# 2016 Malmö FF season

The 2016 season was Malmö FF's 105th in existence, their 81st season in Allsvenskan and their 16th consecutive season in the league. They competed in Allsvenskan where they finished first, the 2015–16 Svenska Cupen where they finished as runners-up, and the 2016–17 Svenska Cupen where they were knocked out in round two. The season began with the group stage of Svenska Cupen on 20 February, league play started on 2 April and the season concluded with the last league match on 6 November.
The club appointed Allan Kuhn as new head coach on 8 January after Åge Hareide left to coach the Denmark national football team. Despite winning the league title in his first season, Kuhn was sacked by the club on 19 November. For the first time since the 2012 season, Malmö FF only competed in domestic competitions after failing to qualify for Europe in the previous season. On the domestic stage, Malmö FF won their 19th Swedish championship after winning the league title again after a one-year wait. The club also reached their first Svenska Cupen final since 1996 but ultimately finished as runners-up after losing on penalties to BK Häcken, having been 2–0 up at half-time. For the first time since the cup changed format, Malmö FF failed to qualify for next season's group-stage after losing to tier three club Landskrona BoIS in the second round of qualifications.

## Players
### Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | SWE | Johan Wiland |
| 2 | DF | SWE | Pa Konate |
| 3 | DF | SWE | Anton Tinnerholm |
| 4 | DF | SWE | Behrang Safari |
| 5 | MF | SWE | Erdal Rakip |
| 6 | MF | SWE | Oscar Lewicki |
| 7 | MF | DEN | Anders Christiansen |
| 8 | MF | GHA | Enoch Kofi Adu |
| 9 | FW | SWE | Markus Rosenberg (captain) |
| 10 | MF | NOR | Magnus Wolff Eikrem |
| 11 | FW | SWE | Alexander Jeremejeff |
| 13 | DF | PER | Yoshimar Yotún |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | MF | SWE | Erik Andersson |
| 17 | DF | SWE | Rasmus Bengtsson |
| 21 | DF | ISL | Kári Árnason (vice captain) |
| 22 | MF | SWE | Tobias Sana |
| 23 | MF | NOR | Jo Inge Berget |
| 24 | FW | ISL | Vidar Örn Kjartansson |
| 26 | DF | NOR | Andreas Vindheim |
| 29 | GK | SWE | Fredrik Andersson |
| 30 | GK | SWE | Marko Johansson |
| 31 | DF | SWE | Franz Brorsson |
| 32 | MF | SWE | Mattias Svanberg |

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

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving from | Type | Transfer window | Ends | Transfer fee | Source |
| 24 | FW | Vidar Örn Kjartansson | 25 | Jiangsu Suning | Transfer | Winter | 2018 | (~ 3.6M SEK) | mff.se |
| 7 | MF | Anders Christiansen | 25 | Chievo | Transfer | Winter | 2018 | Undisclosed | mff.se |
| 4 | DF | Behrang Safari | 31 | Basel | End of contract | Summer | 2020 | Free | mff.se |
| 11 | FW | Alexander Jeremejeff | 22 | BK Häcken | Transfer | Summer | 2019 | Undisclosed | mff.se |

#### Out

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving to | Type | Transfer window | Transfer fee | Source |
| 22 | FW | Pawel Cibicki | 21 | Jönköpings Södra IF | Loan | Winter | — | mff.se |
| 5 | DF | Johan Hammar | 21 | Örgryte IS | Transfer | Winter | Undisclosed | mff.se |
| 8 | FW | Benjamin Fadi | 20 | Karlskrona | End of contract | Winter | Free | sydsvenskan.se |
| 11 | FW | Agon Mehmeti | 26 | Stabæk | Transfer | Winter | Undisclosed | mff.se |
| 18 | MF | Piotr Johansson | 21 | Östersunds FK | Loan | Summer | — | mff.se |
| 10 | FW | Guillermo Molins | 27 | Beijing Renhe | End of contract | Summer | Free | mff.se |
| 20 | MF | Vladimir Rodic | 22 | Kardemir Karabükspor | Transfer | Summer | Undisclosed | mff.se |
| 25 | DF | Felipe Carvalho | 22 | Falkenbergs FF | Loan | Summer | — | mff.se |
| 24 | FW | Vidar Örn Kjartansson | 26 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | Transfer | Summer | (~ 41.0M SEK) | mff.se |

## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Current position / round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| Allsvenskan | N/A | — | Winner | 2 April 2016 | 6 November 2016 |
| 2015–16 Svenska Cupen | Round 2 | — | Runners-up | 8 November 2015 | 5 May 2016 |
| 2016–17 Svenska Cupen | Round 2 | — | Round Two | 25 August 2016 | 25 August 2016 |
Source: Competitions

### Allsvenskan
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Malmö FF (C) | 30 | 21 | 3 | 6 | 60 | 26 | +34 | 66 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | AIK | 30 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 52 | 26 | +26 | 60 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 3 | IFK Norrköping | 30 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 59 | 37 | +22 | 60 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | IFK Göteborg | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 56 | 47 | +9 | 50 | |
| 5 | IF Elfsborg | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 58 | 38 | +20 | 48 | |

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | W | L | L | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | D | D | W | W | D | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | L | W | L | W |
| Position | 1 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

#### Matches
## Non-competitive
### Pre-season

Kickoff times are in UTC+1 unless stated otherwise.

### Mid-season

Kickoff times are in UTC+2 unless stated otherwise.

## Footnotes

* ↑ "Malmö FF fick 41 miljoner för Kjartansson". sydsvenskan.se (in Swedish). 26 October 2016. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
* Sweden portal
* Association football portal