Trelleborgs FF, or simply Trelleborg, is a Swedish

Sweden

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 football club

Football (soccer)

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 located in Trelleborg

Trelleborg

Trelleborg is a locality and the seat of Trelleborg Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 25,643 inhabitants in 2005. It is the southernmost town in Sweden.-History:...

. The club, formed 6 December 1926, will during the season of 2012 play in the second highest Swedish 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....

. Trelleborgs FF has participated 17 times in Allsvenskan and once in the UEFA-cup where the team eliminated Blackburn Rovers in the same season Rovers won the English Premier League.

Trelleborg have had a reputation of being a less fashionable provincial side, making the most of limited resources and a small fan base. The team has typically been recognised by performing goalkeppers, a strong defense and a good home record. In 2006 the team broke the Superettan record for longest period without conceiding a goal.

The club is affiliated to the Skånes Fotbollförbund

Skånes Fotbollförbund

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Promotion to top division and qualifying for the UEFA-cup

The club won promotion to the top swedish league for the first time in 1984. The club's glory days arrived in the early nineties when they won promotion to Allsvenskan for the second time and finished third in 1992, the so far best placement, fourth in 1993 and participated in the UEFA-cup. Tipped for demotion at the start of most seasons, the team scrambled through the late nineties with effective, but not very attractive, defensive long ball tactics. Trelleborg's stadium, Vångavallen, was even nick named "Tjongavallen" (from Swedish "Tjonga" - kicking a football far away without direction). The team was finally demoted in 2001 after a disappointing season.

Recent years

The club gained promotion to the top league for the third time in 2003 just to be demoted directly, somewhat ironicly since it came after the Trelleborg board hired the dane Ole Mørk

Ole Mørk

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 who was supposed to change the Trelleborg style of play into a more attractive short-passing game. In 2005, TFF finished eleventh in Superettan after a turbulent year, while 2006 became a successful year for the team. Three rounds before the end of Superettan 2006, Trelleborg stood as clear winners, thus gaining promotion to the 2007 Allsvenskan. Relegation was narrowly avoided with superior goal difference in 2007. In 2008 Tom Prahl

Tom Prahl

Tom Prahl is a Swedish retired former football player and manager.-Coaching career:Since 1990 to the 2000's, Prahl was one of Sweden's most successful managers, winning three league titles. He debuted in 1992 in Allsvenskan with Trelleborgs FF. He won the league since then with both Malmö FF and...

, trainer during the success years in the early nineties, returned as head coach. Trelleborg finished at tenth place in an even season where Rasmus Bengtsson

Rasmus Bengtsson

Rasmus Bengtsson is a Swedish footballer currently playing for FC Twente. His position is centre back.- Career :A youth product of Malmö FF, Bengtsson made his debut for first professional club Trelleborgs FF in 2006. In Trelleborg he changed his preferred position from striker to centre defense...

 amongst others had an inspiring season. In 2009 the team finished at ninth place after a strong finish. In 2010 the teams tactics changed to a more creative and public friendly gamestyle. The team finished fifth after a strong autumn, their best position since 1993, just to be relegated in 2011, after conceiding 64 goals in 16 matches and finishing second last.

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): 2006
  • Runner-up (1): 2003
• 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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  • Winners (1): 1991
  • Runner-up (2): 1987, 1989

Squad

Out on loan

For season transfers, see transfers winter 2011–2012.

Noted players and managers

Amir Teljigović

Amir Teljigović

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 (1996–98) Rasmus Bengtsson

Rasmus Bengtsson

Rasmus Bengtsson is a Swedish footballer currently playing for FC Twente. His position is centre back.- Career :A youth product of Malmö FF, Bengtsson made his debut for first professional club Trelleborgs FF in 2006. In Trelleborg he changed his preferred position from striker to centre defense...

 Andreas Isaksson

Andreas Isaksson

Andreas Isaksson is a Swedish footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Dutch club PSV Eindhoven and for the Swedish national team.-Club career:...

 Bo Larsson

Bo Larsson

Bo "Bosse" Göran Larsson is a former Swedish football midfielder/striker.Bosse Larsson was one of the national team profiles during the 1970s...

 Tom Prahl

Tom Prahl

Tom Prahl is a Swedish retired former football player and manager.-Coaching career:Since 1990 to the 2000's, Prahl was one of Sweden's most successful managers, winning three league titles. He debuted in 1992 in Allsvenskan with Trelleborgs FF. He won the league since then with both Malmö FF and...

 Patrik Redo

Patrik Redo

Patrik Redo is a Swedish football player, who currently plays for Kristianstads FF.-Career:Starting his career in Anderstorp IF he later moved to Halmstad and IF Leikin. In 2002, he moved to local rivals Halmstads BK. However, after making only a few appearances he was loaned to Trelleborgs FF in...

External links

• Trelleborgs FF - official site
• True Blues - official supporter club site
• Ståplats - supporter site