2020 Superettan
The 2020 Superettan is part of the 2020 Swedish football season, and the 20th season of Superettan, Sweden's second-tier football division in its current format. A total of 16 teams contest the league.
Season | 2020 |
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Champions | Halmstads BK |
Promoted | Halmstads BK Degerfors IF |
Relegated | Dalkurd FF Umeå FC Ljungskile SK |
Top goalscorer | Pontus Engblom (20 goals) |
Biggest home win | Norrby IF 6–0 Umeå FC (21 November 2020) |
Biggest away win | Umeå FC 0–6 Degerfors IF (21 September 2020) GIF Sundsvall 0–6 Halmstads BK (21 November 2020) |
Highest scoring | GIF Sundsvall 5–2 Ljungskile SK (7 August 2020) Degerfors IF 2–5 GIF Sundsvall (28 November 2020) |
Longest winning run | 9 matches Halmstads BK[1] |
Longest unbeaten run | 11 matches Degerfors IF Akropolis IF |
Longest winless run | 10 matches GAIS |
Longest losing run | 5 matches GIF Sundsvall Örgryte IS |
← 2019 2021 → |
Teams
A total of 16 teams contest the league. The top two teams qualify directly for promotion to Allsvenskan, the third will enter a play-off for the chance of promotion. The two bottom teams are automatically relegated, while the 13th and 14th placed teams will compete in a play-off to determine whether they are relegated.
Stadia and locations
Team | Location | Stadium | Stadium capacity[note 1] |
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AFC Eskilstuna | Eskilstuna | Tunavallen | 7,800 |
Akropolis IF | Spånga | Grimsta IP | 5,000 |
Dalkurd FF | Uppsala | Nya Studenternas | 10,000 |
Degerfors IF | Degerfors | Stora Valla | 12,500 |
GAIS | Gothenburg | Gamla Ullevi | 18,416[3] |
GIF Sundsvall | Sundsvall | Idrottsparken[note 2] | 7,700 |
Halmstads BK | Halmstad | Örjans Vall | 10,873 |
IK Brage | Borlänge | Domnarvsvallen | 6,500 |
Jönköpings Södra IF | Jönköping | Stadsparksvallen | 5,500 |
Ljungskile SK | Ljungskile | Skarsjövallen | 8,000 |
Norrby IF | Borås | Borås Arena | 17,800 |
Trelleborgs FF | Trelleborg | Vångavallen | 7,000[4] |
Umeå FC | Umeå | Gammliavallen[note 3] | 10,000 |
Västerås SK | Västerås | Iver Arena | 7,000 |
Örgryte IS | Gothenburg | Gamla Ullevi | 18,416[3] |
Östers IF | Växjö | Visma Arena | 12,000 |
- According to each club information page at the Swedish Football Association website for Allsvenskan.[2]
- Known as NP3 Arena for sponsorship reasons.
- Known as Umeå Energi Arena for sponsorship reasons.
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
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1 | Halmstads BK (C, P) | 30 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 61 | 18 | +43 | 68 | Promotion to Allsvenskan |
2 | Degerfors IF (P) | 30 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 64 | 30 | +34 | 63 | |
3 | Jönköpings Södra IF | 30 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 52 | 34 | +18 | 59 | Qualification to Promotion playoffs |
4 | Östers IF | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 41 | 36 | +5 | 51 | |
5 | Akropolis IF | 30 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 44 | 39 | +5 | 45 | |
6 | GIF Sundsvall | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 53 | 48 | +5 | 43 | |
7 | Västerås SK | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 40 | 44 | −4 | 39 | |
8 | IK Brage | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 38 | 44 | −6 | 39 | |
9 | AFC Eskilstuna | 30 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 36 | 49 | −13 | 37 | |
10 | GAIS | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 30 | 41 | −11 | 36 | |
11 | Norrby IF | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 39 | 41 | −2 | 34 | |
12 | Örgryte IS | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 34 | 43 | −9 | 33 | |
13 | Trelleborgs FF (O) | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 33 | 41 | −8 | 32 | Qualification to Relegation playoffs |
14 | Dalkurd FF (R) | 30 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 33 | 42 | −9 | 29 | |
15 | Umeå FC (R) | 30 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 25 | 47 | −22 | 27 | Relegation to Division 1 |
16 | Ljungskile SK (R) | 30 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 24 | 50 | −26 | 23 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.
Playoffs
The 13th-placed and 14th-placed teams of Superettan met the two runners-up from 2020 Division 1 (Norra and Södra) in two-legged ties on a home-and-away basis with the teams from Superettan finishing at home.
Landskrona BoIS | 2–0 | Dalkurd FF |
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L. Olsson ![]() Petersson ![]() |
Report |
Dalkurd FF | 1–1 | Landskrona BoIS |
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Leach Holm ![]() |
Report | F. Olsson ![]() |
Landskrona BoIS won 3–1 on aggregate.
IF Brommapojkarna | 1–1 | Trelleborgs FF |
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Fallenius ![]() |
Report | Safiu ![]() |
Trelleborgs FF | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | IF Brommapojkarna |
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Håkansson ![]() |
Report | Nilsson ![]() |
Penalties | ||
5–2 |
2–2 on aggregate. Trelleborgs FF won 6–3 on aggregate after penalty shoot-out.
Positions by round
Promotion to Allsvenskan | |
Promotion play-offs | |
Relegation play-offs | |
Relegation to Division 1 |
Results
Season statistics
Top scorers
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Top assists
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Hat-tricks
Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
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![]() | Halmstads BK | Jönköpings Södra IF | 3–0 | 27 June 2020 |
![]() | IK Brage | Ljungskile SK | 1–3 | 8 July 2020 |
![]() | Trelleborgs FF | Dalkurd FF | 4–1 | 25 July 2020 |
![]() | Degerfors IF | Östers IF | 3–1 | 29 July 2020 |
![]() | Norrby IF | Västerås SK | 3–1 | 13 September 2020 |
![]() | Halmstads BK | Umeå FC | 4–0 | 16 September 2020 |
![]() | Degerfors IF | Umeå FC | 0–6 | 21 September 2020 |
![]() | Örgryte IS | Östers IF | 4–1 | 24 October 2020 |
Player
- Most yellow cards: 9[5]
Enis Ahmetovic (Umeå)
Filip Almström Tähti (Västerås)
James Keene (Öster)
Oscar Lundin (Brage)
References
- "Superettan streaks and sequences". soccerstats.com. soccerstats.com. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
- "Allsvenskan" (in Swedish). The Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
- Note: Gamla Ullevi has a capacity of 15,000 sitting and 3,416 standing for a total capacity of 18,416.
- "Vångavallen" (in Swedish). Trelleborgs FF. Retrieved 2018-02-27.
- "Spelarstatistik - Svensk fotboll". The Swedish Football Association (in Swedish). The Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 20 June 2020.