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


TeamLocationStadiumStadium capacity1
Assyriska FFSödertäljeSödertälje Fotbollsarena7,500
Degerfors IFDegerforsStora Valla12,500
Falkenbergs FFFalkenbergFalkenbergs IP6,000
GIF SundsvallSundsvallNorrporten Arena8,000
Hammarby IFStockholmSöderstadion15,600
IF BrommapojkarnaStockholmGrimsta IP8,000
IFK VärnamoVärnamoFinnvedsvallen5,000
IK BrageBorlängeDomnarvsvallen5,500
Jönköpings Södra IFJönköpingStadsparksvallen5,200
Landskrona BoISLandskronaLandskrona IP12,000
Ljungskile SKLjungskileStarke Arvid Arena8,000
Qviding FIFGothenburgValhalla IP4,000
Västerås SKVästeråsSwedbank Park7,000
Åtvidabergs FFÅtvidabergKopparvallen8,000
Ängelholms FFÄngelholmÄngelholms IP5,000
Östers IFVäxjöVärendsvallen13,000

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
TeamHead CoachCaptainKit manufacturerShirt sponsor
Assyriska FF Pat Walker Göran MarklundNikeScania
IK Brage Lennart Andersson Niklas ForslundPuma SESSAB
IF Brommapojkarna Roberth Björknesjö Pontus SegerströmadidasVarious
Degerfors IF Patrik Werner Tobias SolbergadidasOutokumpu
Falkenbergs FF Thomas Askebrand David SvenssonNikeVarious
Hammarby IF Roger Sandberg José MonteiroKappaPepsi
Jönköpings Södra IF Hans Lindbom Dennis ÖstlundhNikeVarious
Landskrona BoIS Henrik Larsson Linus MalmqvistUmbroVarious
Ljungskile SK Bo Wålemark
Örjan Glans
Johan PatrikssonUmbroVarious
Qviding FIF Lars Ternström Christian LindströmPumaICA
GIF Sundsvall Sören Åkeby Jonas WallerstedtadidasNorrporten
IFK Värnamo Tony Johansson
Glenn Ståhl
Tobias EnglundadidasVarious
Västerås SK Erik Acar Oscar PehrssonNikeVarious
Åtvidabergs FF Andreas Thomsson Henrik GustavssonUhlsportSharp
Ängelholms FF Christoffer Skoog
Joakim Persson
Jakob AugustssonadidasPeab
Östers IF Roar Hansen Denis VelićUmbroICA

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

RankGoalkeeperClub
1 Ivo VazgečLandskrona BoIS
Jönköping Södra
2529807
2 Tommy NaurinGIF Sundsvall28257814
3 Joakim WulffÖster27257711
3 Brian EdwardsDegerfors2841779
5 Kristoffer NordfeldtBrommapojkarna2837768
5 Stojan LukicFalkenberg30437612
7 Johannes HopfHammarby3039759
8 Henrik GustavssonÅtvidaberg30317410
8 Niklas HelgessonJönköpings Södra1732743
10 Mirza SelimovićLandskrona BoIS1827734
10 Oscar BerglundAssyriska2938738
10 Matt PyzdrowskiÄngelholm3040738
10 Bill HalvorsenIFK Värnamo1317734
10 Christian CaulkerVästerås SK1425734

Hat-tricks

  • 4 Player scored 4 goals

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