Trelleborgs FF

Trelleborg
Full nameTrelleborgs Fotbollförening
Founded6 December 1926; 96 years ago (6 December 1926)
GroundVångavallen,
Trelleborg
Capacity7,000
ChairmanTorbjörn Jönsson
ManagerKristian Haynes
LeagueSuperettan
2022Superettan, 4th

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 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.

History

Promotion to top division and qualifying for the UEFA Cup

Trelleborg's football club achieved promotion to the top Swedish league in 1984 and experienced their peak in the early nineties. Notably, they secured third place in Allsvenskan in 1992, their best finish, followed by a fourth-place finish in 1993 and UEFA Cup participation. Despite being often predicted for demotion, the team employed effective but less attractive defensive long ball tactics in the late nineties. Trelleborg's stadium, Vångavallen, earned the nickname "Tjongavallen" due to the team's style. After a disappointing 2001 season, the club was relegated.

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 18 September 2023

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 Denmark DEN Kasper Kristensen
2 DF Sweden SWE Fritiof Björkén
3 DF Finland FIN Mikko Viitikko
4 DF Sweden SWE Mattias Andersson
5 DF Nigeria NGA Abel Ogwuche
6 DF Sweden SWE Johan Stenmark
7 MF Denmark DEN Pierre Larsen
8 MF Sweden SWE Herman Hallberg
9 FW Denmark DEN Nicolas Mortensen
10 MF Eritrea ERI Mohammed Saeid
11 FW Sweden SWE Liam Olausson
12 MF Denmark DEN Zander Hyltoft
15 DF Nigeria NGA Emmanuel Godwin
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 FW Sweden SWE Jesper Dickman
17 FW Sweden SWE Filip Bohman
18 FW Nigeria NGA Henry Offia
19 MF Sweden SWE Tobias Karlsson
20 MF Lebanon LBN Mouhammed-Ali Dhaini
21 DF Sweden SWE Eren Alievski
23 DF Iceland ISL Böðvar Böðvarsson
24 DF Sweden SWE Felix Hörberg
25 GK Denmark DEN Andreas Larsen
26 MF Sweden SWE Haris Brkić
31 GK Iraq IRQ Hani Nesajer
34 MF Sweden SWE Markus Björkqvist

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
14 MF Sweden SWE Lukas Minter Wettergren (at Ariana)
27 MF Sweden SWE Tom Wassholm (at IFK Trelleborg)
No. Pos. Nation Player
29 FW Sweden SWE Othmane Salama (at Lunds BK)
MF Sweden SWE Noah Cavander (at Ariana)

Management

Organisation

As of 1 January 2018
Name Role
Sweden Torbjörn Jönsson Chairman
Sweden Mattias Kronvall Director of football
Sweden Hasse Mattisson Head of marketing

Technical staff

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

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