The 2015 Division 1, part of the 2015 Swedish football season is the 10th season of Sweden's third-tier football league in its current format. The 2015 fixtures were released in December 2014. The season started on 12 April 2015 and will end on 1 November 2015.
Teams 28 teams contest the league divided into two division, Norra and Södra. 19 returning from the 2014 season, three relegated from Superettan and six 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 2016. The bottom three teams in each division will qualify directly for relegation to Division 2. Due to three relegated teams from Superettan being geographically located in Division 1 Södra, Motala AIF was relocated from Division 1 Södra to Division 1 Norra.
Stadia and locations Norra Team Location Stadium Stadium capacity1 Akropolis IF Stockholm Spånga IP 300 BK Forward Örebro Trängens IP 4,700 Carlstad United Karlstad Tingvalla IP 10,000 Dalkurd FF Borlänge Domnarvsvallen 6,500 Huddinge IF Huddinge Källbrinks IP 2,500 IFK Luleå Luleå Skogsvallen 7,000 IK Brage Borlänge Domnarvsvallen 6,500 Motala AIF Motala Motala Idrottspark 8,500 Nyköpings BIS Nyköping Rosvalla IP 1,000 Piteå IF Piteå LF Arena 6,000 Södertälje FK Södertälje Södertälje IP 1,500 Umeå FC Umeå T3 Arena 10,000 Vasalunds IF Stockholm Skytteholms IP 5,000 Västerås SK Västerås Swedbank Park 7,000
Södra Team Location Stadium Stadium capacity1 Eskilsminne IF Helsingborg Harlyckans IP 3,500 FC Höllviken Höllviken Höllvikens IP 1,900 Husqvarna FF Huskvarna Vapenvallen 5,000 IK Oddevold Uddevalla Rimnersvallen 10,600 IS Halmia Halmstad Örjans Vall 15,500 Kristianstads FF Kristianstad Kristianstads IP 6,000 Landskrona BoIS Landskrona Landskrona IP 12,000 Lunds BK Lund Klostergårdens IP 8,560 Norrby IF Borås Borås Arena 16,899 Oskarshamns AIK Oskarshamn Arena Oskarshamn 2,000 Qviding FIF Gothenburg Valhalla IP 4,000 Trelleborgs FF Trelleborg Vångavallen 10,000 Örgryte IS Gothenburg Gamla Ullevi 18,416 Östers IF Växjö Myresjöhus Arena 12,000
1 Correct as of end of 2014 season
Personnel and kits
Norra Team Manager Kit manufacturer Sponsor Akropolis IF Giannis Tsombos Nike Belles Golv & Städ AB BK Forward Magnus Kihlberg Umbro Various Carlstad United Jonas Rehnberg Adidas Wafab Bil Dalkurd FF Andreas Brännström Nike Bazar Snabbgross Huddinge IF Patrick Hultman Adidas None IFK Luleå Fredrik Waara Adidas Various IK Brage Bo Wålemark Select Sport SSAB Motala AIF Niklas Egnell Adidas Various Nyköpings BIS Lennart Andersson Puma Various Piteå IF Stellan Carlsson Adidas Various Södertälje FK Pascal Simpson Intersport Volkswagen Umeå FC Johan Sandahl Adidas Various Vasalunds IF Babar Rehman Adidas None Västerås SK Leif Berg Nike Various
Södra Team Manager Kit manufacturer Sponsor Eskilsminne IF Stefan Jansson Adidas Handshake For Peace FC Höllviken Anders Grimberg Adidas Ballingslöv Husqvarna FF Niclas Tagesson Adidas Husqvarna IK Oddevold Lars-Olof Mattsson Nike Various IS Halmia Peter Lindau Umbro Various Kristianstads FF Christian Carlsson Stanno Sportringen Landskrona BoIS Zvezdan Milošević Stanno Mårtenssons Bil Lunds BK Georg Eterović Puma Ricoh Norrby IF Tobias Edenvik Nike SEB Oskarshamns AIK Henrik Larsson Hummel Various Qviding FIF Bosko Orović Puma Various Trelleborgs FF Patrick Winqvist Masita Mellby Gård Örgryte IS Marcus Lantz Umbro Various Östers IF Thomas Askebrand Puma Various
League tables Norra
Södra
Season statistics
Norra top scorers
RankPlayerClubGoals1 Simon MårtenssonUmeå FC172 Sasa MatićHuddinge IF14 Ioannis SotiroglouAkropolis IF4 Ahmed AwadDalkurd FF11 Tetteh KomeyPiteå IF Fredrik NoticeSödertälje FK Heradi RashidiSödertälje FK8 Mattias MeteDalkurd FF10 Erik TörnrosDalkurd FF
Södra top scorers RankPlayerClubGoals1 Salif Camara JönssonTrelleborgs FF232 William AtashkadehÖrgryte IS203 Andréas GrahmKristianstads FF194 Sebastian OhlssonÖrgryte IS165 Kristian HaynesTrelleborgs FF146 Zoran JovanovićTrelleborgs FF13 Andreas TegströmHusqvarna FF Emil ÅbergEskilsminne IF9 Richard YarsuvatNorrby IF12
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