2011 Malmö FF season

Malmö FF
2011 season
Chairman Håkan Jeppsson
Manager Roland Nilsson (until 29 May)
Rikard Norling (from 3 June)
Stadium Swedbank Stadion
Allsvenskan 4th
Svenska Cupen Quarter-finals
Svenska Supercupen Runners-up
UEFA Champions League Play-off round
UEFA Europa League Group stage
Top goalscorer League:
Daniel Larsson (6)
All:
Daniel Larsson (13)
Highest home attendance 23,612 (24 May vs Helsingborgs IF, Allsvenskan)
Lowest home attendance 6,715 (17 October vs Syrianska FC, Allsvenskan)
Average home league attendance 12,388 (Allsvenskan only)
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours
← 2010 2012 →

The 2011 season was Malmö FF's 100th in existence, their 76th season in Allsvenskan and their 11th consecutive season in the league. They competed in Allsvenskan, where they finished in 4th position, Svenska Cupen, where they were knocked out in the quarter-finals, Svenska Supercupen, where they finished as runners-up, the UEFA Champions League, where they were knocked out in the play-off round and finally the UEFA Europa League, where they were knocked out in the group stage. Malmö FF were the reigning champions of Allsvenskan and also returned to European cup play after a five-year absence. Manager Roland Nilsson left the club on 29 May to become the new manager for F.C. Copenhagen, he was replaced by Rikard Norling who officially became the new Malmö FF manager on 3 June.

Summary

Supercupen

The competitive season started on 19 March with Supercupen at Swedbank Stadion against Helsingborgs IF. Malmö FF had qualified for Supercupen by winning Allsvenskan the previous year while Helsingborg qualified by winning Svenska Cupen. The match ended 2–1 in Helsingborgs favour. This was the first time Malmö FF appeared in the competition after its introduction in 2007.

Svenska Cupen

Malmö FF entered their second cup play of the season on 11 May with round 3 of Svenska Cupen against Superettan club Jönköpings Södra IF at Stadsparksvallen, a match Malmö FF won 4–0. The club progressed another round by beating Halmstads BK 3–0 at Örjans Vall before being knocked out of Svenska Cupen in the quarter-finals on penalties by Kalmar FF at Guldfågeln Arena. The result was the best since the 2002 season when the club reached the semi-finals, despite this the result was disappointing since the club had set out to win the cup.

UEFA Champions League

The club entered European cup play on 13 July when they won their home fixture at Swedbank Stadion against HB Tórshavn with 2–0 in the first tier of the second qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League. The away fixture at Gundadalur ended as a draw with 1–1 as Malmö FF progressed to the next qualifying round. Malmö FF were drawn against Rangers F.C. in the third qualifying round and won the first leg 1-0, away at Ibrox. The home fixture at Swedbank Stadion ended as a draw with 1–1 and the club progressed to the play-off round with an aggregate score of 2–1. The club were drawn against Dinamo Zagreb in the play-off round, the first leg of the tie was played at Stadion Maksimir on 17 August and ended 4–1 in Dinamos favour. The second leg was played at Swedbank Stadion on 23 August, the club won the match 2–0, missing out to advance to the group stage by the away goals rule by one goal. Dinamo Zagreb won with an aggregate score of 4–3 and progressed to the group stage of the UEFA Champions League.

UEFA Europa League

Due to being eliminated in the play-off round of the UEFA Champions League, Malmö FF received a place in the group stage of the UEFA Europa League. The group stage was drawn on 26 August 2011. Malmö FF were seeded in the fourth and lowest seeding group and joined AZ, Metalist Kharkiv and Austria Vienna in Group G. This was the first time the club participated in the competition since its re branding and the first time the club participated in the group stage for an official UEFA competition. Malmö FF played their first match on 15 September away against AZ and lost 4–1. The club then played two home fixtures in a row against Austria Vienna, where they lost 2–1 and against Metalist Kharkiv, where they lost 4–1. Malmö FF then travelled to Ukraine to play Metalist Kharkiv away and lost 3–1. The clubs first and only point in the competition would come against AZ at home, a fixture which ended goalless, however the club needed a win to still have the chance to proceed in the competition and were therefore knocked out. Malmö FF's last match in the competition was the away fixture against Austria Vienna who themselves still had a slight chance to proceed. The match ended 2–0 in Austria Viennas favour, however, this wasn't enough for Austria Vienna and they found themselves knocked out of the competition along with Malmö FF while Metalist Kharkiv and AZ proceeded to the round of 32.

Allsvenskan

League play started on 3 April with the away fixture against Trelleborgs FF ironically played at Trelleborgs reserve stadium Swedbank Stadion due to their own Vångavallen being in an unplayable state, Malmö FF won the game 4–2. The club went on to win the next three games as well to mark their best league start in 60 years.[1] As the season progressed the club started to drop in the table and found themselves in the middle of the table after 15 rounds, having only won three additional matches after the first four record breaking wins. The beginning of the season was shaped by the spectator scandal that occurred in the home game against rivals Helsingborgs IF when the game was suspended and Helisngborg being awarded a 3–0 win after an incident report. The club also had to appoint a new manager after Roland Nilsson announced his transfer to FC Copenhagen, Rikard Norling succeeded Nilsson on 3 June. The second part of the season started with three draws in a row as the club was struggling to score on the chances that were created. The 23 July derby against Helsingborg away ended in a 2–2 draw. The club only lost one match in the second part of the season, away against Gefle IF 0–2, other than that the club played well and finished the league season with five wins in a row. Malmö FF finished fourth in Allsvenskan and were thus given bronze medals for their performance.[2]

Key events

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
2 Denmark DF Ulrich Vinzents
3 Sweden DF Jasmin Sudić
4 Sweden DF Daniel Andersson (captain)
5 Serbia MF Miljan Mutavdžić
6 Finland DF Markus Halsti
7 Sweden FW Daniel Larsson
9 Brazil MF Wílton Figueiredo
10 Sweden MF Jiloan Hamad
11 Sweden MF Jeffrey Aubynn
13 Sweden FW Mathias Ranégie
14 Sweden MF Guillermo Molins
14 Sweden DF Miiko Albornoz
15 Sweden DF Pontus Jansson
16 Portugal DF Yago Fernández
No. Position Player
17 Sweden MF Ivo Pękalski
18 Sweden MF Amin Nazari
19 Sweden FW Dardan Rexhepi
20 Brazil DF Ricardinho
21 Sweden MF Jimmy Durmaz
22 Sweden DF Filip Stenström
23 Sweden DF Tobias Malm
24 Sweden FW Agon Mehmeti
25 Czech Republic GK Dušan Melichárek
26 Sweden MF Simon Kroon
27 Sweden GK Johan Dahlin
28 Sweden FW Alexander Nilsson
30 Sweden GK Dejan Garača
33 Sweden DF Filip Helander

Players in/out

In

N
 P
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 EU
 Moving from
 Type
 Transfer
window		 Ends
 Transfer
fee		 Source
23 DF Sweden Tobias Malm 18EU Youth system Promoted Winter 2014 N/A mff.se
18 MF Sweden Amin Nazari 18EU Youth system Promoted Between 2013 N/A mff.se
14 DF Sweden Miiko Albornoz 20EU IF Brommapojkarna Transfer Summer 2015 Unknown mff.se
13 FW Sweden Mathias Ranégie 27EU BK Häcken Transfer Summer 2014 Unknown mff.se
26 MF Sweden Simon Kroon 18EU Youth system Promoted Between 2013 N/A fotbolltransfers.com
33 DF Sweden Filip Helander 18EU Youth system Promoted Between 2013 N/A fotbolltransfers.com

Out

N
 P
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 EU
 Moving to
 Type
 Transfer
window		 Transfer
fee		 Source
– DF Sweden Anes Mravac 21EU IF Limhamn Bunkeflo Transfer Winter Free lb07.se
36 MF Sweden Muamet Asanovski 19EU ABDenmark End of contract Winter Free sydsvenskan.se
4 DF Cameroon Joseph Elanga 31Non-EU Free agent End of contract Winter Free mff.se
10 MF Netherlands Rick Kruys 25EU VolendamNetherlands Loan Winter N/A mff.se
30 GK Sweden Dejan Garača 19EU IF Limhamn Bunkeflo Loan Winter N/A mff.se
22 DF Sweden Filip Stenström 20EU IF Limhamn Bunkeflo Loan Between N/A lb07.se
14 MF Sweden Guillermo Molins 22EU AnderlechtBelgium Transfer Summer Unknown mff.se

Squad stats

No. Pos Nat Player TotalAllsvenskan Svenska Cupen Europe Other
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
2 DF Denmark Ulrich Vinzents 45 1 23 0 3 1 8 0 11 0
4 DF Sweden Daniel Andersson 48 1 25 0 3 1 11 0 9 0
5 MF Serbia Miljan Mutavdžić 42 2 22 1 3 1 9 0 8 0
6 DF Finland Markus Halsti 35 1 16 1 3 0 8 0 8 0
7 FW Sweden Daniel Larsson 51 13 27 6 3 2 12 2 9 3
9 MF Brazil Wilton Figueiredo 45 9 24 5 2 0 11 2 8 2
10 MF Sweden Jiloan Hamad 43 8 20 3 1 1 11 2 11 2
11 MF Sweden Jeffrey Aubynn 43 1 22 1 2 0 8 0 11 0
13 FW Sweden Mathias Ranégie 14 6 7 3 0 0 6 2 1 1
14 MF Sweden Guillermo Molins 18 5 9 3 2 1 0 0 7 1
14 DF Sweden Miiko Albornoz 10 0 6 0 0 0 2 0 2 0
15 DF Sweden Pontus Jansson 35 3 15 2 2 0 11 1 7 0
16 DF Portugal Yago Fernández 23 1 13 1 0 0 1 0 9 0
17 MF Sweden Ivo Pekalski 33 2 19 2 0 0 10 0 4 0
18 MF Sweden Amin Nazari 13 1 7 0 3 1 1 0 2 0
19 FW Sweden Dardan Rexhepi 40 2 23 1 3 0 7 1 7 0
20 DF Brazil Ricardinho 53 1 30 0 3 0 10 0 10 1
21 MF Sweden Jimmy Durmaz 53 8 27 4 3 0 12 0 11 4
22 DF Sweden Filip Stenström 9 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 5 0
23 DF Sweden Tobias Malm 13 1 6 0 1 0 2 0 4 1
24 FW Sweden Agon Mehmeti 41 5 21 4 1 0 11 1 8 0
25 GK Czech Republic Dusan Melichárek 32 0 18 0 2 0 6 0 6 0
26 MF Sweden Simon Kroon 11 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
27 GK Sweden Johan Dahlin 25 0 12 0 0 0 6 0 7 0
28 FW Sweden Alexander Nilsson 12 2 4 0 0 0 2 0 6 2
29 MF Sweden Omid Nazari 8 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
30 GK Sweden Dejan Garača 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
33 DF Sweden Filip Helander 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
— FW Sweden Dino Islamovic 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
— DF Sweden Alexander Blomqvist 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
— DF Sweden Jetmir Useinosvski 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
— MF Sweden Kristoffer Jeppsson 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
— DF Sweden Pa Konate 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
— MF Sweden Tobias Lewicki 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
— MF Sweden Hicham Ali 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
— FW Sweden Erik Pärsson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
— MF Sweden Nikola Zivanovic 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
— DF Sweden Emil Borg 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

Disciplinary record

N
 P
 Nat.
 Name
 Notes
2 DF Denmark Vinzents 4
4 DF Sweden Andersson 1 1
5 MF Serbia Mutavdžić 5
6 DF Finland Halsti 6
7 FW Sweden Larsson 1
9 MF Brazil Figueiredo 6 1
10 MF Sweden Hamad 3
11 MF Sweden Aubynn 3
14 MF Sweden Molins 2
15 DF Sweden Jansson 3
16 DF Portugal Yago 3 1
17 DF Sweden Pękalski 4 1
19 FW Sweden Rexhepi 3 1
21 MF Sweden Durmaz 8
22 DF Sweden Stenström 1
24 FW Sweden Mehmeti 3
26 MF Sweden Kroon 1
29 MF Sweden O.Nazari 1

Source: mff.se
Only competitive matches
= Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.
Notes: Allsvenskan only

Club

Coaching staff

Position Staff
Head Coach First Team Sweden Rikard Norling
Assistant Coach First Team Sweden Anders Palmér
First Team Coach / Head Coach U-21 Sweden Leif Engqvist
Head Coach Youth Academy Sweden Mats Engqvist
Youth Talent Coach Sweden Staffan Tapper
Goalkeeping Coach Sweden Jonnie Fedel
Fitness Coach England Simon Hollyhead
Physiotherapist Sweden Wilner Registre

Source: Malmö FF

Other information

Chairman Sweden Håkan Jeppsson
Managing director Sweden Per Nilsson
Ground (capacity and dimensions) Swedbank Stadion (24,000 / 105x68 m)

Source: Malmö FF and Swedbank Stadion

Competitions

Overall

Competition Started roundCurrent
position / round		 Final
position / round		 First match Last match
Allsvenskan —— 4th 3 April 201123 October 2011
Svenska Cupen Round 3— Quarter-finals 11 May 201115 June 2011
Supercupen Final— Runner-up 19 March 2011
UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round— Play-off round 13 July 201123 August 2011
UEFA Europa League Group stage— Group stage 15 September 201115 December 2011

Source: Competitions

Allsvenskan

League table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Helsingborgs IF (C) 30 18 9 3 55 27+28 63 2012–13 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
2 AIK 30 18 4 8 46 27+19 58 2012–13 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round
3 IF Elfsborg 30 18 3 9 52 32+20 57 2012–13 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round
4 Malmö FF 30 15 9 6 37 30+7 54
5 GAIS 30 16 3 11 47 34+13 51
6 BK Häcken 30 14 7 9 52 32+20 49
7 IFK Göteborg 30 13 6 11 42 34+8 45

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
30 15 9 6 37 30  +7 54 10 3 2 19 12  +7 5 6 4 18 18  0

Source: svenskfotboll.se

Results by round

Note: Since some matches were postponed, the "position" field has been corrected in hindsight.

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
GroundAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAAAHHAAHAHAHHHA
Result W W W W L L D W D L L W D L W D D D W W L D D W D W W W W W
Position 1 1 1 1 3 3 4 3 2 4 8 7 5 7 6 8 6 6 5 5 6 6 5 5 6 5 6 5 4 4

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

Kickoff times are in CEST.

Svenska Supercupen

Kickoff times are in CET.

UEFA Champions League

Qualifying phase and play-off round

Second qualifying round
Third qualifying round
Play-off round

UEFA Europa League

Group stage

Key to colours in group tables
Group winners and runners-up advanced to the round of 32
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Ukraine Metalist Kharkiv 6420156+914
Netherlands AZ 6150107+38
Austria Austria Wien 62221011−18
Sweden Malmö FF 6015415−111

Kickoff times are in CET.

Non competitive

Pre-season

Copa del Sol

Friendlies

Mid-season

Post league-season

Abandoned matches

Malmö FF vs. Helsingborg

1. ^ The Allsvenskan match between Malmö FF and Helsingborg, played at Swedbank Stadion on 24 May, was suspended in the 30th match minute after two spectator related incidents. After Rachid Bouaouzan had opened up the score for Helsingborg a spectator from Malmö FF's standing section threw a firecracker popularly called "bangers" onto the pitch and close to Helsingborg keeper Pär Hansson. The result of the "banger" was that Hansson displayed visually and verbally the fact that he had been hurt and was suffering some kind of ringing in his right ear. Simultaneously a supporter from the same section jumped over the gates restricting access to the pitch and started walking towards Hansson. The man managed to give Hansson a push before being tackled to the ground by Helsingborg player Peter Larsson. The referee Stefan Johannesson ordered all players and club staff of the pitch and adjoining areas as the police carried the attacker off the pitch and into custody. After a twenty-minute wait the speaker announced that the referee had taken the decision to abandon the match and evacuate the spectators from the ground. On 17 June 2011 the Swedish Football Association reached a decision on the outcome of the game. Helsingborg were awarded the game 3–0 although being fined 25 000 SEK, Malmö FF were fined 150 000 SEK as well as the introduction of a net in front of the standing section at Swedbank Stadion.[20] On 18 October 2011, the man who invaded the pitch was sentenced to 120 day-fines, not only for invading the pitch but also for throwing the firecracker. Both Malmö FF and Canal + are planning to sue the man for causing financial damages.[21]

Malmö FF vs. Djurgården

2. ^ The Allsvenskan match between Malmö FF and Djurgården, played at Swedbank Stadion on 30 July, was suspended in the 11th match minute after a spectator related incident. Dardan Rexhepi scored the first goal of the match in the 5th match minute to open up the score for the home side. In the 7th minute, Djurgården forward Daniel Sjölund was given a yellow-card and six fireworks were launched.[22] According to Canal+, one of the fireworks was close to hitting a photographer.[23] There were different opinions as to from where the fireworks came from: Canal+ believed that the fireworks came from the section above the Djurgården terrace while the police believed that all the fireworks came from within the Djurgården section.[24] On 5 September, the Swedish FA made the decision that the game will be replayed from kick-off on 15 October as there was a lack of evidence regarding where the fireworks came from. Due to the rematch date, the Malmö–Syrianska game date was moved to 17 October, as all teams should have at least two rest-days between each game. As a result, Malmö FF played three straight home games in just five days.[25] Malmö FF appealed to change the outcome of the decision to a 3–0 win in Malmö FF's favour since they believed there was sufficient amount of evidence to confirm that the fireworks came from Djurgården supporters. However, on 7 October 2011, the appeal was declined, and the rematch was set to be kicked off on 15 October at 11 am.[26] However, Malmö FF wanted to start the game at 12 pm.[27] The rematch was won by Malmö 1–0.[28]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Jönsson, Jan (2011-04-20). "Bästa MFF-starten på 60 år". Sydsvenskan.se (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 2011-04-27. Retrieved 2011-04-20.
  2. ↑ Åkesson, Richard (2011-10-23). "Pontus Jansson säkrade bronset". Sydsvenskan.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2011-11-03.
  3. ↑ "Asanovski tvingas flytta". sydsvenskan.se (in Swedish).
  4. ↑ "Jeff förlänger kontraktet!". mff.se (in Swedish).
  5. ↑ "Yago och Malm klara!!". mff.se (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 2010-12-11.
  6. ↑ "Ingen Elanga 2011". mff.se (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 2010-12-12.
  7. ↑ "Kruys lånas ut under våren". mff.se (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 2011-01-31.
  8. ↑ "Dejan Garaca lånas ut". mff.se (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 2011-04-17.
  9. ↑ "Hamad förlänger". mff.se (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 2011-11-06.
  10. ↑ "Amin Nazari - dubbelt 18!". mff.se (in Swedish).
  11. ↑ "Jasmin Sudic förlänger". mff.se (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 2011-11-05.
  12. ↑ "LB07 förstärker med allsvensk spelare". lb07.se (in Swedish).
  13. ↑ "Rikard Norling ny tränare i Malmö FF". mff.se (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 2011-06-02.
  14. ↑ "Molins klar för Anderlecht". mff.se (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 2011-06-24.
  15. ↑ "Förlängt kontrakt med Ulrich". mff.se (in Swedish).
  16. ↑ "Kruys ook volgend seizoen in Volendam". jupiterleague.nl (in Dutch).
  17. ↑ "Miiko Albornoz klar för Malmö FF" (in Swedish). brommapojkarna.se. 2011-08-14. Archived from the original on 2011-09-27. Retrieved 2011-08-14.
  18. ↑ "Mathias Ranégie klar för MFF" (in Swedish). mff.se. 2011-08-30. Archived from the original on 2011-10-21. Retrieved 2011-08-30.
  19. ↑ "Ricardinho klar för 3 år till!" (in Swedish). mff.se. 2011-09-29. Archived from the original on 2011-11-03. Retrieved 2011-11-04.
  20. ↑ "Beslut i SvFF:s Disciplinnämnd 17 juni 2011". svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish).
  21. ↑ Tidningarnas Telegrambyrå. Magnus Andersson (2011-10-18). "Böter för Malmöhuligan bara början" (in Swedish). Dagens Nyheter. Retrieved 2011-10-18.
  22. ↑ Sigge Dabrowski (2011-07-30). "Nya läktarskandalen - MFF-Dif avbröts" (in Swedish). Expressen. Retrieved 2011-07-31.
  23. ↑ Patrik Sjögren (2011-07-30). "Ny läktarskandal – matchen avbruten" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. Retrieved 2011-07-31.
  24. ↑ Patrik Sjögren (2011-07-30). "Polisen: Allt kommer från Djurgårdens sida". Aftonbladet. Retrieved 2011-07-31.
  25. ↑ "Beslut i SvFF:s Disciplinnämnd 5 september 2011". The Swedish FA. 2011-09-05. Retrieved 2011-09-05.
  26. ↑ Eriksson, Björn (2011-10-07). "Beslut i Besvärsnämnden 7 oktober 2011" (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 2011-10-07.
  27. ↑ Wulcan, Markus (2011-10-07). "MFF vill spela – mitt i natten" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. Retrieved 2011-10-07.
  28. ↑ Henrik Lundgren (2011-10-15). "Vi vet att vi behöver två poäng till" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. Retrieved 2011-10-16.
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