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 Helsingborgs IF, Allsvenskan)
Lowest home attendance 7,805 (28 October vs IF Elfsborg, Allsvenskan)
Average home league attendance 13,364 (Allsvenskan only)
Home colours
Away colours
2006
2008

The 2007 season was Malmö FF's 96th 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 club's 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.

Players

Squad

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

No. Position Player
1 Sweden GK Håkan Svensson
2 Denmark DF Ulrich Vinzents
3 Sweden DF Daniel Theorin
4 Liberia DF Jimmy Dixon
5 Brazil DF Gabriel
7 Sweden DF Anders Andersson
8 Brazil FW Júnior
9 Sweden FW Niklas Skoog
10 Finland FW Jari Litmanen
11 Sweden MF Yksel Osmanovski
13 Sweden MF Babis Stefanidis
14 Norway DF Jon Inge Høiland
16 Sweden DF Christian Järdler
17 Sweden MF Joakim Nilsson
No. Position Player
18 Nigeria FW Edward Ofere
19 Sweden MF Johan Andersson
20 Sweden MF Ola Toivonen
21 Ivory Coast DF Raoul Kouakou
22 Sweden MF Robin Nilsson
23 Sweden MF Labinot Harbuzi
24 Sweden MF Philip Milenković
25 Sweden DF Behrang Safari
26 Sweden FW Marcus Pode
27 Sweden MF Anes Mravac
30 Sweden MF Daniel Andersson (Captain)
31 Finland FW Jonatan Johansson
34 Sweden FW Guillermo Molins
35 Sweden GK Jonas Sandqvist

Squad stats

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

Club

Coaching staff

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

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

Other information

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

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

Competitions

Overall

Competition Started roundCurrent
position / round
Final
position / round
First match Last match
Allsvenskan 9th 7 April 200728 October 2007
Svenska Cupen Round 2 Round 3 1 May 200724 May 2007

Source: Competitions

Allsvenskan

Main article: 2007 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 33 418 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 29 301 34
11 GAIS 26 7 8 11 24 3713 29
12 Örebro SK 26 6 7 13 28 4517 25

Source: svenskfotboll.se
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(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.

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
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

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
GroundAHAHHAAHAHHAAHAHAHAHHAAHAH
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 = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

Kickoff times are in CEST.

Svenska Cupen

Main article: 2007 Svenska Cupen

Kickoff times are in CEST.

Non competitive

Pre-season

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