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LdB FC Malmö 
Full name Lait de Beauté Football Club Malmö Founded 1970 as Malmö FF Dam
2007 as LdB FC MalmöGround Malmö IP,
Malmö
(Capacity: 7.600)Chairman Cecilia Tholse Manager Martin Sjögren League Damallsvenskan 2011 Damallsvenskan, 1st (Champions) 
Home coloursLdB FC Malmö (formerly Malmö FF Dam) is a professional football club based in Malmö, Scania, Sweden. The team was established as Malmö FF Dam in 1970 and has played 22 seasons in the Women's premier division, Damallsvenskan. The team has seven championship gold medals, the latest from 2011. As of 2010 the club ranks first in the overall Damallsvenskan table.[1] LdB FC Malmö play their home games at Malmö IP in Malmö.
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History
On the 7th of September 1970 the board of Malmö FF took the decision to start a women's team as part of the main club. The team was called Malmö FF Dam—the word dam meaning lady—to distinguish the team from the men's division of the same club.
LdB's Nilla Fischer (centre) in July 2011
In April 2007, Malmö FF Dam started a rebranding of the team, including a new team name, jerseys, and logo. The team was renamed LdB FC Malmö on 11 April 2007. This meant that the club fully withdrew from Malmö FF and became a club of its own. The change of name was related to a SEK24 million sponsorship deal with Swedish skincare firm Hardford; whose leading brand Lait de Beauté (lit. beauty milk) became the name of the club.[2]
After six runner-up finishes since their 1994 title, the team finally won another Damallsvenskan championship in 2010 which qualified them for the 2011–12 UEFA Women's Champions League.
Current squad
As of 7 October 2011:[3] Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
No. Position Player 1 
GK Þóra Björg Helgadóttir 2 
DF Emma Wilhelmsson 3 MF Amanda Ilestedt 4 DF Malin Levenstad 5 MF Nilla Fischer 6 
FW Katrine Veje 7 
MF Annika Kukkonen 8 MF Frida Nordin 9 FW Elin Rubensson 10 MF Viktoria Malmros 11 MF Therese Sjögran 12 MF Sofia Anker-Kofoed 13 DF Michela Bengtsson No. Position Player 14 
FW Manon Melis 15 FW Felicia Karlsson 16 DF Lina Nilsson 17 MF Caroline Seger 18 MF Sara Björk Gunnarsdóttir 19 MF Linda Forsberg 20 MF Elena Sadiku 21 
GK Pamela Tajonar 22 DF Nera Smajic 23 DF Saga Fredriksson 24 MF Anna Thörnqvist 30 GK Hilda Carlén Achievements
As Malmö FF Dam
- Damallsvenskan:
- Winners (7): 1986, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 2010, 2011
- Runners-up (9): 1989, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005
- Svenska Cupen:
- Winners (2): 1990, 1997
- Runners-up (1): 2003
- Supercupen:
- Winners (1): 2011
Footnotes
- ^ http://svenskfotboll.se/damallsvenskan/historik/maratontabell-1988-/
- ^ "MFF dam byter namn till LDB Football Club". sydsvenskan.se. http://sydsvenskan.se/sport/article230875.ece. Retrieved 2010-03-06.
- ^ FC Malmö squad UEFA.com, 7 October 2011
External links
- LdB FC - Official website (Swedish)
Football in Sweden Swedish Football Association · District Football AssociationsNational teams League system - Men Allsvenskan · Superettan · Division 1 (North · South) · Division 2 · Division 3 · Division 4 · Division 5 · Division 6 · Division 7 · Division 8League system - Ladies Damallsvenskan · Ladies Division 1 · Ladies Division 2 · Ladies Division 3 · Ladies Division 4 · Ladies Division 5Cup competitions List of champions · List of men's clubs · List of women's clubs · List of venues · Records · Derbies · List of competitions (defunct)Damallsvenskan 2011 Dalsjöfors GoIF · Djurgården · Göteborg FC · Hammarby IF · Jitex BK · KIF Örebro · Kristianstads DFF · Linköpings FC · LdB FC · Piteå IF · Tyresö FF · Umeå IKCategories:- Swedish women's football clubs
- Sport in Malmö
- Malmö FF
- Damallsvenskan:
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