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Trelleborg

Full name	Trelleborgs Fotbollförening
Founded	6 December 1926
Ground	Vångavallen, Trelleborg
Capacity	7,000[1]
Chairman	Torbjörn Jönsson
Head coach	Kristian Haynes
League	Superettan
2018	Allsvenskan, 16th
Home colours Away colours

Trelleborgs Fotbollsförening, more commonly known as Trelleborgs FF or simply Trelleborg, is a Swedish football club located in Trelleborg. Formed 6 December 1926, the club plays in Allsvenskan, the highest tier in the Swedish Football system. Trelleborgs FF has participated 17 times in Allsvenskan and once in the UEFA Cup where the team eliminated Blackburn Rovers in the 1994–1995 season.

Trelleborg have had a reputation of being a less fashionable provincial side, making the most of limited resources and a small fan base. The team has typically been recognised by performing goalkeepers, a strong defense and a good home record. In 2006 the team broke the Superettan record for longest period without conceding a goal.

The club is affiliated to the Skånes Fotbollförbund.^[2]

History

Promotion to top division and qualifying for the UEFA Cup

The club won promotion to the top Swedish league for the first time in 1984. The club's glory days arrived in the early nineties when they won promotion to Allsvenskan for the second time and finished third in 1992, the so far best placement, fourth in 1993 and participated in the UEFA-cup. Tipped for demotion at the start of most seasons, the team scrambled through the late nineties with effective, but not very attractive, defensive long ball tactics. Trelleborg's stadium, Vångavallen, was even nicknamed "Tjongavallen" (from Swedish "Tjonga" – kicking a football far away without direction). The team was finally demoted in 2001 after a disappointing season.

Recent years

The club gained promotion to the top league for the third time in 2003 just to be demoted directly, since it came after the Trelleborg board hired the Dane Ole Mørk, who was supposed to change the Trelleborg style of play into a more attractive short-passing game. In 2005, TFF finished eleventh in Superettan after a turbulent year, while 2006 became a successful year for the team. Three rounds before the end of Superettan 2006, Trelleborg stood as clear winners, thus gaining promotion to the 2007 Allsvenskan. Relegation was narrowly avoided with superior goal difference in 2007. In 2008 Tom Prahl, trainer during the success years in the early nineties, returned as head coach. Trelleborg finished at tenth place in an even season where Rasmus Bengtsson amongst others had an inspiring season. In 2009 the team finished at ninth place after a strong finish. In 2010 the teams tactics changed to a more creative and public friendly game style. The team finished fifth after a strong autumn, their best position since 1993, just to be relegated in 2011, after conceding 64 goals in 16 matches and finishing second last. In 2012, Trelleborg was relegated from Superettan, and the following year they failed to re-qualify for Superettan by finishing third place in Division 1 (Swedish football). In 2014 they only avoided getting relegated from Division 1 (Swedish football) through goal difference, however, the next year they won the league and therefore qualified for the 2016 Superettan in which they finished third place and qualified for playoffs against Jönköpings Södra IF where they won 3-1 in aggregate and were promoted to Allsvenskan after a 6-year hiatus.

Achievements

League

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  Superettan:
  
  
  
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    Winners (1): 2006
  
  
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    Runner-up (1): 2003
  
  
  
  


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  Division 1 Södra:
  
  
  
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    Winners (1): 1991, 2015
  
  
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    Runner-up (2): 1987, 1989
  
  
  
  

Current squad

As of 8 August 2018^[3]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 2 DF Albin Nilsson 3 MF Sebastian Ohlsson 4 DF Jacob Palander 5 DF Anton Tideman 6 FW Salif Camara Jönsson (captain) 7 MF Erik Andersson 8 MF Robin Nilsson 9 FW Marcus Pode 10 MF Zoran Jovanović 11 FW Deniz Hümmet 12 DF Kofi Sarkodie 14 DF Alexander Blomqvist (vice captain) 15 DF Lasse Nielsen 16 MF Oscar Johansson 17 DF Isak Jönsson

No. Position Player 18 MF Hugo Andersson 20 MF Felix Hörberg 21 FW Noah Christoffersson 22 FW Óttar Magnús Karlsson (on loan from Molde FK) 23 FW Freddie Brorsson 24 MF Mattias Håkansson 25 FW Viktor Nilsson 26 MF Haris Brkic 27 MF Johan Brannefalk 28 MF Furkan Motori 29 DF Jasmin Sudić 30 GK Marko Johansson (on loan from Malmö FF) 32 GK Dennis Petersson 37 DF Magnus Andersson

Out on loan

As of 5 June 2018

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 17 DF Johannes Johansson (at Österlen FF until 1 December 2018)

No. Position Player 31 GK Merlin Nuhanovic (at Landskrona BoIS until 1 December 2018)

Management

Organisation

As of 1 January 2018

Name Role Torbjörn Jönsson Chairman Mattias Kronvall Director of football Hasse Mattisson Head of marketing

Technical staff

As of 1 January 2018

Name Role Patrick Winqvist Manager Magnus Andersson Assistant coach and fitness coach Kristian Haynes Assistant coach and head of youth department

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Trelleborgs FF.

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  Trelleborgs FF – official site


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  True Blues – official supporter club site


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  Ståplats – supporter site