Association football is the most popular sport in Sweden, with over 240,000 licensed players with another 240,000 youth players. There are around 3,200 active clubs fielding over 8,500 teams, which are playing on the 7,900 pitches available in the country. Football was first played in Sweden in the 1870s, the first championship was decided in 1896 and the Swedish Football Association was founded in 1904. Despite being a relatively small country population-wise, both the men's and women's national teams and the club teams have gained rather large success from time to time.
Hernán Matias Arsenio Concha is a Swedish former professional footballer of who played as a defender. He started off his career with Malmö FF and then represented Djurgårdens IF and VfL Bochum before returning to Malmö FF in 2012.
Christina Øyangen Ørntoft is a Danish football defender. She currently plays for Elitedivisionen club Brøndby IF and the Danish national team.
Elin Hanna Caroline Jönsson is a Swedish former football goalkeeper who played for Malmö and Umeå IK of Damallsvenskan and Chicago Red Stars of Women's Professional Soccer (WPS). She played 80 times for the Sweden women's national football team between 1999 and 2009.
Emil Peter Forsberg is a Swedish professional footballer who plays for RB Leipzig and the Sweden national team as a winger.
Kirsten Johanna Maria van de Ven is a former Dutch professional footballer. Prior to her professional career, she played College soccer in the United States. Professionally she played in the Dutch league (Eredivisie) for Willem II Tilburg and FC Twente, and in the Swedish league (Damallsvenskan) for Tyresö FF and FC Rosengård. She won titles at clubs in both Sweden and the Netherlands, as an international player she was a member of the Netherlands women's national football team, and represented her country at the 2009 and 2013 editions of the UEFA Women's Championship, and the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.
Ramona Bachmann is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a forward for French Division 1 Féminine club Paris Saint-Germain and the Switzerland national team.
Gabriëlla Maria "Manon" Melis is a Dutch manager of women's football development and a former professional footballer who played as a forward. She was the all-time top goal scorer for the Netherlands national team from 2010–2019. She spent most of her professional career playing in the Swedish league Damallsvenskan, which she won three times with her club LdB FC Malmö, in 2010, 2011, and 2013. In 2011, she won the Swedish Supercup with Malmö. She also had short spells with the Swedish teams Linköping and Göteborg. Three times she was the Damallsvenskan top scorer, in 2008, 2010, and 2011. At the end of her career, in 2016, she moved to the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) in the US, playing for Seattle Reign, alongside World Cup winners Megan Rapinoe and Hope Solo.
Pamela Tajonar Alonso is a Mexican footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Spanish Primera División club EdF Logroño and the Mexico women's national team.
Pavlína Ščasná is a Czech former football striker who last played for Swedish champion LdB Malmö.
Annika Kukkonen is a Finnish football midfielder who played for Djurgården of Sweden's Damallsvenskan. She previously played for HJK, LdB FC Malmö, KIF Örebro and Sunnanå SK. She has been a member of the Finnish national team since February 2010.
Eva Malin Sofia Levenstad is a Swedish football coach and former defender. She previously played for FC Rosengård of the Damallsvenskan and spent a short period on loan at AIK in 2014. She stopped playing in 2014, but returned to Rosengård in a coaching capacity in 2016. In 2017, she was the head coach of Rosengård – the youngest head coach in Damallsvenskan. She resumed her playing career with the club in 2019. In 2021 she stopped playing again to take a position as an assistant coach at Linköpings FC.
Katrine Veje is a Danish football player who plays as a midfielder for FC Rosengård in the Swedish Damallsvenskan and the Danish national team. She has previously played for Arsenal in the FA WSL, LdB FC Malmö of Sweden's Damallsvenskan, Seattle Reign FC of the National Women's Soccer League as well as Odense Q and Brøndby IF of Denmark's Elitedivisionen.
Frida Nordin is a Swedish football midfielder who played for IF Limhamn Bunkeflo in the Elitettan. She first played in the UEFA Women's Cup in 2004.
The 2012 Damallsvenskan, part of the 2012 Swedish football season, was the 25th season of Damallsvenskan since its establishment in 1988. The 2012 fixtures were released on 8 December 2011. The season began on 9 April 2012 and ended on 3 November 2012. LdB FC Malmö were the defending champions, having won their 7th title the previous season. In an interesting season finish Malmö had a five points advantage over Tyresö two days before the end. On the second last matchday though Malmö only drew, while Tyresö won and the teams then met on the final matchday to play for the championship. Due to a better goal difference Tyresö won its first title after a late goal for a 1–0 win.
Magnus Eriksson is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a winger or [Midfielder midfielder]] for Djurgårdens IF in Allsvenskan.
The 2013 season was Malmö FF's 102nd in existence, their 78th season in Allsvenskan and their 13th consecutive season in the league. They competed in Allsvenskan where they finished first, 2012–13 Svenska Cupen where they were knocked out in the group stage, Svenska Supercupen where they won the competition against IFK Göteborg and the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League where they were knocked out in the third qualifying round. Malmö FF also participated in one competition in which the club continued playing in for the 2014 season, 2013–14 Svenska Cupen. The season began with the group stage of Svenska Cupen in March, league play started in April and lasted until November, Svenska Supercupen was the last competitive match of the season.
The 2014 Allsvenskan, part of the 2014 Swedish football season, was the 90th season of Allsvenskan since its establishment in 1924. The 2014 fixtures were released on 20 December 2013. The season started on 30 March 2014 and concluded on 1 November 2014. Malmö FF were the defending champions from the 2013 season.
Ida Maria Aronsson is a Swedish former footballer who played as a forward for Damallsvenskan clubs Linköpings FC and LdB FC Malmö. She represented the Sweden women's national football team at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
FC Rosengård, formerly Malmö FF Dam (1970–2007) and LdB FC Malmö (2007–2013), is a professional football club based in Malmö, Scania, Sweden. The team was established as Malmö FF Dam in 1970 and has played a total of 35 seasons in the women's premier division, of which 7 in the Division 1 and 28 in the Damallsvenskan. The team has won the league a record eleven times, the latest in 2019. As of the end of the 2015 season, the club ranks first in the overall Damallsvenskan table. FC Rosengård play their home games at Malmö IP in Malmö. The club it merged with, FC Rosengård 1917, has both men's and women's teams.
