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 where they were knocked out in the play-off round. 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 LeaguePlay-off round
Top goalscorerLeague: Isaac Kiese Thelin (13)
All: Isaac Kiese Thelin (16)

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

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
40 DF Hugo Andersson 21 Hobro IK Loan Summer – mff.se
18 MF Romain Gall 25 Örebro SK Loan Summer – mff.se
21 MF Fouad Bachirou 30 Nottingham Forest Transfer Summer (€700,000)[1] mff.se
9 FW Guillermo Molins 31 Sarpsborg 08 Transfer Summer Free mff.se
33 MF Amel Mujanić 19 Hobro IK Loan Summer – mff.se
23 FW Marcus Antonsson 29 Stabæk Loan Summer – mff.se

Player statistics

Appearances and goals
As of 22 November 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 28 1 6 2 5 1 39 4
3 DF Jonas Knudsen 28 0 5 1 4 0 37 1
4 DF Behrang Safari 12 0 3 0 3 0 18 0
5 MF Søren Rieks 23 5 4 1 6 2 33 8
6 MF Oscar Lewicki 21 0 6 0 5 0 32 0
7 FW Isaac Kiese Thelin 23 13 4 0 5 3 32 16
8 MF Arnór Ingvi Traustason 19 1 4 1 4 1 27 3
9 FW Guillermo Molins 10 1 6 2 0 0 16 3
10 MF Anders Christiansen 22 11 3 4 4 0 29 15
11 FW Ola Toivonen 19 8 2 1 2 1 23 10
14 DF Felix Beijmo 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
15 DF Anel Ahmedhodžić 27 2 6 0 6 0 39 2
16 GK Mathias Nilsson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 DF Rasmus Bengtsson 1 0 1 0 3 0 5 0
18 MF Romain Gall 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1
19 MF Erdal Rakip 24 1 4 0 4 0 32 1
20 MF Bonke Innocent 16 0 2 0 1 0 19 0
21 MF Fouad Bachirou 12 0 4 0 2 0 18 0
22 MF Adi Nalić 18 2 2 1 5 1 25 4
23 FW Marcus Antonsson 8 1 5 2 2 0 15 3
24 DF Lasse Nielsen 13 0 4 1 3 0 20 1
27 GK Johan Dahlin 14 0 6 0 2 0 22 0
30 GK Marko Johansson 14 0 0 0 4 0 18 0
31 DF Franz Brorsson 13 2 0 0 2 0 15 2
32 MF Jo Inge Berget 22 6 4 0 6 2 32 8
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 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
37 FW Tim Prica 4 0 2 0 0 0 6 0
39 FW Amin Sarr 15 1 0 0 3 0 18 1
40 DF Hugo Andersson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Competitions

Allsvenskan
Main article: 2020 Allsvenskan

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Malmö FF (C) 30 17 9 4 64 30 +34 60 Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2 IF Elfsborg 30 12 15 3 49 38 +11 51 Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round
3 BK Häcken 30 12 13 5 45 29 +16 49
4 Djurgårdens IF 30 14 6 10 48 33 +15 48
5 Mjällby AIF 30 13 8 9 48 44 +4 47
Updated to match(es) played on 6 December 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).
(C) Champion.

Results summary
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
30 17 9 4 64 30  +34 60 11 4 0 34 9  +25 6 5 4 30 21  +9

Source: svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish)

Results by round
Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
GroundHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHAHHAHAHAAHAHAAH
ResultWDDDWLDWWWWWWWWDWDLDDWWLWWWDLW
Position534527752222111111111111111111
Source: see below
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches
15 June 2020 Matchday 1 Malmö FF 2–0 Mjällby AIF Malmö
19:00 Christiansen  51', 90+2' Report Stadium: Eleda Stadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Kristoffer Karlsson
18 June 2020 Matchday 2 BK Häcken 1–1 Malmö FF Gothenburg
19:00 Toivio  90+2' Report Molins  23' Stadium: Bravida Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Andreas Ekberg
21 June 2020 Matchday 3 Malmö FF 2–2 Varbergs BoIS Malmö
14:30 Rieks  7'
Kiese Thelin  83'		 Report Johansson  9'
Norlin  75'		 Stadium: Eleda Stadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Adam Ladebäck
28 June 2020 Matchday 4 AIK 2–2 Malmö FF Solna
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 5 Malmö FF 1–0 Djurgårdens IF Malmö
19:00 Christiansen  43' Report Stadium: Eleda Stadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Glenn Nyberg
5 July 2020 Matchday 6 IF Elfsborg 1–0 Malmö FF Borås
14:30 Holst  45+1' Report Stadium: Borås Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Kristoffer Karlsson
13 July 2020 Matchday 7 Malmö FF 1–1 IFK Norrköping Malmö
19:00 Rieks  36' Report Almqvist  88' Stadium: Eleda Stadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Bojan Pandžić
16 July 2020 Matchday 8 Östersunds FK 1–2 Malmö FF Östersund
19:00 Fritzson  71' Report Toivonen  32'
Christiansen  57'		 Stadium: Jämtkraft Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Granit Maqedonci
19 July 2020 Matchday 9 Malmö FF 2–1 Kalmar FF Malmö
14:30 Kiese Thelin  63', 89' Report Elm  36' (pen.) Stadium: Eleda Stadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim
23 July 2020 Matchday 10 Malmö FF 3–0 Hammarby IF Malmö
19:00 Berget  28'
Kiese Thelin  36'
Antonsson  46'		 Report Stadium: Eleda Stadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Andreas Ekberg
26 July 2020 Matchday 11 IK Sirius 2–5 Malmö FF Uppsala
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 12 IFK Göteborg 0–3 Malmö FF Gothenburg
17:30 Report Christiansen  5' (pen.)
Sarr  18'
Berget 83'		 Stadium: Gamla Ullevi
Attendance: 0
Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim
5 August 2020 Matchday 13 Malmö FF 4–1 Helsingborgs IF Malmö
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 14 Falkenbergs FF 0–1 Malmö FF Falkenberg
14:30 Report Berget  10' Stadium: Falcon Alkoholfri Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Fredrik Klitte
12 August 2020 Matchday 15 Malmö FF 2–1 Örebro SK Malmö
19:00 Rakip  43'
Nalić  71'		 Report Larsson  27' Stadium: Eleda Stadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Victor Wolf
16 August 2020 Matchday 16 Mjällby AIF 2–2 Malmö FF Hällevik
17:30  24' (o.g.)
Sabovic  66'		 Report Rieks  54'
Christiansen  72'		 Stadium: Strandvallen
Attendance: 0
Referee: Adam Ladebäck
23 August 2020 Matchday 17 Malmö FF 2–1 Falkenbergs FF Malmö
14:30 Rieks  40'
Kiese Thelin  51'		 Report Englund  87' Stadium: Eleda Stadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Bojan Pandžić
30 August 2020 Matchday 18 Malmö FF 1–1 IF Elfsborg Malmö
17:30 Christiansen  1' Report Alm  45+4' Stadium: Eleda Stadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Glenn Nyberg
10 September 2020 Matchday 19 Örebro SK 3–2 Malmö FF Örebro
19:00 Seger  9'
Besara  23', 48'		 Report Berget  14'
Nalić  90'		 Stadium: Behrn Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Victor Wolf
13 September 2020 Matchday 20 Malmö FF 0–0 AIK Malmö
17:30 Report Stadium: Eleda Stadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Kristoffer Karlsson
20 September 2020 Matchday 21 IFK Norrköping 1–1 Malmö FF Norrköping
17:30 Fransson  90' Report Brorsson  50' Stadium: Nya Parken
Attendance: 0
Referee: Andreas Ekberg
27 September 2020 Matchday 22 Malmö FF 3–0 BK Häcken Malmö
14:30 Toivonen  6'
Kiese Thelin  16', 51'		 Report Stadium: Eleda Stadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim
4 October 2020 Matchday 23 Kalmar FF 0–4 Malmö FF Kalmar
17:30 Report Traustason  6'
Christiansen  41'
Toivonen  61'
Ahmedhodžić  74'		 Stadium: Guldfågeln Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Bojan Pandžić
19 October 2020 Matchday 24 Djurgårdens IF 3–2 Malmö FF Stockholm
19:00 Ulvestad  81'
Holmberg  82', 89'		 Report Toivonen  18', 62' Stadium: Tele2 Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Glenn Nyberg
25 October 2020 Matchday 25 Malmö FF 3–1 IFK Göteborg Malmö
17:30 Christiansen  3' (pen.)
Toivonen  35'
 64' (o.g.)		 Report Wernbloom  23' Stadium: Eleda Stadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Victor Wolf
2 November 2020 Matchday 26 Helsingborgs IF 0–1 Malmö FF Helsingborg
19:00 Report Kiese Thelin  15' Stadium: Olympia
Attendance: 0
Referee: Glenn Nyberg
8 November 2020 Matchday 27 Malmö FF 4–0 IK Sirius Malmö
17:30 Kiese Thelin  3'
Christiansen  8'
Toivonen  15'
Larsson  76'		 Report Stadium: Eleda Stadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Victor Wolf
22 November 2020 Matchday 28 Hammarby IF 2–2 Malmö FF Stockholm
17:30 Jóhannsson  35'
Kačaniklić  79'		 Report  13' (o.g.)
Christiansen  45'		 Stadium: Tele2 Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Andreas Ekberg
29 November 2020 Matchday 29 Varbergs BoIS 3–2 Malmö FF Varberg
14:30
Report
Stadium: Påskbergsvallen
Attendance: 0
Referee: Granit Maqedonci
6 December 2020 Matchday 30 Malmö FF 4–0 Östersunds FK Malmö
14:30
Report
Stadium: Eleda Stadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Adam Ladebäck

Svenska Cupen

Kickoff times are in UTC+1 unless stated otherwise.

2019–20
The tournament continued from the 2019 season.
Main article: 2019–20 Svenska Cupen
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 1 Malmö FF 8–0 Syrianska FC Malmö
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 2 FK Karlskrona 1–2 Malmö FF Karlskrona
14:30 Petersson  26' Report Molins  54'
Knudsen  79'		 Stadium: Västra Mark IP
Attendance: 2,611
Referee: Fredrik Klitte
8 March 2020 Matchday 3 Malmö FF 3–0 AFC Eskilstuna Malmö
14:30 Christiansen  70'
Nielsen  82'
Larsson  89'		 Report Stadium: Malmö IP
Attendance: 3,469
Referee: Kristoffer Karlsson
Knockout stage
25 June 2020 Quarter-final Malmö FF 4–1 AIK Malmö
20:15 Christiansen  39', 66', 88'
Rieks  74'		 Report Abraham  7' Stadium: Eleda Stadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Kristoffer Karlsson
9 July 2020 Semi-final Mjällby AIF 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(2–4 p)		 Malmö FF Hällevik
20:15 Report Stadium: Strandvallen
Attendance: 0
Referee: Kristoffer Karlsson
Penalties
Batanero
Ogbu
Löfquist
Moro 		Berget
Ahmedhodžić
Bachirou
Molins
Knudsen
30 July 2020 Final IFK Göteborg 2–1 (a.e.t.) Malmö FF Gothenburg
17:45 Karlsson Lagemyr  86'
Farnerud  94'		 Report Toivonen  40' Stadium: Gamla Ullevi
Attendance: 0
Referee: Glenn Nyberg

2020–21
Main article: 2020–21 Svenska Cupen
Qualification stage
25 November 2020 Round 2 Lunds BK 0–3 Malmö FF Malmö
19:00 Report Stadium: Eleda Stadion *After agreement

UEFA Europa League

Kickoff times are in UTC+1 unless stated otherwise.

2019–20
The tournament continued from the 2019 season.
Main article: 2019–20 UEFA Europa League
Knockout phase
Main article: 2019–20 UEFA Europa League knockout phase
Round of 32
20 February 2020 First Leg VfL Wolfsburg 2–1 Malmö FF Wolfsburg
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 Leg Malmö FF 0–3
(1–5 agg.)		 VfL Wolfsburg Malmö
21:00 Report Brekalo  42'
Gerhardt  65'
João Victor  69'		 Stadium: Eleda Stadion
Attendance: 20,500
Referee: Willie Collum (Scotland)

2020–21
Main article: 2020–21 UEFA Europa League
Qualifying phase and play-off round
Main article: 2020–21 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round
First qualifying round
27 August 2020 Malmö FF 2–0 KS Cracovia Malmö
19:00 Berget  1'
Rieks  44'		 Report Stadium: Eleda Stadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Urs Schnyder
Second qualifying round
17 September 2020 Honvéd 0–2 Malmö FF Budapest
21:05 Report Toivonen  43'
Traustason  86'		 Stadium: Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Anastasios Papapetrou
Third qualifying round
24 September 2020 Malmö FF 5–0 Lokomotiva Malmö
19:00 Kiese Thelin  5', 17'
Nalić  31'
Larsson  52'
Rieks  72'		 Report Stadium: Eleda Stadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: François Letexier
Play-off round
1 October 2020 Malmö FF 1–3 Granada CF Malmö
19:00 Berget  45' Report Machís  30'
Puertas  58'
Herrera  85'		 Stadium: Eleda Stadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: István Kovács

Non-competitive

Pre-season

Kickoff times are in UTC+1 unless stated otherwise.

24 January 2020 IFK Malmö 0–7 Malmö FF Malmö
19:00 Report Ahmedhodžić  7'
Nalić  9', 17'
Andersson  73'
Molins  78', 82'
Rakip  88'		 Stadium: Malmö IP
2 February 2020 Malmö FF 1–3 FC Krasnodar Marbella
16:00 Rakip  115' Report Vorotnikov  68'
Utkin  72'
Borodin  103'		 Stadium: Estadio Municipal de Marbella
6 February 2020 Malmö FF 2–0 AC Sparta Prague Marbella
16:00 Antonsson  61'
Berget  77'		 Report Stadium: Marbella Football Center
11 February 2020 Malmö FF 1–3 Varbergs BoIS Malmö
13:30 Antonsson  2' Report Lindner  45'
Ejupi  63', 74'		 Stadium: Malmö IP
Referee: Kaspar Sjöberg
15 February 2020 Malmö FF 3–2 Jönköpings Södra IF Malmö
20:00 Prica  20'
Rieks  34'
Rakip  45'		 Report Kozica  62'
 63' (o.g.)		 Stadium: Malmö IP
Referee: Kaspar Sjöberg

Footnotes
  1. "Fouad Bachirou lämnar MFF". aftonbladet.se (in Swedish). Expressen. 24 August 2020. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
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