Superettan

Superettan (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈsʉ̂ːpɛrˌɛtːan]; meaning "the super one") is an association football league and the second highest league in the league system of Swedish men's football. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with Allsvenskan and Division 1. Seasons run from April to October, with teams playing 30 matches each, totalling 240 matches in the season.

Superettan
Logo adopted for the 2020 season because of the new sponsor Obos.
Founded2000
CountrySweden
ConfederationUEFA
Number of teams16
Level on pyramid2
Promotion toAllsvenskan
Relegation toDivision 1
Domestic cup(s)Svenska Cupen
Current championsHalmstads BK
(2020)
Most championshipsKalmar FF
Östers IF
Mjällby AIF (2 titles)
TV partnersEurosport
WebsiteSuperettan
Current: 2021 Superettan

The league was created in 2000. The second tier of Swedish football had previously consisted of a varying number of regionalized leagues operating under the Division 2 (1924–1986) and Division 1 (1987–1999) names.

Competition format

There are 16 clubs in Superettan. During the course of a season (starting in April and ending in October) each club plays the other twice, once at their home stadium and once at that of their opponents, for a total of 30 games. At the end of each season the two lowest placed teams are relegated to Division 1 and the two winning teams from the two Division 1 leagues are promoted in their place while the third and fourth lowest teams in Superettan play a promotion/relegation play-off against the two-second placed teams in Division 1. The top two teams in Superettan are promoted to Allsvenskan and the two lowest placed teams from Allsvenskan are relegated in their place. The third placed team in Superettan plays a promotion/relegation play-off against the third lowest team in Allsvenskan.

Television

The Swiss corporation Kentaro has owned the TV rights for Superettan since 2006.[1] Through license agreements with the media company TV4 Group matches are aired on TV4 Sport who will broadcast a total of 90 matches in 2013 with the remaining 150 games available as online pay per view.[2] The current license agreement is valid from 2011 to 2015.[3]

On March 24, 2017, Discovery-owned broadcaster Eurosport will be the new domestic broadcaster for both SEF competitions (Allsvenskan and Superettan) effectively from 2020 until 2025.[4]

Current clubs (2020 season)

Club Position
in 2019[5]
First season First season of
current spell
Number of seasons
in Superettan
Number of seasons
in second tier[6]
AFC Eskilstuna16th in Allsvenskan200520201313
Akropolis IF1st in Div. 1 Norra2020202000
IK Brage3rd200020181053.5
Dalkurd FF8th2016201933
Degerfors IF5th200520101441
GAIS12th200120131035
GIF Sundsvall15th in Allsvenskan20062020741
Halmstads BK6th20122018433.5
Jönköpings Södra IF4th200620181239
Ljungskile SK1st in Div. 1 Södra200020201217
Norrby IF9th20172017328
Trelleborgs FF11th20022019819.5
Umeå FC2nd in Div. 1 Norra20002020411
Västerås SK10th20002019838
Östers IF13th200020171323
Örgryte IS7th20072016832.5

Stadia and locations

Team Location Stadium Turf1 Stadium capacity1
AFC Eskilstuna Eskilstuna Tunavallen Artificial 7,800
Akropolis IF Stockholm Spånga IP Natural 2,000
IK Brage Borlänge Domnarvsvallen Artificial 6,500
Dalkurd FF Uppsala Nya Studenternas Artificial 10,000
Degerfors IF Degerfors Stora Valla Natural 12,500
GAIS Gothenburg Gamla Ullevi Natural 18,416
GIF Sundsvall Sundsvall Idrottsparken Artificial 7,700
Halmstads BK Halmstad Örjans Vall Natural 7,135
Jönköpings Södra IF Jönköping Stadsparksvallen Natural 5,500
Ljungskile SK Ljungskile Skarsjövallen Artificial 6,000
Norrby IF Borås Borås Arena Artificial 16,899
Trelleborgs FF Trelleborg Vångavallen Natural 7,000
Umeå FC Umeå Gammliavallen Artificial 10,000
Västerås SK Västerås Solid Park Arena Artificial 7,044
Östers IF Växjö Myresjöhus Arena Natural 12,000
Örgryte IS Gothenburg Gamla Ullevi Natural 18,416
  • 1 Correct as of end of 2019 season

Managers

The current managers in Superettan are:

Mak Lind has been the manager of Norrby IF since December 2017.
Name Club Appointed
Klebér SaarenpääIK Brage16 November 2017
Mak LindNorrby IF15 December 2017
Jörgen WålemarkLjungskile SKJuly 2018
Andreas BrännströmJönköpings Södra IF20 August 2018
Paul OlaussonDalkurd FF25 January 2019
Magnus HaglundHalmstads BK7 May 2019
Denis VelićÖsters IF29 July 2019
Tony GustavssonGIF Sundsvall2 September 2019
Kristian HaynesTrelleborgs FF13 November 2019
Thomas AskebrandVästerås SKNovember 2019
Brian ClarhautUmeå FCNovember 2019
Andreas Holmberg
Tobias Solberg
Degerfors IFNovember 2019
Stefan JacobssonGAISNovember 2019
Özcan MelkemichelAFC EskilstunaDecember 2019
Giannis ChristopoulosAkropolis IFJanuary 2020
Sören Börjesson
Miguel Beas
Örgryte IS15 October 2020

Statistics

Previous winners

Zlatan Ibrahimović scored 12 goals in the inaugural Superettan season to help Malmö FF get promoted.
SeasonWinnerRunner-upPromotion Playoffs
2000Djurgårdens IFMalmö FFMjällby AIF
2001Kalmar FFLandskrona BoISMjällby AIF
2002Östers IFEnköpings SKVästra Frölunda IF
2003Kalmar FFTrelleborgs FFBK Häcken
2004BK HäckenGefle IFAssyriska FF (promoted)
2005AIKÖsters IFGAIS (promoted)
2006Trelleborgs FFÖrebro SKIF Brommapojkarna (promoted)
2007IFK NorrköpingLjungskile SKGIF Sundsvall (promoted)
2008Örgryte ISBK HäckenIF Brommapojkarna (promoted)
2009Mjällby AIFÅtvidabergs FFAssyriska FF
2010Syrianska FCIFK NorrköpingGIF Sundsvall
2011Åtvidabergs FFGIF SundsvallÄngelholms FF
2012Östers IFIF BrommapojkarnaHalmstads BK (promoted)
2013Falkenbergs FFÖrebro SKGIF Sundsvall
2014Hammarby IFGIF SundsvallLjungskile SK
2015Jönköpings Södra IFÖstersunds FKIK Sirius
2016IK SiriusAFC UnitedHalmstads BK (promoted)
2017IF BrommapojkarnaDalkurd FFTrelleborgs FF (promoted)
2018Helsingborgs IFFalkenbergs FFAFC Eskilstuna (promoted)
2019Mjällby AIFVarbergs BoISIK Brage
2020Halmstads BKDegerfors IFJönköpings Södra IF

Top goalscorers

2001 top scorer Daniel Nannskog also went on to become top scorer in Adeccoligaen and Tippeligaen.
SeasonPlayerTeamGoals
2000 Fredrik GärdemanÅtvidabergs FF14
2001 Daniel NannskogLandskrona BoIS21
2002 Ludwig ErnstssonÖsters IF18
2003 Göran MarklundFC Café Opera23
2004 Stefan BärlinVästerås SK23
2005 Bruno SantosIFK Norrköping16
2006 Olof Guterstam
Stefan Rodevåg
IF Brommapojkarna
Falkenbergs FF
17
2007 Gardar GunnlaugssonIFK Norrköping18
2008 Jonas HenrikssonBK Häcken19
2009 Marcus Ekenberg
Mattias Adelstam
Mjällby AIF
Ängelholms FF
19
2010 Linus HalleniusHammarby IF18
2011 Branimir HrgotaJönköpings Södra IF18
2012 Pablo Piñones ArceIF Brommapojkarna18
2013 Victor SköldFalkenbergs FF20
2014 Kennedy BakirciogluHammarby IF17
2015 Fredrik OlssonJönköpings Södra IF17
2016 Shkodran MaholliÅtvidabergs FF15
2017 Richard YarsuvatDalkurd FF17
2018 Andri Rúnar BjarnasonHelsingborgs IF16
2019 Erik BjörndahlDegerfors IF20
2020 Pontus EngblomGIF Sundsvall20

Top assists

Tobias Hysén went on to make 34 appearances for the Swedish national team.
SeasonPlayerTeamAssists
2001 Pelle AnderssonIF Sylvia11
2002 Olle KullingerEnköpings SK11
2003 Tobias HysénBK Häcken15
2004 Daniel WestlinGefle IF12
2005 Daniel NicklassonGAIS10
2006 Eirik Dybendal
Martin Smedberg-Dalence
IFK Norrköping
Ljungskile SK
11
2007 Eirik DybendalIFK Norrköping16
2008 Pavel ZavadilÖrgryte IS17
2009 Marcus Ekenberg
Martin Smedberg-Dalence
Mjällby AIF
Ljungskile SK
11
2010 Daniel BambergIFK Norrköping15
2011 Tobias NilssonFalkenbergs FF12
2012 Denis VelićÖsters IF11
2013 Niclas EliassonFalkenbergs FF11
2014 Robert GojaniJönköpings Södra IF11
2015 Dženis KozicaIFK Värnamo11
2016 Johan SvahnIFK Värnamo11
2017 Petar PetrovićIFK Värnamo12
2018 Diego MontielÖrgryte IS14
2019 Gustav LudwigsonÖrgryte IS9
2020 Samuel Kroon
Wilhelm Loeper
Halmstads BK
AFC Eskilstuna
11

Top goalkeepers

(Minimum of 10 games played)

Daniel Örlund is the one of only two keepers who has had the top save percentage in two separate seasons.
Season Goalkeeper Club
GP GA SV% CS
2004 Mattias Hugosson Gefle IF 25 17 85 14
Daniel Örlund FC Café Opera 25 25 85 7
2005 Daniel Örlund AIK 29 25 80 13
2006 Fredrik Persson Trelleborgs FF 29 13 89 17
2007 Lee Baxter Landskrona BoIS 12 12 84 3
2008 Kristoffer Nordfeldt IF Brommapojkarna 29 27 82 12
2009 Mattias Asper Mjällby AIF 30 19 87 15
2010 Dwayne Miller Syrianska FC 21 14 82 13
2011 Ivo Vazgeč Landskrona BoIS
Jönköping Södra
25 29 80 7
2012 Zlatan Azinović Trelleborgs FF 12 19 78 1
2013 Peter Abrahamsson Örgryte IS 26 31 82 10
Otto Martler Falkenbergs FF 28 28 82 14
2014 Alex Horwath Ljungskile SK 30 25 83 14
2015 Dwayne Miller Syrianska FC 13 11 79 6
2016 Josh Wicks AFC United 29 16 86 16
2017 Pär Hansson Helsingborgs IF 15 15 77 6
Damir Mehić GAIS 29 37 77 9
2018
2019
2020
No data available

Attendance

Superettan average attendance
Year Average spectators/match
2000
2,066
2001
1,744
2002
1,391
2003
1,672
2004
1,826
2005
3,091
2006
2,105
2007
2,450
2008
1,557
2009
1,880
2010
2,572
2011
2,423
2012
2,456
2013
2,957
2014
3,267
2015
1,623
2016
1,727
2017
2,074
2018
2,278
2019
1,632

Superettan had an average attendance of 1,632 during its most recent season (2019).[7] The highest attendance ever recorded at a Superettan match is 31,074 (Hammarby vs Ljungskile in 2014).[8]

The league's best season attendance-wise was 2014 when Hammarby's average attendance reached a level that was extraordinary for Superettan.

Club attendance

Club with best average home attendance
Season Club Spectators Ref
2004 IFK Norrköping 4,354
2005 AIK 11,872
2006 Örebro SK 5,359
2007 IFK Norrköping 7,354
2008 Assyriska FF 2,863
2009 IFK Norrköping 4,306
2010 Hammarby IF 6,864
2011 Hammarby IF 7,953
2012 Hammarby IF 8,463
2013 Hammarby IF 12,101
2014 Hammarby IF 20,451
2015 Östersunds FK 3,857
2016 GAIS 3,315
2017 Helsingborgs IF 6,758
2018 Helsingborgs IF 8,013
2019 GAIS 2,854

See also

References

  1. "Kentaro - Swedish League". Retrieved 2012-02-12.
  2. "Klart: Superettans alla matcher visas i tv" (in Swedish). 2013-01-30. Retrieved 2013-01-30.
  3. "Nytt tv-avtal klart för 2011–2015" (in Swedish). 2010-01-12. Retrieved 2011-03-24.
  4. "Swedish Allsvenskan on Eurosport from 2020". SEF (in Swedish). 2017-03-24. Retrieved 2020-02-09.
  5. "Tabell och resultat - Superettan". Svenskfotboll.se. Retrieved 2020-02-02.
  6. Svenska Fotbollsförbundet. "Maratontabeller - Svensk fotboll". Svenskfotboll.se. Retrieved 2020-02-02.
  7. Svenskfotboll.se. Lagstatistik - Svensk fotboll. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  8. "Rekordpublik såg Hammarby spela 0–0". Dagens Nyheter. 2014-08-24.
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