# 2021 Malmö FF season

The 2021 season is Malmö FF's 110th in existence, their 86th season in Allsvenskan and their 21st consecutive season in the league. They competed in the Allsvenskan, the 2020–21 Svenska Cupen, the 2021–22 Svenska Cupen, and the UEFA Champions League.

## 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 | Melker Ellborg |
| 2 | DF | SWE | Eric Larsson |
| 3 | DF | DEN | Jonas Knudsen |
| 4 | DF | FIN | Niklas Moisander |
| 5 | MF | DEN | Søren Rieks |
| 6 | MF | SWE | Oscar Lewicki |
| 7 | MF | SWE | Erdal Rakip |
| 8 | MF | ISL | Arnór Ingvi Traustason |
| 8 | MF | SWE | Pavle Vagić |
| 8 | MF | PER | Sergio Peña |
| 9 | FW | CRO | Antonio Čolak (on loan from PAOK) |
| 10 | MF | DEN | Anders Christiansen (captain) |
| 11 | FW | SWE | Ola Toivonen (Vice captain) |
| 13 | DF | SWE | Martin Olsson |
| 14 | DF | SWE | Felix Beijmo |
| 15 | DF | BIH | Anel Ahmedhodžić |
| 16 | GK | SWE | Mathias Nilsson |
| 17 | FW | GHA | Malik Abubakari |
| 18 | MF | USA | Romain Gall |
| 19 | MF | SRB | Veljko Birmančević |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | MF | NGA | Bonke Innocent |
| 21 | MF | SWE | Peter Gwargis |
| 22 | FW | BIH | Adi Nalić |
| 23 | FW | SWE | Marcus Antonsson |
| 24 | DF | DEN | Lasse Nielsen |
| 25 | MF | SWE | Aleksander Damnjanovic Nilsson |
| 26 | MF | SWE | Mubaarak Nuh |
| 27 | GK | SWE | Johan Dahlin |
| 28 | MF | SWE | David Edvardsson |
| 29 | DF | SWE | Noah Eile |
| 30 | GK | MLI | Ismael Diawara |
| 30 | GK | SWE | Marko Johansson |
| 31 | DF | SWE | Franz Brorsson |
| 32 | MF | NOR | Jo Inge Berget |
| 34 | MF | SWE | Markus Björkqvist |
| 36 | MF | KOS | Patriot Sejdiu |
| 37 | MF | SWE | Sebastian Nanasi |
| 39 | FW | SWE | Amin Sarr |
| — | DF | MLI | Ismaël Sidibé |

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

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving from | Type | Transfer window | Ends | Transfer fee | Source |
| 19 | MF | Veljko Birmančević | 22 | Čukarički | Transfer | Winter | 2024 | (€1,000,000) | mff.se |
| 9 | FW | Antonio Čolak | 27 | PAOK | Loan | Winter | 2021 | | mff.se |
| – | DF | Ismaël Sidibé | 19 | Performance de Kabbalah | Transfer | Winter | 2023 | Undisclosed | mff.se |
| 21 | MF | Peter Gwargis | 20 | Brighton | Transfer | Summer | 2024 | Free | mff.se |
| 17 | FW | Malik Abubakari | 21 | Moreirense | Transfer | Summer | 2025 | (€750,000) | mff.se |
| 4 | DF | Niklas Moisander | 35 | Werder Bremen | Transfer | Summer | 2022 | Free | mff.se |
| 8 | MF | Sergio Peña | 25 | Emmen | Transfer | Summer | 2024 | (€1,000,000) | mff.se |
| 30 | GK | Ismael Diawara | 26 | Degerfors IF | Transfer | Summer | 2022 | Undisclosed | mff.se |
| 13 | DF | Martin Olsson | 33 | BK Häcken | Transfer | Summer | 2022 | (€500,000) | mff.se |

#### Out

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving to | Type | Transfer window | Transfer fee | Source |
| 4 | DF | Behrang Safari | 35 | Lunds SK | End of contract | Winter | Free | mff.se |
| 1 | GK | Dušan Melichárek | 37 | Free agent | End of contract | Winter | | mff.se |
| 35 | MF | Samuel Adrian | 22 | Falkenbergs FF | Loan | Winter | – | mff.se |
| 38 | DF | Linus Borgström | 19 | Falkenbergs FF | Loan | Winter | – | mff.se |
| 17 | DF | Rasmus Bengtsson | 34 | Retired | End of contract | Winter | | mff.se |
| 23 | FW | Marcus Antonsson | 29 | Halmstads BK | Loan | Winter | – | mff.se |
| 8 | MF | Arnór Ingvi Traustason | 27 | New England Revolution | Transfer | Winter | Undisclosed | mff.se |
| 18 | MF | Romain Gall | 25 | Örebro SK | Loan | Winter | – | mff.se |
| 16 | GK | Mathias Nilsson | 22 | Östers IF | Loan | Summer | – | mff.se |
| 28 | MF | David Edvardsson | 19 | Jammerbugt FC | Loan | Summer | – | mff.se |
| 26 | MF | Mubaarak Nuh | 19 | Jammerbugt FC | Loan | Summer | – | mff.se |
| | DF | Ismaël Sidibé | 19 | Jammerbugt FC | Loan | Summer | – | mff.se |
| 39 | FW | Amin Sarr | 20 | Mjällby AIF | Loan | Summer | – | mff.se |
| 30 | GK | Marko Johansson | 22 | Hamburger SV | Transfer | Summer | Undisclosed | mff.se |
| 40 | MF | Hugo Andersson | 22 | IFK Värnamo | Loan | Summer | – | mff.se |
| 33 | MF | Amel Mujanic | 20 | Östers IF | Loan | Summer | – | mff.se |
| 8 | MF | Pavle Vagić | 21 | Rosenborg BK | Transfer | Summer | (€1,000,000) | mff.se |
| 25 | MF | Aleksander Damnjanovic Nilsson | 18 | Jammerbugt FC | Loan | Summer | – | mff.se |

## Player statistics
### Appearances and goals

    As of 8 December 2021
| Number | Position | Name | 2021 Allsvenskan | 2021 Allsvenskan | 2020–21 Svenska Cupen 2021–22 Svenska Cupen | 2020–21 Svenska Cupen 2021–22 Svenska Cupen | 2021–22 UEFA Champions League | 2021–22 UEFA Champions League | Total | Total |
| Number | Position | Name | Appearances | Goals | Appearances | Goals | Appearances | Goals | Appearances | Goals |
| 1 | GK | Melker Ellborg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Eric Larsson | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 33 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Jonas Knudsen | 12 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | Niklas Moisander | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | Søren Rieks | 18 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 30 | 8 |
| 6 | MF | Oscar Lewicki | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Erdal Rakip | 25 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 43 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | Arnór Ingvi Traustason | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Pavle Vagić | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Sergio Peña | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Antonio Čolak | 26 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 5 | 41 | 22 |
| 10 | MF | Anders Christiansen | 22 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 36 | 9 |
| 11 | FW | Ola Toivonen | 8 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 |
| 13 | DF | Martin Olsson | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | Felix Beijmo | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Anel Ahmedhodžić | 25 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 40 | 1 |
| 16 | GK | Mathias Nilsson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | Malik Abubakari | 15 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 24 | 4 |
| 18 | MF | Romain Gall | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Veljko Birmančević | 28 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 42 | 14 |
| 20 | MF | Bonke Innocent | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | Peter Gwargis | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | Adi Nalić | 29 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 41 | 6 |
| 23 | FW | Marcus Antonsson | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 24 | DF | Lasse Nielsen | 20 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 34 | 1 |
| 25 | MF | Aleksander Damnjanovic Nilsson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | Mubaarak Nuh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | GK | Johan Dahlin | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 32 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | David Edvardsson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | Noah Eile | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | Ismael Diawara | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | Marko Johansson | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | Franz Brorsson | 24 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 37 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | Jo Inge Berget | 27 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 43 | 6 |
| 34 | MF | Markus Björkqvist | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | Patriot Sejdiu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | Sebastian Nanasi | 13 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 2 |
| 39 | FW | Amin Sarr | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 43 | DF | Emil Lindman | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 44 | FW | Hugo Bolin | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 45 | MF | Samuel Burakowsky | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |

## Competitions
### Allsvenskan
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Malmö FF (C) | 30 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 58 | 30 | +28 | 59 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | AIK | 30 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 45 | 25 | +20 | 59 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Djurgårdens IF | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 46 | 30 | +16 | 57 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round |
| 4 | IF Elfsborg | 30 | 17 | 4 | 9 | 51 | 35 | +16 | 55 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round |
| 5 | Hammarby IF | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 54 | 41 | +13 | 53 | |

#### 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 | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | D | L | W | D | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | D | L | W | L | D | D | W | W | L | W | D | W | W | W | D | W | D |
| Position | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

#### Matches
### Svenska Cupen

Kickoff times are in UTC+1 unless stated otherwise.

#### 2020–21

    The tournament continued from the 2020 season.

##### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Västerås SK | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 7 | Advance to Knockout stage |
| 2 | GAIS | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | |
| 3 | Malmö FF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 3 | |
| 4 | Halmstads BK | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 1 | |

#### 2021–22
##### Qualification stage
### UEFA Champions League

Kickoff times are in UTC+2 unless stated otherwise.

#### Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 26 August 2021.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | JUV | CHE | ZEN | MAL |
| 1 | Juventus | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 15 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 1–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 |
| 2 | Chelsea | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 4 | +9 | 13 | Advance to knockout phase | 4–0 | — | 1–0 | 4–0 |
| 3 | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 5 | Transfer to Europa League | 0–1 | 3–3 | — | 4–0 |
| 4 | Malmö FF | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 14 | −13 | 1 | | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | — |

## 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

* ↑ "Siffrorna som öppnar för succé för MFF-köpet". sydsvenskan.se (in Swedish). Sydsvenskan. 4 March 2021. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
* ↑ "Daniel Andersson om varför Abubakari värvas: "Har gillat honom hela tiden"". fotbollskane.se (in Swedish). Fotboll Skåne. 1 July 2021. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
* ↑ "Officiellt: Sergio Peña presenterad av MFF". expressen.se (in Swedish). Expressen. 4 August 2021. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
* ↑ "Bekräftat: Martin Olsson klar för Malmö FF". aftonbladet.se (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. 12 August 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
* ↑ "Löftet lämnar Malmö FF – klar för nordisk storklubb". svt.se (in Swedish). SVT. 3 August 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
* ↑ "Malmö FF". soccerway.com. Soccerway. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
* ↑ "UEFA Champions League group stage draw". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 26 August 2021.