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Malmö FF is a Swedish football club located in Malmö. The club, formed 24 February 1910, has won 15 national championship titles and 14 national cup titles. Malmo FF was the runner-up in the 1979 European Champions Cup final, which they lost 1-0 to Nottingham Forest. This was the only time a Swedish team has contested a European Cup/ Champions League final.
With IFK Göteborg and AIK, Malmö FF are often considered to make-up the classic "Big Three" in Swedish club football, with 42 championship titles between them. Malmö FF is also the only Swedish team to have played a final in the European Champions Cup. It happened in 1979, when they lost 0-1 against Nottingham Forest with half the ordinary team injured. For this, MFF were awarded the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal, as of 2006 the only club to have been so. They are currently playing in the highest Swedish league, Allsvenskan, where they have played the majority of the seasons during their existence.
Malmö FF was relegated from Allsvenskan in 1999, this was the first time in 63 seasons for the club and the second time ever. However, the following year, 2000, Malmö FF regained their place in Allsvenskan. The first degradation was decided by the Swedish Football Association since Malmö FF's nemesis IFK Malmö had reported the club for paying their players (this was against rules at the time). A lot of Malmö FF fans, specially among the older ones, still think of IFK Malmö's way of acting as an act of treason.
Malmö FF have in many ways reflected the multi-cultural nature of Malmö. In 1990, defender Jean-Paul Vondenburg became the first black player playing for the Swedish national football team, playing against the United Arab Emirates. In 1998, Turkish-Macedonian midfielder/striker Yksel Osmanovski became the first Muslim player for Sweden, when Sweden played 0-1 to USA.
With IFK Göteborg and AIK, Malmö FF are often considered to make-up the classic "Big Three" in Swedish club football, with 42 championship titles between them. Malmö FF is also the only Swedish team to have played a final in the European Champions Cup. It happened in 1979, when they lost 0-1 against Nottingham Forest with half the ordinary team injured. For this, MFF were awarded the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal, as of 2006 the only club to have been so. They are currently playing in the highest Swedish league, Allsvenskan, where they have played the majority of the seasons during their existence.
Malmö FF was relegated from Allsvenskan in 1999, this was the first time in 63 seasons for the club and the second time ever. However, the following year, 2000, Malmö FF regained their place in Allsvenskan. The first degradation was decided by the Swedish Football Association since Malmö FF's nemesis IFK Malmö had reported the club for paying their players (this was against rules at the time). A lot of Malmö FF fans, specially among the older ones, still think of IFK Malmö's way of acting as an act of treason.
Malmö FF have in many ways reflected the multi-cultural nature of Malmö. In 1990, defender Jean-Paul Vondenburg became the first black player playing for the Swedish national football team, playing against the United Arab Emirates. In 1998, Turkish-Macedonian midfielder/striker Yksel Osmanovski became the first Muslim player for Sweden, when Sweden played 0-1 to USA.
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