FC Rosengård

FC Rosengård

Full name	Fotboll Club Rosengård
Founded	7 September 1970 (1970-09-07) as Malmö FF Dam 12 December 2013 (2013-12-12) as FC Rosengård Malmö
Ground	Malmö IP, Malmö
Ground Capacity	7.600
Chairman	Cecilia Tholse
Manager	Jonas Eidevall
League	Damallsvenskan
2013	Damallsvenskan, 1st
Home colours Away colours

FC Rosengård (formerly Malmö FF Dam (1970–2007) and LdB FC Malmö (2007–2013) is a professional football club based in Malmö, Scania, Sweden. The team was established as Malmö FF Dam in 1970 and has played 22 seasons in the Women's premier division, Damallsvenskan. The team has eight championship gold medals, the latest from 2013. As of 2010 the club ranks first in the overall Damallsvenskan table.^[1] FC Rosengård play their home games at Malmö IP in Malmö. From 2014 and onwards the club will be known as FC Rosengård as the club have merged with FC Rosengård, a club which has both men's and women's teams.^[2]

History

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 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. The change of name was related to a SEK24 million sponsorship deal with Swedish skincare firm Hardford; whose leading brand Lait de Beauté (lit. beauty milk) became the name of the club.^[3]

After six runner-up finishes since their 1994 title, the team finally won another Damallsvenskan championship in 2010 which qualified them for the 2011–12 UEFA Women's Champions League. LdB FC managed the feat to defend their title in Damallsvenskan for the 2011 season. In 2012 they lost the title to Tyresö FF in the final game of the season after a 0-1 defeat. 2013 they won gold again, with the (2-3) win in the early series-finale against current arch-enemies Tyresö FF being the turning point of the season.

Current squad

FCR's Nilla Fischer (centre) in July 2011

As of 8 May 2013:^[4] 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 Thora Helgadóttir 2 DF Saga Frediksson 3 MF Amanda Ilestedt 4 DF Malin Levenstad 5 DF Alexandra Riley 6 FW Katrine Veje 7 MF Sara Björk Gunnarsdóttir 8 MF Frida Nordin 9 FW Elin Rubensson 10 FW Ramona Bachmann 11 DF Anita Asante

No. Position Player 12 MF Yoreli Rincón 15 MF Therese Sjögran 16 DF Lina Nilsson 17 MF Sofia Anker-Kofoed 19 MF Katrin Schmidt 20 MF Anna Welin 22 MF Kathleen Radtke 30 GK Zecira Musovic 31 FW Anja Mittag 51 MF Lisa Ek

Notable former players

• Manon Melis
• Nilla Fischer
• Caroline Seger

Achievements

Note: Achievements of Malmö FF Dam, LdB FC Malmö and FC Rosengård are all counted here

Domestic

• Swedish Champions
  • Winners (8): 1986, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 2010, 2011, 2013

League

• Damallsvenskan (Tier 1)
  • Winners (7): 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 2010, 2011, 2013
  • Runners-up (9): 1989, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2012
• Division 1 Södra (Tier 1)
  • Runners-up (1): 1986
• Division 2 Södra Götaland (Tier 2)
  • Winners (1): 1980

Cups

• Svenska Cupen:
  • Winners (2): 1990, 1997
  • Runners-up (1): 2003
• Swedish Championship play-offs
  • Winners (3): 1986, 1990, 1991
  • Runners-up (3): 1989, 1998, 1999
• Svenska Supercupen:
  • Winners (2): 2011, 2012

Footnotes

1. ↑ http://svenskfotboll.se/damallsvenskan/historik/maratontabell-1988-/
2. ↑ "LDB blir FC Rosengård". sydsvenskan.se (in Swedish). Sydsvenskan. 9 October 2013. Retrieved 13 October 2013. 
3. ↑ "MFF dam byter namn till LDB Football Club". sydsvenskan.se. Retrieved 2010-03-06. 
4. ↑ FC Malmö squad UEFA.com, 7 October 2011

External links

Media related to LdB FC Malmö at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website (Swedish)