Malmö FF in European football

Malmö have also taken part in one club competition organised by the global federation FIFA, the Intercontinental Cup, in 1979.

Counting all of the 149 games the side have played in UEFA competitions since their first entry into the European Cup in the 1964–65 season, the team's record stands at 55 wins, 32 draws and 62 defeats.

[1] Malmö's 11–0 victory over Pezoporikos Larnaca of Cyprus in the 1973–74 European Cup Winners' Cup is the club's most decisive win in European competitions, while the team's heaviest defeat is 8–0 (the largest defeat ever recorded in the Champions League group stage), against Spanish club Real Madrid in the 2015–16 UEFA Champions League.

With 53 caps, Jan Möller has appeared in the most UEFA matches for Malmö, while Markus Rosenberg have scored the most goals with 23.

[40] Malmö FF first entered the competition in 1964–65, qualifying by virtue of their position at the top of the Allsvenskan table midway through the 1964 season.

Malmö FF's most notable achievement in this competition, and in all European tournaments, is reaching the final at the end of the 1978–79 season.

The following is a complete list of matches played by Malmö FF in the European Cup and the UEFA Champions League; it includes the season of the tournament, the stage, the opponent club and its country, the date, the venue and the score.

[203] As the defeated finalists, Malmö FF took the English club's place in the two-legged tie against Olimpia of Paraguay.

An association football team. A team of players in light blue shirts, white shorts and light blue socks, poses on a pitch for a formative shot.
The Malmö FF team lines up before a 2011–12 UEFA Europa League group stage match against FC Metalist Kharkiv
A dramatic action shot from an association football game. A goalkeeper in dark colours forlornly dives to the ground as a tall, lanky forward in a light shirt and white shorts takes the ball around him, controlling it with the outside of his right foot.
Dag Szepanski (with ball) playing for Malmö FF in 1968
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Malmö FF player Rolf Eriksson , pictured in 1964, when the club first entered the European Cup
Markus Rosenberg before a Champions League match against Shakhtar Donetsk in 2015. His tally of 23 goals in European competitions is the highest by any Malmö player. [ 2 ]
Bo Larsson (right) and Rolf Eriksson, pictured in 1964. Larsson would go on to make 546 appearances for Malmö during the 1960s and 1970s, scoring 289 goals. [ 180 ]