2015 Superettan

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Superettan
Season 2015
Champions Jönköpings Södra IF
Promoted
Relegated
Matches played240
Goals scored611 (2.55 per match)
Top goalscorer Fredrik Olsson (17 goals)
Biggest home win Assyriska FF 7–1 Utsiktens BK (19 July 2015)
Biggest away win Ängelholms FF 0–4 IK Frej (2 May 2015)
Highest scoringAssyriska FF 7–1 Utsiktens BK (19 July 2015)
Longest winning run5 matches [1]
Jönköpings Södra IF
Longest unbeaten run13 matches
IK Sirius
Longest winless run12 matches
IK Frej
Longest losing run7 matches
Mjällby AIF
Highest attendance6,544
Östersunds FK 2–0 Ljungskile SK (1 November 2015)
Lowest attendance100
AFC United 2–0 Utsiktens BK (25 April 2015)
Total attendance389,604
Average attendance1,623
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The game Jonkopings Sodra IF-IK Sirius (1-1) at Stadsparksvallen in Jonkoping. 2 June 2015. Jonkopings Sodra IF-IK Sirius, 2 juni 2015.jpg
The game Jönköpings Södra IF-IK Sirius (1-1) at Stadsparksvallen in Jönköping. 2 June 2015.

The 2015 Superettan, part of the 2015 Swedish football season, was the 16th season of Superettan, Sweden's second-tier football league in its current format. The 2015 fixtures were released in December 2014. The season began on 3 April 2015 and ended on 1 November 2015. A total of 16 teams contested the league.

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Teams

A total of 16 teams contest the league. The top two teams qualify directly for promotion to Allsvenskan, the third has to play a play-off against the fourteenth team from Allsvenskan to decide who will play in Allsvenskan 2016. The bottom two teams qualified directly for relegation to Division 1, the thirteenth and the fourteenth has to play a play-off against the numbers two teams from Division 1 Södra and Division 1 Norra to decide who will play in Superettan 2016.

2014-champions Hammarby IF and runner-up GIF Sundsvall were promoted to the Allsvenskan at the end of the 2014 season. They were replaced by Mjällby AIF and IF Brommapojkarna. Landskrona BoIS and Husqvarna FF were relegated at the end of the 2014 season after finishing in the bottom two places of the table. They were replaced by Division 1 Norra champions AFC United and Division 1 Södra champions Utsiktens BK. Östers IF was also relegated after losing the relegation play-offs to Division 1 Norra runner-up IK Frej.

Stadia and locations

TeamLocationStadiumTurf1Stadium capacity1
AFC United Stockholm Skytteholms IP Artificial 3,500
Assyriska FF Södertälje Södertälje Fotbollsarena Artificial6,700
Degerfors IF Degerfors Stora Valla Natural 7,500
GAIS Gothenburg Gamla Ullevi Natural18,416
IF Brommapojkarna Stockholm Grimsta IP Artificial5,500
IFK Värnamo Värnamo Finnvedsvallen Natural5,000
IK Frej Täby Vikingavallen Artificial1,250
IK Sirius Uppsala Studenternas IP Natural6,300
Jönköpings Södra IF Jönköping Stadsparksvallen Natural5,500
Ljungskile SK Ljungskile Uddevalla Arena Natural5,500
Mjällby AIF Hällevik Strandvallen Natural6,750
Syrianska FC SödertäljeSödertälje FotbollsarenaArtificial6,100
Utsiktens BK Gothenburg Ruddalens IP Artificial5,000
Varbergs BoIS Varberg Påskbergsvallen Natural4,500
Ängelholms FF Ängelholm Ängelholms IP Natural4,000
Östersunds FK Östersund Jämtkraft Arena Artificial6,400

Personnel and kits

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

TeamHead coach1CaptainKit manufacturerMain shirt sponsor
AFC United Flag of Sweden.svg Özcan Melkemichel Flag of the United States.svg Josh Wicks Nike Busmarket Sweden
Assyriska FF Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Valentic Azrudin Flag of Sweden.svg Linus Malmborg Nike Scania
Degerfors IF Flag of Sweden.svg Patrik Werner Flag of Sweden.svg Tobias Solberg Adidas Outokumpu
GAIS Flag of Sweden.svg Per-Ola Ljung Flag of Sweden.svg Kenneth Gustafsson Hummel Åbro
IF Brommapojkarna Flag of Iceland.svg Magni Fannberg Flag of Sweden.svg Jacob Une Larsson AdidasÅbro
IFK Värnamo Flag of Sweden.svg Jörgen Petersson
Flag of Sweden.svg Peter Johansson 		Flag of Sweden.svg Martin Claesson Puma Various
IK Frej Flag of Sweden.svg Bartosz Grzelak Flag of Sweden.svg Johannes Gustafsson Erreà Daymark
IK Sirius Flag of Sweden.svg Kim Bergstrand Flag of Sweden.svg Niklas Busch Thor NikeVarious
Jönköpings Södra IF Flag of Sweden.svg Jimmy Thelin Flag of Sweden.svg Tommy Thelin NikeVarious
Ljungskile SK Flag of Sweden.svg Tor-Arne Fredheim Flag of Sweden.svg Markus Gustafsson AdidasVarious
Mjällby AIF Flag of Sweden.svg Anders Linderoth Flag of Sweden.svg Mattias Asper PumaVarious
Syrianska FC Flag of Sweden.svg Nemanja Miljanović Flag of Syria.svg Louay Chanko NikeAros Kapital
Utsiktens BK Flag of Sweden.svg Janne Carlsson Flag of Sweden.svg Robin JonssonErreàPrioritet Finans
Varbergs BoIS Flag of Sweden.svg Jörgen Wålemark Flag of Sweden.svg Robin Tranberg UmbroVarious
Ängelholms FF Flag of Sweden.svg Joakim Persson Flag of Sweden.svg Albin NilssonAdidasScandStick
Östersunds FK Flag of England.svg Graham Potter Flag of Montserrat.svg Alex Dyer AdidasVarious

Managerial changes

TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyTableIncoming managerDate of appointment
IF Brommapojkarna Flag of Sweden.svg Stefan Billborn Sacked3 November 2014 [3] Pre-season Flag of Iceland.svg Magni Fannberg11 November 2014 [4]

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion, qualification or relegation
1 Jönköpings Södra IF (C, P)3019655428+2663Promotion to Allsvenskan
2 Östersunds FK (P)3018845625+3162
3 IK Sirius 30151325325+2858Qualification to Promotion playoffs
4 Assyriska FF 30145114637+947
5 Varbergs BoIS 30121173427+747
6 Ljungskile SK 30111094437+743
7 Syrianska FC 30111093730+743
8 AFC United 301010104344−140
9 Degerfors IF 30108123638−238
10 IFK Värnamo 30108123740−338
11 GAIS 30105153744−735
12 Ängelholms FF 3089133147−1633
13 Mjällby AIF (R)3086162343−2030Qualification to Relegation playoffs
14 IK Frej (O)3078152244−2229
15 Utsiktens BK (R)3075182856−2826Relegation to Division 1
16 IF Brommapojkarna (R)3058173046−1623
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) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Playoffs

The 13th-placed and 14th-placed teams of Superettan meets the two runners-up from 2015 Division 1 (Norra and Södra) in Two-legged ties on a home-and-away basis with the team from Superettan finishing at home.

Örgryte IS 1 – 0 Mjällby AIF
Paulson Soccerball shade.svg60' Report
Gamla Ullevi, Gothenburg
Attendance: 5,809
Referee: Nermin Cisic (Värnamo)
Mjällby AIF 1 – 1 a.e.t. Örgryte IS
Terzić Soccerball shade.svg83' Report Sahlin Soccerball shade.svg104'
Strandvallen, Hällevik
Attendance: 3,522
Referee: Kaspar Sjöberg (Malmö)

Örgryte IS won 2–1 on aggregate.

Akropolis IF 0 – 1 IK Frej
Report Lallet Soccerball shade.svg7'
Akalla BP, Stockholm
Referee: Lars Olsson (Umeå)
IK Frej 1 – 0 Akropolis IF
Lallet Soccerball shade.svg72' Report
Vikingavallen, Täby
Referee: Per Melin (Kävlinge)

IK Frej won 2–0 on aggregate.

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
Jönköpings Södra IF 421111111111111111111111111111
Östersunds FK 612553332222222222222222222222
IK Sirius 935447554444455333333333333333
Assyriska FF 243225778887788786776564665444
Varbergs BoIS 594332223333344554567776444555
Ljungskile SK 11812764645568876878888888877666
Syrianska FC 101369111210117775567667654657556777
AFC United 711106989891011911991011999101099999888
Degerfors IF 1615131286466656633445445445788999
IFK Värnamo 36881210891011911121313121212101111121211111110101010
GAIS 121091071113131113101210111199101110991010101012121111
Ängelholms FF 151616161615141414151414141415151514131312111112121211111212
Mjällby AIF 857111413151515141515151616161616151616151615131413131313
IK Frej 141214141091112139121091010111011121213131313141314141414
Utsiktens BK 1711131313121012121313131212131313141414161414151616161515
IF Brommapojkarna 131415151516161616161616161514141415161515141516161515151616
Promotion to Allsvenskan
Promotion play-offs
Relegation play-offs
Relegation to Division 1
Source: everysport.com (in Swedish)

Results

Home \ Away AFC AFF DIF GAI BP IFKV IKF IKS JSIF LSK MAIF SFC UBK VAR ÄFF ÖFK
AFC United 3–00–20–23–11–10–02–21–50–40–02–32–03–23–01–2
Assyriska FF 1–32–11–02–10–03–10–02–30–03–02–07–10–13–34–2
Degerfors IF 3–12–00–11–11–14–01–12–00–30–11–01–21–11–10–0
GAIS 1–10–22–12–11–30–02–31–20–04–13–05–20–12–21–1
IF Brommapojkarna 1–12–30–20–22–12–11–01–11–22–20–11–00–01–10–1
IFK Värnamo 2–33–11–31–02–12–11–51–12–14–00–03–20–11–21–0
IK Frej 1–10–22–21–00–41–00–00–11–00–22–11–00–00–11–1
IK Sirius 1–11–02–05–03–12–02–02–03–31–01–03–02–21–02–2
Jönköpings Södra IF 2–12–00–11–05–22–12–01–13–22–01–05–23–04–00–1
Ljungskile SK 0–33–23–03–21–00–21–14–31–22–00–02–11–10–00–2
Mjällby AIF 1–10–11–21–02–11–01–31–20–10–01–21–22–11–21–0
Syrianska FC 3–30–03–03–00–00–03–10–01–12–04–01–11–01–31–1
Utsiktens BK 0–10–14–11–01–03–01–01–11–20–40–01–41–10–10–2
Varbergs BoIS 1–02–00–02–31–12–15–01–12–01–11–21–00–01–01–0
Ängelholms FF 0–10–22–11–33–12–20–40–21–13–31–11–21–00–10–1
Östersunds FK 3–13–23–24–02–11–13–01–11–12–01–04–15–14–13–0
Source: svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top goalkeepers

(Minimum of 10 games played)

RankGoalkeeperClub
GPGASV% [7] CS
1 Flag of Jamaica.svg Dwayne Miller Syrianska FC 1311796
2 Flag of Sweden.svg Andreas Andersson IK Sirius 30257814
Flag of the United States.svg Josh Wicks AFC United 24287
4 Flag of Sweden.svg Tommi Vaiho GAIS 3044766
Flag of Sweden.svg Damir Mehić Jönköpings Södra IF 11105
6 Flag of Sweden.svg Joakim Wulff Varbergs BoIS 29267515
Flag of Sweden.svg Mattias Asper Mjällby AIF 24307
Flag of Sweden.svg Oscar Berglund Ängelholms FF 27384
9 Flag of Sweden.svg August Strömberg Degerfors IF 2936739

Hat-tricks

PlayerForAgainstResultDate
Flag of Sweden.svg Mattias GencAssyriska FFIK Frej 3–1 26 April 2015
Flag of Nigeria.svg Michael Omoh Östersunds FKSyrianska FC 4–1 5 May 2015
Flag of Sweden.svg Gabriel Altemark-VanneryrLjungskile SKIK Sirius 4–3 6 May 2015
Flag of Sweden.svg Peter Samuelsson Degerfors IFIK Frej 4–0 9 May 2015
Flag of Nigeria.svg Chidi Omeje AFC UnitedLjungskile SK 0–3 1 August 2015
Flag of Nigeria.svg Nsima PeterVarbergs BoISIK Frej 5–0 1 August 2015
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Othman El KabirAFC UnitedIFK Värnamo 2–3 16 August 2015
Flag of Sweden.svg Hannes Stiller Ljungskile SKÄngelholms FF 3–3 23 August 2015
Flag of England.svg Jamie Hopcutt Östersunds FKUtsiktens BK 5–1 24 August 2015
Flag of Sweden.svg Tommy Thelin Jönköpings Södra IFUtsiktens BK 5–2 1 November 2015

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