2011 Superettan

The 2011 Superettan was the 11th season of Sweden's second-tier football league. The season began on 9 April 2011 and ended on 22 October 2011.[1]

Superettan
Season2011
ChampionsÅtvidaberg
Promoted
Relegated
Matches played240
Goals scored685 (2.85 per match)
Top goalscorerBranimir Hrgota (18)
Biggest home winGIF Sundsvall 6–0 Ängelholm
(30 September 2011)[1]
Biggest away winQviding FIF 0–5 Assyriska
(22 October 2011)[1]
Highest scoringVästerås SK 3–5 Degerfors
(11 September 2011)[1]
Highest attendance12,801
Hammarby 2–1 Landskrona
(18 April 2011)[1]
Lowest attendance167
Qviding FIF 0–2 Brommapojkarna
(12 September 2011)[1]
Average attendance2,423[2]
← 2010
2012 →

The top two teams qualified directly for promotion to Allsvenskan, the third played a play-off against the fourteenth from Allsvenskan to decide who qualified to play in Allsvenskan 2012.

The bottom two teams qualified directly for relegation to Division 1, the thirteenth and the fourteenth played a play-off against the numbers two from Division 1 Södra and Division 1 Norra to decide who qualified to play in Superettan 2012.

Teams

A total of sixteen teams contested the league, including eleven sides from the 2010 season, two relegated teams from 2010 Allsvenskan, two promoted teams from Division 1 and Qviding FIF who replaced Örgryte IS after they were automatically relegated to Division 1 before the start of the new season due to bankruptcy.

FC Trollhättan and Väsby United were relegated at the end of the 2010 season after finishing in the bottom two places of the table. They were replaced by Division 1 Norra champions Västerås SK and Division 1 Södra champions IFK Värnamo.

Jönköpings Södra IF and Östers IF both retained their Superettan spots after defeating their Division 1 opponents in a relegation/promotion playoff.

Stadia and locations
Location of the Superettan 2011 teams
Team Location Stadium Stadium capacity1
Assyriska FF Södertälje Södertälje Fotbollsarena 7,500
Degerfors IF Degerfors Stora Valla 12,500
Falkenbergs FF Falkenberg Falkenbergs IP 6,000
GIF Sundsvall Sundsvall Norrporten Arena 8,000
Hammarby IF Stockholm Söderstadion 15,600
IF Brommapojkarna Stockholm Grimsta IP 8,000
IFK Värnamo Värnamo Finnvedsvallen 5,000
IK Brage Borlänge Domnarvsvallen 5,500
Jönköpings Södra IF Jönköping Stadsparksvallen 5,200
Landskrona BoIS Landskrona Landskrona IP 12,000
Ljungskile SK Ljungskile Starke Arvid Arena 8,000
Qviding FIF Gothenburg Valhalla IP 4,000
Västerås SK Västerås Swedbank Park 7,000
Åtvidabergs FF Åtvidaberg Kopparvallen 8,000
Ängelholms FF Ängelholm Ängelholms IP 5,000
Östers IF Växjö Värendsvallen 13,000

Personnel and kits

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Team Head Coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Assyriska FF Pat Walker Göran Marklund Nike Scania
IK Brage Lennart Andersson Niklas Forslund Puma SE SSAB
IF Brommapojkarna Roberth Björknesjö Pontus Segerström adidas Various
Degerfors IF Patrik Werner Tobias Solberg adidas Outokumpu
Falkenbergs FF Thomas Askebrand David Svensson Nike Various
Hammarby IF Roger Sandberg José Monteiro Kappa Pepsi
Jönköpings Södra IF Hans Lindbom Dennis Östlundh Nike Various
Landskrona BoIS Henrik Larsson Linus Malmqvist Umbro Various
Ljungskile SK Bo Wålemark
Örjan Glans		 Johan Patriksson Umbro Various
Qviding FIF Lars Ternström Christian Lindström Puma ICA
GIF Sundsvall Sören Åkeby Jonas Wallerstedt adidas Norrporten
IFK Värnamo Tony Johansson
Glenn Ståhl		 Tobias Englund adidas Various
Västerås SK Erik Acar Oscar Pehrsson Nike Various
Åtvidabergs FF Andreas Thomsson Henrik Gustavsson Uhlsport Sharp
Ängelholms FF Christoffer Skoog
Joakim Persson		 Jakob Augustsson adidas Peab
Östers IF Roar Hansen Denis Velić Umbro ICA

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Table Incoming manager Date of appointment Table
Brage Pelle Johansson Sacked 5 May 2011[3] Lennart Andersson 5 May 2011[3]
Assyriska FF Rikard Norling Signed by Malmö FF 3 June 2011[4] Göran Marklund (as caretaker) 3 June 2011[4]
Västerås SK Kalle Granath Sacked 24 June 2011[5] Erik Acar 24 June 2011[5]
Assyriska FF Göran Marklund End of tenure as caretaker 2 August 2011[6] 7th Pat Walker 2 August 2011[6] 7th
Hammarby Roger Franzén Sacked 18 August 2011[7] 10th Roger Sandberg (as caretaker) 18 August 2011[7] 10th

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Åtvidabergs FF (C, P) 30 18 3 9 58 31 +27 57 Promotion to Allsvenskan
2 GIF Sundsvall (P) 30 16 7 7 61 29 +32 55
3 Ängelholms FF 30 15 8 7 47 40 +7 53 Qualification to Promotion playoffs
4 Östers IF 30 14 8 8 40 28 +12 50
5 Degerfors IF 30 14 6 10 53 44 +9 48
6 IF Brommapojkarna 30 14 5 11 50 38 +12 47
7 Falkenbergs FF 30 14 3 13 50 43 +7 45
8 Ljungskile SK 30 12 6 12 48 39 +9 42
9 Assyriska FF 30 12 5 13 39 41 −2 41
10 Landskrona BoIS 30 11 8 11 36 39 −3 41
11 Hammarby IF 30 11 7 12 37 40 −3 40
12 Jönköpings Södra IF 30 12 4 14 44 53 −9 40
13 IFK Värnamo (O) 30 10 9 11 43 51 −8 39 Qualification to Relegation playoffs
14 IK Brage (O) 30 7 10 13 30 50 −20 31
15 Västerås SK (R) 30 7 7 16 39 66 −27 28 Relegation to Division 1
16 Qviding FIF (R) 30 1 8 21 17 63 −46 11
Source: svenskfotboll.se
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.

Relegation play-offs
Sylvia1 – 3Brage
Nyman  54' Report
Attendance: 1,180
Referee: Kristoffer Karlsson (Gothenburg)
Brage4 – 2Sylvia
 Report Roxström  75', 85'
Attendance: 2,319

Brage won 7–3 on aggregate.

Väsby United0 – 2IFK Värnamo
Report
Attendance: 674
Referee: Magnus Ahlsén (Linköping)
IFK Värnamo1 – 0Väsby United
Zlojutro  22' Report
Attendance: 1,952
Referee: Andreas Ekberg (Lund)

IFK Värnamo won 3–0 on aggregate.

Results
Home \ Away AFF DIF FFF GIFS HAM BP IFKV IKB JSIF LAN LSK QFIF VSK ÅFF ÄFF ÖIF
Assyriska FF 1–1 2–1 0–1 1–0 0–2 0–1 3–2 1–0 1–2 1–0 0–1 0–2 2–0 2–2 0–0
Degerfors IF 2–3 1–3 0–2 3–2 1–0 2–0 5–0 6–1 2–0 2–3 3–0 4–1 1–2 1–3 3–3
Falkenbergs FF 4–0 4–0 2–4 1–1 1–3 4–0 0–2 1–2 5–1 2–0 3–0 3–4 0–2 1–0 0–4
GIF Sundsvall 1–2 3–0 4–0 3–3 0–0 2–2 5–0 3–0 2–0 3–0 4–0 2–2 0–1 6–0 2–1
Hammarby IF 0–0 1–2 0–0 1–3 1–2 1–0 1–0 5–2 2–1 1–3 2–1 3–1 2–0 0–1 2–1
IF Brommapojkarna 1–3 3–3 2–1 1–3 1–0 1–3 3–0 1–1 1–1 3–1 4–0 4–1 2–2 0–1 1–0
IFK Värnamo 3–2 0–0 0–2 3–0 1–0 2–1 3–1 2–4 3–1 0–2 0–0 2–3 3–3 1–1 0–1
IK Brage 3–0 1–1 2–2 0–0 0–0 0–2 2–2 1–1 0–1 1–1 2–2 2–0 1–0 1–4 0–0
Jönköpings Södra IF 1–1 0–1 0–2 2–1 0–2 4–2 2–3 3–0 0–2 2–1 1–0 5–1 1–0 3–0 0–3
Landskrona BoIS 2–3 0–0 0–2 1–2 3–0 0–2 1–1 1–2 1–0 0–0 3–0 2–1 3–2 0–0 1–0
Ljungskile SK 1–0 1–0 0–1 3–1 4–1 1–3 5–1 1–2 2–3 0–0 2–1 5–0 1–2 1–2 0–0
Qviding FIF 0–5 0–1 0–1 0–2 2–2 0–2 0–2 1–2 1–1 1–1 1–4 0–1 1–3 1–3 1–1
Västerås SK 0–2 3–5 1–2 0–0 1–2 1–0 2–2 2–1 4–2 3–3 0–1 2–2 0–2 1–2 1–1
Åtvidabergs FF 2–1 1–2 4–0 2–0 3–1 2–1 5–2 2–0 2–1 1–0 2–2 4–0 4–0 5–0 0–1
Ängelholms FF 2–1 3–0 3–2 1–1 0–1 3–2 1–1 1–1 2–4 1–2 1–1 0–0 3–1 2–0 3–0
Östers IF 4–2 0–1 1–0 2–1 0–0 2–0 2–0 3–1 2–1 2–3 3–2 2–1 0–0 1–0 0–2
Source: svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top goalkeepers

(Minimum of 10 games played)

Rank Goalkeeper Club
GP GA SV%[10] ShO
1 Ivo Vazgeč Landskrona BoIS
Jönköping Södra 		25 29 80 7
2 Tommy Naurin GIF Sundsvall 28 25 78 14
3 Joakim Wulff Öster 27 25 77 11
Brian Edwards Degerfors 28 41 77 9
5 Kristoffer Nordfeldt Brommapojkarna 28 37 76 8
Stojan Lukic Falkenberg 30 43 76 12
7 Johannes Hopf Hammarby 30 39 75 9
8 Henrik Gustavsson Åtvidaberg 30 31 74 10
Niklas Helgesson Jönköpings Södra 17 32 74 3
10 Mirza Selimović Landskrona BoIS 18 27 73 4
Oscar Berglund Assyriska 29 38 73 8
Matt Pyzdrowski Ängelholm 30 40 73 8
Bill Halvorsen IFK Värnamo 13 17 73 4
Christian Caulker Västerås SK 14 25 73 4

Hat-tricks
PlayerForAgainstResultDate
Pär CederqvistJönköpings SödraVästerås SK5–116 April 2011
Stefan RodevågFalkenbergVästerås SK3–41 May 2011
Peter SamuelssonDegerforsBrage5–025 June 2011
Pablo Piñones-ArceBrommapojkarnaLjungskile3–127 June 2011
Branimir HrgotaJönköpings SödraBrage3–016 July 2011
Freddy BorgÖsterAssyriska4–27 August 2011
Peter SamuelssonDegerforsHammarby3–24 September 2011
Mattias MeteVästerås SKDegerfors3–511 September 2011
Mikael Boman4FalkenbergAssyriska4–011 September 2011
Jones Kusi-AsareAssyriskaQviding5–022 October 2011
  • 4 Player scored 4 goals

Attendance
Club Home Away Total
Average Total Average Total Average Total
Hammarby IF 7,953 119,299 4,082 61,236 6,018 180,535
GIF Sundsvall 3,572 53,586 1,812 27,177 2,692 80,763
Landskrona BoIS 2,929 43,940 2,664 39,958 2,797 83,898
Degerfors IF 2,739 41,079 2,259 33,883 2,499 74,962
Åtvidabergs FF 2,640 39,594 2,906 43,594 2,773 83,188
Östers IF 2,637 39,561 2,626 39,388 2,632 78,949
IK Brage 2,408 36,126 2,159 32,387 2,284 68,513
Jönköpings Södra IF 2,347 35,205 2,474 37,104 2,410 72,309
Assyriska FF 2,319 34,784 2,176 32,639 2,247 67,423
Västerås SK FK 1,927 28,905 2,159 32,382 2,043 61,287
IFK Värnamo 1,926 28,890 2,364 35,464 2,145 64,354
Falkenbergs FF 1,382 20,736 2,295 34,418 1,838 55,154
Ängelholms FF 1,263 18,947 2,618 39,266 1,940 58,213
Ljungskile SK 1,175 17,629 2,322 34,828 1,749 52,457
IF Brommapojkarna 1,065 15,974 1,906 28,594 1,486 44,568
Qviding FIF 482 7,228 1,944 29,165 1,213 36,393
League

2,423

581,483

See also
Competitions
Transfers

References
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  2. "Publikliga". The Swedish Football Association. The Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 25 April 2011.
  3. "Så otroligt besviken på många människor". fotbollskanalen.se (in Swedish). Fotbollskanalen. 10 November 2010. Retrieved 4 February 2011.
  4. "Norling lämnar - Marklund tar över". assyriska.se (in Swedish). Assyriska FF. 25 May 2011. Archived from the original on 4 October 2011. Retrieved 25 May 2011.
  5. "Kalle Granath fick sparken". bblat.se (in Swedish). Bblat. 19 November 2010. Retrieved 4 February 2011.
  6. "KLART: Norling ersätts av Walker". fotbollskanlen.se (in Swedish). Fotbollskanalen. 2 August 2011. Retrieved 3 August 2011.
  7. "Roger Franzén lämnar tränarposten" (in Swedish). Hammarbyfotboll. 18 August 2011. Archived from the original on 23 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
  8. "Skytteliga". The Swedish Football Association. The Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 9 November 2011.
  9. "Passningsliga". The Swedish Football Association. The Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 9 November 2011.
  10. "Målvaktsliga". The Swedish Football Association. The Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 29 December 2011.
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