2018 Superettan

	Promotion to Allsvenskan
	Promotion play-offs
	Relegation play-offs
	Relegation to Division 1

Superettan
Season	2018
Matches played	207
Biggest home win	Östers IF 5–0 Landskrona BoIS (6 October 2018)
Biggest away win	IK Frej 1–5 Helsingborgs IF ; (14 April 2018) ; Gefle IF 1–5 Landskrona BoIS (28 May 2018) ; IK Brage 0–4 Östers IF (11 August 2018)
Highest scoring	GAIS 4–4 Örgryte IS (12 June 2018)
Longest winning run	7 matches; Helsingborgs IF[1]
Longest unbeaten run	14 matches; Helsingborgs IF
Longest winless run	13 matches; Gefle IF
Longest losing run	8 matches; IFK Värnamo
Highest attendance	16,089; Helsingborgs IF 2–0 Norrby IF (2 August 2018)
Lowest attendance	211; IFK Värnamo 2–0 Varbergs BoIS (24 April 2018)[2]
	← 2017 2019 →

The 2018 Superettan is part of the 2018 Swedish football season, and the 18th season of Superettan, Sweden's second-tier football division in its current format. A total of 16 teams contest the league.

Fixtures for the 2018 season were announced on 21 December 2017.^[3]

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.

Stadia and locations

Locations of the 2018 Superettan teams

Team	Location	Stadium	Turf¹	Stadium capacity¹
AFC Eskilstuna	Eskilstuna	Tunavallen	Artificial	7,800
Degerfors IF	Degerfors	Stora Valla	Natural	12,500
Falkenbergs FF	Falkenberg	Falcon Alkoholfri Arena	Natural	5,565
GAIS	Gothenburg	Gamla Ullevi	Natural	18,416^[4]
Gefle IF	Gävle	Gavlevallen	Artificial	6,500
Halmstads BK	Halmstad	Örjans Vall	Natural	10,873
Helsingborgs IF	Helsingborg	Olympia	Natural	16,500
IFK Värnamo	Värnamo	Finnvedsvallen	Natural	5,000
IK Brage	Borlänge	Domnarvsvallen	Artificial	6,500
IK Frej	Täby kyrkby	Vikingavallen	Artificial	2,650
Jönköpings Södra IF	Jönköping	Stadsparksvallen	Natural	5,500
Landskrona BoIS	Landskrona	Landskrona IP	Natural	10,500
Norrby IF	Borås	Borås Arena	Artificial	17,800
Varbergs BoIS	Varberg	Påskbergsvallen	Natural	4,500
Örgryte IS	Gothenburg	Gamla Ullevi	Natural	18,416^[4]
Östers IF	Växjö	Myresjöhus Arena	Natural	12,000

Personnel and sponsoring

All teams are obligated to have the logo of the league sponsor Svenska Spel as well as the Superettan logo on the right sleeve of their shirt.

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Team	Head coach¹	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Main shirt sponsor
AFC Eskilstuna	Nemanja Miljanović	Anel Raskaj	Nike	Various
Degerfors IF	Stefan Jacobsson	Christoffer Wiktorsson	Adidas	Various
Falkenbergs FF	Hans Eklund	Tibor Joza	Nike	Gekås Ullared
GAIS	Bosko Orović	Carl Nyström	Select	Various
Gefle IF	Marcus Bengtsson	Jonas Lantto	Umbro	Various
Halmstads BK	Igor Krulj	Peter Larsson	Puma	Various
Helsingborgs IF	Per-Ola Ljung	Pär Hansson	Puma	Resurs Bank
IFK Värnamo	Roar Hansen	Pär Cederqvist	Puma	Various
IK Brage	Klebér Saarenpää	Robbin Sellin	Select	Various
IK Frej	Roberth Björknesjö	Marcus Hansson	Puma	Various
Jönköpings Södra IF	Christer Persson	Tommy Thelin	Nike	Volkswagen
Landskrona BoIS	Agim Sopi	Philip Andersson	Nike	Various
Norrby IF	Korosh Hatami	Marcus Översjö	Nike	Various
Varbergs BoIS FC	Joakim Persson	Gabriel Altemark Vanneryr	Nike	Various
Örgryte IS	Thomas Askebrand	Daniel Paulson	Nike	HA Bygg
Östers IF	Christian Järdler	Mario Vasilj	Puma	Various

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Helsingborgs IF	26	17	7	2	51	23	+28	58	Promotion to Allsvenskan
2	Falkenbergs FF	26	17	4	5	56	29	+27	55	Promotion to Allsvenskan
3	AFC Eskilstuna	26	12	12	2	35	12	+23	48	Qualification to Promotion playoffs
4	Halmstads BK	26	13	5	8	42	34	+8	44
5	Örgryte IS	26	11	7	8	44	34	+10	40
6	IK Brage	26	10	8	8	40	40	0	38
7	Degerfors IF	26	10	7	9	37	40	−3	37
8	Östers IF	26	10	6	10	39	33	+6	36
9	Norrby IF	26	9	5	12	28	44	−16	32
10	Varbergs BoIS	26	7	8	11	38	42	−4	29
11	IK Frej	26	8	5	13	39	51	−12	29
12	GAIS	26	6	10	10	34	37	−3	28
13	Jönköpings Södra IF	26	7	7	12	25	34	−9	28	Qualification to Relegation playoffs
14	IFK Värnamo	26	7	5	14	27	42	−15	26	Qualification to Relegation playoffs
15	Landskrona BoIS	26	5	6	15	33	47	−14	21	Relegation to Division 1
16	Gefle IF	26	5	6	15	24	50	−26	21	Relegation to Division 1

Updated to match(es) played on 9 October 2018. Source: svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish)
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

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27
Team ╲ Round
Helsingborgs IF	13	7	5	8	6	4	5	5	4	4	5	3	4	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1
Falkenbergs FF	2	2	1	1	1	3	2	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2
AFC Eskilstuna	10	13	8	4	3	2	3	2	3	3	4	2	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Halmstads BK	3	3	6	10	11	6	4	4	5	5	3	5	2	3	3	3	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Örgryte IS	1	1	4	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	4	5	5	6	6	6	8	8	8	8	6	7	7	5	5
IK Brage	11	5	2	3	4	5	6	6	6	6	7	6	6	6	5	5	5	7	6	5	5	5	5	5	6	6
Degerfors IF	6	10	10	5	10	13	7	7	7	7	6	7	7	7	7	8	8	6	7	7	6	7	6	6	7	7
Östers IF	7	12	13	12	13	11	10	8	10	11	12	10	9	9	9	7	7	5	4	6	7	8	8	8	8	8
Norrby IF	9	6	3	6	8	8	11	11	13	13	11	12	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	9	9	9
Varbergs BoIS	16	16	12	14	12	7	8	10	11	12	13	13	14	14	13	14	14	14	13	13	13	15	13	13	13	10
IK Frej	8	10	14	15	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	13	13	14	13	10	10	10	11	11	12	12	12	11	11
GAIS	4	4	7	7	5	9	12	13	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	12
Jönköpings Södra IF	14	15	15	16	14	14	13	9	9	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	11	12	13
IFK Värnamo	15	14	16	13	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	13	14	14	14	14
Landskrona BoIS	12	8	9	11	7	10	9	12	12	9	9	11	12	12	12	12	13	13	14	15	15	14	15	15	15	15
Gefle IF	5	9	11	9	9	12	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16

Source: everysport.com (in Swedish)

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of 7 October 2018^[5]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Andri Rúnar Bjarnason	Helsingborgs IF	13
2	Kosuke Kinoshita	Halmstads BK	12
3	Sargon Abraham	Degerfors IF	11
	Erik Björndahl	Degerfors IF
	Pär Cederqvist	IFK Värnamo
	Chisom Egbuchulam	Falkenbergs FF
	Dragan Kapčević	Östers IF

Top assists

As of 30 September 2018^[6]

Rank	Player	Club	Assists
1	Darijan Bojanić	Helsingborgs IF	11
1	Diego Montiel	Örgryte IS	11
3	Christoffer Carlsson	Falkenbergs FF	8
3	Jakob Glasberg	IK Frej	8
5	Adam Eriksson	Helsingborgs IF	7
	Simon Helg	Östers IF
	Robbin Sellin	IK Brage
	Karl Söderström	Falkenbergs FF
	Robin Östlind	Falkenbergs FF

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Andri Rúnar Bjarnason	Helsingborgs IF	IK Frej	1–5	14 April 2018
Sargon Abraham	Degerfors IF	Norrby IF	1–3	14 May 2018
Kosuke Kinoshita	Halmstads BK	Varbergs BoIS	2–3	2 June 2018
Simon Alexandersson	IK Brage	IFK Värnamo	2–3	30 June 2018
Dušan Jajić	IK Frej	Gefle IF	2–5	5 August 2018
Chisom Egbuchulam	Falkenbergs FF	Degerfors IF	4–1	26 August 2018

References

↑ "Superettan streaks and sequences". soccerstats.com. soccerstats.com. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
↑ Note: Game was played at Borås Arena.
↑ "Superettans spelprogram fastställt". svenskfotboll.se. 21 December 2017. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
1 2 Note: Gamla Ullevi has a capacity of 15,000 sitting and 3,416 standing for a total capacity of 18,416.
↑ "Skytteliga - Superettan". The Swedish Football Association (in Swedish). The Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
↑ "Statistik". The Swedish Football Association (in Swedish). The Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 5 August 2018.

External links

Swedish Football Association - Superettan

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[streaks2-1] "Superettan streaks and sequences". soccerstats.com. soccerstats.com. Retrieved 12 June 2018.

[2] Note: Game was played at Borås Arena.

[3] "Superettans spelprogram fastställt". svenskfotboll.se. 21 December 2017. Retrieved 21 December 2017.

[G-Ullevi-4] 1 2 Note: Gamla Ullevi has a capacity of 15,000 sitting and 3,416 standing for a total capacity of 18,416.

[Top_scorers-5] "Skytteliga - Superettan". The Swedish Football Association (in Swedish). The Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 5 August 2018.

[Top_assists-6] "Statistik". The Swedish Football Association (in Swedish). The Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 5 August 2018.

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