List of Malmö FF players explained

This list is about Malmö FF players with at least 100 league appearances. For a list of all Malmö FF players with a Wikipedia article, see Category:Malmö FF players. For the current Malmö FF first-team squad, see First-team squad.Malmö Fotbollförening, also known simply as Malmö FF, is a Swedish professional association football club based in Malmö. The club is affiliated with Skånes Fotbollförbund (The Scanian Football Association), and plays its home games at Stadion.^[1] Formed on 24 February 1910, Malmö FF is the most successful club in Sweden in terms of trophies won.^[2] The club have won the most league titles of any Swedish club with twenty-one, a joint record eighteen Swedish championship titles and a record fourteen national cup titles.^[3] The team competes in Allsvenskan as of the 2015 season; this is Malmö FF's 15th consecutive season in the top flight, and their 80th overall. The main rivals of the club are Helsingborgs IF, IFK Göteborg and, historically, IFK Malmö.^[4] Since playing their first competitive match, more than 480 players have made a league appearance for the club, of whom 90 players have made at least 100 appearances; those players are listed here.

Defender Krister Kristensson is the player with the most league appearances in the club's history, having made 348 appearances between 1963 and 1978, scoring seven goals. Kristensson also played for the Sweden men's national football team, and ended his career with 38 international caps. Forward Hans Håkansson is the player who has scored the most goals in league matches for Malmö FF, with 163 goals in 192 matches; Bo Larsson holds the record of most goals scored in Allsvenskan with 119 goals in the league.

Key

General

• League appearances and goals are for first-team competitive league matches only, including Allsvenskan, Svenska Serien, Superettan and Division 2 matches. Substitute appearances included. Total appearances and goals are for first-team matches only, including all competitive and friendly matches.
• Players are listed according to the total number of league games played, the player with the most goals scored is ranked higher if two or more players are tied.
• Positions are listed according to the tactical formations that were employed at the time. Thus the change in the names of defensive and midfield reflects the tactical evolution that occurred from the 1960s onwards. The year 1960 is used as a breaking point in this list for the use of names of defensive and midfield positions.

Table headers

• Nationality – If a player played international football, the country/countries he played for are shown. Otherwise, the player's nationality is given as their country of birth.
• Malmö FF career – The year of the player's first appearance for Malmö FF to the year of his last appearance.
• League appearances – The number of games played in league competition.
• League goals – The number of goals scored in league competition.
• Total appearances – The number of games played in all games for the club including friendlies.
• Total goals – The number of goals scored in all games for the club including friendlies.

Positions key

Pre-1960		Post-1960
GK	Goalkeeper
FB	Full back	DF	Defender
HB	Half back	MF	Midfielder
FW	Forward
U	Utility player

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Meaning
	Malmö FF player in the 2019 season
	Player holds club record(s)

Players

Statistics correct as of match played 14 December 2019.^{[5] [6]}

List of Malmö FF players with at least 100 league appearances

Name	Nationality	Position	Malmö FF career	League appearances	League goals	Total appearances	Total goals
*	Sweden		1963–1978	348	7	626	16
	Sweden		1934–1953	326	1	600	4
	Sweden		1968–1983	317	21	624	49
*	Sweden		1962–1966 1969–1979	302	119	546	289
	Sweden		1968–1974 1977–1983	299	6	564	13
*	Sweden		1972–1980 1984–1988	298	1	591	1
*	Sweden		1984–2001	293	0	588	1
	Sweden		1995–1998 2004–2013	292	30	460	39
*	Sweden		1980–1995	281	10	574	39
	Sweden		1952–1965	278	34	515	103
	Sweden		1991–2003	266	34	464	53
*	Sweden		1975–1988	265	12	568	28
*	Sweden		1934–1951	265	0	501	3
	Sweden		1976–1987	230	14	473	46
	Sweden		1957–1968 1970	228	62	414	161
	Sweden		1967–1979	222	42	407	99
	Sweden		1937–1949	221	17	403	25
	Sweden		1951–1961	215	0	433	1
	Sweden		1974–1987	211	5	480	9
	Sweden		1997–2001 2002–2006	209	11	350	20
	Sweden		2001–2005 2014–	208	75	285	143
	Sweden		1987–1996	205	16	410	33
	Sweden		1939–1950	204	41	379	108
*	Sweden		1960–1966 1967–1971	202	52	359	120
	Sweden		1928–1940	201	59	371	168
*	Sweden		1943–1955	200	99	405	269
	Sweden		1996–2006	200	21	350	39
	Sweden		1967–1976	194	18	357	31
*	Sweden		1927–1938	192	163	350	341
	Sweden		1956–1969	192	36	350	94
	Sweden		1967–1968 1972–1979	192	32	371	75
	Sweden		1960–1970	192	1	341	6
	Sweden		1939–1951	191	91	371	298
	Sweden		1960 1963–1972	184	0	329	0
	Sweden		1956–1966	183	34	336	102
	Sweden		1990–1997 2005–2008	183	19	305	50
	Sweden		1974–1976 1977–1978 1979–1982	180	80	334	157
	Sweden		1940–1950	179	68	336	166
	Sweden		1953–1960 1964–1966	178	40	342	111
	Sweden		1951–1962	177	42	367	149
	Sweden		1925–1937	169	71	311	179
	Sweden		2009–2013 2017–	169	0	223	0
	Sweden		2006–2011 2013–2016 2018–	168	40	251	66
	Denmark		2006–2012	166	0	247	2
	Brazil		2009–2014	159	3	248	5
	Sweden		1980–1988	158	26	348	73
	Sweden		1950–1957	158	5	302	10
	Sweden		1931–1940	158	3	302	4
	Sweden		1938–1947	156	31	269	130
*	Sweden		1942–1954	156	10	319	30
	Sweden		1949–1958	153	0	305	1
	Sweden		1923–1933	150	5	295	28
	Sweden		1932–1942	149	6	295	28
	Sweden		1940–1950	148	3	270	15
	Sweden		1956–1958 1958–1967	147	5	271	8
	Cameroon		2000–2005 2010	139	6	254	13
	Sweden		1977–1982 1993–1995	135	26	262	57
	Sweden		2015–	135	4	198	7
	Sweden		1979–1986	134	28	265	66
	Sweden		1969–1978	134	26	255	50
	Sweden		1983–1992	133	1	329	2
	Sweden		1940–1950	132	65	265	205
	Sweden		1950–1957	132	14	292	59
	Sweden		1920–1931	128	21	370	53
	Sweden		2004–2008 2016–	128	3	173	4
	Sweden		1978–1987	127	10	294	24
	Sweden		1972–1980	126	55	258	110
	Sweden		1967–1973	126	36	226	70
	Sweden		1995–1998 2004–2007	126	22	212	42
	Sweden		2008–2013	126	22	203	34
	Sweden		1969–1979	123	28	256	73
*	Sweden		1985–1991	123	25	288	57
	Sweden		1944–1955	121	1	252	1
	Sweden		1993–1996 1999–2000	119	19	204	43
	Sweden		1926–1938	119	6	232	19
	Sweden		1994–2000	117	3	223	7
	Finland		2008–2014	115	6	197	8
	Sweden		1936–1943	114	0	178	1
	Sweden		2009–2012	113	31	168	46
	Albania		2008–2011 2014–2016	113	27	178	40
	Sweden		2001–2008	112	49	191	97
	Sweden		1955–1960 1964–1966	111	38	222	124
	Sweden		1996–2000	111	31	193	54
	Sweden		1952–1959	111	2	207	3
	Sweden		1954–1961	108	50	231	141
	Sweden		1954–1962	107	5	214	16
	Sweden		1942–1950	107	0	209	0
	Sweden		1948–1953	106	68	210	162
	Sweden		1924–1932	104	31	187	70
*	Sweden		1989–1992 2004–2005	104	12	184	24
	Sweden		2013–2017 2019–	104	11	141	16
	Sweden		1998–2002	102	0	166	2
	Sweden		2015–2017 2019–	101	27	137	43
	Sweden		2002–2006	100	0	161	0

Club captains

Since 1940, 30 players have held the position of club captain for Malmö FF.^[7] The first club captain was Sture Mårtensson, who was captain from 1940 to 1949. Mårtensson is also the longest-serving captain. Krister Kristensson, who was captain from 1970 to 1978, has the distinction of having won the most trophies as captain; he won five Allsvenskan titles and four Svenska Cupen titles. The current club captain is midfielder Anders Christiansen who has held the captaincy since the beginning of the 2020 season.^[8]

Club captains

Name^[9]	Nationality	Position	Dates	Notes
Unknown	—	—	1910–1939	—
	Sweden		1940–1949	First known club captain and longest-serving captain in Malmö FF's history.
	Sweden		1949	—
	Sweden		1949–1953	—
	Sweden		1953–1954	First captain not from Malmö and suburbs
	Sweden		1954–1958	—
	Sweden		1959–1961	First captain not from Scania
	Sweden		1962–1965	—
	Sweden		1966	—
	Sweden		1967–1968	First captain to make less than 100 appearances.
	Sweden		1969–1970	—
	Sweden		1970–1978	Won more trophies than any other Malmö FF captain.
	Sweden		1979	Co-captained with Bo Larsson.
	Sweden		1979	Co-captained with Staffan Tapper.
	Sweden		1980–1983	—
	Sweden		1984–1987	—
	Sweden		1988	—
	Sweden		1989	—
	Sweden		1989–1992	—
	Sweden		1993–1995	—
	Sweden		1996	—
	Sweden		1996–1998	—
	Sweden		1998–2000	—
	Sweden		2001	—
	Sweden		2002–2003	First captain to have a second captaincy spell.
	Sweden		2004–2005	—
	Sweden		2005–2011	—
	Denmark		2012	First non-Swedish club captain.
	Sweden		2013	—
	Sweden		2014	—
	Sweden		2015–2019	—
	Denmark		2020–	—

Notes and References

1. Web site: Kontaktuppgifter och tävlingar 2012 – Malmö FF . Contact information and competitions 2012 – Malmö FF . skaneball.se . The Scanian Football Association . 11 March 2012 . Swedish . 17 March 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120317024838/http://www.skaneboll.se/forbund/foreningar/?feid=10661 . dead .
2. Web site: Fakta . Malmö FF . mff.se . 22 August 2012 . Swedish . Facts . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120910212225/http://www.mff.se/Ditt_MFF/Om_klubben/Fakta.aspx . 10 September 2012 .
3. Web site: Malmö FF . The Swedish Football Association . svenskfotboll.se . 22 August 2012 . Swedish . https://web.archive.org/web/20130516002847/http://svenskfotboll.se/allsvenskan/lag/?flid=25517 . 16 May 2013 . dead .
4. Book: Törner, Ole . Malmö FF; En Supporters Handbok . Bokförlaget DN . 2005 . 52–54. 91-7588-683-9 . Swedish .
5. Book: 100 år med Allsvensk fotboll . Idrottsförlaget . Alsiö, Martin . 2011 . 307–309 . Swedish . 978-91-977326-7-3.
6. Book: Ända sen gamla dagar... . Project Management AB . Smitt, Rikard . 2009 . 258–265, 313 . Swedish . 978-91-633-5767-1.
7. Web site: Hamad vill inte ta av bindeln . Sydsvenskan . sydsvenskan.se . 5 February 2013 . 17 February 2013 . Swedish . Hamad does not want to lose the capain's armband . 5 November 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131105070404/http://www.sydsvenskan.se/sport/fotboll/mff/hamad-vill-inte-ta-av-bindeln/ . live .
8. Web site: Anders Christiansen ny lagkapten i Malmö FF . Malmö FF . mff.se . 5 June 2020 . 5 June 2020 . Swedish . 5 June 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200605101759/https://www.mff.se/anders-christiansen-ny-lagkapten-i-malmo-ff/ . live .
9. Web site: Morgondagens startelva . Malmö FF . mff.se . 30 January 2014 . 1 February 2014 . Swedish . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140202215602/http://www.mff.se/Aktuellt/Nyheter/2014-01-30_morgondagens_startelva . 2 February 2014 .