Falkenbergs FF

Falkenbergs Fotbollsförening, also known simply as Falkenbergs FF, Falkenberg or (especially locally) FFF, is a Swedish football club based in Falkenberg. Formed on 3 January 1928, the club plays in the third highest Swedish league, Ettan Fotboll. Falkenberg are affiliated with Hallands Fotbollförbund.^[1]

Falkenberg

Full name	Falkenbergs Fotbollförening
Founded	3 January 1928; 96 years ago (1928-01-03)
Ground	Falcon Alkoholfri Arena, Falkenberg
Capacity	5,500
Chairman	Lars-Eric Nilsson
Head coach	Christoffer Andersson
League	Ettan Fotboll
2023	Ettan Södra, 2nd of 16
Website	http://www.falkenbergsff.se/
Home colours Away colours

History

A chart showing the progress of Falkenbergs FF through the Swedish football league system. The different shades of gray represent league divisions.

During the first thirty seasons of Falkenbergs FF, the club spent most of its time in Division 3. In the early years, the club also played bandy and handball.

In the early seventies (1973 and 1974), FFF were in Division 6. However, they would then start ascending in the Swedish league system, earning two consecutive promotions in 1986 to Division 2 and in 1987 to Division 1, which was then the second tier of Swedish football. The following season in 1988, Falkenberg played their first season in the second division.

After twelve rounds of play in 1998, Falkenbergs FF led Division 1 Södra and had their sights set on qualifying for Allsvenskan. But the club's success would not last all 26 rounds and they finished seventh in the league table.^[2]

Season to season

Season	Level	Division	Section	Position	Movements
1993	Tier 3	Division 2	Södra Götaland	2nd	Promotion Playoffs
1994	Tier 3	Division 2	Södra Götaland	1st	Promoted
1995	Tier 2	Division 1	Södra	9th
1996	Tier 2	Division 1	Södra	11th
1997	Tier 2	Division 1	Södra	9th
1998	Tier 2	Division 1	Södra	7th
1999	Tier 2	Division 1	Södra	12th	Relegated
2000	Tier 3	Division 2	Södra Götaland	2nd
2001	Tier 3	Division 2	Södra Götaland	9th
2002	Tier 3	Division 2	Södra Götaland	1st	Promotion Playoffs – Promoted
2003	Tier 2	Superettan		13th
2004	Tier 2	Superettan		12th
2005	Tier 2	Superettan		8th
2006	Tier 2	Superettan		9th
2007	Tier 2	Superettan		14th
2008	Tier 2	Superettan		7th
2009	Tier 2	Superettan		6th
2010	Tier 2	Superettan		7th
2011	Tier 2	Superettan		7th
2012	Tier 2	Superettan		13th	Relegation Playoffs
2013	Tier 2	Superettan		1st	Promoted
2014	Tier 1	Allsvenskan		13th
2015	Tier 1	Allsvenskan		14th	Relegation Playoffs
2016	Tier 1	Allsvenskan		16th	Relegated
2017	Tier 2	Superettan		4th
2018	Tier 2	Superettan		2nd	Promoted
2019	Tier 1	Allsvenskan		13th
2020	Tier 1	Allsvenskan		16th	Relegated
2021	Tier 2	Superettan		16th	Relegated
2022	Tier 3	Division 1	Södra	2nd	Promotion Playoffs - Not Promoted
2023	Tier 3	Division 1	Södra	2nd	Promotion Playoffs - Not Promoted

Players

First-team squad

As of 6 August 2024^[3]

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 Anton Andersson 2 DF  SWE Gabriel Johansson 3 DF  SWE William Borgryd 4 DF  SWE Tim Stålheden 5 DF  SWE Noel Hansson 6 MF  SWE Edvin Christiansson 8 DF  SWE Nils Bertilsson 9 FW  SWE Remo Gotfredsen Grgic 10 FW  LBN Leonardo Farah Shahin 11 MF  SWE Melwin Kocanovic 12 MF  SWE Christoffer Carlsson 14 FW  SWE Isaac Shears 15 MF  SWE Rasmus Fridolf

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 MF  SWE Lucas Sibelius 18 DF  SWE Linus Borgström 19 MF  SWE Oskar Lindberg 20 MF  SWE Pontus Carlsson (on loan from Halmstad) 22 FW  SWE Hugo Tilly (on loan from Oddevold) 23 MF  SWE Rasmus Andersson 28 MF  SWE Melker Nilsson 30 MF  NGA Godwin Aguda 31 GK  SWE Gustav Lillienberg 33 DF  SWE Melker Larsson 88 FW  SWE Oskar Christiansson — MF  SWE Oliver Silverholt (on loan from Varbergs BoIS)

Managers

See also: Category:Falkenbergs FF managers

Source: ^[4]

• Thure Claesson (1929–31)
• Henning Svensson (1932–33)
• Tobbi Svenson (1934–46)
• Erik Göransson (1947)
• Henry Antfors (1948–50)
• Nils Rydell (1951)
• Gösta Lambertsson (1952)
• Tobbi Svenson (1953–54)
• Gunnar Rydberg & Axel Löfgren (1955)
• Gunnar Rydberg (1956)
• John Vikdahl (1957–58)
• Rune Ludvigsson & Fingal Mårtensson (1959)
• Ingemar Pettersson (1960)
• Gunnar Svensson (1961–63)
• Rolf Johansson (1964–65)
• Gunnar Svensson (1966–67)
• Hans Ambrosius (1968)
• Alf Jönsson (1969–70)
• Ove Bernhard & Rolf Jakobsson (1971–72)
• Hans Ambrosius (1973)
• Lars Nylander (1974–76)
• Jan Anders Andersson (1977–79)
• Bengt Carnelid (1980–81)
• Hasse Selander (1982–84)
• PG Skoglund (1985–86)
• Olle Kristenson (1987–89)
• Bryan King (1990–91)
• Stig Kristensson (1992–96)
• Rutger Backe & Sven Sjöholm (1997)
• Roberto Jakobsson (1997–99)
• Uno Andersson (2000–01)
• Örjan Glans (2002–03)
• Lars Borgström (2004)
• Stig Kristensson (2004–07)
• Thomas Askebrand (2008–12)
• Hans Eklund (2013)
• Henrik Larsson (2014)
• Hans Eklund (2015–2022)
• Christoffer Andersson (2022–present)

Achievements

League

• Superettan:
  • Winners (1): 2013

Footnotes

References

1. "Kontaktuppgifter och tävlingar – Hallands Fotbollförbund – Svenskfotboll.se". Retrieved 12 January 2011.
2. "Falkenbergs FF" (in Swedish). 12 September 2013. Archived from the original on 15 August 2016. Retrieved 12 September 2013.
3. "Truppen" (in Swedish). Falkenbergs FF. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
4. "Historia". Retrieved 28 January 2024.

External links

• Falkenbergs FF – official site
• Svenskafans.com – Supporters' site (in Swedish)