Trelleborgs FF

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 Superettan, the second 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
Full nameTrelleborgs Fotbollförening
Founded6 December 1926
GroundVångavallen,
Trelleborg
Capacity7,000[1]
ChairmanTorbjörn Jönsson
ManagerKristian Haynes
LeagueSuperettan
2019Superettan, 11th

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

Players

Current squad
As of 19 August 2020[3]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  DEN Andreas Larsen
2 DF  SWE Fritiof Björkén
3 DF  SWE Niklas Vesterlund
5 DF  SWE Anton Tideman
6 FW  SWE Salif Camara Jönsson (captain)
7 MF  SWE Erik Andersson
10 FW  GHA Fatawu Safiu
11 FW  SWE Henrik Johansson
12 GK  SWE Hampus Nilsson
14 FW  SWE Måns Söderqvist
15 DF  SRB Božidar Veličković
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 MF  SWE Oscar Johansson
17 DF  SWE Isak Jönsson
18 MF  SWE Hugo Andersson
20 MF  LBN Mouhammed-Ali Dhaini
22 FW  SWE Carl Björk (on loan from Norrköping)
23 DF  SWE Fredrik Liverstam
24 MF  SWE Mattias Håkansson
25 MF  SWE Jacob Christiansen
26 MF  SWE Haris Brkić
34 MF  SWE Herman Hallberg

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
9 FW  SWE André Reinholdsson (at Oskarshamns AIK until 30 November 2020)
21 DF  SWE Erik Rasmusson (at Österlen FF until 30 November 2020)
No. Pos. Nation Player
30 GK  SWE Philip Mårtensson (at Landskrona BoIS until 30 November 2020)
31 GK  SWE Merlin Nuhanovic (at Österlen FF until 30 November 2020)

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 9 December 2019
Name Role
Kristian Haynes Manager
Alexander Tengryd Assistant coach
Magnus Andersson Assistant coach and fitness coach
Tomas Håkansson Goalkeeper coach

References
  1. "Vångavallen" (in Swedish). Trelleborgs FF. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
  2. "Kontaktuppgifter och tävlingar – Skånes Fotbollförbund – Svenskfotboll.se". Retrieved 12 January 2011.
  3. "Trelleborgs FF A-lag herrar" (in Swedish). Trelleborgs FF. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
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