2018 Malmö FF season
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| 2018 season | |||
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| Chairman | Håkan Jeppsson | ||
| Head coach | Magnus Pehrsson (until 14 May) Daniel Andersson (14 May until 12 June) Uwe Rösler (from 12 June) | ||
| Stadium | Stadion | ||
| Allsvenskan | 3rd | ||
| 2017–18 Svenska Cupen | Runners-up | ||
| 2018–19 UEFA Champions League | Third qualifying round | ||
| Top goalscorer | League: Markus Rosenberg (13) All: Markus Rosenberg (18) | ||
| Highest home attendance | 20,072 (9 April vs AIK, Allsvenskan) | ||
| Lowest home attendance | 3,155 (4 March vs IF Brommapojkarna, Svenska Cupen) | ||
| Average home league attendance | 14,921 | ||
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The 2018 season was Malmö FF's 107th in existence, their 83rd season in Allsvenskan and their 18th consecutive season in the league. They competed in Allsvenskan where they finished third, 2017–18 Svenska Cupen where they finished as runners-up, and the 2018–19 UEFA Champions League where they were knocked out in the third qualifying round. Malmö FF also participated in two competitions in which the club continued playing in for the 2019 season, the 2018–19 Svenska Cupen and the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League. The season began with the group stage of Svenska Cupen on 18 February, league play started on 2 April and concluded on 11 November. The season concluded with the last UEFA Europa League group stage match on 13 December.
The club's chairman, Håkan Jeppsson, died unexpectedly on 7 December, a week before the last match of the season. Malmö FF won five Swedish championships and participated in two UEFA Champions League group stages, as well as two UEFA Europa League group stages, under his reign. For the first time in the history of the club, Malmö FF managed to qualify for the knock-out stages of the UEFA Europa League. It was also the first time, and third time in total, since the 1986–87 European Cup Winners' Cup that the club qualified for European knock-out matches after the new year. On the domestic stage, Malmö FF ended the season in third place, having had a difficult start to the league season.
Players[edit]
Squad[edit]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Players in/out[edit]
In[edit]
| No. |
Pos. |
Nat. |
Name |
Age |
Moving from |
Type |
Transfer window |
Ends |
Transfer fee |
Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | DF | 
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Eric Larsson | 26 | GIF Sundsvall | End of contract | Winter | 2021 | Free | mff.se |
| 8 | MF | 
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Arnór Ingvi Traustason | 24 | Rapid Wien 
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Transfer | Winter | 2021 | Undisclosed | mff.se |
| 3 | DF | 
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Egzon Binaku | 22 | BK Häcken | Transfer | Winter | 2021 | (€800,000)[1] | mff.se |
| 7 | MF | 
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Fouad Bachirou | 27 | Östersunds FK | Transfer | Winter | 2021 | (€700,000)[2] | mff.se |
| 5 | MF | 
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Søren Rieks | 30 | IFK Göteborg | End of contract | Winter | 2020 | Free | mff.se |
| 22 | MF |
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Isak Ssewankambo | 22 | Molde 
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Loan | Winter | 2018 | – | mff.se |
| 14 | MF |
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Anders Christiansen | 28 | Gent 
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Transfer | Summer | 2022 | Undisclosed | mff.se |
| 23 | FW |
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Marcus Antonsson | 27 | Leeds United 
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Transfer | Summer | 2021 | Undisclosed | mff.se |
| 18 | MF | 
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Romain Gall | 23 | GIF Sundsvall | Transfer | Summer | 2022 | (€500,000)[3] | mff.se |
| 11 | FW |
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Guillermo Molins | 29 | Panathinaikos 
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End of contract | Summer | 2021 | Free | mff.se |
| 1 | GK | 
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Walter Viitala | 26 | Viborg FF
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Transfer | Summer | 2018 | Free | mff.se |
Out[edit]
Player statistics[edit]
Appearances and goals[edit]
- As of 17 December 2018
| Number | Position | Name | 2018 Allsvenskan | 2017–18 Svenska Cupen 2018–19 Svenska Cupen |
2018–19 UEFA Champions League 2018–19 UEFA Europa League |
Total | ||||
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| Appearances | Goals | Appearances | Goals | Appearances | Goals | Appearances | Goals | |||
| 1 | GK | Walter Viitala | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Eric Larsson | 25 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 41 | 3 |
| 3 | DF | Egzon Binaku | 18 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Behrang Safari | 21 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 40 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | Søren Rieks | 26 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 47 | 10 |
| 6 | MF | Oscar Lewicki | 28 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 47 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | Fouad Bachirou | 22 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 42 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Arnór Ingvi Traustason | 22 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 39 | 7 |
| 9 | FW | Markus Rosenberg | 27 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 46 | 19 |
| 10 | FW | Carlos Strandberg | 19 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 31 | 12 |
| 11 | FW | Alexander Jeremejeff | 13 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 3 |
| 11 | FW | Guillermo Molins | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | Anders Christiansen | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 28 | 3 |
| 17 | DF | Rasmus Bengtsson | 13 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 31 | 1 |
| 18 | MF | Romain Gall | 12 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 6 |
| 20 | MF | Bonke Innocent | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | Kingsley Sarfo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | Isak Ssewankambo | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | Marcus Antonsson | 15 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 28 | 13 |
| 24 | DF | Lasse Nielsen | 27 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 48 | 1 |
| 26 | DF | Andreas Vindheim | 10 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 25 | 2 |
| 27 | GK | Johan Dahlin | 25 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 46 | 0 |
| 29 | GK | Fredrik Andersson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | Mathias Nilsson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | Franz Brorsson | 23 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 36 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | Mattias Svanberg | 12 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 3 |
| 34 | MF | Pavle Vagić | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | MF | Samuel Adrian | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 37 | FW | Tim Prica | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | MF | Laorent Shabani | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | MF | Felix Konstandeliasz | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 40 | DF | Hugo Andersson | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
Competitions[edit]
Allsvenskan[edit]
After losing several key players during the off-season, many of whom to free transfers, Malmö FF went into the 2018 season with the expressed strategy of only partially replacing the players who were lost with new signings such as Fouad Bachirou, Arnór Ingvi Traustason and Søren Rieks, and filling the depth of the squad with players from the club's academy.[7]
After an unbeaten pre-season and cup run Malmö FF started their season away to IF Elfsborg on 2 April. Teenage starlet Mattias Svanberg opened the club's season tally less than two minutes into the opener in a game Malmö FF ended up winning 2–1. A week later, MFF played their home opener against AIK, who were widely considered MFF's biggest challenger for the title. Despite conceding a penalty and a red card to Franz Brorsson, MFF were able to secure a point with AIK seemingly unwilling to take initiative in front of the sell-out crowd at Stadion.[8]
Despite encouraging signs early in the season, the AIK match turned out to be the start of a historically bad run for Malmö FF, where they won only two of ten matches between 9 April and 16 May, including an embarrassing 3–0 loss in the final of the Swedish Cup. With the title seemingly out of reach only weeks into the season, Magnus Pehrsson was fired after the 1–0 loss to Trelleborgs FF on 13 May.[9] With the club currently in eleventh place, Malmö FF CEO Niclas Carlnén expressibly revised the club's Allsvenskan target from winning the title to reaching a spot in the top three.[10] Sporting director and former club captain Daniel Andersson stepped in as caretaker manager for the three games that remained before the World Cup break, but was unable to right the ship as the team took four points from those three games.
On 12 June Uwe Rösler was appointed head coach,[11] while Andersson also announced several signings in an effort to move up the table and make a run for the upcoming Champions League qualifiers. The 2017 Allsvenskan MVP Anders Christiansen was reacquired from Gent, former club captain Guillermo Molins was brought in on a free transfer, former Allsvenskan top scorer Marcus Antonsson moved from Leeds, and Sundsvall's breakthrough player Romain Gall was added to the squad.
The changes proved effective and Malmö FF emerged as a new team for the second half of the season, with nine wins and one draw over the first ten Allsvenskan games after the World Cup break. A hectic schedule saw MFF eventually get into a five-game slump in which they only won one game, but the team was able to bounce back and finish league play with three straight wins to reach third place and secure a qualifying spot for the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League.
League table[edit]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AIK (C) | 30 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 50 | 16 | +34 | 67 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | IFK Norrköping | 30 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 51 | 27 | +24 | 65 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 3 | Malmö FF | 30 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 57 | 29 | +28 | 58 | |
| 4 | Hammarby IF | 30 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 56 | 35 | +21 | 58 | |
| 5 | BK Häcken | 30 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 58 | 27 | +31 | 53 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[a] |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Play-off
(Note: Play-off is only played if need to decide champion, teams for relegation or UEFA competition and will be played on a neutral ground).
(C) Champions
Notes:
- ^ BK Häcken qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round by winning the 2018–19 Svenska Cupen.
Results summary[edit]
| Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 30 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 57 | 29 | +28 | 58 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 32 | 8 | +24 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 21 | +4 |
Source: svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish)
Results by round[edit]
Matches[edit]
| 2 April 2018 Matchday 1 | IF Elfsborg | 1–2 | Malmö FF | Borås |
| 17:30 | Prodell  17' |
Report | Svanberg 2' Traustason 24' |
Stadium: Borås Arena Attendance: 11,615 Referee: Bojan Pandžić |
| 9 April 2018 Matchday 2 | Malmö FF | 1–1 | AIK | Malmö |
| 19:00 | Rosenberg 43' (pen.) |
Report | Goitom 12' |
Stadium: Stadion Attendance: 20,072 Referee: Stefan Johannesson |
| 13 April 2018 Matchday 3 | GIF Sundsvall | 2–2 | Malmö FF | Sundsvall |
| 19:00 | 76' (o.g.) Sema 87' |
Report | Strandberg 77' Jeremejeff 84' |
Stadium: Idrottsparken Attendance: 3,479 Referee: Patrik Eriksson |
| 18 April 2018 Matchday 4 | Djurgårdens IF | 3–0 | Malmö FF | Stockholm |
| 19:00 | Kadewere 46', 77' Kozica 90+2' |
Report | Stadium: Tele2 Arena Attendance: 13,010 Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim |
| 23 April 2018 Matchday 5 | Malmö FF | 3–1 | IF Brommapojkarna | Malmö |
| 19:00 | Rosenberg 40', 70' Rieks 85' |
Report | Ajeti 63' (pen.) |
Stadium: Stadion Attendance: 14,745 Referee: Magnus Lindgren |
| 29 April 2018 Matchday 6 | Kalmar FF | 3–0 | Malmö FF | Kalmar |
| 17:30 | Söderqvist 25' Elm 33' Hiago 45+1' |
Report | Stadium: Guldfågeln Arena Attendance: 7,047 Referee: Patrik Eriksson |
| 3 May 2018 Matchday 16 | Malmö FF | 1–0 | Djurgårdens IF | Malmö |
| 19:00 | Strandberg 59' |
Report | Stadium: Stadion Attendance: 15,728 Referee: Andreas Ekberg |
| 7 May 2018 Matchday 7 | Malmö FF | 1–2 | IFK Göteborg | Malmö |
| 19:00 | Strandberg 54' |
Report | Wernersson 42' Erlingmark 58' |
Stadium: Stadion Attendance: 17,715 Referee: Stefan Johannesson |
| 13 May 2018 Matchday 8 | Trelleborgs FF | 1–0 | Malmö FF | Trelleborg |
| 17:30 | Nielsen 90' |
Report | Stadium: Vångavallen Attendance: 7,043 Referee: Glenn Nyberg |
| 16 May 2018 Matchday 10 | Hammarby IF | 3–2 | Malmö FF | Stockholm |
| 19:00 | Đurđić 36', 65' Dibba 70' |
Report | Rieks 19' Svanberg 46' |
Stadium: Tele2 Arena Attendance: 23,490 Referee: Martin Strömbergsson |
| 20 May 2018 Matchday 9 | Malmö FF | 2–0 | BK Häcken | Malmö |
| 17:30 | Rieks 49' Rosenberg 78' (pen.) |
Report | Stadium: Stadion Attendance: 15,735 Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim |
| 27 May 2018 Matchday 11 | Malmö FF | 1–1 | Dalkurd FF | Malmö |
| 15:00 | Strandberg 55' |
Report | Awad 43' |
Stadium: Stadion Attendance: 14,099 Referee: Kristoffer Karlsson |
| 7 July 2018 Matchday 12 | IK Sirius | 0–4 | Malmö FF | Uppsala |
| 13:00 | Report | Rosenberg 15', 47' Traustason 49' Rieks 84' |
Stadium: Studenternas IP Attendance: 1,823 Referee: Stefan Johannesson |
| 14 July 2018 Matchday 13 | Malmö FF | 1–1 | Östersunds FK | Malmö |
| 18:00 | Rosenberg 33' |
Report | Ghoddos 72' |
Stadium: Stadion Attendance: 13,211 Referee: Glenn Nyberg |
| 21 July 2018 Matchday 14 | Örebro SK | 1–2 | Malmö FF | Örebro |
| 16:00 | Rogić 69' |
Report | Strandberg 48', 73' |
Stadium: Behrn Arena Attendance: 4,045 Referee: Andreas Ekberg |
| 28 July 2018 Matchday 15 | Malmö FF | 2–1 | IFK Norrköping | Malmö |
| 18:00 | Rosenberg 5' (pen.) Rieks 65' |
Report | Skrabb 56' |
Stadium: Stadion Attendance: 15,731 Referee: Bojan Pandžić |
| 10 August 2018 Matchday 17 | Dalkurd FF | 0–1 | Malmö FF | Gävle |
| 19:00 | Report | Rieks 43' |
Stadium: Gavlevallen Attendance: 603 Referee: Robert Daradic |
| 18 August 2018 Matchday 18 | Malmö FF | 3–0 | Trelleborgs FF | Malmö |
| 16:00 | Andersson 2' Vindheim 26' Antonsson 35' |
Report | Stadium: Stadion Attendance: 14,073 Referee: Glenn Nyberg |
| 26 August 2018 Matchday 19 | Malmö FF | 5–0 | IK Sirius | Malmö |
| 15:00 | Rosenberg 62' (pen.) Gall 66', 72' Christiansen 76' Antonsson 88' |
Report | Stadium: Stadion Attendance: 11,237 Referee: Martin Strömbergsson |
| 2 September 2018 Matchday 20 | IF Brommapojkarna | 0–3 | Malmö FF | Stockholm |
| 15:00 | Report | Rieks 24' Larsson 62' Antonsson 63' |
Stadium: Grimsta IP Attendance: 1,635 Referee: Bojan Pandžić |
| 15 September 2018 Matchday 21 | Östersunds FK | 2–3 | Malmö FF | Östersund |
| 18:00 | Fritzson 9' Aiesh 15' |
Report | Rieks 36', 57' Antonsson 39' |
Stadium: Jämtkraft Arena Attendance: 5,631 Referee: Johan Hamlin |
| 23 September 2018 Matchday 22 | Malmö FF | 4–0 | Kalmar FF | Malmö |
| 17:30 | Traustason 16', 42' Gall 32' Rosenberg 64' |
Report | Stadium: Stadion Attendance: 15,584 Referee: Magnus Lindgren |
| 26 September 2018 Matchday 23 | IFK Norrköping | 3–1 | Malmö FF | Norrköping |
| 19:00 | Holmberg 18', 31' (pen.) Dagerstål 90+2' |
Report | Antonsson 28' (pen.) |
Stadium: Nya Parken Attendance: 11,160 Referee: Bojan Pandžić |
| 30 September 2018 Matchday 24 | Malmö FF | 0–0 | GIF Sundsvall | Malmö |
| 17:30 | Report | Stadium: Stadion Attendance: 12,058 Referee: Victor Wolf |
| 7 October 2018 Matchday 25 | BK Häcken | 1–1 | Malmö FF | Gothenburg |
| 15:00 | Jeremejeff 71' |
Report | Gall 47' |
Stadium: Bravida Arena Attendance: 5,004 Referee: Magnus Lindgren |
| 20 October 2018 Matchday 26 | Malmö FF | 2–1 | Hammarby IF | Malmö |
| 13:00 | Antonsson 47' Rosenberg 57' |
Report | Hamad 28' (pen.) |
Stadium: Stadion Attendance: 19,125 Referee: Kristoffer Karlsson |
| 29 October 2018 Matchday 27 | AIK | 1–1 | Malmö FF | Solna |
| 19:00 | Larsson 90+6' |
Report | Christiansen 44' |
Stadium: Friends Arena Attendance: 31,160 Referee: Bojan Pandžić |
| 1 November 2018 Matchday 28 | Malmö FF | 4–0 | Örebro SK | Malmö |
| 19:00 | Antonsson 6' Strandberg 28' Gall 56' Larsson 85' |
Report | Stadium: Stadion Attendance: 11,618 Referee: Patrik Eriksson |
| 4 November 2018 Matchday 29 | IFK Göteborg | 0–3 | Malmö FF | Gothenburg |
| 15:00 | Report | Gall 65' Rieks 71' Rosenberg 80' (pen.) |
Stadium: Gamla Ullevi Attendance: 13,073 Referee: Martin Strömbergsson |
| 11 November 2018 Matchday 30 | Malmö FF | 2–0 | IF Elfsborg | Malmö |
| 15:00 | Rosenberg 60' Antonsson 78' |
Report | Stadium: Stadion Attendance: 13,091 Referee: Magnus Lindgren |
Svenska Cupen[edit]
2017–18[edit]
- The tournament continued from the 2017 season.
After beating FC Trollhättan in August 2017 to qualify for the group stage, Malmö FF was drawn into a group with Allsvenskan newcomers IF Brommapojkarna and Dalkurd FF and Superettan side Gefle IF. A late Markus Rosenberg penalty saw Malmö FF win their first game against Dalkurd. In the second contest Malmö FF traveled to Gefle for a game that was postponed four hours because of a snow storm, but when eventually played MFF won comfortably by a score of 3–0.[12] The result set up a group final between two teams that won their first games, where Malmö FF managed to beat Brommapojkarna 3–1 to qualify for the quarter-final in which they beat rivals IFK Göteborg 1–0. In the semi-final the team traveled to Östersund where a late winner from Arnór Traustason sent Malmö FF to the cup final.
The location for the cup final was decided by a draw that took place at an Allsvenskan kick-off event, which awarded home field advantage to Djurgårdens IF.[13] While the competition to this point had been played during the Allsvenskan pre-season, the final was scheduled for 10 May. During the two months that elapsed between the semi-final and final Malmö FF's Allsvenskan campaign had sent the club into a state of crisis, which reached new heights in the cup final where a lackluster performance handed the club a 3–0 defeat which fueled supporter turmoil in the MFF sections with play temporarily suspended in the final minutes.[14]
Kickoff times are in UTC+1 unless stated otherwise.
Group stage[edit]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malmö FF | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 9 | Advance to Knockout stage |
| 2 | IF Brommapojkarna | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 6 | |
| 3 | Dalkurd FF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1 | |
| 4 | Gefle IF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 1 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head record; 5) Highest ranked team
| 18 February 2018 Matchday 1 | Malmö FF | 1–0 | Dalkurd FF | Malmö |
| 17:00 | Rosenberg 87' (pen.) |
Report | Stadium: Malmö IP Attendance: 4,566 Referee: Magnus Lindgren |
| 25 February 2018 Matchday 2 | Gefle IF | 0–3 | Malmö FF | Gävle |
| 19:00 | Report | Jeremejeff 18' Bengtsson 24' Strandberg 89' |
Stadium: Gavlevallen Attendance: 283 Referee: Glenn Nyberg |
| 4 March 2018 Matchday 3 | Malmö FF | 3–1 | IF Brommapojkarna | Malmö |
| 17:00 | Jeremejeff 32' Strandberg 47' Svanberg 65' |
Report | Ajeti 60' |
Stadium: Malmö IP Attendance: 3,155 Referee: Kristoffer Karlsson |
Knockout stage[edit]
| 10 March 2018 Quarter-final | Malmö FF | 1–0 | IFK Göteborg | Malmö |
| 13:00 | Nielsen 18' |
Report | Stadium: Malmö IP Attendance: 4,135 Referee: Glenn Nyberg |
| 17 March 2018 Semi-final | Östersunds FK | 0–1 | Malmö FF | Östersund |
| 18:15 | Report | Traustason 79' |
Stadium: Jämtkraft Arena Attendance: 3,416 Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim |
| 10 May 2018 Final | Djurgårdens IF | 3–0 | Malmö FF | Stockholm |
| 15:00 UTC+2 | Une Larsson 17' Mrabti 47' Ring 81' |
Report | Stadium: Tele2 Arena Attendance: 25,123 Referee: Bojan Pandžić |
2018–19[edit]
- The tournament continued into the 2019 season.
Malmö FF entered the cup in the second round, where they were drawn against Division 1 club Lunds BK. The game was initially scheduled to be played on 23 August,[15] but was postponed because of Malmö FF's Europa League schedule and eventually rescheduled for 22 November.[16]
Qualification stage[edit]
| 22 November 2018 Round 2 | Lunds BK | 0–2 | Malmö FF | Lund |
| 19:00 | Report | Rosenberg 56' Molins 90+2' |
Stadium: Klostergårdens IP Attendance: 3,619 Referee: Kristoffer Karlsson |
UEFA Champions League[edit]
Qualifying phase and play-off round[edit]
Kickoff times are in UTC+2 unless stated otherwise. After changes to the UEFA Champions League qualifying phase, Malmö FF entered in the first round for the first time in 2018. Malmö FF were seeded in the first round, and were drawn against the winners of a preliminary tournament involving the champions of the four lowest ranked associations. The winners ended up being Kosovan champions FC Drita. Since Drita's home stadium did not live up to the standards set by UEFA, the game was played at Adem Jashari Olympic Stadium in Mitrovica, and Malmö FF came away with a decisive 3–0 victory which was followed by 2–0 at home to advance to the second round.
In the second round Malmö FF were once again seeded, but faced a tough draw in Romanian champions CFR Cluj. The first game was played in Cluj-Napoca where Carlos Strandberg scored a crucial away goal in the final minute of the first half which ended up being the only goal of the game. Cluj equalized on aggregate 36 minutes into the return leg in Malmö, but a second-half, long-distance strike from Arnór Traustason sent MFF through to the third round.
The draw for the third round took place before the second round was finalized and the winners between Malmö FF and CFR Cluj were unseeded and drawn against the winners between Bulgarian champions Ludogorets Razgrad and Hungarian champions MOL Vidi FC. Against all odds Vidi ended up knocking out the Bulgarians and traveled to Malmö for the first game in the third round. Recently re-acquired Anders Christiansen opened the scoring an hour into the contest, but Vidi scored an equalizer ten minutes later after a defensive error that would end up as the decisive away goal when the return leg finished scoreless in Hungary.
First qualifying round[edit]
| 10 July 2018 First Leg | FC Drita  | 0–3 | Malmö FF | Mitrovica |
| 20:45 | Report | Strandberg 13' Traustason 39' Rosenberg 82' |
Stadium: Adem Jashari Olympic Stadium Attendance: 9,780[17] Referee: Boris Marhefka |
| 17 July 2018 Second Leg | Malmö FF | 2–0 (5–0 agg.) | FC Drita | Malmö |
| 19:00 | Strandberg 55' Larsson 60' |
Report | Stadium: Stadion Attendance: 10,623[18] Referee: Laurent Kopriwa |
Second qualifying round[edit]
| 24 July 2018 First Leg | CFR Cluj  | 0–1 | Malmö FF | Cluj-Napoca |
| 19:00 UTC+3 | Report | Strandberg 45' |
Stadium: Stadionul Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Attendance: 6,950[19] Referee: Nikola Dabanović |
| 1 August 2018 Second Leg | Malmö FF | 1–1 (2–1 agg.) | CFR Cluj | Malmö |
| 19:15 | Traustason 55' |
Report | Djoković 36' |
Stadium: Stadion Attendance: 18,153[20] Referee: Andrew Dallas |
Third qualifying round[edit]
| 7 August 2018 First Leg | Malmö FF | 1–1 |  MOL Vidi | Malmö |
| 19:15 | Christiansen 62' |
Report | Nego 71' |
Stadium: Stadion Attendance: 17,209[21] Referee: Matej Jug |
| 14 August 2018 Second Leg | MOL Vidi | 0–0 (a 1–1 agg.) | Malmö FF | Felcsút |
| 20:00 | Report | Stadium: Pancho Aréna Attendance: 3,432[22] Referee: Xavier Estrada Fernández |
UEFA Europa League[edit]
- The tournament continued into the 2019 season.
Play-off round[edit]
After being knocked out by MOL Vidi FC in the third round of the Champions league qualifiers, Malmö FF entered the play-off round of the UEFA Europa League where they were seeded and drawn against Danish champions FC Midtjylland. After seemingly being in control of play and with a 2–0 lead an hour into the first game at home, MFF lost control the last half hour and ended up having to travel to Denmark with a tough a 2–2 result. In the return leg however, goals from Marcus Antonsson and Markus Rosenberg sent Malmö FF into the Europa League group stages.
Kickoff times are in UTC+2.
| 23 August 2018 First Leg | Malmö FF | 2–2 | FC Midtjylland | Malmö |
| 19:15 | Rosenberg 12' Antonsson 25' |
Report | Wikheim 60' Okosun 77' |
Stadium: Stadion Attendance: 11,487[23] Referee: Srđan Jovanović |
| 30 August 2018 Second Leg | FC Midtjylland | 0–2 (2–4 agg.) | Malmö FF | Herning |
| 19:15 | Report | Antonsson 32' Rosenberg 79' |
Stadium: MCH Arena Attendance: 9,175[24] Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük |
Group stage[edit]
Times up to 27 October 2018 (matchdays 1–3) are CEST (UTC+2), thereafter (matchdays 4–6) times are CET (UTC+1).
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | GNK | MAL | BES | SRP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Genk
|
6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 8 | +6 | 11 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | |
| 2 | Malmö FF
|
6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 9 | 2–2 | — | 2–0 | 1–1 | ||
| 3 |  Beşiktaş
|
6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 7 | 2–4 | 0–1 | — | 3–1 | ||
| 4 | Sarpsborg 08
|
6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | −5 | 5 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | — |
| 20 September 2018 Matchday 1 | K.R.C. Genk | 2–0 | Malmö FF | Genk |
| 18:55 | Trossard 37' Samatta 71' |
Report | Stadium: Luminus Arena Attendance: 11,590[25] Referee: Aleksei Eskov |
| 4 October 2018 Matchday 2 | Malmö FF | 2–0 | Beşiktaş J.K. | Malmö |
| 21:00 | 53' (o.g.) Rosenberg 76' (pen.) |
Report | Stadium: Stadion Attendance: 17,174[26] Referee: Aleksandar Stavrev |
| 25 October 2018 Matchday 3 | Sarpsborg 08 FF | 1–1 | Malmö FF | Sarpsborg |
| 21:00 | Halvorsen 87' |
Report | Vindheim 79' |
Stadium: Sarpsborg Stadion Attendance: 8,022[27] Referee: Paweł Raczkowski |
| 8 November 2018 Matchday 4 | Malmö FF | 1–1 | Sarpsborg 08 FF | Malmö |
| 18:55 | Antonsson 67' |
Report | Mortensen 63' |
Stadium: Stadion Attendance: 17,601 Referee: Miroslav Zelinka |
| 29 November 2018 Matchday 5 | Malmö FF | 2–2 | K.R.C. Genk | Malmö |
| 21:00 | Lewicki 65' Antonsson 67' |
Report | Pozuelo 42' Paintsil 53' |
Stadium: Stadion Attendance: 16,117[28] Referee: Srđan Jovanović |
| 13 December 2018 Matchday 6 | Beşiktaş J.K. | 0–1 | Malmö FF | Istanbul |
| 18:55 | Report | Antonsson 51' |
Stadium: Vodafone Park Attendance: 24,955[29] Referee: Luca Banti |
Non-competitive[edit]
Pre-season[edit]
Malmö FF kicked of its pre-season with two friendlies at Malmö IP before traveling to Bradenton, Florida for pre-season camp. In Florida, MFF played its final matches before the start of Svenska Cupen against two MLS teams. During the group stage of the cup, Malmö FF scheduled additional friendlies to give players who did not feature heavily in the competition pre-season minutes. The games were played on an artificial practice field near Stadion.
Kickoff times are in UTC+1 unless stated otherwise.
| 20 January 2018 | Malmö FF | 1–0 | Fremad Amager | Malmö |
| 13:00 | Bergqvist 83' |
Report | Stadium: Malmö IP Attendance: 2,771 |
| 26 January 2018 | Malmö FF | 4–0 |  FC Flora | Malmö |
| 18:30 | 6' (o.g.) Jeremejeff 8' Strandberg 16' Bergqvist 74' |
Report | Stadium: Malmö IP Attendance: 1,527 |
| 3 February 2018 | New England Revolution | 0–1 | Malmö FF | Bradenton |
| 14:30 UTC−5 | Report | Strandberg 57' |
Stadium: IMG Academy |
| 8 February 2018 | D.C. United | 1–2 | Malmö FF | Bradenton |
| 14:30 UTC−5 | Mattocks 56' |
Report | Strandberg 85', 87' |
Stadium: IMG Academy |
| 27 February 2018 | Malmö FF | 2–2 | FC Roskilde | Malmö |
| 14:30 | Hansson 20' Brorsson 90+1' |
Report | Lindberg 30' Thygesen 40' |
Stadium: Plan 9 |
| 6 March 2018 | Malmö FF | 2–2 | FC Nordsjælland | Malmö |
| 13:00 | Rosenberg 32', 74' |
Report | Sadiq 18' 42' (o.g.) |
Stadium: Plan 9 |
Mid-season[edit]
Kickoff times are in UTC+2 unless stated otherwise.
| 20 June 2018 | Malmö FF | 2–0 | Molde FK | Malmö |
| 11:00 | Jeremejeff 52' Ssewankambo 79' |
Report | Stadium: Stadion Attendance: 792 |
| 29 June 2018 | FC Midtjylland | 2–1 | Malmö FF | Herning |
| 15:00 | Sanneh 51' Sparv 73' |
Report | Rosenberg 41' (pen.) |
Stadium: Vildbjerg Sportcenter |
| 3 July 2018 | Malmö FF | 3–1 | Torns IF | Malmö |
| Strandberg Jeremejeff (pen.) Christiansen |
Report | Podsiadly |
Stadium: Stadion |
| 5 December 2018 | Real Balompédica Linense  | 0–1 | Malmö FF | Marbella |
| 12:30 UTC+1 | Report | Rieks |
Stadium: Estadio Municipal La Línea |
Footnotes[edit]
- ^ "Värvar stjärnan – för åtta miljoner". expressen.se (in Swedish). Expressen. 20 December 2017. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
- ^ "Klart: Bachirou till Malmö FF". aftonbladet.se (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. 9 January 2018. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
- ^ "Köps loss av MFF för miljonsumma". expressen.se (in Swedish). Expressen. 18 July 2018. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
- ^ "Svanberg in på topplistan över största försäljningarna – får miljonlön i Serie A". fotbollskanalen.se (in Swedish). Fotbollskanalen. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
- ^ "Officiellt: Malmö FF-backen lämnar – klar för rysk klubb". expressen.se (in Swedish). Kvällsposten. 13 July 2018. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
- ^ "Avslöjar: Anfallaren lämnar Malmö för Häcken". aftonbladet.se (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. 14 July 2018. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
- ^ ""Det har tagit för stora proportioner"". aftonbladet.se (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. 23 April 2018. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
- ^ "Brorsson skämdes efter tungviktsmötet: "Dum"". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). 9 April 2018. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
- ^ "Daniel Andersson ny huvudtränare i Malmö FF". mff.se (in Swedish). Malmö FF. 14 May 2018. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
- ^ "MFF sparkar tränaren – sportchefen tar över". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). 14 May 2018. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
- ^ "Välkommen till Malmö FF, Uwe Rösler!". mff.se (in Swedish). Malmö FF. 12 June 2018. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
- ^ "Störst dramatik utanför planen för MFF". sydsvenskan.se (in Swedish). Sydsvenskan. 25 February 2018. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
- ^ "Cupfinalen spelas på Tele2 Arena". mff.se (in Swedish). Malmö FF. 21 March 2018. Archived from the original on 6 November 2018. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
- ^ "MFF föll tungt i cupfinalen – matchen avbruten i slutminuterna". sydsvenskan.se (in Swedish). Sydsvenskan. 10 May 2018. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
- ^ "MFF möter Lunds BK i Svenska Cupen". mff.se (in Swedish). Malmö FF. 7 July 2018. Archived from the original on 6 November 2018. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
- ^ "Fastställd tid för cupmatchen mot Lunds BK". mff.se (in Swedish). Malmö FF. 27 October 2018. Archived from the original on 6 November 2018. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
- ^ "Drita vs. Malmö FF 0-3". soccerway.com. Soccerway. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
- ^ "Malmö FF-Drita FC 2-0". mff.se (in Swedish). Malmö FF. 17 July 2018. Archived from the original on 30 July 2018. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
- ^ "CFR Cluj vs. Malmö FF 0-1". soccerway.com. Soccerway. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
- ^ "Malmö FF – CFR Cluj 1–1". mff.se (in Swedish). Malmö FF. 1 August 2018. Archived from the original on 2 August 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
- ^ "Malmö FF – Vidi FC 1–1". mff.se (in Swedish). Malmö FF. 7 August 2018. Archived from the original on 8 August 2018. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
- ^ "VIDI VS. MALMÖ FF 0 - 0". soccerway.com. Soccerway. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
- ^ "MFF – FC Midtjylland 2–2". mff.se (in Swedish). Malmö FF. 23 August 2018. Archived from the original on 24 August 2018. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
- ^ "Midtjylland vs. Malmö FF 0-2". soccerway.com. Soccerway. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
- ^ "Genk vs. Malmö FF". Soccerway. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
- ^ "MFF – Besiktas JK 2–0". mff.se (in Swedish). Malmö FF. 4 October 2018. Archived from the original on 5 October 2018. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
- ^ "Sarpsborg 08 vs. Malmö FF". Soccerway. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
- ^ "Malmö FF – KRC Genk 2–2". mff.se (in Swedish). Malmö FF. 29 November 2018. Archived from the original on 30 November 2018. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
- ^ "Beşiktaş vs. Malmö FF". Soccerway. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
External links[edit]
- Official website (in Swedish)