2008 Malmö FF season

Malmö FF
2008 season
Chairman	Bengt Madsen
Manager	Roland Nilsson
Stadium	Malmö Stadion
Allsvenskan	6th
Svenska Cupen	Round 4
Top goalscorer	League: Ola Toivonen (14); All: Ola Toivonen (14)
Highest home attendance	18,884 (31 March vs IFK Göteborg, Allsvenskan)
Lowest home attendance	2,214 (28 June vs Hammarby IF, Svenska Cupen)
Average home league attendance	9,763 (Allsvenskan only)
	← 2007 2009 →

The 2008 season was Malmö FF's 97th in existence, their 73rd season in Allsvenskan and their 8th consecutive season in the league. They competed in Allsvenskan where they finished in 6th position and Svenska Cupen where they were knocked out in the fourth round. The season was Roland Nilssons first season as Malmö FF manager and the last season for the club at Malmö Stadion before moving to Swedbank Stadion for the 2009 season. To celebrate the club's 51-year stay at the stadium, an alternative home kit was used for the first and last match of the league season. The last league match at Malmö Stadion was played against GIF Sundsvall on 9 November and won 6–0 by Malmö FF.

Players[]

Squad[]

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	SWE	Jonas Sandqvist
2	DF	DEN	Ulrich Vinzents
3	MF	SWE	Robert Åhman-Persson
3	DF	SWE	Daniel Theorin
4	DF	LBR	Jimmy Dixon
5	DF	BRA	Gabriel
6	DF	FIN	Markus Halsti
7	DF	SWE	Anders Andersson
9	FW	SWE	Niklas Skoog
10	MF	NED	Rick Kruys
11	MF	SWE	Jeffrey Aubynn
13	MF	SWE	Babis Stefanidis
14	FW	SWE	Guillermo Molins
15	MF	DEN	Mike Jensen (on loan from Brøndby IF)
16	DF	SWE	Christian Järdler
17	MF	SWE	Joakim Nilsson


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	FW	NGA	Edward Ofere
20	MF	SWE	Ola Toivonen
21	MF	SWE	Jimmy Touma
22	MF	SWE	Robin Nilsson
23	MF	SWE	Labinot Harbuzi
24	FW	SWE	Agon Mehmeti
25	DF	SWE	Behrang Safari
26	MF	SWE	Jiloan Hamad
27	DF	SWE	Anes Mravac
28	FW	SWE	Alexander Nilsson
29	DF	SWE	Jasmin Sudic
30	MF	SWE	Daniel Andersson (Captain)
31	FW	FIN	Jonatan Johansson
35	GK	SWE	Dejan Garača
40	GK	CZE	Dusan Melichárek

Disciplinary record[]

N	Pos.	Name
2	DF	Vinzents	4	0
3	MF	Å-Persson	3	0
4	DF	Dixon	3	0
5	DF	Gabriel	2	0
6	DF	Halsti	3	0
10	MF	Kruys	2	0
17	MF	Aubynn	5	0
14	MF	Molins	4	0
15	MF	Jensen	2	0
16	DF	Järdler	2	0
18	FW	Ofere	6	0
20	MF	Toivonen	7	0
23	MF	Harbuzi	4	0
24	FW	Mehmeti	1	0
25	DF	Safari	2	0
29	DF	Sudic	1	0
30	MF	Andersson	6	1
31	FW	Johansson	2	1

Source: Match reports in Competitive matches
Only competitive matches
= Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

Club[]

Coaching staff[]

Position	Staff
Manager	Roland Nilsson
Assistant manager	Hans Gren
Assistant manager	Leif Engqvist
Goalkeeping coach	Jonnie Fedel
First team coach	Staffan Tapper
Physician	Rickard Dahan

Source: MFF-aren 2008. Malmö FF. 2008. ISBN 978-91-977915-0-2.

Other information[]

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

Source: MFF-aren 2008. Malmö FF. 2008. ISBN 978-91-977915-0-2.

Competitions[]

Overall[]

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Allsvenskan	—	—	6th	31 March 2008	9 November 2008
Svenska Cupen	Second round	—	Fourth round	1 May 2008	28 June 2008

Source: Competitions

Allsvenskan[]

League table[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
4	Helsingborgs IF	30	16	6	8	54	41	+13	54	Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round^[a]
5	AIK	30	12	9	9	36	32	+4	45
6	Malmö FF	30	12	8	10	51	46	+5	44
7	Örebro SK	30	11	9	10	36	39	−3	42
8	Halmstads BK	30	11	8	11	41	38	+3	41

Source: svenskfotboll.se
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:

^ Helsingborg qualified for the UEFA Europa League as they received IFK Göteborg's initial qualifying spot.

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
30	12	8	10	51	46	+5	44	7	4	4	27	20	+7	5	4	6	24	26	−2

Source: svenskfotboll.se

Results by round[]

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	D	D	D	D	W	W	W	L	W	D	L	W	D	L	L	W	L	L	D	W	L	L	L	L	W	D	W	W	W	W

Source: svenskfotboll.se
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[]

Kickoff times are in CEST.

31 March 2008 Round 1	Malmö FF	1–1	IFK Göteborg	Malmö
19:45	Gabriel 62'	(Report)	Wallerstedt 57'	Stadium: Malmö Stadion Attendance: 18,884 Referee: Peter Fröjdfeldt (Eskilstuna)

5 April 2008 Round 2	Djurgårdens IF	1–1	Malmö FF	Stockholm
16:00	Rajalakso 49'	(Report)	Skoog 3'	Stadium: Stockholms Stadion Attendance: 13,379 Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Stockholm)

10 April 2008 Round 3	Malmö FF	1–1	IF Elfsborg	Malmö
19:00	Molins 33'	(Report)	Bajrami 19'	Stadium: Malm�� Stadion Attendance: 13,299 Referee: Markus Strömbergsson (Gävle)

13 April 2008 Round 4	Trelleborgs FF	0–0	Malmö FF	Trelleborg
17:45		(Report)		Stadium: Vångavallen Attendance: 6,748 Referee: Daniel Stålhammar (Landskrona)

16 April 2008 Round 5	Malmö FF	2–0	Gefle IF	Malmö
19:00	Molins 12' Dixon 54'	(Report)		Stadium: Malmö Stadion Attendance: 9,147 Referee: Sven-Martin Åkesson (Solna)

21 April 2008 Round 6	Halmstads BK	2–3	Malmö FF	Halmstad
20:00	Prent 6' Anselmo 85'	(Report)	Järdler 46' Toivonen 73' Harbuzi 90'	Stadium: Örjans Vall Attendance: 6,909 Referee: Stefan Johannesson (Stocksund)

24 April 2008 Round 7	Malmö FF	2–1	IFK Norrköping	Malmö
19:00	Toivonen 26', 46'	(Report)	Spong 72'	Stadium: Malmö Stadion Attendance: 12,911 Referee: Markus Strömbergsson (Gävle)

28 April 2008 Round 8	Helsingborgs IF	4–2	Malmö FF	Helsingborg
20:00	Omotoyossi 1' Larsson 24', 63' Lantz 76'	(Report)	Johansson 9', 65'	Stadium: Olympia Attendance: 16,704 Referee: Martin Hansson (Holmsjö)

4 May 2008 Round 9	Örebro SK	0–3	Malmö FF	Örebro
16:00		(Report)	Ofere 29', 47' Johansson 40'	Stadium: Behrn Arena Attendance: 9,445 Referee: Åke Andreasson (Stenungsund

8 May 2008 Round 10	Malmö FF	1–1	GAIS	Malmö
19:00	90' (o.g.)	(Report)	Pachajyan 48'	Stadium: Malmö Stadion Attendance: 13,337 Referee: Martin Hansson (Holmsjö)

11 May 2008 Round 11	AIK	2–0	Malmö FF	Solna
17:45	Stephenson 86' Mendes 89'	(Report)		Stadium: Råsunda Attendance: 19,569 Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Stockholm)

3 July 2008 Round 12	Malmö FF	2–1	Ljungskile SK	Malmö
19:00	Toivonen 27', 75'	(Report)	17'	Stadium: Malmö Stadion Attendance: 9,095 Referee: Michael Lerjéus (Skövde)

6 July 2008 Round 13	GIF Sundsvall	0–0	Malmö FF	Sundsvall
18:00		(Report)		Stadium: Norrporten Arena Attendance: 5,269 Referee: Åke Andreasson (Stenungsund)

14 July 2008 Round 14	Malmö FF	2–4	Hammarby IF	Malmö
20:00	Johansson 34' Toivonen 78'	(Report)	Davies 13', 43' Gaete 36' Johansson 70'	Stadium: Malmö Stadion Attendance: 13,196 Referee: Martin Hansson (Holmsjö)

21 July 2008 Round 15	Kalmar FF	3–2	Malmö FF	Kalmar
19:00	Santin 16' Ingelsten 30', 43'	(Report)	Toivonen 49' Johansson 68'	Stadium: Fredriksskans Attendance: 9,589 Referee: Stefan Johannesson (Stocksund)

27 July 2008 Round 16	Malmö FF	3–2	Kalmar FF	Malmö
18:00	Järdler 35' Mehmeti 84', 88'	(Report)	D.Elm 63' Rosengren 79'	Stadium: Malmö Stadion Attendance: 13,130 Referee: Peter Fröjdfeldt (Eskilstuna)

2 August 2008 Round 17	IFK Göteborg	2–0	Malmö FF	Gothenburg
16:00	Söder 1' Wallerstedt 45'	(Report)		Stadium: Ullevi Attendance: 8,015 Referee: Martin Hansson (Holmsjö)

10 August 2008 Round 18	Malmö FF	1–2	Djurgårdens IF	Malmö
18:00	Toivonen 45'	(Report)	Kusi-Asare 19' Sjölund 83'	Stadium: Malmö Stadion Attendance: 10,052 Referee: Martin Hansson (Holmsjö)

25 August 2008 Round 20	Malmö FF	1–1	Trelleborgs FF	Malmö
19:00	Ofere 88'	(Report)	Jensen 5'	Stadium: Malmö Stadion Attendance: 11,406 Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Stockholm)

31 August 2008 Round 21	Gefle IF	1–2	Malmö FF	Gävle
18:00	Jawo 86'	(Report)	Harbuzi 75' Johansson 81'	Stadium: Strömvallen Attendance: 4,309 Referee: Martin Hansson (Holmsjö)

13 September 2008 Round 22	Malmö FF	0–3	Halmstads BK	Malmö
16:00		(Report)	Johansson 22' Anselmo 68', 73'	Stadium: Malmö Stadion Attendance: 7,486 Referee: Peter Fröjdfeldt (Eskilstuna)

17 September 2008 Round 19	IF Elfsborg	4–0	Malmö FF	Borås
20:00	Ishizaki 11' Mobaeck 45' Bajrami 67' Keene 73'	(Report)		Stadium: Borås Arena Attendance: 7,607 Referee: Stefan Johannesson (Stocksund)

23 September 2008 Round 23	IFK Norrköping	1–0	Malmö FF	Norrköping
19:00	Amuneke 12'	(Report)		Stadium: Idrottsparken Attendance: 4,783 Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Stockholm)

30 September 2008 Round 24	Malmö FF	1–2	Helsingborgs IF	Malmö
19:45	Ofere 30'	(Report)	Larsson 39' Jönsson 63'	Stadium: Malmö Stadion Attendance: 15,666 Referee: Peter Fröjdfeldt (Eskilstuna)

6 October 2008 Round 25	Malmö FF	3–1	Örebro SK	Malmö
19:00	Andersson 10', 22' Ofere 90'	(Report)	Nordback 47'	Stadium: Malmö Stadion Attendance: 6,651 Referee: Sven-Martin Åkesson (Solna)

19 October 2008 Round 26	GAIS	2–2	Malmö FF	Gothenburg
15:00	Wánderson 53', 90'	(Report)	Toivonen 2' Ofere 30'	Stadium: Ullevi Attendance: 2,770 Referee: Sven-Martin Åkesson (Solna)

22 October 2008 Round 27	Malmö FF	1–0	AIK	Malmö
19:00	Aubynn 56'	(Report)		Stadium: Malmö Stadion Attendance: 7,072 Referee: Tobias Mattsson (Karlstad)

28 October 2008 Round 28	Ljungskile SK	1–3	Malmö FF	Ljungskile
19:00	36'	(Report)	Ofere 30' Toivonen 54', 80'	Stadium: Starke Arvid Arena Attendance: 1,683 Referee: Michael Lerjéus (Skövde)

3 November 2008 Round 29	Hammarby IF	3–6	Malmö FF	Stockholm
19:00	Davies 11' Guterstam 18' Macedo 34'	(Report)	Åhman-Persson 9' Aubynn 24', 55' Toivonen 30' Andersson 37' Touma 90'	Stadium: Söderstadion Attendance: 8,308 Referee: Tobias Mattsson (Karlstad)

9 November 2008 Round 30	Malmö FF	6–0	GIF Sundsvall	Malmö
15:00	Ofere 23', 32' Toivonen 29', 50' Touma 83' Mehmeti 90'	(Report)		Stadium: Malmö Stadion Attendance: 6,580 Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Stockholm)

Svenska Cupen[]

Kickoff times are in CEST.

1 May 2008 Round 2	Kristianstads FF	2–3	Malmö FF	Kristianstad
16:00	Fischer 12' Nilsson 64'	(Report)	Demir 17' Molins 78', 93'	Stadium: Kristianstads IP Attendance: 2,470 Referee: Magnus Ahlsén (Linköping)

15 May 2008 Round 3	Carlstads United BK	0–2	Malmö FF	Karlstad
19:00		(Report)	Mehmeti 37' Skoog 56'	Stadium: Tingvalla IP Attendance: 2,950 Referee: Antti Kanerva (Olofstorp)

28 June 2008 Round 4	Malmö FF	2–3	Hammarby IF	Malmö
15:30	Harbuzi 17' Johansson 39'	(Report)	Paulinho 45', 76' Andersson 74'	Stadium: Malmö Stadion Attendance: 2,214 Referee: Håkan Jonasson (Helsingborg)

Non competitive[]

Pre-season[]

Match	Date	Competition or tour	Ground	Opponent	Score¹	Scorers	GD
1	9 February	—		Lyngby Boldklub	3 - 1	Mehmeti 10' D. Andersson 39' Ofere 51'	2
2	16 February	—		Trelleborgs FF	1 - 1	Johansson 71'	0
3	23 February	—		Nordsjælland	1 - 2	Hansson 55'	-1
4	2 March	—		Palm Beach Pumas	14 - 1	Molins 5' Skoog 9', 11', 60', 65', 76' Johansson 27, 31', 40', 51' Mehmeti 71' Nilsson 81' Aubynn 85' Hamad 89'	13
5	4 March	—		UCF Knights	2 - 0	Mehmeti 39', 74'	2
6	11 March	—		Mjällby AIF	1 - 0	Johansson 39'	1
7	15 March	—		Lyn	1 - 1	Skoog 22'	0
8	24 March	—	H	BK Häcken	2 - 3	Skoog 13', 59'	-1

Source: Malmö FF^{[dead link]}
¹Malmö FF goals come first.
Country's flag depict country of foreign team to that of Malmö FF.
Ground: H = Home; A = Away; N = Neutral; HR = Home replacement; AR = Away replacement; GD = Goal difference
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Mid-season[]

Match	Date	Competition or tour	Ground	Opponent	Score¹	Scorers	GD
1	14 June	—		FC Honka	1 - 1	Sudic 35'	0
2	20 August	—		Nordsjælland	1 - 0	Ofere 19'	1

Source: Malmö FF^{[dead link]}
¹Malmö FF goals come first.
Country's flag depict country of foreign team to that of Malmö FF.
Ground: H = Home; A = Away; N = Neutral; HR = Home replacement; AR = Away replacement; GD = Goal difference
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References[]

MFF-aren 2008. Malmö FF. 2008. ISBN 978-91-977915-0-2.

[table_note_res_EL10.15620173660861-1] Helsingborg qualified for the UEFA Europa League as they received IFK Göteborg's initial qualifying spot.

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