the cities are geographically close to each other, and the supporters of the two teams hold a certain grudge, which dates back to the beginning of the 20th century. there is also a rivalry between landskrona and malmö ff, which reaches back to the 1930s. during the successful 1970s, malmö ff was definitely the only rival, as helsingborg didn't participate in allsvenskan. the derby matches between the teams from scania are called "skånederbyn". in a poll from 2005, landskrona supporters were asked which club was most important to beat during the season. a majority answered helsingborgs if (with 64.6% of the votes) followed by malmö ff (26.9%).