1920–21 Malmö FF season

The 1920-21 season was the first time Malmö FF competed in a national division. The Swedish Football Association arranged for the best clubs in the country to play in national divisions, before 1920 only certain clubs, mostly clubs from Stockholm and Gothenburg had been able to play for the Swedish football championship which was decided by a cup form competition until the introduction of Allsvenskan in 1924. The 1920-21 season was also significant in the way that it was also Malmö FF's first season with the now iconic skyblue match kit. The club competed in Division 2 Sydsvenska Serien, finishing first and gaining promotion to Division 1 Svenska Serien Västra for the 1922–23 season.

Malmö FF

1920-21 season
Chairman	Janne Johansson
Stadium	Malmö IP
Division 2 Sydsvenska Serien	1st
Top goalscorer	Johan Andersson (12)
Home colours

Players

Squad stats

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Div 2 Sydsvenska Serien
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
			Axel Håkansson	10	0	10	0
			Ebbe Löfgren	10	0	10	0
			Johan Sjöberg	10	0	10	0
			Carl Andersson	10	0	10	0
			Hilding Andersson	9	2	9	2
			Johan Andersson	9	12	9	12
			Wilhelm Nilsson	9	0	9	0
			Olof Ringdahl	9	5	9	5
			John Torstensson	8	0	8	0
			Fredrik Lindblad	8	9	8	9
			Gösta Nilsson	7	1	7	1
			Carl Florin	4	0	4	0
			Hilder Svensson	4	1	4	1
			Otto Nyberg	1	0	1	0
			Harald Olsson	1	0	1	0
			Helge Burén	1	0	1	0

Club

Other information

Chairman	Janne Johansson
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	Malmö IP ( / )

Updated to match played 17 October
Source: Malmö FF and Malmö IP

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Division 2 Sydsvenska Serien	—	—	Winner	2 May 1920	1 June 1921
Svenska Mästerskapet	Second Qualifying Round	—	Third Qualifying Round	5 June 1921	10 August 1921

Updated to match played 17 October
Source: Competitions

Division 2 Sydsvenska Serien

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Malmö FF (C, P)	10	7	1	2	31	20	+11	15	Promotion to Division 1 Svenska Serien Västra
2	Landskrona BoIS	10	6	1	3	28	19	+9	13
3	IS Halmia	10	4	1	5	19	21	−2	9
4	Jönköpings IS	10	4	0	6	18	28	−10	8
5	Husqvarna IF	10	4	0	6	18	29	−11	8

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted.

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
10	7	1	2	31	20	+11	15	5	0	0	17	6	+11	2	1	2	14	14	0

Last updated: 17 October.
Source:

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Ground	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	W	L	W	W	W	D	W	L	W	W

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

Matches

2 May 1920 Round 1	Malmö FF	3 – 0	IS Halmia	Malmö IP, Malmö
	Lindblad , J.Andersson			Attendance: 1,277

13 May 1920 Round 2	IFK Hälsingborg	4 – 1	Malmö FF	Hälsingborg
			J.Andersson

18 May 1920 Round 3	Landskrona BoIS	1 – 5	Malmö FF	Landskrona
			Lindblad , , Ringdahl ,

6 June 1920 Round 4	Malmö FF	4 – 0	Husqvarna IF	Malmö IP, Malmö
	J.Andersson ,  o.g.' Ringdahl			Attendance: 1,079

13 June 1920 Round 5	Malmö FF	3 – 2	Jönköpings IS	Malmö IP, Malmö
	J.Andersson , Svensson			Attendance: 679

24 October 1920 Round 6	IS Halmia	3 – 3	Malmö FF	Halmstad
			J.Andersson Nilsson Nyberg

7 November 1920 Round 7	Malmö FF	5 – 3	Landskrona BoIS	Malmö IP, Malmö
	J.Andersson , , H.Andersson Ringdahl			Attendance: 1,022

15 May 1921 Round 8	Husqvarna IF	4 – 2	Malmö FF	Huskvarna
			Lindblad J.Andersson

16 May 1921 Round 9	Jönköpings IS	2 – 3	Malmö FF	Jönköping
			Lindblad , H.Andersson

1 June 1921 Round 10	Malmö FF	2 – 1	IFK Hälsingborg	Malmö IP, Malmö
	J.Andersson Lindblad			Attendance: 784

Svenska Mästerskapet

5 June 1921 Second qualifying round	Malmö FF	3 – 1	IFK Hässleholm	Malmö IP, Malmö
	Ringdahl Florin H.Andersson			Attendance: 423

10 August 1921 Third qualifying round	Landskrona BoIS	6 – 4	Malmö FF	Landskrona
			Ringdahl , Lindblad H.Andersson

References

• Smitt, Rikard (2009). Ända sen gamla dagar... Project Management AB. ISBN 978-91-633-5767-1.