Football league season
The 2017 Superettan was part of the 2017 Swedish football season , and the 18th season of Superettan , Sweden's second-tier football division in its current format. A total of 16 teams contest the league.
Fixtures for the 2017 season were announced on 9 December 2016.[ 2]
Teams
A total of 16 teams contest the league. The top two teams qualify directly for promotion to Allsvenskan, the third will enter a playoff for the chance of a promotion.
Stadia and locations
Locations of the 2017 Superettan teams
Team
Location
Stadium
Turf1
Stadium capacity1
Dalkurd
Borlänge
Domnarvsvallen
Artificial
6,500
Degerfors
Degerfors
Stora Valla
Natural
12,500
Falkenberg
Falkenberg
Falcon Alkoholfri Arena
Natural
4,000
GAIS
Gothenburg
Gamla Ullevi
Natural
18,416
Gefle
Gävle
Gavlevallen
Artificial
6,500
Helsingborg
Helsingborg
Olympia
Natural
16,500
Brommapojkarna
Bromma
Grimsta IP
Artificial
8,000
Värnamo
Värnamo
Finnvedsvallen
Natural
5,000
Frej
Täby kyrkby
Vikingavallen
Artificial
2,650
Norrby
Borås
Borås Arena
Artificial
17,800
Syrianska
Södertälje
Södertälje Fotbollsarena
Artificial
6,400
Trelleborg
Trelleborg
Vångavallen
Natural
10,000
Varberg
Varberg
Påskbergsvallen
Natural
4,500
Åtvidaberg
Åtvidaberg
Kopparvallen
Artificial
8,000
Örgryte
Gothenburg
Gamla Ullevi
Natural
18,416
Öster
Växjö
Myresjöhus Arena
Natural
12,000
1 According to each club information page at the Swedish Football Association website for Superettan.[ 3]
League table
Source:
svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish) Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored
(C) Champions;
(O) Play-off winners;
(P) Promoted;
(R) Relegated
Playoffs
The 13th-placed and 14th-placed teams of Superettan meets the two runners-up from 2017 Division 1 (Norra and Södra) in Two-legged ties on a home-and-away basis with the team from Superettan finishing at home.
1–1 on aggregate. IK Frej won on away goals.
Örgryte IS won 4–3 on aggregate.
Positions by round
Team ╲ Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 IF Brommapojkarna 8 4 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 Dalkurd FF 9 7 7 4 2 3 2 2 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 Trelleborgs FF 14 10 11 8 6 6 8 6 5 4 6 6 7 7 4 4 6 6 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Falkenbergs FF 15 12 12 13 15 11 9 10 7 5 7 8 9 8 5 5 5 5 5 4 3 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 Östers IF 2 3 1 3 3 5 5 4 4 8 5 7 5 4 6 6 4 3 4 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 4 4 5 5 IFK Värnamo 1 1 4 2 5 7 6 9 12 13 11 9 10 9 7 9 9 9 9 9 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 6 Helsingborgs IF 5 6 6 6 4 2 3 3 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 6 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6 7 Degerfors IF 3 2 3 5 7 4 4 8 8 6 8 5 6 5 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 GAIS 10 11 15 14 10 9 10 11 9 10 9 10 14 11 11 11 11 12 10 10 9 9 11 9 11 12 13 11 12 9 Norrby IF 11 13 13 15 16 16 15 16 14 12 13 14 12 14 14 14 13 10 12 13 12 12 13 12 13 13 10 12 13 10 Varbergs BoIS 13 9 10 9 9 8 7 5 6 9 10 11 8 12 10 10 10 11 11 11 11 11 10 11 10 10 11 13 9 11 Gefle IF 6 14 14 10 11 14 14 15 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 15 16 16 16 13 12 13 12 11 12 10 10 12 Örgryte IS 4 8 5 7 8 10 11 7 10 7 4 4 4 6 9 7 8 8 8 8 10 10 9 10 9 9 9 9 11 13 IK Frej 7 5 8 11 13 13 13 14 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 16 15 15 15 16 14 15 15 14 14 14 14 14 Syrianska FC 12 15 9 12 12 12 12 12 11 11 12 13 11 13 13 13 12 14 14 12 13 14 15 14 14 15 15 15 15 15 Åtvidabergs FF 16 16 16 16 14 15 16 13 13 14 14 12 13 10 12 12 14 13 13 14 14 15 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16
Season statistics
Top scorers
As of 4 November 2017 [ 4]
Top goalkeepers
As of 4 November 2017 [ 5]
Hat-tricks
Player
For
Against
Result
Date
Salif Camara Jönsson 4 goals
Trelleborgs FF
Örgryte IS
6–0
24 April 2017
Salif Camara Jönsson 4 goals
Trelleborgs FF
IFK Värnamo
0–4
2 May 2017
Nicklas Savolainen
Norrby IF
Gefle IF
3–2
15 May 2017
Gabriel Altemark-Vanneryr
Varbergs BoIS
GAIS
7–1
17 May 2017
Tobias Englund
Falkenbergs FF
Varbergs BoIS
3–5
27 May 2017
Mattias Genc
Syrianska FC
Norrby IF
3–4
8 August 2017
Richard Yarsuvat
Dalkurd FF
IK Frej
3–2
9 August 2017
Viktor Gyökeres
IF Brommapojkarna
Gefle IF
4–1
4 November 2017
References
League competitions
Cup competitions
European competitions
Related to national teams
(Unofficial) Division 2 Division 1 Superettan