2008 Malmö FF season

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.

Malmö FF
2008 season
ChairmanBengt Madsen
ManagerRoland Nilsson
StadiumMalmö Stadion
Allsvenskan6th
Svenska CupenRound 4
Top goalscorerLeague: Ola Toivonen (14)
All: Ola Toivonen (14)
Highest home attendance18,884 (31 March vs IFK Göteborg, Allsvenskan)
Lowest home attendance2,214 (28 June vs Hammarby IF, Svenska Cupen)
Average home league attendance9,763 (Allsvenskan only)

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 Sweden SWE Jonas Sandqvist
2 DF Denmark DEN Ulrich Vinzents
3 MF Sweden SWE Robert Åhman-Persson
3 DF Sweden SWE Daniel Theorin
4 DF Liberia LBR Jimmy Dixon
5 DF Brazil BRA Gabriel
6 DF Finland FIN Markus Halsti
7 DF Sweden SWE Anders Andersson
9 FW Sweden SWE Niklas Skoog
10 MF Netherlands NED Rick Kruys
11 MF Sweden SWE Jeffrey Aubynn
13 MF Sweden SWE Babis Stefanidis
14 FW Sweden SWE Guillermo Molins
15 MF Denmark DEN Mike Jensen (on loan from Brøndby IF)
16 DF Sweden SWE Christian Järdler
17 MF Sweden SWE Joakim Nilsson
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 FW Nigeria NGA Edward Ofere
20 MF Sweden SWE Ola Toivonen
21 MF Sweden SWE Jimmy Touma
22 MF Sweden SWE Robin Nilsson
23 MF Sweden SWE Labinot Harbuzi
24 FW Sweden SWE Agon Mehmeti
25 DF Sweden SWE Behrang Safari
26 MF Sweden SWE Jiloan Hamad
27 DF Sweden SWE Anes Mravac
28 FW Sweden SWE Alexander Nilsson
29 DF Sweden SWE Jasmin Sudic
30 MF Sweden SWE Daniel Andersson (Captain)
31 FW Finland FIN Jonatan Johansson
35 GK Sweden SWE Dejan Garača
40 GK Czech Republic CZE Dusan Melichárek

Disciplinary record
N
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Yellow card Second yellow card Red card Notes
2 DF Denmark Vinzents 4 0 0
3 MF Sweden Å-Persson 3 0 0
4 DF Liberia Dixon 3 0 0
5 DF Brazil Gabriel 2 0 0
6 DF Finland Halsti 3 0 0
10 MF Netherlands Kruys 2 0 0
17 MF Sweden Aubynn 5 0 0
14 MF Sweden Molins 4 0 0
15 MF Denmark Jensen 2 0 0
16 DF Sweden Järdler 2 0 0
18 FW Nigeria Ofere 6 0 0
20 MF Sweden Toivonen 7 0 0
23 MF Sweden Harbuzi 4 0 0
24 FW Sweden Mehmeti 1 0 0
25 DF Sweden Safari 2 0 0
29 DF Sweden Sudic 1 0 0
30 MF Sweden Andersson 6 0 1
31 FW Finland Johansson 2 0 1

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

Club

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

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

Other information
Chairman Sweden Bengt Madsen
Managing director Sweden Pelle Svensson
Sport director Sweden 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 roundCurrent
position / round		 Final
position / round		 First match Last match
Allsvenskan — — 6th 31 March 20089 November 2008
Svenska Cupen Second round — Fourth round 1 May 200828 June 2008

Source: Competitions

Allsvenskan
Main article: 2008 Allsvenskan

League table
Pos Team 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[lower-alpha 1]
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 (in Swedish)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. Helsingborg qualified for the UEFA Europa League as they received IFK Göteborg's initial qualifying spot.

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

Results by round
Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
GroundHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHHAHAAHHAHAAH
ResultDDDDWWWLWDLWDLLWLLDWLLLLWDWWWW
Position6111211842555756777771088101212111212866
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: Malmö 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 Kristoffersson 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 Zarkovic 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
Main article: 2008 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
9 February 2008 Friendly Malmö FF Sweden 3–1 Denmark Lyngby BK Malmö, Sweden
11:00 Mehmeti 10'
D. Andersson 39'
Ofere 51'		 Report Aabech 87' Stadium: Kulladals IP
Attendance: 1,800
Referee: Daniel Stålhammar
18 February 2008 Friendly Malmö FF Sweden 1–1 Sweden Trelleborgs FF Malmö, Sweden
13:00 Johansson 71' Report Mensah 10' Stadium: Kulladals IP
Attendance: 2,100
Referee: Daniel Stålhammar
23 February 2008 Friendly FC Nordsjælland Denmark 2–1 Sweden Malmö FF Farum, Denmark
13:00 Kristensen 10'
Bernburg 39'		 Report Hansson 55' Stadium: Farum Park
Attendance: 235
Referee: Lars Christoffersen
2 March 2008 Friendly Palm Beach Pumas United States 1–14 Sweden Malmö FF Florida, United States
12:00 Okänd 47' Report Molins 5'
Skoog 9', 11', 60', 65', 76'
Johansson 27', 31', 40', 51'
71' Mehmeti
Nilsson 81'
Aubynn 85'
Hamad 89'		 Stadium: University Of Central Florida
Attendance: 35
4 March 2008 Friendly UCF Knights United States 0–2 Sweden Malmö FF Florida, United States
12:00 Report Mehmeti 39', 74' Stadium: University Of Central Florida
Attendance: 0
11 March 2008 Friendly Malmö FF Sweden 1–0 Sweden Mjällby AIF Malmö, Sweden
15:00 Johansson 39' Report Stadium: Ellenborgs IP
Attendance: 500
15 March 2008 Friendly Malmö FF Sweden 1–1 Norway Lyn Malmö, Sweden
14:00 Skoog 22' Report Guastavino 63' Stadium: Rosengårds IP
Attendance: 0
24 March 2008 Friendly Malmö FF Sweden 2–3 Sweden BK Häcken Malmö, Sweden
15:00 Skoog 13', 59' Report Okänd 4'
Henriksson 78'		 Stadium: Malmö Stadion
Attendance: 1,827

Mid-season
14 June 2008 Friendly Malmö FF Sweden 1–1 Finland FC Honka Malmö, Sweden
15:00 Sudic 35' Report Okänd 10' Stadium: Malmö IP
Attendance: 0
20 August 2008 Friendly FC Nordsjælland Denmark 0–1 Sweden Malmö FF Farum, Denmark
14:00 Report Ofere 19' Stadium: Farum Park
Attendance: 50

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