2004 Malmö FF season

Malmö FF
2004 season
ChairmanSweden Bengt Madsen
ManagerSweden Tom Prahl
StadiumMalmö Stadion
Allsvenskan1st
Svenska CupenRound 3
UEFA Intertoto CupRound 1
Top goalscorerLeague:
Afonso Alves (12)
All:
Afonso Alves (12)
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Malmö FF won its first league title since 1988, thanks to smart spending of the 9 million € transfer money of Zlatan Ibrahimović three years earlier. Afonso Alves was the bearing player in the team, having signed from Örgryte IS for an estimated 1.2 million €. The title was won in front of 27 343 ecstatic supporters at Malmö Stadion. Malmö beat IF Elfsborg 1-0 thanks to Jon Inge Høiland scoring on a rebound, following Niklas Skoog's miss. Following a 2-1 victory at IFK Göteborg in front of almost 40 000 spectators earlier that week, IFK gave Malmö a helping hand by drawing against Halmstads BK 1-1 away from home, which proved crucial in securing Malmö's title. The club competed in Allsvenskan, Svenska Cupen and The UEFA Intertoto Cup for the 2004 season.

Players

Squad stats

No. Pos Nat Player Total Allsvenskan
Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Sweden SWE Mattias Asper 26 0 26 0
3 DF Sweden SWE Olof Persson 23 1 23 1
4 DF Sweden SWE Daniel Majstorović 18 2 18 2
4 DF Sweden SWE Peter Abelsson 8 2 8 2
5 MF Sweden SWE Thomas Olsson 20 1 20 1
6 MF Sweden SWE Hasse Mattisson 16 0 16 0
7 DF Cameroon CMR Joseph Elanga 25 1 25 1
8 FW Brazil BRA Afonso Alves 24 12 24 12
9 FW Sweden SWE Niklas Skoog 25 8 25 8
10 MF Sweden SWE Louay Chanko 26 0 26 0
11 FW Poland POL Igor Sypniewski 10 2 10 2
11 MF Sweden SWE Yksel Osmanovski 6 0 6 0
13 DF Sweden SWE Jon Jönsson 21 3 21 3
14 DF Norway NOR Jon Inge Høiland 25 4 25 4
18 DF Sweden SWE Patrik Andersson 10 1 10 1
19 MF Sweden SWE Glenn Holgersson 6 0 6 0
20 DF Sweden SWE Johan Nilsson-Guiomar 3 0 3 0
21 FW Sweden SWE Andreas Yngvesson 24 5 24 5
22 MF Sweden SWE Tobias Grahn 13 2 13 2
25 DF Sweden SWE Behrang Safari 3 0 3 0
26 FW Sweden SWE Darko Lukanović 4 0 4 0
30 MF Sweden SWE Daniel Andersson 11 0 11 0

Club

Kit

Supplier: Puma
Sponsor(s): Nätverket

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Domestic

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Other information

Chairman Sweden Bengt Madsen
Ground (capacity and dimensions) Malmö Stadion (27,500 / )

Updated to match played 19 October
Source: Malmö FF and Malmö Stadion

Competitions

Allsvenskan

Main article: 2004 Allsvenskan

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Malmö FF (C) 26 15 7 4 44 21 +23 52 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2 Halmstads BK 26 14 8 4 53 27 +26 50 Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round
3 IFK Göteborg 26 14 5 7 33 20 +13 47 Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round
4 Djurgårdens IF 26 11 8 7 38 32 +6 41 Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round[a]
5 Kalmar FF 26 10 10 6 27 18 +9 40
Source: svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ Djurgården qualified for the UEFA Cup as Svenska Cupen champions 2004.

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
26 15 7 4 44 21  +23 52 8 4 1 21 9  +12 7 3 3 23 12  +11

Matches

6 April 2004 Round 1 Hammarby IF 0 – 0 Malmö FF Stockholm
Stadium: Söderstadion
Attendance: 15,626
9 April 2004 Round 2 Malmö FF 5 – 1 Örebro SK Malmö
Skoog 15'
Høiland 27'
Grahn 34'
Sypniewski 62, 74'		 Furuseth Olsen 36' Stadium: Malmö Stadion
Attendance: 22,019
19 April 2004 Round 3 IF Elfsborg 1 – 5 Malmö FF Borås
Nilsson 14' Alves 29, 32, 78'
Majstorović 37'
P. Andersson 82'		 Stadium: Ryavallen
Attendance: 7,593
24 April 2004 Round 4 Malmö FF 1 – 0 IFK Göteborg Malmö
Grahn 39' Stadium: Malmö Stadion
Attendance: 26,426
3 May 2004 Round 5 Trelleborgs FF 1 – 1 Malmö FF Trelleborg
Haynes 7' Jönsson 22' Stadium: Vångavallen
Attendance: 9,843
6 May 2004 Round 6 Malmö FF 0 – 0 AIK Malmö
Stadium: Malmö Stadion
Attendance: 21,229
12 May 2004 Round 7 Landskrona BoIS 2 – 1 Malmö FF Landskrona
Kusi-Asare 17'
J. Andersson 63'		 Persson 75' Stadium: Landskrona IP
Attendance: 8,495
17 May 2004 Round 8 Malmö FF 0 – 0 Kalmar FF Malmö
Stadium: Malmö Stadion
Attendance: 17,332
24 May 2004 Round 9 Helsingborgs IF 0 – 2 Malmö FF Helsingborg
Yngvesson 56'
Alves 89'		 Stadium: Olympia
Attendance: 16,069
30 June 2004 Round 13 Malmö FF 1 – 0 Örgryte IS Malmö
Yngvesson 72' Stadium: Malmö Stadion
Attendance: 11,940
7 July 2004 Round 10 Malmö FF 0 – 0 GIF Sundsvall Malmö
Stadium: Malmö Stadion
Attendance: 14,134
14 July 2004 Round 11 Djurgårdens IF 0 – 2 Malmö FF Solna
Høiland 11'
Alves 78'		 Stadium: Råsunda
Attendance: 13,380
21 July 2004 Round 12 Malmö FF 2 – 1 Halmstads BK Malmö
Alves 4'
Jönsson 63'		 Preko 15' Stadium: Malmö Stadion
Attendance: 20,781
1 August 2004 Round 14 AIK 0 – 2 Malmö FF Solna
Skoog 40, 90 + 4' Stadium: Råsunda
Attendance: 15,254
9 August 2004 Round 15 Malmö FF 4 – 2 Trelleborgs FF Malmö
Skoog 3, 90 + 2'
Elanga 66'
Jönsson 90'		 Redo 33'
Ademolu 80'		 Stadium: Malmö Stadion
Attendance: 19,328
14 August 2004 Round 16 GIF Sundsvall 3 – 2 Malmö FF Sundsvall
Bergersen 43'
Ljungberg 50'
Dahlberg 69'		 Majstorović 7'
Skoog 58'		 Stadium: Idrottsparken
Attendance: 6,432
24 August 2004 Round 17 Malmö FF 1 – 1 Helsingborgs IF Malmö
Alves 36' G. Andersson 66' Stadium: Malmö Stadion
Attendance: 22,920
30 August 2004 Round 18 Örgryte IS 0 – 2 Malmö FF Gothenburg
Alves 20'
Yngvesson 48'		 Stadium: Gamla Ullevi
Attendance: 4,482
14 September 2004 Round 19 Halmstads BK 2 – 2 Malmö FF Halmstad
Rosenberg 16, 30' Abelsson 61'
Alves 81'		 Stadium: Örjans Vall
Attendance: 11,239
20 September 2004 Round 20 Malmö FF 2 – 0 Djurgårdens IF Malmö
Yngvesson 32'
Høiland 71'		 Stadium: Malmö Stadion
Attendance: 18,218
23 September 2004 Round 21 Örebro SK 1 – 2 Malmö FF Örebro
Kuhi 85' Skoog 52'
Alves 68'		 Stadium: Eyravallen
Attendance: 6,629
26 September 2004 Round 22 Malmö FF 4 – 3 Hammarby IF Malmö
Alves 13, 79'
Skoog 32'
Yngvesson 43'		 Laitinen 9'
Abelsson 52' (o.g.)
E. Johansson 58'		 Stadium: Malmö Stadion
Attendance: 20,302
3 October 2004 Round 23 Kalmar FF 1 – 0 Malmö FF Kalmar
Fábio Augusto 36' Stadium: Fredriksskans
Attendance: 8,758
18 October 2004 Round 24 Malmö FF 0 – 1 Landskrona BoIS Malmö
H. Nilsson 16' (pen.) Stadium: Malmö Stadion
Attendance: 18,824
25 October 2004 Round 25 IFK Göteborg 1 – 2 Malmö FF Gothenburg
Ijeh 60' Abelsson 17'
Olsson 34'		 Stadium: Ullevi
Attendance: 38,983
30 October 2004 Round 26 Malmö FF 1 – 0 IF Elfsborg Malmö
Høiland 54' Stadium: Malmö Stadion
Attendance: 27,343

Svenska Cupen

Main article: 2004 Svenska Cupen

Kickoff times are in UTC+2.

29 April 2004 Round 2 Ystads IF 1 – 4 Malmö FF Ystad
Holgersson
Sypniewski
Grahn
Høiland 		Attendance: 2,012
20 May 2004 Round 3 Örebro SK 2 – 1 Malmö FF Örebro
Skoog Stadium: Eyravallen
Attendance: 3,586

References

  • Smitt, Rikard (2009). Ända sen gamla dagar... Project Management AB. ISBN 978-91-633-5767-1.