2015 Division 1 (Swedish football)

Division 1

Season	2015
Champions	Dalkurd FF (Norra) Trelleborgs FF (Södra)
Promoted	Dalkurd FF Trelleborgs FF Örgryte IS
Relegated	Huddinge IF Södertälje FK Motala AIF IS Halmia Eskilsminne IF Lunds BK
Top goalscorer	Salif Camara Jönsson (23 goals, Södra) Simon Mårtensson (17 goals, Norra)
Highest attendance	5,442 [1] Örgryte IS 6–2 Norrby IF (5 October 2015)
← 2014 2016 →

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. ^[2]

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Dalkurd FF (C, P)	26	18	7	1	52	16	+36	61	Promotion to Superettan
2	Akropolis IF (Q)	26	13	9	4	41	21	+20	48	Qualification to Promotion playoffs
3	IFK Luleå	26	12	9	5	41	29	+12	45
4	BK Forward	26	11	9	6	47	34	+13	42
5	Umeå FC	26	12	4	10	48	40	+8	40
6	Nyköpings BIS	26	9	10	7	42	32	+10	37
7	IK Brage	26	9	5	12	38	38	0	32
8	Carlstad United BK	26	8	8	10	32	42	−10	32
9	Piteå IF	26	8	6	12	43	44	−1	30
10	Västerås SK	26	8	5	13	36	51	−15	29
11	Vasalunds IF	26	8	5	13	30	46	−16	29
12	Huddinge IF (R)	26	9	2	15	36	53	−17	29	Relegation to Division 2
13	Södertälje FK (R)	26	6	8	12	35	47	−12	26
14	Motala AIF (R)	26	6	3	17	31	59	−28	21

Source: svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated

Södra

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Trelleborgs FF (C, P)	26	20	4	2	65	25	+40	64	Promotion to Superettan
2	Örgryte IS (O, P)	26	18	3	5	70	26	+44	57	Qualification to Promotion playoffs
3	Östers IF	26	15	5	6	39	19	+20	50
4	IK Oddevold	26	11	7	8	46	35	+11	40
5	Kristianstads FF	26	11	5	10	38	51	−13	38
6	Landskrona BoIS	26	11	4	11	37	32	+5	37
7	FC Höllviken	26	9	8	9	38	33	+5	35
8	Oskarshamns AIK	26	10	5	11	41	42	−1	35
9	Qviding FIF	26	7	8	11	30	41	−11	29
10	Norrby IF	26	8	5	13	45	57	−12	29
11	Husqvarna FF	26	8	5	13	36	51	−15	29
12	IS Halmia (R)	26	7	4	15	41	54	−13	25	Relegation to Division 2
13	Eskilsminne IF (R)	26	5	10	11	35	51	−16	25
14	Lunds BK (R)	26	4	3	19	21	65	−44	15

Source: svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Season statistics

Norra top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals [3]
1	Simon Mårtensson	Umeå FC	17
2	Sasa Matić	Huddinge IF	14
	Ioannis Sotiroglou	Akropolis IF
4	Ahmed Awad	Dalkurd FF	11
	Tetteh Komey	Piteå IF
	Fredrik Notice	Södertälje FK
	Heradi Rashidi	Södertälje FK
8	Mattias Mete	Dalkurd FF	10
	Erik Törnros	Dalkurd FF

Södra top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals [4]
1	Salif Camara Jönsson	Trelleborgs FF	23
2	William Atashkadeh	Örgryte IS	20
3	Andréas Grahm	Kristianstads FF	19
4	Sebastian Ohlsson	Örgryte IS	16
5	Kristian Haynes	Trelleborgs FF	14
6	Zoran Jovanović	Trelleborgs FF	13
	Andreas Tegström	Husqvarna FF
	Emil Åberg	Eskilsminne IF
9	Richard Yarsuvat	Norrby IF	12

References

1. "Spelprogram – Div 1 Södra". svenskfotboll.se. The Swedish Football Association . Retrieved 29 August 2015.
2. "Förslag seriesammans ättning – division 1 herrar 2015". fogis.se (in Swedish). The Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
3. "Skytteliga - Div 1 Norra". The Swedish Football Association (in Swedish). The Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
4. "Skytteliga - Div 1 Södra". The Swedish Football Association (in Swedish). The Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 23 April 2015.