1
6	7 March 2007	—	H	Örgryte IS	4 - 0	Vinzents 30' Skoog 49' Nilsson 84' Toivonen 89'	4
7	16 March 2007	Larnaca	N	AGF	1 - 2	Ofere 58'	-1
8	19 March 2007	Larnaca	N	Örebro SK	0 - 1		-1
9	24 March 2007	—	H	Lyn	2 - 1	Júnior 14' Osmanovski 90'	1
10	28 March 2007	—	H	Falkenbergs FF	2 - 0	Júnior 49' Osmanovski 63'	2
11	1 April 2007	—	A	Halmstads BK	1 - 0	Júnior 6'	1

Source: MFF-aren 2007. Malmö FF. 2007. 
¹Malmö FF goals come first.
Country's flag depict country of foreign team to that of Malmö FF.
Ground: H = Home; A = Away; N = Neutral; HR = Home replacement; AR = Away replacement; GD = Goal difference

Mid-season

Match	Date	Competition or tour	Ground	Opponent	Score1	Scorers	GD
1	27 July 2007	—	A	Hansa Rostock	0 - 1		-1

Source: MFF-aren 2007. Malmö FF. 2007. 
¹Malmö FF goals come first.
Country's flag depict country of foreign team to that of Malmö FF.
Ground: H = Home; A = Away; N = Neutral; HR = Home replacement; AR = Away replacement; GD = Goal difference

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