2018 Swedish Football Division 2

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The 2018 Division 2, part of the 2018 Swedish football season is the 13th season of Sweden's fourth-tier football league in its current format.

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Teams

84 teams contest the league divided into six sections - Norra Götaland, Norra Svealand, Norrland, Södra Svealand, Södra Svealand and Södra Svealand. The Division comprises 60 teams returning from the 2017 season, six relegated from Division 1 and 18 promoted from Division 3. The champion of each section will qualify directly for promotion to Division 1, the runner-up from each section enters a six-team, two-group playoff, with the winner of each group earning promotion to Division 1. The bottom two teams in each section are relegated to Division 3 with the 12th place team in each section entering a relegation playoff. [1]

Stadia and locations

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References

  1. "Other Federations". www.svenskfotboll.se. Retrieved 22 June 2018.