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Superettan

Founded	2000; 24 years ago (2000)
Country	Sweden
Confederation	UEFA
Number of teams	16
Level on pyramid	2
Promotion to	Allsvenskan
Relegation to	Ettan
Domestic cup(s)	Svenska Cupen
International cup(s)	Europa Conference League (Winning Svenska Cupen)
Current champions	Västerås SK (2023)
Most championships	Kalmar FF Östers IF Mjällby AIF IF Brommapojkarna (2 titles)
TV partners	Eurosport

Superettan (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈsʉ̂ːpɛrˌɛtːan]; meaning the super first (division)) 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.

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
Television
Current clubs (2023 season)
- Stadia and locations
Managers
Statistics
See also

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. 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. The current license agreement is valid from 2011 to 2015.

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.

Current clubs (2023 season)

Club	Position in 2022	First season	First season of current spell	Number of seasons in Superettan	Number of seasons in second tier
AFC Eskilstuna	8th	2005	2020	16	16
IK Brage	7th	2000	2018	12	55.5
GAIS	1st Div. 1 Södra	2001	2023	12	37
Gefle IF	1st Div. 1 Norra	2001	2023	6	48.5
GIF Sundsvall	16th Allsvenskan	2006	2023	9	43
Helsingborgs IF	15th Allsvenskan	2017	2023	3	24
Jönköpings Södra IF	12rd	2006	2018	15	42
Landskrona BoIS	6th	2000	2021	14	55
Skövde AIK	5th	2022	2022	2	2
Trelleborgs FF	4th	2002	2019	11	22.5
Utsiktens BK	11th	2015	2022	2	2
Västerås SK	9th	2000	2019	11	41
Örebro SK	10th	2013	2022	4	31
Örgryte IS	13th	2007	2016	11	35.5
Östers IF	3rd	2000	2017	16	26
Östersunds FK	14th	2013	2022	4	4

Stadia and locations

Team	Location	Stadium	Turf¹	Stadium capacity¹
AFC Eskilstuna	Eskilstuna	Tunavallen	Artificial	7,800
IK Brage	Borlänge	Domnarvsvallen	Artificial	6,500
GAIS	Gothenburg	Gamla Ullevi	Natural	18,416
Gefle IF	Gävle	Gavlevallen	Artificial	6,500
GIF Sundsvall	Sundsvall	NP3 Arena	Artificial	7,700
Helsingborgs IF	Helsingborg	Olympia	Natural	16,500
Jönköpings Södra IF	Jönköping	Stadsparksvallen	Natural	5,500
Landskrona BoIS	Landskrona	Landskrona IP	Artificial	10,500
Skövde AIK	Skövde	Södermalms IP	Natural	4,500
Trelleborgs FF	Trelleborg	Vångavallen	Natural	7,000
Utsiktens BK	Gothenburg	Ruddalens IP	Natural	5,000
Västerås SK	Västerås	Iver Arena	Artificial	7,044
Örebro SK	Örebro	Behrn Arena	Artificial	14,400
Östers IF	Växjö	Visma Arena	Natural	12,000
Örgryte IS	Gothenburg	Gamla Ullevi	Natural	18,416
Östersunds FK	Östersund	Jämtkraft Arena	Artificial	8,545

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
SWE	Saarenpää, KlebérKlebér Saarenpää	IK Brage	16 November 2017
SWE	Lind, MakMak Lind	Norrby IF	15 December 2017
SWE	Magnusson, BillyBilly Magnusson	Landskrona BoIS	November 2018
SWE	Asterhed, RobinRobin Asterhed	IFK Värnamo	January 2019
SWE	Velić, DenisDenis Velić	Östers IF	29 July 2019
SWE	Haynes, KristianKristian Haynes	Trelleborgs FF	October 2019
SWE	Jacobsson, StefanStefan Jacobsson	GAIS	November 2019
SWE	Åhnstrand, HenrikHenrik Åhnstrand	GIF Sundsvall	December 2019
SWE	Melkemichel, ÖzcanÖzcan Melkemichel	AFC Eskilstuna	December 2019
GRE	Christopoulos, GiannisGiannis Christopoulos	Akropolis IF	January 2020
SWE	Lennartsson, JörgenJörgen Lennartsson	Helsingborgs IF	December 2020
SWE	Ivarsson, DaneDane Ivarsson	Örgryte IS	January 2021
SWE	Jildefalk, PatrikPatrik Jildefalk	Jönköpings Södra IF	January 2021
SWE	Tuvesson, TobiasTobias Tuvesson	Falkenbergs FF	May 2021
SWE	Björknesjö, RobertRobert Björknesjö Moussally, GeorgeGeorge Moussally	Vasalunds IF	July 2021
SWE	Karlsson, KalleKalle Karlsson	Västerås SK	August 2021

Statistics

Previous winners

Zlatan Ibrahimović scored 12 goals in the inaugural Superettan season to help Malmö FF get promoted.

Season	Winner	Runner-up	Promotion Playoffs
2000	Djurgårdens IF	Malmö FF	Mjällby AIF
2001	Kalmar FF	Landskrona BoIS	Mjällby AIF
2002	Östers IF	Enköpings SK	Västra Frölunda IF
2003	Kalmar FF	Trelleborgs FF	BK Häcken
2004	BK Häcken	Gefle IF	Assyriska FF ^(promoted)
2005	AIK	Östers IF	GAIS ^(promoted)
2006	Trelleborgs FF	Örebro SK	IF Brommapojkarna ^(promoted)
2007	IFK Norrköping	Ljungskile SK	GIF Sundsvall ^(promoted)
2008	Örgryte IS	BK Häcken	IF Brommapojkarna ^(promoted)
2009	Mjällby AIF	Åtvidabergs FF	Assyriska FF
2010	Syrianska FC	IFK Norrköping	GIF Sundsvall
2011	Åtvidabergs FF	GIF Sundsvall	Ängelholms FF
2012	Östers IF	IF Brommapojkarna	Halmstads BK ^(promoted)
2013	Falkenbergs FF	Örebro SK	GIF Sundsvall
2014	Hammarby IF	GIF Sundsvall	Ljungskile SK
2015	Jönköpings Södra IF	Östersunds FK	IK Sirius
2016	IK Sirius	AFC United	Halmstads BK ^(promoted)
2017	IF Brommapojkarna	Dalkurd FF	Trelleborgs FF ^(promoted)
2018	Helsingborgs IF	Falkenbergs FF	AFC Eskilstuna ^(promoted)
2019	Mjällby AIF	Varbergs BoIS	IK Brage
2020	Halmstads BK	Degerfors IF	Jönköpings Södra IF
2021	IFK Värnamo	GIF Sundsvall	Helsingborgs IF ^(promoted)
2022	IF Brommapojkarna	Halmstads BK	Östers IF
2023	Västerås SK	GAIS	Utsiktens BK

Top goalscorers

2001 top scorer Daniel Nannskog also went on to become top scorer in Adeccoligaen and Tippeligaen.

Season	Player	Team	Goals
2000	Fredrik Gärdeman	Åtvidabergs FF	14
2001	Daniel Nannskog	Landskrona BoIS	21
2002	Ludwig Ernstsson	Östers IF	18
2003	Göran Marklund	FC Café Opera	23
2004	Stefan Bärlin	Västerås SK	23
2005	Bruno Santos	IFK Norrköping	16
2006	Olof Guterstam Stefan Rodevåg	IF Brommapojkarna Falkenbergs FF	17
2007	Gardar Gunnlaugsson	IFK Norrköping	18
2008	Jonas Henriksson	BK Häcken	19
2009	Marcus Ekenberg Mattias Adelstam	Mjällby AIF Ängelholms FF	19
2010	Linus Hallenius	Hammarby IF	18
2011	Branimir Hrgota	Jönköpings Södra IF	18
2012	Pablo Piñones Arce	IF Brommapojkarna	18
2013	Victor Sköld	Falkenbergs FF	20
2014	Kennedy Bakircioglu	Hammarby IF	17
2015	Fredrik Olsson	Jönköpings Södra IF	17
2016	Shkodran Maholli	Åtvidabergs FF	15
2017	Richard Yarsuvat	Dalkurd FF	17
2018	Andri Rúnar Bjarnason	Helsingborgs IF	16
2019	Erik Björndahl	Degerfors IF	20
2020	Pontus Engblom	GIF Sundsvall	20
2021	Ajdin Zeljkovic	Örgryte IS	18
2022	Viktor Granath	Västerås SK	24
2023	Jesper Westermark	Östers IF	17

Top assists

Tobias Hysén went on to make 34 appearances for the Swedish national team.

Season	Player	Team	Assists
2001	Pelle Andersson	IF Sylvia	11
2002	Olle Kullinger	Enköpings SK	11
2003	Tobias Hysén	BK Häcken	15
2004	Daniel Westlin	Gefle IF	12
2005	Daniel Nicklasson	GAIS	10
2006	Eirik Dybendal Martin Smedberg-Dalence	IFK Norrköping Ljungskile SK	11
2007	Eirik Dybendal	IFK Norrköping	16
2008	Pavel Zavadil	Örgryte IS	17
2009	Marcus Ekenberg Martin Smedberg-Dalence	Mjällby AIF Ljungskile SK	11
2010	Daniel Bamberg	IFK Norrköping	15
2011	Tobias Nilsson	Falkenbergs FF	12
2012	Denis Velić	Östers IF	11
2013	Niclas Eliasson	Falkenbergs FF	11
2014	Robert Gojani	Jönköpings Södra IF	11
2015	Dženis Kozica	IFK Värnamo	11
2016	Johan Svahn	IFK Värnamo	11
2017	Petar Petrović	IFK Värnamo	12
2018	Diego Montiel	Örgryte IS	14
2019	Gustav Ludwigson	Örgryte IS	9
2020	Samuel Kroon Wilhelm Loeper	Halmstads BK AFC Eskilstuna	11
2021	Wilhelm Loeper	Helsingborgs IF	12
2022	Oscar Pettersson	IF Brommapojkarna	12
2023	Gustav Lundgren	GAIS	12

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
2004	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
2013	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
2017	Damir Mehić	GAIS	29	37	77	9
2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023	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). The highest attendance ever recorded at a Superettan match is 31,074 (Hammarby vs Ljungskile in 2014).

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	[1]
2005	AIK	11,872	[2]
2006	Örebro SK	5,359	[3]
2007	IFK Norrköping	7,354	[4]
2008	Assyriska FF	2,863	[5]
2009	IFK Norrköping	4,306	[6]
2010	Hammarby IF	6,864	[7]
2011	Hammarby IF	7,953	[8]
2012	Hammarby IF	8,463	[9]
2013	Hammarby IF	12,101	[10]
2014	Hammarby IF	20,451	[11]
2015	Östersunds FK	3,857	[12]
2016	GAIS	3,315	[13]
2017	Helsingborgs IF	6,758	[14]
2018	Helsingborgs IF	8,013	[15]
2019	GAIS	2,854	[16]
2020 2021	No data available
2022	Halmstads BK	3,370	[17]