About stadium

Stadium introduction

Malmö began to seek a move away from their former stadium back in the mid 1990s as their former ground proved to be large for the average crowd size and combined with the maintenance costs of the ageing structure, it was slowly becoming economically unenviable. The board initially believed that relocating to the club’s even older stadium, the 1910 built Malmö IP, was the answer, but this proved to be a short term solution with the club returning to Malmö Stadion in 2001. After winning the Allsvenskan title in 2004, the first time in over 25 years, the club began to once again flirt with the idea of building a brand new stadium and in conjunction with Malmö Municipality they drafted five different locations. Option 3 was eventually chosen which would see the current Malmö Stadion renovated into an athletics stadium, and a purpose built football ground built to the south. The 24,000 capacity stadium which includes 18,000 seats and 6,000 terrace places is the third largest to be used in the Allsvenskan behind AIK’s Friends Arena and Tele2 Arena shared by Djurgårdens IF’s and Hammarby IF. Costing around €79.7 million euros the project’s initial budget of 398 million kronor almost doubled, with the club opting to sell the naming rights to Swedish Bank Swedbank for a ten year period to help cover the miscalculated costs. The inaugural match was held against division 1 side Örgryte IS on the 13th April 2009 with Malmö FF ushering in the new era with a 3-0 nil victory. The record attendance at the ground so far is 24,148 which was set during the last game of the 2010 season against Mjällby AIF, when fans watched the team secure the league title. Allowing Malmö FF to compete in the Champions League, the capacity of Swedbank Stadion is reduced to 21,000 as the 6,000 terrace places are converted into seats as per UEFA regulations.

How to get to the Stadium

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