Superettan

Superettan

Country	Sweden
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Founded	2000
Number of teams	16
Level on pyramid	2
Promotion to	Allsvenskan
Relegation to	Division 1
Domestic cup(s)	Svenska Cupen
Current champions	Hammarby IF (2014)
Most championships	Kalmar FF Östers IF (2 titles)
TV partners	TV4 Group
Website	Superettan
2015 Superettan

Swedish Football League Structure
Allsvenskan (Tier 1)
Superettan (Tier 2)
Division 1 (Tier 3)
Division 2 (Tier 4)
Division 3 (Tier 5)
Division 4 (Tier 6)
Division 5 (Tier 7)
Division 6 (Tier 8)
Division 7 (Tier 9)
Division 8 (Tier 10)

Superettan (English: The Super First) is 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.

The competition

There are 16 clubs in Superettan. During the course of a season (starting in April and ending in October) each club plays the others 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 plays 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 (2015 season)

Club	Position in 2014^[4]	First season	First season of current spell	Number of seasons in Superettan^[5]	Number of seasons in second tier^[6]
AFC United	1st in Div. 1 Norra	2005	2015	5	5
Assyriska FF	14th	2000	2008	13	18
IF Brommapojkarna	16th in Allsvenskan	2002	2015	8	32
Degerfors IF	7th	2005	2010	9	36
IK Frej	2nd in Div. 1 Norra	2015	2015	0	0
GAIS	11th	2001	2013	5	30
Jönköpings Södra	4th	2006	2006	9	36
Ljungskile SK	3rd	2000	2009	10	15
Mjällby AIF	15th in Allsvenskan	2000	2015	8	25.5
IK Sirius	6th	2007	2014	4	24
Syrianska FC	10th	2009	2014	3	3
Utsiktens BK	1st in Div. 1 Södra	2015	2015	0	0
Varbergs BoIS	8th	2012	2012	3	15
IFK Värnamo	9th	2011	2011	4	14
Ängelholms FF	12th	2002	2008	8	12
Östersunds FK	5th	2013	2013	2	2

Stadia and locations

Assyriska FF

Varbergs BoIS

Location of the 2015 Superettan teams

Team	Location	Stadium	Turf¹	Stadium capacity¹
Assyriska FF	Södertälje	Södertälje Fotbollsarena	Artificial	7,500
AFC United	Stockholm	Skytteholms IP	Artificial	5,000
Degerfors IF	Degerfors	Stora Valla	Natural	12,500
GAIS	Gothenburg	Gamla Ullevi	Natural	18,416
IF Brommapojkarna	Stockholm	Grimsta IP	Artificial	8,000
IFK Värnamo	Värnamo	Finnvedsvallen	Natural	5,000
IK Frej	Täby	Vikingavallen	Artificial	1,250
IK Sirius	Uppsala	Studenternas IP	Natural	6,500
Jönköpings Södra IF	Jönköping	Stadsparksvallen	Natural	5,200
Ljungskile SK	Ljungskile	Skarsjövallen	Natural	8,000
Mjällby AIF	Mjällby	Strandvallen	Natural	7,500
Syrianska FC	Södertälje	Södertälje Fotbollsarena	Artificial	7,500
Utsiktens BK	Gothenburg	Ruddalens IP	Artificial	5,000
Varbergs BoIS	Varberg	Påskbergsvallen	Natural	4,000
Ängelholms FF	Ängelholm	Ängelholms IP	Natural	5,000
Östersunds FK	Östersund	Jämtkraft Arena	Artificial	6,000

¹ Correct as of end of 2014 season

Stora Valla in Degerfors.	Gamla Ullevi in Göteborg.
Stadsparksvallen in Jönköping.	Jämtkraft Arena in Östersund.

Managers

The current managers in Superettan are:

Özcan Melkemichel, who won Superettan with Syrianska FC in 2010, is the current manager of Athletic FC United.

	Name	Club	Appointed
SWE !	Grzelak, BartoszBartosz Grzelak	IK Frej	02008-01-01-00001 January 2008
SWE !	Werner, PatrikPatrik Werner	Degerfors IF	02008-11-12-000012 November 2008
SWE !	Potter, GrahamGraham Potter	Östersunds FK	02010-12-23-000023 December 2010
SWE !	Persson, JoakimJoakim Persson	Ängelholms FF	02011-01-20-000020 January 2011
SWE !	Bergstrand, KimKim Bergstrand	IK Sirius	02011-11-17-000017 November 2011
SWE !	Fredheim, Tor-ArneTor-Arne Fredheim	Ljungskile SK	02011-12-12-000012 December 2011
SWE !	Carlsson, JanJan Carlsson	Utsiktens BK	02012-12-06-00006 December 2012
SWE !	Wålemark, JörgenJörgen Wålemark	Varbergs BoIS	02013-11-21-000021 November 2013
SWE !	Melkemichel, ÖzcanÖzcan Melkemichel	AFC United	02013-12-05-00005 December 2013
SWE !	Petersson, JörgenJörgen Petersson	IFK Värnamo	02013-12-15-000015 December 2013
SWE !	Thelin, JimmyJimmy Thelin	Jönköpings Södra IF	02014-04-05-00005 April 2014
SWE !	Ljung, Per-OlaPer-Ola Ljung	GAIS	02014-06-14-000014 June 2014
SWE !	Linderoth, AndersAnders Linderoth	Mjällby AIF	02014-07-21-000021 July 2014
SWE !	Azrudin, ValenticValentic Azrudin	Assyriska FF	02014-09-17-000017 September 2014
SWE !	Fannberg, MagniMagni Fannberg	IF Brommapojkarna	02014-11-11-000011 November 2014
SWE !	Miljanović, NemanjaNemanja Miljanović	Syrianska FC	02014-11-19-000019 November 2014

Statistics

Previous winners

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

Top goalscorers

Daniel Nannskog who became top goalscorer with Landskrona BoIS went on to also become top goalscorer in both Adeccoligaen and Tippeligaen.

Season	Player	Team	Goals
2000	Fredrik Gärdeman	Åtvidabergs FF	14
2001	Daniel Nannskog	Landskrona BoIS	21
2002	Ludwig Ernstsson	Östers IF	18
2003	Göran Marklund	FC Café Opera	23
2004	Stefan Bärlin	Västerås SK	23
2005	Bruno Santos	IFK Norrköping	16
2006	Olof Guterstam Stefan Rodevåg	IF Brommapojkarna Falkenbergs FF	17
2007	Gardar Gunnlaugsson	IFK Norrköping	18
2008	Jonas Henriksson	BK Häcken	19
2009	Marcus Ekenberg Mattias Adelstam	Mjällby AIF Ängelholms FF	19
2010	Linus Hallenius	Hammarby IF	18
2011	Branimir Hrgota	Jönköpings Södra IF	18
2012	Pablo Piñones Arce	IF Brommapojkarna	18
2013	Victor Sköld	Falkenbergs FF	20
2014	Kennedy Bakircioglü	Hammarby IF	17

Top assists

Tobias Hysén is currently a squad player for the Swedish national team with over 20 caps.

Season	Player	Team	Assists
2001	Pelle Andersson	IF Sylvia	11
2002	Olle Kullinger	Enköpings SK	11
2003	Tobias Hysén	BK Häcken	15
2004	Daniel Westlin	Gefle IF	12
2005	Daniel Nicklasson	GAIS	10
2006	Eirik Dybendal Martin Smedberg-Dalence	IFK Norrköping Ljungskile SK	11
2007	Eirik Dybendal	IFK Norrköping	16
2008	Pavel Zavadil	Örgryte IS	17
2009	Marcus Ekenberg Martin Smedberg-Dalence	Mjällby AIF Ljungskile SK	11
2010	Daniel Bamberg	IFK Norrköping	15
2011	Tobias Nilsson	Falkenbergs FF	12
2012	Denis Velić	Östers IF	11
2013	Niclas Eliasson	Falkenbergs FF	11
2014	Robert Gojani	Jönköpings Södra IF	11

Top goalkeepers

(Minimum of 10 games played)

Daniel Örlund is the only keeper who has had the top save percentage in two separate seasons.

Season	Goalkeeper	Club	GP	GA	SV%	CS
2004	Mattias Hugosson	Gefle IF	25	17	85	14
2004	Daniel Örlund	FC Café Opera	25	25	85	7
2005	Daniel Örlund	AIK	29	25	80	13
2006	Fredrik Persson	Trelleborgs FF	29	13	89	17
2007	Lee Baxter	Landskrona BoIS	12	12	84	3
2008	Kristoffer Nordfeldt	IF Brommapojkarna	29	27	82	12
2009	Mattias Asper	Mjällby AIF	30	19	87	15
2010	Dwayne Miller	Syrianska FC	21	14	82	13
2011	Ivo Vazgeč	Landskrona BoIS Jönköping Södra	25	29	80	7
2012	Zlatan Azinović	Trelleborgs FF	12	19	78	1
2013	Peter Abrahamsson	Örgryte IS	26	31	82	10
2013	Otto Martler	Falkenbergs FF	28	28	82	14
2014	Alex Horwath	Ljungskile SK	30	25	83	14

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

Superettan had an average attendance of 3,267 during its most recent season (2014).^[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
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

References

↑ "Kentaro - Swedish League". Retrieved 2012-02-12.
↑ "Klart: Superettans alla matcher visas i tv" (in Swedish). 2013-01-30. Retrieved 2013-01-30.
↑ "Nytt tv-avtal klart för 2011–2015" (in Swedish). 2010-01-12. Retrieved 2011-03-24.
↑ "Tabell och resultat - Superettan —". Svenskfotboll.se. Retrieved 2012-11-04.
↑ Upplagt av: Jimmy Lindahl, SFS. "Historik —". Svenskfotboll.se. Retrieved 2012-01-16.
↑ Jimmy Lindahl, SFS. "Maratontabell näst högsta serien 1928/29-2011". Svenskfotboll.se. Retrieved 2012-02-12.
↑ Svenskfotboll.se. Superettan: Tidigare år: Resultat 2013: Statistik/ligor: Publikliga. Retrieved 2 November 2013.
↑ "Rekordpublik såg Hammarby spela 0–0". Dagens Nyheter. 2014-08-24.

External links

Swedish Football Association - Superettan

Superettan

2015 teams	AFC United Assyriska FF Degerfors IF GAIS IF Brommapojkarna IFK Värnamo IK Frej IK Sirius Jönköpings Södra IF Ljungskile SK Mjällby AIF Syrianska FC Utsiktens BK Varbergs BoIS Ängelholms FF Östersunds FK

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League system - Men	Allsvenskan Superettan Division 1 North South Division 2 Division 3 Division 4 Division 5 Division 6 Division 7 Division 8

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