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{{short description|Association football club in Trelleborg, Sweden}}
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|founded  = {{start date and age|6 December 1926}}
|ground   = [[Vångavallen]],<br />[[Trelleborg]]
|capacity = 7,000<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.trelleborgsff.se/foreningen/vangavallen|publisher=Trelleborgs FF|language=sv|access-date=2018-02-27|title=Vångavallen|archive-date=13 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213025132/http://www.trelleborgsff.se/foreningen/vangavallen|url-status=live}}</ref>
|chairman = Torbjörn Jönsson
|mgrtitle   = Manager
|manager  = Stefan Jacobsson
|league   = [[Superettan]]
|season   = [[2024 Superettan|2024]]
|position = [[Superettan]], 7th
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'''Trelleborgs Fotbollsförening''', more commonly known as '''Trelleborgs FF''' or simply '''Trelleborg''', is a [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[Football club (association football)|football club]] located in [[Trelleborg]]. Formed 6 December 1926, the club plays in [[Superettan]], the second tier in the [[Swedish football league system]], while the women's team play in [[Elitettan]], the women's second division.<ref>https://www.sofascore.com/team/football/trelleborgs-ff/319189</ref> Trelleborgs FF has participated 17 times in [[Allsvenskan]] and once in the [[1994–95 UEFA Cup|UEFA Cup]] where the team eliminated [[Blackburn Rovers F.C.|Blackburn Rovers]] in the 1994–1995 season.

Trelleborg has had a reputation for being a less fashionable provincial side, making the most of limited resources and a small fan base. The team has typically been recognised by its performing [[Goalkeeper (association football)|goalkeepers]], a strong defence and a good home record. In 2006 the team broke the Superettan record for the longest period without conceding a goal.

The club is affiliated to the [[Skånes Fotbollförbund]].<ref>{{cite web |url= https://svenskfotboll.se/svensk-fotboll/om-svff/distrikten/?ffid=14 |title= Kontaktuppgifter och tävlingar&nbsp;– Skånes Fotbollförbund&nbsp;– Svenskfotboll.se |access-date= 2011-01-12 |archive-date= 7 December 2011 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20111207095803/http://svenskfotboll.se/svensk-fotboll/om-svff/distrikten/?ffid=14 |url-status= live }}</ref>

== History ==

=== Promotion to top division and qualifying for the UEFA Cup ===
Trelleborg's football club achieved promotion to the top Swedish league in 1984 and experienced its peak in the early nineties. Notably, they secured third place in Allsvenskan in 1992, their best finish, followed by a fourth-place finish in 1993 and UEFA Cup participation. Despite being often predicted for demotion, the team employed effective but less attractive defensive long-ball tactics in the late nineties. Trelleborg's stadium, Vångavallen, earned the nickname "Tjongavallen" due to the team's style. After a disappointing 2001 season, the club was relegated.

=== Recent years ===
The club gained promotion to the top league for the third time in 2003 just to be demoted directly, since it came after the Trelleborg board hired the Dane [[Ole Mørk]], 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 a clear winner, thus gaining promotion to the 2007 Allsvenskan. Relegation was narrowly avoided with a superior goal difference in 2007. In 2008 [[Tom Prahl]], 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]] 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 game style. The team finished fifth after a strong autumn, their best position since 1993, just to be relegated in 2011, after conceding 64 goals in 16 matches and finishing second last. In 2012, Trelleborg was relegated from [[Superettan]], and the following year they failed to re-qualify for [[Superettan]] by finishing third place in [[Division 1 (Swedish football)]]. In 2014 they only avoided getting relegated from [[Division 1 (Swedish football)]] through goal difference, however, the next year they won the league and therefore qualified for the [[2016 Superettan]]. In 2017, Trelleborg finished in third place and qualified for playoffs against [[Jönköpings Södra IF]] where they won 3–1 in aggregate and were promoted to [[Allsvenskan]] after a 6-year hiatus. The return was short-lived, however, and they were relegated after finishing in last place in the [[2018 Allsvenskan]].

== Achievements ==

=== League ===
*'''[[Superettan]]'''
** '''Winners (1):''' 2006
** ''Runners-up (1):'' 2003
*'''[[Division 1 Södra]]'''
** '''Winners (1):''' 1991, 2015
** ''Runners-up (2):'' 1987, 1989

==Players==
===Current squad===
{{Updated|7 May 2025}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://trelleborgsff.se/lagen/herr/|publisher=Trelleborgs FF|access-date=2023-06-02|title=Trelleborgs FF Lagen Herr|archive-date=2 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230602190658/https://trelleborgsff.se/lagen/herr/|url-status=live}}</ref>
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|no= 1|nat=DEN|pos=GK|name=[[Andreas Larsen]]}}
{{Fs player|no= 3|nat=SWE|pos=DF|name=[[Charlie Weberg]]}}
{{Fs player|no= 4|nat=SWE|pos=DF|name=Abbe Rehn}}
{{Fs player|no= 5|nat=NGA|pos=DF|name=[[Abel Ogwuche]]}}
{{Fs player|no= 7|nat=SWE|pos=MF|name=Jakob Andersson}}
{{Fs player|no= 8|nat=SWE|pos=FW|name=Oskar Ruuska}}
{{Fs player|no= 9|nat=NOR|pos=FW|name=Emil Jaf}}
{{Fs player|no=10|nat=FIN|pos=MF|name=[[Axel Vidjeskog]]}}
{{Fs player|no=11|nat=SWE|pos=FW|name=Armin Culum}}
{{Fs player|no=12|nat=SWE|pos=GK|name=[[Mathias Nilsson (footballer, born 1999)|Mathias Nilsson]]}}
{{Fs player|no=15|nat=NGA|pos=DF|name=Emmanuel Godwin}}
{{Fs mid}}
{{Fs player|no=16|nat=SWE|pos=MF|name=Ammar Asani}}
{{Fs player|no=17|nat=SWE|pos=FW|name=[[Filip Bohman]]}}
{{Fs player|no=19|nat=SWE|pos=DF|name=Tobias Karlsson}}
{{Fs player|no=20|nat=SWE|pos=DF|name=[[Felix Hörberg]]}}
{{Fs player|no=21|nat=MKD|pos=DF|name=Eren Alievski}}
{{Fs player|no=22|nat=SWE|pos=FW|name=Fredrik Martinsson}}
{{Fs player|no=23|nat=SWE|pos=DF|name=Loke Mattsson}}
{{Fs player|no=24|nat=SWE|pos=MF|name=Viktor Christiansson}}
{{Fs player|no=25|nat=SWE|pos=FW|name=Elliot Löfberg}}
{{Fs player|no=26|nat=SWE|pos=FW|name=Johannes Käck}}
{{Fs player|no=27|nat=SWE|pos=MF|name=Alexander Baraslievski}}
{{Fs end}}

====Out on loan====
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=SWE|pos=DF|name=Noah Cavander|other=at [[Torns IF]] until 30 November 2025}}
{{Fs end}}

==Management==

===Organisation===
{{Updated|1 January 2018}}
{|
|valign="top"|
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Name

!Role
|-
|{{Flag icon|SWE}} Torbjörn Jönsson
|Chairman
|-
|{{Flag icon|SWE}} Mattias Kronvall
|Director of football
|-
|{{Flag icon|SWE}} [[Hasse Mattisson]]
|Head of marketing
|-
|}
|}

===Technical staff===
{{Updated|9 December 2019}}
{|
|valign="top"|
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Name

!Role
|-
||{{Flag icon|SWE}} [[Kristian Haynes]]
|Manager
|-
|{{Flag icon|SWE}} Alexander Tengryd
|Assistant coach
|-
|{{Flag icon|SWE}} [[Magnus Andersson (footballer, born 1981)|Magnus Andersson]]
|Assistant coach and fitness coach
|-
|{{Flag icon|SWE}} Tomas Håkansson
|Goalkeeper coach
|-
|}
|}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
{{Commons category|Trelleborgs FF}}
* [http://www.trelleborgsff.se/ Trelleborgs FF]&nbsp;– official site
* [http://www.trueblues.nu/ True Blues]&nbsp;– official supporter club site
* [http://www.svenskafans.com/fotboll/tff/ Ståplats]&nbsp;– supporter site

{{Trelleborgs FF}}
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