A team from a fishing village with about 1,500 inhabitants is in great shape to make history in European football.The team in question is Mjällby AIF, founded in 1939 and is strongly heading towards ...
A team from a fishing village with about 1,500 inhabitants is in great shape to make history in European football.
The team in question is Mjällby AIF, founded in 1939 and is strongly heading towards the unprecedented title of Allsvenskan, the Swedish league.
They have 50 points remaining from the 30 rounds of the "Swedish" 2025 - which started in March.
They are eight points ahead of Hammarby. The biggest national champion, Malmö, is third with 37.
The complete table and dates of all games can be checked here.
Mjällby's last victory was against GAIS, last Monday (25).
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— Mjällby AIF (@MjallbyAIFs) August 25, 2025
Mjällby, which is from the locality of the same name that belongs to the municipality of Sölvesborg.
They play their games at Strandvallen, a stadium that can hold up to 7,000 fans and is located in Sölvesborg.
And they have a good average attendance, as they have secured about 5,300 spectators in the last home games.
The big surprise of Allsvenskan-2025 has been competing in the local elite continuously since 2020.
They had already made notable campaigns and, last year, almost secured a spot in the Conference League playoffs.
Their greatest achievements to date are the two titles of Superettan, the Second Division, won in 2009 and 2019.
Only lost ONE game this season
In addition to the Swedish, Mjällby is also fighting for the title of Svenska Cupen, the Swedish Cup.
This tournament follows the "standard calendar" in Europe, which makes the current edition the 2025/2026 one.
Mjällby advanced after eliminating Onsala BK with a 2 x 1 overtime win.
They were runners-up in the tournament after falling to Häcken in the final of the 2022/2023 edition.
The only defeat of the season was in the match against AIK, by 2 x 1, still in the eighth round of Allsvenskan.
That is: they are 13 games without defeats in the local league. And fourteen in the sum of the two competitions.
This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇧🇷 here.
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