2018 Superettan

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.

Superettan

Season	2018
Champions	Helsingborgs IF
Promoted	Helsingborgs IF Falkenbergs FF AFC Eskilstuna
Relegated	IFK Värnamo Gefle IF Landskrona BoIS
Matches played	240
Top goalscorer	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)
Highest scoring	GAIS 4–4 Örgryte IS (12 June 2018) Östers IF 4–4 Helsingborgs IF (27 October 2018)
Longest winning run	7 matches Helsingborgs IF[1]
Longest unbeaten run	17 matches AFC Eskilstuna
Longest winless run	13 matches Gefle IF
Longest losing run	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
← 2017 2019 →

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

Eskilstuna

Degerfors

Falkenberg

GAIS

Gefle

Halmstad

Helsingborg

Värnamo

Brage

Frej

J-Södra

Landskrona

Norrby

Varberg

Örgryte

Öster

Locations of the 2018 Superettan teams

Team	Location	Stadium	Turf1	Stadium capacity1
AFC Eskilstuna	Eskilstuna	Tunavallen	Artificial	7,800
Degerfors IF	Degerfors	Stora Valla	Natural	12,500
Falkenbergs FF	Falkenberg	Falcon Alkoholfri Arena	Natural	5,565
GAIS	Gothenburg	Gamla Ullevi	Natural	18,416[4]
Gefle IF	Gävle	Gavlevallen	Artificial	6,500
Halmstads BK	Halmstad	Örjans Vall	Natural	10,873
Helsingborgs IF	Helsingborg	Olympia	Natural	16,500
IFK Värnamo	Värnamo	Finnvedsvallen	Natural	5,000
IK Brage	Borlänge	Domnarvsvallen	Artificial	6,500
IK Frej	Täby kyrkby	Vikingavallen	Artificial	2,650
Jönköpings Södra IF	Jönköping	Stadsparksvallen	Natural	5,500
Landskrona BoIS	Landskrona	Landskrona IP	Natural	10,500
Norrby IF	Borås	Borås Arena	Artificial	17,800
Varbergs BoIS	Varberg	Påskbergsvallen	Natural	4,500
Örgryte IS	Gothenburg	Gamla Ullevi	Natural	18,416[4]
Östers IF	Växjö	Myresjöhus Arena	Natural	12,000

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.

Team	Head coach1	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Main shirt sponsor
AFC Eskilstuna	Nemanja Miljanović	Anel Raskaj	Nike	Various
Degerfors IF	Stefan Jacobsson	Christoffer Wiktorsson	Adidas	Various
Falkenbergs FF	Hans Eklund	Tibor Joza	Nike	Gekås Ullared
GAIS	Bosko Orović	Carl Nyström	Select	Various
Gefle IF	Marcus Bengtsson	Jonas Lantto	Umbro	Various
Halmstads BK	Igor Krulj	Peter Larsson	Puma	Various
Helsingborgs IF	Per-Ola Ljung	Pär Hansson	Puma	Resurs Bank
IFK Värnamo	Roar Hansen	Pär Cederqvist	Puma	Various
IK Brage	Klebér Saarenpää	Robbin Sellin	Select	Various
IK Frej	Roberth Björknesjö	Marcus Hansson	Puma	Various
Jönköpings Södra IF	Jörgen Wålemark	Tommy Thelin	Nike	Volkswagen
Landskrona BoIS	Jack Majgaard	Philip Andersson	Nike	Various
Norrby IF	Korosh Hatami	Marcus Översjö	Nike	Various
Varbergs BoIS FC	Joakim Persson	Matt Pyzdrowski	Nike	Various
Örgryte IS	Thomas Askebrand	Daniel Paulson	Nike	HA Bygg
Östers IF	Christian Järdler	Mario Vasilj	Puma	Various

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Helsingborgs IF (C, P)	30	18	9	3	59	30	+29	63	Promotion to Allsvenskan
2	Falkenbergs FF (P)	30	18	5	7	61	34	+27	59
3	AFC Eskilstuna (O, P)	30	13	15	2	40	16	+24	54	Qualification to Promotion playoffs
4	Örgryte IS	30	15	7	8	56	37	+19	52
5	Halmstads BK	30	15	6	9	49	38	+11	51
6	IK Brage	30	12	9	9	46	45	+1	45
7	Degerfors IF	30	11	9	10	45	46	−1	42
8	Östers IF	30	11	8	11	48	43	+5	41
9	IK Frej	30	10	7	13	46	56	−10	37
10	GAIS	30	8	11	11	40	41	−1	35
11	Jönköpings Södra IF	30	9	8	13	31	38	−7	35
12	Norrby IF	30	9	7	14	31	50	−19	34
13	IFK Värnamo (R)	30	9	5	16	31	48	−17	32	Qualification to Relegation playoffs
14	Varbergs BoIS (O)	30	7	8	15	43	54	−11	29
15	Gefle IF (R)	30	6	7	17	31	60	−29	25	Relegation to Division 1
16	Landskrona BoIS (R)	30	5	7	18	35	56	−21	22

Source: svenskfotboll.se (in 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
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

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.

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Syrianska FC	1–0	IFK Värnamo
Hellberg 48' (pen.)	Report

14 November 2018

19:00

Södertälje Fotbollsarena, Södertälje

Attendance: 2,103

Referee: Adam Ladebäck

IFK Värnamo	2–2	Syrianska FC
Achinioti-Jönsson 50' Henningsson 82'	Report	Rajalakso 45+1' Ranégie 90+1'

18 November 2018

14:30

Finnvedsvallen, Värnamo

Attendance: 1,526

Referee: Victor Wolf

Syrianska FC won 3–2 on aggregate.

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Oskarshamns AIK	4–2	Varbergs BoIS
Skogh 4' Kvist 44', 58' Christensson 71'	Report	Krezic 66' Modig 90+3'

14 November 2018

16:45

Arena Oskarshamn, Oskarshamn

Attendance: 2,029

Referee: Fredrik Klitte

Varbergs BoIS	2–0	Oskarshamns AIK
Izuchukwu 20' Ejupi 41'	Report

18 November 2018

14:30

Påskbergsvallen, Varberg

Attendance: 1,364

Referee: Granit Maqedonci

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

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Positions by round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Helsingborgs IF	13	7	5	8	6	4	5	5	4	4	5	3	4	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1
Falkenbergs FF	2	2	1	1	1	3	2	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2
AFC Eskilstuna	10	13	8	4	3	2	3	2	3	3	4	2	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Örgryte IS	1	1	4	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	4	5	5	6	6	6	8	8	8	8	6	7	7	5	5	5	5	4	4
Halmstads BK	3	3	6	10	11	6	4	4	5	5	3	5	2	3	3	3	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5
IK Brage	11	5	2	3	4	5	6	6	6	6	7	6	6	6	5	5	5	7	6	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6
Degerfors IF	6	10	10	5	10	13	7	7	7	7	6	7	7	7	7	8	8	6	7	7	6	7	6	6	7	7	8	8	8	7
Östers IF	7	12	13	12	13	11	10	8	10	11	12	10	9	9	9	7	7	5	4	6	7	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	8
IK Frej	8	10	14	15	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	13	13	14	13	10	10	10	11	11	12	12	12	11	11	9	9	10	9
GAIS	4	4	7	7	5	9	12	13	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	12	11	11	12	10
Jönköpings Södra IF	14	15	15	16	14	14	13	9	9	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	11	12	13	14	12	9	11
Norrby IF	9	6	3	6	8	8	11	11	13	13	11	12	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	9	9	9	10	10	11	12
IFK Värnamo	15	14	16	13	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	13	14	13	13
Varbergs BoIS	16	16	12	14	12	7	8	10	11	12	13	13	14	14	13	14	14	14	13	13	13	15	13	13	13	10	12	13	14	14
Gefle IF	5	9	11	9	9	12	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15
Landskrona BoIS	12	8	9	11	7	10	9	12	12	9	9	11	12	12	12	12	13	13	14	15	15	14	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16

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

Source: everysport.com (in Swedish)

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of 10 November 2018^[5]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Andri Rúnar Bjarnason	Helsingborgs IF	16
2	Erik Björndahl	Degerfors IF	14
	Chisom Egbuchulam	Falkenbergs FF
4	Kosuke Kinoshita	Halmstads BK	13
	Diego Montiel	Örgryte IS
6	Pär Cederqvist	IFK Värnamo	12
	Dragan Kapčević	Östers IF
	Samuel Nnamani	AFC Eskilstuna
	Joakim Runnemo	IK Frej

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Andri Rúnar Bjarnason	Helsingborgs IF	IK Frej	1–5	14 April 2018
Sargon Abraham	Degerfors IF	Norrby IF	1–3	14 May 2018
Kosuke Kinoshita	Halmstads BK	Varbergs BoIS	2–3	2 June 2018
Simon Alexandersson	IK Brage	IFK Värnamo	2–3	30 June 2018
Dušan Jajić	IK Frej	Gefle IF	2–5	5 August 2018
Chisom Egbuchulam	Falkenbergs FF	Degerfors IF	4–1	26 August 2018