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2020 Malmö FF season

The 2020 season is Malmö FF's 109th in existence, their 85th season in Allsvenskan and their 20th consecutive season in the league. They are competing in Allsvenskan, the 2019–20 Svenska Cupen where they finished as runners-up, the 2020–21 Svenska Cupen, the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League where they were knocked out in the round of 32, and the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League where they were knocked out in the play-off round. The season began with the first leg of the round of 32 of the UEFA Europa League on 20 February, league play started on 15 June and is scheduled to conclude on 6 December.

Malmö FF
2020 season
ChairmanAnders Pålsson
Head coachJon Dahl Tomasson
StadiumEleda Stadion
Allsvenskan1st
2019–20 Svenska CupenRunners-up
2019–20 UEFA Europa LeagueRound of 32
2020–21 Svenska CupenRound 2
2020–21 UEFA Europa LeaguePlay-off round
Top goalscorerLeague: Isaac Kiese Thelin (14)
All: Isaac Kiese Thelin (17)
← 2019
2021 →

The season has been heavily affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, delaying the start of Allsvenskan from April until June, and the knock-out stage of Svenska Cupen from March and April until June and July. Malmö FF managed to play the round of 32 of the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League against VfL Wolfsburg and the group stage of the 2019–20 Svenska Cupen before the pandemic broke out. Jon Dahl Tomasson replaced Uwe Rösler as the club's head coach after the latter's departure at the end of last season. Anders Christiansen was appointed new club captain after Markus Rosenberg's retirement.

Players edit

Squad edit

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   CZE Dušan Melichárek
2 DF   SWE Eric Larsson
3 DF   DEN Jonas Knudsen
4 DF   SWE Behrang Safari
5 MF   DEN Søren Rieks
6 MF   SWE Oscar Lewicki
7 FW   SWE Isaac Kiese Thelin
8 MF   ISL Arnór Ingvi Traustason
9 FW   SWE Guillermo Molins
10 MF   DEN Anders Christiansen
11 FW   SWE Ola Toivonen
14 DF   SWE Felix Beijmo
15 DF   SWE Anel Ahmedhodžić
16 GK   SWE Mathias Nilsson
17 DF   SWE Rasmus Bengtsson
18 MF   USA Romain Gall
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 MF   SWE Erdal Rakip
20 MF   NGA Bonke Innocent
21 MF   COM Fouad Bachirou
22 MF   SWE Adi Nalić
23 FW   SWE Marcus Antonsson
24 DF   DEN Lasse Nielsen
27 GK   SWE Johan Dahlin
30 GK   SWE Marko Johansson
31 DF   SWE Franz Brorsson
32 MF   NOR Jo Inge Berget
33 MF   SWE Amel Mujanić
34 MF   SWE Pavle Vagić
35 MF   SWE Samuel Adrian
37 FW   SWE Tim Prica
39 FW   SWE Amin Sarr
40 DF   SWE Hugo Andersson

Players in/out edit

In edit

No.
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 Moving from
 Type
 Transfer
window 		Ends
 Transfer
fee 		Source
7 FW   Isaac Kiese Thelin 27 Anderlecht   Loan Winter 2020 N/A mff.se
11 FW   Ola Toivonen 33 Melbourne Victory   Transfer Summer 2022 Free mff.se
14 DF   Felix Beijmo 22 Werder Bremen   Transfer Summer 2023 Undisclosed mff.se

Out edit

N
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 Moving to
 Type
 Transfer
window 		Transfer
fee 		Source
9 FW   Markus Rosenberg 37 Retired End of contract Winter – mff.se
38 MF   Laorent Shabani 20 IK Sirius End of contract Winter Free mff.se
39 MF   Felix Konstandeliasz 20 Lunds BK End of contract Winter Free mff.se
— MF   Jakob Tånnander 19 HJK Helsinki   End of contract Winter Free mff.se
30 GK   Marko Johansson 21 Mjällby AIF Loan Winter – mff.se
36 MF   Patriot Sejdiu 19 Dalkurd FF Loan Winter – mff.se
18 MF   Romain Gall 25 Stabæk   Loan Summer – mff.se
— FW   Sebastian Nanasi 18 Varbergs BoIS Loan Summer – mff.se
34 MF   Pavle Vagić 20 Jönköpings Södra Loan Summer – mff.se
37 FW   Tim Prica 18 Aalborg   Transfer Summer Undisclosed mff.se
40 DF   Hugo Andersson 21 Hobro IK   Loan Summer – mff.se
18 MF   Romain Gall 25 Örebro SK Loan Summer – mff.se
21 MF   Fouad Bachirou 30 Nottingham Forest   Transfer Summer (€700,000)[1] mff.se
9 FW   Guillermo Molins 31 Sarpsborg 08   Transfer Summer Free mff.se
33 MF   Amel Mujanic 19 Hobro IK   Loan Summer – mff.se
23 FW   Marcus Antonsson 29 Stabæk   Loan Summer – mff.se

Player statistics edit

Appearances and goals edit

As of 6 December 2020
Number Position Name 2020 Allsvenskan 2019–20 Svenska Cupen
2020–21 Svenska Cupen 		2019–20 UEFA Europa League
2020–21 UEFA Europa League 		Total
Appearances Goals Appearances Goals Appearances Goals Appearances Goals
1 GK Dušan Melichárek 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 DF Eric Larsson 30 2 6 2 5 1 41 5
3 DF Jonas Knudsen 30 0 5 1 4 0 39 1
4 DF Behrang Safari 13 0 3 0 3 0 19 0
5 MF Søren Rieks 25 5 4 1 6 2 35 8
6 MF Oscar Lewicki 23 0 6 0 5 0 34 0
7 FW Isaac Kiese Thelin 25 14 4 0 5 3 34 17
8 MF Arnór Ingvi Traustason 20 1 4 1 4 1 28 3
9 FW Guillermo Molins 10 1 6 2 0 0 16 3
10 MF Anders Christiansen 23 13 3 4 4 0 30 17
11 FW Ola Toivonen 21 8 2 1 2 1 25 10
14 DF Felix Beijmo 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
15 DF Anel Ahmedhodžić 29 2 6 0 6 0 41 2
16 GK Mathias Nilsson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 DF Rasmus Bengtsson 1 0 1 0 3 0 5 0
18 MF Romain Gall 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1
19 MF Erdal Rakip 26 1 4 0 4 0 34 1
20 MF Bonke Innocent 16 0 2 0 1 0 19 0
21 MF Fouad Bachirou 12 0 4 0 2 0 18 0
22 MF Adi Nalić 20 2 2 1 5 1 27 4
23 FW Marcus Antonsson 8 1 5 2 2 0 15 3
24 DF Lasse Nielsen 15 1 4 1 3 0 22 2
27 GK Johan Dahlin 14 0 6 0 2 0 22 0
30 GK Marko Johansson 16 0 0 0 4 0 20 0
31 DF Franz Brorsson 13 2 0 0 2 0 15 2
32 MF Jo Inge Berget 23 6 4 0 6 2 33 8
33 MF Amel Mujanić 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
34 MF Pavle Vagić 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 1
35 MF Samuel Adrian 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
37 FW Tim Prica 4 0 2 0 0 0 6 0
39 FW Amin Sarr 17 1 0 0 3 0 20 1
40 DF Hugo Andersson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Competitions edit

Allsvenskan edit

Main article: 2020 Allsvenskan

League table edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Malmö FF (C) 30 17 9 4 64 30 +34 60 Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2 IF Elfsborg 30 12 15 3 49 38 +11 51 Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round
3 BK Häcken 30 12 13 5 45 29 +16 49
4 Djurgårdens IF 30 14 6 10 48 33 +15 48
5 Mjällby AIF 30 13 8 9 48 44 +4 47
Source: svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Play-off
(Note: Play-off is only played if need to decide champion, teams for relegation or UEFA competition and will be played on a neutral ground).
(C) Champions

Results summary edit

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
30 17 9 4 64 30  +34 60 11 4 0 34 9  +25 6 5 4 30 21  +9

Source: svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish)

Results by round edit

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
GroundHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHAHHAHAHAAHAHAAH
ResultWDDDWLDWWWWWWWWDWDLDDWWLWWWDLW
Position534527752222111111111111111111
Source: see below
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches edit

15 June 2020 Matchday 1 Malmö FF 2–0 Mjällby AIF Malmö
19:00 Christiansen   51', 90+2' Report Stadium: Eleda Stadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Kristoffer Karlsson
18 June 2020 Matchday 2 BK Häcken 1–1 Malmö FF Gothenburg
19:00 Toivio   90+2' Report Molins   23' Stadium: Bravida Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Andreas Ekberg
21 June 2020 Matchday 3 Malmö FF 2–2 Varbergs BoIS Malmö
14:30 Rieks   7'
Kiese Thelin   83'		 Report Johansson   9'
Norlin   75'		 Stadium: Eleda Stadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Adam Ladebäck
28 June 2020 Matchday 4 AIK 2–2 Malmö FF Solna
17:30 Larsson   45+1'
Hussein   58'		 Report Kiese Thelin   70', 90' (pen.) Stadium: Friends Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim
1 July 2020 Matchday 5 Malmö FF 1–0 Djurgårdens IF Malmö
19:00 Christiansen   43' Report Stadium: Eleda Stadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Glenn Nyberg
5 July 2020 Matchday 6 IF Elfsborg 1–0 Malmö FF Borås
14:30 Holst   45+1' Report Stadium: Borås Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Kristoffer Karlsson
13 July 2020 Matchday 7 Malmö FF 1–1 IFK Norrköping Malmö
19:00 Rieks   36' Report Almqvist   88' Stadium: Eleda Stadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Bojan Pandžić
16 July 2020 Matchday 8 Östersunds FK 1–2 Malmö FF Östersund
19:00 Fritzson   71' Report Toivonen   32'
Christiansen   57'		 Stadium: Jämtkraft Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Granit Maqedonci
19 July 2020 Matchday 9 Malmö FF 2–1 Kalmar FF Malmö
14:30 Kiese Thelin   63', 89' Report Elm   36' (pen.) Stadium: Eleda Stadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim
23 July 2020 Matchday 10 Malmö FF 3–0 Hammarby IF Malmö
19:00 Berget   28'
Kiese Thelin   36'
Antonsson   46'		 Report Stadium: Eleda Stadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Andreas Ekberg
26 July 2020 Matchday 11 IK Sirius 2–5 Malmö FF Uppsala
17:30 Saeid   18' (pen.)
Vecchia   56'		 Report   51' (o.g.)
Toivonen   65'
Kiese Thelin   85'
Berget   90'
Rieks   90+4'		 Stadium: Studenternas IP
Attendance: 0
Referee: Kristoffer Karlsson
2 August 2020 Matchday 12 IFK Göteborg 0–3 Malmö FF Gothenburg
17:30 Report Christiansen   5' (pen.)
Sarr   18'
Berget  83'		 Stadium: Gamla Ullevi
Attendance: 0
Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim
5 August 2020 Matchday 13 Malmö FF 4–1 Helsingborgs IF Malmö
19:00 Berget   25' (pen.)
Brorsson   45'
Ahmedhodžić   62'
Kiese Thelin   90+4'		 Report van den Hurk   36' (pen.) Stadium: Eleda Stadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Andreas Ekberg
9 August 2020 Matchday 14 Falkenbergs FF 0–1 Malmö FF Falkenberg
14:30 Report Berget   10' Stadium: Falcon Alkoholfri Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Fredrik Klitte
12 August 2020 Matchday 15 Malmö FF 2–1 Örebro SK Malmö
19:00 Rakip   43'
Nalić   71'		 Report Larsson   27' Stadium: Eleda Stadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Victor Wolf
16 August 2020 Matchday 16 Mjällby AIF 2–2 Malmö FF Hällevik
17:30   24' (o.g.)
Sabovic   66'		 Report Rieks   54'
Christiansen   72'		 Stadium: Strandvallen
Attendance: 0
Referee: Adam Ladebäck
23 August 2020 Matchday 17 Malmö FF 2–1 Falkenbergs FF Malmö
14:30 Rieks   40'
Kiese Thelin   51'		 Report Englund   87' Stadium: Eleda Stadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Bojan Pandžić
30 August 2020 Matchday 18 Malmö FF 1–1 IF Elfsborg Malmö
17:30 Christiansen   1' Report Alm   45+4' Stadium: Eleda Stadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Glenn Nyberg
10 September 2020 Matchday 19 Örebro SK 3–2 Malmö FF Örebro
19:00 Seger   9'
Besara   23', 48'		 Report Berget   14'
Nalić   90'		 Stadium: Behrn Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Victor Wolf
13 September 2020 Matchday 20 Malmö FF 0–0 AIK Malmö
17:30 Report Stadium: Eleda Stadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Kristoffer Karlsson
20 September 2020 Matchday 21 IFK Norrköping 1–1 Malmö FF Norrköping
17:30 Fransson   90' Report Brorsson   50' Stadium: Nya Parken
Attendance: 0
Referee: Andreas Ekberg
27 September 2020 Matchday 22 Malmö FF 3–0 BK Häcken Malmö
14:30 Toivonen   6'
Kiese Thelin   16', 51'		 Report Stadium: Eleda Stadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim
4 October 2020 Matchday 23 Kalmar FF 0–4 Malmö FF Kalmar
17:30 Report Traustason   6'
Christiansen   41'
Toivonen   61'
Ahmedhodžić   74'		 Stadium: Guldfågeln Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Bojan Pandžić
19 October 2020 Matchday 24 Djurgårdens IF 3–2 Malmö FF Stockholm
19:00 Ulvestad   81'
Holmberg   82', 89'		 Report Toivonen   18', 62' Stadium: Tele2 Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Glenn Nyberg
25 October 2020 Matchday 25 Malmö FF 3–1 IFK Göteborg Malmö
17:30 Christiansen   3' (pen.)
Toivonen   35'
  64' (o.g.)		 Report Wernbloom   23' Stadium: Eleda Stadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Victor Wolf
2 November 2020 Matchday 26 Helsingborgs IF 0–1 Malmö FF Helsingborg
19:00 Report Kiese Thelin   15' Stadium: Olympia
Attendance: 0
Referee: Glenn Nyberg
8 November 2020 Matchday 27 Malmö FF 4–0 IK Sirius Malmö
17:30 Kiese Thelin   3'
Christiansen   8'
Toivonen   15'
Larsson   76'		 Report Stadium: Eleda Stadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Victor Wolf
22 November 2020 Matchday 28 Hammarby IF 2–2 Malmö FF Stockholm
17:30 Jóhannsson   35'
Kačaniklić   79'		 Report   13' (o.g.)
Christiansen   45'		 Stadium: Tele2 Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Andreas Ekberg
29 November 2020 Matchday 29 Varbergs BoIS 3–2 Malmö FF Varberg
14:30 Ayer   25'
Selmani   80'
Barny   52'		 Report Nielsen   64'
Larsson   90+3'		 Stadium: Påskbergsvallen
Attendance: 0
Referee: Granit Maqedonci
6 December 2020 Matchday 30 Malmö FF 4–0 Östersunds FK Malmö
14:30 Christiansen   6'   29' (pen.)
Kiese Thelin   8'
Larsson   34'		 Report Stadium: Eleda Stadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Adam Ladebäck

Svenska Cupen edit

Kickoff times are in UTC+1 unless stated otherwise.

2019–20 edit

The tournament continued from the 2019 season.
Main article: 2019–20 Svenska Cupen
Group stage edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Malmö FF 3 3 0 0 13 1 +12 9 Advance to Knockout stage
2 AFC Eskilstuna 3 1 1 1 7 5 +2 4
3 Syrianska FC 3 1 0 2 6 15 −9 3
4 FK Karlskrona 3 0 1 2 3 8 −5 1
Source: Swedish Football Association
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head record; 5) Highest ranked team
23 February 2020 Matchday 1 Malmö FF 8–0 Syrianska FC Malmö
14:30 Antonsson   6', 47'
Larsson   21'
Traustason   22'
Nalić   50'
Gall   67'
Vagić   69'
Molins   88'		 Report Stadium: Malmö IP
Attendance: 3,569
Referee: Adam Ladebäck
1 March 2020 Matchday 2 FK Karlskrona 1–2 Malmö FF Karlskrona
14:30 Petersson   26' Report Molins   54'
Knudsen   79'		 Stadium: Västra Mark IP
Attendance: 2,611
Referee: Fredrik Klitte
8 March 2020 Matchday 3 Malmö FF 3–0 AFC Eskilstuna Malmö
14:30 Christiansen   70'
Nielsen   82'
Larsson   89'		 Report Stadium: Malmö IP
Attendance: 3,469
Referee: Kristoffer Karlsson
Knockout stage edit
25 June 2020 Quarter-final Malmö FF 4–1 AIK Malmö
20:15 Christiansen   39', 66', 88'
Rieks   74'		 Report Abraham   7' Stadium: Eleda Stadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Kristoffer Karlsson
9 July 2020 Semi-final Mjällby AIF 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(2–4 p)		 Malmö FF Hällevik
20:15 Report Stadium: Strandvallen
Attendance: 0
Referee: Kristoffer Karlsson
Penalties
Batanero  
Ogbu  
Löfquist  
Moro  		 Berget  
Ahmedhodžić  
Bachirou  
Molins  
Knudsen  
30 July 2020 Final IFK Göteborg 2–1 (a.e.t.) Malmö FF Gothenburg
17:45 Karlsson Lagemyr   86'
Farnerud   94'		 Report Toivonen   40' Stadium: Gamla Ullevi
Attendance: 0
Referee: Glenn Nyberg

2020–21 edit

Main article: 2020–21 Svenska Cupen
Qualification stage edit
25 November 2020 Round 2 Lunds BK 0–3 Malmö FF Malmö
19:00 Report Stadium: Eleda Stadion *After agreement

UEFA Europa League edit

Kickoff times are in UTC+1 unless stated otherwise.

2019–20 edit

The tournament continued from the 2019 season.
Main article: 2019–20 UEFA Europa League
Knockout phase edit
Main article: 2019–20 UEFA Europa League knockout phase
Round of 32 edit
20 February 2020 First Leg VfL Wolfsburg   2–1   Malmö FF Wolfsburg
21:00 Brekalo   49'
  62' (o.g.)		 Report Kiese Thelin   47' (pen.) Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 13,801
Referee: Gediminas Mažeika (Lithuania)
27 February 2020 Second Leg Malmö FF   0–3
(1–5 agg.)		   VfL Wolfsburg Malmö
21:00 Report Brekalo   42'
Gerhardt   65'
João Victor   69'		 Stadium: Eleda Stadion
Attendance: 20,500
Referee: Willie Collum (Scotland)

2020–21 edit

Main article: 2020–21 UEFA Europa League
Qualifying phase and play-off round edit
Main article: 2020–21 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round
First qualifying round edit
27 August 2020 Malmö FF   2–0   KS Cracovia Malmö
19:00 Berget   1'
Rieks   44'		 Report Stadium: Eleda Stadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Urs Schnyder
Second qualifying round edit
17 September 2020 Honvéd   0–2   Malmö FF Budapest
21:05 Report Toivonen   43'
Traustason   86'		 Stadium: Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Anastasios Papapetrou
Third qualifying round edit
24 September 2020 Malmö FF   5–0   Lokomotiva Malmö
19:00 Kiese Thelin   5', 17'
Nalić   31'
Larsson   52'
Rieks   72'		 Report Stadium: Eleda Stadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: François Letexier
Play-off round edit
1 October 2020 Malmö FF   1–3   Granada CF Malmö
19:00 Berget   45' Report Machís   30'
Puertas   58'
Herrera   85'		 Stadium: Eleda Stadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: István Kovács

Non-competitive edit

Pre-season edit

Kickoff times are in UTC+1 unless stated otherwise.

24 January 2020 IFK Malmö 0–7 Malmö FF Malmö
19:00 Report Ahmedhodžić   7'
Nalić   9', 17'
Andersson   73'
Molins   78', 82'
Rakip   88'		 Stadium: Malmö IP
2 February 2020 Malmö FF   1–3   FC Krasnodar Marbella
16:00 Rakip   115' Report Vorotnikov   68'
Utkin   72'
Borodin   103'		 Stadium: Estadio Municipal de Marbella
6 February 2020 Malmö FF   2–0   AC Sparta Prague Marbella
16:00 Antonsson   61'
Berget   77'		 Report Stadium: Marbella Football Center
11 February 2020 Malmö FF 1–3 Varbergs BoIS Malmö
13:30 Antonsson   2' Report Lindner   45'
Ejupi   63', 74'		 Stadium: Malmö IP
Referee: Kaspar Sjöberg
15 February 2020 Malmö FF 3–2 Jönköpings Södra IF Malmö
20:00 Prica   20'
Rieks   34'
Rakip   45'		 Report Kozica   62'
  63' (o.g.)		 Stadium: Malmö IP
Referee: Kaspar Sjöberg

Footnotes edit

  1. ^ "Fouad Bachirou lämnar MFF". aftonbladet.se (in Swedish). Expressen. 24 August 2020. Retrieved 26 August 2020.

External links edit

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