2015 Superettan


The 2015 Superettan, part of the 2015 Swedish football season, was the 16th 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|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

Personnel and kits

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TeamHead coach1CaptainKit manufacturerMain shirt sponsor
AFC United

League table


Playoffs

The 13th-placed and 14th-placed teams of Superettan meets the two runners-up from 2015 [Swedish Football Division 1|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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Season statistics

Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
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Top assists

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Top goalkeepers

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Hat-tricks