Malmö FF (women) explained

Nickname:Di blåe (Scanian: The Blue Ones)[1]
Himmelsblått (Sky Blue)
Ground:Malmö Stadion, Malmö
Capacity:26,500
Clubname:Malmö FF
Fullname:Malmö Fotbollförening
Short Name:MFF
Founded: as Malmö FF Dam
as Malmö FF
Chrtitle:President
Chairman:Anders Pålsson
Mgrtitle:Head coach
Manager:Maxim Khalil
League:Elitettan
Season:2023
Position:Division 1 Södra, 1st of 14 (promoted)[2]
Website:http://www.mff.se/
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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

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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Out on loan

Management

Organisation

As of 8 December 2020[6] [7]

NameRole
Anders PålssonPresident
Niclas CarlnénChief executive officer
Pontus HanssonSecretary
Daniel AnderssonSporting director
Anne-Maj JanssonSporting assistant
Per ÅgrenSporting director youth

Technical staff

As of 13 March 2023[8]

NameRole
Maxim KhalilHead coach
Fredrik JahnforsAssistant coaches
Jeff Petersson
Anders NilssonTeam Manager
Emelie KarlströmGoalkeeping coaches
Helena Ivarsson
Jared WallanceFitness trainer
Filip QvistPhysiotherapists
Karin Boman

Honours

External links

Notes and References

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