Superettan

Superettan
Founded 2000
Country Sweden Sweden
Confederation UEFA (Europe)
Number of teams 16
Level on pyramid 2
Promotion to Allsvenskan
Relegation to Division 1
Domestic cup(s) Svenska Cupen
Current champions IF Brommapojkarna
(2017)
Most championships Kalmar FF
Östers IF (2 titles)
TV partners TV4 Group
Website Superettan
2018 Superettan

Superettan (Swedish pronunciation: [²sʉːpɛrˌɛtːan], "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.

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]

Current clubs (2018 season)

Club Position
in 2017[4]		 First season First season of
current spell		 Number of seasons
in Superettan[5]		 Number of seasons
in second tier[6]
IK Brage1st in Div. 1 Norra20002018751.5
Degerfors IF8th200520101239
AFC Eskilstuna16th in Allsvenskan200020181212
Falkenbergs FF4th200320171220
IK Frej14th2015201533
GAIS9th20012013833
Gefle IF12th20012017547.5
Halmstads BK15th in Allsvenskan20122018231.5
Helsingborgs IF7th20172017123
Jönköpings Södra IF14th in Allsvenskan200620181037
Landskrona BoIS1st in Div. 1 Södra200020181152
Norrby IF10th20172017126
Varbergs BoIS11th20122012618
IFK Värnamo6th20112011717
Östers IF5th200020171121
Örgryte IS13th20072016630.5

Stadia and locations

Team Location Stadium Turf1 Stadium capacity1
IK Brage Borlänge Domnarvsvallen Artificial 6,500
Degerfors IF Degerfors Stora Valla Natural 12,500
AFC Eskilstuna Eskilstuna Tunavallen Artificial 6,000
Falkenbergs FF Falkenberg Falcon Alkoholfri Arena Natural 5,565
IK Frej Täby Vikingavallen Artificial 2,650
GAIS Gothenburg Gamla Ullevi Natural 18,416
Gefle IF Gävle Gavlevallen Artificial 6,500
Halmstads BK Halmstad Örjans Vall Natural 7,135
Helsingborgs IF Helsingborg Olympia Natural 16,500
Jönköpings Södra IF Jönköping Stadsparksvallen Natural 5,500
Landskrona BoIS Landskrona Landskrona IP Natural 10,500
Norrby IF Borås Borås Arena Artificial 16,899
Varbergs BoIS Varberg Påskbergsvallen Natural 4,000
IFK Värnamo Värnamo Finnvedsvallen Natural 5,000
Östers IF Växjö Myresjöhus Arena Natural 12,000
Örgryte IS Gothenburg Gamla Ullevi Natural 18,416
  • 1 Correct as of end of 2017 season
Stora Valla in Degerfors.
Gamla Ullevi in Gothenburg.
Olympia in Helsingborg.
Landskrona IP in Landskrona.

Managers

The current managers in Superettan are:

Hans Eklund has been the manager of Falkenbergs FF since November 2014.
Name Club Appointed
SwedenHans EklundFalkenbergs FF26 November 2014
SwedenStefan JacobssonDegerfors IF28 July 2016
SwedenPer-Ola LjungHelsingborgs IF27 November 2016
SwedenBosko OrovićGAIS26 June 2017
SwedenIgor KruljHalmstads BK8 June 2017
SwedenThomas AskebrandÖrgryte IS13 November 2017
SwedenKlebér SaarenpääIK Brage16 November 2017
SwedenChristian JärdlerÖsters IF21 November 2017
SwedenRoar HansenIFK Värnamo27 November 2017
SwedenJoakim PerssonVarbergs BoIS28 November 2017
SwedenNemanja MiljanovićAFC Eskilstuna15 January 2018
SwedenKorosh HatamiNorrby IF18 January 2018
SwedenMarcus BengtssonGefle IF2 July 2018
SwedenAndreas BrännströmJönköpings Södra IF20 August 2018
DenmarkJack Majgaard JensenLandskrona BoIS3 September 2018
SwedenMattias ErikssonIK Frej10 September 2018

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)

Top goalscorers

Daniel Nannskog who became top goalscorer with Landskrona BoIS went on to also become top goalscorer in both Adeccoligaen and Tippeligaen.
SeasonPlayerTeamGoals
2000Sweden Fredrik GärdemanÅtvidabergs FF14
2001Sweden Daniel NannskogLandskrona BoIS21
2002Sweden Ludwig ErnstssonÖsters IF18
2003Sweden Göran MarklundFC Café Opera23
2004Sweden Stefan BärlinVästerås SK23
2005Brazil Bruno SantosIFK Norrköping16
2006Sweden Olof Guterstam
Sweden Stefan Rodevåg		IF Brommapojkarna
Falkenbergs FF		17
2007Iceland Gardar GunnlaugssonIFK Norrköping18
2008Sweden Jonas HenrikssonBK Häcken19
2009Sweden Marcus Ekenberg
Sweden Mattias Adelstam		Mjällby AIF
Ängelholms FF		19
2010Sweden Linus HalleniusHammarby IF18
2011Sweden Branimir HrgotaJönköpings Södra IF18
2012Sweden Pablo Piñones ArceIF Brommapojkarna18
2013Sweden Victor SköldFalkenbergs FF20
2014Sweden Kennedy BakirciogluHammarby IF17
2015Sweden Fredrik OlssonJönköpings Södra IF17
2016Sweden Shkodran MaholliÅtvidabergs FF15
2017Sweden Richard YarsuvatDalkurd FF17

Top assists

Tobias Hysén went on to make 34 appearances for the Swedish national team.
SeasonPlayerTeamAssists
2001Sweden Pelle AnderssonIF Sylvia11
2002Sweden Olle KullingerEnköpings SK11
2003Sweden Tobias HysénBK Häcken15
2004Sweden Daniel WestlinGefle IF12
2005Sweden Daniel NicklassonGAIS10
2006Norway Eirik Dybendal
Sweden Martin Smedberg-Dalence		IFK Norrköping
Ljungskile SK		11
2007Norway Eirik DybendalIFK Norrköping16
2008Czech Republic Pavel ZavadilÖrgryte IS17
2009Sweden Marcus Ekenberg
Sweden Martin Smedberg-Dalence		Mjällby AIF
Ljungskile SK		11
2010Brazil Daniel BambergIFK Norrköping15
2011Sweden Tobias NilssonFalkenbergs FF12
2012Sweden Denis VelićÖsters IF11
2013Sweden Niclas EliassonFalkenbergs FF11
2014Sweden Robert GojaniJönköpings Södra IF11
2015Sweden Dženis KozicaIFK Värnamo11
2016Sweden Johan SvahnIFK Värnamo11
2017Sweden Petar PetrovićIFK Värnamo12

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 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

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

Superettan had an average attendance of 1,727 during its most recent season (2016).[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

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. ↑ "Tabell och resultat - Superettan —". Svenskfotboll.se. Retrieved 2012-11-04.
  5. ↑ Upplagt av: Jimmy Lindahl, SFS. "Historik —". Svenskfotboll.se. Retrieved 2012-01-16.
  6. ↑ Jimmy Lindahl, SFS. "Maratontabell näst högsta serien 1928/29-2011". Svenskfotboll.se. Retrieved 2012-02-12.
  7. ↑ Svenskfotboll.se. Superettan: Tidigare år: Resultat 2013: Statistik/ligor: Publikliga. Retrieved 2 November 2013.
  8. ↑ "Rekordpublik såg Hammarby spela 0–0". Dagens Nyheter. 2014-08-24.
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