2011 Malmö FF season

Malmö FF

2011 season
Chairman	Håkan Jeppsson
Manager	Roland Nilsson (until 29 May) Rikard Norling (from 3 June)
Stadium	Swedbank Stadion
Allsvenskan	4th
Svenska Cupen	Quarter-finals
Svenska Supercupen	Runners-up
UEFA Champions League	Play-off round
UEFA Europa League	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Daniel Larsson (6) All: Daniel Larsson (13)
Highest home attendance	23,612 (24 May vs Helsingborgs IF, Allsvenskan)
Lowest home attendance	6,715 (17 October vs Syrianska FC, Allsvenskan)
Average home league attendance	12,388 (Allsvenskan only)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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The 2011 season was Malmö FF's 100th in existence, their 76th season in Allsvenskan and their 11th consecutive season in the league. They competed in Allsvenskan, where they finished in 4th position, Svenska Cupen, where they were knocked out in the quarter-finals, Svenska Supercupen, where they finished as runners-up, the UEFA Champions League, where they were knocked out in the play-off round and finally the UEFA Europa League, where they were knocked out in the group stage. Malmö FF were the reigning champions of Allsvenskan and also returned to European cup play after a five-year absence. Manager Roland Nilsson left the club on 29 May to become the new manager for F.C. Copenhagen, he was replaced by Rikard Norling who officially became the new Malmö FF manager on 3 June.

Summary[]

Supercupen[]

The competitive season started on 19 March with Supercupen at Swedbank Stadion against Helsingborgs IF. Malmö FF had qualified for Supercupen by winning Allsvenskan the previous year while Helsingborg qualified by winning Svenska Cupen. The match ended 2–1 in Helsingborgs favour. This was the first time Malmö FF appeared in the competition after its introduction in 2007.

Svenska Cupen[]

Malmö FF entered their second cup play of the season on 11 May with round 3 of Svenska Cupen against Superettan club Jönköpings Södra IF at Stadsparksvallen, a match Malmö FF won 4–0. The club progressed another round by beating Halmstads BK 3–0 at Örjans Vall before being knocked out of Svenska Cupen in the quarter-finals on penalties by Kalmar FF at Guldfågeln Arena. The result was the best since the 2002 season when the club reached the semi-finals, despite this the result was disappointing since the club had set out to win the cup.

UEFA Champions League[]

The club entered European cup play on 13 July when they won their home fixture at Swedbank Stadion against HB Tórshavn with 2–0 in the first tier of the second qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League. The away fixture at Gundadalur ended as a draw with 1–1 as Malmö FF progressed to the next qualifying round. Malmö FF were drawn against Rangers F.C. in the third qualifying round and won the first leg 1–0, away at Ibrox. The home fixture at Swedbank Stadion ended as a draw with 1–1 and the club progressed to the play-off round with an aggregate score of 2–1. The club were drawn against Dinamo Zagreb in the play-off round, the first leg of the tie was played at Stadion Maksimir on 17 August and ended 4–1 in Dinamos favour. The second leg was played at Swedbank Stadion on 23 August, the club won the match 2–0, missing out to advance to the group stage by the away goals rule by one goal. Dinamo Zagreb won with an aggregate score of 4–3 and progressed to the group stage of the UEFA Champions League.

UEFA Europa League[]

Due to being eliminated in the play-off round of the UEFA Champions League, Malmö FF received a place in the group stage of the UEFA Europa League. The group stage was drawn on 26 August 2011. Malmö FF were seeded in the fourth and lowest seeding group and joined AZ, Metalist Kharkiv and Austria Vienna in Group G. This was the first time the club participated in the competition since its re branding and the first time the club participated in the group stage for an official UEFA competition. Malmö FF played their first match on 15 September away against AZ and lost 4–1. The club then played two home fixtures in a row against Austria Vienna, where they lost 2–1 and against Metalist Kharkiv, where they lost 4–1. Malmö FF then travelled to Ukraine to play Metalist Kharkiv away and lost 3–1. The clubs first and only point in the competition would come against AZ at home, a fixture which ended goalless, however the club needed a win to still have the chance to proceed in the competition and were therefore knocked out. Malmö FF's last match in the competition was the away fixture against Austria Vienna who themselves still had a slight chance to proceed. The match ended 2–0 in Austria Viennas favour, however, this was not enough for Austria Vienna and they found themselves knocked out of the competition along with Malmö FF while Metalist Kharkiv and AZ proceeded to the round of 32.

Allsvenskan[]

League play started on 3 April with the away fixture against Trelleborgs FF ironically played at Trelleborgs reserve stadium Swedbank Stadion due to their own Vångavallen being in an unplayable state, Malmö FF won the game 4–2. The club went on to win the next three games as well to mark their best league start in 60 years.^[1] As the season progressed the club started to drop in the table and found themselves in the middle of the table after 15 rounds, having only won three additional matches after the first four record breaking wins. The beginning of the season was shaped by the spectator scandal that occurred in the home game against rivals Helsingborgs IF when the game was suspended and Helisngborg being awarded a 3–0 win after an incident report. The club also had to appoint a new manager after Roland Nilsson announced his transfer to FC Copenhagen, Rikard Norling succeeded Nilsson on 3 June. The second part of the season started with three draws in a row as the club was struggling to score on the chances that were created. The 23 July derby against Helsingborg away ended in a 2–2 draw. The club only lost one match in the second part of the season, away against Gefle IF 0–2, other than that the club played well and finished the league season with five wins in a row. Malmö FF finished fourth in Allsvenskan and were thus given bronze medals for their performance.^[2]

Key events[]

• 25 November 2010: It is confirmed that midfielder Muamet Asanovski will not play for the club for the 2011 season.^[3]
• 1 December 2010: Midfielder Jeffrey Aubynn signs a new one-year contract, keeping him at the club until the end of the 2011 season.^[4]
• 8 December 2010: Defender Yago Fernández signs a new one-year contract, keeping him at the club until the end of the 2011 season. Defender Tobias Malm signs a four-year first team contract joining from the youth team.^[5] At the same time it is confirmed that defender Joseph Elanga will not play for the club for the 2011 season.^[6]
• 26 January 2011: Midfielder Rick Kruys is loaned to FC Volendam until May 2011.^[7]
• 25 March 2011: Goalkeeper Dejan Garača is loaned to IF Limhamn Bunkeflo for the entire season. The agreement between the clubs allows for the player to return to Malmö FF on a 24-hour basis if necessary.^[8]
• 8 April 2011: Midfielder Jiloan Hamad signs a new two-year contract, keeping him at the club until the end of the 2013 season.^[9]
• 4 May 2011: Midfielder Amin Nazari signs a two and a half year first team contract joining from the youth team.^[10]
• 24 May 2011: Defender Jasmin Sudić signs a new 3-year contract, keeping him at the club until the end of the 2014 season.^[11]
  Defender Filip Stenström is loaned to IF Limhamn Bunkeflo for the entire season. The agreement between the clubs allows for the player to return to Malmö FF on a 24-hour basis if necessary.^[12]
• 25 May 2011: The club presents Rikard Norling as the new head coach after it has become clear that current manager Roland Nilsson is leaving the club to take over FC Copenhagen.^[13]
• 17 June 2011: Midfielder Guillermo Molins leaves the club for Belgian club Anderlecht.^[14]
• 22 June 2011: Defender Ulrich Vinzents signs a new one-year contract, keeping him at the club until the end of the 2012 season.^[15]
• 19 July 2011: Midfielder Rick Kruys is loaned to FC Volendam for the rest of the season.^[16]
• 14 August 2011: Defender Miiko Albornoz joins the club on a four-year contract transferring from IF Brommapojkarna.^[17]
• 30 August 2011: Striker Mathias Ranégie joins the club on a three-year contract transferring from BK Häcken.^[18]
• 29 September 2011: Defender Ricardinho signs a new three-year contract, keeping him at the club until the end of the 2014 season.^[19]

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 2 DF  DEN Ulrich Vinzents 3 DF  SWE Jasmin Sudić 4 DF  SWE Daniel Andersson (captain) 5 MF  SRB Miljan Mutavdžić 6 DF  FIN Markus Halsti 7 FW  SWE Daniel Larsson 9 MF  BRA Wílton Figueiredo 10 MF  SWE Jiloan Hamad 11 MF  SWE Jeffrey Aubynn 13 FW  SWE Mathias Ranégie 14 MF  SWE Guillermo Molins 14 DF  SWE Miiko Albornoz 15 DF  SWE Pontus Jansson 16 DF  POR Yago Fernández

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 MF  SWE Ivo Pękalski 18 MF  SWE Amin Nazari 19 FW  SWE Dardan Rexhepi 20 DF  BRA Ricardinho 21 MF  SWE Jimmy Durmaz 22 DF  SWE Filip Stenström 23 DF  SWE Tobias Malm 24 FW  SWE Agon Mehmeti 25 GK  CZE Dušan Melichárek 26 MF  SWE Simon Kroon 27 GK  SWE Johan Dahlin 28 FW  SWE Alexander Nilsson 30 GK  SWE Dejan Garača 33 DF  SWE Filip Helander

Players in/out[]

In[]

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
23	DF		Tobias Malm	18	EU	Youth system	Promoted	Winter	2014	N/A	mff.se
18	MF		Amin Nazari	18	EU	Youth system	Promoted	Between	2013	N/A	mff.se
14	DF		Miiko Albornoz	20	EU	IF Brommapojkarna	Transfer	Summer	2015	Unknown	mff.se
13	FW		Mathias Ranégie	27	EU	BK Häcken	Transfer	Summer	2014	Unknown	mff.se
26	MF		Simon Kroon	18	EU	Youth system	Promoted	Between	2013	N/A	fotbolltransfers.com
33	DF		Filip Helander	18	EU	Youth system	Promoted	Between	2013	N/A	fotbolltransfers.com

Out[]

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
–	DF		Anes Mravac	21	EU	IF Limhamn Bunkeflo	Transfer	Winter	Free	lb07.se
36	MF		Muamet Asanovski	19	EU	AB	End of contract	Winter	Free	sydsvenskan.se
4	DF		Joseph Elanga	31	Non-EU	Free agent	End of contract	Winter	Free	mff.se
10	MF		Rick Kruys	25	EU	Volendam	Loan	Winter	N/A	mff.se
30	GK		Dejan Garača	19	EU	IF Limhamn Bunkeflo	Loan	Winter	N/A	mff.se
22	DF		Filip Stenström	20	EU	IF Limhamn Bunkeflo	Loan	Between	N/A	lb07.se
14	MF		Guillermo Molins	22	EU	Anderlecht	Transfer	Summer	Unknown	mff.se

Squad stats[]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Allsvenskan		Svenska Cupen		Europe		Other
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
2	DF	DEN	Ulrich Vinzents	45	1	23	0	3	1	8	0	11	0
4	DF	SWE	Daniel Andersson	48	1	25	0	3	1	11	0	9	0
5	MF	SRB	Miljan Mutavdžić	42	2	22	1	3	1	9	0	8	0
6	DF	FIN	Markus Halsti	35	1	16	1	3	0	8	0	8	0
7	FW	SWE	Daniel Larsson	51	13	27	6	3	2	12	2	9	3
9	MF	BRA	Wilton Figueiredo	45	9	24	5	2	0	11	2	8	2
10	MF	SWE	Jiloan Hamad	43	8	20	3	1	1	11	2	11	2
11	MF	SWE	Jeffrey Aubynn	43	1	22	1	2	0	8	0	11	0
13	FW	SWE	Mathias Ranégie	14	6	7	3	0	0	6	2	1	1
14	MF	SWE	Guillermo Molins	18	5	9	3	2	1	0	0	7	1
14	DF	SWE	Miiko Albornoz	10	0	6	0	0	0	2	0	2	0
15	DF	SWE	Pontus Jansson	35	3	15	2	2	0	11	1	7	0
16	DF	POR	Yago Fernández	23	1	13	1	0	0	1	0	9	0
17	MF	SWE	Ivo Pekalski	33	2	19	2	0	0	10	0	4	0
18	MF	SWE	Amin Nazari	13	1	7	0	3	1	1	0	2	0
19	FW	SWE	Dardan Rexhepi	40	2	23	1	3	0	7	1	7	0
20	DF	BRA	Ricardinho	53	1	30	0	3	0	10	0	10	1
21	MF	SWE	Jimmy Durmaz	53	8	27	4	3	0	12	0	11	4
22	DF	SWE	Filip Stenström	9	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	5	0
23	DF	SWE	Tobias Malm	13	1	6	0	1	0	2	0	4	1
24	FW	SWE	Agon Mehmeti	41	5	21	4	1	0	11	1	8	0
25	GK	CZE	Dusan Melichárek	32	0	18	0	2	0	6	0	6	0
26	MF	SWE	Simon Kroon	11	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
27	GK	SWE	Johan Dahlin	25	0	12	0	0	0	6	0	7	0
28	FW	SWE	Alexander Nilsson	12	2	4	0	0	0	2	0	6	2
29	MF	SWE	Omid Nazari	8	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
30	GK	SWE	Dejan Garača	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
33	DF	SWE	Filip Helander	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
—	FW	SWE	Dino Islamović	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
—	DF	SWE	Alexander Blomqvist	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
—	DF	SWE	Jetmir Useinosvski	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
—	MF	SWE	Kristoffer Jeppsson	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
—	DF	SWE	Pa Konate	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
—	MF	SWE	Tobias Lewicki	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
—	MF	SWE	Hicham Ali	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
—	FW	SWE	Erik Pärsson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
—	MF	SWE	Nikola Zivanovic	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
—	DF	SWE	Emil Borg	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

Disciplinary record[]

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name				Notes
2	DF		Vinzents	4
4	DF		Andersson	1		1
5	MF		Mutavdžić	5
6	DF		Halsti	6
7	FW		Larsson	1
9	MF		Figueiredo	6	1
10	MF		Hamad	3
11	MF		Aubynn	3
14	MF		Molins	2
15	DF		Jansson	3
16	DF		Yago	3	1
17	DF		Pękalski	4	1
19	FW		Rexhepi	3		1
21	MF		Durmaz	8
22	DF		Stenström	1
24	FW		Mehmeti	3
26	MF		Kroon	1
29	MF		O.Nazari	1

Source: mff.se
Only competitive matches
= Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.
Notes: Allsvenskan only

Club[]

Coaching staff[]

Position	Staff
Head Coach First Team	Rikard Norling
Assistant Coach First Team	Anders Palmér
First Team Coach / Head Coach U-21	Leif Engqvist
Head Coach Youth Academy	Mats Engqvist
Youth Talent Coach	Staffan Tapper
Goalkeeping Coach	Jonnie Fedel
Fitness Coach	Simon Hollyhead
Physiotherapist	Wilner Registre

Other information[]

Chairman	Håkan Jeppsson
Managing director	Per Nilsson
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	Swedbank Stadion (24,000 / 105x68 m)

Source: Malmö FF and Swedbank Stadion

Competitions[]

Overall[]

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Allsvenskan	—	—	4th	3 April 2011	23 October 2011
Svenska Cupen	Round 3	—	Quarter-finals	11 May 2011	15 June 2011
Supercupen	Final	—	Runner-up	19 March 2011
UEFA Champions League	Second qualifying round	—	Play-off round	13 July 2011	23 August 2011
UEFA Europa League	Group stage	—	Group stage	15 September 2011	15 December 2011

Source: Competitions

Allsvenskan[]

League table[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	AIK	30	18	4	8	46	27	+19	58	Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round[a]
3	IF Elfsborg	30	18	3	9	52	32	+20	57	Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round[a]
4	Malmö FF	30	15	9	6	37	30	+7	54
5	GAIS	30	16	3	11	47	34	+13	51
6	BK Häcken	30	14	7	9	52	32	+20	49

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	15	9	6	37	30	+7	54	10	3	2	19	12	+7	5	6	4	18	18	0

Results by round[]

Note: Since some matches were postponed, the "position" field has been corrected in hindsight.

Matches[]

Kickoff times are in CEST.

Svenska Cupen[]

Kickoff times are in CEST.

Svenska Supercupen[]

Kickoff times are in CET.

UEFA Champions League[]

Qualifying phase and play-off round[]

Second qualifying round[]

Third qualifying round[]

Play-off round[]

UEFA Europa League[]

Group stage[]

Key to colours in group tables
Group winners and runners-up advanced to the round of 32

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Metalist Kharkiv	6	4	2	0	15	6	+9	14	Advance to knockout phase
2	AZ	6	1	5	0	10	7	+3	8
3	Austria Wien	6	2	2	2	10	11	−1	8
4	Malmö FF	6	0	1	5	4	15	−11	1

Kickoff times are in CET.

Non competitive[]

Pre-season[]

Copa del Sol[]

Friendlies[]

Mid-season[]

Post league-season[]

Abandoned matches[]

Malmö FF vs. Helsingborg[]

1. ^ The Allsvenskan match between Malmö FF and Helsingborg, played at Swedbank Stadion on 24 May, was suspended in the 30th match minute after two spectator related incidents. After Rachid Bouaouzan had opened up the score for Helsingborg a spectator from Malmö FF's standing section threw a firecracker popularly called "bangers" onto the pitch and close to Helsingborg keeper Pär Hansson. The result of the "banger" was that Hansson displayed visually and verbally the fact that he had been hurt and was suffering some kind of ringing in his right ear. Simultaneously a supporter from the same section jumped over the gates restricting access to the pitch and started walking towards Hansson. The man managed to give Hansson a push before being tackled to the ground by Helsingborg player Peter Larsson. The referee Stefan Johannesson ordered all players and club staff of the pitch and adjoining areas as the police carried the attacker off the pitch and into custody. After a twenty-minute wait the speaker announced that the referee had taken the decision to abandon the match and evacuate the spectators from the ground. On 17 June 2011 the Swedish Football Association reached a decision on the outcome of the game. Helsingborg were awarded the game 3–0 although being fined 25 000 SEK, Malmö FF were fined 150 000 SEK as well as the introduction of a net in front of the standing section at Swedbank Stadion.^[20] On 18 October 2011, the man who invaded the pitch was sentenced to 120 day-fines, not only for invading the pitch but also for throwing the firecracker. Both Malmö FF and Canal + are planning to sue the man for causing financial damages.^[21]

Malmö FF vs. Djurgården[]

2. ^ The Allsvenskan match between Malmö FF and Djurgården, played at Swedbank Stadion on 30 July, was suspended in the 11th match minute after a spectator related incident. Dardan Rexhepi scored the first goal of the match in the 5th match minute to open up the score for the home side. In the 7th minute, Djurgården forward Daniel Sjölund was given a yellow-card and six fireworks were launched.^[22] According to Canal+, one of the fireworks was close to hitting a photographer.^[23] There were different opinions as to where the fireworks came from: Canal+ believed that the fireworks came from the section above the Djurgården terrace while the police believed that all the fireworks came from within the Djurgården section.^[24] On 5 September, the Swedish FA made the decision that the game will be replayed from kick-off on 15 October as there was a lack of evidence regarding where the fireworks came from. Due to the rematch date, the Malmö–Syrianska game date was moved to 17 October, as all teams should have at least two rest-days between each game. As a result, Malmö FF played three straight home games in just five days.^[25] Malmö FF appealed to change the outcome of the decision to a 3–0 win in Malmö FF's favour since they believed there was sufficient amount of evidence to confirm that the fireworks came from Djurgården supporters. However, on 7 October 2011, the appeal was declined, and the rematch was set to be kicked off on 15 October at 11 am.^[26] However, Malmö FF wanted to start the game at 12 pm.^[27] The rematch was won by Malmö 1–0.^[28]

Footnotes[]