The boards of the respective football clubs agree that parts of Limhamn / Bunkeflo will be merged with the major club Malmö FF. On Tuesday evening, the members of the MFF will say theirs, and in the event of a yes, there will be an extra annual meeting also in LB07, which has a women's team that just went out of the ladies' swan, on Wednesday.
Why does Malmö FF want a women's team when there are already two elite teams in Malmö (besides LB07 there is FC Rosengård)?
The basis is a previous membership decision to start girl soccer again. Malmö FF's CEO Niclas Carlnén has also said that it is about getting a width on the boy's side, developing talent training and getting a collaboration with a men's team. Limhamn / Bunkeflo has a men's team that has just joined division 2.
What are the MFF members going to vote for?
Members must decide whether they want a women's team, and in the event of a yes (at least 50 per cent of the vote) it must also be voted on if they are to take over LB07's elite license. For that proposal to go through, at least a two-thirds majority (66.6 percent) is required. If it becomes no, the idea is to start a women's team already next year, then in division 4.
How strong is the support of the members?
It seems like it can be a yes to a women's team. The crack question is whether it will be through a merger with LB07. The supporter association MFF Support does not want MFF to take over "another club's history, success and place in the series system" but instead wants the club to start its own ladies' business.
What does Limhamn / Bunkeflo have to gain from a merger and collaboration with Malmö FF?
It was LB07 who considered that it was possible to supplement Malmö FF and contacted the big club earlier this year to start a discussion about cooperation and merger.
LB07 has had major financial problems and has been forced to lose weight in the office. The budget for 2020 is almost halved (from SEK 12 million) to next year, writes Sydsvenskan. Malmö FF has said that it will invest SEK 8 million on women's soccer next year and will have a budget of SEK 17 million for the women's business in 2024.
What do the players in LB07 like to play in sky blue?
Nathalie Hoff Persson tells Sydsvenskan that "everyone hopes for an MFF yes" in the squad.
What does the Swedish champion club Rosengård think that Malmö FF might take over another elite team in the city?
Rosengårds chairman Håkan Wifvesson welcomes the competition. He tells TV4's Football Channel that they are grateful for all the investments made in women's football and that Swedish women's football is a winner of a strong club that Malmö FF invests in a women's team in the elite.
Earlier this year IFK Gothenburg and Elfsborg also decided to start women's teams. Why are big men's clubs also investing in women's soccer right now?
Internationally, for a few years there has been a trend that large men's clubs are investing in women's football and now the trend has reached Sweden. Maybe it is about sports politics, gender equality and / or economics. IFK Göteborg already has girls teams and wants to give them the chance to stay in the club to senior level. Chairman Mats Engström also says to the Gothenburg Post: "We show that it is equally important with both guys and girls."