1997 Malmö FF season

Malmö FF 1997 Frans Thijssen Allsvenskan 3rd Svenska Cupen Preliminary rounds UEFA Cup 2nd qualifying round Niclas Kindvall (12) 1996 1998 Malmö FF were seriously involved in the 1997 chase for the Allsvenskan title, but fell short due to dropped points against bottom teams Degerfors and Öster in the 24th and 25th rounds out of 26. Having been unbeaten at home all season, playing decent possession football, the economic woes of the club forced them to sell Daniel Andersson and Yksel Osmanovski to Bari of Serie A the coming summer. Squad (players used in Allsvenskan) Goalkeepers SWE Jonnie Fedel Defenders SWE Mattias Thylander SWE Jörgen Ohlsson SWE Christian Karlsson SWE Tommy Jönsson SWE Brune Tavell SWE Olof Persson SWE Mike Owusu SWE Jonas Wirmola Midfielders SWE Hasse Mattisson SWE Daniel Andersson SWE Goran Trpevski SWE Anders Andersson SWE Björn Enqvist SWE Niklas Gudmundsson Attackers SWE Yksel Osmanovski SWE Patrik Olsson SWE Dejan Pavlović SWE Greger Andrijevski SWE Niclas Kindvall Allsvenskan League table MFF Matches Round 1 6 April 1997 Malmö FF 2 – 0 Västerås SK Jönsson 19 Mattisson 72 Malmö Malmö Stadion W Round 2 13 April 1997 Halmstads BK 3 – 1 Malmö FF R. Andersson 53 Mattsson 65 Sakiri 90 A. Andersson 50 Halmstad Örjans Vall L Round 3 21 April 1997 Malmö FF 2 – 0 Degerfors IF Karlsson 72 D. Andersson 72 Malmö Malmö Stadion W Round 4 24 April 1997 IFK Norrköping 2 – 2 Malmö FF Suominen 28 Saarenpää 84 Kindvall 4 D. Andersson 14 Norrköping Idrottsparken D Round 5 5 May 1997 IF Elfsborg 1 – 1 Malmö FF Berglund 90 pen. Mattisson 9 Borås Ryavallen D Round 6 11 May 1997 Malmö FF 3 – 0 Örgryte IS Mattisson 10 Pavlović 36 Andrijevski 81 Malmö Malmö Stadion W Round 7 19 May 1997 AIK 1 – 1 Malmö FF Nordin 65 Osmanovski 50 Solna Råsunda D Round 8 25 May 1997 Malmö FF 1 – 1 Östers IF Kindvall 47 Eklund 54 Malmö Malmö Stadion D Round 9 1 June 1997 Ljungskile SK 1 – 2 Malmö FF Gravem 17 Andrijevski 47, 64 Ljungskile Skarsjövallen W Round 10 11 June 1997 Malmö FF 1 – 1 Örebro SK Andrijevski 70 Gawelin 47 Malmö Malmö Stadion D Round 11 16 June 1997 Helsingborgs IF 2 – 1 Malmö FF Jansson 12 Nilsson 41 pen. Kindvall 37 Helsingborg Olympia L Round 12 23 June 1997 Malmö FF 5 – 2 Trelleborgs FF Kindvall 34 A. Andersson 47 P. Olsson 52 Osmanovski 57 D. Andersson 74 Hansson 15 Thylander 53 o.g. Malmö Malmö Stadion W Round 13 28 June 1997 IFK Göteborg 1 – 1 Malmö FF Lindqvist 44 Osmanovski 13 Gothenburg Gamla Ullevi D Round 14 21 July 1997 Malmö FF 1 – 1 IFK Göteborg Thylander 30 Pettersson 74 Malmö Malmö Stadion D Round 15 30 July 1997 Trelleborgs FF 2 – 1 Malmö FF Hermansson 67, 90 Kindvall 86 Trelleborg Vångavallen L Round 16 3 August 1997 Malmö FF 4 – 2 Helsingborgs IF Osmanovski 5, 85 D. Andersson 38 pen. Kindvall 40 Jonson 41 Wahlstedt 73 Malmö Malmö Stadion W Round 17 9 August 1997 Örebro SK 0 – 5 Malmö FF Gudmundsson 3, 22 Kindvall 8 Enqvist 14 Osmanovski 35 Örebro Eyravallen W Round 18 16 August 1997 Malmö FF 1 – 1 Ljungskile SK Kindvall 52 B. Wålemark 90 Malmö Malmö Stadion D Round 19 23 August 1997 Örgryte IS 0 – 2 Malmö FF Kindvall 2, 84 Gothenburg Gamla Ullevi W Round 20 31 August 1997 Malmö FF 2 – 0 IF Elfsborg Ohlsson 43 Gudmundsson 71 Malmö Malmö Stadion W Round 21 14 September 1997 Malmö FF 2 – 1 Halmstads BK Kindvall 4 Osmanovski 15 Ljungberg 38 Malmö Malmö Stadion W Round 22 21 September 1997 Västerås SK 1 – 2 Malmö FF J. Svensson 47 Enqvist 8 Mattisson 84 Västerås Arosvallen W Round 23 29 September 1997 Malmö FF 2 – 0 IFK Norrköping Ohlsson 31 Osmanovski 36 Malmö Malmö Stadion W Round 24 5 October 1997 Degerfors IF 3 – 1 Malmö FF Ottosson 22, 61 Radinović 74 pen. Osmanovski 10 Degerfors Stora Valla L Round 25 15 October 1997 Östers IF 2 – 2 Malmö FF Eklund 45 F. Bild 76 Osmanovski 11 Kindvall 35 Växjö Värendsvallen D Round 26 26 October 1997 Malmö FF 0 – 0 AIK Malmö Malmö Stadion D Top scorers Niclas Kindvall 12 Yksel Osmanovski 10 Hasse Mattisson 4 Daniel Andersson 4 Sources Fotboll 1997 (Swedish football yearbook) Category:Malmö FF seasons Category:1990s in Malmö Malmo