The 2011 Superettan was part of the 2011 Swedish football season, and the twelfth season of Superettan, Sweden's second-tier football division in its current format. 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
Team Location Stadium Stadium capacity1 Assyriska FF Södertälje Södertälje Fotbollsarena 7,500 Degerfors IF Degerfors Stora Valla 12,500 Falkenbergs FF Falkenberg Falkenbergs IP 6,000 GIF Sundsvall Sundsvall Norrporten Arena 8,000 Hammarby IF Stockholm Söderstadion 15,600 IF Brommapojkarna Stockholm Grimsta IP 8,000 IFK Värnamo Värnamo Finnvedsvallen 5,000 IK Brage Borlänge Domnarvsvallen 5,500 Jönköpings Södra IF Jönköping Stadsparksvallen 5,200 Landskrona BoIS Landskrona Landskrona IP 12,000 Ljungskile SK Ljungskile Starke Arvid Arena 8,000 Qviding FIF Gothenburg Valhalla IP 4,000 Västerås SK Västerås Swedbank Park 7,000 Åtvidabergs FF Åtvidaberg Kopparvallen 8,000 Ängelholms FF Ängelholm Ängelholms IP 5,000 Östers IF Växjö Värendsvallen 13,000 1 Correct as of end of 2010 Superettan season
Personnel and kits
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor Assyriska FF Pat Walker Göran Marklund Nike Scania IK Brage Lennart Andersson Niklas Forslund Puma SE SSAB IF Brommapojkarna Roberth Björknesjö Pontus Segerström adidas Various Degerfors IF Patrik Werner Tobias Solberg adidas Outokumpu Falkenbergs FF Thomas Askebrand David Svensson Nike Various Hammarby IF Roger Sandberg José Monteiro Kappa Pepsi Jönköpings Södra IF Hans Lindbom Dennis Östlundh Nike Various Landskrona BoIS Henrik Larsson Linus Malmqvist Umbro Various Ljungskile SK Bo Wålemark Örjan Glans Johan Patriksson Umbro Various Qviding FIF Lars Ternström Christian Lindström Puma ICA GIF Sundsvall Sören Åkeby Jonas Wallerstedt adidas Norrporten IFK Värnamo Tony Johansson Glenn Ståhl Tobias Englund adidas Various Västerås SK Erik Acar Oscar Pehrsson Nike Various Åtvidabergs FF Andreas Thomsson Henrik Gustavsson Uhlsport Sharp Ängelholms FF Christoffer Skoog Joakim Persson Jakob Augustsson adidas Peab Östers IF Roar Hansen Denis Velić Umbro ICA
Managerial changes TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyTableIncoming managerDate of appointmentTableBrage Pelle JohanssonSacked5 May 2011 Lennart Andersson5 May 2011Assyriska FF Rikard NorlingSigned by Malmö FF3 June 2011 Göran Marklund (as caretaker)3 June 2011Västerås SK Kalle GranathSacked24 June 2011 Erik Acar24 June 2011Assyriska FF Göran MarklundEnd of tenure as caretaker2 August 20117th Pat Walker2 August 20117thHammarby Roger FranzénSacked18 August 201110th Roger Sandberg (as caretaker)18 August 201110th
League table
Relegation play-offs
Brage won 7–3 on aggregate.
IFK Värnamo won 3–0 on aggregate.
Results
Season statistics
Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoals1 Branimir HrgotaJönköpings Södra182 Peter SamuelssonDegerfors173 Magnus ErikssonÅtvidaberg154 Pablo Piñones-ArceBrommapojkarna14 Fredrik HolsterGIF Sundsvall146 Viktor ClaessonIFK Värnamo13 Pontus EngblomGIF Sundsvall13 Stefan RodevågFalkenberg139 Mattias MeteVästerås SK12 Sebastian AnderssonÄngelholm12 Oscar MöllerÅtvidaberg1212 Emil ForsbergGIF Sundsvall11133 players10163 players9195 players8245 players7
Top assists RankPlayerClubAssists1 Tobias NilssonFalkenberg122 Kristian BergströmÅtvidaberg103 Haris RadetinacÅtvidaberg9 Johan PatrikssonLjungskile9 Richard NilssonLjungskile96 Viktor ClaessonIFK Värnamo8 Jonathan RingIFK Värnamo8 Andreas TegströmJönköpings Södra89 Vyacheslav JevtushenkoBrage7 Antonio RojasÄngelholm7 Jesper ArvidssonÅtvidaberg7 Tommy ThelinJönköpings Södra7135 players6189 players52710 players43735 players3
Top goalkeepers (Minimum of 10 games played) RankGoalkeeperClub1 Ivo VazgečLandskrona BoISJönköping Södra25298072 Tommy NaurinGIF Sundsvall282578143 Joakim WulffÖster27257711 Brian EdwardsDegerfors28417795 Kristoffer NordfeldtBrommapojkarna2837768 Stojan LukicFalkenberg304376127 Johannes HopfHammarby30397598 Henrik GustavssonÅtvidaberg30317410 Niklas HelgessonJönköpings Södra173274310 Mirza SelimovićLandskrona BoIS1827734 Oscar BerglundAssyriska2938738 Matt PyzdrowskiÄngelholm3040738 Bill HalvorsenIFK Värnamo1317734 Christian CaulkerVästerås SK1425734
Hat-tricks Player For Against Result Date Pär CederqvistJönköpings SödraVästerås SK5–116 April 2011 Stefan RodevågFalkenbergVästerås SK3–41 May 2011 Peter SamuelssonDegerforsBrage5–025 June 2011 Pablo Piñones-ArceBrommapojkarnaLjungskile3–127 June 2011 Branimir HrgotaJönköpings SödraBrage3–016 July 2011 Freddy BorgÖsterAssyriska4–27 August 2011 Peter SamuelssonDegerforsHammarby3–24 September 2011 Mattias MeteVästerås SKDegerfors3–511 September 2011 Mikael Boman4FalkenbergAssyriska4–011 September 2011 Jones Kusi-AsareAssyriskaQviding5–022 October 2011
4 Player scored 4 goals
Attendance Club Home Away Total Average Total Average Total Average TotalHammarby IF7,953119,2994,08261,2366,018180,535GIF Sundsvall3,57253,5861,81227,1772,69280,763Landskrona BoIS2,92943,9402,66439,9582,79783,898Degerfors IF2,73941,0792,25933,8832,49974,962Åtvidabergs FF2,64039,5942,90643,5942,77383,188Östers IF2,63739,5612,62639,3882,63278,949IK Brage2,40836,1262,15932,3872,28468,513Jönköpings Södra IF2,34735,2052,47437,1042,41072,309Assyriska FF2,31934,7842,17632,6392,24767,423Västerås SK FK1,92728,9052,15932,3822,04361,287IFK Värnamo1,92628,8902,36435,4642,14564,354Falkenbergs FF1,38220,7362,29534,4181,83855,154Ängelholms FF1,26318,9472,61839,2661,94058,213Ljungskile SK1,17517,6292,32234,8281,74952,457IF Brommapojkarna1,06515,9741,90628,5941,48644,568Qviding FIF4827,2281,94429,1651,21336,393 League 2,423 581,483
See also
Competitions 2011 Allsvenskan 2011 Svenska Cupen 2011 Supercupen
Transfers List of Swedish football transfers winter 2010–2011 List of Swedish football transfers summer 2011 List of Swedish football transfers winter 2011–2012
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