2020 Superettan

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.

Superettan

Season	2020
Champions	Halmstads BK
Promoted	Halmstads BK Degerfors IF
Relegated	Dalkurd FF Umeå FC Ljungskile SK
Top goalscorer	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 winning run	9 matches Halmstads BK[1]
Longest unbeaten run	11 matches Degerfors IF Akropolis IF
Longest winless run	10 matches GAIS
Longest losing run	5 matches GIF Sundsvall Örgryte IS
← 2019 2021 →

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

Akropolis IF

IK Brage

AFC Eskilstuna

Dalkurd FF

Degerfors IF

GAIS

GIF Sundsvall

Halmstads BK

Jönköpings Södra IF

Ljungskile SK

Norrby IF

Trelleborgs FF

Umeå FC

Västerås SK

Örgryte IS

Östers IF

Locations of the 2020 Superettan teams

Team	Location	Stadium	Stadium capacity[note 1]
AFC Eskilstuna	Eskilstuna	Tunavallen	7,800
Akropolis IF	Spånga	Grimsta IP	5,000
Dalkurd FF	Uppsala	Nya Studenternas	10,000
Degerfors IF	Degerfors	Stora Valla	12,500
GAIS	Gothenburg	Gamla Ullevi	18,416[3]
GIF Sundsvall	Sundsvall	Idrottsparken[note 2]	7,700
Halmstads BK	Halmstad	Örjans Vall	10,873
IK Brage	Borlänge	Domnarvsvallen	6,500
Jönköpings Södra IF	Jönköping	Stadsparksvallen	5,500
Ljungskile SK	Ljungskile	Skarsjövallen	8,000
Norrby IF	Borås	Borås Arena	17,800
Trelleborgs FF	Trelleborg	Vångavallen	7,000[4]
Umeå FC	Umeå	Gammliavallen[note 3]	10,000
Västerås SK	Västerås	Iver Arena	7,000
Örgryte IS	Gothenburg	Gamla Ullevi	18,416[3]
Östers IF	Växjö	Visma Arena	12,000

1. According to each club information page at the Swedish Football Association website for Allsvenskan.^[2]
2. Known as NP3 Arena for sponsorship reasons.
3. Known as Umeå Energi Arena for sponsorship reasons.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Halmstads BK (C, P)	30	21	5	4	61	18	+43	68	Promotion to Allsvenskan
2	Degerfors IF (P)	30	19	6	5	64	30	+34	63
3	Jönköpings Södra IF	30	18	5	7	52	34	+18	59	Qualification to promotion play-offs
4	Östers IF	30	15	6	9	41	36	+5	51
5	Akropolis IF	30	10	15	5	44	39	+5	45
6	GIF Sundsvall	30	12	7	11	53	48	+5	43
7	Västerås SK	30	11	6	13	40	44	−4	39
8	IK Brage	30	11	6	13	38	44	−6	39
9	AFC Eskilstuna	30	11	4	15	36	49	−13	37
10	GAIS	30	9	9	12	30	41	−11	36
11	Norrby IF	30	8	10	12	39	41	−2	34
12	Örgryte IS	30	9	6	15	34	43	−9	33
13	Trelleborgs FF (O)	30	8	8	14	33	41	−8	32	Qualification to relegation play-offs
14	Dalkurd FF (R)	30	6	11	13	33	42	−9	29
15	Umeå FC (R)	30	5	12	13	25	47	−22	27	Relegation to Ettan
16	Ljungskile SK (R)	30	5	8	17	24	50	−26	23

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 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.

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9 December 2020

18:00

Landskrona BoIS	2–0	Dalkurd FF
L. Olsson 25' Petersson 51'	Report

Landskrona IP, Landskrona

Referee: Per Melin

13 December 2020

15:00

Dalkurd FF	1–1	Landskrona BoIS
Holm 46'	Report	F. Olsson 80'

Nya Studenternas, Uppsala

Referee: Victor Wolf

Landskrona BoIS won 3–1 on aggregate.

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9 December 2020

18:00

IF Brommapojkarna	1–1	Trelleborgs FF
Fallenius 82'	Report	Safiu 89'

Grimsta IP, Stockholm

Referee: Granit Maqedonci

13 December 2020

15:00

Trelleborgs FF	1–1 (a.e.t.)	IF Brommapojkarna
Håkansson 26'	Report	Nilsson 90+2'
Penalties
Camara Jönsson E. Andersson Björkén Safiu	4–1	Haglund Arvidsson Sandberg Magnusson

Vångavallen, Trelleborg

Referee: Fredrik Klitte

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

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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
Halmstads BK	12	7	3	3	3	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1
Degerfors IF	1	4	8	4	4	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2
Jönköpings Södra IF	14	8	13	7	10	12	8	7	6	5	4	3	5	5	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Östers IF	4	2	2	2	2	4	5	5	8	7	8	10	9	7	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Akropolis IF	8	12	6	11	8	9	6	4	4	6	5	5	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	5	5	5
GIF Sundsvall	2	1	1	1	1	1	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	5	6	8	8	7	6	7	7	6	6	5	5	5	6	6	6
Västerås SK	7	5	7	6	9	6	9	11	11	14	12	12	11	11	12	11	11	11	12	12	13	12	9	8	8	8	8	8	7	7
IK Brage	16	15	12	14	6	5	4	6	5	4	6	6	7	6	7	7	6	6	6	7	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8
AFC Eskilstuna	13	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	15	16	16	15	15	14	11	10	14	10	13	13	14	13	10	9
GAIS	5	11	14	15	7	10	11	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	12	12	10	9	8	8	8	9	10	9	9	11	11	10
Norrby IF	11	6	4	5	5	7	7	8	7	8	7	7	10	10	8	10	9	9	9	10	10	11	13	14	12	12	13	12	9	11
Örgryte IS	3	10	15	8	11	13	14	14	14	11	9	9	8	9	10	8	7	7	8	8	9	9	10	11	9	11	12	10	13	12
Trelleborgs FF	6	9	11	13	14	8	10	9	9	9	11	8	6	8	9	9	10	10	11	11	12	14	12	13	14	14	11	9	12	13
Dalkurd FF	9	3	5	9	12	11	12	13	13	10	10	11	12	12	11	12	13	13	13	13	14	13	11	12	11	10	10	14	14	14
Umeå FC	15	13	9	10	13	14	13	10	10	12	14	14	14	14	13	13	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Ljungskile SK	10	14	10	12	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	16	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16

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

Source: everysport.com

Results

Home \ Away	AKR	BRA	DAL	DEG	ESK	GAI	GIF	HAL	JÖN	LJU	NOR	TRE	UME	VÄS	ÖRG	ÖST
Akropolis		2–1	0–0	1–1	3–2	2–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–3	2–2	3–3	2–0	2–0	2–2
Brage	1–1		2–1	0–0	1–3	2–1	1–2	0–0	1–4	0–1	1–1	3–0	0–1	0–3	3–2	1–2
Dalkurd	1–1	1–1		1–2	5–0	0–1	1–3	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–2	0–1	0–0	3–2	0–0	1–1
Degerfors	3–2	4–1	2–1		5–0	2–1	2–5	0–2	4–2	4–1	0–1	1–0	1–0	4–1	2–0	3–1
Eskilstuna	1–2	1–2	0–1	2–0		2–0	3–2	0–3	3–2	0–0	1–0	3–2	1–3	0–1	1–0	1–1
GAIS	1–1	0–1	2–1	0–0	2–0		3–1	1–3	1–0	1–1	3–3	2–1	1–1	1–0	0–0	0–1
GIF Sundsvall	1–2	0–1	1–1	1–4	2–3	3–0		0–6	3–2	5–2	0–0	2–1	3–1	3–1	4–1	1–2
Halmstad	2–3	2–0	4–0	1–4	2–1	0–0	1–0		3–0	2–0	3–0	0–1	4–0	2–1	1–0	2–0
Jönköpings Södra	3–1	2–0	2–1	0–1	3–0	1–0	3–3	1–0		2–1	1–0	2–1	1–0	1–1	2–0	4–1
Ljungskile	2–1	1–3	2–2	0–3	2–1	1–2	0–0	0–0	0–1		1–1	2–0	0–0	0–2	2–3	0–2
Norrby	1–1	1–4	2–0	0–2	0–0	3–0	0–1	0–2	1–2	2–2		1–3	6–0	3–1	2–0	0–2
Trelleborg	1–1	0–1	4–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–4	0–2	1–0	2–2		1–1	1–0	1–1	0–1
Umeå	1–1	1–1	1–2	0–6	0–3	3–0	1–0	0–1	1–2	3–1	1–1	0–1		0–0	2–2	0–0
Västerås	2–1	2–1	1–0	2–2	0–1	2–2	3–2	2–3	2–2	2–1	1–2	3–1	2–0		0–3	2–1
Örgryte	0–1	1–3	1–2	1–1	2–1	0–2	0–2	0–3	2–0	4–0	2–0	2–1	1–1	2–1		4–1
Öster	0–1	4–2	2–1	2–0	2–1	4–1	1–1	0–3	1–3	0–1	2–1	1–0	2–0	0–0	2–0

Source: svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of 5 December 2020^[5]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Pontus Engblom	GIF Sundsvall	20
2	Johan Bertilsson	Degerfors IF	19
3	Victor Edvardsen	Degerfors IF	15
4	Samuel Nnamani	AFC Eskilstuna	13
	Rasmus Wiedesheim-Paul	Halmstads BK
6	Mikael Boman	Halmstads BK	12
7	Edin Hamidović	Jönköpings Södra IF	11
8	Villiam Dahlström	Degerfors IF	10

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Rasmus Wiedesheim-Paul	Halmstads BK	Jönköpings Södra IF	3–0	27 June 2020
Anton Lundin	IK Brage	Ljungskile SK	1–3	8 July 2020
Fatawu Safiu	Trelleborgs FF	Dalkurd FF	4–1	25 July 2020
Johan Bertilsson	Degerfors IF	Östers IF	3–1	29 July 2020
Robin Strömberg	Norrby IF	Västerås SK	3–1	13 September 2020
Rasmus Wiedesheim-Paul	Halmstads BK	Umeå FC	4–0	16 September 2020
Johan Bertilsson	Degerfors IF	Umeå FC	0–6	21 September 2020
Bubacarr Jobe	Örgryte IS	Östers IF	4–1	24 October 2020

Discipline

Player

• Most yellow cards: 9^[5]
  • Enis Ahmetovic (Umeå)
  • Filip Almström Tähti (Västerås)
  • James Keene (Öster)
  • Oscar Lundin (Brage)

• Most red cards: 2
  • Linus Dahl (Ljungskile)

Club

• Most yellow cards: 59
  • IK Brage

• Most red cards: 5
  • Jönköpings Södra IF