List of Malmö FF players

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.
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Part of Malmö FF's first team squad in 1962, from left to right; Jan Jeppsson, Rolf Eriksson, Lars Granström, Bo Larsson and Ingvar Svahn

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][A] 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.[5] 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.[6][7]

Key

Players

Statistics correct as of match played 14 December 2019.[6][7][B]

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Krister Kristensson made over 300 league appearances for Malmö FF, more than any other player.[6]
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Bo Larsson made the fourth-highest number of league appearances for Malmö FF.[6]
A man with short dark hair kneels on a football pitch before a match, wearing a light blue shirt, white shorts and light blue socks. He is holding a pennant.
Daniel Andersson played for Malmö FF 292 times over 15 seasons.[6][8]
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Helge Bengtsson was Malmö FF's first choice goalkeeper during the team's undefeated run of 49 league matches between 1949 and 1951.[6]
A dark-haired gentleman in light-coloured football kit stands in a dressing room, holding a bottle in his right hand.
Ingvar Svahn was neither booked nor sent off for ten of his twelve seasons with Malmö FF.[6][9]
A dark haired man in light blue and white football attire looks to his left amidst a match. He wears a red and white striped armband on his left arm.
Niklas Nyhlén made 205 appearances for Malmö FF between 1987 and 1996.[6]
A photograph of a blonde man wearing a grey and green training jacket and white shorts, the man is seen on a football pitch in the process of warming up.
Markus Rosenberg has made 181 appearances and scored 62 goals for Malmö FF between 2001 and 2005 and since joining the club again in 2014.[6]
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Ulrich Vinzents, from Denmark, is the foreign player with the most league appearances for Malmö FF.[10]
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
Krister Kristensson[C] * Sweden DF 1963–1978 348 7 626 16
Erik Nilsson Sweden FB 1934–1953 326 1 600 4
Roy Andersson Sweden DF 1968–1983 317 21 624 49
Bo Larsson[D] * Sweden U 1962–1966
1969–1979		 302 119 546 289
Roland Andersson Sweden DF 1968–1974
1977–1983		 299 6 564 13
Jan Möller[E][F] * Sweden GK 1972–1980
1984–1988		 298 1 591 1
Jonnie Fedel[F] * Sweden GK 1984–2001 293 0 588 1
Daniel Andersson Sweden MF 1995–1998
2004–2013		 292 30 460 39
Torbjörn Persson[G] * Sweden DF 1980–1995 281 10 574 39
Prawitz Öberg Sweden U 1952–1965 278 34 515 103
Jörgen Ohlsson Sweden DF 1991–2003 266 34 464 53
Magnus Andersson[H] * Sweden DF 1975–1988 265 12 568 28
Helge Bengtsson[I] * Sweden GK 1934–1951 265 0 501 3
Ingemar Erlandsson Sweden DF 1976–1987 230 14 473 46
Ingvar Svahn Sweden HB 1957–1968
1970		 228 62 414 161
Staffan Tapper Sweden MF 1967–1979 222 42 407 99
Sture Mårtensson Sweden HB 1937–1949 221 17 403 25
Tore Svensson Sweden GK 1951–1961 215 0 433 1
Kent Jönsson Sweden DF 1974–1987 211 5 480 9
Olof Persson Sweden DF 1997–2001
2002–2006		 209 11 350 20
Markus Rosenberg ‡ Sweden FW 2001–2005
2014–		 208 75 285 143
Niclas Nyhlén Sweden MF 1987–1996 205 16 410 33
Kjell Rosén Sweden FB 1939–1950 204 41 379 108
Lars Granström[J] * Sweden MF 1960–1966
1967–1971		 202 52 359 120
Andreas Nilsson Sweden HB 1928–1940 201 59 371 168
Egon Jönsson[K] * Sweden HB 1943–1955 200 99 405 269
Hans Mattisson Sweden MF 1996–2006 200 21 350 39
Harry Jönsson Sweden FW 1967–1976 194 18 357 31
Hans Håkansson[L] * Sweden FW 1927–1938 192 163 350 341
Bertil Elmstedt Sweden FW 1956–1969 192 36 350 94
Anders Ljungberg Sweden MF 1967–1968
1972–1979		 192 32 371 75
Rolf Björklund Sweden FB 1960–1970 192 1 341 6
Börje Tapper Sweden FW 1939–1951 191 91 371 298
Nils Hult Sweden GK 1960
1963–1972		 184 0 329 0
Lennart Svensson Sweden HB 1956–1966 183 34 336 102
Anders Andersson Sweden MF 1990–1997
2005–2008		 183 19 305 50
Thomas Sjöberg Sweden FW 1974–1976
1977–1978
1979–1982		 180 80 334 157
Stellan Nilsson Sweden HB 1940–1950 179 68 336 166
Bertil Nilsson Sweden MF 1953–1960
1964–1966		 178 40 342 111
Henry Thillberg Sweden FW 1951–1962 177 42 367 149
Ivar Roslund Sweden HB 1925–1937 169 71 311 179
Johan Dahlin ‡ Sweden GK 2009–2013
2017–		 169 0 223 0
Guillermo Molins ‡ Sweden MF 2006–2011
2013–2016
2018–		 168 40 251 66
Ulrich Vinzents Denmark DF 2006–2012 166 0 247 2
Ricardinho Brazil DF 2009–2014 159 3 248 5
Anders Palmér Sweden MF 1980–1988 158 26 348 73
Arthur Bergquist Sweden FB 1950–1957 158 5 302 10
Sven Nilsson Sweden FB 1931–1940 158 3 302 4
Carl-Erik Sandberg Sweden FW 1938–1947 156 31 269 130
Sven Hjertsson[K] * Sweden FB 1942–1954 156 10 319 30
Sune Sandbring Sweden FB 1949–1958 153 0 305 1
Algot Christoffersson Sweden FB 1923–1933 150 5 295 28
Georg Österlin Sweden FB 1932–1942 149 6 295 28
Kjell Hjertsson Sweden HB 1940–1950 148 3 270 15
Jörgen Ohlin Sweden FB 1956–1958
1958–1967		 147 5 271 8
Joseph Elanga Cameroon DF 2000–2005
2010		 139 6 254 13
Robert Prytz Sweden MF 1977–1982
1993–1995		 135 26 262 57
Oscar Lewicki ‡ Sweden MF 2015– 135 4 198 7
Björn Nilsson Sweden FW 1979–1986 134 28 265 66
Tommy Larsson Sweden MF 1969–1978 134 26 255 50
Per Ågren Sweden DF 1983–1992 133 1 329 2
Gustaf Nilsson Sweden FW 1940–1950 132 65 265 205
Åke Hansson Sweden HB 1950–1957 132 14 292 59
John Torstensson Sweden FB 1920–1931 128 21 370 53
Behrang Safari ‡ Sweden DF 2004–2008
2016–		 128 3 173 4
Mats Arvidsson Sweden DF 1978–1987 127 10 294 24
Tore Cervin Sweden FW 1972–1980 126 55 258 110
Curt Olsberg Sweden MF 1967–1973 126 36 226 70
Yksel Osmanovski Sweden FW 1995–1998
2004–2007		 126 22 212 42
Jiloan Hamad Sweden MF 2008–2013 126 22 203 34
Tommy Andersson Sweden FW 1969–1979 123 28 256 73
Leif Engqvist[G] * Sweden MF 1985–1991 123 25 288 57
Arne Månsson Sweden FB 1944–1955 121 1 252 1
Jens Fjellström Sweden MF 1993–1996
1999–2000		 119 19 204 43
Gunnar Martinsson Sweden HB 1926–1938 119 6 232 19
Jonas Wirmola Sweden DF 1994–2000 117 3 223 7
Markus Halsti Finland DF 2008–2014 115 6 197 8
Ove Karlsson Sweden FB 1936–1943 114 0 178 1
Daniel Larsson Sweden FW 2009–2012 113 31 168 46
Agon Mehmeti Albania FW 2008–2011
2014–2016		 113 27 178 40
Niklas Skoog Sweden FW 2001–2008 112 49 191 97
Jan Ekström Sweden MF 1955–1960
1964–1966		 111 38 222 124
Niclas Kindvall Sweden FW 1996–2000 111 31 193 54
Åke Larsson Sweden FB 1952–1959 111 2 207 3
Charles Gustafsson Sweden HB 1954–1961 108 50 231 141
Gert Lundqvist Sweden FB 1954–1962 107 5 214 16
Hans Malmström Sweden FB 1942–1950 107 0 209 0
Ingvar Rydell Sweden FW 1948–1953 106 68 210 162
Ture Isberg Sweden FW 1924–1932 104 31 187 70
Patrik Andersson[M] * Sweden DF 1989–1992
2004–2005		 104 12 184 24
Erdal Rakip ‡ Sweden MF 2013–2017
2019–		 104 11 141 16
Mikael Roth Sweden DF 1998–2002 102 0 166 2
Jo Inge Berget ‡ Sweden FW 2015–2017
2019–		 101 27 137 43
Mattias Asper Sweden GK 2002–2006 100 0 161 0

Club captains

Anders Christiansen has captained Malmö FF since 2020

Since 1940, 30 players have held the position of club captain for Malmö FF.[13] 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.[14]

Club captains
Name[13][15] Nationality Position Dates Notes
Unknown — — 1910–1939 —
Sture Mårtensson Sweden HB 1940–1949 First known club captain and

longest-serving captain in Malmö FF's history.

Helge Bengtsson Sweden GK 1949 —
Erik Nilsson Sweden FB 1949–1953 —
Sven Hjertsson Sweden FB 1953–1954 First captain not from Malmö and suburbs
Sune Sandbring Sweden FB 1954–1958 —
Tore Svensson Sweden GK 1959–1961 First captain not from Scania
Prawitz Öberg Sweden U 1962–1965 —
Jörgen Ohlin Sweden FB 1966 —
Anders Svensson Sweden HB 1967–1968 First captain to make less than 100 appearances.
Rolf Björklund Sweden FB 1969–1970 —
Krister Kristensson Sweden DF 1970–1978 Won more trophies than any other Malmö FF captain.
Staffan Tapper Sweden MF 1979 Co-captained with Bo Larsson.
Bo Larsson Sweden U 1979 Co-captained with Staffan Tapper.
Roland Andersson Sweden DF 1980–1983 —
Ingemar Erlandsson Sweden DF 1984–1987 —
Magnus Andersson Sweden DF 1988 —
Roger Ljung Sweden DF 1989 —
Per Ågren Sweden DF 1989–1992 —
Torbjörn Persson Sweden DF 1993–1995 —
Niclas Nyhlén Sweden MF 1996 —
Jonnie Fedel Sweden GK 1996–1998 —
Hans Mattisson Sweden MF 1998–2000 —
Olof Persson Sweden DF 2001 —
Hans Mattisson Sweden MF 2002–2003 First captain to have a second captaincy spell.
Patrik Andersson Sweden DF 2004–2005 —
Daniel Andersson Sweden MF 2005–2011 —
Ulrich Vinzents Denmark DF 2012 First non-Swedish club captain.
Jiloan Hamad Sweden MF 2013 —
Guillermo Molins Sweden MF 2014 —
Markus Rosenberg Sweden FW 2015–2019 —
Anders Christiansen Denmark MF 2020– —

Footnotes

  1. ^ The title of "Swedish Champions" has been awarded to the winner of four different competitions over the years. Between 1896 and 1925 the title was awarded to the winner of Svenska Mästerskapet, a stand-alone cup tournament. No club were given the title between 1926 and 1930 even though the first-tier league Allsvenskan was played. In 1931 the title was reinstated and awarded to the winner of Allsvenskan. Between 1982 and 1990 a play-off in cup format was held at the end of the league season to decide the champions. After the play-off format in 1991 and 1992 the title was decided by the winner of Mästerskapsserien, an additional league after the end of Allsvenskan. Since the 1993 season the title has once again been awarded to the winner of Allsvenskan.[4]
  2. ^ For up to date statistics and referencing for current Malmö FF players on this list, see the statistics section at svenskfotboll.se: click on the relevant player's name there to verify that the statistics displayed on this list are correct. For players who are no longer part of the squad, but who played in Malmö FF after 2010, see www.soccerway.com, and enter the player's name into the search field in the upper-right-hand corner and press enter to verify the player's statistics.
  3. ^ Krister Kristensson holds the club records for most league appearances and most appearances in total.[6]
  4. ^ Bo Larsson holds the club records for most Allsvenskan goals scored and most goals scored in one Allsvenskan season.[6]
  5. ^ Jan Möller holds the club and Allsvenskan records for most Allsvenskan medals won with 14 medals, Möller won 12 medals with Malmö FF and two medals while playing for Trelleborgs FF.[6]
  6. ^ a b Jan Möller and Jonnie Fedel shares the club and Allsvenskan records for goalkeeper with least conceded goals in a single season with 11 goals.[6]
  7. ^ a b Torbjörn Persson and Leif Engqvist shares the club and Allsvenskan records for most consecutive Allsvenskan championships with 5 consecutive championships.[6]
  8. ^ Magnus Andersson holds the club and Allsvenskan records for shortest time between a players debut and championship won with 2 months and 18 days between his debut and when he won Allsvenskan with Malmö FF.[6]
  9. ^ Helge Bengtsson holds the club and Allsvenskan records for goalkeeper with most consecutive matches without defeat with 40 matches. The record was set between 6 May 1949 and 6 November 1950.[6]
  10. ^ Lars Granström holds the club record for youngest goalscorer at the age of 17 years and 159 days. The record was set in an Allsvenskan match against Djurgårdens IF on 15 May 1960.[11]
  11. ^ a b Egon Jönsson and Sven Hjertsson shares the club and Allsvenskan records for most consecutive matches without defeat with 49 matches. The record was set between 6 May 1949 and 1 June 1951.[6]
  12. ^ Hans Håkansson holds the club records for most league goals scored and most goals in one season in any league.[6][7]
  13. ^ Patrik Andersson holds the club record for most international caps for the Sweden men's national football team.[12]

References

  1. ^ "Kontaktuppgifter och tävlingar 2012 – Malmö FF" [Contact information and competitions 2012 – Malmö FF]. skaneball.se (in Swedish). The Scanian Football Association. Archived from the original on 17 March 2012. Retrieved 11 March 2012.
  2. ^ "Fakta" [Facts]. mff.se (in Swedish). Malmö FF. Archived from the original on 10 September 2012. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
  3. ^ "Malmö FF". svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). The Swedish Football Association. Archived from the original on 16 May 2013. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
  4. ^ "Svenska mästare 1896–1925, 1931–" [Swedish champions 1896–1925, 1931–]. svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). The Swedish Football Association. Archived from the original on 2 December 2009. Retrieved 20 July 2012.
  5. ^ Törner, Ole (2005). Malmö FF; En Supporters Handbok (in Swedish). Bokförlaget DN. pp. 52–54. ISBN 91-7588-683-9.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Alsiö, Martin (2011). 100 år med Allsvensk fotboll (in Swedish). Idrottsförlaget. pp. 307–309. ISBN 978-91-977326-7-3.
  7. ^ a b c Smitt, Rikard (2009). Ända sen gamla dagar... (in Swedish). Project Management AB. pp. 258–265, 313. ISBN 978-91-633-5767-1.
  8. ^ "Daniel Andersson". svenskfotboll.se. The Swedish Football Association. Archived from the original on 3 April 2012. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
  9. ^ "1967: Ingvar Svahn, Malmö FF". aftonbladet.se (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
  10. ^ "Ulrich Vinzents". svenskfotboll.se. The Swedish Football Association. Archived from the original on 5 October 2013. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
  11. ^ "Alex – yngste allsvenske MFF:are någonsin!" [Alex – youngest MFF player in Allsvenskan ever!]. mff.se (in Swedish). Malmö FF. 18 September 2008. Archived from the original on 26 October 2011. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
  12. ^ "Sveriges landslagsmän 1908–2011" [Swedish international players 1908–2011] (PDF). svenskfotboll.se. The Swedish Football Association. Archived from the original on 6 July 2013. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
  13. ^ a b "Hamad vill inte ta av bindeln" [Hamad does not want to lose the capain's armband]. sydsvenskan.se (in Swedish). Sydsvenskan. 5 February 2013. Archived from the original on 5 November 2013. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
  14. ^ "Anders Christiansen ny lagkapten i Malmö FF". mff.se (in Swedish). Malmö FF. 5 June 2020. Archived from the original on 5 June 2020. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
  15. ^ "Morgondagens startelva". mff.se (in Swedish). Malmö FF. 30 January 2014. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 1 February 2014.