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.

After bouncing back with a win in the sixth round in an away fixture against IFK Norrköping, the club lost its first league match at home against BK Häcken 1–2.

Nevertheless, Malmö FF held on to pole position in the league table and proceeded to win three matches in a row after the loss against Häcken.

The club maintained the six-point gap in the two following fixtures, by winning 3–1 at home against Kalmar and defeating newcomers Falkenberg 5–2 on the road.

The lead was increased further to a seven-point gap in the 20th round when Malmö FF tied an away fixture against Gefle at the same time as AIK lost against Örebro.

Following a home win against Norrköping, Malmö FF entered a period of win-less games starting with a 2–0 loss against Djurgården in the 22nd round.

Malmö FF followed to play two draws, 3–3 in the away fixture against Häcken where the club came back from a 3–1 deficit and 1–1 in the Scanian derby at home against Helsingborg where Markus Rosenbergs late goal was equalized in the following minute by the away team.

In the next round, Malmö FF defeated Halmstad away, this was the club's seventh successive victory at Örjans Vall since 2007.

The lead was increased to nine points in the following round as Malmö FF won the home against Mjällby, 4–1, while Elfsborg saw themselves passed by IFK Göteborg.

As IFK Göteborg and Elfsborg lost their matches before kick-off between Malmö FF and AIK, the club needed a draw to secure the title.

Åtvidaberg managed to turn the game around and won 2–1, the last goal being scored by Kristian Bergström who had previously played for Malmö FF.

Malmö FF qualified for the group stage of the 2013–14 Svenska Cupen in the 2013 season by beating Sävedalens IF 6–0 on 21 August 2013.

[2] Malmö FF won the group and advanced to the quarter-finals where they faced fellow Allsvenskan club IF Brommapojkarna.

The match was initially planned to be played in August but was postponed due to Malmö FF's participation in the qualification for the UEFA Champions League.

The match was played at home at Malmö Stadion on 9 November 2014 and the club's opponents were the 2013–14 Svenska Cupen winners IF Elfsborg.

Isaac Kiese Thelin scored Malmö FF's first goal in the 89th minute of ordinary time, equalizing Elfsborg's 1–0 lead.

In the second half of extra time Emil Forsberg made it 2–1 to Malmö FF before Elfsborg could equalize to 2–2 after having scored a penalty in the 120th minute.

The away fixture at Ventspils Olimpiskais Stadions was played on 23 July and ended with a 1–0 win for Malmö FF, thus taking them through to the third qualifying round with 1–0 on aggregate.

The first leg was played at the Generali Arena in Prague on 29 July and ended in a 4–2 defeat for Malmö FF after leading 2–1 at half-time.

The second leg was played at home at Swedbank Stadion on 27 August and ended in a 3–0 win for Malmö FF which made it 4–2 on aggregate.

In the six group stage matches Malmö FF gathered three points and ended up in fourth place, thus being knocked out of the Champions League and further European competition for the 2014–15 season.

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