2009 Malmö FF season

The 2009 season was Malmö FF's 98th in existence, their 74th season in Allsvenskan and their 9th consecutive season in the league.^[which?] They competed in Allsvenskan where they finished in 7th position and Svenska Cupen where they were knocked out in the third round. The season was the club's first at Swedbank Stadion, having moved from Malmö Stadion after the 2008 season. The first league match at Swedbank Stadion was played against Örgryte IS on 13 April and won 3–0 by Malmö FF.

Malmö FF

2009 season
Chairman	Bengt Madsen
Manager	Roland Nilsson
Stadium	Swedbank Stadion
Allsvenskan	7th
Svenska Cupen	Round 3
Top goalscorer	League: Daniel Larsson (11) All: Edward Ofere (15)
Highest home attendance	23,347 (13 April vs Örgryte IS, Allsvenskan)
Lowest home attendance	9,295 (1 November vs IF Brommapojkarna, Allsvenskan)
Average home league attendance	14,815
Home colours Away colours
← 2008 2010 →

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  SWE Jonas Sandqvist 2 DF  DEN Ulrich Vinzents 3 MF  SWE Robert Åhman-Persson 4 DF  LBR Jimmy Dixon 5 DF  BRA Gabriel 6 DF  FIN Markus Halsti 7 FW  SWE Daniel Larsson 8 MF  SWE Daniel Andersson (Captain) 9 FW  BRA Wilton Figueiredo 10 MF  NED Rick Kruys 11 MF  SWE Jeffrey Aubynn 13 MF  SWE Babis Stefanidis 14 FW  SWE Guillermo Molins 15 DF  SWE David Durmaz 15 FW  SWE Pontus Jansson 16 MF  SRB Miljan Mutavdzic

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 MF  SWE Ivo Pękalski 18 FW  NGA Edward Ofere 20 DF  BRA Ricardinho 21 MF  SWE Jimmy Durmaz 22 DF  SWE Filip Stenström 23 MF  SWE Labinot Harbuzi 23 MF  SWE Robin Nilsson 24 FW  SWE Agon Mehmeti 25 GK  CZE Dusan Melichárek 26 MF  SWE Jiloan Hamad 27 GK  SWE Johan Dahlin 28 FW  SWE Alexander Nilsson 29 DF  SWE Jasmin Sudic 30 GK  SWE Dejan Garača 36 MF  SWE Muamet Asanovski

Players in/out

In

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
29	DF		Sudic	33	EU	Youth system	Promoted	Winter		Youth system	mff.se
28	FW		Nilsson	32	EU	Youth system	Promoted	Winter	2013	Youth system	mff.se
15	DF		D. Durmaz	42	EU	GAIS	Transfer	Winter	2012		mff.se
7	FW		Larsson	37	EU	BK Häcken	Transfer	Winter	2013		mff.se
20	DF		Ricardinho	40	Non-EU	Coritiba	Transfer	Winter	2011		mff.se
16	MF		Mutavdžić	38	Non-EU	Javor Ivanjica	Transfer	Winter	2013		mff.se
9	FW		Figueiredo	42	Non-EU	Al Rayyan	Transfer	Winter	2013		mff.se
15	FW		Jansson	32	EU	Youth system	Promoted	Summer	2014	Youth system	mff.se
27	GK		Dahlin	38	EU	Lyn	Transfer	Summer	2013		mff.se
17	MF		Pękalski	34	EU	Landskrona BoIS	Transfer	Summer	2013		mff.se
22	DF		Stenström	33	EU	Västerås SK	Transfer	Summer	2013		mff.se

Out

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
15	MF		Jensen	20	EU	Brøndby	Loan return	Winter		mff.se
31	FW		Johansson	33	EU	Hibernian	Transfer	Winter		mff.se
20	FW		Toivonen	22	EU	PSV	Transfer	Winter		mff.se
16	DF		Järdler	26	EU	Halmstads BK	Transfer	Winter		mff.se
35	GK		Garaca	17	EU	IFK Malmö	Loan	Winter		mff.se
17	MF		J. Nilsson	23	EU	Mjällby AIF	Loan	Winter		mff.se
34	MF		Hansson	21	EU	IFK Malmö	Loan	Winter		mff.se
	MF		Jansson	18	EU	IFK Malmö	Loan	Winter		mff.se
28	FW		A. Nilsson	16	EU	IFK Malmö	Loan	Winter		mff.se
4	DF		Dixon	27	Non-EU	Manisaspor	Transfer	Summer		mff.se
17	MF		J. Nilsson	24	EU	Trelleborgs FF	Transfer	Summer		mff.se
13	MF		Stefanidis	28	EU	Landskrona BoIS	Loan	Summer		mff.se
15	DF		Durmaz	27	EU	Denizlispor	Transfer	Summer		mff.se
23	MF		Harbuzi	23	EU	Gençlerbirliği	Transfer	Summer		mff.se

Squad stats

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Allsvenskan		Svenska Cupen		Other
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	SWE	Jonas Sandqvist	23	0	13	0	0	0	10	0
2	DF	DEN	Ulrich Vinzents	32	0	26	0	0	0	6	0
3	DF	SWE	Robert Åhman-Persson	36	0	26	0	1	0	9	0
4	DF	LBR	Jimmy Dixon	22	1	11	0	1	0	10	1
5	DF	BRA	Gabriel	35	0	26	0	1	0	8	0
6	DF	FIN	Markus Halsti	18	0	10	0	0	0	8	0
7	FW	SWE	Daniel Larsson	38	14	27	11	0	0	11	3
8	MF	SWE	Daniel Andersson	32	1	26	1	1	0	5	0
9	FW	BRA	Wilton Figueiredo	27	4	24	4	1	0	2	0
10	MF	NED	Rick Kruys	21	1	13	0	0	0	8	1
11	MF	SWE	Jeffrey Aubynn	16	0	10	0	0	0	6	0
13	MF	SWE	Babis Stefanidis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	MF	SWE	Guillermo Molins	37	6	28	3	1	0	8	3
15	FW	SWE	Pontus Jansson	8	0	2	0	0	0	6	0
15	DF	SWE	David Durmaz	8	0	1	0	1	0	6	0
17	MF	SWE	Ivo Pękalski	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	DF	SRB	Miljan Mutavdžić	4	1	1	1	0	0	3	0
18	FW	NGA	Edward Ofere	39	15	28	10	1	0	10	5
20	DF	BRA	Ricardinho	39	1	29	1	1	0	9	0
21	MF	SWE	Jimmy Durmaz	23	0	13	0	1	0	9	0
22	DF	SWE	Filip Stenström	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	MF	SWE	Robin Nilsson	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
23	MF	SWE	Labinot Harbuzi	21	3	13	2	1	0	7	1
24	FW	SWE	Agon Mehmeti	27	7	22	5	1	0	4	2
25	GK	CZE	Dusan Melichárek	8	0	5	0	1	0	2	0
26	MF	SWE	Jiloan Hamad	28	4	20	2	0	0	8	2
27	GK	SWE	Johan Dahlin	12	0	12	0	0	0	0	0
28	FW	SWE	Alexander Nilsson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	DF	SWE	Jasmin Sudic	23	0	18	0	0	0	5	0
30	GK	SWE	Dejan Garača	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	MF	SWE	Muamet Asanovski	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0

Disciplinary record

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name				Notes
1	GK		Sandqvist	1
2	DF		Vinzents	1
3	DF		Å-Persson	5
4	DF		Dixon	2
5	DF		Gabriel	5		1
7	FW		Larsson	3
8	MF		Andersson	4
9	FW		Figueiredo	3
10	MF		Kruys	4
14	MF		Molins	2	1
18	FW		Ofere	7
20	DF		Ricardinho	4
21	MF		Ricardinho	2
23	MF		Harbuzi	2
24	FW		Mehmeti	3
26	MF		Hamad	2
29	DF		Sudic	6

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

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Manager	Roland Nilsson
Assistant manager	Hans Gren
Assistant manager	Leif Engqvist
Goalkeeping coach	Jonnie Fedel
First team coach	Staffan Tapper
Fitness coach	John Phillips
Physician	Rickard Dahan

Source: MFF-aren 2009. Malmö FF. 2009. ISBN 978-91-85319-64-0.

Other information

Chairman	Bengt Madsen
Managing director	Pelle Svensson
Sport director	Hasse Borg
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	Swedbank Stadion (24,000 / 105x68 m)

Source: MFF-aren 2009. Malmö FF. 2009. ISBN 978-91-85319-64-0.

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Allsvenskan	—	7th	4 April	1 November
Svenska Cupen 2009	Third round	Third round	26 April	26 April

Source: Competitions

Allsvenskan

Main article: 2009 Allsvenskan

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
5	BK Häcken	30	13	9	8	43	30	+13	48
6	Örebro SK	30	12	9	9	33	32	+1	45
7	Malmö FF	30	11	10	9	40	25	+15	43
8	Helsingborgs IF	30	13	4	13	39	39	0	43
9	Trelleborgs FF	30	11	8	11	41	34	+7	41

Source: svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

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	11	10	9	40	25	+15	43	4	8	3	19	11	+8	7	2	6	21	14	+7

Source:

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	W	W	W	D	L	D	L	W	L	D	L	D	L	D	D	W	D	W	L	L	D	W	W	W	W	W	L	D	L	D
Position	2	2	2	1	4	6	8	6	6	8	9	9	10	11	11	9	10	9	10	10	10	9	8	8	8	6	7	8	8	7

Source: see below
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Kickoff times are in CET.

BK Häcken v Malmö FF

4 April 2009 Round 1	BK Häcken	0–1	Malmö FF	Gothenburg
16:00		Report	Mutavdžić 85'	Stadium: Rambergsvallen Attendance: 3,207 Referee: Stefan Johannesson

Malmö FF v Örgryte IS

13 April 2009 Round 2	Malmö FF	3–0	Örgryte IS	Malmö
18:00	Harbuzi 61' Mehmeti 84', 89'	Report		Stadium: Swedbank Stadion Attendance: 23,347 Referee: Martin Hansson

AIK v Malmö FF

16 April 2009 Round 3	AIK	0–1	Malmö FF	Solna
19:00		Report	Mehmeti 74'	Stadium: Råsunda Attendance: 16,936 Referee: Jonas Eriksson

Malmö FF v Trelleborgs FF

19 April 2009 Round 4	Malmö FF	1–1	Trelleborgs FF	Malmö
15:00	Larsson 45'	Report	Haynes 3'	Stadium: Swedbank Stadion Attendance: 20,109 Referee: Martin Ingvarsson

IF Elfsborg v Malmö FF

22 April 2009 Round 5	IF Elfsborg	1–0	Malmö FF	Borås
20:00	Florén 30'	Report		Stadium: Borås Arena Attendance: 8,595 Referee: Jonas Eriksson

Malmö FF v Gefle IF

29 April 2009 Round 6	Malmö FF	0–0	Gefle IF	Malmö
19:00		Report		Stadium: Swedbank Stadion Attendance: 11,469 Referee: Daniel Stålhammar

Helsingborgs IF v Malmö FF

4 May 2009 Round 7	Helsingborgs IF	1–0	Malmö FF	Helsingborg
19:00	Larsson 89'	Report		Stadium: Olympia Attendance: 15,800 Referee: Martin Hansson

Malmö FF v Djurgårdens IF

10 May 2009 Round 8	Malmö FF	2–1	Djurgårdens IF	Malmö
14:30	Harbuzi 6' Figueiredo 68'	Report	Rajalakso 40'	Stadium: Swedbank Stadion Attendance: 14,054 Referee: Markus Strömbergsson

Hammarby IF v Malmö FF

17 May 2009 Round 9	Hammarby IF	1–0	Malmö FF	Stockholm
17:00	Davies 57'	Report		Stadium: Söderstadion Attendance: 9,340 Referee: Jonas Eriksson

Malmö FF v Örebro SK

20 May 2009 Round 10	Malmö FF	0–0	Örebro SK	Malmö
19:00		Report		Stadium: Swedbank Stadion Attendance: 12,166 Referee: Stefan Johannesson

IFK Göteborg v Malmö FF

25 May 2009 Round 11	IFK Göteborg	2–0	Malmö FF	Gothenburg
20:00	Wernbloom 13' Hysén 69'	Report		Stadium: Gamla Ullevi Attendance: 15,267 Referee: Markus Strömbergsson

Malmö FF v GAIS

31 May 2009 Round 12	Malmö FF	2–2	GAIS	Malmö
17:00	Molins 43' Hamad 46'	Report	Wanderson 21', 86'	Stadium: Swedbank Stadion Attendance: 12,287 Referee: Daniel Stålhammar

Malmö FF v Kalmar FF

6 July 2009 Round 13	Malmö FF	1–2	Kalmar FF	Malmö
19:00	Figueiredo 33'	Report	R. Elm 49', 90'	Stadium: Swedbank Stadion Attendance: 14,178 Referee: Markus Strömbergsson

IF Brommapojkarna v Malmö FF

12 July 2009 Round 14	IF Brommapojkarna	1–1	Malmö FF	Stockholm
18:00	Haglund 59'	Report	Molins 17'	Stadium: Grimsta IP Attendance: 2,098 Referee: Jonas Eriksson

Malmö FF v Halmstads BK

20 July 2009 Round 15	Malmö FF	0–0	Halmstads BK	Malmö
19:00		Report		Stadium: Swedbank Stadion Attendance: 13,012 Referee: Stefan Johannesson

Halmstads BK v Malmö FF

27 July 2009 Round 16	Halmstads BK	0–3	Malmö FF	Halmstad
19:00		Report	Hamad 67' Mehmeti 87', 90'	Stadium: Örjans Vall Attendance: 8,106 Referee: Martin Hansson

Malmö FF v AIK

30 July 2009 Round 17	Malmö FF	0–0	AIK	Malmö
20:00		Report		Stadium: Swedbank Stadion Attendance: 15,485 Referee: Jonas Eriksson

Trelleborgs FF v Malmö FF

8 August 2009 Round 18	Trelleborgs FF	0–2	Malmö FF	Trelleborg
16:00		Report	Figueiredo 9' Andersson 83' (pen.)	Stadium: Vångavallen Attendance: 7,191 Referee: Stefan Johannesson

Malmö FF v BK Häcken

17 August 2009 Round 19	Malmö FF	1–2	BK Häcken	Malmö
19:00	Ricardinho 35'	Report	Söderberg 17' Paulinho 51'	Stadium: Swedbank Stadion Attendance: 11,432 Referee: Daniel Stålhammar

Örgryte IS v Malmö FF

24 August 2009 Round 20	Örgryte IS	1–0	Malmö FF	Gothenburg
19:00	Pereira 27'	Report		Stadium: Gamla Ullevi Attendance: 2,901 Referee: Michael Lerjéus

Malmö FF v Helsingborgs IF

31 August 2009 Round 21	Malmö FF	0–0	Helsingborgs IF	Malmö
19:00		Report		Stadium: Swedbank Stadion Attendance: 22,822 Referee: Stefan Johannesson

Djurgårdens IF v Malmö FF

14 September 2009 Round 22	Djurgårdens IF	1–2	Malmö FF	Stockholm
20:00	Youssef 21'	Report	Ofere 39', 56'	Stadium: Stockholms Stadion Attendance: 7,970 Referee: Michael Lerjéus

Malmö FF v IF Elfsborg

21 September 2009 Round 23	Malmö FF	5–0	IF Elfsborg	Malmö
19:00	Larsson 4', 79' Molins 6' Ofere 40', 61'	Report		Stadium: Swedbank Stadion Attendance: 12,088 Referee: Jonas Eriksson

Gefle IF v Malmö FF

24 September 2009 Round 24	Gefle IF	0–3	Malmö FF	Gävle
19:00		Report	Ofere 29', 33' Larsson 59'	Stadium: Strömvallen Attendance: 3,114 Referee: Daniel Stålhammar

Malmö FF v Hammarby IF

27 September 2009 Round 25	Malmö FF	3–1	Hammarby IF	Malmö
14:30	Larsson 43', 67' Edward Ofere 90'	Report	Helg 83'	Stadium: Swedbank Stadion Attendance: 12,187 Referee: Sven-Martin Åkesson

Örebro SK v Malmö FF

4 October 2009 Round 26	Örebro SK	0–3	Malmö FF	Örebro
16:00		Report	Larsson 52', 59', 90'	Stadium: Behrn Arena Attendance: 7,157 Referee: Markus Strömbergsson

Malmö FF v IFK Göteborg

19 October 2009 Round 27	Malmö FF	0–1	IFK Göteborg	Malmö
19:00		Report	Olsson 28'	Stadium: Swedbank Stadion Attendance: 18,293 Referee: Jonas Eriksson

GAIS v Malmö FF

23 October 2009 Round 28	GAIS	1–1	Malmö FF	Gothenburg
19:00	Lindström 24'	Report	Figueiredo 89' (pen.)	Stadium: Gamla Ullevi Attendance: 11,685 Referee: Åke Andreasson

Kalmar FF v Malmö FF

27 October 2009 Round 29	Kalmar FF	5–4	Malmö FF	Kalmar
19:00	Santos 4' Dauda 35', 90' Sobralense 41', 85'	Report	Larsson 14', 25' Ofere 32', 62'	Stadium: Fredriksskans Attendance: 4,779 Referee: Stefan Johannesson

Malmö FF v IF Brommapojkarna

1 November 2009 Round 30	Malmö FF	1–1	IF Brommapojkarna	Malmö
15:00	Ofere 69'	Report	Bahoui 85'	Stadium: Swedbank Stadion Attendance: 9,295 Referee: Michael Lerjéus

Svenska Cupen

Main article: 2009 Svenska Cupen

Mjällby AIF v Malmö FF

26 April 2009 Round 3	Mjällby AIF	1–0	Malmö FF	Hällevik
17:00	Fejzullahu 15' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Strandvallen Attendance: 4,034 Referee: Håkan Jonasson

Non competitive

Pre-season

Copenhagen v Malmö FF

27 January 2009 Friendly	Copenhagen	4–1	Malmö FF	Copenhagen, Denmark
13:00	Nordstrand 29' Vingaard 30', 85' Santin 89'	Report	Ofere 40'	Stadium: KB Träningsanläggning Attendance: 0

Malmö FF v Landskrona BoIS

7 February 2009 Friendly	Malmö FF	3–0	Landskrona BoIS	Malmö, Sweden
13:00	Molins 12', 39' Mehmeti 89'	Report		Stadium: Konstgräsplan 9 Attendance: 1,650 Referee: Martin Ingvarsson

IF Elfsborg v Malmö FF

14 February 2009 Friendly	IF Elfsborg	2–0	Malmö FF	Borås, Sweden
13:00	Keene 52' Hult 85'	Report		Stadium: Borås Arena Attendance: 979 Referee: Antti Kanerva

Malmö FF v Örgryte IS

21 February 2009 Friendly	Malmö FF	1–2	Örgryte IS	Malmö, Sverige
13:00	Ofere 89'	Report	Eriksson 55' Zavadil 82'	Stadium: Konstgräsplan 9 Attendance: 700

Malmö FF v Lyngby BK

28 February 2009 Friendly	Malmö FF	1–0	Lyngby BK	Malmö, Sverige
13:00	Larsson 25'	Report		Stadium: Konstgräsplan 9 Attendance: 0

Malmö FF v BK Häcken

7 March 2009 Friendly	Malmö FF	0–0	BK Häcken	Bjärred, Sweden
13:00		Report		Stadium: Borgeby IP Attendance: 0

HJK v Malmö FF

11 March 2009 Friendly	HJK	0–2	Malmö FF	Marbella, Spain
16:00		Report	Dixon 23' Ofere 50'	Stadium: ? Attendance: 50

Mjällby AIF v Malmö FF

18 March 2009 Friendly	Mjällby AIF	1–1	Malmö FF	Hällevik, Sweden
15:00	Robledo 19'	Report	Molins 25'	Stadium: Strandvallen Attendance: 0

Malmö FF v Kosovo

28 March 2009 Friendly	Malmö FF	5–0	Kosovo	Malmö, Sweden
13:00	Larsson 23' Ofere 36', 72' Harbuzi 84' Kruys 87'	Report		Stadium: Malmö Stadion Attendance: 3,000

Mid-season

Malmö FF v IF Elfsborg

23 June 2009 Friendly	Malmö FF	2–2	IF Elfsborg	Lomma, Sverige
15:00	Mehmeti 6' Larsson 40'	Report	Svensson 12' Mobaeck 38'	Stadium: Lomma IP Attendance: -

AaB v Malmö FF

28 June 2009 Friendly	AaB	2–2	Malmö FF	Aalborg, Denmark
14:00	Johansson 64' Dalsgaard 89'	Rapport	Hamad 46', 86'	Stadium: Hune Boldklub Attendance: -

References

• MFF-aren 2009. Malmö FF. 2009. ISBN 978-91-85319-64-0.