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Mjällby AIF

Full name	Mjällby Allmänna Idrottsförening
Founded	1 April 1939; 86 years ago (1939-04-01)
Ground	Strandvallen, Hällevik
Ground Capacity	6,750
Chairman	Magnus Emeus
Head coach	Anders Torstensson
League	Allsvenskan
2024	Allsvenskan, 5th of 16
Home colours Away colours

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, usually called Mjällby AIF or just MAIF, is a professional football club from Hällevik in Sölvesborg Municipality, Sweden. The club is part of the Blekinge Fotbollförbund and plays its home games at Strandvallen.

The team's colors are yellow and black, which you can see on their logo and uniforms. Mjällby AIF was started on April 1, 1939. They have played many seasons in Sweden's top football league, called Allsvenskan. Their first time in this league was in 1980.

Mjällby AIF is currently playing in the Allsvenskan (the highest division). With nine seasons in the top league, Mjällby AIF is the most successful football team from the area of Blekinge.

Two famous players, Christian Wilhelmsson and Mattias Asper, who played for the Sweden men's national football team, started their careers at Mjällby AIF. Both of them also finished their playing careers with the club.

On May 18, 2023, Mjällby AIF played in the Swedish Cup final at their home stadium, Strandvallen. They lost the game 1–4 to BK Häcken.

Players

First-team squad

No. Position Player 1 GK Noel Törnqvist 3 DF Arvid Brorsson 4 DF Rasmus Wikström 5 DF Abdullah Iqbal 6 MF Imam Jagne 7 MF Viktor Gustafson 8 MF Manasse Kusu 10 MF Nicklas Røjkjær 11 FW Timo Stavitski 13 DF Jakob Kiilerich (on loan from Kolding) 14 DF Herman Johansson 15 DF Liam Svensson 16 FW Alexander Johansson 17 MF Elliot Stroud 18 FW Jacob Bergström

No. Position Player 19 FW Abdoulie Manneh 20 DF Johan Persson Åhstedt 21 MF Adam Petersson 22 MF Jesper Gustavsson (captain) 23 DF Filip Akesson Linderoth 24 DF Tom Pettersson 26 MF Kimmen Nennesson 27 MF Ludvig Tidstrand 28 MF Vilmer Lindberg 28 DF Tim Malmström 29 MF Isaac Johnsson 30 GK Hugo Fagerberg 31 FW Silas Nwankwo 35 GK Alexander Lundin

Out on loan

No. Position Player DF Argjend Miftari (at Olympic until 30 November 2024) MF Guðmundur Baldvin Nökkvason (at Stjarnan until 31 December 2024)

No. Position Player FW Yusuf Abdulazeez (at Varberg until 30 November 2024) FW Love Björnson (at AFC Eskilstuna until 30 November 2024)

Achievements

League Success

• Superettan: This is Sweden's second-highest football league.
  • Winners (2): Mjällby AIF won this league twice, in 2009 and 2019.
• Division 1 Södra: This is a lower division.
  • Winners (1): They won this division once, in 2018.
  • Runners-up (1): They came in second place once, in 1988.

Cup Success

• Svenska Cupen: This is Sweden's main football cup competition.
  • Runners-up (1): Mjällby AIF reached the final and came in second place in the 2022–23 season.

See also

In Spanish: Mjällby AIF para niños