[2] Several well known players have played at the club including England international striker Peter Crouch as well as Swedish footballers Jon Jönsson, Andreas Dahl, and Tobias Linderoth.

In recent years the club has played in Division 2, which is the fourth tier of the Swedish football league system.

During the 1910s, IFK Hässleholm was considered to be one of the best football clubs in Sweden In 1918, the team won the Scanian Championship.

In the year 2000 there was a dramatic change in the club after Peter Crouch and Alton Thelwell were loaned from Tottenham Hotspur.

[5] Their loan brought new attention to the club resulting in Jon Jönsson being signed by Spurs.

The most notable example is Tokelo Rantie in Malmö FF, but players such as May Mahlangu and Ayanda Nkili have also played here.