2015 Superettan

Superettan
Season 2015
Champions Jönköpings Södra IF
Promoted Jönköpings Södra IF
Östersunds FK
Relegated Mjällby AIF
Utsiktens BK
IF Brommapojkarna
Matches played 240
Goals scored 611 (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 scoring Assyriska FF 7–1 Utsiktens BK (19 July 2015)
Longest winning run 5 matches[1]
Jönköpings Södra IF
Longest unbeaten run 13 matches
IK Sirius
Longest winless run 12 matches
IK Frej
Longest losing run 7 matches
Mjällby AIF
Highest attendance 6,544
Östersunds FK 2–0 Ljungskile SK (1 November 2015)
Lowest attendance 100
AFC United 2–0 Utsiktens BK (25 April 2015)
Total attendance 389,604
Average attendance 1,623
2014
2016
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 15th 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.

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

Team Location Stadium Turf1 Stadium capacity1
AFC United Stockholm Skytteholms IP Artificial 3,500
Assyriska FF Södertälje Södertälje Fotbollsarena Artificial 6,700
Degerfors IF Degerfors Stora Valla Natural 7,500
GAIS Gothenburg Gamla Ullevi Natural 18,416
IF Brommapojkarna Stockholm Grimsta IP Artificial 5,500
IFK Värnamo Värnamo Finnvedsvallen Natural 5,000
IK Frej Täby Vikingavallen Artificial 1,250
IK Sirius Uppsala Studenternas IP Natural 6,300
Jönköpings Södra IF Jönköping Stadsparksvallen Natural 5,500
Ljungskile SK Ljungskile Uddevalla Arena Natural 5,500
Mjällby AIF Hällevik Strandvallen Natural 6,750
Syrianska FC Södertälje Södertälje Fotbollsarena Artificial 6,100
Utsiktens BK Gothenburg Ruddalens IP Artificial 5,000
Varbergs BoIS Varberg Påskbergsvallen Natural 4,500
Ängelholms FF Ängelholm Ängelholms IP Natural 4,000
Östersunds FK Östersund Jämtkraft Arena Artificial 6,400

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.

Team Head coach1 Captain Kit manufacturer Main shirt sponsor
AFC United Sweden Özcan Melkemichel United States Josh Wicks Nike Busmarket Sweden
Assyriska FF Bosnia and Herzegovina Valentic Azrudin Sweden Linus Malmborg Nike Scania
Degerfors IF Sweden Patrik Werner Sweden Tobias Solberg Adidas Outokumpu
GAIS Sweden Per-Ola Ljung Sweden Kenneth Gustafsson Hummel Åbro
IF Brommapojkarna Iceland Magni Fannberg Sweden Jacob Une Larsson Adidas Åbro
IFK Värnamo Sweden Jörgen Petersson
Sweden Peter Johansson
Sweden Martin Claesson Puma Various
IK Frej Sweden Bartosz Grzelak Sweden Johannes Gustafsson Erreà Daymark
IK Sirius Sweden Kim Bergstrand Sweden Niklas Busch Thor Nike Various
Jönköpings Södra IF Sweden Jimmy Thelin Sweden Tommy Thelin Nike Various
Ljungskile SK Sweden Tor-Arne Fredheim Sweden Markus Gustafsson Adidas Various
Mjällby AIF Sweden Anders Linderoth Sweden Mattias Asper Puma Various
Syrianska FC Sweden Nemanja Miljanović Syria Louay Chanko Nike Aros Kapital
Utsiktens BK Sweden Janne Carlsson Sweden Robin Jonsson Erreà Prioritet Finans
Varbergs BoIS Sweden Jörgen Wålemark Sweden Robin Tranberg Umbro Various
Ängelholms FF Sweden Joakim Persson Sweden Albin Nilsson Adidas ScandStick
Östersunds FK England Graham Potter Montserrat Alex Dyer Adidas Various

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Table Incoming manager Date of appointment
IF Brommapojkarna Sweden Stefan Billborn Sacked 3 November 2014[3] Pre-season Iceland Magni Fannberg 11 November 2014[4]

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Jönköpings Södra IF (C, P) 30 19 6 5 54 28 +26 63 Promotion to Allsvenskan
2 Östersunds FK (P) 30 18 8 4 56 25 +31 62
3 IK Sirius (Q) 30 15 13 2 53 25 +28 58 Qualification to Promotion playoffs
4 Assyriska FF 30 14 5 11 46 37 +9 47
5 Varbergs BoIS 30 12 11 7 34 27 +7 47
6 Ljungskile SK 30 11 10 9 44 37 +7 43
7 Syrianska FC 30 11 10 9 37 30 +7 43
8 AFC United 30 10 10 10 43 44 1 40
9 Degerfors IF 30 10 8 12 36 38 2 38
10 IFK Värnamo 30 10 8 12 37 40 3 38
11 GAIS 30 10 5 15 37 44 7 35
12 Ängelholms FF 30 8 9 13 31 47 16 33
13 Mjällby AIF (R) 30 8 6 16 23 43 20 30 Qualification to Relegation playoffs
14 IK Frej (O) 30 7 8 15 22 44 22 29
15 Utsiktens BK (R) 30 7 5 18 28 56 28 26 Relegation to Division 1
16 IF Brommapojkarna (R) 30 5 8 17 30 46 16 23
Updated to match(es) played on 1 November 2015. Source: svenskfotboll.se (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; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated; (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.


5 November 2015
18:30
Örgryte IS 1 – 0 Mjällby AIF
Paulson  60' Report
Gamla Ullevi, Gothenburg
Attendance: 5,809
Referee: Nermin Cisic (Värnamo)

5 November 2015
18:30
Akropolis IF 0 – 1 IK Frej
Report Lallet  7'
Akalla BP, Stockholm
Referee: Lars Olsson (Umeå)

8 November 2015
15:00
Mjällby AIF 1 – 1 a.e.t. Örgryte IS
Terzić  83' Report Sahlin  104'
Strandvallen, Hällevik
Attendance: 3,522
Referee: Kaspar Sjöberg (Malmö)

Örgryte IS won 2–1 on aggregate.

8 November 2015
15:00
IK Frej 1 – 0 Akropolis IF
Lallet  72' Report
Vikingavallen, Täby
Referee: Per Melin (Kävlinge)

IK Frej won 2–0 on aggregate.


Positions by round

Team ╲ Round 123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
Jönköpings Södra IF 4 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Östersunds FK 6 1 2 5 5 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
IK Sirius 9 3 5 4 4 7 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
Assyriska FF 2 4 3 2 2 5 7 7 8 8 8 7 7 8 8 7 8 6 7 7 6 5 6 4 6 6 5 4 4 4
Varbergs BoIS 5 9 4 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 5 5 4 5 6 7 7 7 6 4 4 4 5 5 5
Ljungskile SK 11 8 12 7 6 4 6 4 5 5 6 8 8 7 6 8 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 6 6 6
Syrianska FC 10 13 6 9 11 12 10 11 7 7 7 5 5 6 7 6 6 7 6 5 4 6 5 7 5 5 6 7 7 7
AFC United 7 11 10 6 9 8 9 8 9 10 11 9 11 9 9 10 11 9 9 9 10 10 9 9 9 9 9 8 8 8
Degerfors IF 16 15 13 12 8 6 4 6 6 6 5 6 6 3 3 4 4 5 4 4 5 4 4 5 7 8 8 9 9 9
IFK Värnamo 3 6 8 8 12 10 8 9 10 11 9 11 12 13 13 12 12 12 10 11 11 12 12 11 11 11 10 10 10 10
GAIS 12 10 9 10 7 11 13 13 11 13 10 12 10 11 11 9 9 10 11 10 9 9 10 10 10 10 12 12 11 11
Ängelholms FF 15 16 16 16 16 15 14 14 14 15 14 14 14 14 15 15 15 14 13 13 12 11 11 12 12 12 11 11 12 12
Mjällby AIF 8 5 7 11 14 13 15 15 15 14 15 15 15 16 16 16 16 16 15 16 16 15 16 15 13 14 13 13 13 13
IK Frej 14 12 14 14 10 9 11 12 13 9 12 10 9 10 10 11 10 11 12 12 13 13 13 13 14 13 14 14 14 14
Utsiktens BK 1 7 11 13 13 13 12 10 12 12 13 13 13 12 12 13 13 13 14 14 14 16 14 14 15 16 16 16 15 15
IF Brommapojkarna 13 14 15 15 15 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 15 14 14 14 15 16 15 15 14 15 16 16 15 15 15 16 16

Source: everysport.com (Swedish)

Promotion to Allsvenskan
Promotion play-offs
Relegation play-offs
Relegation to Division 1

Results

Home ╲ Away AFC AFF DIFGAISBPIFKVIKFIKSJSIFLSKMAIFSFCUBKVARÄFFÖFK
AFC United 30 02 02 31 11 00 22 15 04 00 23 20 32 30 12
Assyriska FF 13 21 10 21 00 31 00 23 00 30 20 71 01 33 42
Degerfors IF 31 20 01 11 11 40 11 20 03 01 10 12 11 11 00
GAIS 11 02 21 21 13 00 23 12 00 41 30 52 01 22 11
IF Brommapojkarna 11 23 02 02 21 21 10 11 12 22 01 10 00 11 01
IFK Värnamo 23 31 13 10 21 21 15 11 21 40 00 32 01 12 10
IK Frej 11 02 22 10 04 10 00 01 10 02 21 10 00 01 11
IK Sirius 11 10 20 50 31 20 20 20 33 10 10 30 22 10 22
Jönköpings Södra IF 21 20 01 10 52 21 20 11 32 20 10 52 30 40 01
Ljungskile SK 03 32 30 32 10 02 11 43 12 20 00 21 11 00 02
Mjällby AIF 11 01 12 10 21 10 13 12 01 00 12 12 21 12 10
Syrianska FC 33 00 30 30 00 00 31 00 11 20 40 11 10 13 11
Utsiktens BK 01 01 41 10 10 30 10 11 12 04 00 14 11 01 02
Varbergs BoIS 10 20 00 23 11 21 50 11 20 11 12 10 00 10 10
Ängelholms FF 01 02 21 13 31 22 04 02 11 33 11 12 10 01 01
Östersunds FK 31 32 32 40 21 11 30 11 11 20 10 41 51 41 30

Updated to games played on 1 November 2015.
Source: svenskfotboll.se (Swedish)
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top goalkeepers

(Minimum of 10 games played)

Rank Goalkeeper Club
GP GA SV%[7] CS
1 Jamaica Dwayne Miller Syrianska FC 13 11 79 6
2 Sweden Andreas Andersson IK Sirius 30 25 78 14
United States Josh Wicks AFC United 24 28 7
4 Sweden Tommi Vaiho GAIS 30 44 76 6
Sweden Damir Mehić Jönköpings Södra IF 11 10 5
6 Sweden Joakim Wulff Varbergs BoIS 29 26 75 15
Sweden Mattias Asper Mjällby AIF 24 30 7
Sweden Oscar Berglund Ängelholms FF 27 38 4
9 Sweden August Strömberg Degerfors IF 29 36 73 9

Hat-tricks

Player For Against Result Date
Sweden Mattias GencAssyriska FFIK Frej3–126 April 2015
Nigeria Michael OmohÖstersunds FKSyrianska FC4–15 May 2015
Sweden Gabriel Altemark-VanneryrLjungskile SKIK Sirius4–36 May 2015
Sweden Peter SamuelssonDegerfors IFIK Frej4–09 May 2015
Nigeria Chidi OmejeAFC UnitedLjungskile SK0–31 August 2015
Nigeria Nsima PeterVarbergs BoISIK Frej5–01 August 2015
Netherlands Othman El KabirAFC UnitedIFK Värnamo2–316 August 2015
Sweden Hannes StillerLjungskile SKÄngelholms FF3–323 August 2015
England Jamie HopcuttÖstersunds FKUtsiktens BK5–124 August 2015
Sweden Tommy ThelinJönköpings Södra IFUtsiktens BK5–21 November 2015

References

  1. "Superettan form table". soccerstats.com. soccerstats.com. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
  2. "Superettan" (in Swedish). The Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 6 November 2014.
  3. "BP byter tränare". brommapojkarna.se (in Swedish). IF Brommapojkarna. 3 November 2014. Retrieved 11 November 2014.
  4. "BP presenterar ny tränare". brommapojkarna.se (in Swedish). IF Brommapojkarna. 11 November 2014. Retrieved 11 November 2014.
  5. "Skytteliga". The Swedish Football Association. The Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
  6. "Passningsliga". The Swedish Football Association. The Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
  7. "Målvaktsliga". The Swedish Football Association. The Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 29 April 2015.

External links

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