Malmö FF (women)
Full name | Malmö Fotbollförening | |||
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Nickname(s) | Di blåe (Scanian: The Blue Ones)[1] Himmelsblått (Sky Blue)[1] | |||
Short name | MFF | |||
Founded | 7 September 1970 26 November 2019 as Malmö FF | as Malmö FF Dam|||
Ground | Malmö Stadion, Malmö | |||
Capacity | 26,500 | |||
President | Anders Pålsson | |||
Head coach | Maxim Khalil | |||
League | Elitettan | |||
2023 | Division 1 Södra, 1st of 14 (promoted)[2] | |||
Website | Club website | |||
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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
[edit]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
[edit]- As of 3 May 2024[5]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Out on loan
[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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Management
[edit]Organisation
[edit]Name | Role |
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![]() | President |
![]() | Chief executive officer |
![]() | Secretary |
![]() | Sporting director |
![]() | Sporting assistant |
![]() | Sporting director youth |
Technical staff
[edit]As of 13 March 2023[8]
Name | Role |
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![]() | Head coach |
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![]() | Team Manager |
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![]() | Fitness trainer |
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Honours
[edit]- Division 2 Södra Götaland
- Winners: 2022[9]
- Division 3 Skåne Sydvästra
- Winners: 2021[10]
- Division 4 Skåne Sydvästra
- Winners: 2020[11]
Footnotes
[edit]- ^ a b Törner, 2005, pp. 42.
- ^ "Division 1 södra 2023". everysport.com. Retrieved 17 January 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.
- ^ "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.
External links
[edit]- Official website (in Swedish)
- MFF Support (in Swedish) – official supporter club site
- Himmelriket (in Swedish) – supporter site
- MFF-Familjen (in Swedish) – supporter site