The season began with the group stage of Svenska Cupen on 22 February, league play started on 6 April and concluded on 31 October.

[1] For the first time in the history of the club, Malmö FF appeared in consecutive UEFA Champions League group stages.

The club's first home fixture was played on 9 April against last year's third-place team AIK, the match ended in a goalless draw.

There was a one-month summer break in June due to Sweden's participation in the 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship in the Czech Republic.

The club got off to a fairly promising start, winning three of the first five games against GIF Sundsvall, title contenders and rivals IFK Göteborg and newly promoted Hammarby IF.

Notably Malmö FF dropped pole position in the league to Gefle IF on 9 April in the second round of play.

The club had held first place in the league since 18 August 2013 for a continuous streak of 599 days, never losing the lead during the victorious 2014 season.

Malmö FF continued to win the following two games at home against Halmstads BK and regional rivals Helsingborgs IF.

This meant that Malmö FF took up fourth position in the league table at the time of the summer break, seven points behind leaders IFK Göteborg.

When Allsvenskan restarted in July, Malmö FF experienced another struggling period as they failed to win any of the first three matches after the break, an away loss against IFK Norrköping and two consecutive draws against Örebro SK.

This was followed by a four-match undefeated streak in which Malmö FF defeated GIF Sundsvall, league leaders IFK Göteborg, Gefle and drew against Åtvidaberg.

That chance quickly vanished with a goalless draw away at Halmstad and an away loss against fellow title contender AIK in the 27th round.

After wins against Kalmar and Hammarby in the 28th and 29th round respectively, Malmö FF had a two-point advantage over Elfsborg for fourth place.

A draw would have sufficed for Malmö FF to clinch fourth place, but a motivated Norrköping won the match 2–0 and captured their first league title in 26 years.

Malmö FF qualified for the group stage of the 2014–15 Svenska Cupen in the 2014 season by beating IS Halmia 2–1 on 15 November 2014.

The first leg of the second round was played on 15 July at Swedbank Stadion in Malmö, the match ended in a goalless draw.

The second leg was played on 21 July at the LFF Stadium in Vilnius, Malmö FF won the match 1–0 and advanced to the third qualifying round with an aggregate score of 1–0.

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 2015–16 season.

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