2018 Division 1 (Swedish football)

The 2018 Division 1, part of the 2018 Swedish football season was the 13th season of Sweden's third-tier football league in its current format. The 2018 fixtures were released in December 2017. The season started on 7 April 2018 and ended on 10 November 2018.

Division 1
Season2018
ChampionsVästerås SK (Norra)
Mjällby AIF (Södra)
PromotedMjällby AIF
Västerås SK
Syrianska FC
RelegatedFK Karlskrona
Grebbestads IF
Ängelholms FF
Husqvarna FF
Arameisk-Syrianska IF
Assyriska FF
Skellefteå FF
Top goalscorerNikolas Vasic (21 goals, Norra)
Robin Strömberg (20 goals, Södra)
Highest attendance5,069
Västerås SK 3–0 Akropolis IF (14 April 2018)
← 2017
2019 →

Teams

32 teams contest the league divided into two divisions, Norra and Södra. 28 returning from the 2017 season, two relegated from Superettan and two promoted from Division 2. The champion of each division will qualify directly for promotion to Superettan, the two runners-up has to play a play-off against the thirteenth and fourteenth team from Superettan to decide who will play in Superettan 2019. The bottom three teams in each division will qualify directly for relegation to Division 2.

Stadia and locations

League tables

Norra
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Västerås SK (C, P) 30 22 2 6 56 26 +30 68 Promotion to Superettan
2 Syrianska FC (O, P) 30 18 5 7 56 37 +19 59 Qualification to Promotion playoffs
3 Carlstad United 30 14 12 4 65 39 +26 54
4 Akropolis IF 30 15 8 7 65 42 +23 53
5 Umeå FC 30 14 7 9 45 38 +7 49
6 Sandvikens IF 30 12 9 9 47 39 +8 45
7 Sollentuna FK 30 11 10 9 40 38 +2 43
8 BK Forward 30 12 7 11 48 49 −1 43
9 FC Linköping City 30 10 10 10 44 47 −3 40
10 Nyköpings BIS 30 9 11 10 47 54 −7 38
11 Rynninge IK 30 10 7 13 46 48 −2 37
12 Team TG 30 10 6 14 44 45 −1 36
13 Karlslunds IF (O) 30 8 11 11 36 47 −11 35 Qualification to Relegation Playoffs
14 Arameisk-Syrianska IF (R) 30 6 5 19 40 77 −37 23 Relegation to Division 2
15 Assyriska FF (R) 30 5 6 19 45 71 −26 21
16 Skellefteå FF (R) 30 1 10 19 40 67 −27 13
Updated to match(es) played on 10 November 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
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.

Norra Results
Home \ Away AIF ASIF AFF BKF CU FCLC KIF NBIS RIK SIF SFF SFK SFC TTG UFC VSK
Akropolis IF — 4–0 4–0 5–1 2–2 3–1 5–1 1–1 3–2 0–2 2–2 1–1 1–2 1–0 1–0 1–2
Arameisk-Syrianska IF 4–1 — 3–1 1–1 1–8 2–4 1–2 0–1 1–1 1–2 5–3 0–2 2–3 2–4 0–1 1–3
Assyriska FF 2–4 3–1 — 0–3 0–2 2–4 2–4 2–1 2–3 1–3 3–3 4–1 2–2 0–0 1–2 0–2
BK Forward 3–4 4–1 2–1 — 3–1 3–1 3–1 4–2 1–0 2–1 2–1 0–2 0–1 1–1 0–1 2–1
Carlstad United 2–4 2–2 2–0 1–1 — 3–1 1–1 3–3 2–2 3–1 3–3 0–0 1–0 3–1 3–1 2–3
FC Linköping City 0–0 1–2 2–1 1–0 0–0 — 1–1 1–1 3–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 2–4 1–0 1–1 1–0
Karlslunds IF HFK 1–0 0–0 4–5 3–1 0–1 0–0 — 1–3 3–2 0–4 0–0 1–1 0–1 2–2 0–3 1–2
Nyköpings BIS 1–1 0–4 4–4 1–1 2–2 4–0 0–2 — 2–2 0–0 2–0 5–2 2–5 3–1 1–1 1–0
Rynninge IK 0–2 4–0 2–1 2–2 1–2 1–3 2–2 2–0 — 2–0 3–2 0–0 2–1 1–2 2–1 3–1
Sandvikens IF 3–0 2–2 2–1 0–2 0–3 1–1 1–1 5–0 3–1 — 3–2 3–4 1–0 2–1 0–2 1–3
Skellefteå FF 2–6 2–3 2–2 4–1 1–1 1–1 1–2 0–2 0–0 1–2 — 1–2 1–2 0–1 1–1 1–3
Sollentuna FK 2–2 2–0 1–1 1–1 0–2 3–2 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 4–1 — 0–1 1–2 1–1 0–2
Syrianska FC 1–1 2–0 3–1 2–2 3–4 3–2 0–1 2–2 4–2 1–0 3–1 3–2 — 2–0 1–1 0–2
Team TG 1–3 5–0 2–1 5–0 0–4 2–2 2–1 3–0 1–3 1–1 3–3 0–1 0–1 — 3–1 0–1
Umeå FC 0–3 5–0 3–1 2–1 2–1 3–2 1–1 1–2 2–1 1–1 1–0 2–4 1–3 1–0 — 2–0
Västerås SK 3–0 4–1 0–1 2–1 1–1 4–2 2–0 3–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 3–1 3–1 —
Updated to match(es) played on 10 November 2018. Source: Swedish Football Association (in Swedish)
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Södra
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Mjällby AIF (C, P) 30 21 6 3 73 29 +44 69 Promotion to Superettan
2 Oskarshamns AIK (Q) 30 16 9 5 59 36 +23 57 Qualification to Promotion playoffs
3 Tvååkers IF 30 17 4 9 46 34 +12 55
4 Eskilsminne IF 30 16 5 9 51 35 +16 53
5 Torns IF 30 14 8 8 41 31 +10 50
6 Ljungskile SK 30 12 10 8 50 30 +20 46
7 Lunds BK 30 12 6 12 53 49 +4 42
8 Utsiktens BK 30 10 7 13 47 47 0 37
9 IK Oddevold 30 10 7 13 35 52 −17 37
10 Skövde AIK 30 8 9 13 33 41 −8 33
11 Åtvidabergs FF 30 9 6 15 42 52 −10 33
12 Kristianstad FC 30 8 9 13 38 51 −13 33
13 FK Karlskrona (R) 30 7 12 11 39 60 −21 33 Qualification to Relegation Playoffs
14 Grebbestads IF (R) 30 8 8 14 45 54 −9 32 Relegation to Division 2
15 Ängelholms FF (R) 30 8 5 17 28 61 −33 29
16 Husqvarna FF (R) 30 6 5 19 44 62 −18 23
Updated to match(es) played on 4 November 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
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated; (R) Relegated.

Södra Results
Home \ Away EIF FKK GIF HFF IKO KFC LSK LBK MAIF OAIK SAIK TIF TVIF UBK ÅFF ÄFF
Eskilsminne IF — 2–0 1–2 2–0 1–4 2–1 1–1 2–3 1–4 1–2 2–2 3–0 1–0 0–1 3–0 4–1
FK Karlskrona 1–3 — 1–1 4–2 1–1 1–0 2–1 5–4 2–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–3 2–2 0–4 0–0
Grebbestads IF 2–2 0–2 — 1–2 1–1 3–1 1–2 2–1 3–2 1–2 1–2 2–2 0–1 4–1 3–1 2–3
Husqvarna FF 2–2 1–2 2–3 — 2–3 3–3 2–4 2–0 0–0 0–3 0–1 0–1 1–2 2–3 4–2 4–2
IK Oddevold 1–4 0–0 1–1 2–1 — 4–0 1–0 1–0 1–2 0–3 1–0 0–2 0–3 1–2 1–0 3–1
Kristianstad FC 0–2 4–3 2–2 3–1 1–2 — 1–1 0–1 1–2 1–1 3–3 0–0 4–3 1–3 1–0 2–1
Ljungskile SK 1–1 5–0 2–0 1–1 4–1 0–1 — 1–1 1–0 0–1 2–1 1–1 0–1 4–0 3–1 4–0
Lunds BK 1–1 4–2 2–2 2–0 3–0 2–1 1–3 — 0–4 4–5 1–0 1–2 0–1 3–2 6–3 4–0
Mjällby AIF 2–0 2–1 3–2 5–1 6–0 4–1 1–0 2–2 — 1–1 4–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 3–0 3–0
Oskarshamns AIK 3–1 1–1 2–2 3–1 3–0 4–1 2–2 2–2 1–3 — 0–0 1–0 2–3 3–2 1–2 4–0
Skövde AIK 0–2 0–1 3–0 0–5 2–0 0–0 1–1 0–2 1–3 1–2 — 1–1 2–1 4–0 1–0 0–2
Torns IF 1–3 1–1 2–1 1–3 0–0 0–1 1–0 2–1 0–1 2–1 2–0 — 3–0 2–0 4–2 4–0
Tvååkers IF 0–1 2–0 2–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–2 0–0 2–5 2–0 1–0 2–1 — 2–1 2–0 4–1
Utsiktens BK 0–1 8–1 3–0 0–0 4–2 1–0 4–1 0–1 3–2 2–2 1–1 1–2 0–0 — 1–1 0–1
Åtvidabergs FF 0–2 2–0 3–1 3–2 2–1 1–1 1–1 3–1 0–1 0–2 1–1 1–1 4–0 2–1 — 2–2
Ängelholms FF 1–0 2–2 3–1 2–0 2–2 0–2 0–3 1–1 2–1 0–1 1–3 0–1 0–3 1–0 2–1 —
Updated to match(es) played on 10 November 2018. Source: Swedish Football Association (in Swedish)
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

The 13th-placed teams of each division meets the best two runners-up from 2018 Division 2 in two-legged ties on a home-and-away basis with the team from Division 1 finishing at home.

IFK Haninge2–2Karlslunds IF
Milosavljevic  55'
Hachemaoui  60'		 Report Zahui  45', 51'
Torvalla IP, Haninge
Attendance: 850
Referee: Enzo Vesprini
Karlslunds IF1–0IFK Haninge
Bell  57' Report
Karlslund Arena, Örebro
Attendance: 423
Referee: Andreas Johansson

Karlslunds IF won 3–2 on aggregate.

FC Trollhättan2–1FK Karlskrona
Ödlund  38', 55' Report Holgersson  63'
Attendance: 838
Referee: Kastriot Gerxhaliu
FK Karlskrona2–2FC Trollhättan
Sigvardsson  21'
Enarsson  48'		 Report Ödlund  54', 72'
Västra Mark IP, Karlskrona
Attendance: 1,389
Referee: Joakim Östling

FC Trollhättan won 4–3 on aggregate.

Season statistics

References
  1. "Skytteliga - Div 1 Norra, herrar". Svensk Fotboll. Svensk Fotboll.
  2. "Skytteliga - Div 1 Södra, herrar". Svensk Fotboll. Svensk Fotboll.
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