Malmö Fotbollförening, also known simply as Malmö FF, is a Swedish professional

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based in

Malmö Malmö (, ; da, Malmø ) is the largest city in the Swedish county (län) of Scania (Skåne). It is the third-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm and Gothenburg, and the sixth-largest city in the Nordic region, with a municipal populat ...

. The club have participated in 41 editions of the club competitions governed by

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, the chief authority for football across Europe. These include 19 seasons in the European Cup and Champions League, 18 seasons in the UEFA Cup and Europa League, five seasons in the

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and one season in the

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. Malmö have also taken part in one club competition organised by the global federation

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, the Intercontinental Cup, in 1979. Counting all of the 149 games the side have played in UEFA competitions since their first entry into the European Cup in the 1964–65 season, the team's record stands at 55 wins, 32 draws and 62 defeats.This does not include the two matches played by Malmö FF in FIFA competitions and the eight matches played in the

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. The club's most recent participation in a continental competition was in the 21–22 season, when they played in the group stage of the 2021–2022 UEFA Champions League. The club play their home matches at the Stadion in Malmö; for UEFA matches, the capacity is 21,000 all-seated while for Swedish league matches 3,000 of these seats are removed to create standing room for 6,000 spectators. Malmö's 11–0 victory over

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of Cyprus in the 1973–74 European Cup Winners' Cup is the club's most decisive win in European competitions, while the team's heaviest defeat is 8–0, against Spanish club

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in the 2015–16 UEFA Champions League. With 53 caps,

Jan Möller Jan Börje Möller (born 17 September 1953) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Starting off his career with Malmö FF, he went on to represent also Bristol City, Toronto Blizzard, Helsingborgs IF, and Trellebo ...

has appeared in the most UEFA matches for Malmö, while

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have scored the most goals with 23. Malmö FF's most successful European campaign culminated in the club's contesting of the

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against

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at the

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; Malmö lost 1–0. As of the 2018–19 season, the club is ranked 66th in the

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Key

* S = Seasons * Pld = Played * W = Games won * D = Games drawn * L = Games lost * GF = Goals for * GA = Goals against * GD = Goal difference * H = Home ground * A = Away ground * N = Neutral ground * Final = Final * SF = Semi-finals * QF = Quarter-finals * R32 = Round of 32 * Group = Group stage * PO = Play-off round * R3 = Round 3 * R2 = Round 2 * R1 = Round 1 * QR3 = Third qualification round * QR2 = Second qualification round * QR1 = First qualification round * QR = Qualification round * aet = Match determined after

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* ag = Match determined by

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* ap = Match determined by

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* Agg = Aggregated score * Ref = Reference :Malmö's score is noted first in all of the match results given below.

Overall record

:''Updated as of 8 September 2022''

By competition

Source: Uefa.com S = Season Pld = Matches played W = Matches won D = Matches drawn L = Matches lost GF = Goals for GA = Goals against GD = Goal Difference

List of opponents

By opponent club nationality

By club

The following list details Malmö FF's all-time record against clubs they have met three or more times in European competition, that is on more than one occasion. The club and its country are given, as well as the number of games played (Pld), won by Malmö (W), drawn (D) and lost by Malmö (L), goals for Malmö (GF), goals against Malmö (GA) and Malmö's goal difference (GD). Statistics are correct as of the 2022–23 season and include goals scored during extra time where applicable; in these games, the result given is the result at the end of extra time.

Matches

European Champion Clubs' Cup / UEFA Champions League

The European Champion Clubs' Cup was founded in 1955 and was renamed the

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in 1992. Malmö FF first entered the competition in 1964–65, qualifying by virtue of their position at the top of the

Allsvenskan Allsvenskan (; en, the All-Swedish, also known as Fotbollsallsvenskan, en, the Football All-Swedish) is a Swedish professional league for men's association football clubs. It was founded in 1924 and is the top tier of the Swedish football lea ...

table midway through the 1964 season. As Allsvenskan is played between April and October of each year, out of step with most European leagues, modern practice sees each season's Allsvenskan champions qualify for the UEFA Champions League competition starting in August the following year. Malmö FF's most notable achievement in this competition, and in all European tournaments, is reaching the final at the end of the 1978–79 season. In the 2014–15 season the side passed the qualifying rounds for the first time since the competition was re–branded. The following is a complete list of matches played by Malmö FF in the European Cup and the UEFA Champions League; it includes the season of the tournament, the stage, the opponent club and its country, the date, the venue and the score. It is up to date as of the 2018–19 season. SHAKHTAR DONETSK VS

UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League

The UEFA Cup, founded in 1971, was renamed the

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in 2009. Malmö FF first contested this competition in the 1977–78 season having qualified as Allsvenskan runners-up in

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. The club competed in the competition for the first time since its rebranding to the UEFA Europa League during the 2011–12 season. The following is a complete list of matches played by Malmö FF in the UEFA Cup and UEFA Europa League. It includes the tournament season, the stage, the opponent club and its country, the date, the venue and the score. Statistics are correct as of the 2022–23 season. Rolf64 288313a

European Cup Winners' Cup / UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

The

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was formed in 1960, with the word "European" replaced by "UEFA" in 1994; it was abolished in 1999. Malmö FF first played in the Cup Winners' Cup in the 1973–74 season as the 1973 winners of the

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. The following is a complete list of matches played by Malmö FF in the Cup Winners' Cup. It includes the season of the tournament, the stage, the opponent club and its country, the date, the venue and the score.

Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

The

was founded in 1955 and ran each season until it was replaced by the

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in 1971. Malmö FF first competed in the Fairs Cup for the 1965–66 season and played in the last edition of the competition in the 1970–71 season. The following is a complete list of matches played by Malmö FF in the Fairs Cup. It includes the season of the tournament, the stage, the opponent club and its country, the date, the venue and the score.

UEFA Intertoto Cup

The

UEFA Intertoto Cup The UEFA Intertoto Cup (from la, Inter, 'between' + german: toto, 'betting pool'),Most precisely, from (football pool); cf. often abbreviated and more known in the German-speaking world as UI Cup and originally called the International Foot ...

was founded in 1995 as a replacement for the original Intertoto Cup, and ran each season until its abolishment in 2008. Malmö FF's only appearance was in

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, having finished 3rd in Allsvenskan the previous year.

Intercontinental Cup / FIFA Club World Cup

The Intercontinental Cup was founded in 1960 and replaced by the

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in 2004. Malmö FF's only appearance in either to date was in

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, when

, who had defeated Malmö in the 1979 European Cup final, refused to take part. As the defeated finalists, Malmö FF took the English club's place in the two-legged tie against Olimpia of Paraguay.

European Ranking

UEFA Ranking & Coefficient

The following data indicates Malmö FF coefficient rankings since 1999. As of 19 June 2022

ClubElo Ranking

As of 19 December 2021

Footnotes

References

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