# Helsingborgs IF–Malmö FF rivalry

The fixture between Helsingborgs IF and Malmö FF is a local derby in Scania, Sweden and a fierce rivalry. The derby does not have a common name, any derby in Scania is usually called a "Skånederby" (English: Scanian derby), the fixture is sometimes referred to as Slaget om Skåne (English: The battle for Scania). The rivalry has arisen because the two clubs are the most historically successful clubs in Scania and also come from the two most populous cities in Scania. The two clubs have also played most seasons in the top tier league Allsvenskan of all Scanian clubs and they are also the only Scanian clubs to have won the Swedish football championship, Malmö FF with 22 titles and Helsingborgs IF with 5 titles. In the early days of Swedish club football before the time of national league play the two clubs often faced each other in the final of the regional championship "Distriktmästerskapet". The clubs have also faced each other in Svenska Cupen and Supercupen. The majority of all matches between the two clubs have taken place in Allsvenskan. The rivalry temporarily died out between 1968 and 1993 when they weren't playing in the same league, Helsingborgs IF had been relegated from Allsvenskan and spent 23 season in lower leagues while Malmö FF played in Allsvenskan. In 2020, Helsingborgs IF were relegated from the top tier once again; Malmö FF had a one year stint in Superettan in 2000.

## Shared player history
### Transfers

The lists are incomplete. There have been several direct transfers between the rivals, the most recent transfer was on 1 January 2012. The majority of the transfers has been from Malmö FF to Helsingborgs IF in the early 1990s when Helsingborg made their comeback to Allsvenskan after having been in lower leagues since the late 1960s.
| Date | Name | From | To |
| Unknown | Fritz Landgren | Malmö FF | Helsingborgs IF |
| 1924 | Emil Gudmundsson | Malmö FF | Helsingborgs IF |
| 1950 | Hans Malmström | Malmö FF | Helsingborgs IF |
| 1955 | Bengt Lindskog | Helsingborgs IF | Malmö FF |
| 1969 | Gert-Arne Nilsson | Malmö FF | Helsingborgs IF |
| 1970 | Anders Svensson | Malmö FF | Helsingborgs IF |
| 1970 | Björn Ranelid | Malmö FF | Helsingborgs IF |
| 1983 | Thomas Sjöberg | Malmö FF | Helsingborgs IF |
| 1984 | Anders Ohlsson | Malmö FF | Helsingborgs IF |
| 1989 | Anders Jönsson | Malmö FF | Helsingborgs IF |
| 1989 | Jan Möller | Malmö FF | Helsingborgs IF |
| 1991 | Jörgen Persson | Malmö FF | Helsingborgs IF |
| 1992 | Andreas Augustsson | Malmö FF | Helsingborgs IF |
| 1993 | Per Ågren | Malmö FF | Helsingborgs IF |
| 1993 | Patrik Sundström | Malmö FF | Helsingborgs IF |
| 1994 | Patrick Andersson | Malmö FF | Helsingborgs IF |
| 1995 | Peter Hillgren | Malmö FF | Helsingborgs IF |
| 2 August 2007 | Babis Stefanidis | Helsingborgs IF | Malmö FF |
| 1 January 2012 | Simon Thern | Helsingborgs IF | Malmö FF |
| 1 February 2023 | Taha Ali | Helsingborgs IF | Malmö FF |
There have also been a few players who have played for both clubs although transferred via another club.
| Name | From | Period | Via | To | Period |
| Tore Cervin | Malmö FF | 1972–1980 | Toronto Blizzard Limhamns IF | Helsingborgs IF | 1984–1985 |
| Mats Magnusson | Malmö FF | 1981–1985 1986–1987 | Benfica | Helsingborgs IF | 1992–1994 |
| Christian Järdler | Helsingborgs IF | 2000–2005 | Gençlerbirliği | Malmö FF | 2006–2008 |
| Nikola Đurđić | Helsingborgs IF | 2012 | SpVgg Greuther Fürth Augsburg | Malmö FF | 2015 |
| Martin Olsson | Helsingborgs IF | 2020 | BK Häcken | Malmö FF | 2021- |
| Moustafa Zeidan | Helsingborgs IF | 2016-17 | Syrianska Brommapojkarna Frej Jönköpings Södra Sirius | Malmö FF | 2022- |
| Joseph Ceesay | Helsingborgs IF | 2020-21 | Lechia Gdańsk | Malmö FF | 2022- |

### Played for one, managed the other

| Manager | Played for | Played for | Managed | Managed |
| Manager | Team | Span | Team | Span |
| Harry Lundahl | Helsingborgs IF | 1927–1931 1937–1938 | Malmö FF | 1937–1941 |
| Roland Nilsson | Helsingborgs IF | 1981–1983 1994–1997 1999–2001 | Malmö FF | 2008–2011 |

### Managed both clubs

Åge Hareide is the only man to have managed both clubs. With Helsingborgs IF he won the 1999 Allsvenskan and the 1997–98 Svenska Cupen. With Malmö FF he won the 2014 Allsvenskan and the 2014 Svenska Supercupen.
| Manager | Helsingborgs IF career | Helsingborgs IF career | Helsingborgs IF career | Helsingborgs IF career | Helsingborgs IF career | Helsingborgs IF career | Malmö FF career | Malmö FF career | Malmö FF career | Malmö FF career | Malmö FF career | Malmö FF career |
| Manager | Span | G$^1$ | W | D | L | Win % | Span | G$^1$ | W | D | L | Win % |
| Åge Hareide | 1998–1999 2012 | 107 | 57 | 24 | 26 | 053.3 | 2014–2015 | 95 | 49 | 20 | 26 | 051.6 |
$^1$ Only competitive matches are counted.

## Statistics

| | Helsingborgs IF wins | Draws | Malmö FF wins |
| League | 39 | 29 | 56 |
| Svenska Cupen | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| Other | 5 | 2 | 13 |
| Total | 47 | 31 | 76 |
    Table correct as of 18 September 2022

## Last five head-to-head fixtures

| Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue | Competition |
| 25 September 2019 | Malmö FF | 3–0 | Helsingborgs IF | Stadion | Allsvenskan |
| 5 August 2020 | Malmö FF | 4–1 | Helsingborgs IF | Stadion | Allsvenskan |
| 2 November 2020 | Helsingborgs IF | 0–1 | Malmö FF | Olympia | Allsvenskan |
| 27 June 2022 | Malmö FF | 2–1 | Helsingborgs IF | Stadion | Allsvenskan |
| 18 September 2022 | Helsingborgs IF | 1–2 | Malmö FF | Olympia | Allsvenskan |

## Honours

| Team | Allsvenskan | Svenska Cupen | Supercupen | Total |
| Malmö FF | 25 | 15 | 2 | 40 |
| Helsingborgs IF | 7 | 5 | 2 | 14 |
| Combined | 32 | 20 | 4 | 54 |
    Table correct as of 27 June 2022

## All-time results

$^1$ Awarded 0–3 after the original match had been suspended with the score at a 0–1 as a result of a spectator scandal.

### Results at home in Cup matches

Includes fixtures for the regional competition "Distriktsmästerskapet".
| Date | Venue | Attendance | Matches | Matches | Matches | Competition |
| Date | Venue | Attendance | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 | Competition |
| 10 September 1916 | Malmö IP | Unknown | Malmö FF | 3–4 | Helsingborgs IF | Distriktmästerskapet (Final) |
| 2 August 1922 | Malmö IP | Unknown | Malmö FF | 1–1 | Helsingborgs IF | Distriktmästerskapet (Final) |
| 16 August 1922 | Unknown venue | Unknown | Malmö FF | 1–3 | Helsingborgs IF | Distriktmästerskapet (Final, replay) |
| 21 July 1939 | Olympia | Unknown | Helsingborgs IF | 1–3 | Malmö FF | Distriktmästerskapet (Final) |
| 23 August 1942 | Malmö IP | Unknown | Malmö FF | 2–1 | Helsingborgs IF | Distriktmästerskapet (Final) |
| 7 November 1943 | Malmö IP | Unknown | Malmö FF | 4–1 | Helsingborgs IF | Distriktmästerskapet (Final) |
| 27 August 1944 | Malmö IP | 10,882 | Malmö FF | 6–0 | Helsingborgs IF | Svenska Cupen (Semi-final) |
| 21 October 1945 | Unknown venue | Unknown | Malmö FF | 5–0 | Helsingborgs IF | Distriktmästerskapet (Final) |
| 21 July 1946 | Malmö IP | 12,650 | Malmö FF | 7–0 | Helsingborgs IF | Svenska Cupen (Semi-final) |
| 17 November 1946 | Malmö IP | Unknown | Malmö FF | 3–1 | Helsingborgs IF | Distriktmästerskapet (Final) |
| 20 July 1947 | Olympia | 9,472 | Helsingborgs IF | 0–3 | Malmö FF | Svenska Cupen (Semi-final) |
| 12 June 1949 | Malmö IP | Unknown | Malmö FF | 3–2 | Helsingborgs IF | Distriktmästerskapet (Final) |
| 19 June 1952 | Malmö IP | Unknown | Malmö FF | 2–1 | Helsingborgs IF | Distriktmästerskapet (Final) |
| 8 July 1953 | Olympia | Unknown | Helsingborgs IF | 1–0 | Malmö FF | Distriktmästerskapet (Final) |
| 22 July 1953 | Olympia | 14,446 | Helsingborgs IF | 0–3 | Malmö FF | Svenska Cupen (Semi-final) |
| 11 June 1954 | Malmö IP | Unknown | Malmö FF | 3–0 | Helsingborgs IF | Distriktmästerskapet (Final) |
| 20 July 1955 | Malmö IP | Unknown | Malmö FF | 3–3 | Helsingborgs IF | Distriktmästerskapet (Final) |
| 25 March 1956 | Heden | Unknown | Helsingborgs IF | 1–2 | Malmö FF | Distriktmästerskapet (Final) |
| 1 November 1958 | Olympia | Unknown | Helsingborgs IF | 1–2 | Malmö FF | Distriktmästerskapet (Final) |
| 8 November 1959 | Unknown venue | Unknown | Helsingborgs IF | 1–3 | Malmö FF | Distriktmästerskapet (Final) |
| 5 November 1960 | Olympia | Unknown | Helsingborgs IF | 1–2 | Malmö FF | Distriktmästerskapet (Final) |
| 13 July 1962 | Olympia | Unknown | Helsingborgs IF | 4–0 | Malmö FF | Distriktmästerskapet (Semi-final) |
| 13 July 1965 | Olympia | Unknown | Helsingborgs IF | 2–5 | Malmö FF | Distriktmästerskapet (Final) |
| 29 August 1968 | Olympia | 3,774 | Helsingborgs IF | 0–2 | Malmö FF | Svenska Cupen (Round 5) |
| 19 August 1992 | Olympia | 4,391 | Helsingborgs IF | 1–0 | Malmö FF | Svenska Cupen (Round 3) |
| 27 April 1994 | Malmö Stadion | 9,872 | Malmö FF | 2–4 | Helsingborgs IF | Svenska Cupen (Semi-final) |
| 12 November 2000 | Malmö Stadion | 6,146 | Malmö FF | 2–1 | Helsingborgs IF | Svenska Cupen (Round 3) |
| 16 May 2002 | Olympia | 3,634 | Helsingborgs IF | 0–3 | Malmö FF | Svenska Cupen (Round 3) |
| 19 March 2011 | Swedbank Stadion | 10,362 | Malmö FF | 1–2 | Helsingborgs IF | Svenska Supercupen |
| 1 May 2014 | Swedbank Stadion | 8,540 | Malmö FF | 0–2 | Helsingborgs IF | Svenska Cupen (Semi-final) |
| Malmö FF wins | Helsingborgs IF wins | Draws |
| 20 | 8 | 2 |