Helsingborgs IF–Malmö FF rivalry

Skåne derby

Other names	Slaget om Skåne (English: The battle for Scania)
Location	Scania
Teams	Helsingborgs IF Malmö FF
First meeting	10 September 1916
Latest meeting	18 September 2022 Helsingborgs IF 1–2 Malmö FF
Next meeting	TBD
Statistics
Meetings total	Competitive: 154
Most wins	Malmö FF (76)
Largest victory	19 August 1965 Helsingborgs IF 1–10 Malmö FF

The fixture between Helsingborgs IF and Malmö FF is a local derby in Scania, Sweden and a fierce rivalry. The derby does not have a common name, any derby in Scania is usually called a "Skånederby"^[1] (English: Scanian derby), the fixture is sometimes referred to as Slaget om Skåne^[2] (English: The battle for Scania). The rivalry has arisen because the two clubs are the most historically successful clubs in Scania and also come from the two most populous cities in Scania. The two clubs have also played most seasons in the top tier league Allsvenskan of all Scanian clubs and they are also the only Scanian clubs to have won the Swedish football championship, Malmö FF with 22 titles and Helsingborgs IF with 5 titles.^[3] In the early days of Swedish club football before the time of national league play the two clubs often faced each other in the final of the regional championship "Distriktmästerskapet".^[4] The clubs have also faced each other in Svenska Cupen and Supercupen. The majority of all matches between the two clubs have taken place in Allsvenskan. The rivalry temporarily died out between 1968 and 1993 when they weren't playing in the same league, Helsingborgs IF had been relegated from Allsvenskan and spent 23 season in lower leagues while Malmö FF played in Allsvenskan. In 2020, Helsingborgs IF were relegated from the top tier once again; Malmö FF had a one year stint in Superettan in 2000.

Shared player history

Transfers

The lists are incomplete. There have been several direct transfers between the rivals, the most recent transfer was on 1 January 2012. The majority of the transfers has been from Malmö FF to Helsingborgs IF in the early 1990s when Helsingborg made their comeback to Allsvenskan after having been in lower leagues since the late 1960s.^[5]

Date	Name	From	To
Unknown	Fritz Landgren	Malmö FF	Helsingborgs IF
1924	Emil Gudmundsson	Malmö FF	Helsingborgs IF
1950	Hans Malmström	Malmö FF	Helsingborgs IF
1955	Bengt Lindskog	Helsingborgs IF	Malmö FF
1969	Gert-Arne Nilsson	Malmö FF	Helsingborgs IF
1970	Anders Svensson	Malmö FF	Helsingborgs IF
1970	Björn Ranelid	Malmö FF	Helsingborgs IF
1983	Thomas Sjöberg	Malmö FF	Helsingborgs IF
1984	Anders Ohlsson	Malmö FF	Helsingborgs IF
1989	Anders Jönsson	Malmö FF	Helsingborgs IF
1989	Jan Möller	Malmö FF	Helsingborgs IF
1991	Jörgen Persson	Malmö FF	Helsingborgs IF
1992	Andreas Augustsson	Malmö FF	Helsingborgs IF
1993	Per Ågren	Malmö FF	Helsingborgs IF
1993	Patrik Sundström	Malmö FF	Helsingborgs IF
1994	Patrick Andersson	Malmö FF	Helsingborgs IF
1995	Peter Hillgren	Malmö FF	Helsingborgs IF
2 August 2007[6]	Babis Stefanidis	Helsingborgs IF	Malmö FF
1 January 2012[7]	Simon Thern	Helsingborgs IF	Malmö FF
1 February 2023	Taha Ali	Helsingborgs IF	Malmö FF

There have also been a few players who have played for both clubs although transferred via another club.

Name	From	Period	Via	To	Period
Tore Cervin	Malmö FF	1972–1980	Toronto Blizzard Limhamns IF	Helsingborgs IF	1984–1985
Mats Magnusson	Malmö FF	1981–1985 1986–1987	Benfica	Helsingborgs IF	1992–1994
Christian Järdler	Helsingborgs IF	2000–2005	Gençlerbirliği	Malmö FF	2006–2008
Nikola Đurđić	Helsingborgs IF	2012	SpVgg Greuther Fürth Augsburg	Malmö FF	2015
Martin Olsson	Helsingborgs IF	2020	BK Häcken	Malmö FF	2021-
Moustafa Zeidan	Helsingborgs IF	2016-17	Syrianska Brommapojkarna Frej Jönköpings Södra Sirius	Malmö FF	2022-
Joseph Ceesay	Helsingborgs IF	2020-21	Lechia Gdańsk	Malmö FF	2022-

Played for one, managed the other

Manager	Played for		Managed
	Team	Span	Team	Span
Harry Lundahl	Helsingborgs IF	1927–1931 1937–1938	Malmö FF	1937–1941
Roland Nilsson	Helsingborgs IF	1981–1983 1994–1997 1999–2001	Malmö FF	2008–2011

Managed both clubs

Åge Hareide is the only man to have managed both clubs. With Helsingborgs IF he won the 1999 Allsvenskan and the 1997–98 Svenska Cupen. With Malmö FF he won the 2014 Allsvenskan and the 2014 Svenska Supercupen.

Manager	Helsingborgs IF career						Malmö FF career
	Span	G^1	W	D	L	Win %	Span	G^1	W	D	L	Win %
Åge Hareide	1998–1999 2012	107	57	24	26	053.3	2014–2015	95	49	20	26	051.6

¹ Only competitive matches are counted.

Statistics

	Helsingborgs IF wins	Draws	Malmö FF wins
League	39	29	56
Svenska Cupen	3	0	7
Other	5	2	13
Total	47	31	76

Table correct as of 18 September 2022

Last five head-to-head fixtures

Date	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Venue	Competition
25 September 2019	Malmö FF	3–0	Helsingborgs IF	Stadion	Allsvenskan
5 August 2020	Malmö FF	4–1	Helsingborgs IF	Stadion	Allsvenskan
2 November 2020	Helsingborgs IF	0–1	Malmö FF	Olympia	Allsvenskan
27 June 2022	Malmö FF	2–1	Helsingborgs IF	Stadion	Allsvenskan
18 September 2022	Helsingborgs IF	1–2	Malmö FF	Olympia	Allsvenskan

Honours

Team	Allsvenskan	Svenska Cupen	Supercupen	Total
Malmö FF	25	15	2	40
Helsingborgs IF	7	5	2	14
Combined	32	20	4	54

Table correct as of 27 June 2022

All-time results

Helsingborgs IF in the league at home Date Venue Attendance Score Competition 25 May 1922 Olympia Unknown 1–1 Svenska Serien 20 September 1931 Olympia 5,309 5–2 Allsvenskan 9 April 1933 Olympia 5,170 6–1 Allsvenskan 20 October 1935 Olympia 6,109 2–1 Division 2 Södra 26 September 1937 Olympia 8,657 2–1 Allsvenskan 11 September 1938 Olympia 7,035 2–1 Allsvenskan 9 August 1939 Olympia 4,518 2–1 Allsvenskan 11 August 1940 Olympia 4,609 3–2 Allsvenskan 21 September 1941 Olympia 7,312 2–2 Allsvenskan 26 July 1942 Olympia 5,336 2–2 Allsvenskan 18 May 1944 Olympia 9,556 2–2 Allsvenskan 8 October 1944 Olympia 9,914 2–5 Allsvenskan 30 May 1946 Olympia 8,095 0–2 Allsvenskan 18 August 1946 Olympia 10,207 1–2 Allsvenskan 14 May 1948 Olympia 18,653 2–0 Allsvenskan 26 September 1948 Olympia 17,014 1–1 Allsvenskan 26 May 1950 Olympia 24,314 2–2 Allsvenskan 11 August 1950 Olympia 17,569 1–3 Allsvenskan 9 May 1952 Olympia 19,443 1–0 Allsvenskan 15 August 1952 Olympia 16,008 1–1 Allsvenskan 14 May 1954 Olympia 26,154 3–3 Allsvenskan 27 May 1955 Olympia 23,981 0–1 Allsvenskan 11 August 1955 Olympia 18,568 4–1 Allsvenskan 1 August 1956 Olympia 19,290 0–0 Allsvenskan 21 August 1957 Olympia 17,608 1–2 Allsvenskan 7 September 1958 Olympia 11,414 1–0 Allsvenskan 12 August 1959 Olympia 9,853 2–3 Allsvenskan 11 September 1960 Olympia 10,135 1–0 Allsvenskan 7 May 1961 Olympia 9,606 1–3 Allsvenskan 7 June 1962 Olympia 12,444 1–3 Allsvenskan 16 May 1963 Olympia 11,160 1–1 Allsvenskan 19 April 1964 Olympia 12,151 2–2 Allsvenskan 19 August 1965 Olympia 12,960 1–10 Allsvenskan 14 September 1966 Olympia 13,623 1–0 Allsvenskan 11 May 1967 Olympia 21,787 0–2 Allsvenskan 19 October 1968 Olympia 13,761 2–0 Allsvenskan 27 September 1993 Olympia 13,063 0–2 Allsvenskan 19 May 1994 Olympia 10,584 0–0 Allsvenskan 15 May 1995 Olympia 11,498 2–1 Allsvenskan 19 September 1996 Olympia 10,774 1–2 Allsvenskan 16 June 1997 Olympia 14,301 2–1 Allsvenskan 24 September 1998 Olympia 11,333 1–2 Allsvenskan 21 August 1999 Olympia 11,277 1–0 Allsvenskan 6 August 2001 Olympia 15,527 1–1 Allsvenskan 7 May 2002 Olympia 15,107 2–3 Allsvenskan 15 September 2003 Olympia 15,460 0–0 Allsvenskan 24 May 2004 Olympia 16,069 0–2 Allsvenskan 13 June 2005 Olympia 16,495 0–1 Allsvenskan 12 September 2006 Olympia 17,000 3–1 Allsvenskan 15 May 2007 Olympia 16,500 0–1 Allsvenskan 28 April 2008 Olympia 16,704 4–2 Allsvenskan 4 May 2009 Olympia 15,800 1–0 Allsvenskan 20 April 2010 Olympia 16,200 2–1 Allsvenskan 23 July 2011 Olympia 16,500 2–2 Allsvenskan 24 September 2012 Olympia 14,191 1–1 Allsvenskan 25 September 2013 Olympia 16,300 0–3 Allsvenskan 8 May 2014 Olympia 10,950 0–1 Allsvenskan 30 August 2015 Olympia 12,678 0–3 Allsvenskan 5 May 2016 Olympia 11,065 2–1 Allsvenskan 2 June 2019 Olympia 16,127 0–1 Allsvenskan 2 November 2020 Olympia 0 0–1 Allsvenskan 18 September 2022 Olympia 15,800 1–2 Allsvenskan Helsingborgs IF wins Malmö FF wins Draws 22 24 16

Malmö FF in the league at home Date Venue Attendance Score Competition 22 October 1922 Malmö IP 1,861 2–3 Svenska Serien 10 April 1932 Malmö IP 6,883 3–5 Allsvenskan 10 August 1932 Malmö IP 8,219 4–2 Allsvenskan 9 August 1933 Malmö IP 7,717 2–4 Allsvenskan 24 May 1936 Malmö IP 12,745 3–0 Division 2 Södra 18 August 1937 Malmö IP 9,637 1–3 Allsvenskan 2 April 1939 Malmö IP 8,554 3–0 Allsvenskan 28 April 1940 Malmö IP 4,526 2–1 Allsvenskan 4 May 1941 Malmö IP 7,042 1–1 Allsvenskan 22 May 1942 Malmö IP 8,821 2–1 Allsvenskan 16 May 1943 Malmö IP 11,383 0–4 Allsvenskan 29 August 1943 Malmö IP 12,662 2–2 Allsvenskan 15 April 1945 Malmö IP 12,168 2–0 Allsvenskan 3 August 1945 Malmö IP 12,776 4–1 Allsvenskan 21 May 1947 Malmö IP 12,196 2–1 Allsvenskan 13 August 1947 Malmö IP 14,370 5–2 Allsvenskan 6 May 1949 Malmö IP 18,383 2–2 Allsvenskan 12 August 1949 Malmö IP 18,917 5–0 Allsvenskan 11 May 1951 Malmö IP 20,781 3–1 Allsvenskan 17 August 1951 Malmö IP 20,779 2–0 Allsvenskan 26 May 1953 Malmö IP 15,381 1–0 Allsvenskan 21 August 1953 Malmö IP 20,776 1–2 Allsvenskan 11 August 1954 Malmö IP 18,047 2–4 Allsvenskan 1 June 1956 Malmö IP 22,620 0–3 Allsvenskan 5 June 1957 Malmö IP 17,905 1–2 Allsvenskan 27 October 1957 Malmö IP 11,312 2–3 Allsvenskan 26 April 1959 Malmö Stadion 16,619 1–1 Allsvenskan 9 June 1960 Malmö Stadion 9,132 2–1 Allsvenskan 7 September 1961 Malmö Stadion 16,379 1–1 Allsvenskan 17 August 1962 Malmö Stadion 13,733 2–0 Allsvenskan 26 September 1963 Malmö Stadion 6,422 4–1 Allsvenskan 20 August 1964 Malmö Stadion 16,778 4–1 Allsvenskan 11 April 1965 Malmö Stadion 6,028 5–0 Allsvenskan 9 June 1966 Malmö Stadion 15,559 4–1 Allsvenskan 24 September 1967 Malmö Stadion 29,280 1–2 Allsvenskan 5 June 1968 Malmö Stadion 16,119 2–0 Allsvenskan 13 May 1993 Malmö Stadion 28,722 3–3 Allsvenskan 31 August 1994 Malmö Stadion 10,948 2–0 Allsvenskan 10 September 1995 Malmö Stadion 16,013 0–1 Allsvenskan 27 May 1996 Malmö Stadion 24,508 1–1 Allsvenskan 3 August 1997 Malmö Stadion 17,704 4–2 Allsvenskan 28 April 1998 Malmö Stadion 16,328 1–1 Allsvenskan 6 July 1999 Malmö Stadion 18,083 0–4 Allsvenskan 19 June 2001 Malmö Stadion 26,500 0–1 Allsvenskan 11 September 2002 Malmö Stadion 24,061 0–2 Allsvenskan 30 June 2003 Malmö Stadion 27,477 5–0 Allsvenskan 24 August 2004 Malmö Stadion 22,920 1–1 Allsvenskan 20 September 2005 Malmö Stadion 20,346 2–0 Allsvenskan 8 May 2006 Malmö Stadion 23,571 3–1 Allsvenskan 7 August 2007 Malmö Stadion 22,746 1–1 Allsvenskan 30 September 2008 Malmö Stadion 15,666 1–2 Allsvenskan 31 August 2009 Stadion 22,822 0–0 Allsvenskan 15 September 2010 Stadion 23,743 2–0 Allsvenskan 24 May 2011 Stadion 23,612 0–3^1 Allsvenskan 10 May 2012 Stadion 23,638 3–0 Allsvenskan 29 May 2013 Stadion 23,730 1–1 Allsvenskan 21 September 2014 Stadion 20,310 1–1 Allsvenskan 3 May 2015 Stadion 21,626 3–1 Allsvenskan 25 September 2016 Stadion 19,918 2–0 Allsvenskan 25 September 2019 Stadion 21,294 3–0 Allsvenskan 5 August 2020 Stadion 0 4–1 Allsvenskan 27 June 2022 Stadion 20,231 2–1 Allsvenskan Malmö FF wins Helsingborgs IF wins Draws 32 17 13

¹ Awarded 0–3 after the original match had been suspended with the score at a 0–1 as a result of a spectator scandal.^[8]

Results at home in Cup matches

Includes fixtures for the regional competition "Distriktsmästerskapet".

Date	Venue	Attendance	Matches			Competition
			Team 1	Score	Team 2
10 September 1916	Malmö IP	Unknown	Malmö FF	3–4	Helsingborgs IF	Distriktmästerskapet (Final)
2 August 1922	Malmö IP	Unknown	Malmö FF	1–1	Helsingborgs IF	Distriktmästerskapet (Final)
16 August 1922	Unknown venue	Unknown	Malmö FF	1–3	Helsingborgs IF	Distriktmästerskapet (Final, replay)
21 July 1939	Olympia	Unknown	Helsingborgs IF	1–3	Malmö FF	Distriktmästerskapet (Final)
23 August 1942	Malmö IP	Unknown	Malmö FF	2–1	Helsingborgs IF	Distriktmästerskapet (Final)
7 November 1943	Malmö IP	Unknown	Malmö FF	4–1	Helsingborgs IF	Distriktmästerskapet (Final)
27 August 1944	Malmö IP	10,882	Malmö FF	6–0	Helsingborgs IF	Svenska Cupen (Semi-final)
21 October 1945	Unknown venue	Unknown	Malmö FF	5–0	Helsingborgs IF	Distriktmästerskapet (Final)
21 July 1946	Malmö IP	12,650	Malmö FF	7–0	Helsingborgs IF	Svenska Cupen (Semi-final)
17 November 1946	Malmö IP	Unknown	Malmö FF	3–1	Helsingborgs IF	Distriktmästerskapet (Final)
20 July 1947	Olympia	9,472	Helsingborgs IF	0–3	Malmö FF	Svenska Cupen (Semi-final)
12 June 1949	Malmö IP	Unknown	Malmö FF	3–2	Helsingborgs IF	Distriktmästerskapet (Final)
19 June 1952	Malmö IP	Unknown	Malmö FF	2–1	Helsingborgs IF	Distriktmästerskapet (Final)
8 July 1953	Olympia	Unknown	Helsingborgs IF	1–0	Malmö FF	Distriktmästerskapet (Final)
22 July 1953	Olympia	14,446	Helsingborgs IF	0–3	Malmö FF	Svenska Cupen (Semi-final)
11 June 1954	Malmö IP	Unknown	Malmö FF	3–0	Helsingborgs IF	Distriktmästerskapet (Final)
20 July 1955	Malmö IP	Unknown	Malmö FF	3–3	Helsingborgs IF	Distriktmästerskapet (Final)
25 March 1956	Heden	Unknown	Helsingborgs IF	1–2	Malmö FF	Distriktmästerskapet (Final)
1 November 1958	Olympia	Unknown	Helsingborgs IF	1–2	Malmö FF	Distriktmästerskapet (Final)
8 November 1959	Unknown venue	Unknown	Helsingborgs IF	1–3	Malmö FF	Distriktmästerskapet (Final)
5 November 1960	Olympia	Unknown	Helsingborgs IF	1–2	Malmö FF	Distriktmästerskapet (Final)
13 July 1962	Olympia	Unknown	Helsingborgs IF	4–0	Malmö FF	Distriktmästerskapet (Semi-final)
13 July 1965	Olympia	Unknown	Helsingborgs IF	2–5	Malmö FF	Distriktmästerskapet (Final)
29 August 1968	Olympia	3,774	Helsingborgs IF	0–2	Malmö FF	Svenska Cupen (Round 5)
19 August 1992	Olympia	4,391	Helsingborgs IF	1–0	Malmö FF	Svenska Cupen (Round 3)
27 April 1994	Malmö Stadion	9,872	Malmö FF	2–4	Helsingborgs IF	Svenska Cupen (Semi-final)
12 November 2000	Malmö Stadion	6,146	Malmö FF	2–1	Helsingborgs IF	Svenska Cupen (Round 3)
16 May 2002	Olympia	3,634	Helsingborgs IF	0–3	Malmö FF	Svenska Cupen (Round 3)
19 March 2011	Swedbank Stadion	10,362	Malmö FF	1–2	Helsingborgs IF	Svenska Supercupen
1 May 2014	Swedbank Stadion	8,540	Malmö FF	0–2	Helsingborgs IF	Svenska Cupen (Semi-final)

Malmö FF wins	Helsingborgs IF wins	Draws
20	8	2

References

1. "HIF föll i Skånederbyt - fördel MFF i guldstriden". hd.se (in Swedish). Helsingborgs Dagblad. 15 September 2010. Retrieved 17 April 2011.
2. "Slaget om Skåne: 120 kilo från Malmö till Helsingborg". svenskafans.com (in Swedish). Svenskafans. 19 April 2010. Retrieved 18 April 2011.
3. "Svenska mästare 1896-1925, 1931-". svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 16 April 2011.
4. Smitt, 2009, pp. 258.
5. "Nu leder MFF bara med 26—4". hd.se (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 8 July 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
6. "Babis Stefanidis klar för Malmö FF". aftonbladet.se (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. 2 August 2007. Retrieved 18 April 2011.
7. "Simon Thern klar!". mff.se (in Swedish). Malmö FF. 2 August 2007. Archived from the original on 19 January 2012. Retrieved 23 December 2011.
8. "Helsingborg får segern – Malmö böter". fotbollskanalen.se. fotbollskanalen.se. 17 June 2011. Retrieved 17 June 2011.

Bibliography

Smitt, Rikard (2009). Ända sen gamla dagar... (in Swedish). Project Management. ISBN 978-91-633-5767-1.

External links

• Sveriges Fotbollshistoriker och Statistiker – Statistics for all Allsvenskan and Svenska Cupen matches
• Helsingborgs IF official website
• Malmö FF official website