Superettan (; ) 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. 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. This license agreement was valid from 2011 to 2015.
On 24 March 2017, it was announced that the Discovery-owned broadcaster Eurosport will be the new domestic broadcaster for both SEF competitions (Allsvenskan and Superettan) effectively from 2020 until 2025.
Current clubs (2024 season) ClubPositionin 2023First seasonFirst season ofcurrent spellNumber of seasonsin SuperettanNumber of seasonsin second tierIK Brage6th200020181457.5Degerfors IF15th Allsvenskan200520201542Gefle IF9th20012023749.5GIF Sundsvall10th200620231044Helsingborgs IF12th20172023425IK Oddevold1st Div. 1 Södra20242024018Landskrona BoIS7th200020211556Sandvikens IF1st Div. 1 Norra20242024035.5Skövde AIK13th2022202233Trelleborgs FF8th200220191223.5Utsiktens BK3rd2015202233Varbergs BoIS16th Allsvenskan20062024820Örebro SK11th20132022532Örgryte IS14th200720161236.5Östers IF4th200020171727Östersunds FK5th2013202255
Stadia and locations
Team Location Stadium Turf1 Stadium capacity1AFC EskilstunaEskilstunaTunavallenArtificial7,800IK BrageBorlängeDomnarvsvallenArtificial6,500GAISGothenburgGamla UlleviNatural18,416Gefle IFGävleGavlevallenArtificial6,500GIF SundsvallSundsvallNP3 ArenaArtificial7,700Helsingborgs IFHelsingborgOlympiaNatural16,500Jönköpings Södra IFJönköpingStadsparksvallenNatural5,500Landskrona BoISLandskronaLandskrona IPArtificial10,500Skövde AIKSkövdeSödermalms IPNatural4,500Trelleborgs FFTrelleborgVångavallenNatural7,000Utsiktens BKGothenburgRuddalens IPNatural5,000Västerås SKVästeråsIver ArenaArtificial7,044Örebro SKÖrebroBehrn ArenaArtificial14,400Östers IFVäxjöVisma ArenaNatural12,000Örgryte ISGothenburgGamla UlleviNatural18,416Östersunds FKÖstersundJämtkraft ArenaArtificial8,545 1 Correct as of end of 2019 season
Managers
The current managers in Superettan are:
NameClubAppointedIK BrageNorrby IFLandskrona BoISIFK VärnamoÖsters IFTrelleborgs FFGAISGIF SundsvallAFC EskilstunaAkropolis IFHelsingborgs IFÖrgryte ISJönköpings Södra IFFalkenbergs FFVasalunds IFVästerås SK
Statistics
Previous winners
SeasonWinnerRunner-upPromotion Playoffs2000Djurgårdens IFMalmö FFMjällby AIF2001Kalmar FFLandskrona BoISMjällby AIF2002Östers IFEnköpings SKVästra Frölunda IF2003Kalmar FFTrelleborgs FFBK Häcken2004BK 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 FF2010Syrianska FCIFK NorrköpingGIF Sundsvall2011Åtvidabergs FFGIF SundsvallÄngelholms FF2012Östers IFIF BrommapojkarnaHalmstads BK (promoted)2013Falkenbergs FFÖrebro SKGIF Sundsvall2014Hammarby IFGIF SundsvallLjungskile SK2015Jönköpings Södra IFÖstersunds FKIK Sirius2016IK SiriusAFC UnitedHalmstads BK (promoted)2017IF BrommapojkarnaDalkurd FFTrelleborgs FF (promoted)2018Helsingborgs IFFalkenbergs FFAFC Eskilstuna (promoted)2019Mjällby AIFVarbergs BoISIK Brage2020Halmstads BKDegerfors IFJönköpings Södra IF2021IFK VärnamoGIF SundsvallHelsingborgs IF (promoted)2022IF BrommapojkarnaHalmstads BKÖsters IF2023Västerås SKGAISUtsiktens BK2024Degerfors IFÖsters IFLandskrona BoIS2025Västerås SKKalmar FFÖrgryte IS(promoted)
Top goalscorers
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 Bakircioglu Hammarby IF 17 2015 Fredrik Olsson Jönköpings Södra IF 17 2016 Shkodran Maholli Åtvidabergs FF 15 2017 Richard Yarsuvat Dalkurd FF 17 2018 Andri Rúnar Bjarnason Helsingborgs IF 16 2019 Erik Björndahl Degerfors IF 20 2020 Pontus Engblom GIF Sundsvall 20 2021 Ajdin Zeljkovic Örgryte IS 18 2022 Viktor Granath Västerås SK 24 2023 Jesper Westermark Östers IF 17 2024 Assad Al Hamlawi Kalle Holmberg Dijan Vukojević IK OddevoldÖrebro SKDegerfors IF 14 2025 Amar Muhsin IK Brage 21
Top assists
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 2015 Dženis Kozica IFK Värnamo 11 2016 Johan Svahn IFK Värnamo 11 2017 Petar Petrović IFK Värnamo 12 2018 Diego Montiel Örgryte IS 14 2019 Gustav Ludwigson Örgryte IS 9 2020 Samuel Kroon Wilhelm Loeper Halmstads BK AFC Eskilstuna 11 2021 Wilhelm Loeper Helsingborgs IF 12 2022 Oscar Pettersson IF Brommapojkarna 12 2023 Gustav Lundgren GAIS 12 2024 Adam Bergmark Wiberg Östers IF 13 2025 Isak Dahlqvist Örgryte IS 12
Top goalkeepers
(Minimum of 10 games played)
SeasonGoalkeeperClub2004 Mattias HugossonGefle IF25178514 Daniel ÖrlundFC Café Opera25258572005 Daniel ÖrlundAIK292580132006 Fredrik PerssonTrelleborgs FF291389172007 Lee BaxterLandskrona BoIS12128432008 Kristoffer NordfeldtIF Brommapojkarna292782122009 Mattias AsperMjällby AIF301987152010 Dwayne MillerSyrianska FC211482132011 Ivo VazgečLandskrona BoISJönköping Södra25298072012 Zlatan AzinovićTrelleborgs FF12197812013 Peter AbrahamssonÖrgryte IS26318210 Otto MartlerFalkenbergs FF282882142014 Alex HorwathLjungskile SK302583142015 Dwayne MillerSyrianska FC13117962016 Josh WicksAFC United291686162017 Pär HanssonHelsingborgs IF1515776 Damir MehićGAIS29377792018–2024No data available
Attendance
Superettan had an average attendance of 1,632 during its most recent season (2019).Svenskfotboll.se. Lagstatistik – Svensk fotboll. Retrieved 3 November 2019. The highest attendance ever recorded at a Superettan match is 31,074 (Hammarby vs Ljungskile in 2014).
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 2015 Östersunds FK 3,857 2016 GAIS 3,315 2017 Helsingborgs IF 6,758 2018 Helsingborgs IF 8,013 2019 GAIS 2,854 2020 2021No data available 2022 Halmstads BK 3,370 2023 Helsingborgs IF 6,038 2024 Helsingborgs IF 7,299 2025 Helsingborgs IF 6,945
See also Sports attendances Allsvenskan
References
External links
Swedish Football Association – Superettan