2015 Superettan

Superettan
Season 2015
Matches played 8
Goals scored 15 (1.88 per match)
Top goalscorer Mattias Genc (5 goals)
Biggest home win Utsiktens BK 4–1 Degerfors IF (3 April 2015)
Biggest away win Ängelholms FF 0–2 Assyriska FF (5 April 2015)
Highest scoring Utsiktens BK 4–1 Degerfors IF (3 April 2015)
Highest attendance 4,812
GAIS 0–1 Varbergs BoIS (6 April 2015)
Lowest attendance 100
AFC United 2–0 Utsiktens BK (25 April 2015)
Total attendance 15,052
Average attendance 1,882
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2016 →

The 2015 Superettan, part of the 2015 Swedish football season, will be the 15th season of Superettan, Sweden's second-tier football league in its current format. The 2015 fixtures are expected to be released in December 2014. The season began on 3 April 2015 and will end on 1 November 2015.

A total of 16 teams will contest the league.

Teams

A total of 16 teams will contested the league. The top two teams qualify directly for promotion to Allsvenskan, the third has to play a play-off against the fourteenth team from Allsvenskan to decide who will play in Allsvenskan 2016. The bottom two teams qualified directly for relegation to Division 1, the thirteenth and the fourteenth has to play a play-off against the numbers two teams from Division 1 Södra and Division 1 Norra to decide who will play in Superettan 2016.

2014-champions Hammarby IF and runner-up GIF Sundsvall were promoted to the Allsvenskan at the end of the 2014 season. They were replaced by Mjällby AIF and IF Brommapojkarna. Landskrona BoIS and Husqvarna FF were relegated at the end of the 2014 season after finishing in the bottom two places of the table. They were replaced by Division 1 Norra champions AFC United and Division 1 Södra champions Utsiktens BK.

Stadia and locations

Team Location Stadium Turf1 Stadium capacity1
AFC United Stockholm Skytteholms IP Artificial 3,500
Assyriska FF Södertälje Södertälje Fotbollsarena Artificial 6,700
Degerfors IF Degerfors Stora Valla Natural 7,500
GAIS Gothenburg Gamla Ullevi Natural 18,416
IF Brommapojkarna Stockholm Grimsta IP Artificial 5,500
IFK Värnamo Värnamo Finnvedsvallen Natural 5,000
IK Frej Täby Vikingavallen Artificial 1,250
IK Sirius Uppsala Studenternas IP Natural 6,300
Jönköpings Södra IF Jönköping Stadsparksvallen Natural 5,500
Ljungskile SK Ljungskile Uddevalla Arena Natural 5,500
Mjällby AIF Hällevik Strandvallen Natural 6,750
Syrianska FC Södertälje Södertälje Fotbollsarena Artificial 6,100
Utsiktens BK Gothenburg Ruddalens IP Artificial 5,000
Varbergs BoIS Varberg Påskbergsvallen Natural 4,500
Ängelholms FF Ängelholm Ängelholms IP Natural 4,000
Östersunds FK Östersund Jämtkraft Arena Artificial 6,400

Personnel and kits

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 United Sweden Özcan Melkemichel United States Josh Wicks Nike Busmarket Sweden
Assyriska FF Bosnia and Herzegovina Valentic Azrudin Sweden Linus Malmborg Umbro Scania
Degerfors IF Sweden Patrik Werner Sweden Tobias Solberg Adidas Outokumpu
GAIS Sweden Per-Ola Ljung Sweden Kenneth Gustafsson Hummel Åbro
IF Brommapojkarna Iceland Magni Fannberg Sweden Jacob Une Larsson Adidas Santander Group
IFK Värnamo Sweden Peter Johansson
Sweden Jörgen Petersson		 Sweden Martin Claesson Adidas Various
IK Frej Sweden Bartosz Grzelak Sweden Johannes Gustafsson Erreà SportGuard
IK Sirius Sweden Kim Bergstrand Sweden Niklas Busch Thor Nike Various
Jönköpings Södra IF Sweden Jimmy Thelin Sweden Tommy Thelin Nike Various
Ljungskile SK Sweden Tor-Arne Fredheim Sweden Markus Gustafsson Adidas Various
Mjällby AIF Sweden Anders Linderoth Sweden Mattias Asper Puma Various
Syrianska FC Sweden Nemanja Miljanović Syria Louay Chanko Nike Aros Kapital
Utsiktens BK Sweden Janne Carlsson Sweden Robin Jonsson Erreà Prioritet Finans
Varbergs BoIS Sweden Jörgen Wålemark Sweden Robin Tranberg Umbro Various
Ängelholms FF Sweden Joakim Persson Sweden Albin Nilsson Adidas Unicolor
Östersunds FK England Graham Potter Montserrat Alex Dyer Adidas Peab

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Table Incoming manager Date of appointment
IF Brommapojkarna Sweden Stefan Billborn Sacked 3 November 2014[2] Pre-season Iceland Magni Fannberg 11 November 2014[3]

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Jönköpings Södra IF 4 4 0 0 5 1 +4 12 Promotion to Allsvenskan
2 Assyriska FF 4 3 1 0 6 1 +5 10
3 Varbergs BoIS 4 3 0 1 4 2 +2 9 Qualification to Promotion playoffs
4 IK Sirius 4 2 2 0 6 1 +5 8
5 Östersunds FK 4 2 2 0 6 2 +4 8
6 AFC United 4 1 3 0 4 2 +2 6
7 Ljungskile SK 4 2 0 2 4 4 0 6
8 IFK Värnamo 4 1 2 1 4 4 0 5
9 Syrianska FC 4 1 1 2 2 2 0 4
10 GAIS 4 1 1 2 2 3 −1 4
11 Mjällby AIF 4 1 1 2 4 6 −2 4
12 Degerfors IF 4 1 1 2 4 7 −3 4
13 Utsiktens BK 4 1 0 3 4 7 −3 3 Qualification to Relegation playoffs
14 IK Frej 4 0 2 2 1 4 −3 2
15 IF Brommapojkarna 4 0 1 3 2 6 −4 1 Relegation to Division 1
16 Ängelholms FF 4 0 1 3 1 7 −6 1
Updated to match(es) played on 27 April 2015. Source: svenskfotboll.se (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

Playoffs

The 13th-placed and 14th-placed teams of Superettan meets the two runners-up from 2015 Division 1 (Norra and Södra) in Two-legged ties on a home-and-away basis with the team from Superettan finishing at home.


2nd team from 2015 Division 1 Norra v 13th team from 2015 Superettan


2nd team from 2015 Division 1 Södra v 14th team from 2015 Superettan


13th team from 2015 Superettan v 2nd team from 2015 Division 1 Norra


14th team from 2015 Superettan v 2nd team from 2015 Division 1 Södra

Positions by round

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Jönköpings Södra IF 4 2 1 1                                                    
Assyriska FF 2 4 3 2                                                    
Varbergs BoIS 5 9 4 3                                                    
IK Sirius 9 3 5 4                                                    
Östersunds FK 6 1 2 5                                                    
AFC United 7 11 10 6                                                    
Ljungskile SK 11 8 12 7                                                    
IFK Värnamo 3 6 8 8                                                    
Syrianska FC 10 13 6 9                                                    
GAIS 12 10 9 10                                                    
Mjällby AIF 8 5 7 11                                                    
Degerfors IF 16 15 13 12                                                    
Utsiktens BK 1 7 11 13                                                    
IK Frej 14 12 14 14                                                    
IF Brommapojkarna 13 14 15 15                                                    
Ängelholms FF 15 16 16 16                                                    

Source: (Swedish)

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


Results

Home ╲ Away[1] AFC AFF DIFGAISBPIFKVIKFIKSJSIFLSKMAIFSFCUBKVARÄFFÖFK
AFC United 0–0 2–0
Assyriska FF 0–0 3–1
Degerfors IF 0–1 1–1
GAIS 0–1 1–1
IF Brommapojkarna 1–1 0–1
IFK Värnamo 2–1
IK Frej 0–0 0–1
IK Sirius 3–1 3–0
Jönköpings Södra IF 1–0 2–1 1–0
Ljungskile SK 1–0 2–0
Mjällby AIF 1–1 1–2
Syrianska FC 0–0 2–0
Utsiktens BK 0–1 4–1
Varbergs BoIS 1–2 1–0
Ängelholms FF 0–2 0–1
Östersunds FK 1–1 3–0

Source: svenskfotboll.se (Swedish)
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals[4]
1 Sweden Mattias Genc Assyriska FF 5
2 Sweden Andreas Holmberg Degerfors IF 3
Norway Mats André Kaland Varbergs BoIS
Sweden Peter Samuelsson Degerfors IF

Top assists

Rank Player Club Assists[5]
1 Sweden Kujtim Bala Östersunds FK 4
2 Nigeria Chidi Omeje AFC United 2
Ghana Kingsley Sarfo IK Sirius

Top goalkeepers

(Minimum of 4 games played)

Rank Goalkeeper Club
 GP GA SV%[6] CS
1 Sweden Damir Mehić Jönköpings Södra IF 4 1 95 3
2 Sweden Robin Malmkvist Assyriska FF 4 1 93 3
3 United States Josh Wicks AFC United 4 2 89 2
4 Sweden Andreas Andersson IK Sirius 4 1 88 3
5 Sweden Tommi Vaiho GAIS 4 3 83 1

Hat-tricks

Player For Against Result Date
Sweden Mattias GencAssyriska FFIK Frej3–126 April 2015

References

  1. ↑ "Superettan" (in Swedish). The Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 6 November 2014.
  2. ↑ "BP byter tränare". brommapojkarna.se (in Swedish) (IF Brommapojkarna). 3 November 2014. Retrieved 11 November 2014.
  3. ↑ "BP presenterar ny tränare". brommapojkarna.se (in Swedish) (IF Brommapojkarna). 11 November 2014. Retrieved 11 November 2014.
  4. ↑ "Skytteliga". The Swedish Football Association. The Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
  5. ↑ "Passningsliga". The Swedish Football Association. The Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
  6. ↑ "Målvaktsliga". The Swedish Football Association. The Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 29 April 2015.

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