The 2021 Superettan was part of the 2021 Swedish football season, and the 22nd season of Superettan, Sweden's second-tier football division in its current format. A total of 16 teams contested the league.
Teams A total of 16 teams contested the league. The top two teams qualified directly for promotion to Allsvenskan, the third entered a play-off for the chance of promotion. The two bottom teams were automatically relegated, while the 13th and 14th placed teams competed in a play-off to determine whether they are relegated.
Stadiums and locations
Team Location Stadium Stadium capacityAFC EskilstunaEskilstunaTunavallen7,800Akropolis IFSpånga, StockholmGrimsta IP5,000Falkenbergs FFFalkenbergFalcon Alkoholfri Arena5,500GAISGothenburgGamla Ullevi18,416Note: Gamla Ullevi has a capacity of 15,000 sitting and 3,416 standing for a total capacity of 18,416.GIF SundsvallSundsvallIdrottsparken7,700Helsingborgs IFHelsingborgOlympia16,500IK BrageBorlängeDomnarvsvallen6,500Jönköpings Södra IFJönköpingStadsparksvallen5,500Landskrona BoISLandskronaLandskrona IP10,500Norrby IFBoråsBorås Arena17,800Trelleborgs FFTrelleborgVångavallen7,000Vasalunds IFSolna, StockholmSkytteholms IP4,000 IFK Värnamo Värnamo Finnvedsvallen5,000 Västerås SK Västerås Iver Arena7,000Örgryte ISGothenburgGamla Ullevi18,416Östers IFVäxjöVisma Arena12,000
League table
Relegation play-offs The 13th-placed and 14th-placed teams of Superettan met the two runners-up from 2021 Division 1 (Norra and Södra) in two-legged ties on a home-and-away basis with the teams from Superettan finishing at home.
Skövde AIK won 3–0 on aggregate and are promoted.
Dalkurd FF won 3–2 on aggregate and are promoted.
Positions by round
Results by round
Results
Season statistics
Top scorers
RankPlayerClubGoals1 Ajdin ZeljkovicÖrgryte IS182 Anthony van den HurkHelsingborgs IF173 Linus HalleniusGIF Sundsvall15 Dijan VukojevićNorrby IF5 Ashley CoffeyAFC Eskilstuna13 Leonard PllanaIK Brage7 Erik BjörndahlVästerås SK108 Alexander Ahl HolmströmAFC Eskilstuna9 Pontus EngblomGIF Sundsvall Nicolas MortensenÖsters IF
Top assists
RankPlayerClubAssists1 Wilhelm LoeperHelsingborgs IF122 Pontus EngblomGIF Sundsvall93 Taha AliVästerås SK8 Johan BlombergTrelleborgs FF Brandur HendrikssonHelsingborgs IF Oscar JohanssonIFK Värnamo
Hat-tricks Player For Against Result Date Alexander Ahl HolmströmAFC EskilstunaTrelleborgs FF3–229 May 2021 Anthony van den HurkHelsingborgs IFVästerås SK0–418 July 2021 Dijan VukojevićNorrby IFVästerås SK4–126 July 2021 Anthony van den HurkHelsingborgs IFFalkenbergs FF4–027 July 2021 Adam EgnellGAISIK Brage1–418 September 2021 Simon JohanssonVästerås SKGAIS3–05 October 2021 Anthony van den HurkHelsingborgs IFFalkenbergs FF1–419 October 2021 Ashley CoffeyAFC EskilstunaFalkenbergs FF3–47 November 2021
Discipline Player Most yellow cards: 10 Filip Tronêt (Västerås SK)
Most red cards: 3 Filip Almström Tähti (Västerås SK)
Club Most yellow cards: 75 AFC Eskilstuna
Most red cards: 4 AFC Eskilstuna Landskrona BoIS
References
External links
Swedish Football Association – Superettan
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