Ettan Fotboll

This article is about the Swedish football league. For other uses, see Division 1.

Ettan Fotboll, or simply Ettan (English: the first [division]), which also is its common name in everyday speech, is the third level in the Swedish football league system and consists of 32 Swedish football teams. It was formerly simply known as Division 1. Division 1 was the second tier from 1987 to 1999, but was replaced by Superettan in 2000. It was reestablished for the 2006 season as the third tier below Superettan.

Division 1

Founded	2006; 19 years ago (2006)
Country	Sweden
Confederation	UEFA
Divisions	2
Number of clubs	32
Level on pyramid	3
Promotion to	Superettan
Relegation to	Division 2
Current champions	Sandvikens IF (North) IK Oddevold (South) (2024)
Website	ettanfotboll.se
Current: 2025 Ettan

History

The old Division 1 replaced Division 2 as the second highest level in 1987 and consisted of two separate leagues with 14 teams each, Norra (Northern) and Södra (Southern), except for the 1991 and 1992 seasons which comprised 32 teams in four leagues, adding Östra (Eastern) and Västra (Western). As of the 2018 season, both Norra and Södra leagues of Ettan are composed of 16 clubs, similar to Allsvenskan and Superettan.^[1] And the league is focus for developing young stars.

The competition

There are 32 clubs in Ettan, divided in two groups of 16 teams each representing Northern and Southern Sweden. During the course of a season (starting in April and ending in November) each club plays the others twice, once at their home stadium and once at that of their opponents, for a total of 30 games. At the end of each season the three lowest placed teams of each group are relegated to Division 2 and the six winning teams from the six Division 2 leagues are promoted in their place. Furthermore, the fourth lowest placed team in each group plays a promotion/relegation play-off against the winner of one of the two Division 2 runner-up play-offs. The top team in each Ettan group is promoted to Superettan and the two lowest placed teams from Superettan are relegated in their place. The second placed teams in each Ettan group plays a promotion/relegation play-off against the third and fourth lowest teams in Superettan.^[2]

Current clubs (2024 season)

Stadia and locations

FC Stockholm Int
Hammarby TFF
IFK Stocksund
Karlbergs BK
Sollentuna FK
Täby FK
Vasalunds IF

FBK Karlstad
IF Karlstad

Assyriska FF
Nordic United

Örebro SIF

Umeå FC

Piteå IF

Friska Viljor FC

AFC Eskilstuna

Ariana FC
BK Olympic
FC Rosengård

Eskilsminne

Falkenberg

Ljungskile

Lunds BK
Torns IF

Ängelholm

Oskarshamns AIK

Onsala BK

Trollhättan

Tvååkers

Jönköpings

Norrby IF

Torslanda IK

Locations of the 2024 Ettan clubs
Red: Ettan Norra; Green: Ettan Södra

Norra

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Assyriska FF	Södertälje	Södertälje Fotbollsarena	8,500
AFC Eskilstuna	Eskilstuna	Tunavallen	7,800
FBK Karlstad	Karlstad	Örsholmen IP
FC Stockholm Internazionale	Stockholm	Kristinebergs IP	2,145
Friska Viljor FC	Örnsköldsvik	Skyttis IP
Hammarby Talang FF	Stockholm	Hammarby IP	3,700
IF Karlstad	Karlstad	Tingvalla IP	10,000
IFK Stocksund	Danderyd	Jurek Arena Danderyd	1,000
Karlbergs BK	Stockholm	Stadshagens IP
Nordic United FC	Södertälje	Södertälje Fotbollsarena	8,500
Piteå IF	Piteå	LF Arena	6,000
Sollentuna FK	Sollentuna	Sollentunavallen	4,500
Täby FK	Täby	Tibblevallen	1,000
Umeå FC	Umeå	Umeå Energi Arena	10,000
Vasalunds IF	Solna	Skytteholms IP	5,200
Örebro Syrianska IF	Örebro	Örnsro IP	1,000

Hammarby IP in Stockholm.

Umeå Energi Arena in Umeå.

Södra

Team	Location	Stadium	Stadium capacity1
Ariana FC	Malmö	Kroksbacks Idrottsplats
BK Olympic	Malmö	Lindängens IP
Eskilsminne IF	Helsingborg	Harlyckans IP
Falkenbergs FF	Falkenberg	Falcon Alkoholfri Arena	5,500
FC Rosengård 1917	Malmö	Rosengårds Södra IP
FC Trollhättan	Trollhättan	Edsborgs IP	5,100
Jönköpings Södra IF	Jönköping	Stadsparksvallen	7,300
Ljungskile SK	Ljungskile	Skarsjövallen	8,000
Lunds BK	Lund	Klostergårdens IP	8,560
Norrby IF	Borås	Borås Arena	16,200
Onsala BK	Onsala	Rydets IP
Oskarshamns AIK	Oskarshamn	Arena Oskarshamn	2,000
Torns IF	Stångby	Tornvallen	1,500
Torslanda IK	Gothenburg	Torslandavallen	1,500
Tvååkers IF	Tvååker	Övrevi IP	1,000
Ängelholms FF	Ängelholm	Ängelholms IP	4,000

Skarsjövallen in Ljungskile.

Borås Arena in Borås.

Seasons: previous winners

Second tier

Season	League	Won Promotion	Won Promotion Playoffs	Lost Promotion Playoffs
1987	Norra	Djurgårdens IF	—	—
	Södra	GAIS	—	—
1988	Norra	Örebro SK	—	—
	Södra	Halmstads BK	—	—
1989	Norra	Hammarby IF	—	—
	Södra	Östers IF	—	—
1990	Norra	—	GIF Sundsvall	—
	Södra	—	—	BK Häcken
1991	Norra	—	—	Kiruna FF
	Östra	—	—	Hammarby IF
	Västra	—	Västra Frölunda IF	—
	Södra	—	Trelleborgs FF	—
1992	Norra	—	—	IFK Sundsvall
	Östra	—	IK Brage	—
	Västra	—	BK Häcken	—
	Södra	—	Halmstads BK	—
1993	Norra	Hammarby IF	—	Vasalunds IF
	Södra	Landskrona BoIS	—	IFK Hässleholm
1994	Norra	Djurgårdens IF	—	Umeå FC
	Södra	Örgryte IS	—	Kalmar FF
1995	Norra	Umeå FC	—	Gefle IF
	Södra	IK Oddevold	—	GAIS
1996	Norra	Västerås SK	—	Hammarby IF
	Södra	IF Elfsborg	Ljungskile SK	—
1997	Norra	Hammarby IF	—	Djurgårdens IF
	Södra	Västra Frölunda IF	BK Häcken	—
1998	Norra	Djurgårdens IF	Umeå FC	—
	Södra	Kalmar FF	—	Landskrona BoIS
1999	Norra	GIF Sundsvall	—	Assyriska FF
	Södra	BK Häcken	GAIS	—

Third tier

Season	League	Won Promotion	Won Promotion Playoffs	Lost Promotion Playoffs
2006	Norra	Enköpings SK	IK Sirius	—
	Södra	IF Sylvia	Bunkeflo IF	—
2007	Norra	Assyriska FF	FC Väsby United	—
	Södra	Qviding FIF	Ängelholms FF	—
2008	Norra	Syrianska FC	Vasalunds IF	—
	Södra	FC Trollhättan	—	Östers IF
2009	Norra	Degerfors IF	IK Brage	—
	Södra	Östers IF	—	Skövde AIK
2010	Norra	Västerås SK	—	IK Sirius
	Södra	IFK Värnamo	—	Qviding FIF
2011	Norra	Umeå FC	—	FC Väsby United
	Södra	Varbergs BoIS	—	IF Sylvia
2012	Norra	Östersunds FK	—	BK Forward
	Södra	Örgryte IS	—	Lunds BK
2013	Norra	IK Sirius	—	Dalkurd FF
	Södra	Husqvarna FF	—	IK Oddevold
2014	Norra	AFC United	IK Frej	—
	Södra	Utsiktens BK	—	Örgryte IS
2015	Norra	Dalkurd FF	—	Akropolis IF
	Södra	Trelleborgs FF	Örgryte IS	—
2016	Norra	IF Brommapojkarna	—	Vasalunds IF
	Södra	Östers IF	Norrby IF	—
2017	Norra	IK Brage	—	Akropolis IF
	Södra	Landskrona BoIS	—	Mjällby AIF
2018	Norra	Västerås SK	Syrianska FC	—
	Södra	Mjällby AIF	—	Oskarshamns AIK
2019	Norra	Akropolis IF	Umeå FC	—
	Södra	Ljungskile SK	—	Landskrona BoIS
2020	Norra	Vasalunds IF	—	IF Brommapojkarna
	Södra	IFK Värnamo	Landskrona BoIS	—
2021	Norra	IF Brommapojkarna	Dalkurd FF	—
	Södra	Utsiktens BK	Skövde AIK	—
2022	Norra	Gefle IF	—	Sandvikens IF
	Södra	GAIS	—	Falkenbergs FF
2023	Norra	Sandvikens IF	—	Nordic United
	Södra	IK Oddevold	—	Falkenbergs FF

^{Note: In 2007 the runners up were promoted automatically without playoffs because of Allsvenskan expanding to 16 teams.}

Statistics

Top goalscorers Norra

Nigerian forward Kennedy Igboananike became topscorer in Division 1 Norra 2008 with Vasalunds IF.

Veteran Danish forward Allan Borgvardt has been one of the most prolific players during the 2011, 2012 and 2013 Division 1 seasons with an overall 48 goals in 68 games.

Season	Player	Team	Goals
2006	Anders Lindberg	Visby IF Gute	14
2007	Andreas Hermansson	Umeå FC	16
2008	Kennedy Igboananike	Vasalunds IF	18
2009	Johan Eklund	IK Brage	21
2010	Danny Persson	Umeå FC	17
2011	Robert Mambo Mumba	Dalkurd FF	16
2012	Emir Smajic	Östersunds FK Västerås SK	17
2013	Stellan Carlsson	BK Forward	18
	Moses Ogbu	IK Sirius
2014	Sencer Soguk	Valsta Syrianska IK	16
2015	Simon Mårtensson	Umeå FC	17
2016	Luca Gerbino Polo	Akropolis IF	25
2017	Timothy McNeil	Team TG	17
	Karwan Safari	Västerås SK
2018	Nikola Vasic	Akropolis IF	21
2019	Ekin Bulut	Vasalunds IF	26
2020	Ashley Coffey	IFK Haninge	28
2021	Pashang Abdulla	Piteå IF	20
	Rodin Deprem	Örebro Syrianska IF IF Brommapojkarna
2022	Naeem Mohammed	Sandvikens IF	23

Top goalscorers Södra

Season	Player	Team	Goals
2007	Freddy Söderberg	IFK Värnamo	23
2008	Niklas Moberg	Carlstad United BK	21
2009	Jörgen Nilsson	Kristianstads FF	17
2010	Ken Hansson	FC Rosengård	23
2011	Allan Borgvardt	IF Sylvia	19
2012	Johan Patriksson	IK Oddevold	24
2013	Allan Borgvardt	IF Sylvia	15
2014	Salif Camara Jönsson	Lunds BK	27
2015	Salif Camara Jönsson	Trelleborgs FF	23
2016	Richard Yarsuvat	Norrby IF	20
2017	Robin Strömberg	Ljungskile SK	21
2018	Robin Strömberg	Ljungskile SK	20
2019	Aniekpeno Udo	Ljungskile SK	18
	Jesper Westermark	Ljungskile SK
2020	Simon Adjei	Assyriska IK	25
2021	Yoann Fellrath	FC Trollhättan	26
2022	Noah Christoffersson	Torns IF	21