Malmö FF (women)

Malmö FF
Full name	Malmö Fotbollförening
Nickname(s)	Di blåe (Scanian: The Blue Ones); Himmelsblått (Sky Blue)
Short name	MFF
Founded	7 September 1970; 54 years ago as Malmö FF Dam; 26 November 2019; 5 years ago as Malmö FF
Ground	Malmö Stadion, Malmö
Capacity	26,500
President	Anders Pålsson
Head coach	Jonas Valfridsson
League	Damallsvenskan
2024	Elitettan, 1st of 14 (promoted)
Website	http://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 Damallsvenskan, the highest 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

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

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	SWE	Julia Cavander
2	DF	SWE	Nathalie Persson
3	DF	SWE	Lovisa Wifvesson
4	DF	SWE	Linnea Svensson
5	DF	SWE	Sana Kullberg
6	FW	SWE	Malin Gunnarsson
7	MF	SWE	Anna Welin
8	MF	SWE	Rebecka Holm
9	FW	SWE	Nova Rolfsson
10	MF	SWE	Ema Paljevic
11	MF	SWE	Matilda Kristell
13	MF	SWE	Tilde Walhgren
14	FW	SWE	Stella Malmros
15	DF	SWE	Agnes Mårtensson


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	GK	SWE	Linnea Hagberg
17	MF	SWE	Amanda Kander
19	FW	SWE	Anna Plantin
20	DF	SWE	Hannah Lofthammar
21	DF	SWE	Elin Björklund (captain)
22	FW	SWE	Beatrice Persson
23	DF	SWE	Sofia Wännerdahl
24	MF	SWE	Petronella Windblad
27	MF	POR	Mafalda Barbóz
30	GK	SWE	Emelie Borg
31	GK	DEN	Kathrine Larsen
—	MF	SWE	Sarah Mellouk
—	MF	SWE	Nellie Lilja

From reserve team

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	SWE	Klara Åström
35	MF	SWE	Olivia Grindemark


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
35	MF	SWE	Klara Wilton
37	MF	SWE	Alexia Mitkovska

Management

Organisation

As of 8 December 2020^[6]^[7]

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

Technical staff

As of 13 March 2023^[8]

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

Honours

Elitettan
- Winners: 2024^[9]
Division 1 Södra
- Winners: 2023^[10]
Division 2 Södra Götaland
- Winners: 2022^[11]
Division 3 Skåne Sydvästra
- Winners: 2021^[12]
Division 4 Skåne Sydvästra
- Winners: 2020^[13]

Footnotes

^ ^a ^b Törner, 2005, pp. 42.
^ [hhttps://www.svenskfotboll.se/serier-cuper/tabell-och-resultat/elitettan-2024/115475/ "Division 1 södra 2023"]. svenskfotboll.se. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
^ "Lagen i Elitettan". Elitettan. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
^ "Kontaktuppgifter och tävlingar" [Contact information and competitions]. skaneboll.se (in Swedish). Skånes Fotbollförbund. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
^ "Malmö FF Women's 1st Team". mff.se. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
^ "Styrelse och valberedning". mff.se (in Swedish). Malmö FF. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
^ "Contact". mff.se. Malmö FF. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
^ "Malmö FF Women's 1st Team". mff.se. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
^ "Elitettan 2024". everysport.com. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
^ "Division 1 södra 2023". everysport.com. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
^ "Division 2 södra Götaland 2022". everysport.com. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
^ "Division 3 Skåne sydvästra 2021". everysport.com. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
^ "Division 4 Skåne sydvästra 2020". everysport.com. Retrieved 13 March 2023.