2016 Superettan

Superettan
Season	2016
Matches played	8
Goals scored	16 (2 per match)
Highest attendance	11,690 GAIS 0–0 Örgryte IS (30 April 2016)
Lowest attendance	278 AFC United 1–0 Ljungskile SK (23 April 2016)
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Swedish Football 2016
Allsvenskan (Tier 1)
Superettan (Tier 2)
Division 1 (Tier 3)
Svenska Cupen 2015–16 – QR – Final

The 2016 Superettan, part of the 2016 Swedish football season, will be the 16th season of Superettan, Sweden's second-tier football league in its current format. The 2016 fixtures are expected to be released in December 2015. The season will start in April 2016 and end in November 2016.

A total of 16 teams will contest 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 2017. 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 2017.

2015-champions Jönköpings Södra IF and runner-up Östersunds FK were promoted to the Allsvenskan at the end of the 2015 season. They were replaced by Halmstads BK and Åtvidabergs FF. Utsiktens BK and IF Brommapojkarna were relegated at the end of the 2015 season after finishing in the bottom two places of the table. They were replaced by Division 1 Norra champions Dalkurd FF and Division 1 Södra champions Trelleborgs FF. Mjällby AIF was also relegated after losing the relegation play-offs to Division 1 Södra runner-up Örgryte IS.

Stadia and locations

AFC United

Assyriska FF
Syrianska FC

Locations of the 2016 Superettan teams

Team	Location	Stadium	Turf¹	Stadium capacity¹	2015 season
AFC United	Stockholm	Skytteholms IP	Natural	2,000	8th in Superettan
Assyriska FF	Södertälje	Södertälje Fotbollsarena	Artificial	6,400	4th in Superettan
Dalkurd FF	Borlänge	Domnarvsvallen	Artificial	6,500	1st in Division 1 Norra
Degerfors IF	Degerfors	Stora Valla	Natural	12,500	9th in Superettan
GAIS	Gothenburg	Gamla Ullevi	Natural	18,416	11th in Superettan
Halmstads BK	Halmstad	Örjans Vall	Natural	15,500	15th in Allsvenskan
IFK Värnamo	Värnamo	Finnvedsvallen	Natural	5,000	10th in Superettan
IK Frej	Täby	Vikingavallen	Artificial	2,750	14th in Superettan
IK Sirius	Uppsala	Studenternas IP	Natural	6,300	3rd in Superettan
Ljungskile SK	Ljungskile	Uddevalla Arena	Natural	8,000	6th in Superettan
Syrianska FC	Södertälje	Södertälje Fotbollsarena	Artificial	6,400	7th in Superettan
Trelleborgs FF	Trelleborg	Vångavallen	Natural	10,000	1st in Division 1 Södra
Varbergs BoIS	Varberg	Påskbergsvallen	Natural	4,500	5th in Superettan
Åtvidabergs FF	Åtvidaberg	Kopparvallen	Artificial	8,000	16th in Allsvenskan
Ängelholms FF	Ängelholm	Ängelholms IP	Natural	5,000	12th in Superettan
Örgryte IS	Gothenburg	Gamla Ullevi	Natural	18,416	2nd in Division 1 Södra

¹ According to each club information page at the Swedish Football Association website for Superettan.^[1]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Halmstads BK	5	4	0	1	9	2	+7	12	Promotion to Allsvenskan
2	Örgryte IS	6	3	2	1	8	3	+5	11	Promotion to Allsvenskan
3	AFC United	5	3	1	1	6	1	+5	10	Qualification to Promotion playoffs
4	Ängelholms FF	5	3	0	2	4	6	−2	9
5	IFK Värnamo	5	2	2	1	6	2	+4	8
6	IK Sirius	5	2	2	1	6	3	+3	8
7	Ljungskile SK	5	2	2	1	6	4	+2	8
8	Varbergs BoIS	6	2	2	2	7	9	−2	8
9	Åtvidabergs FF	5	2	1	2	8	8	0	7
10	Dalkurd FF	5	2	1	2	5	5	0	7
11	IK Frej	5	1	2	2	7	9	−2	5
12	GAIS	5	1	2	2	3	6	−3	5
13	Trelleborgs FF	5	1	2	2	1	4	−3	5	Qualification to Relegation playoffs
14	Syrianska FC	5	0	3	2	2	5	−3	3	Qualification to Relegation playoffs
15	Assyriska FF	5	1	0	4	4	8	−4	3	Relegation to Division 1
16	Degerfors IF	5	0	2	3	4	11	−7	2	Relegation to Division 1

Updated to match(es) played on 5 May 2016. Source: svenskfotboll.se (Swedish)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored

Positions by round

Team \ Round	1	2	3	4	5
Halmstads BK !Halmstads BK	12	6	3	1	1
AFC United !AFC United	1	1	1	2	2
Ängelholms FF !Ängelholms FF	6	3	4	3	3
IFK Värnamo !IFK Värnamo	9	14	7	9	4
IK Sirius !IK Sirius	4	2	2	4	5
Ljungskile SK !Ljungskile SK	8	4	5	8	6
Örgryte IS !Örgryte IS	7	12	8	5	7
Varbergs BoIS !Varbergs BoIS	5	5	11	6	8
Åtvidabergs FF !Åtvidabergs FF	13	16	16	11	9
Dalkurd FF !Dalkurd FF	11	10	6	7	10
IK Frej !IK Frej	16	9	9	10	11
GAIS !GAIS	2	8	10	12	12
Trelleborgs FF !Trelleborgs FF	10	15	12	13	13
Syrianska FC !Syrianska FC	14	11	14	15	14
Assyriska FF !Assyriska FF	3	7	13	14	15
Degerfors IF !Degerfors IF	15	13	15	16	16

Source: everysport.com (Swedish)

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

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals^[2]
1	Oke Akpoveta	IK Frej	4
2	Gabriel Altemark-Vanneryr	Ljungskile SK	3
	Thomas Drage	Varbergs BoIS
	Omar Eddahri	AFC United
	Sead Hakšabanović	Halmstads BK
	Sebastian Ohlsson	Örgryte IS
	Alexander Ruud Tveter	Halmstads BK

Top assists

Rank	Player	Club	Assists^[3]
1	Othman El Kabir	AFC United	3
	Kingsley Sarfo	IK Sirius
	Johan Svahn	IFK Värnamo
4	Elias Andersson	Varbergs BoIS	2

References

↑ "Superettan" (in Swedish). The Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
↑ "Skytteliga". The Swedish Football Association. The Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
↑ "Passningsliga". The Swedish Football Association. The Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 28 April 2015.

External links

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