page_title: 2018 Malmö FF season
section_title: Group stage
hierarchical_section_title: 2018 Malmö FF season / Competitions / UEFA Europa League / Group stage
caption_attribution_description: Svenska: Match mellan Malmö FF och Sarpsborg 08 på Stadion i Malmö i Uefa Europa League 2018/19
context_page_description: The 2018 season was Malmö FF's 107th in existence, their 83rd season in Allsvenskan and their 18th consecutive season in the league. They competed in Allsvenskan where they finished third, 2017–18 Svenska Cupen where they finished as runners-up, and the 2018–19 UEFA Champions League where they were knocked out in the third qualifying round. Malmö FF also participated in two competitions in which the club continued playing in for the 2019 season, the 2018–19 Svenska Cupen and the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League. The season began with the group stage of Svenska Cupen on 18 February, league play started on 2 April and concluded on 11 November. The season concluded with the last UEFA Europa League group stage match on 13 December.
  The club's chairman, Håkan Jeppsson, died unexpectedly on 7 December, a week before the last match of the season. Malmö FF won five Swedish championships and participated in two UEFA Champions League group stages, as well as two UEFA Europa League group stages, under his reign. For the first time in the history of the club, Malmö FF managed to qualify for the knock-out stages of the UEFA Europa League.
context_section_description: Times up to 27 October 2018 (matchdays 1–3) are CEST (UTC+2), thereafter (matchdays 4–6) times are CET (UTC+1).
  Source: UEFA
  Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
caption: Malmö FF's home fixture against Sarpsborg 08.
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