Trelleborgs FF

Trelleborg

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Full name	Trelleborgs Fotbollförening
Founded	1926
Ground	Vångavallen, Trelleborg
Capacity	10,000
Chairman	Per-Anders Abrahamsson
Manager	Anders Grimberg
League	Division 1
2012	Superettan, 15th (relegated)
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Trelleborgs FF, or simply Trelleborg, is a Swedish football club located in Trelleborg. The club, formed 6 December 1926, will during the season of 2012 play in the second highest Swedish league, Superettan. Trelleborgs FF has participated 17 times in Allsvenskan and once in the UEFA-cup where the team eliminated Blackburn Rovers in the same season Rovers won the English Premier League.

Trelleborg have had a reputation of being a less fashionable provincial side, making the most of limited resources and a small fan base. The team has typically been recognised by performing goalkeppers, a strong defense and a good home record. In 2006 the team broke the Superettan record for longest period without conceiding a goal.

The club is affiliated to the Skånes Fotbollförbund.

History

Promotion to top division and qualifying for the UEFA-cup

The club won promotion to the top Swedish league for the first time in 1984. The club's glory days arrived in the early nineties when they won promotion to Allsvenskan for the second time and finished third in 1992, the so far best placement, fourth in 1993 and participated in the UEFA-cup. Tipped for demotion at the start of most seasons, the team scrambled through the late nineties with effective, but not very attractive, defensive long ball tactics. Trelleborg's stadium, Vångavallen, was even nicknamed "Tjongavallen" (from Swedish "Tjonga" - kicking a football far away without direction). The team was finally demoted in 2001 after a disappointing season.

Recent years

The club gained promotion to the top league for the third time in 2003 just to be demoted directly, somewhat ironically since it came after the Trelleborg board hired the dane Ole Mørk who was supposed to change the Trelleborg style of play into a more attractive short-passing game. In 2005, TFF finished eleventh in Superettan after a turbulent year, while 2006 became a successful year for the team. Three rounds before the end of Superettan 2006, Trelleborg stood as clear winners, thus gaining promotion to the 2007 Allsvenskan. Relegation was narrowly avoided with superior goal difference in 2007. In 2008 Tom Prahl, trainer during the success years in the early nineties, returned as head coach. Trelleborg finished at tenth place in an even season where Rasmus Bengtsson amongst others had an inspiring season. In 2009 the team finished at ninth place after a strong finish. In 2010 the teams tactics changed to a more creative and public friendly gamestyle. The team finished fifth after a strong autumn, their best position since 1993, just to be relegated in 2011, after conceiding 64 goals in 16 matches and finishing second last.

Achievements

League

• Superettan:
  • Winners (1): 2006
  • Runner-up (1): 2003
• Division 1 Södra:
  • Winners (1): 1991
  • Runner-up (2): 1987, 1989

Squad

As of 29 August 2012 Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	SWE	Fredrik Persson
2	DF	SWE	Tobias Mattsson
3	DF	SWE	Dennis Melander (vice captain)
4	DF	SWE	Peter Abelsson
5	DF	SWE	Johan Nilsson Guiomar
6	DF	SWE	Tobias Malm (on loan from Malmö FF)
7	MF	SWE	Joakim Nilsson
8	MF	SWE	Kristian Haynes (captain)
9	FW	NGA	Barnabas Nanen Imenger
10	MF	SWE	Sebastian Carlsén (on loan from Inter Milan)
11	MF	BRA	Thiago Borges
12	MF	SWE	Tobias Lewicki
13	FW	SWE	Fredrik Jensen
14	FW	SWE	Andreas Grahm

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
15	FW	SWE	Nichlas Schön
16	DF	FIN	Tuomo Turunen
17	FW	LBN	Mohamed Ramadan (on loan from Helsingborgs IF)
18	MF	SWE	Zoran Jovanović
19	MF	SWE	Viktor Svensson
20	DF	LBN	Yousef Fakhro
21	MF	SWE	Magnus Andersson
22	MF	SLE	Ibrahim Koroma
26	MF	SWE	Jonathan Asp
31	GK	SWE	Viktor Noring
32	GK	SWE	Carl Wachtmeister
33	FW	SWE	Jonathan Åkerman Berndtsson
34	DF	SWE	Adam Barchan

Available youth players

As of 13 May 2012 Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
23	MF	SWE	Rasmus Larsson

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
24	DF	SWE	Martin Cavdarovski

For season transfers, see transfers winter 2011–2012 and transfers summer 2012.

Noted players and managers

• Amir Teljigović (1996–98)
• Rasmus Bengtsson
• Andreas Isaksson
• Bo Larsson
• Tom Prahl
• Patrik Redo
• Igor Sypniewski

External links

• Trelleborgs FF - official site
• True Blues - official supporter club site
• Ståplats - supporter site