Falkenbergs Fotbollsförening, also known simply as Falkenbergs FF, Falkenberg or (especially locally) FFF, is a Swedish

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club based in

Falkenberg Falkenberg is a locality and the seat of Falkenberg Municipality, Halland County, Sweden, with 27,813 inhabitants in 2019 (out of a municipal total of about 45,000). It is located at the mouth of river Ätran. The name consists of the Swedish ...

. Formed on 3 January 1928, the club plays in the second highest Swedish league,

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. Falkenberg are affiliated with

Hallands Fotbollförbund The Hallands Fotbollförbund ''(Halland Football Association)'' is one of the 24 district organisations of the Swedish Football Association. It administers lower tier football in the historical province of Halland. Background Hallands Fotbollf ...

History

During the first thirty seasons of Falkenbergs FF, the club spent most of its time in Division 3. In the early years, the club also played

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and

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. In the early seventies (1973 and 1974), FFF were in Division 6. However, they would then start ascending in the Swedish league system, earning two consecutive promotions in 1986 to Division 2 and in 1987 to Division 1, which was then the second tier of Swedish football. The following season in 1988, Falkenberg played their first season in the second division. After twelve rounds of play in

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...

, Falkenbergs FF led Division 1 Södra and had their sights set on qualifying for Allsvenskan. But the club's success would not last all 26 rounds and they finished seventh in the league table.

Season to season

Players

First-team squad

Out on loan

Managers

:Source: * Thure Claesson (1929–31) * Henning Svensson (1932–33) * Tobbi Svenson (1934–46) * Erik Göransson (1947) * Henry Antfors (1948–50) * Nils Rydell (1951) * Gösta Lambertsson (1952) * Tobbi Svenson (1953–54) * Gunnar Rydberg & Axel Löfgren (1955) * Gunnar Rydberg (1956) * John Vikdahl (1957–58) * Rune Ludvigsson & Fingal Mårtensson (1959) * Ingemar Pettersson (1960) * Gunnar Svensson (1961–63) * Rolf Johansson (1964–65) * Gunnar Svensson (1966–67) * Hans Ambrosius (1968) * Alf Jönsson (1969–70) * Ove Bernhard & Rolf Jakobsson (1971–72) * Hans Ambrosius (1973) * Lars Nylander (1974–76) * Jan Anders Andersson (1977–79) * Bengt Carnelid (1980–81) * Hasse Selander (1982–84) * PG Skoglund (1985–86) * Olle Kristenson (1987–89) * Bryan King (1990–91) * Stig Kristensson (1992–96) * Rutger Backe & Sven Sjöholm (1997) * Roberto Jakobsson (1997–99) * Uno Andersson (2000–01) * Örjan Glans (2002–03) * Lars Borgström (2004) * Stig Kristensson (2004–07) * Thomas Askebrand (2008–12) * Hans Eklund (2013) *

Henrik Larsson Edward Henrik Larsson (; born 20 September 1971) is a Swedish professional association football, football coach and former player who played many times for the Sweden men's national football team, Swedish national team. A Striker (association f ...

(2014) * Hans Eklund (2015–2022) * Christoffer Andersson (2022–present)

Achievements

League

: ** Winners (1):

2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

Footnotes

References

External links

Falkenbergs FF
nbsp;– official site
Svenskafans.com
nbsp;– Supporters' site {{Authority control Football clubs in Halland County Sport in Falkenberg Defunct bandy clubs in Sweden Association football clubs established in 1928 Bandy clubs established in 1928 1928 establishments in Sweden Allsvenskan clubs 20th-century establishments in Halland County