Malmö FF in European football
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Malmö Fotbollförening, also known simply as Malmö FF, is a Swedish professional football club based in Malmö. The club have participated in 41 editions of the club competitions governed by UEFA, the chief authority for football across Europe. These include 19 seasons in the European Cup and Champions League, 18 seasons in the UEFA Cup and Europa League, five seasons in the Cup Winners' Cup and one season in the Intertoto Cup. Malmö have also taken part in one club competition organised by the global federation FIFA, the Intercontinental Cup, in 1979. Counting all of the 149 games the side have played in UEFA competitions since their first entry into the European Cup in the 1964–65 season, the team's record stands at 55 wins, 32 draws and 62 defeats.[n 1] The club's most recent participation in a continental competition was in the 21–22 season, when they played in the group stage of the 2021–2022 UEFA Champions League.
The club play their home matches at the Stadion in Malmö; for UEFA matches, the capacity is 21,000 all-seated while for Swedish league matches 3,000 of these seats are removed to create standing room for 6,000 spectators.[1] Malmö's 11–0 victory over Pezoporikos Larnaca of Cyprus in the 1973–74 European Cup Winners' Cup is the club's most decisive win in European competitions, while the team's heaviest defeat is 8–0, against Spanish club Real Madrid in the 2015–16 UEFA Champions League. With 53 caps, Jan Möller has appeared in the most UEFA matches for Malmö, while Markus Rosenberg have scored the most goals with 23.[2] Malmö FF's most successful European campaign culminated in the club's contesting of the 1979 European Cup Final against Nottingham Forest at the Olympic Stadium in Munich; Malmö lost 1–0. As of the 2018–19 season, the club is ranked 66th in the UEFA club coefficient.[2]