2023 Superettan

The 2023 Superettan was the 24th season of Superettan, Sweden's second-tier football division in its current format. It was part of the 2023 Swedish football season and contested by 16 teams.

Superettan

Season	2023
Champions	Västerås SK
Promoted	Västerås SK GAIS
Relegated	Jönköpings Södra IF AFC Eskilstuna
Matches played	240
Goals scored	673 (2.8 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jesper Westermark (17 goals)
Biggest home win	Utsikten 5–0 GIF Sundsvall (10 June 2023)
Biggest away win	Gefle 0–6 GAIS (23 September 2023) Trelleborg 0–6 GAIS (8 October 2023)
Highest scoring	Örebro 5–3 Skövde AIK (17 September 2023)
Longest winning run	Västerås SK (8 wins)
Longest unbeaten run	Utsikten (10 games)
Longest winless run	Skövde AIK (10 games)
Longest losing run	Örgryte IS (5 games)
Highest attendance	13,011 GAIS 0–1 Örgryte IS (1 June 2023)
Lowest attendance	104 Utsikten 4–1 IK Brage (14 May 2023)
Total attendance	578,443
Average attendance	2,582
← 2022 2024 → All statistics correct as of 11 November 2023.

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.^[1]

New teams

• Promoted from the 2022 Ettan
  • Gefle IF - Winner Ettan Norra
  • GAIS - Winner Ettan Södra

• Relegated from the 2022 Allsvenskan
  • Helsingborgs IF
  • GIF Sundsvall

Stadiums and locations

IK Brage

AFC Eskilstuna

Skövde AIK

Gefle IF

GIF Sundsvall

Helsingborg

Gothenburg

Jönköpings Södra IF

Landskrona BoIS

Trelleborgs FF

Västerås SK

Östers IF

Örebro SK

Östersunds FK

Gothenburg teams
Utsiktens BK
Örgryte IS
GAIS

Locations of the 2023 Superettan teams

Team	Location	Stadium	Stadium capacity[note 1]
AFC Eskilstuna	Eskilstuna	Tunavallen	7,800
IK Brage	Borlänge	Domnarvsvallen	6,500
GAIS	Gothenburg	Gamla Ullevi	18,416
Gefle IF	Gävle	Gavlevallen	6,500
GIF Sundsvall	Sundsvall	NP3 Arena	8,000
Helsingborgs IF	Helsingborg	Olympia	16,500
Jönköpings Södra IF	Jönköping	Stadsparksvallen	5,500
Landskrona BoIS	Landskrona	Landskrona IP	10,500
Skövde AIK	Skövde	Södermalms IP	4,500
Trelleborgs FF	Trelleborg	Vångavallen	7,000[3]
Utsiktens BK	Gothenburg	Bravida Arena	6,500
Västerås SK	Västerås	Iver Arena	7,000
Örebro SK	Örebro	Behrn Arena	14,400
Örgryte IS	Gothenburg	Gamla Ullevi	18,416[4]
Östers IF	Växjö	Visma Arena	12,000
Östersunds FK	Östersund	Jämtkraft Arena	8,545

1. According to each club information page at the Swedish Football Association website for Superettan.^[2]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Västerås SK (C, P)	30	19	6	5	48	24	+24	63	Promotion to Allsvenskan
2	GAIS (P)	30	17	6	7	61	23	+38	57
3	Utsiktens BK	30	16	7	7	50	31	+19	55	Qualification for Allsvenskan play-off
4	Östers IF	30	16	6	8	57	35	+22	54
5	Östersunds FK	30	10	12	8	44	39	+5	42
6	IK Brage	30	12	5	13	39	42	−3	41
7	Landskrona BoIS	30	11	6	13	40	49	−9	39
8	Trelleborgs FF	30	10	9	11	40	52	−12	39
9	Gefle IF	30	9	10	11	36	45	−9	37
10	GIF Sundsvall	30	9	8	13	37	53	−16	35
11	Örebro SK	30	8	10	12	43	45	−2	34
12	Helsingborgs IF	30	8	9	13	32	37	−5	33
13	Skövde AIK (O)	30	9	6	15	42	52	−10	33	Qualification for Superettan play-off
14	Örgryte IS (O)	30	8	8	14	33	47	−14	32
15	Jönköpings Södra IF (R)	30	7	10	13	43	57	−14	31	Relegation to Ettan
16	AFC Eskilstuna (R)	30	7	10	13	28	42	−14	31

Source: svenskfotboll.se
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

Superettan play-off

The thirteenth and fourteenth-placed teams (Örgryte IS and Skövde AIK) each faced one of the two runners-up from the 2023 Ettan (Falkenbergs FF and Nordic United FC) in two-legged ties for the final two places in the 2024 Superettan.

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Falkenbergs FF	2–2	Skövde AIK
Aguda 44' Hintsa 90+7'		Abdulazeez 15' Vidjeskog 78'

23 November 2023

19:00

Falcon Alkoholfri Arena, Falkenberg

Skövde AIK	3–0	Falkenbergs FF
Tibell 25', 75' Suljev 42'

26 November 2023

14:00

Södermalms IP, Skövde

Skövde AIK won 5–2 on aggregate.

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Nordic United FC	0–1	Örgryte IS
		Christoffersson 78'

23 November 2023

19:00

Södertälje Fotbollsarena, Södertälje

Örgryte IS	1–0	Nordic United FC
Lundberg 18'

26 November 2023

16:00

Gamla Ullevi, Gothenburg

Örgryte IS won 2–0 on aggregate.

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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
Västerås SK	2	6	3	3	4	2	2	1	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
GAIS	8	5	2	2	3	3	1	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2
Utsiktens BK	4	2	4	5	5	5	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3
Östers IF	5	1	1	1	1	1	4	4	4	2	4	5	5	5	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Östersunds FK	9	9	7	4	2	4	5	5	6	10	11	8	9	7	6	6	5	5	6	6	7	7	8	8	6	6	7	5	5	5
IK Brage	12	15	10	9	9	7	9	9	12	9	10	7	6	6	7	7	10	12	12	10	12	10	9	10	9	7	6	7	7	6
Landskrona BoIS	16	16	11	13	10	9	10	7	8	8	6	6	7	9	10	8	8	11	8	7	6	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	7
Trelleborgs FF	15	14	9	12	15	15	13	12	9	11	7	9	10	10	8	10	11	9	10	11	8	9	7	6	8	9	8	8	8	8
Gefle IF	3	4	5	6	8	11	7	8	11	12	13	12	8	8	9	11	7	6	5	5	5	6	6	7	7	8	9	9	9	9
GIF Sundsvall	1	3	6	8	7	8	8	10	7	6	8	10	11	12	12	12	12	13	13	12	13	11	12	12	13	13	11	10	10	10
Örebro SK	11	10	13	14	11	10	11	11	13	14	12	13	13	13	14	14	13	10	11	13	9	8	10	9	10	10	10	11	11	11
Helsingborgs IF	13	13	16	16	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	11	13	13	15	15	15	15	14	15	14	13	12	12	13	13	12	12
Skövde AIK	14	11	14	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	16	16	14	14	14	13
Örgryte IS	7	8	12	11	13	13	14	14	10	7	9	11	12	14	15	15	14	14	14	14	15	14	15	16	15	14	15	16	15	14
Jönköpings Södra IF	10	7	8	7	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	6	7	7	8	10	12	11	11	11	11	12	12	13	15
AFC Eskilstuna	6	12	15	10	12	12	12	13	14	13	14	14	15	15	11	9	9	8	9	9	11	13	13	14	14	15	16	15	16	16

	Promotion to Allsvenskan
	Allsvenskan play-off
	Superettan play-off
	Relegation to Ettan

Source: everysport.com

Results 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
AFC Eskilstuna	D	L	L	W	L	D	W	D	D	D	L	L	L	W	W	W	D	D	L	W	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	D	D	W
GAIS	D	W	W	W	L	W	W	L	D	L	W	W	D	D	L	D	D	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	L
Gefle IF	W	W	L	D	L	L	W	D	L	L	L	W	W	D	D	L	W	W	W	L	W	D	L	D	L	L	D	D	D	D
GIF Sundsvall	W	W	L	L	W	L	D	L	W	W	L	L	L	L	D	D	D	D	L	W	L	W	L	D	D	L	W	W	D	L
Helsingborgs IF	L	L	L	L	W	L	D	L	D	D	D	W	W	W	L	D	L	L	D	L	W	L	W	D	W	L	D	D	W	L
IK Brage	L	L	W	W	D	W	L	D	L	W	L	W	W	L	L	D	L	L	L	W	D	D	W	L	D	W	W	L	L	W
Jönköpings Södra IF	D	D	W	D	W	D	L	W	W	L	D	W	D	W	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	L	W	L	D	L	D	D	L	L
Landskrona BoIS	L	L	W	L	W	W	D	W	L	D	W	L	D	L	L	W	L	L	W	W	W	W	D	L	D	W	L	D	L	L
Skövde AIK	L	D	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	D	W	L	D	L	W	L	L	W	W	L	L	L	W	W	L	W	D	W	D	W
Trelleborgs FF	L	L	W	L	L	L	W	W	W	D	W	L	L	D	W	L	D	D	L	D	W	D	W	W	L	L	W	D	D	D
Utsiktens BK	W	W	L	D	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	D	W	W	W	L	D	L	L	L	D	D	W	L	D	W
Västerås SK	W	D	W	W	L	W	D	W	L	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	D	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	L
Örebro SK	D	D	L	L	W	W	D	L	D	L	W	L	D	D	D	D	D	W	L	D	W	W	L	W	L	L	L	L	W	L
Örgryte IS	D	D	L	D	L	D	D	W	W	W	L	L	L	L	L	D	W	L	D	L	L	W	L	L	W	D	L	L	W	W
Östers IF	W	W	W	W	L	D	L	L	W	W	L	L	D	W	W	W	D	L	W	W	W	D	D	D	L	W	L	W	W	W
Östersunds FK	D	D	W	W	W	D	L	D	L	L	L	W	L	W	D	D	W	D	D	D	D	D	L	W	D	W	L	W	L	W

Source: soccerstats.com
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose

Results

Home \ Away	ESK	GAI	GEF	GIF	HEL	BRA	JÖN	LAN	SKÖ	TRE	UTS	VÄS	ÖRE	ÖRG	ÖST	ÖFK
AFC Eskilstuna		0–0	2–1	0–1	0–1	2–1	2–2	0–1	3–0	1–0	1–1	1–2	3–0	1–3	1–1	1–1
GAIS	3–0		1–1	3–3	4–1	3–0	0–1	2–0	3–1	2–1	0–1	0–2	4–0	0–1	1–0	2–1
Gefle IF	2–0	0–6		1–3	1–0	2–0	1–0	3–3	4–1	1–1	1–1	0–3	2–1	0–1	3–2	2–2
GIF Sundsvall	1–1	0–3	2–2		1–1	1–2	3–2	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–0	1–3	2–2	1–0	2–3	0–3
Helsingborgs IF	1–0	2–1	0–0	3–2		2–0	2–2	1–2	0–0	1–3	0–1	0–1	4–1	2–3	0–1	1–0
IK Brage	4–0	0–4	1–1	2–0	1–0		4–0	2–1	3–2	1–1	3–0	1–2	2–1	4–1	1–2	2–1
Jönköpings Södra IF	2–3	0–2	2–1	1–0	2–2	4–1		1–2	2–2	3–1	0–2	2–1	0–0	2–1	2–3	1–1
Landskrona BoIS	1–2	2–1	1–0	2–2	2–1	3–0	1–1		2–0	1–1	1–3	0–1	3–2	1–2	2–2	0–1
Skövde AIK	1–0	0–0	3–1	2–0	1–0	0–0	3–3	4–2		2–3	2–0	0–2	1–2	2–0	1–2	5–1
Trelleborgs FF	2–0	0–6	0–1	3–4	0–0	1–0	2–1	0–3	2–2		0–3	3–2	2–2	2–0	1–3	1–0
Utsiktens BK	1–1	1–2	0–0	5–0	1–1	4–1	2–1	5–1	1–0	2–3		4–0	2–1	2–1	2–1	0–0
Västerås SK	0–0	2–1	1–0	2–0	3–2	0–0	3–1	0–0	4–0	3–0	1–0		3–0	0–0	2–1	0–2
Örebro SK	3–0	0–0	2–0	0–1	1–1	0–2	3–0	4–0	5–3	0–0	5–1	1–1		0–0	1–1	0–0
Örgryte IS	2–2	1–4	3–1	1–0	1–2	1–1	2–2	0–1	1–2	0–2	2–2	1–0	0–3		2–2	2–2
Östers IF	3–0	1–2	1–2	4–0	1–1	1–0	4–0	2–1	2–1	5–2	0–1	2–2	3–0	3–0		0–1
Östersunds FK	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–0	2–0	3–3	4–1	2–1	2–2	1–2	1–2	4–3	2–1	1–2

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

Season statistics

Top scorers As of 11 November 2023[5] Rank Player Club Goals 1 Jesper Westermark Östers IF 17 2 Lucas Hedlund Utsiktens BK 16 3 Jabir Abdihakim Ali Västerås SK 14 Adam Bergmark Wiberg Östers IF 5 Kalle Holmberg Örebro SK 13 6 Julius Lindberg GAIS 11 7 Mervan Çelik GAIS 10

Top assists As of 11 November 2023[5] Rank Player Club Assists 1 Gustav Lundgren GAIS 12 2 Erik Andersson GIF Sundsvall 11 3 Julius Lindberg GAIS 10 4 Daniel Ask Västerås SK 9 Erick Brendon Östersunds FK Vladimir Rodić Östers IF 7 Simon Gefvert Västerås SK 8 Simon Johansson Västerås SK Malkolm Moënza Jönköpings Södra IF

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date

Notes

⁴ Player scored 4 goals
(H) – Home team
(A) – Away team

Discipline

Player

Most yellow cards: 10

• Albin Skoglund (Utsikten)
• Isak Vidjeskog (Skövde)
• Jesper Westermark (Östers)

Most red cards: 2

• Wilhelm Nilsson (Utsikten)
• Alexander Zetterström (Brage)

Club

• Most yellow cards:

• Most red cards: