Mjällby Allmänna Idrottsförening, also known simply as Mjällby AIF, Mjällby or (especially locally) MAIF, is a Swedish professional

football club A football team is a group of players selected to play together in the various team sports known as football. Such teams could be selected to play in a match against an opposing team, to represent a football club, group, state or nation, an all- ...

based in

Hällevik Hällevik is a locality situated in Sölvesborg Municipality, Blekinge County Blekinge County ( sv, Blekinge län) is a Counties of Sweden, county or ''län'' in the south of Sweden. It borders the Counties of Skåne County, Skåne, Kronoberg C ...

. The club is affiliated to

Blekinge Fotbollförbund The Blekinge Fotbollförbund ''(Blekinge Football Association)'' is one of the 24 district organisations of the Swedish Football Association. It administers lower tier football (soccer), football in Blekinge County. Background Blekinge Fotbol ...

and play its home games at Strandvallen. The club colours, reflected in their crest and kit, are yellow and black. Formed on 1 April 1939, the club have played eight seasons in Sweden's highest football league

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 ...

, the club's first season in the league was in

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. The club are currently playing in

(top division). With nine seasons in the top division

, Mjällby AIF is the most successful football team from the province of

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. Former

Sweden national football team The Sweden national football team ( sv, svenska fotbollslandslaget) represents Sweden in men's international football and it is controlled by the Swedish Football Association, the governing body of football in Sweden. Sweden's home ground is F ...

players

Christian Wilhelmsson Christian Ulf "Chippen" Wilhelmsson (; born 8 December 1979) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a winger. Beginning his career with Mjällby AIF in 1997, he went on to represent clubs in Norway, Belgium, France, Italy, Sp ...

and

Mattias Asper Nils Mattias Joacim Asper (born 20 March 1974) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Starting off his career with Mjällby AIF in the mid-1990s, he went on to play professionally in Spain, Turkey, and Norway befo ...

began their careers at the club. Both players also ended their playing careers in Mjällby.

Players

First-team squad

Out on loan

Managers

* Johnny Ringerg (1954–56) * Sven-Olle Malmberg (1956–58) * John Nilsson (1959) * Gösta Färm (1960–61) *

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(1962) * Folke Jönsson (1963) * Arne Lindskog (1964) * Bror Sjöholm (1965–66) * Kjell Larsson (1967) * Gösta Färm (1968) *

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(1969–70) * Arne Svensson (1971–74) * Jan-Ove Jansson (1975–78) *

Bo Nilsson Bo Nilsson (1 May 1937 – 25 June 2018) was a Swedish composer and lyricist. Career Bo Nilsson was born in Skellefteå, and first drew notice as a composer at the age of 18 when his ''Zwei Stücke'' (Two Pieces) for flute, bass clarinet, perc ...

(1979–80) *

Håkan Håkansson Håkan Håkansson (born 1947) is a Swedish organizational theorist, and Professor of International Management at the BI Norwegian Business School, known for his work on business networks. Biography Håkansson attended the Technical High School i ...

(1981) * Göran Bogren (1982–84) *

Anders Linderoth Anders Karl Gustaf Linderoth (born 21 March 1950) is a Swedish football coach and former player who played as a midfielder. He is best remembered for representing Helsingsborgs IF, Östers IF, Marseille, and Mjällby AIF during a club career t ...

(1985–89) * Ingvar Johansson (1990) * Peter Antoine (Jan 1, 1991 – June 30, 1993) * Jan Mattsson (1993) * Peter Antoine (1994–96) * Sergei Prigoda (1997–98) * Hans Larsson (1999–02) *

Sören Cratz Carl Sören Harry Cratz (born 28 September 1948) is a Swedish former football manager. As a manager of Hammarby IF, he won the 2001 Allsvenskan Allsvenskan 2001, part of the 2001 Swedish football season, was the 77th Allsvenskan season playe ...

(2003–05) * Thomas Andersson-Borstam (2005 – Dec 31, 2008) *

Peter Swärdh Peter Swärdh (born 27 February 1965) is a Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finl ...

(Jan 1, 2009 – Dec 31, 2012) * Anders Torstensson (Jan 1, 2013 – Oct 16, 2013) *

Lars Jacobsson Lasse Jacobsson (born 10 December 1960, in Jönköping) is a Swedish football manager Management (or managing) is the administration of an organization, whether it is a business, a nonprofit organization, or a government body. It is the ...

(Oct 16, 2013–14) *

(July 21, 2014– May 18, 2015) * Hasse Larsson (May 19, 2015– Dec 31, 2015) *

Patrik Rosengren Patrik Rosengren (born 25 July 1971) is a Swedish football coach, currently for Mjällby AIF (U19), and former Association football, footballer who played as a Defender (association football), defender. Personal life Rosengren is nicknamed Bagar ...

(Jan 1, 2016– Aug 31, 2016) *

(Aug 31, 2016– Sep 5, 2016) * Jonas Andersson (Sep 5, 2016– Jun 18, 2018) * Miloš Milojević (Jun 19, 2018– Dec 1, 2019) *

Marcus Lantz Marcus Lantz (born 23 October 1975) is a Swedish football manager and former professional footballer who played as a holding midfielder. A full international between 1998 and 2010, he played six matches for the Sweden national team. Career ...

(Jan 1, 2020– Dec 31, 2020) * Christian Järdler (Jan 1, 2021– Aug 3, 2021) * Anders Torstensson (Aug 4, 2021– Dec 31, 2021) *

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(Jan 1, 2022– Dec 31, 2022) * Anders Torstensson (Jan 1, 2023– Present)

Achievements

League

Superettan Superettan (; meaning the super first (division)) is an association football league and the second highest league in the league system of Swedish men's football. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with Al ...

: ** Winners (2): 2009, 2019 *

Division 1 Södra Ettan Fotboll, or simply Ettan ( en, the one), which also is its common name in everyday speech, is the third level in the Swedish football league system and consists of 32 Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden ...

: ** Winners (1): 2018 ** Runners-up (1): 1988

Footnotes

References

External links

Mjällby AIF
nbsp;– official site
Sillastrybarna
nbsp;– official supporter club site
Mjällby AIF at svenskafans.com
nbsp;– supporter site {{DEFAULTSORT:Mjallby Aif Football clubs in Blekinge County Allsvenskan clubs Blekinge County Association football clubs established in 1939 1939 establishments in Sweden