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2014 Malmö FF season

Malmö FF
2014 season
Chairman Håkan Jeppsson
Head coach Åge Hareide
Stadium Swedbank Stadion
Allsvenskan 1st
2013–14 Svenska Cupen Semi-finals
Svenska Supercupen Winners
2014–15 UEFA Champions League Group stage
Top goalscorer League: Markus Rosenberg (15)
All: Markus Rosenberg (24)
Highest home attendance 20,500 vs. Olympiacos
(1 October 2014, UEFA Champions League)
vs. Atlético Madrid
(4 November 2014, UEFA Champions League)
vs. Juventus
(26 November 2014, UEFA Champions League)
Lowest home attendance 1,266 vs. IF Elfsborg
(9 November 2014, Svenska Supercupen)
Average home league attendance 14,090
(in Allsvenskan)
13,029
(in all competitions)

The 2014 season was Malmö FF's 103rd in existence, their 79th season in Allsvenskan and their 14th consecutive season in the league. They competed in Allsvenskan where they finished first, 2013–14 Svenska Cupen where they were knocked out in the semi-finals, Svenska Supercupen where they won the competition against IF Elfsborg and the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League where they were knocked out in the group stage. Malmö FF also participated in one competition in which the club continued playing in for the 2015 season, 2014–15 Svenska Cupen. This season was the first time since the 2005 season that the club played consecutive seasons in European competition. The season began with the group stage of Svenska Cupen on 1 March, league play started on 30 March and concluded on 1 November. The season concluded with the last Champions League group stage match on 9 December.

For the second consecutive season the club had to appoint a new club captain as Jiloan Hamad left the club after the previous season. Midfielder Guillermo Molins was chosen as Hamad's successor as club captain, Markus Rosenberg took over the captaincy temporarily after the first half of the season as Molins was out with an injury for the rest of the year. Åge Hareide was appointed as the club's new manager on 9 January 2014, this was after Rikard Norling announced his resignation on 27 November 2013.

Malmö FF qualified for the group stage of the UEFA Champions League for the first time in the club's history. They were also the first Swedish club to qualify in 14 years since Helsingborgs IF in the 2000–01 season. The club won their second consecutive league title, their 18th Swedish championship title and 21st Allsvenskan title on 5 October 2014 when they defeated AIK in an away fixture at Friends Arena in the 27th round of the league. Malmö FF became the first Swedish club to win back to back league titles in eleven years, the last club to achieve this feat was Djurgårdens IF in 2003. The last time Malmö FF won consecutive league titles was in 1989 and consecutive Swedish championships in 1975.


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