# 2017 Malmö FF season

The 2017 season was Malmö FF's 106th in existence, their 82nd season in Allsvenskan and their 17th consecutive season in the league. They competed in Allsvenskan where they finished first, and the 2017–18 UEFA Champions League where they were knocked out in the second qualifying round. Malmö FF also participated in one competition in which the club continued playing in for the 2018 season, the 2017–18 Svenska Cupen. The season began with the first Allsvenskan match on 1 April and the season concluded with the last league match on 5 November.
For the second time in recent years, Malmö FF won back to back league titles, claiming their 20th Swedish championship. The club had previously won back to back titles in 2013 and 2014. Magnus Pehrsson was appointed new head coach after the departure of Allan Kuhn at the end of last season. The club failed to repeat the UEFA Champions League group stage success of previous years, exiting the competition at the first hurdle in the second qualifying round against Macedonian club FK Vardar.

## Players
### Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | DF | SWE | Anton Tinnerholm |
| 4 | DF | SWE | Behrang Safari (vice captain) |
| 5 | MF | SWE | Erdal Rakip |
| 6 | MF | SWE | Oscar Lewicki |
| 7 | MF | DEN | Anders Christiansen |
| 8 | FW | SWE | Carlos Strandberg |
| 9 | FW | SWE | Markus Rosenberg (captain) |
| 10 | MF | NOR | Magnus Wolff Eikrem |
| 11 | FW | SWE | Alexander Jeremejeff |
| 13 | DF | PER | Yoshimar Yotún |
| 15 | MF | SWE | Paweł Cibicki |
| 17 | DF | SWE | Rasmus Bengtsson |
| 20 | MF | NGA | Bonke Innocent |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | MF | GHA | Kingsley Sarfo |
| 23 | MF | NOR | Jo Inge Berget |
| 24 | DF | DEN | Lasse Nielsen |
| 25 | DF | URU | Felipe Carvalho |
| 26 | DF | NOR | Andreas Vindheim |
| 27 | GK | SWE | Johan Dahlin |
| 29 | GK | SWE | Fredrik Andersson |
| 31 | DF | SWE | Franz Brorsson |
| 32 | MF | SWE | Mattias Svanberg |
| 33 | FW | SWE | Teddy Bergqvist |
| 34 | MF | SWE | Pavle Vagić |
| 35 | MF | SWE | Samuel Adrian |
| 37 | DF | SWE | Dennis Hadžikadunić |

### Players in/out
#### In

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving from | Type | Transfer window | Ends | Transfer fee | Source |
| 24 | DF | Lasse Nielsen | 29 | Gent | Transfer | Winter | 2020 | (€650,000) | mff.se |
| 21 | MF | Kingsley Sarfo | 22 | IK Sirius | Transfer | Summer | 2021 | (€1,330,000) | mff.se |
| 27 | GK | Johan Dahlin | 30 | Midtjylland | Transfer | Summer | 2020 | (€370,000) | mff.se |
| 20 | MF | Bonke Innocent | 21 | Lillestrøm | Transfer | Summer | 2021 | (€840,000) | mff.se |
| 8 | FW | Carlos Strandberg | 21 | Club Brugge | Transfer | Summer | 2021 | (€1,000,000) | mff.se |

#### Out

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving to | Type | Transfer window | Transfer fee | Source |
| 8 | MF | Enoch Kofi Adu | 26 | Akhisar Belediyespor | Transfer | Winter | (€600,000) | mff.se |
| 30 | GK | Marko Johansson | 18 | Trelleborgs FF | Loan | Winter | – | mff.se |
| 18 | MF | Piotr Johansson | 21 | Gefle IF | End of contract | Winter | Free | mff.se |
| 21 | DF | Kári Árnason | 34 | Omonia Nicosia | Transfer | Winter | Undisclosed | mff.se |
| 14 | MF | Erik Andersson | 19 | Trelleborgs FF | Loan | Winter | – | mff.se |
| 22 | MF | Tobias Sana | 27 | AGF | End of contract | Summer | Free | mff.se |
| 33 | FW | Teddy Bergqvist | 18 | Åtvidabergs FF | Loan | Summer | – | mff.se |
| 2 | DF | Pa Konate | 23 | SPAL | Transfer | Summer | (€300,000) | mff.se |
| 1 | GK | Johan Wiland | 36 | Hammarby IF | Transfer | Summer | Undisclosed | mff.se |
| 13 | MF | Yoshimar Yotún | 27 | Orlando City | Transfer | Summer | Undisclosed | mff.se |
| 15 | MF | Paweł Cibicki | 23 | Leeds United | Transfer | Summer | (€1,700,000) | mff.se |

## Player statistics
### Appearances and goals

    As of 5 November 2017
| Number | Position | Name | 2017 Allsvenskan | 2017 Allsvenskan | 2017–18 Svenska Cupen | 2017–18 Svenska Cupen | 2017–18 UEFA Champions League | 2017–18 UEFA Champions League | Total | Total |
| Number | Position | Name | Appearances | Goals | Appearances | Goals | Appearances | Goals | Appearances | Goals |
| 1 | GK | Johan Wiland | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Pa Konate | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Anton Tinnerholm | 27 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 5 |
| 4 | DF | Behrang Safari | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 1 |
| 5 | MF | Erdal Rakip | 27 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 9 |
| 6 | MF | Oscar Lewicki | 29 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | Anders Christiansen | 27 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 5 |
| 8 | FW | Carlos Strandberg | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 |
| 9 | FW | Markus Rosenberg | 24 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 8 |
| 10 | MF | Magnus Wolff Eikrem | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | Alexander Jeremejeff | 20 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 6 |
| 13 | MF | Yoshimar Yotún | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 2 |
| 15 | MF | Paweł Cibicki | 20 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 5 |
| 17 | DF | Rasmus Bengtsson | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Bonke Innocent | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | Kingsley Sarfo | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 |
| 22 | MF | Tobias Sana | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | Jo Inge Berget | 25 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 11 |
| 24 | DF | Lasse Nielsen | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 1 |
| 25 | DF | Felipe Carvalho | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 26 | DF | Andreas Vindheim | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1 |
| 27 | GK | Johan Dahlin | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 29 | GK | Fredrik Andersson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | Franz Brorsson | 23 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 2 |
| 32 | MF | Mattias Svanberg | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 1 |
| 33 | FW | Teddy Bergqvist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | Pavle Vagić | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 35 | MF | Samuel Adrian | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 37 | DF | Dennis Hadžikadunić | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |

## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Current position / round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| Allsvenskan | N/A | — | Winner | 1 April 2017 | 5 November 2017 |
| UEFA Champions League | Second qualifying round | — | Second qualifying round | 12 July 2017 | 18 July 2017 |
Source: Competitions

### Allsvenskan
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Malmö FF (C) | 30 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 63 | 27 | +36 | 64 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | AIK | 30 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 47 | 22 | +25 | 57 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 3 | Djurgårdens IF | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 54 | 30 | +24 | 53 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
| 4 | BK Häcken | 30 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 42 | 28 | +14 | 52 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 5 | Östersunds FK | 30 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 48 | 32 | +16 | 50 | |
* 1 2 Since the winners of 2017–18 Svenska Cupen (Djurgårdens IF) qualified for European competitions based on their league position, the berth awarded to the 3rd-placed team (Europa League second qualifying round) was passed down to the 4th-placed team (BK Häcken).

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish)

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | D | L | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | L | D | L | W | D | W | W | W | D | W | L |
| Position | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

#### Matches
### Svenska Cupen
#### 2017–18

    The tournament continues into the 2018 season.

##### Qualification stage
### UEFA Champions League
#### Second qualifying round
## Non-competitive
### Pre-season

Kickoff times are in UTC+1 unless stated otherwise.

### Mid-season
## Footnotes

* ↑ "Officiellt: Sarfo klar för Malmö". aftonbladet.se (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. 22 June 2017. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
* ↑ "Klart: Malmö FF värvar Innocent". aftonbladet.se (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. 2 August 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
* ↑ "Cibicki klar för Leeds - MFF får 16 miljoner". fotbollskanalen.se (in Swedish). Fotbollskanalen. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
* Sweden portal
* Association football portal