Superettan

Superettan
Country	Sweden
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Founded	2000
Number of teams	16
Promotion to	Allsvenskan
Relegation to	Division 1
Levels on pyramid	2
Domestic cup(s)	Svenska Cupen
Current champions	Västerås SK (2024)
TV	TV4 Group
Website	Official website
2024

Superettan ("The Super One") 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 until late October or early November, 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.

Current clubs (2020 season)

Club	Position in 2019	First season	First season of current spell	Number of seasons in Superettan	Number of seasons in second tier
AFC Eskilstuna	16th in Allsvenskan	2005	2020	13	13
Akropolis IF	1st in Div. 1 Norra	2020	2020	0	0
IK Brage	3rd	2000	2018	10	53.5
Dalkurd FF	8th	2016	2019	3	3
Degerfors IF	5th	2005	2010	14	41
GAIS	12th	2001	2013	10	35
GIF Sundsvall	15th in Allsvenskan	2006	2020	7	41
Halmstads BK	6th	2012	2018	4	33.5
Jönköpings Södra IF	4th	2006	2018	12	39
Ljungskile SK	1st in Div. 1 Södra	2000	2020	12	17
Norrby IF	9th	2017	2017	3	28
Trelleborgs FF	11th	2002	2019	8	19.5
Umeå FC	2nd in Div. 1 Norra	2000	2020	4	11
Västerås SK	10th	2000	2019	8	38
Östers IF	13th	2000	2017	13	23
Örgryte IS	7th	2007	2016	8	32.5

Stadia and locations

Team	Location	Stadium	Turf1	Stadium capacity1
AFC Eskilstuna	Eskilstuna	Tunavallen	Artificial	7,800
Akropolis IF	Stockholm	Spånga IP	Natural	2,000
IK Brage	Borlänge	Domnarvsvallen	Artificial	6,500
Dalkurd FF	Uppsala	Nya Studenternas	Artificial	10,000
Falkenbergs FF	Falkenberg	Falcon Alkoholfri Arena	Natural	5,565
GAIS	Gothenburg	Gamla Ullevi	Natural	18,416
GIF Sundsvall	Sundsvall	Idrottsparken	Artificial	7,700
Helsingborgs IF	Helsingborg	Olympia	Natural	16,500
Jönköpings Södra IF	Jönköping	Stadsparksvallen	Natural	5,500
Ljungskile SK	Ljungskile	Skarsjövallen	Artificial	6,000
Norrby IF	Borås	Borås Arena	Artificial	16,899
Trelleborgs FF	Trelleborg	Vångavallen	Natural	7,000
Umeå FC	Umeå	Gammliavallen	Artificial	10,000
Vasalunds IF	Solna	Skytteholms IP	Artificial	4,000
Västerås SK	Västerås	Solid Park Arena	Artificial	7,044
Östers IF	Växjö	Myresjöhus Arena	Natural	12,000
Örgryte IS	Gothenburg	Gamla Ullevi	Natural	18,416

• ¹ Correct as of end of 2019 season

Managers

The current managers in Superettan are:

	Name	Club	Appointed
SWE !	Saarenpää, KlebérKlebér Saarenpää	IK Brage	02017-11-16-16 November 2017
SWE !	Lind, MakMak Lind	Norrby IF	02017-12-15-15 December 2017
SWE !	Wålemark, JörgenJörgen Wålemark	Ljungskile SK	02018-07-01-July 2018
SWE !	Brännström, AndreasAndreas Brännström	Jönköpings Södra IF	02018-08-20-20 August 2018
SWE !	Olausson, PaulPaul Olausson	Dalkurd FF	02019-01-25-25 January 2019
SWE !	Haglund, MagnusMagnus Haglund	Halmstads BK	02019-05-07-7 May 2019
SWE !	Velić, DenisDenis Velić	Östers IF	02019-07-29-29 July 2019
SWE !	Gustavsson, TonyTony Gustavsson	GIF Sundsvall	02019-09-02-2 September 2019
SWE !	Haynes, KristianKristian Haynes	Trelleborgs FF	02019-11-13-13 November 2019
SWE !	Askebrand, ThomasThomas Askebrand	Västerås SK	02019-11-01-November 2019
USA !	Clarhaut, BrianBrian Clarhaut	Umeå FC	02019-11-01-November 2019
SWE !	Holmberg, AndreasAndreas Holmberg Solberg, TobiasTobias Solberg	Degerfors IF	02019-11-01-November 2019
SWE !	Jacobsson, StefanStefan Jacobsson	GAIS	02019-11-01-November 2019
SWE !	Melkemichel, ÖzcanÖzcan Melkemichel	AFC Eskilstuna	02019-12-01-December 2019
GRE !	Christopoulos, GiannisGiannis Christopoulos	Akropolis IF	02020-01-01-January 2020
SWE !	Börjesson, SörenSören Börjesson Beas, MiguelMiguel Beas	Örgryte IS	02020-10-15-15 October 2020

External links

• Swedish Football Association - Superettan