2009 Superettan Explained

Competition:Superettan
Season:2009
Winners:Mjällby AIF
Promotion To:Allsvenskan
Matches:240
Total Goals:701
Average Attendance:1,880
Prevseason:2008
Nextseason:2010

The 2009 Superettan was part of the 2009 Swedish football season, and the tenth season of Superettan, Sweden's second-tier football division in its current format. A total of 16 teams contested the league.. The season began on 11 April 2009 and ended on 24 October 2009.[1]

The top 2 teams qualified directly for promotion to Allsvenskan, the third played a play-off against the fourteenth from Allsvenskan to decide who qualified to play in Allsvenskan 2010.The bottom 2 teams qualified directly for relegation to Division 1, the thirteenth and the fourteenth played a play-off against the numbers two from Division 1 Södra and Division 1 Norra to decide who qualified to play in Superettan 2010.

Participating teams

TeamLocationManagerVenueCapacityLast season
Södertälje Robert JohanssonSödertälje Fotbollsarena
Falkenberg Thomas AskebrandFalkenbergs IP
Jönköping Olle Nordin
Andreas Jankevics
Stadsparksvallen
Landskrona Anders LinderothLandskrona IP
Ljungskile Bo WålemarkStarke Arvid Arena
Mjällby Peter SwärdhStrandvallen
Norrköping Göran BergortIdrottsparken
Gothenburg Lars BorgströmValhalla IP
Uppsala Jens T. AnderssonStudenternas IP
Sundsvall Sören ÅkebyNorrporten Arena
Södertälje Özcan MelkemichelSödertälje Fotbollsarena
Trollhättan Lars-Olof MattssonEdsborgs IP
Solna Peter LenellSkytteholms IP
Upplands Väsby Thomas LagerlöfVilundavallen
Åtvidaberg Daniel WiklundKopparvallen
Ängelholm Roar HansenÄngelholms IP

League table

Relegation play-offs

Trollhättan and Qviding, who were the 13th and 14th teams in Superettan 2009 faced with Brage and Skövde, who were runners-up of Division 1.[2] Trollhättan won the play-out by 7-4 aggregate and remained in Superettan for 2010 season. Skövde, Division 1 Södra runner-up, didn't promote.

Brage, Division 1 Norra runner-up, won the play-out by 3-1 aggregate and promoted to Superettan for 2010 season. Qviding relegated to Division 1 Norra.

Season statistics

Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals[3]
1 Marcus EkenbergMjällby19
Mattias AdelstamÄngelholm19
3 Fredrik OlssonLandskrona BoIS14
Stefan RodevågFalkenberg14
Pär CederqvistLandskrona BoIS14
6 Johan PatrikssonLjungskile SK13
Michael MensahSyrianska13
Erton FejzullahuMjällby13
9 Niklas LöfgrenLjungskile12
Kennedy IgboananikeVasalund12
112 players10
133 players9
166 players8
227 players7
299 players6
3816 players5

Top goalkeepers

(Minimum of 10 games played)

RankGoalkeeperClub
[4]
1 Mattias AsperMjällby30198715
2 Niklas WestbergVäsby United2330778
Tommi VaihoVasalund1930773
4 Stojan LukicFalkenberg29367611
Petter AugustssonÄngelholm1116765
Nuredin BakiuIFK Norrköping1823767
7 Peter KarlssonLandskrona BoIS2739758
8 Henrik GustavssonÅtvidaberg30367412
Tobias WennergrenFC Trollhättan2844747
Oscar BerglundAssyriska2430747
Christian FrealdssonSyrianska2123746
Mikael AxelssonJönköpings Södra2338747

Attendances

TeamStadiumCapacityTotalAverageGames% of Capacity
Assyriska6,700 42,014 2,801 15 42%
4,000 20,494 1,366 15 34%
5,200 37,063 2,471 15 48%
12,000 34,601 2,307 15 19%
6,000 14,529 969 15 16%
7,500 36,668 2,445 15 33%
19,000 64,593 4,306 15 23%
4,000 6,926 462 15 12%
7,600 22,476 1,498 15 20%
7,700 47,327 3,155 15 41%
6,700 34,288 2,286 15 34%
5,100 23,742 1,583 15 31%
4,000 10,809 721 15 18%
4,000 6,088 406 15 10%
7,200 34,538 2,303 15 32%
5,000 15,142 1,009 15 20%
Source: svenskfotboll.se

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Superettan spelprogram . 2009 . sv . svenskfotboll.se . 29 June 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090607213916/http://svenskfotboll.se/superettan/spelprogram/ . 7 June 2009 . live .
  2. Web site: Summary - Superettan - Sweden - Results, fixtures, tables and news - Soccerway.
  3. Web site: Skytteliga. 13 January 2012 . The Swedish Football Association . The Swedish Football Association .
  4. Web site: Målvaktsliga. 13 January 2012. The Swedish Football Association . The Swedish Football Association .