2007 Malmö FF season

Malmö FF
2007 season
ChairmanBengt Madsen
ManagerSören Åkeby
StadiumMalmö Stadion
Allsvenskan9th
Svenska CupenRound 3
Top goalscorerLeague: Júnior (9)
All: Júnior (16)
Highest home attendance22,746 (7 August vs Helsingborgs IF, Allsvenskan)
Lowest home attendance7,805 (28 October vs IF Elfsborg, Allsvenskan)
Average home league attendance13,364 (Allsvenskan only)
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The 2007 season was Malmö FF's 96th in existence, their 72nd season in Allsvenskan and their 7th consecutive season in the league. They competed in Allsvenskan where they finished in 9th position and Svenska Cupen where they were knocked out in the third round. The result in Allsvenskan was the club's worst league performance since the 2001 season when they also finished 9th, as a result of this, manager Sören Åkebys contract was not renewed and Roland Nilsson was announced as the new Malmö FF manager in October 2007.

Players

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Sweden SWE Håkan Svensson
2 DF Denmark DEN Ulrich Vinzents
3 DF Sweden SWE Daniel Theorin
4 DF Liberia LBR Jimmy Dixon
5 DF Brazil BRA Gabriel
7 DF Sweden SWE Anders Andersson
8 FW Brazil BRA Júnior
9 FW Sweden SWE Niklas Skoog
10 FW Finland FIN Jari Litmanen
11 MF Sweden SWE Yksel Osmanovski
13 MF Sweden SWE Babis Stefanidis
14 DF Norway NOR Jon Inge Høiland
16 DF Sweden SWE Christian Järdler
17 MF Sweden SWE Joakim Nilsson
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 FW Nigeria NGA Edward Ofere
19 MF Sweden SWE Johan Andersson
20 MF Sweden SWE Ola Toivonen
21 DF Ivory Coast CIV Raoul Kouakou
22 MF Sweden SWE Robin Nilsson
23 MF Sweden SWE Labinot Harbuzi
24 MF Sweden SWE Philip Milenković
25 DF Sweden SWE Behrang Safari
26 FW Sweden SWE Marcus Pode
27 MF Sweden SWE Anes Mravac
30 MF Sweden SWE Daniel Andersson (Captain)
31 FW Finland FIN Jonatan Johansson
34 FW Sweden SWE Guillermo Molins
35 GK Sweden SWE Jonas Sandqvist

Squad stats

No. Pos Nat Player Total Allsvenskan Svenska Cupen Other
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Sweden SWE Håkan Svensson 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
2 DF Denmark DEN Ulrich Vinzents 38 1 25 0 2 0 11 1
3 FW Sweden SWE Daniel Theorin 9 0 1 0 1 0 7 0
4 DF Liberia LBR Jimmy Dixon 29 0 21 0 0 0 8 0
5 DF Brazil BRA Gabriel 23 0 13 0 2 0 8 0
7 MF Sweden SWE Anders Andersson 36 0 25 0 1 0 10 0
8 FW Brazil BRA Júnior 32 16 21 9 1 2 10 5
9 FW Sweden SWE Niklas Skoog 19 7 16 5 0 0 3 2
11 MF Sweden SWE Yksel Osmanovski 34 4 23 1 1 0 10 3
13 MF Sweden SWE Babis Stefanidis 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0
14 DF Norway NOR Jon Inge Høiland 16 2 14 1 1 1 1 0
16 DF Sweden SWE Christian Järdler 21 1 12 0 2 0 7 1
17 MF Sweden SWE Joakim Nilsson 23 0 13 0 1 0 9 0
18 FW Nigeria NGA Edward Ofere 25 5 14 0 1 4 10 1
19 MF Sweden SWE Johan Andersson 8 2 5 0 2 2 1 0
20 FW Sweden SWE Ola Toivonen 35 7 24 3 2 2 9 2
21 DF Ivory Coast CIV Raoul Kouakou 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
22 MF Sweden SWE Robin Nilsson 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
23 MF Sweden SWE Labinot Harbuzi 14 0 12 0 0 0 2 0
24 DF Sweden SWE Philip Milenković 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
25 DF Sweden SWE Behrang Safari 35 0 24 0 1 0 10 0
26 FW Sweden SWE Marcus Pode 16 1 7 0 2 1 7 0
27 DF Sweden SWE Anes Mravac 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
30 MF Sweden SWE Daniel Andersson 34 4 23 4 2 0 9 0
31 FW Finland FIN Jonatan Johansson 29 6 21 6 1 0 7 0
34 MF Sweden SWE Guillermo Molins 13 0 9 0 2 0 2 0
35 GK Sweden SWE Jonas Sandqvist 34 0 26 0 1 0 7 0
– MF Sweden SWE Daniel Sliper 4 1 0 0 0 0 4 1
– GK Sweden SWE Jonnie Fedel 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
– MF Sweden SWE Erdin Demir 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
– FW Sweden SWE Agon Mehmeti 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
– MF Sweden SWE Joakim Persson 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
– MF Portugal POR Paulo Sérgio 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

Club

Coaching staff

Position Staff
Head Coach First Team Sweden Sören Åkeby
Assistant Coach First Team Sweden Anders Johansson
Assistant Coach First Team Sweden Alf Westerberg

Source: MFF-aren 2007. Malmö FF. 2007.

Other information

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

Source: MFF-aren 2007. Malmö FF. 2007.

Competitions

Overall

Competition Started round Current
position / round 		Final
position / round 		First match Last match
Allsvenskan — — 9th 7 April 2007 28 October 2007
Svenska Cupen Round 2 — Round 3 1 May 2007 24 May 2007

Source: Competitions

Allsvenskan

Main article: 2007 Allsvenskan

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
7 Halmstads BK 26 9 9 8 33 41 −8 36
8 Helsingborgs IF 26 9 8 9 49 37 +12 35
9 Malmö FF 26 9 7 10 29 28 +1 34
10 Gefle IF 26 9 7 10 29 30 −1 34
11 GAIS 26 7 8 11 24 37 −13 29
Source: svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

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 9 7 10 29 28  +1 34 4 5 4 15 12  +3 5 2 6 14 16  −2

Results by round

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
GroundAHAHHAAHAHHAAHAHAHAHHAAHAH
ResultDWLWDWDDWLLWLDLDWWLDWLLLWL
Position44823324257456788697788979
Source: see below
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Kickoff times are in CEST.

7 April 2007 Round 1 IF Elfsborg 1–1 Malmö FF Borås
16:00 Holmén 37' Report Johansson 28' Stadium: Borås Arena
Attendance: 12,637
Referee: Martin Hansson (Holmsjö)
16 April 2007 Round 2 Malmö FF 1–0 GAIS Malmö
19:00 Júnior 2' Report Stadium: Malmö Stadion
Attendance: 17,602
Referee: Stefan Johannesson (Stocksund
22 April 2007 Round 3 Trelleborgs FF 2–1 Malmö FF Trelleborg
15:00 Augustsson 32'
Mensah 42'		 Report D.Andersson 59' Stadium: Vångavallen
Attendance: 9,045
Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Stockholm)
28 April 2007 Round 4 Malmö FF 4–0 AIK Malmö
16:00 Júnior 24', 48'
Toivonen 37'
Johansson 77'		 Report Stadium: Malmö Stadion
Attendance: 15,876
Referee: Peter Fröjdfeldt (Eskilstuna)
8 May 2007 Round 5 Malmö FF 1–1 Hammarby IF Malmö
19:00 D.Andersson 9' Report Eguren 32' Stadium: Malmö Stadion
Attendance: 15,607
Referee: Åke Andreasson (Stenungsund)
15 May 2007 Round 6 Helsingborgs IF 0–1 Malmö FF Helsingborg
19:00 Report Toivonen 26' Stadium: Olympia
Attendance: 16,500
Referee: Peter Fröjdfeldt (Eskilstuna)
20 May 2007 Round 7 Örebro SK 1–1 Malmö FF Örebro
17:00 Richardsson 90' Report D.Andersson 34' Stadium: Behrn Arena
Attendance: 7,973
Referee: Markus Strömbergsson (Gävle)
27 May 2007 Round 8 Malmö FF 1–1 Gefle IF Malmö
17:00 Høiland 2' Report Westlin 38' Stadium: Malmö Stadion
Attendance: 11,408
Referee: Åke Andreasson (Stenungsund)
11 June 2007 Round 9 IF Brommapojkarna 0–1 Malmö FF Stockholm
19:00 Report Skoog 80' Stadium: Stockholms Stadion
Attendance: 3,410
Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Stockholm)
14 June 2007 Round 10 Malmö FF 1–2 Halmstads BK Malmö
19:00 Johansson 77' Report Tahirović 44'
Rosén 71'		 Stadium: Malmö Stadion
Attendance: 14,328
Referee: Stefan Johannesson (Stocksund)
26 June 2007 Round 11 Malmö FF 1–2 Kalmar FF Malmö
20:00 Osmanovski 42' Report Sorin 10'
Ari 73'		 Stadium: Malmö Stadion
Attendance: 12,927
Referee: Peter Fröjdfeldt (Eskilstuna)
2 July 2007 Round 12 IFK Göteborg 1–2 Malmö FF Gothenburg
19:00 Berg 69' Report Skoog 21'
Júnior 90'		 Stadium: Ullevi
Attendance: 11,270
Referee: Stefan Johannesson (Stocksund)
7 July 2007 Round 13 Djurgårdens IF 1–0 Malmö FF Stockholm
16:00 Kusi-Asare 69' Report Stadium: Stockholms Stadion
Attendance: 11,515
Referee: Peter Fröjdfeldt (Eskilstuna)
17 July 2007 Round 14 Malmö FF 1–1 Djurgårdens IF Malmö
20:00 Johansson 56' Report Davids 29' Stadium: Malmö Stadion
Attendance: 15,976
Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Stockholm)
1 August 2007 Round 15 Hammarby IF 1–0 Malmö FF Stockholm
20:00 Paulinho 8' Report Stadium: Söderstadion
Attendance: 14,063
Referee: Peter Fröjdfeldt (Eskilstuna)
7 August 2007 Round 16 Malmö FF 1–1 Helsingborgs IF Malmö
20:00 Júnior 34' Report Omotoyossi 54' Stadium: Malmö Stadion
Attendance: 22,746
Referee: Martin Hansson (Holmsjö)
13 August 2007 Round 17 Halmstads BK 1–3 Malmö FF Halmstad
19:00 Arvidsson 11' Report Johansson 20'
Júnior 67'
Skoog 90'		 Stadium: Örjans Vall
Attendance: 10,127
Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Stockholm)
18 August 2007 Round 18 Malmö FF 2–0 IF Brommapojkarna Malmö
16:00 D.Andersson 41'
Júnior 41'		 Report Stadium: Malmö Stadion
Attendance: 10,100
Referee: Sven-Martin Åkesson (Solna)
26 August 2007 Round 19 AIK 3–1 Malmö FF Solna
17:00 Figueiredo 6', 65'
Pavey 11'		 Report Toivonen 89' Stadium: Råsunda
Attendance: 23,212
Referee: Markus Strömbergsson (Gävle)
1 September 2007 Round 20 Malmö FF 0–0 Trelleborgs FF Malmö
16:00 Report Stadium: Malmö Stadion
Attendance: 9,186
Referee: Håkan Jonasson (Helsingborg)
17 September 2007 Round 21 Malmö FF 1–0 Örebro SK Malmö
19:00 Júnior 48' Report Stadium: Malmö Stadion
Attendance: 8,954
Referee: Markus Strömbergsson (Gävle)
24 September 2007 Round 22 Gefle IF 2–1 Malmö FF Gävle
19:00 Oremo 59'
Bapupa 90'		 Report Skoog 87' Stadium: Strömvallen
Attendance: 4,423
Referee: Keijo Hyvärinen (Haparanda)
1 October 2007 Round 23 Kalmar FF 2–0 Malmö FF Kalmar
19:00 Santin 28'
Ingelsten 35'		 Report Stadium: Fredriksskans
Attendance: 6,261
Referee: Markus Strömbergsson (Gävle)
6 October 2007 Round 24 Malmö FF 0–2 IFK Göteborg Malmö
16:00 Report Selakovic 34'
Hysén 73'		 Stadium: Malmö Stadion
Attendance: 11,219
Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Stockholm)
22 October 2007 Round 25 GAIS 1–2 Malmö FF Gothenburg
19:00 Christoforidis 53' Report Skoog 10'
Johansson 28'		 Stadium: Ullevi
Attendance: 3,423
Referee: Stefan Johannesson (Stocksund)
28 October 2007 Round 26 Malmö FF 1–2 IF Elfsborg Malmö
15:00 Júnior 11' Report A.Svensson 12'
M.Svensson 60'		 Stadium: Malmö Stadion
Attendance: 7,805
Referee: Åke Andreasson (Stenungsund)

Svenska Cupen

Main article: 2007 Svenska Cupen

Kickoff times are in CEST.

1 May 2007 Round 2 Stenungsunds IF 0–11 Malmö FF Stenungsund
15:00 Report Ofere 3', 49', 66', 83'
Pode 9'
Júnior 23', 60'
J.Andersson 42', 83'
Toivonen 73', 88'		 Stadium: Nösnäsvallen
Attendance: 1,100
Referee: Antti Kanerva (Olofstorp)
24 May 2007 Round 3 Landskrona BoIS 2–1 Malmö FF Landskrona
19:00 Dahlgren 15'
Nezirovac 39'		 Report Høiland 89' Stadium: Landskrona IP
Attendance: 2,982
Referee: Håkan Jonasson (Helsingborg)

Non competitive

Pre-season

10 February 2007 Friendly Malmö FF Sweden 1–0 Sweden Stadslaget Malmö, Sweden
13:00 Sliper 51' Report Stadium: Heleneholms IP
Attendance: 1,902
Referee: Martin Hansson
17 February 2007 Friendly Malmö FF Sweden 4–0 Denmark Køge BK Malmö, Sverige
13:00 Junior 11'
Toivonen 36'
Skoog 62'
Järdler 76'		 Report Stadium: Heleneholms IP
Attendance: 1,100
Referee: Daniel Stålhammar
24 February 2007 Friendly Malmö FF Sweden 0–1 Denmark Herfølge BK Malmö, Sweden
13:00 Report Rynell 74' Stadium: Heleneholms IP
Attendance: 500
Referee: Daniel Stålhammar
28 February 2007 Friendly Malmö FF Sweden 0–1 Sweden Östers IF Malmö, Sweden
15:00 Report Bennett 84' Stadium: Heleneholms IP
Attendance: 550
Referee: Håkan Jonasson
3 March 2007 Friendly Malmö FF Sweden 2–1 Denmark FC Nordsjælland Malmö, Sweden
13:00 Osmanovski 23'
Júnior 45'		 Report Okänd X' Stadium: Heleneholms IP
Attendance: 850
Referee: Håkan Jonasson
7 March 2007 Friendly Malmö FF Sweden 4–0 Sweden Örgryte IS Malmö, Sweden
15:00 Okänd 30'
Skoog 49'
Nilsson 84'
Toivonen 89'		 Report Stadium: Heleneholms IP
Attendance: 600
Referee: Håkan Jonasson
16 March 2007 Friendly AGF Denmark 2–1 Sweden Malmö FF Larnaca, Cyprus
14:00 Gjesing 15'
Graulund 26'		 Report Ofere 58' Stadium: Okänt
Attendance: 0
19 March 2007 Friendly Örebro SK Sweden 1–0 Sweden Malmö FF Larnaca, Cyprus
14:00 Rodevåg 57' Report Stadium: Okänt
Attendance: 0
24 March 2007 Friendly Malmö FF Sweden 2–1 Norway Lyn Malmö, Sweden
13:00 Júnior 14'
Osmanovski 90'		 Report Hoff 36' Stadium: Rosengårds IP
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Rickard Ljungblad
28 March 2007 Friendly Malmö FF Sweden 2–0 Sweden Falkenbergs FF Malmö, Sweden
15:00 Junior 49'
Osmanovski 63'		 Rapport Stadium: Heleneholms IP
Attendance: 500
Referee: Roger Persson

Mid-season

27 July 2007 Friendly Hansa Rostock Germany 1–0 Sweden Malmö FF Kühlungsborn, Germany
18:00 Kern 65' Report Attendance: 0