2020 Superettan

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Superettan
Season 2020
Champions Halmstads BK
PromotedHalmstads BK
Degerfors IF
Relegated Dalkurd FF
Umeå FC
Ljungskile SK
Top goalscorer Pontus Engblom (20 goals)
Biggest home win Norrby IF 6–0 Umeå FC
(21 November 2020)
Biggest away winUmeå FC 0–6 Degerfors IF
(21 September 2020)
GIF Sundsvall 0–6 Halmstads BK
(21 November 2020)
Highest scoringGIF Sundsvall 5–2 Ljungskile SK
(7 August 2020)
Degerfors IF 2–5 GIF Sundsvall
(28 November 2020)
Longest winning run9 matches
Halmstads BK [1]
Longest unbeaten run11 matches
Degerfors IF
Akropolis IF
Longest winless run10 matches
GAIS
Longest losing run5 matches
GIF Sundsvall
Örgryte IS
← 2019
2021 →

The 2020 Superettan was part of the 2020 Swedish football season, and the 21st season of Superettan, Sweden's second-tier football division in its current format. A total of 16 teams contest the league.

Contents

Teams

A total of 16 teams contest the league. The top two teams qualify directly for promotion to Allsvenskan, the third will enter a play-off for the chance of promotion. The two bottom teams are automatically relegated, while the 13th and 14th placed teams will compete in a play-off to determine whether they are relegated.

Stadia and locations

TeamLocationStadiumStadium capacity [note 1]
AFC Eskilstuna Eskilstuna Tunavallen 7,800
Akropolis IF Spånga Grimsta IP 5,000
Dalkurd FF Uppsala Nya Studenternas 10,000
Degerfors IF Degerfors Stora Valla 12,500
GAIS Gothenburg Gamla Ullevi 18,416 [3]
GIF Sundsvall Sundsvall Idrottsparken [note 2] 7,700
Halmstads BK Halmstad Örjans Vall 10,873
IK Brage Borlänge Domnarvsvallen 6,500
Jönköpings Södra IF Jönköping Stadsparksvallen 5,500
Ljungskile SK Ljungskile Skarsjövallen 8,000
Norrby IF Borås Borås Arena 17,800
Trelleborgs FF Trelleborg Vångavallen 7,000 [4]
Umeå FC Umeå Gammliavallen [note 3] 10,000
Västerås SK Västerås Iver Arena 7,000
Örgryte IS GothenburgGamla Ullevi18,416 [3]
Östers IF Växjö Visma Arena 12,000
  1. ↑ According to each club information page at the Swedish Football Association website for Allsvenskan. [2]
  2. ↑ Known as NP3 Arena for sponsorship reasons.
  3. ↑ Known as Umeå Energi Arena for sponsorship reasons.

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion, qualification or relegation
1 Halmstads BK (C, P)3021546118+4368Promotion to Allsvenskan
2 Degerfors IF (P)3019656430+3463
3 Jönköpings Södra IF 3018575234+1859Qualification to promotion play-offs
4 Östers IF 3015694136+551
5 Akropolis IF 30101554439+545
6 GIF Sundsvall 30127115348+543
7 Västerås SK 30116134044−439
8 IK Brage 30116133844−639
9 AFC Eskilstuna 30114153649−1337
10 GAIS 3099123041−1136
11 Norrby IF 30810123941−234
12 Örgryte IS 3096153443−933
13 Trelleborgs FF (O)3088143341−832Qualification to relegation play-offs
14 Dalkurd FF (R)30611133342−929
15 Umeå FC (R)30512132547−2227Relegation to Ettan
16 Ljungskile SK (R)3058172450−2623
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 met the two runners-up from 2020 Division 1 (Norra and Södra) in two-legged ties on a home-and-away basis with the teams from Superettan finishing at home.

Landskrona BoIS 2–0 Dalkurd FF
Report
Landskrona IP, Landskrona
Referee: Per Melin
Dalkurd FF 1–1 Landskrona BoIS
Report
Nya Studenternas, Uppsala
Referee: Victor Wolf

Landskrona BoIS won 3–1 on aggregate.

IF Brommapojkarna 1–1 Trelleborgs FF
Report
Grimsta IP, Stockholm
Referee: Granit Maqedonci

2–2 on aggregate. Trelleborgs FF won 4–1 on penalties.

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
Halmstads BK 1273332122222222222222222222111
Degerfors IF 148443211111111111111111111222
Jönköpings Södra IF 1481371012876543554333333333333333
Östers IF 4222245587810976555544444444444
Akropolis IF 81261189644655443444455555666555
GIF Sundsvall 211111333334335688767766555666
Västerås SK 757696911111412121111121111111212131298888877
IK Brage 1615121465465466767766676677777788
AFC Eskilstuna 13161616161616151515151616161516161515141110141013131413109
GAIS 511141571011121213131313131414121210988891099111110
Norrby IF 11645577878771010810999101011131412121312911
Örgryte IS 3101581113141414119989108778899101191112101312
Trelleborgs FF 691113148109991186899101011111214121314141191213
Dalkurd FF 93591211121313101011121211121313131314131112111010141414
Umeå FC 15139101314131010121414141413131414141515151515151515151515
Ljungskile SK 101410121515151616161615151516151516161616161616161616161616
Promotion to Allsvenskan
Promotion play-offs
Relegation play-offs
Relegation to Division 1
Source: everysport.com

Results

Home \ Away AKR BRA DAL DEG ESK GAI GIF HAL JÖN LJU NOR TRE UME VÄS ÖRG ÖST
Akropolis 2–10–01–13–22–21–11–11–11–01–32–23–32–02–02–2
Brage 1–12–10–01–32–11–20–01–40–11–13–00–10–33–21–2
Dalkurd 1–11–11–25–00–11–31–11–12–02–20–10–03–20–01–1
Degerfors 3–24–12–15–02–12–50–24–24–10–11–01–04–12–03–1
Eskilstuna 1–21–20–12–02–03–20–33–20–01–03–21–30–11–01–1
GAIS 1–10–12–10–02–03–11–31–01–13–32–11–11–00–00–1
GIF Sundsvall 1–20–11–11–42–33–00–63–25–20–02–13–13–14–11–2
Halmstad 2–32–04–01–42–10–01–03–02–03–00–14–02–11–02–0
Jönköpings Södra 3–12–02–10–13–01–03–31–02–11–02–11–01–12–04–1
Ljungskile 2–11–32–20–32–11–20–00–00–11–12–00–00–22–30–2
Norrby 1–11–42–00–20–03–00–10–21–22–21–36–03–12–00–2
Trelleborg 1–10–14–11–11–12–01–12–40–21–02–21–11–01–10–1
Umeå 1–11–11–20–60–33–01–00–11–23–11–10–10–02–20–0
Västerås 2–12–11–02–20–12–23–22–32–22–11–23–12–00–32–1
Örgryte 0–11–31–21–12–10–20–20–32–04–02–02–11–12–14–1
Öster 0–14–22–12–02–14–11–10–31–30–12–11–02–00–02–0
Source: svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of 5 December 2020 [5]
RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Flag of Sweden.svg Pontus Engblom GIF Sundsvall 20
2 Flag of Sweden.svg Johan Bertilsson Degerfors IF 19
3 Flag of Sweden.svg Victor Edvardsen Degerfors IF 15
4 Flag of Nigeria.svg Samuel Nnamani AFC Eskilstuna 13
Flag of Sweden.svg Rasmus Wiedesheim-Paul Halmstads BK
6 Flag of Sweden.svg Mikael Boman Halmstads BK 12
7 Flag of Sweden.svg Edin Hamidović Jönköpings Södra IF 11
8 Flag of Sweden.svg Villiam Dahlström Degerfors IF 10

Hat-tricks

PlayerForAgainstResultDate
Flag of Sweden.svg Rasmus Wiedesheim-Paul Halmstads BKJönköpings Södra IF 3–0 27 June 2020
Flag of Sweden.svg Anton LundinIK BrageLjungskile SK 1–3 8 July 2020
Flag of Ghana.svg Fatawu Safiu Trelleborgs FFDalkurd FF 4–1 25 July 2020
Flag of Sweden.svg Johan Bertilsson Degerfors IFÖsters IF 3–1 29 July 2020
Flag of Sweden.svg Robin Strömberg Norrby IFVästerås SK 3–1 13 September 2020
Flag of Sweden.svg Rasmus Wiedesheim-Paul Halmstads BKUmeå FC 4–0 16 September 2020
Flag of Sweden.svg Johan Bertilsson Degerfors IFUmeå FC 0–6 21 September 2020
Flag of The Gambia.svg Bubacarr Jobe Örgryte ISÖsters IF 4–1 24 October 2020

Discipline

Player

  • Most red cards: 2
    • Flag of Sweden.svg Linus Dahl (Ljungskile)

Club

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  3. 1 2 Note: Gamla Ullevi has a capacity of 15,000 sitting and 3,416 standing for a total capacity of 18,416.
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