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.This does not include the two matches played by Malmö FF in FIFA competitions and the eight matches played in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup. The club's most recent participation in a continental competition was in the 2025–26 season, when they played in the league phase of the UEFA Europa 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. 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 (the largest defeat ever recorded in the Champions League group stage), 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. 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.
Key
S = Seasons Pld = Matches played W = Matches won D = Matches drawn L = Matches lost GF = Goals for GA = Goals against GD = Goal difference H = Home ground A = Away ground N = Neutral ground Final = Final SF = Semi-finals QF = Quarter-finals R32 = Round of 32 Group = Group stage PO = Play-off round R3 = Round 3 R2 = Round 2 R1 = Round 1 QR3 = Third qualification round QR2 = Second qualification round QR1 = First qualification round QR = Qualification round a.e.t. = Match determined after extra time a = Match determined by away goals rule p = Match determined by penalty shoot-out Agg. = Aggregated score Ref. = Reference
Malmö's score is noted first in all of the match results given below.
Overall record
Updated as of 29 January 2026
By competition CompetitionSeasonsPlayedWonDrewLostGFGAGDWin%53| GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, GD = Goal difference
Source: UEFA.com
List of opponents By opponent club nationality
CountryPlayedWinsDrawsLossesGFGAGDWin%Incorporates Malmö FF's record against both East and West German clubs pre-1990Incorporates Malmö FF's record against Soviet Russian clubs pre-1991Incorporates Malmö FF's record against Soviet Ukrainian clubs pre-1991 GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, GD = Goal difference
By club The following list details Malmö FF's all-time record against clubs they have met three or more times in European competition, that is on more than one occasion. The club and its country are given, as well as the number of games played (Pld), won by Malmö (W), drawn (D) and lost by Malmö (L), goals for Malmö (GF), goals against Malmö (GA) and Malmö's goal difference (GD). Statistics are correct as of the 2025–26 season and include goals scored during extra time where applicable; in these games, the result given is the result at the end of extra time.
ClubCountryPlayedWinsDrawsLossesGFGAGDWin%Ref. GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, GD = Goal difference
Matches
European Champion Clubs' Cup / UEFA Champions League The European Champion Clubs' Cup was founded in 1955 and was renamed the UEFA Champions League in 1992. Malmö FF first entered the competition in 1964–65, qualifying by virtue of their position at the top of the Allsvenskan table midway through the 1964 season. As Allsvenskan is played between April and October of each year, out of step with most European leagues, modern practice sees each season's Allsvenskan champions qualify for the UEFA Champions League competition starting in August the following year. Malmö FF's most notable achievement in this competition, and in all European tournaments, is reaching the final at the end of the 1978–79 season. In the 2014–15 season the side passed the qualifying rounds for the first time since the competition was re–branded. The following is a complete list of matches played by Malmö FF in the European Cup and the UEFA Champions League; it includes the season of the tournament, the stage, the opponent club and its country, the date, the venue and the score. It is up to date as of the 2025–26 season.
Season Stage Opponent Date Venue Score Team Country1964–65QRLokomotiv Sofia 10 September 1964Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia 3–85–8 30 September 1964 Malmö Stadion, Malmö 2–01966–67R1Atlético Madrid 28 September 1966Malmö Stadion, Malmö 0–21–5 12 October 1966 Vicente Calderón Stadium, Madrid 1–31968–69R1Milan 18 September 1968Malmö Stadion, Malmö 2–13–5 2 October 1968 Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milan 1–41971–72R1Újpesti Dózsa 15 September 1971Szusza Ferenc Stadium, Budapest 0–41–4 29 September 1971 Malmö Stadion, Malmö 1–01972–73R1Benfica 13 September 1972Malmö Stadion, Malmö 1–02–4 27 September 1972Estádio da Luz, Lisbon 1–41975–76R1Magdeburg 17 September 1975Malmö Stadion, Malmö 2–13–3 (2–1 p) 1 October 1975Ernst Grube Stadium, Magdeburg 1–2 R2Bayern Munich 22 October 1975Malmö IP, Malmö 1–01–2 5 November 1975Olympiastadion, Munich 0–21976–77R1Torino 15 September 1976Stadio Olimpico, Turin 1–22–3 29 September 1976Malmö Stadion, Malmö 1–11978–79R1AS Monaco 13 September 1978Malmö Stadion, Malmö 0–01–0 27 September 1978Stade Louis II, Monaco 1–0R2Dynamo Kyiv 18 October 1978Metalist Stadium, Kharkiv 0–02–0 1 November 1978Malmö Stadion, Malmö 2–0QFWisła Kraków 7 March 1979Stadion Miejski, Kraków 1–25–3 21 March 1979Malmö Stadion, Malmö 4–1SFAustria Vienna 11 April 1979Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna 0–01–0 25 April 1979Malmö Stadion, Malmö 1–0FinalNottingham Forest 30 May 1979Olympiastadion, Munich 0–11987–88R1Anderlecht 16 September 1987Malmö Stadion, Malmö 0–11–2 30 September 1987Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Brussels 1–11989–90R1Internazionale 13 September 1989Malmö Stadion, Malmö 1–02–1 27 September 1989Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milan 1–1R2KV Mechelen 18 October 1989Malmö Stadion, Malmö 0–01–4 1 November 1989Achter de Kazerne, Mechelen 1–41990–91R1Beşiktaş 19 September 1990Malmö Stadion, Malmö 3–25–4 3 October 1990BJK İnönü Stadyumu, Istanbul 2–2R2Dynamo Dresden 24 October 1990Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion, Dresden 1–12–2 (4–5 p) 7 November 1990Malmö Stadion, Malmö 1–1 2005–06QR2Maccabi Haifa 27 July 2005Malmö Stadion, Malmö 3–25–4 3 August 2005Bloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv 2–2QR3Thun 11 August 2005Malmö Stadion, Malmö 0–10–4 24 August 2005Stade de Suisse, Bern 0–32011–12QR2HB Tórshavn 13 July 2011Swedbank Stadion, Malmö 2–03–1 19 July 2011Gundadalur, Tórshavn 1–1QR3Rangers 26 July 2011Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow 1–02–1 3 August 2011Swedbank Stadion, Malmö 1–1PODinamo Zagreb 17 August 2011Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb 1–43–4 23 August 2011Swedbank Stadion, Malmö 2–02014–15QR2Ventspils16 July 2014Swedbank Stadion, Malmö 0–01–023 July 2014Ventspils Olimpiskais Stadions, Ventspils 1–0QR3Sparta Prague29 July 2014Generali Arena, Prague 2–44–4 (a)6 August 2014Swedbank Stadion, Malmö 2–0PORed Bull Salzburg19 August 2014Red Bull Arena, Wals-Siezenheim 1–24–227 August 2014Swedbank Stadion, Malmö 3–0GroupJuventus16 September 2014Juventus Stadium, Turin 0–2Olympiacos1 October 2014Swedbank Stadion, Malmö 2–0Atlético Madrid22 October 2014Vicente Calderón Stadium, Madrid 0–5Atlético Madrid4 November 2014Swedbank Stadion, Malmö 0–2Juventus26 November 2014Swedbank Stadion, Malmö 0–2Olympiacos9 December 2014Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus 2–42015–16QR2Žalgiris Vilnius15 July 2015Swedbank Stadion, Malmö 0–01–021 July 2015LFF Stadium, Vilnius 1–0QR3Red Bull Salzburg29 July 2015Red Bull Arena, Wals-Siezenheim 0–23–25 August 2015Swedbank Stadion, Malmö 3–0POCeltic19 August 2015Celtic Park, Glasgow 2–34–325 August 2015Swedbank Stadion, Malmö 2–0GroupParis Saint-Germain15 September 2015Parc des Princes, Paris 0–2Real Madrid30 September 2015Swedbank Stadion, Malmö 0–2Shakhtar Donetsk21 October 2015Swedbank Stadion, Malmö 1–0Shakhtar Donetsk3 November 2015Arena Lviv, Lviv 0–4Paris Saint-Germain25 November 2015Swedbank Stadion, Malmö 0–5Real Madrid8 December 2015Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid 0–82017–18QR2Vardar 12 July 2017Swedbank Stadion, Malmö 1–12–4 18 July 2017Stadion Mladost, Strumica 1–32018–19QR1Drita 10 July 2018 Olympic Stadium Adem Jashari, Mitrovica 3−05−0 17 July 2018 Stadion, Malmö 2−0QR2CFR Cluj24 July 2018Stadionul Dr. Constantin Rădulescu, Cluj-Napoca 1−0 2−11 August 2018Stadion, Malmö 1−1 QR3MOL Vidi7 August 2018Stadion, Malmö 1–1 1–1 (a)14 August 2018Pancho Aréna, Felcsút 0–02021–22QR1Riga7 July 2021Eleda Stadion, Malmö 1−0 2–113 July 2021Skonto Stadium, Riga 1−1QR2HJK21 July 2021Eleda Stadion, Malmö 2−1 4−327 July 2021Bolt Arena, Helsinki 2−2QR3Rangers3 August 2021Eleda Stadion, Malmö 2−1 4−210 August 2021Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow 2−1POLudogorets Razgrad18 August 2021Eleda Stadion, Malmö 2−03−224 August 2021Huvepharma Arena, Razgrad 1−2GroupJuventus14 September 2021Eleda Stadion, Malmö 0–3Zenit Saint Petersburg29 September 2021Krestovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg 0–4Chelsea20 October 2021Stamford Bridge, London 0–4Chelsea2 November 2021Eleda Stadion, Malmö 0–1Zenit Saint Petersburg23 November 2021Eleda Stadion, Malmö 1−1Juventus8 December 2021Juventus Stadium, Turin 0–12022–23QR1Víkingur Reykjavík5 July 2022Eleda Stadion, Malmö 3−2 6–512 July 2022Víkingsvöllur, Reykjavík 3–3QR2Žalgiris Vilnius19 July 2022LFF Stadium, Vilnius 0–1 0–327 July 2022Eleda Stadion, Malmö 0–22024–25QR2KÍ23 July 2024Eleda Stadion, Malmö 4−16–430 July 2024Við Djúpumýrar, Klaksvík 2–3QR3PAOK6 August 2024Eleda Stadion, Malmö 2−26–513 August 2024Toumba Stadium, Thessaloniki 4−3 POSparta Prague21 August 2024Eleda Stadion, Malmö 0–2 0−427 August 2024epet ARENA, Prague 0–22025–26QR1Iberia 19998 July 2025Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi 3−16–215 July 2025Eleda Stadion, Malmö 3−1QR2RFS 22 July 2025LNK Sporta Parks, Riga 4−15–130 July 2025Eleda Stadion, Malmö 1−0QR3Copenhagen 5 August 2025Eleda Stadion, Malmö 0−00−512 August 2025Parken Stadium, Copenhagen 0–5
UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League The UEFA Cup, founded in 1971, was renamed the UEFA Europa League in 2009. Malmö FF first contested this competition in the 1977–78 season having qualified as Allsvenskan runners-up in 1976. The club competed in the competition for the first time since its rebranding to the UEFA Europa League during the 2011–12 season. The following is a complete list of matches played by Malmö FF in the UEFA Cup and UEFA Europa League. It includes the tournament season, the stage, the opponent club and its country, the date, the venue and the score. Statistics are correct as of the 2025–26 season.