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35-472: The history of the team dates back to 1944 as the ice hockey division of the now exclusively football club Malmö FF . In 1972 the team divested from Malmö FF, marking the start of the hockey association initially known as Malmö IF. The team name was changed to MIF Redhawks in 2001 and then to the present name IF Malmö Redhawks in 2004. Officially the team goes by the name Ishockeyföreningen Malmö Redhawks ( Ice Hockey Association Malmö Redhawks ). The current CEO

70-484: A (professional) football club is incorporation . A football club is an entity which is formed and governed by a committee and has members which may consist of supporters in addition to players. A consequence of the FIFA rules and regulations for association football clubs is that players are not allowed to be owned by any legal entity other than the clubs themselves. This means that the involvement of external investors in

105-644: A business, city or district. Clubs often are the sole event organisers of their home games. Stadium naming rights are sometimes procured by sponsors to generate additional sources of revenue for the football club. Normally this requires the club (or its owners) to have sole ownership of the stadium of which naming rights are sold. An association football club exists as a business entity. The club signs commercial contract with players as well as non-playing personnel. As any business entity it has its own secretary or secretarial department as well as financial, legal, accounting and other departments. The club also often has

140-476: A club is and is not allowed to do with their spending and capital holdings. The capital structure of a football club most closely resembles that of a nonprofit corporation , although it may still be profitable per se to its investors. A practical example is the fact that clubs may deliberately price matchday tickets below market value , instead favouring a higher stadium attendance or membership priority access over total matchday revenues. Another notable example

175-440: A combination of their own youth academies, as well as external sources of talent (pools) through affiliated clubs as well as the arrangement of youth tournaments. An association football club normally has a designated stadium as their home ground, where the club plays its home games, which normally make up about half of fixtures for a given season. The home ground can either be owned by the club itself or by some other entity such as

210-426: A department or someone who popularizes it or interacts with public on behalf of the club (public affair). The club may also contain own agronomist or whole agricultural department. An association football club often times provides some medical support in forms of first or urgent medical aid and physical rehabilitation or recovery plans for its players. Almtuna IS Too Many Requests If you report this error to

245-640: A margin of two points by scoring twice in the last minute of play. The Redhawks only managed to get 2 points in the 2008 Kvalserien last four rounds, despite having gotten 15 points after the first six games. During the 2008–09 season, the Redhawks moved to the newly inaugurated Malmö Arena, a state-of-the-art sports and entertainment venue, located in Hyllie in the southern parts of Malmö . On 29 January 2009, while still playing in HockeyAllsvenskan,

280-447: A national level within each national member association. The majority of association football clubs take part in a league system . These league systems are governed on a continental level by the six regional FIFA confederations. Football clubs exist all over the world on amateur, semi-professional or professional levels of the game. They can be owned by members as well as business entities. Football clubs have been in practice since

315-422: A presence within a certain geographic area where football is a natural part of the culture. Football clubs may also expand their area of reach further from the local region of origin to whom they belong. Many association football clubs will have either one or more youth systems connected to the organization, either as part of the club, or as an affiliate to the club. The more prestigious football clubs often have

350-411: Is Patrik Sylvegård who represented the team during his senior playing career. The team was inaugurated on 28 February 1972 as Malmö Ishockeyförening ( Malmö Ice Hockey Association , or MIF ) when the ice hockey division of Malmö FF was transitioned into an independent association. The early history of the team was spent in the lower divisions of Swedish hockey. Relegation to Division 2 in 1984 became

385-528: Is a sports club that acts as an entity through which association football teams organise their sporting activities. The club can exist either as an independent unit or as part of a larger sports organization as a subsidiary of the parent club or organization. The sport of association football allows teams that partake in some sort of club activity to participate in tournaments such as leagues and other competitions. Teams must register their players as well as staff and other personnel to be eligible to represent

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420-442: Is the prevalence of community initiatives by professional football clubs. The English Premier League is wholly owned by its 20 participating member clubs. Professional football clubs also act as market entities offering a highly sought after product to an entertainment sector audience. It therefor acts as a market intermediator between its product (the football players) and its market (the supporters). In doing so, it fills

455-585: The 1992–93 European championship. At the end of the 2004–05 season, the Redhawks participated in the qualification series to stay in Elitserien, where they did not manage to secure one of the spots for staying up, and were relegated. Thus, as of the 2005–06 season, they played in the HockeyAllsvenskan , the second division hockey league in Sweden ; at the end of the season, the top four teams played

490-530: The 19th century, with the existence of clubs dating back to the 1850s . During the early 1860s, there were increasing attempts in England to unify and reconcile the various football games that were played in the public schools as well in the industrial north under the Sheffield Rules. Working class, industrial cities all over the U.K. began forming their own Football Associations in the late 1800s, from

525-693: The 2011–12 season, Patrik Sylvegård was appointed CEO and sports director, and Redhawks profile Mats Lusth was acquired as the new assistant coach. A Sports Committee was also created, which includes people with strong connection to Malmö Redhawks. Ulf Taavola continued as head coach like the previous season when he took over Leif Strömberg . Malmö Redhawks had to sign a lot of new players. The players who remained from last season were Pontus Sjögren , Emil Carnestad, Stefan Lassen , Alexander Ribbenstrand , Robin Alvarez , Lukas Eriksson, Magnus Häggström , Tomas Kollar and Roger Olsson . The Malmö Redhawks started

560-482: The 2012–13 season in poor fashion and after 17 games played, the team had only taken 21 points, which was far from even a playoff spot towards Kvalserien. Eventually, the team began a massive boost, which went through the month of November without a single loss after regulation time, and took a total of 24 out of 27 points that month. As a result of the great effort in November, the Redhawks were located in fifth place in

595-406: The Redhawks. For the full season-by-season history, see List of Malmö Redhawks seasons Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, OTL = Overtime Losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against Last updated on 16 August 2024 Football club (association football) In association football, a football club (or association football club , alternatively soccer club )

630-623: The Scottish Football Association in 1873 to Lancashire FA in 1878. Teams still in existence began popping up, some with the help of the Church; for example, Aston Villa was founded in 1874, Wolverhampton Wanderers in 1877, Bolton Wanderers in 1874 and Everton in 1878. Due to the scope and popularity of the sport, professional football clubs carry a significant commercial existence, with fans expecting personal service and interactivity, and external stakeholders viewing

665-518: The acquirement of players to the club must only involve the eventual transfer of the rights to the contract of the player in question, and not the contract itself. There are several professional football clubs that are publicly traded. Normally, football clubs are not run with the intent of profit maximization , as its sports outcomes are considered more important than its financial outcomes by its ownership. In addition, financial regulations as, for example, UEFA Financial Fair Play may also limit what

700-464: The best paid ice hockey player in Sweden at that time. The season started well with a top-three spot in the league after a couple of months, but after falling down to sixth place with 47 points, at that time 10 points away from the third Kvalserien spot, Redhawks then-head coach Leif Strömberg was fired on 10 December 2011. He was replaced by the team's then-assistant coach Ulf Taavola. Patrik Sylvegård

735-470: The club in any activity as it regards to association football competitions. In association football terminology, competitions are referred to as "club competitions". Supporters may also acquire membership rights within their club. Even sponsors may be accounted for as members of the club of affiliation. This is a reason as to why the sport came to be called association football. The exact requirements for club licensing are regulated by FIFA and implemented on

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770-525: The deal was to get Malmö Redhawks back to Elitserien. Malmö's efforts to reach Elitserien started immediately prior to the 2011–12 season . Several players from higher divisions, including Hannu Toivonen , Daniel Josefsson , J. D. Forrest , Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre and Linus Klasen , joined the team. When Linus Klasen joined the team on 17 May 2011, he was immediately appointed the team's captain . Linus Klasen's three-year contract included an annual salary of 4 million SEK ($ 0.6 million USD), which made Klasen

805-416: The field of professional football as a source of significant business advantages. For this reason, expensive player transfers have become an expectable part of the sport. Awards are also handed out to managers or coaches on a yearly basis for excellent performances. The designs, logos and names of professional football clubs are often licensed trademarks. The difference between a football team and

840-534: The financial situation needed to be reviewed, after Hugo Stenbeck had withdrawn from the organisation. They filed for economic reconstruction on 11 April 2012. The filing was granted the following day. The team re-negotiated the most expensive player contracts in order to reduce the total squad salary from 30 million SEK to 18 million. On 17 May 2012 it was announced that Malmö Redhawks and Hugo Stenbeck had agreed that Stenbeck would help buy out Linus Klasen and Hannu Toivonen due to their expensive contracts. After

875-473: The first game, but lost the two following games (which the Redhawks played on away ice) and thus were eliminated from the playoffs. In the 2010–11 season, things went worse as the Redhawks failed to reach the playoffs, finishing 8th and four points short from a playoff spot. On 28 January 2011, during the 2010–11 season, the Redhawks announced that they had agreed to a 3-year 70-million SEK ($ 10.6 million USD ) deal with investor Hugo Stenbeck. The intention with

910-407: The first tier with a 4th place finish and 15 points in the 2014 Kvalserien . This was Malmö's eighth consecutive season in HockeyAllsvenskan, which is the second-highest league in Sweden. In the regular-season from 11 September 2014 to 26 February 2015 Malmö finished in third place which meant they qualified for 2015 Slutsspelsserien against Leksands IF . Coming into game seven it was tied 3-3 and

945-465: The game was played on Leksand's arena Tegera Arena , after a hard-fought game Malmö Redhawks won 4-2 with one goal being with empty net. Winning against Leksands IF meant that Malmö now played in SHL. Since the comeback to the top flight, the team has managed to reach the semi-final in 2017 and 2018 , and an additional quarter final in 2019 . This is a partial list of the last five seasons completed by

980-406: The league by early December. In January, the team began a losing streak and lost eight games in a row. The team finished in ninth place, which was the worst placing the team had since the large investments during the late 1980s. In Malmö, the season was over on March 2, when the regular season was finished. Having won the 2013–14 HockeyAllsvenskan the year after they fell just short of qualifying for

1015-495: The qualification series with the bottom two teams of Elitserien. Malmö won the qualification round and played in Elitserien during the 2006–07 season. In 2007, the Malmö Redhawks participated in a qualification series ( Kvalserien ) consisting of the top four teams of HockeyAllsvenskan and the bottom two teams from Elitserien, having finished 12th in the 2006–07 Elitserien season . Malmö were considered favourites alongside

1050-422: The second team from Elitserien, Skellefteå AIK , but failed to re-qualify for Elitserien, falling two points behind Södertälje SK . In 2008 the team once again managed to reach Kvalserien , and had a golden opportunity to advance to Elitserien, leading the series for a majority of rounds. The Redhawks, however, lost in overtime of the final round while their arch rivals, Rögle BK , claimed the Elitserien spot with

1085-531: The spark to a series of events including the departure of Nils Yngvesson who had been chairman of the association since its creation in 1972. The team only played one season in Division 2 before being promoted back to Division 1, where Malmö IF made what it referred to as "the biggest investment in Swedish sports history." The team's campaign to reach the top league failed that season, but in the 1989–90 season ,

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1120-576: The team finished first in both their autumn Division 1 group, as well as the Allsvenskan in the spring, and then won the Allsvenskan final 3–0 in games against MoDo to secure promotion to Elitserien (today called the SHL) for the first time. They would remain in the top flight for 15 seasons, a period that would bring two name changes (to MIF Redhawks in 1996 and to IF Malmö Redhawks in 2003), as well as two Swedish Championship titles, in 1992 and 1994, and

1155-420: The team released all its contracted players due to financial debt and in order to avoid bankruptcy. The players were made free to find and sign with other teams. By then the Redhawks were ranked 10th in the league with only one month of games remaining to play, instead of the top three or seven required for Kvalserien and possible Elitserien qualification. The team finished 8th and thus missed the playoffs, although

1190-534: The team was just one point short from reaching the playoffs. Malmö finished fifth in HockeyAllsvenskan in the 2009–10 season and thus reached the playoffs, which was an improvement over last season. The Redhawks started the playoffs by knocking out Bofors IK in two straight games, and the Redhawks were now set to face Almtuna IS for a series that would decide which team would be HockeyAllsvenskan's fourth one in Kvalserien. The Redhawks beat Almtuna 2–1 at home in

1225-515: Was acquired as the team's new assistant coach. After continuing to struggle throughout January, the Malmö Redhawks improved in February, and managed a seventh-place finish in the league, which was enough for a playoff spot. In the Playoff round, Malmö finished second due to inferior goal difference than Rögle BK, and did not qualify the 2012 Kvalserien . In early 2012, Malmö Redhawks stated that

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