1979 Malmö FF season

Malmö FF

1979 season
Chairman	Hans Cavalli-Björkman
Head coach	Bob Houghton
Stadium	Malmö Stadion
Allsvenskan	4th
1978–79 European Cup	Runners-up
1979–80 UEFA Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	Tommy Andersson (5)
Home colours
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The 1979 season was Malmö FF's 68th in existence, their 46th season in Allsvenskan and their 43th consecutive season in the league. They competed in Allsvenskan where they finished fourth, the 1978–79 European Cup where they finished as runners-up and the 1979–80 UEFA Cup where they were knocked out in the second round. Malmö FF also participated in two competitions in which the club continued playing in for the 1980 season, Svenska Cupen and the Intercontinental Cup. The season began with the first leg of the Quarter-finals of the European Cup on 7 March, league play started on 16 April and lasted until 28 October. The season ended with the first leg of the Intercontinental Cup on 18 November.

For the first time in the club's history, Malmö FF reached the final of the European Cup. They were defeated 1-0 by English team Nottingham Forest. As Forest turned down the chance to play in the Intercontinental Cup, Malmö FF took their place, and faced Paraguayan side Olimpia. The South American club won 3-1 on aggregate.

First-team squad

Squad at end of season^[1]

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

No. Position Player DF Arne Åkesson GK Jan Möller DF Magnus Andersson DF Roland Andersson DF Roy Andersson DF Mats Arvidsson DF Ingemar Erlandsson DF Kent Jönsson DF Krister Kristensson DF Denny Petrusson MF Jan-Olov Kinnvall MF Bo Larsson

No. Position Player MF Anders Ljungberg MF Claes Malmberg MF Björn Nilsson MF Robert Prytz MF Staffan Tapper (captain) FW Tommy Andersson FW Sanny Åslund FW Tore Cervin FW Tommy Hansson FW Ulf Mårtensson FW Anders Ohlsson

Competitions

Allsvenskan

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Halmstads BK (C)	26	12	12	2	38	21	+17	36	1980–81 European Cup First round
2	IFK Göteborg	26	13	9	4	44	24	+20	35	1980–81 UEFA Cup First round
3	IF Elfsborg	26	14	5	7	35	24	+11	33
4	Malmö FF	26	12	8	6	30	24	+6	32	1980–81 European Cup Winners' Cup First round 1
5	IFK Norrköping	26	11	9	6	44	28	+16	31
6	Hammarby IF	26	11	6	9	46	36	+10	28
7	Östers IF	26	9	10	7	32	28	+4	28
8	Kalmar FF	26	8	8	10	42	39	+3	24
9	IFK Sundsvall	26	8	7	11	31	41	−10	23
10	Djurgårdens IF	26	7	8	11	28	35	−7	22
11	Åtvidabergs FF	26	7	8	11	20	27	−7	22
12	Landskrona BoIS	26	8	5	13	32	41	−9	21
13	AIK (R)	26	5	10	11	24	35	−11	20	Relegation to Division 2
14	IS Halmia (R)	26	2	5	19	15	58	−43	9

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
¹Malmö FF qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup as Svenska Cupen champions 1979–80.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (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; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Matches

Round 1 16 April 1979	Malmö FF	1 – 0	Hammarby IF	Malmö
				Stadium: Malmö Stadion

Round 2 28 April 1979	Kalmar FF	0 – 1	Malmö FF	Kalmar
				Stadium: Fredriksskans

Round 3 3 May 1979	Malmö FF	3 – 0	IF Elfsborg	Malmö
				Stadium: Malmö Stadion

Round 4 6 May 1979	IFK Norrköping	1 – 0	Malmö FF	Norrköping
				Stadium: Idrottsparken

Round 5 14 May 1979	Malmö FF	2 – 2	Halmstads BK	Malmö
				Stadium: Malmö Stadion

Round 6 17 May 1979	IFK Sundsvall	1 – 2	Malmö FF	Sundsvall
				Stadium: Idrottsparken

Round 7 21 May 1979	IS Halmia	1 – 1	Malmö FF	Halmstad
				Stadium: Örjans Vall

Round 9 4 June 1979	Landskrona BoIS	0 – 1	Malmö FF	Landskrona
				Stadium: Landskrona IP

Round 10 13 June 1979	Malmö FF	0 – 2	Östers IF	Malmö
				Stadium: Malmö Stadion

Round 11 18 June 1979	Åtvidabergs FF	0 – 0	Malmö FF	Åtvidaberg
				Stadium: Kopparvallen

Round 8 21 June 1979	Malmö FF	0 – 4	IFK Göteborg	Malmö
				Stadium: Malmö Stadion

Round 12 25 June 1979	Malmö FF	0 – 0	AIK	Malmö
				Stadium: Malmö Stadion

Round 13 4 July 1979	Djurgårdens IF	0 – 1	Malmö FF	Stockholm
				Stadium: Stockholms Stadion

Round 14 18 July 1979	Malmö FF	1 – 0	Djurgårdens IF	Malmö
				Stadium: Malmö Stadion

Round 15 1 August 1979	AIK	1 – 1	Malmö FF	Solna
				Stadium: Råsunda

Round 16 9 August 1979	Malmö FF	2 – 0	Åtvidabergs FF	Malmö
				Stadium: Malmö Stadion

Round 17 20 August 1979	Halmstads BK	1 – 1	Malmö FF	Halmstad
				Stadium: Örjans Vall

Round 18 23 August 1979	Malmö FF	3 – 0	IFK Sundsvall	Malmö
				Stadium: Malmö Stadion

Round 19 30 August 1979	Östers IF	2 – 0	Malmö FF	Växjö
				Stadium: Värendsvallen

Round 20 10 September 1979	Malmö FF	3 – 1	Landskrona BoIS	Malmö
				Stadium: Malmö Stadion

Round 21 13 September 1979	IFK Göteborg	1 – 1	Malmö FF	Gothenburg
				Stadium: Ullevi

Round 22 23 September 1979	Malmö FF	3 – 0	IS Halmia	Malmö
				Stadium: Malmö Stadion

Round 23 30 September 1979	Malmö FF	0 – 3	Kalmar FF	Malmö
				Stadium: Malmö Stadion

Round 24 14 October 1979	Hammarby IF	0 – 1	Malmö FF	Stockholm
				Stadium: Söderstadion

Round 25 20 October 1979	Malmö FF	1 – 1	IFK Norrköping	Malmö
				Stadium: Malmö Stadion

Round 26 28 October 1979	IF Elfsborg	3 – 1	Malmö FF	Borås
				Stadium: Ryavallen

Svenska Cupen

The tournament continued into the 1980 season.

Fourth round 25 July 1979	IF Brommapojkarna	0 – 4	Malmö FF	Stockholm

Fifth round 26 August 1979	Malmö FF	2 – 1 (aet)	IF Elfsborg	Malmö
				Stadium: Malmö Stadion

Sixth round 17 October 1979	Malmö FF	3 – 0	Västerås SK	Malmö
				Stadium: Malmö Stadion

European Cup

The tournament continued from the 1978 season.

Quarter-finals

First Leg 7 March 1979	Wisła Kraków	2 – 1	Malmö FF	Kraków, Poland
	Nawałka  26' Kmiecik  85'	Report	Hansson  13'	Stadium: Stadion Miejski

Second Leg 21 March 1979	Malmö FF	4 – 1 (5 – 3 agg.)	Wisła Kraków	Malmö, Sweden
	Ljungberg  65' (pen.), 72', 90' (pen.) Cervin  82'	Report	Kmiecik  58'	Stadium: Malmö Stadion

Semi-finals

First Leg 11 April 1979	Austria Vienna	0 – 0	Malmö FF	Vienna, Austria
		Report		Stadium: Ernst-Happel-Stadion

Second Leg 25 April 1979	Malmö FF	1 – 0 (1 – 0 agg.)	Austria Vienna	Malmö, Sweden
	Hansson  47'	Report		Stadium: Malmö Stadion

Final

Final 30 May 1979	Nottingham Forest	1 – 0	Malmö FF	Munich, West Germany
20:15 CEST	Francis  45'	Report		Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 57,500 Referee: Erich Linemayr (Austria)

UEFA Cup

First round

First Leg 19 September 1979	KPT Kuopio	1 – 2	Malmö FF	Kuopio, Finland
				Stadium: Väinölänniemen stadion

Second Leg 3 October 1979	Malmö FF	2 – 0 (4 – 1 agg.)	KPT Kuopio	Malmö, Sweden
				Stadium: Malmö IP

Second round

First Leg 24 October 1979	Feyenoord	4 – 0	Malmö FF	Rotterdam, Netherlands
				Stadium: Stadion Feijenoord

Second Leg 7 November 1979	Malmö FF	1 – 1 (1 – 5 agg.)	Feyenoord	Malmö, Sweden
				Stadium: Malmö IP

Intercontinental Cup

The tournament continued into the 1980 season.

First Leg 18 November 1979	Malmö FF	0 – 1	Olimpia	Malmö, Sweden
			Isasi  41'	Stadium: Malmö Stadion Attendance: 5,000

References

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