Malmö FF (women)

This article is about the women's football club. For the men's football club, see Malmö FF.

Malmö FF
Full nameMalmö Fotbollförening
Nickname(s)Di blåe (Scanian: The Blue Ones)[1]
Himmelsblått (Sky Blue)[1]
Short nameMFF
Founded7 September 1970; 54 years ago (1970-09-07) as Malmö FF Dam
26 November 2019; 4 years ago (2019-11-26) as Malmö FF
GroundMalmö Stadion, Malmö
Capacity26,500
PresidentAnders Pålsson
Head coachMaxim Khalil
LeagueElitettan
2023Division 1 Södra, 1st of 14 (promoted)[2]
Websitehttp://www.mff.se/

Malmö Fotbollförening, commonly known as Malmö FF, Malmö, or MFF, are a women's association football team from Malmö, who compete in the Elitettan, the 2nd level of women's football in Sweden.[3] Formed on 26 November 2019 and affiliated with the Scania Football Association, Malmö FF are based in Malmö, Scania.[4]

History

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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 1986 the club won the Swedish Women's Football Division 1 for the first time. The Division 1 was Sweden's highest division until 1988 when the Damallsvenskan was formed. It took three seasons for the club to win the newly formed Damallsvenskan in 1990 and more success followed in 1991, 1993 and 1994. Malmö FF Dam would then finish as runners-up for seven consecutive seasons (from 1996 to 2002). 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. That club is now known as FC Rosengård.

On 26 November 2019, an extraordinary annual members meeting of Malmö FF voted in favour of reintroducing a women's section. A merger with IF Limhamn Bunkeflo was rejected and it was decided that the new club would apply for a place at the lowest level of women's football in Sweden, Division 4 Skåne Sydvästra, for the 2020 season. Subsequently, a head coach was hired and eighteen players were recruited, many of them from levels as high as Division 1, the third level of the league system.

Current squad

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As of 2 September 2024[5]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Sweden SWE Julia Cavander
2 DF Sweden SWE Nathalie Persson
3 DF Sweden SWE Lovisa Wifvesson
4 DF Sweden SWE Linnea Svensson
5 DF Sweden SWE Sana Kullberg
6 FW Sweden SWE Malin Gunnarsson
7 MF Sweden SWE Anna Welin
8 MF Sweden SWE Rebecka Holm
9 FW Sweden SWE Nova Rolfsson
10 MF Sweden SWE Ema Paljevic
11 MF Sweden SWE Matilda Kristell
13 MF Sweden SWE Tilde Walhgren
14 FW Sweden SWE Stella Malmros
15 DF Sweden SWE Agnes Mårtensson
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 GK Sweden SWE Linnea Hagberg
17 MF Sweden SWE Amanda Kander
19 FW Sweden SWE Anna Plantin
20 DF Sweden SWE Hannah Lofthammar
21 DF Sweden SWE Elin Björklund (captain)
22 FW Sweden SWE Beatrice Persson
23 DF Sweden SWE Sofia Wännerdahl
24 MF Sweden SWE Petronella Windblad
27 MF Portugal POR Mafalda Barbóz
30 GK Sweden SWE Emelie Borg
31 GK Denmark DEN Kathrine Larsen
— MF Sweden SWE Sarah Mellouk
— MF Sweden SWE Nellie Lilja

From reserve team

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
33 MF Sweden SWE Klara Åström
35 MF Sweden SWE Olivia Grindemark
No. Pos. Nation Player
35 MF Sweden SWE Klara Wilton
37 MF Sweden SWE Alexia Mitkovska

Management

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Organisation

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As of 8 December 2020[6][7]

Name Role
Sweden Anders Pålsson President
Sweden Niclas Carlnén Chief executive officer
Sweden Pontus Hansson Secretary
Sweden Daniel Andersson Sporting director
Sweden Anne-Maj Jansson Sporting assistant
Sweden Per Ågren Sporting director youth

Technical staff

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As of 13 March 2023[8]

Name Role
Sweden Maxim Khalil Head coach
Sweden Fredrik Jahnfors Assistant coaches
Sweden Jeff Petersson
Sweden Anders Nilsson Team Manager
Sweden Emelie Karlström Goalkeeping coaches
Sweden Helena Ivarsson
Sweden Jared Wallance Fitness trainer
Sweden Filip Qvist Physiotherapists
Sweden Karin Boman

Honours

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Footnotes

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  1. ^ a b Törner, 2005, pp. 42.
  2. ^ "Division 1 södra 2023". everysport.com. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
  3. ^ "Lagen i Elitettan". Elitettan. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  4. ^ "Kontaktuppgifter och tävlingar" [Contact information and competitions]. skaneboll.se (in Swedish). Skånes Fotbollförbund. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
  5. ^ "Malmö FF Women's 1st Team". mff.se. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
  6. ^ "Styrelse och valberedning". mff.se (in Swedish). Malmö FF. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
  7. ^ "Contact". mff.se. Malmö FF. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
  8. ^ "Malmö FF Women's 1st Team". mff.se. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
  9. ^ "Division 1 södra 2023". everysport.com. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
  10. ^ "Division 2 södra Götaland 2022". everysport.com. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
  11. ^ "Division 3 Skåne sydvästra 2021". everysport.com. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
  12. ^ "Division 4 Skåne sydvästra 2020". everysport.com. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
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