This list is about Malmö FF players with at least 100 league appearances. For a list of all Malmö FF players with a Wikipedia article, see Category:Malmö FF players. For the current Malmö FF first-team squad, see First-team squad.
Malmö Fotbollförening, also known simply as Malmö FF, is a Swedish professional association football club based in Malmö. The club is affiliated with Skånes Fotbollförbund (The Scanian Football Association), and plays its home games at Stadion.[1] Formed on 24 February 1910, Malmö FF is the most successful club in Sweden in terms of trophies won.[2] The club have won the most league titles of any Swedish club with twenty-one, a joint record eighteen Swedish championship titles and a record fourteen national cup titles.[3][A] The team competes in Allsvenskan as of the 2015 season; this is Malmö FF's 15th consecutive season in the top flight, and their 80th overall. The main rivals of the club are Helsingborgs IF, IFK Göteborg and, historically, IFK Malmö.[5] Since playing their first competitive match, more than 480 players have made a league appearance for the club, of whom 90 players have made at least 100 appearances; those players are listed here.
Defender Krister Kristensson is the player with the most league appearances in the club's history, having made 348 appearances between 1963 and 1978, scoring seven goals. Kristensson also played for the Sweden men's national football team, and ended his career with 38 international caps. Forward Hans Håkansson is the player who has scored the most goals in league matches for Malmö FF, with 163 goals in 192 matches; Bo Larsson holds the record of most goals scored in Allsvenskan with 119 goals in the league.[6][7]
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General
League appearances and goals are for first-team competitive league matches only, including Allsvenskan, Svenska Serien, Superettan and Division 2 matches. Substitute appearances included. Total appearances and goals are for first-team matches only, including all competitive and friendly matches.
Players are listed according to the total number of league games played, the player with the most goals scored is ranked higher if two or more players are tied.
Positions are listed according to the tactical formations that were employed at the time. Thus the change in the names of defensive and midfield reflects the tactical evolution that occurred from the 1960s onwards. The year 1960 is used as a breaking point in this list for the use of names of defensive and midfield positions.
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Nationality – If a player played international football, the country/countries he played for are shown. Otherwise, the player's nationality is given as their country of birth.
Malmö FF career – The year of the player's first appearance for Malmö FF to the year of his last appearance.
League appearances – The number of games played in league competition.
League goals – The number of goals scored in league competition.
Total appearances – The number of games played in all games for the club including friendlies.
Total goals – The number of goals scored in all games for the club including friendlies.
Since 1940, 30 players have held the position of club captain for Malmö FF.[13] The first club captain was Sture Mårtensson, who was captain from 1940 to 1949. Mårtensson is also the longest-serving captain. Krister Kristensson, who was captain from 1970 to 1978, has the distinction of having won the most trophies as captain; he won five Allsvenskan titles and four Svenska Cupen titles. The current club captain is midfielder Anders Christiansen who has held the captaincy since the beginning of the 2020 season.[14]
^The title of "Swedish Champions" has been awarded to the winner of four different competitions over the years. Between 1896 and 1925 the title was awarded to the winner of Svenska Mästerskapet, a stand-alone cup tournament. No club were given the title between 1926 and 1930 even though the first-tier league Allsvenskan was played. In 1931 the title was reinstated and awarded to the winner of Allsvenskan. Between 1982 and 1990 a play-off in cup format was held at the end of the league season to decide the champions. After the play-off format in 1991 and 1992 the title was decided by the winner of Mästerskapsserien, an additional league after the end of Allsvenskan. Since the 1993 season the title has once again been awarded to the winner of Allsvenskan.[4]
^For up to date statistics and referencing for current Malmö FF players on this list, see the statistics section at svenskfotboll.se: click on the relevant player's name there to verify that the statistics displayed on this list are correct. For players who are no longer part of the squad, but who played in Malmö FF after 2010, see www.soccerway.com, and enter the player's name into the search field in the upper-right-hand corner and press enter to verify the player's statistics.
^Krister Kristensson holds the club records for most league appearances and most appearances in total.[6]
^Bo Larsson holds the club records for most Allsvenskan goals scored and most goals scored in one Allsvenskan season.[6]
^Jan Möller holds the club and Allsvenskan records for most Allsvenskan medals won with 14 medals, Möller won 12 medals with Malmö FF and two medals while playing for Trelleborgs FF.[6]
^ abJan Möller and Jonnie Fedel shares the club and Allsvenskan records for goalkeeper with least conceded goals in a single season with 11 goals.[6]
^ abTorbjörn Persson and Leif Engqvist shares the club and Allsvenskan records for most consecutive Allsvenskan championships with 5 consecutive championships.[6]
^Magnus Andersson holds the club and Allsvenskan records for shortest time between a players debut and championship won with 2 months and 18 days between his debut and when he won Allsvenskan with Malmö FF.[6]
^Helge Bengtsson holds the club and Allsvenskan records for goalkeeper with most consecutive matches without defeat with 40 matches. The record was set between 6 May 1949 and 6 November 1950.[6]
^Lars Granström holds the club record for youngest goalscorer at the age of 17 years and 159 days. The record was set in an Allsvenskan match against Djurgårdens IF on 15 May 1960.[11]
^ abEgon Jönsson and Sven Hjertsson shares the club and Allsvenskan records for most consecutive matches without defeat with 49 matches. The record was set between 6 May 1949 and 1 June 1951.[6]
^Hans Håkansson holds the club records for most league goals scored and most goals in one season in any league.[6][7]
^"Fakta" [Facts]. mff.se (in Swedish). Malmö FF. Archived from the original on 10 September 2012. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
^"Malmö FF". svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). The Swedish Football Association. Archived from the original on 16 May 2013. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
^"Svenska mästare 1896–1925, 1931–" [Swedish champions 1896–1925, 1931–]. svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). The Swedish Football Association. Archived from the original on 2 December 2009. Retrieved 20 July 2012.
^Törner, Ole (2005). Malmö FF; En Supporters Handbok (in Swedish). Bokförlaget DN. pp. 52–54. ISBN91-7588-683-9.
^"Sveriges landslagsmän 1908–2011" [Swedish international players 1908–2011] (PDF). svenskfotboll.se. The Swedish Football Association. Archived from the original on 6 July 2013. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
^ ab"Hamad vill inte ta av bindeln" [Hamad does not want to lose the capain's armband]. sydsvenskan.se (in Swedish). Sydsvenskan. 5 February 2013. Archived from the original on 5 November 2013. Retrieved 17 February 2013.