2018 Superettan Explained

Competition:Superettan
Season:2018
Winners:Helsingborgs IF
Matches:240
League Topscorer:Andri Rúnar Bjarnason (16 goals)
Biggest Home Win:Östers IF 5–0 Landskrona BoIS (6 October 2018)
Biggest Away Win:IK Frej 1–5 Helsingborgs IF
(14 April 2018)
Gefle IF 1–5 Landskrona BoIS (28 May 2018)
IK Frej 1–5 Halmstads BK
(26 August 2018)
IK Brage 0–4 Östers IF (11 August 2018)
Longest Wins:7 matches
Helsingborgs IF[1]
Longest Unbeaten:17 matches
AFC Eskilstuna
Longest Winless:13 matches
Gefle IF
Longest Losses:8 matches
IFK Värnamo
Highest Attendance:16,089
Helsingborgs IF 2–0 Norrby IF (2 August 2018)
Lowest Attendance:211
IFK Värnamo 2–0 Varbergs BoIS (24 April 2018)[2]
Average Attendance:2,278
Prevseason:2017
Nextseason:2019

The 2018 Superettan was part of the 2018 Swedish football season, and the 19th season of Superettan, Sweden's second-tier football division in its current format. A total of 16 teams contest the league.

Fixtures for the 2018 season were announced on 21 December 2017.[3]

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.

Stadia and locations

TeamLocationStadiumTurf1Stadium capacity1
AFC EskilstunaEskilstunaTunavallenArtificial7,800
Degerfors IFDegerforsStora VallaNatural12,500
Falkenbergs FFFalkenbergFalcon Alkoholfri ArenaNatural5,565
GAISGothenburgGamla UlleviNatural18,416[4]
Gefle IFGävleGavlevallenArtificial6,500
Halmstads BKHalmstadÖrjans VallNatural10,873
Helsingborgs IFHelsingborgOlympiaNatural16,500
IFK VärnamoVärnamoFinnvedsvallenNatural5,000
IK BrageBorlängeDomnarvsvallenArtificial6,500
IK FrejTäby kyrkbyVikingavallenArtificial2,650
Jönköpings Södra IFJönköpingStadsparksvallenNatural5,500
Landskrona BoISLandskronaLandskrona IPNatural10,500
Norrby IFBoråsBorås ArenaArtificial17,800
Varbergs BoISVarbergPåskbergsvallenNatural4,500
Örgryte ISGothenburgGamla UlleviNatural18,416
Östers IFVäxjöMyresjöhus ArenaNatural12,000

Personnel and sponsoring

All teams are obligated to have the logo of the league sponsor Svenska Spel as well as the Superettan logo on the right sleeve of their shirt.

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 Eskilstuna NikeVarious
Degerfors IF AdidasVarious
Falkenbergs FF NikeGekås Ullared
GAIS Carl NyströmSelectVarious
Gefle IF UmbroVarious
Halmstads BK Igor Krulj PumaVarious
Helsingborgs IF PumaResurs Bank
IFK Värnamo PumaVarious
IK Brage SelectVarious
IK Frej PumaVarious
Jönköpings Södra IF NikeVolkswagen
Landskrona BoIS Philip AnderssonNikeVarious
Norrby IF Korosh Hatami Marcus ÖversjöNikeVarious
Varbergs BoIS FC NikeVarious
Örgryte IS Daniel PaulsonNikeHA Bygg
Östers IF PumaVarious

League table

Playoffs

The 13th-placed and 14th-placed teams of Superettan meet the two runners-up from 2018 Division 1 (Norra and Södra) in two-legged ties on a home-and-away basis with the team from Superettan finishing at home.----Syrianska FC won 3–2 on aggregate.----

4–4 on aggregate. Varbergs BoIS won on away goals.----

Positions by round

Season statistics

Top scorers

[5]

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Andri Rúnar BjarnasonHelsingborgs IF16
2 Erik BjörndahlDegerfors IF14
Chisom EgbuchulamFalkenbergs FF
4 Kosuke KinoshitaHalmstads BK13
Diego MontielÖrgryte IS
6 Pär CederqvistIFK Värnamo12
Dragan KapčevićÖsters IF
Samuel NnamaniAFC Eskilstuna
Joakim RunnemoIK Frej

Hat-tricks

PlayerFor !Against Result Date
Andri Rúnar BjarnasonHelsingborgs IFIK Frej1–514 April 2018
Sargon AbrahamDegerfors IFNorrby IF1–314 May 2018
Kosuke KinoshitaHalmstads BKVarbergs BoIS2–32 June 2018
Simon AlexanderssonIK BrageIFK Värnamo2–330 June 2018
Dušan JajićIK FrejGefle IF2–55 August 2018
Chisom EgbuchulamFalkenbergs FFDegerfors IF4–126 August 2018

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Superettan streaks and sequences . soccerstats.com . soccerstats.com . 12 June 2018.
  2. Note: Game was played at Borås Arena.
  3. Web site: Superettans spelprogram fastställt . svenskfotboll.se . 21 December 2017 . 21 December 2017.
  4. Note: Gamla Ullevi has a capacity of 15,000 sitting and 3,416 standing for a total capacity of 18,416.
  5. Web site: Skytteliga - Superettan . The Swedish Football Association . The Swedish Football Association . 3 November 2018 . sv.