2019 Superettan

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Superettan
Season2019
ChampionsMjällby AIF
Promoted
Relegated
Top goalscorerErik Björndahl (20 goals)
Biggest away winNorrby IF 1–7 Jönköpings Södra IF
(21 April 2019) [1]
Highest scoringNorrby IF 1–7 Jönköpings Södra IF
(21 April 2019)
Norrby IF 4–4 Örgryte IS
(3 November 2019)
Longest winning run7 matches
Varbergs BoIS
Mjällby AIF[2]
Longest unbeaten run12 matches
Varbergs BoIS
Longest winless run11 matches
Östers IF
IK Frej
Longest losing run5 matches
GAIS
Highest attendance9,903
Örgryte IS 1–0 GAIS (17 June 2019)
Lowest attendance51
Dalkurd FF 3–2 Trelleborgs FF (29 September 2019)
Average attendance1,632
← 2018
2020 →

The 2019 Superettan was part of the 2019 Swedish football season, and the 20th season of Superettan, Sweden's second-tier football division in its current format. A total of 16 teams contest the league.

Teams[edit]

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[edit]

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Locations of the 2019 Superettan teams
Team Location Stadium Turf1 Stadium capacity1
Dalkurd FF Gävle Gavlevallen Artificial 6,500
Degerfors IF Degerfors Stora Valla Natural 12,500
GAIS Gothenburg Gamla Ullevi Natural 18,416[3]
Halmstads BK Halmstad Örjans Vall Natural 10,873
IF Brommapojkarna Stockholm Grimsta IP Artificial 8,000
IK Brage Borlänge Domnarvsvallen Artificial 6,500
IK Frej Täby kyrkby Vikingavallen Artificial 2,650
Jönköpings Södra IF Jönköping Stadsparksvallen Natural 5,500
Mjällby AIF Hällevik Strandvallen Natural 6,750
Norrby IF Borås Borås Arena Artificial 17,800
Syrianska FC Södertälje Södertälje Fotbollsarena Artificial 6,400
Trelleborgs FF Trelleborg Vångavallen Natural 7,000[4]
Varbergs BoIS Varberg Påskbergsvallen Natural 4,500
Västerås SK Västerås Solid Park Arena Artificial 7,000
Örgryte IS Gothenburg Gamla Ullevi Natural 18,416[3]
Östers IF Växjö Myresjöhus Arena Natural 12,000

Personnel and sponsoring[edit]

This is the last season that all teams will be obligated to have the logo of the league sponsor Svenska Spel on their jersey, as Unibet will become the main league sponsor starting in 2020. Teams are also required to wear the Superettan logo on the right sleeve of their jerseys.

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

Team Head coach1 Captain
Dalkurd FF Sweden Paul Olausson Sweden Peshraw Azizi[5]
Degerfors IF Sweden Stefan Jacobsson Sweden Christoffer Wiktorsson
GAIS Sweden Bosko Orović Sweden Marcus Bergholtz
Halmstads BK Sweden Magnus Haglund Sweden Peter Larsson
IF Brommapojkarna Sweden Roberth Björknesjö Sweden Gustav Sandberg Magnusson
IK Brage Sweden Klebér Saarenpää Sweden Robbin Sellin
IK Frej Sweden Lukasz Syberyjski Brazil Pedro Ribeiro
Jönköpings Södra IF Sweden Andreas Brännström Sweden Tommy Thelin
Mjällby AIF Serbia Miloš Milojević Sweden David Löfquist
Norrby IF Lebanon Mohammed Ali Khan Sweden Marcus Översjö
Syrianska FC Sweden Kuorosh Hatami Sweden Sebastian Rajalakso
Trelleborgs FF Sweden Peter Swärdh Sweden Salif Camara Jönsson
Västerås SK Sweden Thomas Gabrielsson Kosovo Ilir Berisha
Varbergs BoIS Sweden Joakim Persson United States Matt Pyzdrowski
Örgryte IS Sweden Thomas Askebrand Sweden Daniel Paulson
Östers IF Sweden Christian Järdler Sweden Stefan Karlsson

League table[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Mjällby AIF (C, P) 30 17 6 7 44 31 +13 57 Promotion to Allsvenskan
2 Varbergs BoIS (P) 30 15 10 5 49 27 +22 55
3 IK Brage 30 16 6 8 54 33 +21 54 Qualification to promotion play-offs
4 Jönköpings Södra IF 30 15 7 8 52 31 +21 52
5 Degerfors IF 30 15 6 9 46 34 +12 51
6 Halmstads BK 30 14 4 12 45 34 +11 46
7 Örgryte IS 30 12 10 8 43 37 +6 46
8 Dalkurd FF 30 13 5 12 43 47 −4 44
9 Norrby IF 30 11 9 10 43 43 0 42
10 Västerås SK 30 8 10 12 41 40 +1 34
11 Trelleborgs FF 30 7 11 12 34 47 −13 32
12 GAIS 30 8 8 14 23 40 −17 32
13 Östers IF (O) 30 6 11 13 32 43 −11 29 Qualification to relegation play-offs
14 IK Frej (R) 30 7 8 15 35 55 −20 29
15 IF Brommapojkarna (R) 30 6 10 14 38 49 −11 28 Relegation to Ettan
16 Syrianska FC (R) 30 6 7 17 29 60 −31 25
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[edit]

The 13th-placed and 14th-placed teams of Superettan met the two runners-up from 2019 Division 1 (Norra and Södra) in two-legged ties on a home-and-away basis with the teams from Superettan finishing at home.

Landskrona BoIS1–1Östers IF
Olsson 9' Report Kapčević 13'
Attendance: 4,035
Referee: Johan Krantz
Östers IF1–0Landskrona BoIS
Keene 74' Report
Attendance: 3,719
Referee: Adam Ladebäck

Östers IF won 2–1 on aggregate and qualified for the 2020 Superettan.

Umeå FC1–1IK Frej
Stigedahl 68' Report Hudu 90'
Attendance: 2,752
Referee: Per Melin
IK Frej2–2Umeå FC
Zeidan 24', 30' Report Boye 2', 13'
Attendance: 1,428
Referee: Fredrik Klitte

3–3 on aggregate. Umeå FC won on away goals and qualified for the 2020 Superettan.

Positions by round[edit]

Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
Mjällby AIF13141015106322222222222111123111211
Varbergs BoIS521111111111111111222342342122
IK Brage244223533545333333344434434343
Jönköpings Södra IF141511569985453545455433211223434
Degerfors IF1124742466811878888898767775555
Halmstads BK4912913161314151213131210999111081010109999986
Örgryte IS833335668966464544555555556667
Dalkurd FF111315111511141511897787667777676667778
Norrby IF966852454334656776666888888899
Västerås SK3576487991112910910101110910991110101012101010
Trelleborgs FF6121414910111110107101112131210911111111911111110111111
GAIS71057117877710891112111313131312121212131211121212
Östers IF10119131612121313151414151515161614161515151616161516141513
IK Frej151616161414101012131112141414141515141616161514121313151314
IF Brommapojkarna127812813151214161616161616151416151414141413141415131415
Syrianska FC16813101215161616141515131311131212121213131315151614161616
Promotion to Allsvenskan
Promotion play-offs
Relegation play-offs
Relegation to Division 1
Source: everysport.com

Season statistics[edit]

Top scorers[edit]

As of 3 November 2019[6]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Sweden Erik Björndahl Degerfors IF 20
2 Sweden Rasmus Wiedesheim-Paul Halmstads BK 19
3 Sweden Edin Hamidovic Jönköpings Södra IF 15
Sweden Christian Kouakou IK Brage
Sweden Astrit Seljmani Varbergs BoIS
6 Sweden Gustav Ludwigson Örgryte IS 12
Sweden Anton Lundin IK Brage
8 State of Palestine Ahmed Awad Dalkurd FF 10
The Gambia Bubacarr Jobe Mjällby AIF
Northern Ireland Daryl Smylie Jönköpings Södra IF

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Superettan biggest wins". Retrieved 18 May 2019.
  2. ^ "Superettan streaks and sequences". soccerstats.com. soccerstats.com. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
  3. ^ a b Note: Gamla Ullevi has a capacity of 15,000 sitting and 3,416 standing for a total capacity of 18,416.
  4. ^ "Vångavallen" (in Swedish). Trelleborgs FF. Archived from the original on 2013-12-13. Retrieved 2018-02-27.
  5. ^ "Dalkurd FF - Squad 2018/2019".
  6. ^ "Spelarstatistik - Svensk fotboll". The Swedish Football Association (in Swedish). The Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 20 May 2019.

External links[edit]

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