2016 Superettan
The 2016 Superettan, part of the 2016 Swedish football season, was the 17th season of Superettan, Sweden's second-tier football league in its current format. The 2016 fixtures were released in December 2015. The season started in April 2016 and ended in November 2016.
Teams
A total of 16 teams contested the league. The top two teams qualified directly for promotion to the Allsvenskan, whilst the third had to play a play-off against the fourteenth-placed team in the Allsvenskan to decide who would play in the 2017 Allsvenskan. The bottom two teams were directly relegated to Division 1, whilst the thirteenth and the fourteenth-placed teams had to play-off against the second-placed teams from Division 1 Södra and Division 1 Norra to decide who would play in the 2017 Superettan.2015 champions Jönköpings Södra IF and runners-up Östersunds FK were promoted to the Allsvenskan at the end of the 2015 season. They were replaced by Halmstads BK and Åtvidabergs FF. Utsiktens BK and IF Brommapojkarna were relegated at the end of the 2015 season after finishing in the bottom two places of the table. They were replaced by Division 1 Norra champions Dalkurd FF and Division 1 Södra champions Trelleborgs FF. Mjällby AIF was also relegated after losing the relegation play-offs to Division 1 Södra runner-up Örgryte IS.
Stadia and locations
| Team | Location | Stadium | Turf1 | Stadium capacity1 | 2015 season |
| AFC United | Stockholm | Skytteholms IP | Natural | 2,000 | 8th in Superettan |
| Assyriska FF | Södertälje | Södertälje Fotbollsarena | Artificial | 6,400 | 4th in Superettan |
| Dalkurd FF | Borlänge | Domnarvsvallen | Artificial | 6,500 | 1st in Division 1 Norra |
| Degerfors IF | Degerfors | Stora Valla | Natural | 12,500 | 9th in Superettan |
| GAIS | Gothenburg | Gamla Ullevi | Natural | 18,416 | 11th in Superettan |
| Halmstads BK | Halmstad | Örjans Vall | Natural | 15,500 | 15th in Allsvenskan |
| IFK Värnamo | Värnamo | Finnvedsvallen | Natural | 5,000 | 10th in Superettan |
| IK Frej | Täby | Vikingavallen | Artificial | 2,750 | 14th in Superettan |
| IK Sirius | Uppsala | Studenternas IP | Natural | 6,300 | 3rd in Superettan |
| Ljungskile SK | Ljungskile | Uddevalla Arena | Natural | 8,000 | 6th in Superettan |
| Syrianska FC | Södertälje | Södertälje Fotbollsarena | Artificial | 6,400 | 7th in Superettan |
| Trelleborgs FF | Trelleborg | Vångavallen | Natural | 10,000 | 1st in Division 1 Södra |
| Varbergs BoIS | Varberg | Påskbergsvallen | Natural | 4,500 | 5th in Superettan |
| Åtvidabergs FF | Åtvidaberg | Kopparvallen | Artificial | 8,000 | 16th in Allsvenskan |
| Ängelholms FF | Ängelholm | Ängelholms IP | Natural | 5,000 | 12th in Superettan |
| Örgryte IS | Gothenburg | Gamla Ullevi | Natural | 18,416 | 2nd in Division 1 Södra |
- 1 According to each club information page at the Swedish Football Association website for Superettan.
League table
Playoffs
The 13th-placed and 14th-placed teams in the Superettan met the two runners-up from 2016 Division 1 in Two-legged ties on a home-and-away basis with the teams from the Superettan finishing at home.----
Norrby IF won 4–2 on aggregate.
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Syrianska FC won 5–1 on aggregate.
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Positions by round
Season statistics
Top scorers
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals | |||||||
| 1 |  Top goalkeepers
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