IFK Malmö football team is a section of Swedish
sports clubIFK Malmö based in
Malmö. The club is affiliated with
Skånes Fotbollförbund and play their home games at
Malmö Stadion. The club colours, reflected in their crest and kit, are yellow, blue and white. But the original crest is only yellow (see below). Formed on 23 April 1899, the club have played thirteen seasons in Sweden's highest league
Allsvenskan where they best finished as runners-up in
1960 and played their most recent season in
1962. IFK Malmö also reached the quarter-finals of the
European Champions Cup in the
1960–61 season. The club is currently playing in
Division 1 Södra, the 3rd tier of Swedish football.
History
The club was founded in 1899, making it the oldest football club in the city of
Malmö. They participated in the first season of
Allsvenskan in 1924/25. The club has altogether played 13 seasons in the premier division, in 1960 IFK finished second. In 1961, they made it to the quarter-finals of the European Cup (losing to Rapid Vienna). Before the 2009 season, the club switched their home stadium from
Malmö IP to
Malmö Stadion.
Historically, the club's main rivals are
Malmö FF, although this rivalry has been toned down since the two clubs have not played in the same division for nearly 60 years. The club is affiliated with the
Skånes Fotbollförbund.[5]
Kits
IFK Malmö is often colloquially called di gule (the yellow) in reference to their team colours. At the
1958 World Cup held in Sweden, the
Argentina national football team wore IFK's home shirt because their rivals
West Germany would not agree to use their alternative colours.[6]
* League restructuring in 1987 resulted in Division 1 being created at Tier 2 and subsequent divisions dropping a level. ** League restructuring in 2006 resulted in a new division being created at Tier 3 and subsequent divisions dropping a level.[7][8][9]
Attendances
In recent seasons IFK Malmö have had the following average attendances:
Season
Average Attendance
Division / Section
Level
2001
2,294
Superettan
Tier 2
2002
1,876
Superettan
Tier 2
2003
1,736
Superettan
Tier 2
2004
1,632
Div 2 Södra Götaland
Tier 3
2005
966
Div 2 Södra Götaland
Tier 3
2006
664
Div 2 Södra Götaland
Tier 4
2007
678
Div 1 Södra
Tier 3
2008
584
Div 1 Södra
Tier 3
2009
366
Div 2 Södra Götaland
Tier 4
2010
220
Div 3 Södra Götaland
Tier 5
2011
256
Div 4 Skåne Sydvästra
Tier 6
2012
204
Div 4 Skåne Sydvästra
Tier 6
2013
228
Div 4 Skåne Södra
Tier 6
2014
204
Div 3 Södra Götaland
Tier 5
2015
258
Div 2 Södra Götaland
Tier 4
2016
172
Div 2 Södra Götaland
Tier 4
2017
218
Div 2 Södra Götaland
Tier 4
2018
232
Div 2 Södra Götaland
Tier 4
2019
?
Div 2 Södra Götaland
Tier 4
2020
0
Div 2 Södra Götaland
Tier 4
2021
117
Ettan Södra
Tier 3
* Attendances are provided in the Publikliga sections of the Svenska Fotbollförbundet website and European Football Statistics website.[10][11]