2014 Superettan

Superettan
Season 2014
Champions Hammarby IF
Promoted Hammarby IF
GIF Sundsvall
Relegated Östers IF
Landskrona BoIS
Husqvarna FF
Matches played 240
Goals scored 672 (2.8 per match)
Top goalscorer Kennedy Bakircioglü (17 goals)
Best goalkeeper Alex Horwath (83 save %)
Biggest home win Hammarby IF 6–0 Syrianska FC (21 September 2014)
Biggest away win IFK Värnamo 0–6 IK Sirius (2 November 2014)
Highest scoring Jönköpings Södra IF 6–2 Landskrona BoIS (24 May 2014)
Varbergs BoIS 6–2 IFK Värnamo (26 October 2014)
Highest attendance 31,074[1]
Hammarby IF 0–0 Ljungskile SK (24 August 2014)
Lowest attendance 222[1]
Ängelholms FF 2–0 Husqvarna FF (26 May 2014)
Total attendance 784,165[2]
Average attendance 3,267[2]
← 2013
2015 →

The 2014 Superettan, part of the 2014 Swedish football season, was the 14th season of Superettan, Sweden's second-tier football league in its current format. The 2014 fixtures were released on 20 December 2013.[3] The season started on 5 April 2014 and concluded on 2 November 2014.[4]

Hammarby IF won Superettan this season, their first title and were thus promoted to Allsvenskan after five years absence along with runners-up GIF Sundsvall who returned to the top flight after two years absence. Ljungskile SK advanced to the promotion play-offs but failed to win against Gefle IF.

A total of 16 teams contested the league; 12 returning from the 2013 season, two that were relegated from Allsvenskan and two that were promoted from Division 1.

Teams

A total of 16 teams contested the league, 12 returning from the 2013 season, two relegated from the 2013 Allsvenskan and two promoted from the 2013 Division 1. The top two teams qualified directly for promotion to Allsvenskan, the third had to play a play-off against the fourteenth team from Allsvenskan to decide who would play in Allsvenskan 2015. The bottom two teams qualified directly for relegation to Division 1, the thirteenth and the fourteenth had to play a play-off against the numbers two teams from Division 1 Södra and Division 1 Norra to decide who would play in Superettan 2015.

2013-champions Falkenbergs FF and runner-up Örebro SK were promoted to the Allsvenskan at the end of the 2012 season. They were replaced by Östers IF and Syrianska FC. Örgryte IS and IK Brage were relegated at the end of the 2013 season after finishing in the bottom two places of the table. They were replaced by Division 1 Norra champions IK Sirius and Division 1 Södra champions Husqvarna FF.

Stadia and locations

Team Location Stadium Turf1 Stadium capacity1
Assyriska FF Södertälje Södertälje Fotbollsarena Artificial 7,500
Degerfors IF Degerfors Stora Valla Natural 12,500
GAIS Gothenburg Gamla Ullevi Natural 18,416
GIF Sundsvall Sundsvall Norrporten Arena Artificial 7,700
Hammarby IF Stockholm Tele2 Arena Artificial 30,000
Husqvarna FF Huskvarna Vapenvallen Natural 5,000
IFK Värnamo Värnamo Finnvedsvallen Natural 5,000
IK Sirius Uppsala Studenternas IP Natural 6,500
Jönköpings Södra IF Jönköping Stadsparksvallen Natural 5,200
Landskrona BoIS Landskrona Landskrona IP Natural 12,000
Ljungskile SK Ljungskile Skarsjövallen Natural 8,000
Syrianska FC Södertälje Södertälje Fotbollsarena Artificial 7,500
Varbergs BoIS Varberg Påskbergsvallen Natural 4,000
Ängelholms FF Helsingborg Olympia (Until 22 June 2014) Natural 17,100
Ängelholm Ängelholms IP (From 28 June 2014) 5,000
Östers IF Växjö Myresjöhus Arena Natural 12,000
Östersunds FK Östersund Jämtkraft Arena Artificial 6,000

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.

Team Head coach1 Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Assyriska FF Bosnia and Herzegovina Valentic Azrudin Sweden David Durmaz Umbro Scania
Degerfors IF Sweden Patrik Werner Sweden Tobias Solberg adidas Outokumpu
GAIS Sweden Per-Ola Ljung Sweden Kenneth Gustafsson Hummel Åbro
GIF Sundsvall Sweden Joel Cedergren
Sweden Roger Franzén		 Sweden Kevin Walker adidas Various
Hammarby IF Sweden Nanne Bergstrand Sweden Kennedy Bakircioglü Kappa Herbalife
Husqvarna FF England Giles Stille Sweden Michell Haidari adidas Husqvarna
IFK Värnamo Sweden Jörgen Petersson
Sweden Peter Johansson		 Sweden Martin Claesson adidas Various
IK Sirius Sweden Kim Bergstrand Sweden Carl Nyström Nike Various
Jönköpings Södra IF Sweden Jimmy Thelin Sweden Tommy Thelin Nike Various
Landskrona BoIS Sweden Patrik Johansson (interim) Sweden Johnny Lundberg Masita bila.nu
Ljungskile SK Sweden Tor-Arne Fredheim Sweden Markus Gustafsson adidas Various
Syrianska FC Sweden Zvezdan Milošević Sweden Sharbel Touma Nike Aros Kapital
Varbergs BoIS Sweden Jörgen Wålemark Sweden Fredrik Björk Umbro Various
Ängelholms FF Sweden Joakim Persson Sweden Björn Westerblad adidas Unicolor AB
Östers IF Sweden Roberth Björknesjö Sweden Denis Velić Puma IST
Östersunds FK England Graham Potter Iran Brwa Nouri adidas Peab

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Hammarby IF Sweden Thomas Dennerby Mutual consent 6 November 2013[5] Pre-season Sweden Nanne Bergstrand 6 November 2013[6]
Varbergs BoIS Sweden Halda Kabil Sacked 15 November 2013[7] Pre-season Sweden Jörgen Wålemark 21 November 2013[8]
IFK Värnamo Sweden Sören Åkeby Mutual consent 21 November 2013[9] Pre-season Sweden Jörgen Petersson 15 December 2013[10]
Östers IF Sweden Andreas Thomsson Mutual consent 30 December 2013[11] Pre-season Sweden Roberth Björknesjö 30 December 2013[12]
Syrianska FC Sweden Özcan Melkemichel Resigned 31 December 2013[13] Pre-season Brazil Carlos Roberto Cabral 6 January 2014[14]
Syrianska FC Brazil Carlos Roberto Cabral Resigned 28 January 2014[15] Pre-season Sweden Stefan Fredriksson 28 January 2014[15]
Syrianska FC Sweden Stefan Fredriksson Resigned 1 April 2014<ref name="[16] Pre-season Sweden Zvezdan Milošević 6 April 2014[17]
Jönköpings Södra IF Sweden Mats Gren Signed by IFK Göteborg 18 April 2014[18] 14th Sweden Jimmy Thelin 18 April 2014[18]
Assyriska FF Bosnia and Herzegovina Valentic Azrudin Mutual consent 27 May 2014[19] 15th Sweden Sören Åkeby 29 May 2014[20]
GAIS Sweden Thomas Askebrand Sacked 27 May 2014[21] 13th Sweden Per-Ola Ljung 13 June 2014[22]
Landskrona BoIS Sweden Jörgen Pettersson Sacked 11 June 2014[23] 14th Sweden Patrik Johansson 11 June 2014[23]
Assyriska FF Sweden Sören Åkeby Resigned 17 September 2014[24] 16th Bosnia and Herzegovina Valentic Azrudin 17 September 2014[24]
Husqvarna FF Sweden Niclas Tagesson Stepped down 20 September 2014[25] 15th England Giles Stille 20 September 2014[25]

League table

Pos
Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Hammarby IF (C) (P) 30 18 7 5 68 27+41 61 Promotion to Allsvenskan
2 GIF Sundsvall (P) 30 19 4 7 55 34+21 61
3 Ljungskile SK 30 16 12 2 60 25+35 60 Promotion Playoffs
4 Jönköpings Södra IF 30 16 4 10 60 42+18 52
5 Östersunds FK 30 12 9 9 40 400 45
6 IK Sirius 30 11 10 9 47 36+11 43
7 Degerfors IF 30 10 10 10 47 46+1 40
8 Varbergs BoIS 30 10 9 11 38 43−5 39
9 IFK Värnamo 30 10 9 11 43 52−9 39
10 Syrianska FC 30 11 4 15 37 55−18 37
11 GAIS 30 9 8 13 31 38−7 35
12 Ängelholms FF 30 9 8 13 30 51−21 35
13 Östers IF (R) 30 7 11 12 39 48−9 32 Relegation Playoffs
14 Assyriska FF (O) 30 5 12 13 28 44−16 27
15 Landskrona BoIS (R) 30 6 8 16 35 55−20 26 Relegation to Division 1
16 Husqvarna FF (R) 30 5 7 18 27 49−22 22

Source: svenskfotboll.se (Swedish)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Relegation play-offs

6 November 2014
19:00 UTC+1
IK Frej 3 – 0 Östers IF
Lallet  51'
Plavšić  53'
Silfver  55' 		Report
Vikingavallen, Täby
Attendance: 1,684
Referee: Per Melin (Gävle)

6 November 2014
19:00 UTC+1
Örgryte IS 1 – 1 Assyriska FF
Mourad  78' Report Papagiannopoulos  39'
Gamla Ullevi, Gothenburg
Attendance: 3,227
Referee: Kaspar Sjöberg (Malmö)

9 November 2014
15:00 UTC+1
Östers IF 3 – 2 IK Frej
Henningsson  6', 67'
Velić  56' 		Report Lallet  19'
Plavšić  53'
Myresjöhus Arena, Växjö
Attendance: 2,685
Referee: Antti Kanerva (Olofstorp)

IK Frej won 5–3 on aggregate.

9 November 2014
15:00 UTC+1
Assyriska FF 0 – 0 Örgryte IS
Report
Södertälje Fotbollsarena, Södertälje
Attendance: 2,511
Referee: Jim Petersson (Motala)

1–1 on aggregate. Assyriska FF won on away goals.

Positions by round

Team \ Round 123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
Hammarby IF 5 1 3 8 8 6 3 2 1 2 2 2 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 1
GIF Sundsvall 4 10 4 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 2 1 1 3 3 3 3 2 2 1 2
Ljungskile SK 6 6 8 4 5 8 5 5 4 4 4 3 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3
Jönköpings Södra IF 12 14 14 15 15 10 13 9 6 8 7 8 8 8 7 5 4 5 6 7 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4
Östersunds FK 13 15 16 16 16 14 10 10 8 6 6 6 6 7 8 6 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5
IK Sirius 1 7 10 7 7 5 7 8 11 7 8 7 7 6 6 7 7 6 7 5 6 6 8 8 8 9 6 6 6 6
Degerfors IF 9 13 13 14 14 16 16 16 16 14 13 11 9 11 12 10 11 12 12 11 12 10 10 10 10 7 7 8 9 7
Varbergs BoIS 10 5 2 5 6 4 2 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 5 7 5 6 8 7 7 7 7 6 9 9 7 8
IFK Värnamo 8 3 6 3 3 2 4 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 8 8 9 9 9 7 8 6 6 6 8 8 7 8 9
Syrianska FC 16 16 12 9 4 7 11 10 10 10 10 9 10 9 9 9 9 8 8 8 9 9 9 9 9 10 10 11 11 10
GAIS 7 4 7 11 13 15 11 13 13 15 15 15 13 14 16 14 15 15 13 13 13 13 11 11 11 12 13 10 10 11
Ängelholms FF 15 11 5 6 9 11 12 14 12 12 12 12 12 12 10 11 12 10 10 10 10 11 12 13 13 13 11 12 12 12
Östers IF 2 8 11 12 10 9 8 7 7 9 9 10 11 10 11 13 10 11 11 12 11 12 13 12 12 11 12 13 13 13
Assyriska FF 11 9 9 10 11 12 15 15 15 16 16 14 16 13 15 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 15 15 15 15 14 14
Landskrona BoIS 14 12 15 13 12 13 14 12 14 13 14 16 15 16 13 12 13 13 15 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 15 15
Husqvarna FF 3 2 1 1 2 3 6 6 9 11 11 13 14 15 14 15 14 14 14 15 15 15 15 15 16 16 16 16 16 16

Source: everysport.com (Swedish)

Promotion to Allsvenskan
Promotion play-offs
Relegation play-offs
Relegation to Division 1

Results

Home ╲ Away AFF DIF GAISGIFSHAMHFFIFKVIKSJSIFLANLSKSFCVARÄFFÖIFÖFK
Assyriska FF 2–2 1–1 1–3 0–1 1–1 1–2 1–1 1–3 1–1 0–4 0–2 0–0 1–1 1–1 0–1
Degerfors IF 3–2 2–1 4–1 1–2 1–1 1–1 1–3 3–0 0–1 3–3 2–0 0–0 4–0 0–2 2–2
GAIS 1–2 0–1 1–0 0–0 2–1 2–2 1–0 2–3 3–1 2–2 0–1 2–0 1–0 0–0 1–3
GIF Sundsvall 2–1 4–1 4–0 3–1 2–1 2–1 1–2 1–0 0–0 0–0 3–1 2–1 4–3 5–1 2–0
Hammarby IF 1–1 5–0 1–3 2–2 3–1 2–2 4–1 5–0 4–0 0–0 6–0 2–0 1–2 3–0 4–2
Husqvarna FF 0–0 0–3 2–0 1–3 1–2 0–0 1–2 0–2 3–1 0–3 0–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–4
IFK Värnamo 1–0 3–1 1–1 1–0 0–2 1–0 0–6 2–0 0–3 1–4 2–0 1–1 4–0 3–2 1–2
IK Sirius 2–1 1–1 0–1 0–1 2–1 1–2 3–1 0–1 1–1 2–2 2–2 2–3 0–0 0–0 1–1
Jönköpings Södra IF 4–0 4–2 3–1 4–1 0–4 1–0 0–0 3–1 6–2 1–1 4–0 1–2 2–3 3–3 4–0
Landskrona BoIS 1–2 2–0 2–1 1–2 1–3 0–1 3–1 1–2 0–3 0–0 2–3 1–5 1–1 2–2 0–1
Ljungskile SK 1–0 2–2 0–0 0–0 0–1 2–1 3–2 1–0 3–2 3–2 5–1 3–0 5–0 4–0 1–0
Syrianska FC 0–2 3–1 2–2 1–2 2–4 3–2 2–1 1–5 0–2 1–0 1–1 2–0 0–0 3–1 3–0
Varbergs BoIS 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 3–1 6–2 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–3 2–1 0–1 2–2 2–0
Ängelholms FF 1–1 1–4 1–0 1–2 1–0 2–0 2–2 0–2 1–0 1–2 0–3 1–0 1–2 1–4 2–2
Östers IF 1–2 0–2 0–1 0–2 0–2 2–1 2–2 2–2 2–3 1–1 2–0 1–0 5–1 2–0 0–1
Östersunds FK 1–2 0–0 2–1 3–1 1–1 1–1 1–3 1–1 1–0 3–2 1–1 2–1 3–0 1–2 0–0

Source: svenskfotboll.se (Swedish)
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals[26]
1 Sweden Kennedy Bakircioglü Hammarby IF 17
2 Sweden Johan Eklund GIF Sundsvall 16
3 Sweden Stefan Silva IK Sirius 15
4 Sweden Fredrik Olsson Jönköpings Södra IF 14
Sweden Peter Samuelsson Degerfors IF
Sweden David Johannesson Ljungskile SK
7 Northern Ireland Daryl Smylie Jönköpings Södra IF 13
United States Andrew Stadler Landskrona BoIS
Sweden Tommy Thelin Jönköpings Södra IF
10 Sweden Pa Dibba GIF Sundsvall 12

Top assists

Rank Player Club Assists[27]
1 Sweden Robert Gojani Jönköpings Södra IF 11
2 Norway Fredrik Torsteinbø Hammarby IF 10
Sweden Jonas Lindberg Ljungskile SK
4 Sweden Marcus Astvald Degerfors IF 9

Top goalkeepers

(Minimum of 10 games played)

Rank Goalkeeper Club
GP GA SV%[28] CS
1 United States Alex Horwath Ljungskile SK 30 25 83 14
2 Sweden Johannes Hopf Hammarby IF 30 27 78 13
Montenegro Zoran Aković Husqvarna FF 22 32 4
4 Sweden Tommi Vaiho GAIS 29 36 76 9
Sweden August Strömberg Degerfors IF 22 37 6
6 Sweden Tommy Naurin GIF Sundsvall 30 34 75 8
England Connor Ripley Östersunds FK 14 17 4
8 Sweden Björn Åkesson IFK Värnamo 30 52 74 8
Sweden Aly Keita Östersunds FK 14 19 3
10 Sweden Andreas Andersson IK Sirius 30 35 73 5

Hat-tricks

Player For Against Result Date
Sweden David JohannessonLjungskile SKÄngelholms FF5–019 May 2014
Sweden Fredrik OlssonJönköpings Södra IFAssyriska FF4–019 July 2014
Nigeria Nsima PeterVarbergs BoISLandskrona BoIS1–59 August 2014
Sweden Johan EklundGIF SundsvallÖsters IF5–117 August 2014
Northern Ireland Daryl SmylieJönköpings Södra IFDegerfors IF4–220 October 2014
Sweden Nahir BesaraHammarby IFÖstersunds FK4–221 October 2014
Sweden Karl SöderströmVarbergs BoISIFK Värnamo6–226 October 2014
Nigeria Moses OgbuIK SiriusIFK Värnamo0–62 November 2014

See also

Competitions

References

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  2. 1 2 "Publikliga". svenskfotboll.se. The Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 24 August 2014.
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  15. 1 2 "Carlos slutar i Syrianska". syrianskafc.com (in Swedish). Syrianska FC. 28 January 2014. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
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  21. ↑ "Askebrand och GAIS går skilda vägar". gais.se (in Swedish). GAIS. 27 May 2014. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
  22. ↑ "Per-Ola Ljung ny tränare i GAIS". gais.se (in Swedish). GAIS. 13 June 2014. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
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  25. 1 2 "Förändringar i ledarstaben för herrarna". husqvarnaff.se (in Swedish). Husqvarna FF. 20 September 2014. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
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