2020 Malmö FF season

The 2020 season is Malmö FF's 109th in existence, their 85th season in Allsvenskan and their 20th consecutive season in the league. They are competing in Allsvenskan, the 2019–20 Svenska Cupen where they finished as runners-up, the 2020–21 Svenska Cupen, the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League where they were knocked out in the round of 32, and the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League. The season began with the first leg of the round of 32 of the UEFA Europa League on 20 February, league play started on 15 June and is scheduled to conclude on 6 December.

Malmö FF
2020 season
ChairmanAnders Pålsson
Head coachJon Dahl Tomasson
StadiumEleda Stadion
Allsvenskan1st
2019–20 Svenska CupenRunners-up
2019–20 UEFA Europa LeagueRound of 32
2020–21 Svenska CupenRound 2
2020–21 UEFA Europa LeagueFirst qualifying round
Top goalscorerLeague: Isaac Kiese Thelin (8)
All: Isaac Kiese Thelin (9)

The season has been heavily affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, delaying the start of Allsvenskan from April until June, and the knock-out stage of Svenska Cupen from March and April until June and July. Malmö FF managed to play the round of 32 of the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League against VfL Wolfsburg and the group stage of the 2019–20 Svenska Cupen before the pandemic broke out. Jon Dahl Tomasson replaced Uwe Rösler as the club's head coach after the latters departure at the end of last season. Anders Christiansen was appointed new club captain after Markus Rosenberg's retirement.

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  CZE Dušan Melichárek
2 DF  SWE Eric Larsson
3 DF  DEN Jonas Knudsen
4 DF  SWE Behrang Safari
5 MF  DEN Søren Rieks
6 MF  SWE Oscar Lewicki
7 FW  SWE Isaac Kiese Thelin
8 MF  ISL Arnór Ingvi Traustason
9 FW  SWE Guillermo Molins
10 MF  DEN Anders Christiansen
11 FW  SWE Ola Toivonen
14 DF  SWE Felix Beijmo
15 DF  SWE Anel Ahmedhodžić
16 GK  SWE Mathias Nilsson
17 DF  SWE Rasmus Bengtsson
18 MF  USA Romain Gall
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 MF  SWE Erdal Rakip
20 MF  NGA Bonke Innocent
21 MF  COM Fouad Bachirou
22 MF  SWE Adi Nalić
23 FW  SWE Marcus Antonsson
24 DF  DEN Lasse Nielsen
27 GK  SWE Johan Dahlin
30 GK  SWE Marko Johansson
31 DF  SWE Franz Brorsson
32 MF  NOR Jo Inge Berget
33 MF  SWE Amel Mujanić
34 MF  SWE Pavle Vagić
35 MF  SWE Samuel Adrian
37 FW  SWE Tim Prica
39 FW  SWE Amin Sarr
40 DF  SWE Hugo Andersson

Players in/out

In

No.
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
Moving from
Type
Transfer
window
Ends
Transfer
fee
Source
7 FW Isaac Kiese Thelin 27 Anderlecht Loan Winter 2020 N/A mff.se
11 FW Ola Toivonen 33 Melbourne Victory Transfer Summer 2022 Free mff.se
14 DF Felix Beijmo 22 Werder Bremen Transfer Summer 2023 Undisclosed mff.se

Out

N
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
Moving to
Type
Transfer
window
Transfer
fee
Source
9 FW Markus Rosenberg 37 N/A Retired Winter N/A mff.se
38 MF Laorent Shabani 20 IK Sirius End of contract Winter Free mff.se
39 MF Felix Konstandeliasz 20 Lunds BK End of contract Winter Free mff.se
MF Jakob Tånnander 19 HJK Helsinki End of contract Winter Free mff.se
30 GK Marko Johansson 21 Mjällby AIF Loan Winter mff.se
36 MF Patriot Sejdiu 19 Dalkurd FF Loan Winter mff.se
18 MF Romain Gall 25 Stabæk Loan Summer mff.se
FW Sebastian Nanasi 18 Varbergs BoIS Loan Summer mff.se
34 MF Pavle Vagić 20 Jönköpings Södra Loan Summer mff.se
37 FW Tim Prica 18 Aalborg Transfer Summer Undisclosed mff.se

Player statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 12 August 2020
Number Position Name 2020 Allsvenskan 2019–20 Svenska Cupen
2020–21 Svenska Cupen
2019–20 UEFA Europa League
2020–21 UEFA Europa League
Total
Appearances Goals Appearances Goals Appearances Goals Appearances Goals
1 GK Dušan Melichárek 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 DF Eric Larsson 15 0 6 2 1 0 22 2
3 DF Jonas Knudsen 15 0 5 1 0 0 20 1
4 DF Behrang Safari 9 0 3 0 2 0 14 0
5 MF Søren Rieks 11 3 4 1 2 0 17 4
6 MF Oscar Lewicki 11 0 6 0 1 0 18 0
7 FW Isaac Kiese Thelin 13 8 4 0 2 1 19 9
8 MF Arnór Ingvi Traustason 8 0 4 1 1 0 13 1
9 FW Guillermo Molins 10 1 6 2 0 0 16 3
10 MF Anders Christiansen 12 5 3 4 2 0 17 9
11 FW Ola Toivonen 9 2 2 1 0 0 11 3
15 DF Anel Ahmedhodžić 15 1 6 0 2 0 23 1
16 GK Mathias Nilsson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 DF Rasmus Bengtsson 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 0
18 MF Romain Gall 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1
19 MF Erdal Rakip 11 1 4 0 0 0 15 1
20 MF Bonke Innocent 10 0 2 0 0 0 12 0
21 MF Fouad Bachirou 10 0 4 0 2 0 16 0
22 MF Adi Nalic 8 1 2 1 2 0 12 2
23 FW Marcus Antonsson 8 1 5 2 2 0 15 3
24 DF Lasse Nielsen 6 0 4 1 1 0 11 1
27 GK Johan Dahlin 14 0 6 0 2 0 22 0
30 GK Marko Johansson 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
31 DF Franz Brorsson 4 1 0 0 0 0 4 1
32 MF Jo Inge Berget 12 5 4 0 2 0 18 5
33 MF Amel Mujanić 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
34 MF Pavle Vagić 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 1
35 MF Samuel Adrian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
37 FW Tim Prica 4 0 2 0 0 0 6 0
39 FW Amin Sarr 7 1 0 0 0 0 7 1
40 DF Hugo Andersson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Competitions

Allsvenskan

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Malmö FF 15 10 4 1 31 13 +18 34 Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2 IF Elfsborg 15 8 6 1 27 20 +7 30 Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round
3 Djurgårdens IF 16 9 2 5 25 15 +10 29
4 IFK Norrköping 15 7 4 4 32 22 +10 25
5 BK Häcken 15 6 6 3 27 16 +11 24
Updated to match(es) played on 15 August 2020. Source: svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Play-off
(Note: Play-off is only played if need to decide champion, teams for relegation or UEFA competition and will be played on a neutral ground).

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
15 10 4 1 31 13  +18 34 6 2 0 17 6  +11 4 2 1 14 7  +7

Source: svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish)

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
GroundHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHAHHAHAHAAHAHAAH
ResultWDDDWLDWWWWWWWW
Position5345277522221111
Source: see below
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

15 June 2020 Matchday 1Malmö FF2–0Mjällby AIFMalmö
19:00 Christiansen  51', 90+2' Report Stadium: Eleda Stadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Kristoffer Karlsson
18 June 2020 Matchday 2BK Häcken1–1Malmö FFGothenburg
19:00 Toivio  90+2' Report Molins  23' Stadium: Bravida Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Andreas Ekberg
21 June 2020 Matchday 3Malmö FF2–2Varbergs BoISMalmö
14:30 Rieks  7'
Kiese Thelin  83'
Report Johansson  9'
Norlin  75'
Stadium: Eleda Stadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Adam Ladebäck
28 June 2020 Matchday 4AIK2–2Malmö FFSolna
17:30 Larsson  45+1'
Hussein  58'
Report Kiese Thelin  70', 90' (pen.) Stadium: Friends Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim
1 July 2020 Matchday 5Malmö FF1–0Djurgårdens IFMalmö
19:00 Christiansen  43' Report Stadium: Eleda Stadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Glenn Nyberg
5 July 2020 Matchday 6IF Elfsborg1–0Malmö FFBorås
14:30 Holst  45+1' Report Stadium: Borås Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Kristoffer Karlsson
13 July 2020 Matchday 7Malmö FF1–1IFK NorrköpingMalmö
19:00 Rieks  36' Report Almqvist  88' Stadium: Eleda Stadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Bojan Pandžić
16 July 2020 Matchday 8Östersunds FK1–2Malmö FFÖstersund
19:00 Fritzson  71' Report Toivonen  32'
Christiansen  57'
Stadium: Jämtkraft Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Granit Maqedonci
19 July 2020 Matchday 9Malmö FF2–1Kalmar FFMalmö
14:30 Kiese Thelin  63', 89' Report Elm  36' (pen.) Stadium: Eleda Stadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim
23 July 2020 Matchday 10Malmö FF3–0Hammarby IFMalmö
19:00 Berget  28'
Kiese Thelin  36'
Antonsson  46'
Report Stadium: Eleda Stadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Andreas Ekberg
26 July 2020 Matchday 11IK Sirius2–5Malmö FFUppsala
17:30 Saeid  18' (pen.)
Vecchia  56'
Report  51' (o.g.)
Toivonen  65'
Kiese Thelin  85'
Berget  90'
Rieks  90+4'
Stadium: Studenternas IP
Attendance: 0
Referee: Kristoffer Karlsson
2 August 2020 Matchday 12IFK Göteborg0–3Malmö FFGothenburg
17:30 Report Christiansen  5' (pen.)
Sarr  18'
Berget 83'
Stadium: Gamla Ullevi
Attendance: 0
Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim
5 August 2020 Matchday 13Malmö FF4–1Helsingborgs IFMalmö
19:00 Berget  25' (pen.)
Brorsson  45'
Ahmedhodžić  62'
Kiese Thelin  90+4'
Report van den Hurk  36' (pen.) Stadium: Eleda Stadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Andreas Ekberg
9 August 2020 Matchday 14Falkenbergs FF0–1Malmö FFFalkenberg
14:30 Report Berget  10' Stadium: Falcon Alkoholfri Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Fredrik Klitte
12 August 2020 Matchday 15Malmö FF2–1Örebro SKMalmö
19:00 Rakip  43'
Nalić  71'
Report Larsson  27' Stadium: Eleda Stadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Victor Wolf
16 August 2020 Matchday 16Mjällby AIFvMalmö FFHällevik
17:30 Report Stadium: Strandvallen
23 August 2020 Matchday 17Malmö FFvFalkenbergs FFMalmö
14:30 Report Stadium: Eleda Stadion
30 August 2020 Matchday 18Malmö FFvIF ElfsborgMalmö
17:30 Report Stadium: Eleda Stadion
10 September 2020 Matchday 19Örebro SKvMalmö FFÖrebro
Stadium: Behrn Arena
13 September 2020 Matchday 20Malmö FFvAIKMalmö
Stadium: Eleda Stadion
27 September 2020 Matchday 22Malmö FFvBK HäckenMalmö
Stadium: Eleda Stadion
4 October 2020 Matchday 23Kalmar FFvMalmö FFKalmar
Stadium: Guldfågeln Arena
25 October 2020 Matchday 25Malmö FFvIFK GöteborgMalmö
Stadium: Eleda Stadion
8 November 2020 Matchday 27Malmö FFvIK SiriusMalmö
Stadium: Eleda Stadion
22 November 2020 Matchday 28Hammarby IFvMalmö FFStockholm
Stadium: Tele2 Arena
6 December 2020 Matchday 30Malmö FFvÖstersunds FKMalmö
Stadium: Eleda Stadion

Svenska Cupen

Kickoff times are in UTC+1 unless stated otherwise.

2019–20

The tournament continued from the 2019 season.
Group stage
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Malmö FF 3 3 0 0 13 1 +12 9 Advance to Knockout stage
2 AFC Eskilstuna 3 1 1 1 7 5 +2 4
3 Syrianska FC 3 1 0 2 6 15 9 3
4 FK Karlskrona 3 0 1 2 3 8 5 1
Source: Swedish Football Association
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head record; 5) Highest ranked team
23 February 2020 Matchday 1Malmö FF8–0Syrianska FCMalmö
14:30 Antonsson  6', 47'
Larsson  21'
Traustason  22'
Nalić  50'
Gall  67'
Vagić  69'
Molins  88'
Report Stadium: Malmö IP
Attendance: 3,569
Referee: Adam Ladebäck
1 March 2020 Matchday 2FK Karlskrona1–2Malmö FFKarlskrona
14:30 Petersson  26' Report Molins  54'
Knudsen  79'
Stadium: Västra Mark IP
Attendance: 2,611
Referee: Fredrik Klitte
8 March 2020 Matchday 3Malmö FF3–0AFC EskilstunaMalmö
14:30 Christiansen  70'
Nielsen  82'
Larsson  89'
Report Stadium: Malmö IP
Attendance: 3,469
Referee: Kristoffer Karlsson
Knockout stage
25 June 2020 Quarter-finalMalmö FF4–1AIKMalmö
20:15 Christiansen  39', 66', 88'
Rieks  74'
Report Abraham  7' Stadium: Eleda Stadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Kristoffer Karlsson
9 July 2020 Semi-finalMjällby AIF0–0 (a.e.t.)
(2–4 p)
Malmö FFHällevik
20:15 Report Stadium: Strandvallen
Attendance: 0
Referee: Kristoffer Karlsson
Penalties
Batanero
Ogbu
Löfquist
Moro
Berget
Ahmedhodžić
Bachirou
Molins
Knudsen

2020–21

Qualification stage
30 September 2020 Round 2vMalmö FF

UEFA Europa League

Kickoff times are in UTC+1 unless stated otherwise.

2019–20

The tournament continued from the 2019 season.
Knockout phase
Round of 32
20 February 2020 First LegVfL Wolfsburg 2–1 Malmö FFWolfsburg
21:00 Brekalo  49'
 62' (o.g.)
Report Kiese Thelin  47' (pen.) Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 13,801
Referee: Gediminas Mažeika (Lithuania)
27 February 2020 Second LegMalmö FF 0–3
(1–5 agg.)
VfL WolfsburgMalmö
21:00 Report Brekalo  42'
Gerhardt  65'
João Victor  69'
Stadium: Eleda Stadion
Attendance: 20,500
Referee: Willie Collum (Scotland)

2020–21

Qualifying phase and play-off round
First qualifying round
27 August 2020 Malmö FF v KS CracoviaMalmö
Stadium: Eleda Stadion

Non-competitive

Pre-season

Kickoff times are in UTC+1 unless stated otherwise.

24 January 2020 IFK Malmö0–7Malmö FFMalmö
19:00 Report Ahmedhodžić  7'
Nalić  9', 17'
Andersson  73'
Molins  78', 82'
Rakip  88'
Stadium: Malmö IP
6 February 2020 Malmö FF 2–0 AC Sparta PragueMarbella
16:00 Antonsson  61'
Berget  77'
Report Stadium: Marbella Football Center
11 February 2020 Malmö FF1–3Varbergs BoISMalmö
13:30 Antonsson  2' Report Lindner  45'
Ejupi  63', 74'
Stadium: Malmö IP
Referee: Kaspar Sjöberg
15 February 2020 Malmö FF3–2Jönköpings Södra IFMalmö
20:00 Prica  20'
Rieks  34'
Rakip  45'
Report Kozica  62'
 63' (o.g.)
Stadium: Malmö IP
Referee: Kaspar Sjöberg

Footnotes

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