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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)
← 2007
2009 →

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   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 edit

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

Coaching staff edit

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 edit

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 edit

Overall edit

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 edit

Main article: 2008 Allsvenskan

League table edit

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

Results by round edit

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
GroundHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHHAHAAHHAHAAH
ResultDDDDWWWLWDLWDLLWLLDWLLLLWDWWWW
Position6111211842555756777771088101212111212866
Source: svenskfotboll.se
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches edit

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 edit

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 edit

Pre-season edit

9 February 2008 Friendly Malmö FF   3–1   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   1–1   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   2–1   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   1–14   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   0–2   Malmö FF Florida, United States
12:00 Report Mehmeti   39', 74' Stadium: University Of Central Florida
Attendance: 0
11 March 2008 Friendly Malmö FF   1–0   Mjällby AIF Malmö, Sweden
15:00 Johansson   39' Report Stadium: Ellenborgs IP
Attendance: 500
15 March 2008 Friendly Malmö FF   1–1   Lyn Malmö, Sweden
14:00 Skoog   22' Report Guastavino   63' Stadium: Rosengårds IP
Attendance: 0
24 March 2008 Friendly Malmö FF   2–3   BK Häcken Malmö, Sweden
15:00 Skoog   13', 59' Report Okänd   4'
Henriksson   78'		 Stadium: Malmö Stadion
Attendance: 1,827

Mid-season edit

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

References edit

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