2015 Superettan Explained

Competition:Superettan
Season:2015
Winners:Jönköpings Södra IF
Matches:240
Total Goals:611
League Topscorer: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 Wins:5 matches[1]
Jönköpings Södra IF
Longest Unbeaten:13 matches
IK Sirius
Longest Winless:12 matches
IK Frej
Longest Losses: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)
Attendance:389,604
Average Attendance:1,623
Prevseason:2014
Nextseason:2016

The 2015 Superettan, part of the 2015 Swedish football season, was the 16th 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

TeamLocationStadiumTurf1Stadium capacity1
AFC UnitedStockholmSkytteholms IPArtificial3,500
Assyriska FFSödertäljeSödertälje FotbollsarenaArtificial6,700
Degerfors IFDegerforsStora VallaNatural7,500
GAISGothenburgGamla UlleviNatural18,416
IF BrommapojkarnaStockholmGrimsta IPArtificial5,500
IFK VärnamoVärnamoFinnvedsvallenNatural5,000
IK FrejTäbyVikingavallenArtificial1,250
IK SiriusUppsalaStudenternas IPNatural6,300
Jönköpings Södra IFJönköpingStadsparksvallenNatural5,500
Ljungskile SKLjungskileUddevalla ArenaNatural5,500
Mjällby AIFHällevikStrandvallenNatural6,750
Syrianska FCSödertäljeSödertälje FotbollsarenaArtificial6,100
Utsiktens BKGothenburgRuddalens IPArtificial5,000
Varbergs BoISVarbergPåskbergsvallenNatural4,500
Ängelholms FFÄngelholmÄngelholms IPNatural4,000
Östersunds FKÖstersundJämtkraft ArenaArtificial6,400

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.

TeamHead coach1CaptainKit manufacturerMain shirt sponsor
AFC United Özcan Melkemichel Josh WicksNikeBusmarket Sweden
Assyriska FF Valentic Azrudin Linus MalmborgNikeScania
Degerfors IF Patrik Werner Tobias SolbergAdidasOutokumpu
GAIS Per-Ola Ljung Kenneth GustafssonHummelÅbro
IF Brommapojkarna Magni Fannberg Jacob Une LarssonAdidasÅbro
IFK Värnamo Jörgen Petersson
Peter Johansson
Martin ClaessonPumaVarious
IK Frej Bartosz Grzelak Johannes GustafssonErreàDaymark
IK Sirius Kim Bergstrand Niklas Busch ThorNikeVarious
Jönköpings Södra IF Jimmy Thelin Tommy ThelinNikeVarious
Ljungskile SK Tor-Arne Fredheim Markus GustafssonAdidasVarious
Mjällby AIF Anders Linderoth Mattias AsperPumaVarious
Syrianska FC Nemanja Miljanović Louay ChankoNikeAros Kapital
Utsiktens BK Janne Carlsson Robin JonssonErreàPrioritet Finans
Varbergs BoIS Jörgen Wålemark Robin TranbergUmbroVarious
Ängelholms FF Joakim Persson Albin NilssonAdidasScandStick
Östersunds FK Graham Potter Alex DyerAdidasVarious

Managerial changes

League table

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.----Örgryte IS won 2–1 on aggregate.----IK Frej won 2–0 on aggregate.----

Positions by round

Season statistics

Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals[5]
1 Fredrik OlssonJönköpings Södra IF17
2 Jamie HopcuttÖstersunds FK15
3 Luka MijaljevićUtsiktens BK13
Peter SamuelssonDegerfors IF
Tommy ThelinJönköpings Södra IF
6 Stefan SilvaIK Sirius12
7 Mattias GencAssyriska FF10
Dragan KapčevićÖstersunds FK
Chidi OmejeAFC United

Top assists

RankPlayerClubAssists[6]
1 Dženis KozicaIFK Värnamo11
2 Michael OmohÖstersunds FK10
Daryl SmylieJönköpings Södra IF
Tommy ThelinJönköpings Södra IF
5 Ken SemaLjungskile SK9
6 Eric JernbergDegerfors IF8
Jonas LindbergLjungskile SK

Top goalkeepers

(Minimum of 10 games played)

RankGoalkeeperClub
[7]
1 Dwayne MillerSyrianska FC1311796
2 Andreas AnderssonIK Sirius30257814
Josh WicksAFC United24287
4 Tommi VaihoGAIS3044766
Damir MehićJönköpings Södra IF11105
6 Joakim WulffVarbergs BoIS29267515
Mattias AsperMjällby AIF24307
Oscar BerglundÄngelholms FF27384
9 August StrömbergDegerfors IF2936739

Hat-tricks

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Superettan form table . soccerstats.com . soccerstats.com . 26 May 2015.
  2. Web site: Superettan . The Swedish Football Association . 6 November 2014. sv .
  3. News: BP byter tränare . IF Brommapojkarna . brommapojkarna.se . 3 November 2014 . 11 November 2014 . sv.
  4. News: BP presenterar ny tränare . IF Brommapojkarna . brommapojkarna.se . 11 November 2014 . 11 November 2014 . sv.
  5. Web site: Skytteliga . The Swedish Football Association . The Swedish Football Association . 28 April 2015.
  6. Web site: Passningsliga . The Swedish Football Association . The Swedish Football Association . 28 April 2015.
  7. Web site: Målvaktsliga . The Swedish Football Association . The Swedish Football Association . 29 April 2015.