Mjällby AIF

Mjällby AIF
Full name Mjällby Allmänna
Idrottsförening
Founded 1 April 1939 (1939-04-01)
Ground Strandvallen, Hällevik
Capacity 6,750
Chairman Magnus Emeus
Head coach Jonas Andersson
League Division 1 Södra
2017 Division 1 Södra, 2nd
(lost relegation play-offs)
Website Club website
A chart showing the progress of Mjällby AIF through the swedish football league system. The different shades of gray represent league divisions.
Mjällby AIF players lining up before a 2013 Allsvenskan game.
Main entrance to Strandvallen.

Mjällby Allmänna Idrottsförening, also known simply as Mjällby AIF, Mjällby or (especially locally) MAIF, is a Swedish professional football club based in Hällevik. The club is affiliated to Blekinge Fotbollförbund and play its home games at Strandvallen. The club colours, reflected in their crest and kit, are yellow and black. Formed on 1 April 1939, the club have played eight seasons in Sweden's highest football league Allsvenskan, the club's first season in the league was in 1980. The club are currently playing in Division 1 Södra (3rd level). With eight seasons in the top division Allsvenskan most recent in 2014, Mjällby AIF is the most successful football team from the province of Blekinge.

Former Sweden national football team players Christian Wilhelmsson and Mattias Asper began their careers at the club. Both players also ended their playing careers in Mjällby.

Players

First-team squad

As of 30 March 2018[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 Sweden GK Jesper Johansson
2 Sweden DF Adi Terzic
3 Sweden DF Amer Eriksson Ibragic
4 Sweden DF Jesper Löfgren
5 Sweden DF Óskar Sverrisson
7 Sweden MF Viktor Gustafsson
8 The Gambia MF Bubacarr Jobe
9 Sweden FW Joel Nilsson
11 Sweden MF Simon Dimitrijevic
12 Sweden MF David Löfquist (captain)
14 Sweden FW Omar Dampha
16 Sweden FW Jacob Bergström
No. Position Player
17 Sweden MF Jakob Ottosson
18 Sweden DF Philip Persson
19 Sweden MF Mirza Halvadžić
20 Ghana MF Prosper Kasim (on loan from IFK Göteborg)
21 Sweden FW Axel Andersson
22 Sweden MF Jesper Gustavsson
23 Sweden MF Axel Norén
26 The Gambia DF Mohammed Mbye
29 Nigeria FW Emeh Izuchukwu
30 Sweden GK Oskar Ekman
– Sweden FW Taylor Silverholt

Managers

Achievements

League

Footnotes

    References

    1. ↑ "Seniorer" (in Swedish). Mjällby AIF. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
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