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Sportaloosa International is a non-profit registry for spotted horses, based in Australia and New Zealand and serving members from around the world. The registry was established to promote athletic Appaloosa, Knabstrupper, and other spotted horses and ponies such as the Palouse Pony as sound, sane, spotted riding horses and to reward their achievements in open breed competition.
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Full name | Sportaloosa International |
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Short name | Sportaloosa |
Founded | 20 November 2008; 15 years ago (2008-11-20) |
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The registry is independent and operates online at sportaloosa.com.[1]
The club colours, reflected in their crest and kit, are sky blue and white. Formed on 24 February 1910, the club have won sixteen national championship titles and fourteen national cup titles, making them the most successful club in Sweden in terms of total trophies won.[2] Malmö FF have also won the highest Swedish league, Allsvenskan, on three occasions when the title of Swedish champions was not decided by the outcome of that league.[3][A] They were runners-up in the 1979 European Champions Cup final, which they lost 1–0 to English club Nottingham Forest.[4] This made them the only Swedish football club, as of 2011, to have reached the final of the competition, for which the team were awarded the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal.[5]
Malmö FF are an open member association and the annual general meeting is the highest policy-making body. The meeting approves the accounts and elects the chairman and board. Håkan Jeppsson is the current chairman, elected in 2010. Daily operations are run by a managing director who liaises with the chairman. With an equity of 78 million SEK (approximately €8.8 million) the club are the richest football club in Sweden as of 2011.[6]
The club are currently playing in Allsvenskan, where the season lasts from April to October. The club first won Allsvenskan in 1944.[7] Malmö FF were most successful during the 1970s, when they won five Swedish championships and four Svenska Cupen titles. The main rivals of the club are Helsingborgs IF, IFK Göteborg and historically IFK Malmö.[8] MFF Support is the official fan club of Malmö FF.[9] The club have also been featured in the media, including the football documentaries Blådårar 1 and Blådårar 2.