2016 Malmö FF season

The 2016 season was Malmö FF's 105th in existence, their 81st season in Allsvenskan and their 16th consecutive season in the league. They competed in Allsvenskan where they finished first, the 2015–16 Svenska Cupen where they finished as runners-up, and the 2016–17 Svenska Cupen where they were knocked out in round two. The season began with the group stage of Svenska Cupen on 20 February, league play started on 2 April and the season concluded with the last league match on 6 November.

Malmö FF
2016 season
ChairmanHåkan Jeppsson
Head coachAllan Kuhn
StadiumStadion
Allsvenskan1st
2015–16 Svenska CupenRunners-up
2016–17 Svenska CupenRound 2
Top goalscorerLeague: Vidar Örn Kjartansson (14)
All: Vidar Örn Kjartansson (17)
Highest home attendance22,302 vs. BK Häcken
(5 May 2016, Svenska Cupen)
Lowest home attendance3,625 vs. IK Sirius
(20 February 2016, Svenska Cupen)
Average home league attendance17,841
(in Allsvenskan)
15,898
(in all competitions)
← 2015
2017 →

The club appointed Allan Kuhn as new head coach on 8 January after Åge Hareide left to coach the Denmark national football team. Despite winning the league title in his first season, Kuhn was sacked by the club on 19 November. For the first time since the 2012 season, Malmö FF only competed in domestic competitions after failing to qualify for Europe in the previous season. On the domestic stage, Malmö FF won their 19th Swedish championship after winning the league title again after a one-year wait. The club also reached their first Svenska Cupen final since 1996 but ultimately finished as runners-up after losing on penalties to BK Häcken, having been 2–0 up at half-time. For the first time since the cup changed format, Malmö FF failed to qualify for next season's group-stage after losing to tier three club Landskrona BoIS in the second round of qualifications.

Players

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.Pos. NationPlayer
14MF  SWEErik Andersson
17DF  SWERasmus Bengtsson
21DF  ISLKári Árnason (vice captain)
22MF  SWETobias Sana
23MF  NORJo Inge Berget
24FW  ISLVidar Örn Kjartansson
26DF  NORAndreas Vindheim
29GK  SWEFredrik Andersson
30GK  SWEMarko Johansson
31DF  SWEFranz Brorsson
32MF  SWEMattias Svanberg

Players in/out

In

No.
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
Moving from
Type
Transfer
window
Ends
Transfer
fee
Source
24FW Vidar Örn Kjartansson25Jiangsu Suning TransferWinter2018 (~ 3.6M SEK)mff.se
7MF Anders Christiansen25Chievo TransferWinter2018Undisclosedmff.se
4DF Behrang Safari31Basel End of contractSummer2020Freemff.se
11FW Alexander Jeremejeff22BK HäckenTransferSummer2019Undisclosedmff.se

Out

N
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
Moving to
Type
Transfer
window
Transfer
fee
Source
22FW Pawel Cibicki21Jönköpings Södra IFLoanWintermff.se
5DF Johan Hammar21Örgryte ISTransferWinterUndisclosedmff.se
8FW Benjamin Fadi20KarlskronaEnd of contractWinterFreesydsvenskan.se
11FW Agon Mehmeti26Stabæk TransferWinterUndisclosedmff.se
18MF Piotr Johansson21Östersunds FKLoanSummermff.se
10FW Guillermo Molins27Beijing Renhe End of contractSummerFreemff.se
20MF Vladimir Rodic22Kardemir Karabükspor TransferSummerUndisclosedmff.se
25DF Felipe Carvalho22Falkenbergs FFLoanSummermff.se
24FW Vidar Örn Kjartansson26Maccabi Tel Aviv TransferSummer (~ 41.0M SEK)[1]mff.se

Competitions

Overall

CompetitionStarted roundCurrent
position / round
Final
position / round
First matchLast match
AllsvenskanN/AWinner2 April 20166 November 2016
2015–16 Svenska CupenRound 2Runners-up8 November 20155 May 2016
2016–17 Svenska CupenRound 2Round Two25 August 201625 August 2016

Source: Competitions

Allsvenskan

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1Malmö FF (C)3021366026+3466Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2AIK3017945226+2660Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3IFK Norrköping3018665937+2260
4IFK Göteborg3014885647+950
5IF Elfsborg3013985838+2048
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) Champions

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
3021366026 +34661212309 +219243017 +13

Source: svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish)

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
GroundHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAAH
ResultWLLWWWWLWWWWWDDWWDWWWLWWWWLWLW
Position1712852222211111111111221111111
Source: see below
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

2 April 2016 1 Malmö FF 3–1 IFK Norrköping Malmö
13:00Christiansen 44'
Berget 76' (pen.)
Rakip 90+2'
ReportNyman 16'Stadium: Stadion
Attendance: 21,085
Referee: Stefan Johannesson
11 April 2016 3 Malmö FF 1–2 GIF Sundsvall Malmö
19:00Molins 40'ReportSonko Sundberg 12'
Hasani 86'
Stadium: Stadion
Attendance: 13,747
Referee: Johan Hamlin
18 April 2016 4 IF Elfsborg 0–1 Malmö FF Borås
19:00ReportRosenberg 78'Stadium: Borås Arena
Attendance: 8,512
Referee: Martin Strömbergsson
24 April 2016 5 Malmö FF 1–0 Djurgårdens IF Malmö
15:00Carvalho 62'ReportStadium: Stadion
Attendance: 18,734
Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim
27 April 2016 6 IFK Göteborg 0–3 Malmö FF Gothenburg
18:30Reportawarded win due to Tobias Sana was hit by a banger.Stadium: Gamla Ullevi
Attendance: 15,748
Referee: Jonas Eriksson
1 May 2016 7 Malmö FF 3–0 BK Häcken Malmö
17:30Kjartansson 34', 38', 66'Stadium: Stadion
Attendance: 15,479
Referee: Kristoffer Karlsson
8 May 2016 8 Helsingborgs IF 2–1 Malmö FF Helsingborg
15:00Larsson 4'
Rusike 81'
ReportEikrem 90 + 4'Stadium: Olympia
Attendance: 11,065
Referee: Martin Strömbergsson
14 May 2016 9 Malmö FF 3–0 Gefle IF Malmö
16:00Molins 49', 58'
Rodić 76'
ReportStadium: Stadion
Attendance: 13,801
Referee: Magnus Lindgren
18 May 2016 10 Hammarby IF 2–3 Malmö FF Stockholm
18:30Rômulo 3'
Israelsson 75'
ReportKjartansson 10'
Christiansen 43'
Eikrem 73'
Stadium: Tele2 Arena
Attendance: 23,617
Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim
23 May 2016 11 Malmö FF 2–0 Falkenbergs FF Malmö
19:00Rosenberg 7'
Kjartansson 12'
ReportStadium: Stadion
Attendance: 15,876
Referee: Martin Strömbergsson
28 May 2016 12 Östersunds FK 1–4 Malmö FF Östersund
16:00Dyer 63'ReportRosenberg 3'
Kjartansson 6', 65', 90 + 4'
Stadium: Jämtkraft Arena
Attendance: 7,739
Referee: Johan Krantz
11 July 2016 13 Malmö FF 1–0 Örebro SK Malmö
19:00Berget 52'ReportStadium: Stadion
Attendance: 17,526
Referee: Bojan Pandzic
17 July 2016 14 AIK 1–1 Malmö FF Solna
17:30Avdić 48'ReportKjartansson 15'Stadium: Friends Arena
Attendance: 15,847
Referee: Martin Strömbergsson
23 July 2016 15 Malmö FF 1–1 Kalmar FF Malmö
16:00Kjartansson 90'ReportV. Elm 44'Stadium: Stadion
Attendance: 14,887
Referee: Kristoffer Karlsson
1 August 2016 16 Örebro SK 0–3 Malmö FF Örebro
19:00ReportKjartansson 28', 53'
Rosenberg 56'
Stadium: Behrn Arena
Attendance: 9,047
Referee: Markus Strömbergsson
7 August 2016 17 Malmö FF 2–0 AIK Malmö
13:00Eikrem 43'
Christiansen 90 + 3'
ReportStadium: Stadion
Attendance: 20,150
Referee: Markus Strömbergsson
14 August 2016 18 Kalmar FF 1–1 Malmö FF Kalmar
15:00Ring 73'ReportChristiansen 80'Stadium: Guldfågeln Arena
Attendance: 7,212
Referee: Bojan Pandzic
22 August 2016 19 Malmö FF 4–1 Jönköpings Södra IF Malmö
19:00Bengtsson 23'
Kjartansson 25'
Christiansen 31'
Jeremejeff 86'
ReportCala 90 + 3'Stadium: Stadion
Attendance: 16,533
Referee: Stefan Johannesson
28 August 2016 20 GIF Sundsvall 0–1 Malmö FF Sundsvall
17:30ReportKjartansson 64'Stadium: Norrporten Arena
Attendance: 4,116
Referee: Per Melin
12 September 2016 21 Malmö FF 3–1 IFK Göteborg Malmö
19:00Rosenberg 15', 79'
Jeremejeff 77'
ReportJeremejeff 67' (o.g.)Stadium: Stadion
Attendance: 21,273
Referee: Stefan Johannesson
18 September 2016 22 Djurgårdens IF 3–1 Malmö FF Stockholm
17:30Eriksson 7'
Olunga 16', 60'
ReportEikrem 20'Stadium: Tele2 Arena
Attendance: 15,370
Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim
22 September 2016 23 Malmö FF 1–0 IF Elfsborg Malmö
19:00Rakip 90 + 1'ReportStadium: Stadion
Attendance: 16,597
Referee: Glenn Nyberg
25 September 2016 24 Malmö FF 2–0 Helsingborgs IF Malmö
17:30Christiansen 22'
Svanberg 90 + 5'
ReportStadium: Stadion
Attendance: 19,918
Referee: Martin Strömbergsson
1 October 2016 25 BK Häcken 2–4 Malmö FF Gothenburg
16:00Owoeri 15'
Farnerud 19'
ReportAdu 13'
Berget 34'
Jeremejeff 61'
Sana 83'
Stadium: Bravida Arena
Attendance: 4,752
Referee: Glenn Nyberg
16 October 2016 26 IFK Norrköping 1–2 Malmö FF Norrköping
15:00Bärkroth 48'ReportÁrnason 29'
Jeremejeff 69'
Stadium: Nya Parken
Attendance: 15,940
Referee: Stefan Johannesson
22 October 2016 27 Malmö FF 0–3 Östersunds FK Malmö
16:00ReportGhoddos 37', 87'
Bachirou 51'
Stadium: Stadion
Attendance: 20,297
Referee: Markus Strömbergsson
26 October 2016 28 Falkenbergs FF 0–3 Malmö FF Falkenberg
19:00ReportBerget 2'
Svanberg 20'
Jeremejeff 53'
Stadium: Falkenbergs IP
Attendance: 5,120
Referee: Martin Strömbergsson
30 October 2016 29 Gefle IF 1–0 Malmö FF Gävle
17:30Williams 72'ReportStadium: Gavlevallen
Attendance: 3,380
Referee: Glenn Nyberg
6 November 2016 30 Malmö FF 3–0 Hammarby IF Malmö
15:00Berget 29'
Rosenberg 86', 90'
ReportStadium: Stadion
Attendance: 21,719
Referee: Stefan Johannesson

Non-competitive

Pre-season

Kickoff times are in UTC+1 unless stated otherwise.

v Fremad Amager
29 January 2016 Malmö FF 1–0 Fremad Amager Malmö
18:30Mehmeti 62'ReportStadium: Malmö IP
Attendance: 1,555
v Brøndby IF
14 February 2016 Malmö FF 1–0 Brøndby IF Malmö
14:00Berget 83'ReportStadium: Malmö IP
Attendance: 3,847
v Malmö FF
23 February 2016 AaB 3–0 Malmö FF Aalborg
15:00Jönsson 16'
Enevoldsen 21', 57'
ReportStadium: Aalborg Stadium
Attendance: 4,744
v HJK Helsinki
25 March 2016 Malmö FF 4–0 HJK Helsinki Malmö
15:00Christiansen 14'
Rosenberg 22', 31'
Carvalho 57'
ReportStadium: Stadion
Attendance: 1,033
Referee: Kristoffer Karlsson

Mid-season

Kickoff times are in UTC+2 unless stated otherwise.

v Odense Boldklub
29 June 2016 Malmö FF 1–0 Odense Boldklub Malmö
15:00Kjartansson 77'ReportStadium: Stadion
Attendance: 1,461
Referee: Robert Daradic
v AGF Aarhus
4 July 2016 Malmö FF 2–0 AGF Aarhus Malmö
17:00Kjartansson 61', 64'ReportStadium: Stadion
Attendance: 2,561
v VfL Wolfsburg
4 August 2016 Malmö FF 0–1 VfL Wolfsburg Malmö
19:00ReportRodríguez 85'Stadium: Stadion
Attendance: 1,526

Footnotes