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.

Superettan
Season2020
ChampionsHalmstads BK
PromotedHalmstads BK
Degerfors IF
RelegatedDalkurd FF
Umeå FC
Ljungskile SK
Top goalscorerPontus Engblom (20 goals)
Biggest home winNorrby IF 6–0 Umeå FC
(21 November 2020)
Biggest away winUmeå FC 0–6 Degerfors IF
(21 September 2020)
GIF Sundsvall 0–6 Halmstads BK
(21 November 2020)
Highest scoringGIF Sundsvall 5–2 Ljungskile SK
(7 August 2020)
Degerfors IF 2–5 GIF Sundsvall
(28 November 2020)
Longest winning run9 matches
Halmstads BK[1]
Longest unbeaten run11 matches
Degerfors IF
Akropolis IF
Longest winless run10 matches
GAIS
Longest losing run5 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
Locations of the 2020 Superettan teams
Team Location Stadium Stadium capacity[note 1]
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
  1. According to each club information page at the Swedish Football Association website for Allsvenskan.[2]
  2. Known as NP3 Arena for sponsorship reasons.
  3. Known as Umeå Energi Arena for sponsorship reasons.

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
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
Updated to match(es) played on 5 December 2020. Source: svenskfotboll.se
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 BoIS2–0Dalkurd FF
L. Olsson  25'
Petersson  51'		 Report
Referee: Per Melin
Dalkurd FF1–1Landskrona BoIS
Leach Holm  46' Report F. Olsson  80'
Referee: Victor Wolf

Landskrona BoIS won 3–1 on aggregate.

IF Brommapojkarna1–1Trelleborgs FF
Fallenius  82' Report Safiu  89'
Referee: Granit Maqedonci
Trelleborgs FF1–1 (a.e.t.)IF Brommapojkarna
Håkansson  26' Report Nilsson  90+2'
Penalties
 5–2
Referee: Fredrik Klitte

2–2 on aggregate. Trelleborgs FF won 6–3 on aggregate after penalty shoot-out.

Positions by round
Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
Halmstads BK1273332122222222222222222222111
Degerfors IF148443211111111111111111111222
Jönköpings Södra IF1481371012876543554333333333333333
Östers IF4222245587810976555544444444444
Akropolis IF81261189644655443444455555666555
GIF Sundsvall211111333334335688767766555666
Västerås SK757696911111412121111121111111212131298888877
IK Brage1615121465465466767766676677777788
AFC Eskilstuna13161616161616151515151616161516161515141110141013131413109
GAIS511141571011121213131313131414121210988891099111110
Norrby IF11645577878771010810999101011131412121312911
Örgryte IS3101581113141414119989108778899101191112101312
Trelleborgs FF691113148109991186899101011111214121314141191213
Dalkurd FF93591211121313101011121211121313131314131112111010141414
Umeå FC15139101314131010121414141413131414141515151515151515151515
Ljungskile SK101410121515151616161615151516151516161616161616161616161616
Promotion to Allsvenskan
Promotion play-offs
Relegation play-offs
Relegation to Division 1
Updated to match(es) played on 5 December 2020. Source: everysport.com

Results
Home \ Away AKR BRA DAL DEG ESK GAI GIF HAL JÖN LJU NOR TRE UME VÄS ÖRG ÖST
Akropolis 2–1 0–0 1–1 3–2 2–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–3 2–2 3–3 2–0 2–0 2–2
Brage 1–1 2–1 0–0 1–3 2–1 1–2 0–0 1–4 0–1 1–1 3–0 0–1 0–3 3–2 1–2
Dalkurd 1–1 1–1 1–2 5–0 0–1 1–3 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–2 0–1 0–0 3–2 0–0 1–1
Degerfors 3–2 4–1 2–1 5–0 2–1 2–5 0–2 4–2 4–1 0–1 1–0 1–0 4–1 2–0 3–1
Eskilstuna 1–2 1–2 0–1 2–0 2–0 3–2 0–3 3–2 0–0 1–0 3–2 1–3 0–1 1–0 1–1
GAIS 1–1 0–1 2–1 0–0 2–0 3–1 1–3 1–0 1–1 3–3 2–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 0–1
GIF Sundsvall 1–2 0–1 1–1 1–4 2–3 3–0 0–6 3–2 5–2 0–0 2–1 3–1 3–1 4–1 1–2
Halmstad 2–3 2–0 4–0 1–4 2–1 0–0 1–0 3–0 2–0 3–0 0–1 4–0 2–1 1–0 2–0
Jönköpings Södra 3–1 2–0 2–1 0–1 3–0 1–0 3–3 1–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 4–1
Ljungskile 2–1 1–3 2–2 0–3 2–1 1–2 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–1 2–0 0–0 0–2 2–3 0–2
Norrby 1–1 1–4 2–0 0–2 0–0 3–0 0–1 0–2 1–2 2–2 1–3 6–0 3–1 2–0 0–2
Trelleborg 1–1 0–1 4–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 2–4 0–2 1–0 2–2 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–1
Umeå 1–1 1–1 1–2 0–6 0–3 3–0 1–0 0–1 1–2 3–1 1–1 0–1 0–0 2–2 0–0
Västerås 2–1 2–1 1–0 2–2 0–1 2–2 3–2 2–3 2–2 2–1 1–2 3–1 2–0 0–3 2–1
Örgryte 0–1 1–3 1–2 1–1 2–1 0–2 0–2 0–3 2–0 4–0 2–0 2–1 1–1 2–1 4–1
Öster 0–1 4–2 2–1 2–0 2–1 4–1 1–1 0–3 1–3 0–1 2–1 1–0 2–0 0–0 2–0
Updated to match(es) played on 5 December 2020. Source: svenskfotboll.se
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Hat-tricks
PlayerForAgainstResultDate
Rasmus Wiedesheim-PaulHalmstads BKJönköpings Södra IF3–027 June 2020
Anton LundinIK BrageLjungskile SK1–38 July 2020
Fatawu SafiuTrelleborgs FFDalkurd FF4–125 July 2020
Johan BertilssonDegerfors IFÖsters IF3–129 July 2020
Robin StrömbergNorrby IFVästerås SK3–113 September 2020
Rasmus Wiedesheim-PaulHalmstads BKUmeå FC4–016 September 2020
Johan BertilssonDegerfors IFUmeå FC0–621 September 2020
Bubacarr JobeÖrgryte ISÖsters IF4–124 October 2020

Player
  • Most yellow cards: 9[5]
    • Enis Ahmetovic (Umeå)
    • Filip Almström Tähti (Västerås)
    • James Keene (Öster)
    • Oscar Lundin (Brage)
  • Most red cards: 2
    • Linus Dahl (Ljungskile)

Club

References
  1. "Superettan streaks and sequences". soccerstats.com. soccerstats.com. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
  2. "Allsvenskan" (in Swedish). The Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  3. Note: Gamla Ullevi has a capacity of 15,000 sitting and 3,416 standing for a total capacity of 18,416.
  4. "Vångavallen" (in Swedish). Trelleborgs FF. Retrieved 2018-02-27.
  5. "Spelarstatistik - Svensk fotboll". The Swedish Football Association (in Swedish). The Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
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