2012 Superettan

The 2012 Superettan, part of the 2012 Swedish football season, was the 13th season of Sweden's second-tier football league in its current format. The 2012 fixtures were released on 9 December 2011. The season began on 6 April 2012 and ended on 3 November 2012.

Teams A total of 16 teams contested the league, 12 returning from the 2011 season, two relegated from Allsvenskan and two promoted from Division 1. The top two teams qualified directly for promotion to Allsvenskan, the third had to play a play-off against the fourteenth from Allsvenskan to decide who will play in Allsvenskan 2013. The bottom two teams qualified directly for relegation to Division 1, the thirteenth and the fourteenth had to play a play-off against the numbers two from Division 1 Södra and Division 1 Norra to decide who will play in Superettan 2013.

2011-champions Åtvidabergs FF and runner-up GIF Sundsvall were promoted to the Allsvenskan at the end of the 2011 season. They were replaced by Halmstads BK and Trelleborgs FF. Västerås SK and Qviding FIF were relegated at the end of the 2011 season after finishing in the bottom two places of the table. They were replaced by Division 1 Norra champions Umeå FC and Division 1 Södra champions Varbergs BoIS.

Stadia and locations

Team Location Stadium Stadium capacity1 Assyriska FF Södertälje Södertälje Fotbollsarena 7,500 IK Brage Borlänge Domnarvsvallen 5,500 IF Brommapojkarna Stockholm Grimsta IP 8,000 Degerfors IF Degerfors Stora Valla 12,500 Falkenbergs FF Falkenberg Falkenbergs IP 6,000 Halmstads BK Halmstad Örjans Vall 15,500 Hammarby IF Stockholm Söderstadion 15,600 Jönköpings Södra IF Jönköping Stadsparksvallen 5,200 Landskrona BoIS Landskrona Landskrona IP 12,000 Ljungskile SK Ljungskile Starke Arvid Arena 8,000 Trelleborgs FF Trelleborg Vångavallen 10,000 Umeå FC Umeå T3 Arena 10,000 Varbergs BoIS Varberg Påskbergsvallen 4,000 IFK Värnamo Värnamo Finnvedsvallen 5,000 Ängelholms FF Ängelholm Ängelholms IP 5,000Östers IFVäxjö Värendsvallen (Until 22 August 2012) 13,000 Myresjöhus Arena (From 3 September 2012) 12,000 1 Correct as of end of 2012 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 Valentic Azrudin Göran Marklund Nike Scania IK Brage Bo Wålemark Örjan Glans Vyacheslav Jevtushenko Puma 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 Halmstads BK Jens Gustafsson Johnny Lundberg Puma ICA Hammarby IF Gregg Berhalter Andreas Dahl Kappa Pepsi Jönköpings Södra IF Mats Gren Dennis Östlundh Nike Various Landskrona BoIS Henrik Larsson Linus Malmqvist Masita Various Ljungskile SK Tor-Arne Fredheim Aleksandar Kitić Umbro Various Trelleborgs FF Anders Grimberg Kristian Haynes Masita Trelleborg Umeå FC Stuart Gibson Örjan Andersson Erik Lundström adidas Norrporten Varbergs BoIS Halda Kabil Fredrik Björk Umbro Various IFK Värnamo Jörgen Petersson Tobias Englund adidas Various Ängelholms FF Joakim Persson Jakob Augustsson adidas Peab Östers IF Roar Hansen Denis Velić Umbro ICA

Managerial changes TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyTableIncoming managerDate of appointmentTableIFK Värnamo Tony JohanssonEnd of shared leadership7 October 2011Pre-seasonJönköpings Södra IF Hans LindbomMutual consent22 October 2011Pre-season Mats Gren2 December 2011Pre-seasonLjungskile SK Bo WålemarkResigned23 October 2011Pre-season Tor-Arne Fredheim12 December 2011Pre-seasonTrelleborgs FF Tom PrahlResigned26 October 2011Pre-season Alf Westerberg7 November 2011Pre-seasonAssyriska FF Pat WalkerSacked11 November 2011Pre-season Valentic Azrudin15 November 2011Pre-seasonÄngelholms FF Christoffer SkoogEnd of shared leadership15 November 2011Pre-seasonIK Brage Jonas BjörkgrenEnd of tenure as caretaker17 November 2011Pre-season Bo Wålemark17 November 2011Pre-seasonHammarby IF Roger SandbergEnd of tenure as caretaker12 December 2011Pre-season Gregg Berhalter12 December 2011Pre-seasonTrelleborgs FF Alf WesterbergResigned15 June 201214th Anders Grimberg (as caretaker)15 June 201214thIFK Värnamo Glenn StåhlMutual consent12 July 201216th Jörgen Petersson12 July 201216th

League table

Relegation play-offs

Positions by round

Note: Some matches were played out of phase with the corresponding round, positions were corrected in hindsight.

Results

Season statistics +Top scorersRankPlayerClubGoals1 Pablo Piñones ArceIF Brommapojkarna182 Robin SimovićÄngelholms FF173 Guðjón BaldvinssonHalmstads BK16 Freddy SöderbergÖsters IF5 Nabil BahouiIF Brommapojkarna156 Patrik LarssonVarbergs BoIS FC147 Mikael BomanHalmstads BK138 Gabriel Altemark VanneryrVarbergs BoIS FC12 Fuad HyseniAssyriska FF Dragan KapčevićIK Brage +Top assistsRankPlayerClubAssists1 Denis VelićÖsters IF112 Nahir BesaraAssyriska FF93 Gabriel Altemark VanneryrVarbergs BoIS FC8 Zoran JovanovićTrelleborgs FF Stefan KarlssonÖsters IF Ryan MillerHalmstads BK Pablo Piñones ArceIF Brommapojkarna Kristinn SteindórssonHalmstads BK9 Patrik BojentÖsters IF7 Amadaiya RennieDegerfors IF Jonas LindbergVarbergs BoIS Björn WesterbladÄngelholms FF

Top goalkeepers

(Minimum of 10 games played) RankGoalkeeperClub1 Zlatan AzinovićTrelleborgs FF12197812 Johannes HopfHammarby IF30337792 Karl-Johan JohnssonHalmstads BK303377112 Alexander NadjÖsters IF302877115 Brian EdwardsDegerfors IF28447655 Marcus SandbergLjungskile SK26307687 Ivo VazgečLandskrona BoIS28397467 Fredrik PerssonTrelleborgs FF11157427 Hampus NilssonÄngelholms FF14227417 Stojan LukićFalkenbergs FF30477427 Niklas HelgessonJönköpings Södra2432744

Hat-tricks Player For Against Result Date Daryl SmylieJönköpings SödraLjungskile SK4–116 April 2012 Kenny PaveyLjungskile SKAssyriska FF3–127 May 2012 Gabriel Altemark VanneryrVarbergs BoISJönköpings Södra4–12 June 2012 Guðjón BaldvinssonHalmstads BKBrage2–516 June 2012 Pablo Piñones ArceIF BrommapojkarnaVarbergs BoIS5–120 June 2012 Robin SimovićÄngelholms FFVarbergs BoIS1–321 July 2012 Pablo Piñones ArceIF BrommapojkarnaUmeå FC1–33 September 2012 Victor SköldFalkenbergs FFDegerfors IF2–33 September 2012 Robin SimovićÄngelholms FFAssyriska FF1–423 September 2012 Abdul Rahman KhaliliIFK VärnamoFalkenbergs FF3–427 September 2012 Freddy SöderbergÖsters IFUmeå FC5–11 October 2012 Nabil BahouiIF BrommapojkarnaTreleborgs FF0-42 October 2012 Mattias AdelstamHammarby IFDegerfors IF4–28 October 2012

4 Player scored 4 goals

Attendance Club Home Away Total Average Total Average Total Average TotalHammarby IF8,463126,9474,11361,6886,288188,635Östers IF4,73371,0022,68040,1973,707111,199Halmstads BK3,37550,6212,80142,0123,08892,633Varbergs BoIS FC2,47037,0552,62439,3552,54776,410Landskrona BoIS2,45936,8922,11931,7792,28968,671Jönköpings Södra IF2,42136,3112,37135,5602,39671,871Degerfors IF2,05430,8062,19332,8982,12363,704Umeå FC2,04630,6872,01830,2772,03260,964IK Brage1,96729,5022,23133,4582,00962,960Assyriska FF1,92428,8562,27234,0852,09862,941Falkenbergs FF1,57723,6582,63239,4792,10563,137IFK Värnamo1,52322,8462,63239,4832,07862,329Trelleborgs FF1,36420,4602,03930,5861,70251,046IF Brommapojkarna1,23918,5802,23933,5831,73952,163Ängelholms FF90513,5692,30034,5071,60348,076Ljungskile SK77811,6652,03430,5101,40642,175 League 2,456 589,457

2012 Superettan

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