Mjällby AIF is a Swedish

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 football club

Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 located in Mjällby

Mjällby

Mjällby is a locality situated in Sölvesborg Municipality, Blekinge County, Sweden with 1,272 inhabitants in 2005. It is located on the Listerlandet peninsula....

. The club, formed in 1939, won the title of Sweden's second-level of football Superettan

Superettan

Superettan is the second highest league in the league system of Swedish football and comprises 16 Swedish football teams. It was created in 2000. Before that, the second level league in Sweden had been Division 1....

 in the 2009 season and thus gained promotion to the highest Swedish league, Allsvenskan

Allsvenskan

Allsvenskan is a Swedish professional league for association football clubs. At the top of the Swedish football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with Superettan...

. Mjällby AIF are affiliated to the Blekinge Fotbollförbund

Blekinge Fotbollförbund

The Blekinge Fotbollförbund is one of the 24 district organisations of the Swedish Football Association. It administers lower tier football in Blekinge County.- Background :...

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Current squad

Out on loan

For season transfers, see transfers winter 2011–2012.

Notable players

Garret Kusch

Garret Kusch

Garret Andrew Kusch is a Canadian former soccer player who played at both professional and international levels as a striker. After retiring as a player, Kusch became a Chiropractor.-Club career:...

 Pavel Zavadil

Pavel Zavadil

Pavel Zavadil is a Czech football midfielder, preferably playing on the right wing or in the center of the field just behind the striker. He is currently playing for the Swedish club Mjällby AIF. He has played for Örgryte IS and Öster. Before that, he played for Mjällby AIF the first time, as well...

 Frank Worthington

Frank Worthington

Frank Stewart Worthington is a former English footballer. Frank was born into a footballing family in Shelf near Halifax, West Riding of Yorkshire. Both of his parents had played the game and his two older brothers, Dave and Bob, became professional footballers, both began their careers with...

 (1980) 10 apps 4 Goals Moestafa El Kabir

Moestafa El Kabir

Moestafa El Kabir is a Moroccan-born Dutch footballer who plays as a forward for Italian Serie A club Cagliari Calcio.- Youth career :El Kabir began his career with Blauw-Wit Amsterdam. In 2005, he joined Jong Ajax, a team he left after one year. He signed with Jong Feyenoord for one year, then...

 Steve Balcombe (1982–83) http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/leeds/leeds.htm Sergey Andreyev

Sergey Andreyev

Sergey Vasilyevich Andreyev is a former Soviet and Ukrainian/Russian football player and current manager of FC Atyrau.-Honors:* Olympic bronze: 1980.* Olympic tournament top scorer: 1980, 5 goals.* Soviet Cup winner: 1981....

 Mattias Asper

Mattias Asper

Mattias Asper is a Swedish football goalkeeper currently playing for Mjällby AIF. He has played 3 international matches for Sweden national football team, and was a squad member in the Euro 2000....

 Erton Fejzullahu

Erton Fejzullahu

Erton Fejzullahu is a Swedish professional footballer of Kosovo-Albanian descent who plays as a striker for Mjällby AIF on loan from Dutch team NEC Nijmegen.-Personal life:...

 Adam Larsson Marcus Lindberg

Marcus Lindberg

Marcus Lindberg is a Swedish footballer, currently playing for Ängelholms FF.-External links:* *...

 Tobias Linderoth

Tobias Linderoth

Tobias Jan Håkan Linderoth is a former Swedish football player.-Club career:Linderoth played for Stabæk and then an unremarkable spell at Everton marred by injury, where he scored once against Charlton Athletic in the League Cup, before he joined Copenhagen in summer 2004...

 Charlie Olsson Christian Wilhelmsson

Managers

Johnny Ringerg (1954-56) Sven-Olle Malmberg (1956-58) John Nilsson (1959) Gösta Färm (1960-61) Elon Nilsson (1962) Folke Jönsson

Folke Jonsson

Folke Henry Jonsson was a Swedish opera singer who sang leading bass roles primarily at the Royal Swedish Opera and in other Scandinavian opera houses for many years...

 (1963) Arne Lindskog (1964) Bror Sjöholm (1965-66) Kjell Larsson (1967) Gösta Färm (1968) Adolf Vogel (1969-70) Arne Svensson (1971-74) Jan-Ove Jansson (1975-78)
Bo Nilsson (1979-80) Håkan Håkansson (1981) Göran Bogren (1982-84) Anders Linderoth

Anders Linderoth

Anders Linderoth is a Swedish football coach and former player.He debuted in the Swedish Premier League for Helsingborgs IF, and during his spell with Östers IF he made his national team debut and received Guldbollen. In 1977 he moved to play professionally in Olympique de Marseille...

 (1985-89) Ingvar Johansson (1990) Peter Antoine (1991-92) Jan Mattsson

Jan Mattsson

Jan "Lill-Damma" Mattsson is a former Swedish professional football player.He capped 13 times for Sweden.- Clubs :* Kallinge SK* Saxemara IF* Östers IF* Bayer Uerdingen* Fortuna Düsseldorf- External links :* at Fussballdaten...

 (1993) Peter Antoine (1994-96) Sergei Prigoda

Sergei Prigoda

Sergei Grigoryevich Prigoda is a retired Soviet football player and Russian coach.He coached Mjällby AIF and IK Brage.-Honours:* Soviet Top League winner: 1976 .* Soviet Top League bronze: 1977, 1988....

 (1997-98) Hans Larsson (1999-02) Sören Cratz (2003-05) Oscar Stjärnfeldt (2009) Peter Swärdh

Peter Swärdh

Peter Swärdh is a Swedish football manager. He is currently the manager of Mjällby AIF.-References:...

 (2009-)

League

• Superettan
  Superettan
  Superettan is the second highest league in the league system of Swedish football and comprises 16 Swedish football teams. It was created in 2000. Before that, the second level league in Sweden had been Division 1....
  
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  • Winners (1): 2009
• Division 1 Södra
  Division 1 Södra
  Division 1 Södra is one of two leagues in the third level, Division 1, in the league system of Swedish football and comprises 14 Swedish football teams. Division 1 Södra had status as one of the official second level leagues from 1987 to 1999, but was replaced by Superettan in 2000...
  
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  • Runners-up (1): 1988

External links

• Mjällby AIF - official site
• Sillastrybarna - official supporter club site
• Mjällby AIF at svenskafans.com - supporter site