List of Malmö FF players

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.

A black and white photograph of five football players standing beside each other in a locker room after a match. The players are noticeably tired; large sweat stains are visible on their shirts. — Part of Malmö FF's first team squad in 1962, from left to right; Jan Jeppsson, Rolf Eriksson, Lars Granström, Bo Larsson and Ingvar Svahn

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 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]

Key

Symbols key
Symbol	Meaning
‡	Malmö FF player in the 2019 season
*	Player holds club record(s)

Players

Statistics correct as of match played 14 December 2019.^[6]^[7]^[B]

Krister Kristensson made over 300 league appearances for Malmö FF, more than any other player.^[6]

Daniel Andersson played for Malmö FF 292 times over 15 seasons.^[6]^[8]

Helge Bengtsson was Malmö FF's first choice goalkeeper during the team's undefeated run of 49 league matches between 1949 and 1951.^[6]

Ingvar Svahn was neither booked nor sent off for ten of his twelve seasons with Malmö FF.^[6]^[9]

Niklas Nyhlén made 205 appearances for Malmö FF between 1987 and 1996.^[6]

List of Malmö FF players with at least 100 league appearances
Name	Nationality	Position	Malmö FF career	League appearances	League goals	Total appearances	Total goals
Krister Kristensson^[C] *	Sweden	DF	1963–1978	348	7	626	16
Erik Nilsson	Sweden	FB	1934–1953	326	1	600	4
Roy Andersson	Sweden	DF	1968–1983	317	21	624	49
Bo Larsson^[D] *	Sweden	U	1962–1966 1969–1979	302	119	546	289
Roland Andersson	Sweden	DF	1968–1974 1977–1983	299	6	564	13
Jan Möller^[E]^[F] *	Sweden	GK	1972–1980 1984–1988	298	1	591	1
Jonnie Fedel^[F] *	Sweden	GK	1984–2001	293	0	588	1
Daniel Andersson	Sweden	MF	1995–1998 2004–2013	292	30	460	39
Torbjörn Persson^[G] *	Sweden	DF	1980–1995	281	10	574	39
Prawitz Öberg	Sweden	U	1952–1965	278	34	515	103
Jörgen Ohlsson	Sweden	DF	1991–2003	266	34	464	53
Magnus Andersson^[H] *	Sweden	DF	1975–1988	265	12	568	28
Helge Bengtsson^[I] *	Sweden	GK	1934–1951	265	0	501	3
Ingemar Erlandsson	Sweden	DF	1976–1987	230	14	473	46
Ingvar Svahn	Sweden	HB	1957–1968 1970	228	62	414	161
Staffan Tapper	Sweden	MF	1967–1979	222	42	407	99
Sture Mårtensson	Sweden	HB	1937–1949	221	17	403	25
Tore Svensson	Sweden	GK	1951–1961	215	0	433	1
Kent Jönsson	Sweden	DF	1974–1987	211	5	480	9
Olof Persson	Sweden	DF	1997–2001 2002–2006	209	11	350	20
Markus Rosenberg ‡	Sweden	FW	2001–2005 2014–	208	75	285	143
Niclas Nyhlén	Sweden	MF	1987–1996	205	16	410	33
Kjell Rosén	Sweden	FB	1939–1950	204	41	379	108
Lars Granström^[J] *	Sweden	MF	1960–1966 1967–1971	202	52	359	120
Andreas Nilsson	Sweden	HB	1928–1940	201	59	371	168
Egon Jönsson^[K] *	Sweden	HB	1943–1955	200	99	405	269
Hans Mattisson	Sweden	MF	1996–2006	200	21	350	39
Harry Jönsson	Sweden	FW	1967–1976	194	18	357	31
Hans Håkansson^[L] *	Sweden	FW	1927–1938	192	163	350	341
Bertil Elmstedt	Sweden	FW	1956–1969	192	36	350	94
Anders Ljungberg	Sweden	MF	1967–1968 1972–1979	192	32	371	75
Rolf Björklund	Sweden	FB	1960–1970	192	1	341	6
Börje Tapper	Sweden	FW	1939–1951	191	91	371	298
Nils Hult	Sweden	GK	1960 1963–1972	184	0	329	0
Lennart Svensson	Sweden	HB	1956–1966	183	34	336	102
Anders Andersson	Sweden	MF	1990–1997 2005–2008	183	19	305	50
Thomas Sjöberg	Sweden	FW	1974–1976 1977–1978 1979–1982	180	80	334	157
Stellan Nilsson	Sweden	HB	1940–1950	179	68	336	166
Bertil Nilsson	Sweden	MF	1953–1960 1964–1966	178	40	342	111
Henry Thillberg	Sweden	FW	1951–1962	177	42	367	149
Ivar Roslund	Sweden	HB	1925–1937	169	71	311	179
Johan Dahlin ‡	Sweden	GK	2009–2013 2017–	169	0	223	0
Guillermo Molins ‡	Sweden	MF	2006–2011 2013–2016 2018–	168	40	251	66
Ulrich Vinzents	Denmark	DF	2006–2012	166	0	247	2
Ricardinho	Brazil	DF	2009–2014	159	3	248	5
Anders Palmér	Sweden	MF	1980–1988	158	26	348	73
Arthur Bergquist	Sweden	FB	1950–1957	158	5	302	10
Sven Nilsson	Sweden	FB	1931–1940	158	3	302	4
Carl-Erik Sandberg	Sweden	FW	1938–1947	156	31	269	130
Sven Hjertsson^[K] *	Sweden	FB	1942–1954	156	10	319	30
Sune Sandbring	Sweden	FB	1949–1958	153	0	305	1
Algot Christoffersson	Sweden	FB	1923–1933	150	5	295	28
Georg Österlin	Sweden	FB	1932–1942	149	6	295	28
Kjell Hjertsson	Sweden	HB	1940–1950	148	3	270	15
Jörgen Ohlin	Sweden	FB	1956–1958 1958–1967	147	5	271	8
Joseph Elanga	Cameroon	DF	2000–2005 2010	139	6	254	13
Robert Prytz	Sweden	MF	1977–1982 1993–1995	135	26	262	57
Oscar Lewicki ‡	Sweden	MF	2015–	135	4	198	7
Björn Nilsson	Sweden	FW	1979–1986	134	28	265	66
Tommy Larsson	Sweden	MF	1969–1978	134	26	255	50
Per Ågren	Sweden	DF	1983–1992	133	1	329	2
Gustaf Nilsson	Sweden	FW	1940–1950	132	65	265	205
Åke Hansson	Sweden	HB	1950–1957	132	14	292	59
John Torstensson	Sweden	FB	1920–1931	128	21	370	53
Behrang Safari ‡	Sweden	DF	2004–2008 2016–	128	3	173	4
Mats Arvidsson	Sweden	DF	1978–1987	127	10	294	24
Tore Cervin	Sweden	FW	1972–1980	126	55	258	110
Curt Olsberg	Sweden	MF	1967–1973	126	36	226	70
Yksel Osmanovski	Sweden	FW	1995–1998 2004–2007	126	22	212	42
Jiloan Hamad	Sweden	MF	2008–2013	126	22	203	34
Tommy Andersson	Sweden	FW	1969–1979	123	28	256	73
Leif Engqvist^[G] *	Sweden	MF	1985–1991	123	25	288	57
Arne Månsson	Sweden	FB	1944–1955	121	1	252	1
Jens Fjellström	Sweden	MF	1993–1996 1999–2000	119	19	204	43
Gunnar Martinsson	Sweden	HB	1926–1938	119	6	232	19
Jonas Wirmola	Sweden	DF	1994–2000	117	3	223	7
Markus Halsti	Finland	DF	2008–2014	115	6	197	8
Ove Karlsson	Sweden	FB	1936–1943	114	0	178	1
Daniel Larsson	Sweden	FW	2009–2012	113	31	168	46
Agon Mehmeti	Albania	FW	2008–2011 2014–2016	113	27	178	40
Niklas Skoog	Sweden	FW	2001–2008	112	49	191	97
Jan Ekström	Sweden	MF	1955–1960 1964–1966	111	38	222	124
Niclas Kindvall	Sweden	FW	1996–2000	111	31	193	54
Åke Larsson	Sweden	FB	1952–1959	111	2	207	3
Charles Gustafsson	Sweden	HB	1954–1961	108	50	231	141
Gert Lundqvist	Sweden	FB	1954–1962	107	5	214	16
Hans Malmström	Sweden	FB	1942–1950	107	0	209	0
Ingvar Rydell	Sweden	FW	1948–1953	106	68	210	162
Ture Isberg	Sweden	FW	1924–1932	104	31	187	70
Patrik Andersson^[M] *	Sweden	DF	1989–1992 2004–2005	104	12	184	24
Erdal Rakip ‡	Sweden	MF	2013–2017 2019–	104	11	141	16
Mikael Roth	Sweden	DF	1998–2002	102	0	166	2
Jo Inge Berget ‡	Sweden	FW	2015–2017 2019–	101	27	137	43
Mattias Asper	Sweden	GK	2002–2006	100	0	161	0

Club captains

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]

Club captains
Name^[13]^[15]	Nationality	Position	Dates	Notes
Unknown	—	—	1910–1939	—
Sture Mårtensson	Sweden	HB	1940–1949	First known club captain and longest-serving captain in Malmö FF's history.
Helge Bengtsson	Sweden	GK	1949	—
Erik Nilsson	Sweden	FB	1949–1953	—
Sven Hjertsson	Sweden	FB	1953–1954	First captain not from Malmö and suburbs
Sune Sandbring	Sweden	FB	1954–1958	—
Tore Svensson	Sweden	GK	1959–1961	First captain not from Scania
Prawitz Öberg	Sweden	U	1962–1965	—
Jörgen Ohlin	Sweden	FB	1966	—
Anders Svensson	Sweden	HB	1967–1968	First captain to make less than 100 appearances.
Rolf Björklund	Sweden	FB	1969–1970	—
Krister Kristensson	Sweden	DF	1970–1978	Won more trophies than any other Malmö FF captain.
Staffan Tapper	Sweden	MF	1979	Co-captained with Bo Larsson.
Bo Larsson	Sweden	U	1979	Co-captained with Staffan Tapper.
Roland Andersson	Sweden	DF	1980–1983	—
Ingemar Erlandsson	Sweden	DF	1984–1987	—
Magnus Andersson	Sweden	DF	1988	—
Roger Ljung	Sweden	DF	1989	—
Per Ågren	Sweden	DF	1989–1992	—
Torbjörn Persson	Sweden	DF	1993–1995	—
Niclas Nyhlén	Sweden	MF	1996	—
Jonnie Fedel	Sweden	GK	1996–1998	—
Hans Mattisson	Sweden	MF	1998–2000	—
Olof Persson	Sweden	DF	2001	—
Hans Mattisson	Sweden	MF	2002–2003	First captain to have a second captaincy spell.
Patrik Andersson	Sweden	DF	2004–2005	—
Daniel Andersson	Sweden	MF	2005–2011	—
Ulrich Vinzents	Denmark	DF	2012	First non-Swedish club captain.
Jiloan Hamad	Sweden	MF	2013	—
Guillermo Molins	Sweden	MF	2014	—
Markus Rosenberg	Sweden	FW	2015–2019	—
Anders Christiansen	Denmark	MF	2020–	—

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