2011 Superettan
The 2011 Superettan was the 11th season of Sweden's second-tier football league. The season began on 9 April 2011 and ended on 22 October 2011.
The top two teams qualified directly for promotion to Allsvenskan, the third played a play-off against the fourteenth from Allsvenskan to decide who qualified to play in Allsvenskan 2012.
The bottom two teams qualified directly for relegation to Division 1, the thirteenth and the fourteenth played a play-off against the numbers two from Division 1 Södra and Division 1 Norra to decide who qualified to play in Superettan 2012.
Teams
A total of sixteen teams contested the league, including eleven sides from the 2010 season, two relegated teams from 2010 Allsvenskan, two promoted teams from Division 1 and Qviding FIF who replaced Örgryte IS after they were automatically relegated to Division 1 before the start of the new season due to bankruptcy.FC Trollhättan and Väsby United were relegated at the end of the 2010 season after finishing in the bottom two places of the table. They were replaced by Division 1 Norra champions Västerås SK and Division 1 Södra champions IFK Värnamo.
Jönköpings Södra IF and Östers IF both retained their Superettan spots after defeating their Division 1 opponents in a relegation/promotion playoff.
Stadia and locations
Team | Location | Stadium | Stadium capacity1 |
Assyriska FF | Södertälje | Södertälje Fotbollsarena | 7,500 |
Degerfors IF | Degerfors | Stora Valla | 12,500 |
Falkenbergs FF | Falkenberg | Falkenbergs IP | 6,000 |
GIF Sundsvall | Sundsvall | Norrporten Arena | 8,000 |
Hammarby IF | Stockholm | Söderstadion | 15,600 |
IF Brommapojkarna | Stockholm | Grimsta IP | 8,000 |
IFK Värnamo | Värnamo | Finnvedsvallen | 5,000 |
IK Brage | Borlänge | Domnarvsvallen | 5,500 |
Jönköpings Södra IF | Jönköping | Stadsparksvallen | 5,200 |
Landskrona BoIS | Landskrona | Landskrona IP | 12,000 |
Ljungskile SK | Ljungskile | Starke Arvid Arena | 8,000 |
Qviding FIF | Gothenburg | Valhalla IP | 4,000 |
Västerås SK | Västerås | Swedbank Park | 7,000 |
Åtvidabergs FF | Åtvidaberg | Kopparvallen | 8,000 |
Ängelholms FF | Ängelholm | Ängelholms IP | 5,000 |
Östers IF | Växjö | Värendsvallen | 13,000 |
- 1 Correct as of end of 2010 Superettan season
Personnel and kits
Team | Head Coach | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
Assyriska FF | Pat Walker | Göran Marklund | Nike | Scania |
IK Brage | Lennart Andersson | Niklas Forslund | Puma SE | SSAB |
IF Brommapojkarna | Roberth Björknesjö | Pontus Segerström | adidas | Various |
Degerfors IF | Patrik Werner | Tobias Solberg | adidas | Outokumpu |
Falkenbergs FF | Thomas Askebrand | David Svensson | Nike | Various |
Hammarby IF | Roger Sandberg | José Monteiro | Kappa | Pepsi |
Jönköpings Södra IF | Hans Lindbom | Dennis Östlundh | Nike | Various |
Landskrona BoIS | Henrik Larsson | Linus Malmqvist | Umbro | Various |
Ljungskile SK | Bo Wålemark Örjan Glans | Johan Patriksson | Umbro | Various |
Qviding FIF | Lars Ternström | Christian Lindström | Puma | ICA |
GIF Sundsvall | Sören Åkeby | Jonas Wallerstedt | adidas | Norrporten |
IFK Värnamo | Tony Johansson Glenn Ståhl | Tobias Englund | adidas | Various |
Västerås SK | Erik Acar | Oscar Pehrsson | Nike | Various |
Åtvidabergs FF | Andreas Thomsson | Henrik Gustavsson | Uhlsport | Sharp |
Ängelholms FF | Christoffer Skoog Joakim Persson | Jakob Augustsson | adidas | Peab |
Östers IF | Roar Hansen | Denis Velić | Umbro | ICA |
Managerial changes
League table
Relegation play-offs
Brage won 7–3 on aggregate.
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IFK Värnamo won 3–0 on aggregate.
Results
Season statistics
Top scorers
Top assists
Top goalkeepers
Rank | Goalkeeper | Club | ||||
1 | Ivo Vazgeč | Landskrona BoIS Jönköping Södra | 25 | 29 | 80 | 7 |
2 | Tommy Naurin | GIF Sundsvall | 28 | 25 | 78 | 14 |
3 | Joakim Wulff | Öster | 27 | 25 | 77 | 11 |
3 | Brian Edwards | Degerfors | 28 | 41 | 77 | 9 |
5 | Kristoffer Nordfeldt | Brommapojkarna | 28 | 37 | 76 | 8 |
5 | Stojan Lukic | Falkenberg | 30 | 43 | 76 | 12 |
7 | Johannes Hopf | Hammarby | 30 | 39 | 75 | 9 |
8 | Henrik Gustavsson | Åtvidaberg | 30 | 31 | 74 | 10 |
8 | Niklas Helgesson | Jönköpings Södra | 17 | 32 | 74 | 3 |
10 | Mirza Selimović | Landskrona BoIS | 18 | 27 | 73 | 4 |
10 | Oscar Berglund | Assyriska | 29 | 38 | 73 | 8 |
10 | Matt Pyzdrowski | Ängelholm | 30 | 40 | 73 | 8 |
10 | Bill Halvorsen | IFK Värnamo | 13 | 17 | 73 | 4 |
10 | Christian Caulker | Västerås SK | 14 | 25 | 73 | 4 |
Hat-tricks
- 4 Player scored 4 goals
Attendance