2015 Superettan


The 2015 Superettan, part of the 2015 Swedish football season, was the 15th season of Superettan, Sweden's second-tier football league in its current format. The 2015 fixtures were released in December 2014. The season began on 3 April 2015 and ended on 1 November 2015. A total of 16 teams contested the league.

Teams

A total of 16 teams contest the league. The top two teams qualify directly for promotion to Allsvenskan, the third has to play a play-off against the fourteenth team from Allsvenskan to decide who will play in Allsvenskan 2016. The bottom two teams qualified directly for relegation to Division 1, the thirteenth and the fourteenth has to play a play-off against the numbers two teams from Division 1 Södra and Division 1 Norra to decide who will play in Superettan 2016.
2014-champions Hammarby IF and runner-up GIF Sundsvall were promoted to the Allsvenskan at the end of the 2014 season. They were replaced by Mjällby AIF and IF Brommapojkarna. Landskrona BoIS and Husqvarna FF were relegated at the end of the 2014 season after finishing in the bottom two places of the table. They were replaced by Division 1 Norra champions AFC United and Division 1 Södra champions Utsiktens BK. Östers IF was also relegated after losing the relegation play-offs to Division 1 Norra runner-up IK Frej.

Stadia and locations

TeamLocationStadiumTurf1Stadium capacity1
AFC UnitedStockholmSkytteholms IPArtificial3,500
Assyriska FFSödertäljeSödertälje FotbollsarenaArtificial6,700
Degerfors IFDegerforsStora VallaNatural7,500
GAISGothenburgGamla UlleviNatural18,416
IF BrommapojkarnaStockholmGrimsta IPArtificial5,500
IFK VärnamoVärnamoFinnvedsvallenNatural5,000
IK FrejTäbyVikingavallenArtificial1,250
IK SiriusUppsalaStudenternas IPNatural6,300
Jönköpings Södra IFJönköpingStadsparksvallenNatural5,500
Ljungskile SKLjungskileUddevalla ArenaNatural5,500
Mjällby AIFHällevikStrandvallenNatural6,750
Syrianska FCSödertäljeSödertälje FotbollsarenaArtificial6,100
Utsiktens BKGothenburgRuddalens IPArtificial5,000
Varbergs BoISVarbergPåskbergsvallenNatural4,500
Ängelholms FFÄngelholmÄngelholms IPNatural4,000
Östersunds FKÖstersundJämtkraft ArenaArtificial6,400

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 coach1CaptainKit manufacturerMain shirt sponsor
AFC United Özcan Melkemichel Josh WicksNikeBusmarket Sweden
Assyriska FF Valentic Azrudin Linus MalmborgNikeScania
Degerfors IF Patrik Werner Tobias SolbergAdidasOutokumpu
GAIS Per-Ola Ljung Kenneth GustafssonHummelÅbro
IF Brommapojkarna Magni Fannberg Jacob Une LarssonAdidasÅbro
IFK Värnamo Jörgen Petersson
Peter Johansson
Martin ClaessonPumaVarious
IK Frej Bartosz Grzelak Johannes GustafssonErreàDaymark
IK Sirius Kim Bergstrand Niklas Busch ThorNikeVarious
Jönköpings Södra IF Jimmy Thelin Tommy ThelinNikeVarious
Ljungskile SK Tor-Arne Fredheim Markus GustafssonAdidasVarious
Mjällby AIF Anders Linderoth Mattias AsperPumaVarious
Syrianska FC Nemanja Miljanović Louay ChankoNikeAros Kapital
Utsiktens BK Janne Carlsson Robin JonssonErreàPrioritet Finans
Varbergs BoIS Jörgen Wålemark Robin TranbergUmbroVarious
Ängelholms FF Joakim Persson Albin NilssonAdidasScandStick
Östersunds FK Graham Potter Alex DyerAdidasVarious

Managerial changes

League table

Playoffs

The 13th-placed and 14th-placed teams of Superettan meets the two runners-up from 2015 Division 1 in Two-legged ties on a home-and-away basis with the team from Superettan finishing at home.
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Örgryte IS won 2–1 on aggregate.
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IK Frej won 2–0 on aggregate.
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Positions by round

Results

Season statistics

Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Fredrik OlssonJönköpings Södra IF17
2 Jamie HopcuttÖstersunds FK15
3 Luka MijaljevićUtsiktens BK13
3 Peter SamuelssonDegerfors IF13
3 Tommy ThelinJönköpings Södra IF13
6 Stefan SilvaIK Sirius12
7 Mattias GencAssyriska FF10
7 Dragan KapčevićÖstersunds FK10
7 Chidi OmejeAFC United10

Top assists

RankPlayerClubAssists
1 Dženis KozicaIFK Värnamo11
2 Michael OmohÖstersunds FK10
2 Daryl SmylieJönköpings Södra IF10
2 Tommy ThelinJönköpings Södra IF10
5 Ken SemaLjungskile SK9
6 Eric JernbergDegerfors IF8
6 Jonas LindbergLjungskile SK8

Top goalkeepers

Hat-tricks