1979 Malmö FF season

Malmö FF 1979 Hans Cavalli-Björkman Head coach Bob Houghton Malmö Stadion Allsvenskan 4th 1978–79 European Cup Runners-up 1979–80 UEFA Cup Second round Tommy Andersson (5) _whiteborder _collarwhite _whiteborder _whitestripe 6a9afc 6a9afc 6a9afc ffffff 6a9afc 1978 1980 The 1979 season was Malmö FF's 68th in existence, their 46th season in Allsvenskan and their 43rd consecutive season in the league. They competed in Allsvenskan where they finished fourth, the 1978–79 European Cup where they finished as runners-up and the 1979–80 UEFA Cup where they were knocked out in the second round. Malmö FF also participated in two competitions in which the club continued playing in for the 1980 season, Svenska Cupen and the Intercontinental Cup. The season began with the first leg of the Quarter-finals of the European Cup on 7 March, league play started on 16 April and lasted until 28 October. The season ended with the first leg of the Intercontinental Cup on 18 November. For the first time in the club's history, Malmö FF reached the final of the European Cup. They were defeated 1-0 by English team Nottingham Forest. As Forest turned down the chance to play in the Intercontinental Cup, Malmö FF took their place, and faced Paraguayan side Olimpia. The South American club won 3-1 on aggregate. First-team squad Squad at end of seasonhttps://www.worldfootball.net/teams/te1266/malmoe-ff/squad/ Malmö FF - Kader 1978/1979 Worldfootball.net December 12, 2012 SWE DF Arne Åkesson SWE GK Jan Möller SWE DF Magnus Andersson SWE DF Roland Andersson SWE DF Roy Andersson SWE DF Mats Arvidsson SWE DF Ingemar Erlandsson SWE DF Kent Jönsson SWE DF Krister Kristensson SWE DF Denny Petrusson SWE MF Jan-Olov Kindvall SWE MF Bo Larsson SWE MF Anders Ljungberg SWE MF Claes Malmberg SWE MF Björn Nilsson SWE MF Robert Prytz SWE MF Staffan Tapper captain SWE FW Tommy Andersson SWE FW Sanny Åslund SWE FW Tore Cervin SWE FW Tommy Hansson SWE FW Ulf Mårtensson SWE FW Anders Ohlsson Competitions Allsvenskan 1979 Allsvenskan League table MFF Matches Round 1 16 April 1979 Malmö FF 1 – 0 Hammarby IF Malmö Stadion Malmö W Round 2 28 April 1979 Kalmar FF 0 – 1 Malmö FF Fredriksskans Kalmar W Round 3 3 May 1979 Malmö FF 3 – 0 IF Elfsborg Malmö Stadion Malmö W Round 4 6 May 1979 IFK Norrköping 1 – 0 Malmö FF Idrottsparken Norrköping L Round 5 14 May 1979 Malmö FF 2 – 2 Halmstads BK Malmö Stadion Malmö D Round 6 17 May 1979 IFK Sundsvall 1 – 2 Malmö FF Idrottsparken Sundsvall W Round 7 21 May 1979 IS Halmia 1 – 1 Malmö FF Örjans Vall Halmstad D Round 9 4 June 1979 Landskrona BoIS 0 – 1 Malmö FF Landskrona IP Landskrona W Round 10 13 June 1979 Malmö FF 0 – 2 Östers IF Malmö Stadion Malmö L Round 11 18 June 1979 Åtvidabergs FF 0 – 0 Malmö FF Kopparvallen Åtvidaberg D Round 8 21 June 1979 Malmö FF 0 – 4 IFK Göteborg Malmö Stadion Malmö L Round 12 25 June 1979 Malmö FF 0 – 0 AIK Malmö Stadion Malmö D Round 13 4 July 1979 Djurgårdens IF 0 – 1 Malmö FF Stockholms Stadion Stockholm W Round 14 18 July 1979 Malmö FF 1 – 0 Djurgårdens IF Malmö Stadion Malmö W Round 15 1 August 1979 AIK 1 – 1 Malmö FF Råsunda Solna D Round 16 9 August 1979 Malmö FF 2 – 0 Åtvidabergs FF Malmö Stadion Malmö W Round 17 20 August 1979 Halmstads BK 1 – 1 Malmö FF Örjans Vall Halmstad D Round 18 23 August 1979 Malmö FF 3 – 0 IFK Sundsvall Malmö Stadion Malmö W Round 19 30 August 1979 Östers IF 2 – 0 Malmö FF Värendsvallen Växjö L Round 20 10 September 1979 Malmö FF 3 – 1 Landskrona BoIS Malmö Stadion Malmö W Round 21 13 September 1979 IFK Göteborg 1 – 1 Malmö FF Ullevi Gothenburg D Round 22 23 September 1979 Malmö FF 3 – 0 IS Halmia Malmö Stadion Malmö W Round 23 30 September 1979 Malmö FF 0 – 3 Kalmar FF Malmö Stadion Malmö L Round 24 14 October 1979 Hammarby IF 0 – 1 Malmö FF Söderstadion Stockholm W Round 25 20 October 1979 Malmö FF 1 – 1 IFK Norrköping Malmö Stadion Malmö D Round 26 28 October 1979 IF Elfsborg 3 – 1 Malmö FF Ryavallen Borås L Svenska Cupen The tournament continued into the 1980 season. Fourth round 25 July 1979 IF Brommapojkarna 0 – 4 Malmö FF Stockholm W Fifth round 26 August 1979 Malmö FF 2 – 1 yes IF Elfsborg Malmö Stadion Malmö W Sixth round 17 October 1979 Malmö FF 3 – 0 Västerås SK Malmö Stadion Malmö W European Cup The tournament continued from the 1978 season. 1978–79 European Cup Quarter-finals First Leg 7 March 1979 Wisła Kraków POL 2 – 1 Report SWE Malmö FF Nawałka 26Kmiecik 85 Hansson 13 Stadion Miejski Kraków, Poland L Second Leg 21 March 1979 Malmö FF SWE 4 – 1 5 – 3 Report POL Wisła Kraków Ljungberg 65 pen. 72 90 pen.Cervin 82 Kmiecik 58 Malmö Stadion Malmö, Sweden W Semi-finals First Leg 11 April 1979 Austria Vienna AUT 0 – 0 Report SWE Malmö FF Ernst-Happel-Stadion Vienna, Austria D Second Leg 25 April 1979 Malmö FF SWE 1 – 0 1 – 0 Report AUT Austria Vienna Hansson 47 Malmö Stadion Malmö, Sweden W Final 1979 European Cup Final Final 30 May 1979 20:15 CEST Malmö FF SWE 0 – 1 Report ENG Nottingham Forest Francis 45 Olympic Stadium Munich, West Germany 57,500 Erich Linemayr (Austria) L UEFA Cup 1979–80 UEFA Cup First round First Leg 19 September 1979 KPT Kuopio FIN 1 – 2 SWE Malmö FF Väinölänniemen stadion Kuopio, Finland W Second Leg 3 October 1979 Malmö FF SWE 2 – 0 4 – 1 FIN KPT Kuopio Malmö IP Malmö, Sweden W Second round First Leg 24 October 1979 Feyenoord NED 4 – 0 SWE Malmö FF Stadion Feijenoord Rotterdam, Netherlands L Second Leg 7 November 1979 Malmö FF SWE 1 – 1 1 – 5 NED Feyenoord Malmö IP Malmö, Sweden D Intercontinental Cup The tournament continued into the 1980 season. 1979 Intercontinental Cup First Leg 18 November 1979 Malmö FF SWE 0 – 1 PAR Olimpia Isasi 41 Malmö Stadion Malmö, Sweden 5,000 L References 2 Category:Malmö FF seasons Category:1970s in Malmö Malmo FF