2012 Malmö FF season

Malmö FF

2012 season
Chairman	Håkan Jeppsson
Manager	Rikard Norling
Stadium	Swedbank Stadion
Allsvenskan	3rd
Top goalscorer	League: Mathias Ranégie (10) All: Mathias Ranégie (16)
Highest home attendance	23,638 (10 May vs. Helsingborgs IF)
Lowest home attendance	10,088 (27 August vs. IFK Norrköping)
Average home league attendance	14,799
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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The 2012 season was Malmö FF's 101st in existence, their 77th season in Allsvenskan and their 12th consecutive season in the league. They competed in Allsvenskan where they finished in 3rd position. Malmö FF also participated in one competition in which the club continued playing in for the 2013 season, 2012–13 Svenska Cupen. The season was Rikard Norlings first full season as the club's manager as he joined the club halfway through the 2011 season. Ulrich Vinzents was appointed new club captain as the former captain, Daniel Andersson, announced that he would prioritise his coaching career as one of Malmö FF's three assistant managers. However, injury problems for the club's defender saw Andersson playing ten out of twelve league matches before the break for UEFA Euro 2012 and thus also holding the captaincy, Andersson continued to play sporadically after the summer break. Appointed captain Vinzents was injured in an early stage of the season and Miiko Albornoz was brought into the starting eleven, Albornoz held the position until the end of the season. Due to these circumstances third captain Jiloan Hamad held the captaincy for the majority of the matches throughout the season.

Summary

Allsvenskan

The competitive league season started on 2 April when Malmö FF played against Gefle IF in a home fixture at Swedbank Stadion, the match ended in a draw 0–0. The spring season lasted until 24 May when Allsvenskan took a break due to the UEFA Euro 2012, Malmö's last match in the league before the break was the away fixture against GIF Sundsvall with resulted in a 1–1 draw. The league resumed play on 2 July when Malmö played at home against AIK where Malmö took and impressive 4–0 victory. The season then continued until early November with Malmö playing their last match of the season against AIK at Råsunda, this match was the last ever Allsvenskan fixture at the stadium before demolition, only two additional matches in the group stage of the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League remained for AIK to play at the stadium. The fixture AIK vs Malmö FF was also the very first match held at the stadium in 1937, the last fixture was officially requested from AIK.

Malmö FF struggled to score in the early stages of the season and didn't record a goal until 64th minute in the third league game of the season, home against Kalmar FF, this was also the club's first win for the season. The first away fixture for the season against BK Häcken was lost 5–0, the club's biggest loss in the league since the 2001 season. The team continued to play well at home, winning all five home games after the first fixture to the break for the UEFA Euro 2012 with a goal difference of 10–1. However, the team were clearly struggling away from home, in six away fixtures the team only managed to win the match against Djurgårdens IF after a late goal in the 88th minute. The remaining away fixtures before the UEFA Euro 2012 break resulted in three drawn and two lost matches, the away fixture goal difference at this time was 10–15. At the time of the break Malmö FF occupied second position in the league table, eight points behind leaders IF Elfsborg and one point ahead of third placed AIK, Mathias Ranégie was the club's best goalscorer with five goals in the league.

Malmö FF continued to win at home, winning the two first home matches after the break against AIK and GAIS. However the team lost surprisingly away from home against the relegation threatened Örebro SK who had only won one match before this. Just after this set of matches Malmö started winning away from home when the team took two away wins in a row against GAIS and Gefle IF. When Malmö lost away against leaders Elfsborg with 4–1 and drew with Häcken at home in a goalless match Malmö dropped from second to third in the league table behind Häcken and Elfsborg with 9 matches left to play. The team continued to drop points in some important matches, specifically losing their first home game of the season against IFK Göteborg 2–1, this resulted in a drop in the table to fourth place. After this match Malmö improved and won four matches in a row to top the table for the first time with two matches left of the season. Malmö were level at points with Elfsborg and two points ahead of third placed Häcken. The last home game of the season at Swedbank Stadion against already relegated Örebro resulted in a 1–1 draw, Malmö now positioned second had to win their last game against AIK at the same time as Elfsborg lost points at home against Åtvidabergs FF. However this proved to a difficult scenario as AIK took a comfortable lead after 33 minutes at the same time as Elfsborg were leading at home. AIK later increased their lead to 2–0 which became the final score. Åtvidaberg later equalised against Elfsborg for the match to end 1–1, however this was enough for Elfsborg to be crowned league champions. Malmö dropped down to a final third place as Häcken won their last game of the season away from home against Sundsvall 2–1. Mathias Ranégie became Malmö FF's best goalscorer of the season with 6 goals scored even though he was sold to Italian side Udinese on the last day of the summer transfer window.

Svenska Cupen

It was decided in late 2011 that the format of the cup was to be changed to the fall–spring format instead of the current calendar year format. On 6 August the round of the tournament was drawn with Malmö facing Sandvikens IF at Jernvallen in Sandviken, the match was played on 20 August 2012. Malmö were 3–1 down until the 76th minute of the match and looked to be heading out of the competition, one goal each from Mathias Ranégie (who had previously scored the opening goal after three minutes) and Tokelo Rantie took the match to extra time. Two additional goals from Rantie to complete his hat-trick and one goal from Wílton Figueiredo turned the game to Malmö's favour and the club eventually made it through with a final score of 6–3. Malmö went on to compete in the tournament's group stage in March 2013.

Key events

• 27 October 2011: Goalkeeper Dejan Garača and forward Agon Mehmeti leaves the club on free transfer.^[1] Goalkeeper Robin Olsen joins the club on a three-year contract transferring from IFK Klagshamn.^[2]
• 9 December 2011: Midfielder Jeffrey Aubynn leaves the club on free transfer.^[3]
• 13 December 2011: Midfielder Erik Friberg joins the club on a three-year contract transferring from Seattle Sounders FC.^[4]
• 23 December 2011: Midfielder Simon Thern joins the club on a three-year contract transferring from Helsingborgs IF.^[5]
• 23 December 2011: Midfielder Omid Nazari leaves the club, transferring to Ängelholms FF.^[6]
• 12 January 2012: Defender Tobias Malm leaves the club on loan to Trelleborgs FF for the duration of the season.^[7]
• 31 January: Defender Ulrich Vinzents is named the new club captain.^[8]
• 20 February 2012: Goalkeeper Viktor Noring joins the club on loan until 20 August 2012, transferring from Trelleborgs FF.^[9]
• 13 June 2012: Goalkeeper Johan Dahlin signs a new two and a half year contract, keeping him at the club until the end of the 2014 season.^[10]
• 17 July 2012: Defender Filip Helander signs a new three and a half year contract, his first contract for the first team, keeping him at the club until the end of the 2015 season.^[11]
• 30 July 2012: Defender Matias Concha joins the club on a two and a half year contract, transferring from German club Bochum.^[12]
• 9 August 2012: Forward Tokelo Rantie joins the club on a one and a half year loan deal transferring from Stars of Africa Academy.^[13]
• 22 August 2012: Goalkeeper Zlatan Azinović joins the club on a half year contract, transferring from Trelleborgs FF.^[14]
• 31 August 2012: Forward Mathias Ranégie leaves the club, transferring to Udinese.^[15]
• 31 August 2012: Midfielder David Löfquist joins the club on loan until 31 December 2012, transferring from Parma.^[16]

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 DF Ulrich Vinzents (captain) 3 DF Jasmin Sudić 4 DF Daniel Andersson 5 DF Pontus Jansson 6 DF Markus Halsti 7 FW Daniel Larsson 8 MF Erik Friberg 9 MF Wílton Figueiredo 10 MF Jiloan Hamad 11 MF Simon Thern 13 FW Mathias Ranégie 14 DF Miiko Albornoz 15 DF Filip Helander 17 MF Ivo Pękalski 18 MF Amin Nazari

No. Position Player 19 FW Dardan Rexhepi 20 DF Ricardinho 21 MF Jimmy Durmaz 22 DF Filip Stenström 23 DF Matias Concha 24 MF David Löfquist (on loan from Parma) 25 GK Robin Olsen 27 GK Johan Dahlin 28 FW Alexander Nilsson 29 FW Tokelo Rantie (on loan from Stars of Africa) 30 GK Viktor Noring (on loan from Trelleborgs FF) 30 GK Zlatan Azinović 31 MF Simon Kroon 32 MF Tobias Lewicki

Players in/out

In

N	P	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
22	DF		Filip Stenström	20	EU	IF Limhamn Bunkeflo !IF Limhamn Bunkeflo	Loan return	Winter	2013	N/A	lb07.se
30	GK		Dejan Garača	20	EU	IF Limhamn Bunkeflo !IF Limhamn Bunkeflo	Loan return	Winter	2011	N/A	lb07.se
25	GK		Robin Olsen	21	EU	IFK Klagshamn !IFK Klagshamn	Transfer	Winter	2014	N/A	mff.se
8	MF		Erik Friberg	25	EU	Seattle Sounders FC !Seattle Sounders FC	Transfer	Winter	2014	N/A	mff.se
32	MF		Tobias Lewicki	18	EU	Youth system	Promoted	Winter	2013	N/A	fotbolltransfers.com
11	MF		Simon Thern	19	EU	Helsingborgs IF !Helsingborgs IF	Transfer	Winter	2014	N/A	mff.se
30	GK		Viktor Noring	21	EU	Trelleborgs FF !Trelleborgs FF	Loan	Winter	2012	N/A	mff.se
23	DF		Matias Concha	32	EU	VfL Bochum !VfL Bochum	Transfer	Summer	2014	N/A	mff.se
29	FW		Tokelo Rantie	21	Non-EU	Stars Of Africa Academy	Loan	Summer	2013	N/A	mff.se
30	GK		Zlatan Azinović	24	EU	Trelleborgs FF !Trelleborgs FF	Transfer	Summer	2012	N/A	mff.se
24	MF		David Löfquist	26	EU	Parma !Parma	Loan	Summer	2012	N/A	mff.se

Out

N	P	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
24	FW		Agon Mehmeti	22	EU	Palermo !Palermo	End of contract	Winter	Free	sydsvenskan.se
30	GK		Dejan Garača	21	EU	Syrianska FC !Syrianska FC	End of contract	Winter	Free	mff.se
25	GK		Dušan Melichárek	28	EU	Slovácko !Slovácko	End of contract	Winter	Free	fcslovacko.cz
5	MF		Miljan Mutavdžić	25	Non-EU	Radnički 1923 !Radnički 1923	End of contract	Winter	Free	sydsvenskan.se
16	DF		Yago Fernández	23	EU	Girona !Girona	End of contract	Winter	Free	sydsvenskan.se
11	MF		Jeffrey Aubynn	34	EU	GAIS !GAIS	End of contract	Winter	Free	mff.se
23	DF		Tobias Malm	19	EU	Trelleborgs FF !Trelleborgs FF	Loan	Winter	N/A	trelleborgsff.se
32	MF		Tobias Lewicki	19	EU	Youth system	Demoted	Summer	N/A	skanskan.se
—	MF		Rick Kruys	27	EU	Excelsior !Excelsior	Transfer	Summer	N/A	sbvexcelsior.nl
21	MF		Jimmy Durmaz	23	EU	Gençlerbirliği !Gençlerbirliği	Transfer	Summer	N/A	genclerbirligi.org.tr
30	GK		Viktor Noring	21	EU	Trelleborgs FF !Trelleborgs FF	Loan return	Summer	N/A	mff.se
13	FW		Mathias Ranégie	28	EU	Udinese !Udinese	Transfer	Summer	N/A	mff.se

Squad stats

Number	Position	Name	2012 Allsvenskan		2012–13 Svenska Cupen		Others		Total
			Appearances	Goals	Appearances	Goals	Appearances	Goals	Appearances	Goals
2	DF	Ulrich Vinzents	8	0	0	0	7	0	15	0
3	DF	Jasmin Sudić	9	0	1	0	9	0	19	0
4	DF	Daniel Andersson	16	1	1	0	7	0	24	1
5	DF	Pontus Jansson	30	1	0	0	9	0	39	1
6	DF	Markus Halsti	13	1	0	0	8	0	21	1
7	FW	Daniel Larsson	30	4	1	0	10	4	41	8
8	MF	Erik Friberg	24	0	0	0	8	2	32	2
9	MF	Wílton Figueiredo	22	5	1	1	9	1	32	7
10	MF	Jiloan Hamad	30	6	1	0	9	0	40	6
11	MF	Simon Thern	28	3	1	0	11	1	40	4
13	FW	Mathias Ranégie	19	10	1	2	8	4	28	16
14	DF	Miiko Albornoz	27	3	1	0	9	0	37	3
15	DF	Filip Helander	12	0	0	0	9	0	21	0
17	MF	Ivo Pękalski	21	1	0	0	3	0	24	1
18	MF	Amin Nazari	1	0	0	0	7	0	8	0
19	FW	Dardan Rexhepi	13	0	1	0	9	1	23	1
20	DF	Ricardinho	28	2	1	0	11	0	40	2
21	MF	Jimmy Durmaz	15	6	0	0	9	2	24	8
22	DF	Filip Stenström	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
23	DF	Matias Concha	2	0	1	0	1	0	4	0
24	MF	David Löfquist	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
25	GK	Robin Olsen	1	0	1	0	2	0	4	0
27	GK	Johan Dahlin	29	0	0	0	10	0	39	0
28	FW	Alexander Nilsson	17	2	1	0	8	2	26	4
29	FW	Tokelo Rantie	11	3	1	3	1	0	13	6
30	GK	Viktor Noring	0	0	0	0	4	0	4	0
30	GK	Zlatan Azinović	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	MF	Simon Kroon	1	0	0	0	6	0	7	0
32	MF	Tobias Lewicki	1	0	0	0	6	0	7	0
—	FW	Dino Islamovic	0	0	0	0	4	0	4	0
—	DF	Pa Konate	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0
—	MF	Pawel Cibicki	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0
—	MF	Egzon Sekiraca	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0

Disciplinary record

N	P	Nat.	Name				Notes
2	DF		Vinzents	1
3	DF		Sudić	1
5	DF		Jansson	2
6	DF		Halsti	1		1
8	MF		Friberg	6
9	MF		Figueiredo	6
10	MF		Hamad	2
11	MF		Thern	1
13	FW		Ranégie	3
14	MF		Albornoz	5
15	MF		Helander	1
17	MF		Pękalski	2
19	FW		Rexhepi	1
20	DF		Ricardinho	6
21	MF		Durmaz	2
27	GK		Dahlin	3
28	FW		Nilsson	1
29	FW		Rantie	1

Source: svenskfotboll.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	Rikard Norling
Assistant Coach First Team	Jörgen Pettersson
Assistant Coach First Team	Daniel Andersson
Assistant Coach First Team and Fitness Coach	Simon Hollyhead
First Team Coach / Head Coach U-21	Leif Engqvist
Head Coach Youth Academy	Mats Engqvist
Youth Talent Coach	Staffan Tapper
Goalkeeping Coach	Jonnie Fedel
Physiotherapist	Wilner Registre

Other information

Chairman	Håkan Jeppsson
Managing director	Per Nilsson
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	Swedbank Stadion (24,000 / 105x70 m)

Source: Malmö FF and Swedbank Stadion

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Allsvenskan	—	—	3rd	2 April 2012	4 November 2012

Source: Competitions

Allsvenskan

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	IF Elfsborg !IF Elfsborg (C)	30	18	5	7	48	29	+19	59	2013–14 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
2	BK Häcken !BK Häcken	30	17	6	7	67	36	+31	57	2013–14 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round
3	Malmö FF !Malmö FF	30	16	8	6	49	33	+16	56	2013–14 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round
4	AIK !AIK	30	15	10	5	41	27	+14	55
5	IFK Norrköping !IFK Norrköping	30	15	7	8	50	43	+7	52
6	Helsingborgs IF !Helsingborgs IF	30	13	11	6	52	33	+19	50

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

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
30	16	8	6	49	33	+16	56	10	3	1	25	5	+20	6	5	5	24	28	−4

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	27	28	29	30
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A
Result	D	L	W	W	W	L	D	W	W	D	W	D	W	L	W	W	W	D	L	W	D	W	D	L	W	W	W	W	D	L
Position	10	14	9	6	2	4	6	4	5	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	3	2	1	2	3

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

Matches

Kickoff times are in UTC+2.

Svenska Cupen

2012–13

The tournament continued into the 2013 season.

Kickoff times are in UTC+2.

Non competitive

Pre-season

Mid-season

Footnotes