| Competition: | Division 1 |
| Season: | 2012 |
| Winners: | Östersunds FK Örgryte IS |
| Promoted: | Östersunds FK Örgryte IS |
| Relegated: | Syrianska IF Kerburan Akropolis IF Enköpings SK IK Sleipner Norrby IF IK Gauthiod |
| Promotion To: | Superettan |
| League Topscorer: | Johan Patriksson (24)[1] |
| Prevseason: | 2011 |
| Nextseason: | 2013 |
The 2012 Division 1, part of the 2012 Swedish football season, was the 7th season of Sweden's third-tier football league in its current format. The 2012 fixtures were released on 12 December 2011.[2] [3] The season began on 15 April 2012 and ended on 28 October 2012.
A total of 28 teams contested the league divided into two division, Norra and Södra. 20 returning from the 2011 season, two relegated from Superettan and six promoted from Division 2. The champion of each division qualified directly for promotion to Superettan, the two runners-up has to play a play-off against the thirteenth and fourteenth team from Superettan to decide who plays in Superettan 2013. The bottom three teams in each division qualified directly for relegation to Division 2.
| Team | Location | Stadium | Stadium capacity1 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Akropolis IF | Stockholm | Akalla BP | 2,000 | |
| Dalkurd FF | Borlänge | Domnarvsvallen | 6,500 | |
| Enköpings SK | Enköping | Enavallen | 4,500 | |
| Eskilstuna City | Eskilstuna | Tunavallen | 7,800 | |
| BK Forward | Örebro | Trängens IP | 4,700 | |
| IK Frej | Täby | Vikingavallen | 1,250 | |
| IFK Luleå | Luleå | Skogsvallen | 7,000 | |
| Sandvikens IF | Sandviken | Jernvallen | 7,000 | |
| IK Sirius | Uppsala | Studenternas IP | 7,600 | |
| Syrianska IF Kerburan | Västerås | Swedbank Park | 7,000 | |
| Vasalunds IF | Stockholm | Skytteholms IP | 3,000 | |
| Väsby United | Upplands Väsby | Vilundavallen | 4,000 | |
| Västerås SK | Västerås | Swedbank Park | 7,000 | |
| Östersunds FK | Östersund | Jämtkraft Arena | 5,000 |
| Team | Location | Stadium | Stadium capacity1 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IK Gauthiod | Grästorp | Lunnevi IP | 1,500 | |
| Karlstads BK | Karlstad | Tingvalla IP | 10,000 | |
| Kristianstads FF | Kristianstad | Kristianstads IP | 6,000 | |
| IF Limhamn Bunkeflo | Malmö | Limhamns IP | 2,800 | |
| Malmö Stadion (11 June – 25 August) | 27,500 | |||
| Lunds BK | Lund | Klostergårdens IP | 8,560 | |
| Norrby IF | Borås | Borås Arena | 17,000 | |
| IK Oddevold | Uddevalla | Rimnersvallen | 10,600 | |
| Qviding FIF | Gothenburg | Valhalla IP | 4,000 | |
| Skövde AIK | Skövde | Södermalms IP | 4,646 | |
| IK Sleipner | Norrköping | Idrottsparken | 17,200 | |
| IF Sylvia | Norrköping | Idrottsparken | 17,200 | |
| FC Trollhättan | Trollhättan | Edsborgs IP | 5,100 | |
| Utsikten | Gothenburg | Ruddalens IP | 5,000 | |
| Örgryte | Gothenburg | Gamla Ullevi | 18,900 |
Note: Some matches were played out of phase with the corresponding round, positions were corrected in hindsight.
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals[4] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Emir Smajic | Östersunds FK Västerås SK | 17 |
| 2 | Björn Berglund | Sandvikens IF | 16 |
| 3 | Stellan Carlsson | BK Forward | 15 |
| Ante Björkebaum | IK Sirius | ||
| 5 |  Chidi Omeje | Dalkurd FF | 14 |
| 6 | Karlos Touma | Vasalunds IF | 13 |
| 7 | Anton Andersson | IFK Luleå | 12 |
| 8 | Kristoffer Näfver | BK Forward | 11 |
| 9 | Robert Walker | BK Forward | 10 |
| 10 | Per Mettävainio | IFK Luleå | 9 |
| Matias Ledezma | IK Frej | ||
 David Accam | Östersunds FK | ||
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals[5] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Johan Patriksson | IK Oddevold | 24 |
| 2 | Emil Karlsson | Örgryte IS | 15 |
| 3 | Allan Borgvardt | IF Sylvia | 14 |
| 4 | Oskar Wallén | Örgryte IS | 13 |
| 5 | Gazmend Bahtiri | Karlstad BK | 12 |
| 6 | Josef Daoud | FC Trollhättan | 11 |
| 7 | Mihael Jevtic | Utsiktens BK | 10 |
| Linus Johansson | Skövde AIK | ||
| 9 | Nsima Peter | Kristianstads FF | 9 |
| Erik Svensson | Utsiktens BK | ||
| Richard Henriksson | IF Limhamn Bunkeflo | ||
| Admir Osmancevic | Lunds BK | ||
At the end of each Division 1 season an all-star game is played called "Morgondagens Stjärnor" (English: "The Stars Of Tomorrow"). The two teams playing against each other consist of the best young players from each of the two leagues.[6]
| GK | Tobias Wennergrund | Sandvikens IF |
| Richard Andersson | Sandvikens IF | |
| DF | Oskar Vejlo | Sandvikens IF |
| Simon Strand | FC Väsby United | |
| Edward Owuso | Akropolis IF | |
| Jesper Manns | Eskilstuna City FK | |
| Jakob Björk | IK Sirius | |
| MF / FW | Kevin Kabran | Vasalunds IF |
| Mahmoud Eid | Vasalunds IF | |
| Andreas Östling | Västerås SK | |
| Simon Johansson | Västerås SK | |
| Thomas Boakye | Östersunds FK | |
| Linus Sjöberg | Östersunds FK | |
| David Yarar | FC Väsby United | |
| Christian Kouakou | Akropolis IF | |
| Filip Rogić | Eskilstuna City FK | |
| Coach |  Bartosz Grzelak | IK Frej |
| Axel Kjäll | BK Forward | |
| GK | Martin Herlin | Skövde AIK |
| DF | Elon Keymer | Skövde AIK |
| Andreas Uusitalo | Skövde AIK | |
| Pontus Johansson | FC Trollhättan | |
| Erik Berthagen | Utsiktens BK | |
| MF / FW | Alfons Keymer | Skövde AIK |
| Bilos Yonakhir | Skövde AIK | |
| Fisnik Mexhiqi | Skövde AIK | |
| Agon Beqiri | FC Trollhättan | |
| Jacob Lindström | Örgryte IS | |
| Filip Holländer | Örgryte IS | |
| Saman Ghoddos | IF Limhamn Bunkeflo | |
| Pelle Ödlund | IK Gauthiod | |
| Nicola Ladan | Qviding FIF | |
| Coach | Rickard Söderberg | Skövde AIK |
| Jesper Ljung | FC Trollhättan | |