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Superettan
Superettan logo.svg
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

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:

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

Statistics

Previous winners

Ibrahimović
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

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

Top assists

Tobias Hysen 20090219
Tobias Hysén went on to make 34 appearances for the Swedish national team.
Season Player Team Assists
2001 Sweden Pelle Andersson IF Sylvia 11
2002 Sweden Olle Kullinger Enköpings SK 11
2003 Sweden Tobias Hysén BK Häcken 15
2004 Sweden Daniel Westlin Gefle IF 12
2005 Sweden Daniel Nicklasson GAIS 10
2006 Norway Eirik Dybendal
Sweden Martin Smedberg-Dalence
IFK Norrköping
Ljungskile SK
11
2007 Norway Eirik Dybendal IFK Norrköping 16
2008 Czech Republic Pavel Zavadil Örgryte IS 17
2009 Sweden Marcus Ekenberg
Sweden Martin Smedberg-Dalence
Mjällby AIF
Ljungskile SK
11
2010 Brazil Daniel Bamberg IFK Norrköping 15
2011 Sweden Tobias Nilsson Falkenbergs FF 12
2012 Sweden Denis Velić Östers IF 11
2013 Sweden Niclas Eliasson Falkenbergs FF 11
2014 Sweden Robert Gojani Jönköpings Södra IF 11
2015 Sweden Dženis Kozica IFK Värnamo 11
2016 Sweden Johan Svahn IFK Värnamo 11
2017 Sweden Petar Petrović IFK Värnamo 12
2018 Sweden Diego Montiel Örgryte IS 14
2019 Sweden Gustav Ludwigson Örgryte IS 9
2020 Sweden Samuel Kroon
Sweden Wilhelm Loeper
Halmstads BK
AFC Eskilstuna
11
2021 Sweden Wilhelm Loeper Helsingborgs IF 12
2022 Sweden Oscar Pettersson IF Brommapojkarna 12
2023 Sweden Gustav Lundgren GAIS 12

Top goalkeepers

(Minimum of 10 games played)

DanielÖrlund
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 Sweden Mattias Hugosson Gefle IF 25 17 85 14
Sweden Daniel Örlund FC Café Opera 25 25 85 7
2005 Sweden Daniel Örlund AIK 29 25 80 13
2006 Sweden Fredrik Persson Trelleborgs FF 29 13 89 17
2007 Sweden Lee Baxter Landskrona BoIS 12 12 84 3
2008 Sweden Kristoffer Nordfeldt IF Brommapojkarna 29 27 82 12
2009 Sweden Mattias Asper Mjällby AIF 30 19 87 15
2010 Jamaica Dwayne Miller Syrianska FC 21 14 82 13
2011 Sweden Ivo Vazgeč Landskrona BoIS
Jönköping Södra
25 29 80 7
2012 Sweden Zlatan Azinović Trelleborgs FF 12 19 78 1
2013 Sweden Peter Abrahamsson Örgryte IS 26 31 82 10
Sweden Otto Martler Falkenbergs FF 28 28 82 14
2014 United States Alex Horwath Ljungskile SK 30 25 83 14
2015 Jamaica Dwayne Miller Syrianska FC 13 11 79 6
2016 United States Josh Wicks AFC United 29 16 86 16
2017 Sweden Pär Hansson Helsingborgs IF 15 15 77 6
Sweden 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]

See also

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