2020 Superettan Explained

Competition:Superettan
Season:2020
Winners:Halmstads BK
Promoted:Halmstads BK
Degerfors IF
Relegated:Dalkurd FF
Umeå FC
Ljungskile SK
League Topscorer:Pontus Engblom (20 goals)
Biggest Home Win:Norrby IF 6–0 Umeå FC
(21 November 2020)
Biggest Away Win:Umeå FC 0–6 Degerfors IF
(21 September 2020)
GIF Sundsvall 0–6 Halmstads BK
(21 November 2020)
Highest Scoring:GIF Sundsvall 5–2 Ljungskile SK
(7 August 2020)
Degerfors IF 2–5 GIF Sundsvall
(28 November 2020)
Longest Wins:9 matches
Halmstads BK[1]
Longest Unbeaten:11 matches
Degerfors IF
Akropolis IF
Longest Winless:10 matches
GAIS
Longest Losses:5 matches
GIF Sundsvall
Örgryte IS
Prevseason:2019
Nextseason:2021

The 2020 Superettan was part of the 2020 Swedish football season, and the 21st season of Superettan, Sweden's second-tier football division in its current format. A total of 16 teams contest the league.

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. 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

TeamLocationStadiumStadium capacity
AFC EskilstunaEskilstunaTunavallen7,800
Akropolis IFSpångaGrimsta IP5,000
Dalkurd FFUppsalaNya Studenternas10,000
Degerfors IFDegerforsStora Valla12,500
GAISGothenburgGamla Ullevi18,416[2]
GIF SundsvallSundsvallIdrottsparken7,700
Halmstads BKHalmstadÖrjans Vall10,873
IK BrageBorlängeDomnarvsvallen6,500
Jönköpings Södra IFJönköpingStadsparksvallen5,500
Ljungskile SKLjungskileSkarsjövallen8,000
Norrby IFBoråsBorås Arena17,800
Trelleborgs FFTrelleborgVångavallen7,000[3]
Umeå FCUmeåGammliavallen10,000
Västerås SKVästeråsIver Arena7,000
Örgryte ISGothenburgGamla Ullevi18,416
Östers IFVäxjöVisma Arena12,000

League table

Playoffs

The 13th-placed and 14th-placed teams of Superettan met the two runners-up from 2020 Division 1 (Norra and Södra) in two-legged ties on a home-and-away basis with the teams from Superettan finishing at home.----Landskrona BoIS won 3–1 on aggregate.----

2–2 on aggregate. Trelleborgs FF won 4–1 on penalties.----

Positions by round

Season statistics

Top scorers

[4]

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Pontus EngblomGIF Sundsvall20
2 Johan BertilssonDegerfors IF19
3 Victor EdvardsenDegerfors IF15
4 Samuel NnamaniAFC Eskilstuna13
Rasmus Wiedesheim-PaulHalmstads BK
6 Mikael BomanHalmstads BK12
7 Edin HamidovićJönköpings Södra IF11
8 Villiam DahlströmDegerfors IF10

Hat-tricks

PlayerFor !Against Result Date
Rasmus Wiedesheim-PaulHalmstads BKJönköpings Södra IF3–027 June 2020
Anton LundinIK BrageLjungskile SK1–38 July 2020
Fatawu SafiuTrelleborgs FFDalkurd FF4–125 July 2020
Johan BertilssonDegerfors IFÖsters IF3–129 July 2020
Robin StrömbergNorrby IFVästerås SK3–113 September 2020
Rasmus Wiedesheim-PaulHalmstads BKUmeå FC4–016 September 2020
Johan BertilssonDegerfors IFUmeå FC0–621 September 2020
Bubacarr JobeÖrgryte ISÖsters IF4–124 October 2020

Discipline

Player

Club

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Superettan streaks and sequences . soccerstats.com . soccerstats.com . 20 May 2019.
  2. Note: Gamla Ullevi has a capacity of 15,000 sitting and 3,416 standing for a total capacity of 18,416.
  3. Web site: Vångavallen. Trelleborgs FF. sv. 2018-02-27. 2013-12-13. https://web.archive.org/web/20131213025132/http://www.trelleborgsff.se/foreningen/vangavallen. dead.
  4. Web site: Spelarstatistik - Svensk fotboll . The Swedish Football Association . The Swedish Football Association . 20 June 2020 . sv.