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 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
Team Location Stadium Turf1 Stadium capacity1AFC UnitedStockholmSkytteholms IPArtificial3,500Assyriska FFSödertäljeSödertälje FotbollsarenaArtificial6,700Degerfors IFDegerforsStora VallaNatural7,500GAISGothenburgGamla UlleviNatural18,416IF BrommapojkarnaStockholmGrimsta IPArtificial5,500IFK VärnamoVärnamoFinnvedsvallenNatural5,000IK FrejTäbyVikingavallenArtificial1,250IK SiriusUppsalaStudenternas IPNatural6,300Jönköpings Södra IFJönköpingStadsparksvallenNatural5,500Ljungskile SKLjungskileUddevalla ArenaNatural5,500Mjällby AIFHällevikStrandvallenNatural6,750Syrianska FCSödertäljeSödertälje FotbollsarenaArtificial6,100Utsiktens BKGothenburgRuddalens IPArtificial5,000Varbergs BoISVarbergPåskbergsvallenNatural4,500Ängelholms FFÄngelholmÄngelholms IPNatural4,000Östersunds FKÖstersundJämtkraft ArenaArtificial6,400 1 According to each club information page at the Swedish Football Association website for Superettan.
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 coach1 Captain Kit manufacturer Main shirt sponsor AFC United Özcan Melkemichel Josh WicksNikeBusmarket Sweden Assyriska FF Valentic Azrudin Linus Malmborg Nike Scania Degerfors IF Patrik Werner Tobias Solberg Adidas OutokumpuGAIS Per-Ola Ljung Kenneth GustafssonHummelÅbroIF Brommapojkarna Magni Fannberg Jacob Une LarssonAdidasÅbro IFK Värnamo Jörgen Petersson Peter Johansson Martin Claesson Puma Various IK Frej Bartosz Grzelak Johannes Gustafsson Erreà Daymark IK Sirius Kim Bergstrand Niklas Busch Thor Nike Various Jönköpings Södra IF Jimmy Thelin Tommy Thelin Nike Various Ljungskile SK Tor-Arne Fredheim Markus Gustafsson Adidas VariousMjällby AIF Anders Linderoth Mattias AsperPumaVariousSyrianska FC Nemanja Miljanović Louay ChankoNikeAros Kapital Utsiktens BK Janne Carlsson Robin JonssonErreàPrioritet Finans Varbergs BoIS Jörgen Wålemark Robin Tranberg Umbro Various Ängelholms FF Joakim Persson Albin Nilsson Adidas ScandStick Östersunds FK Graham Potter Alex Dyer Adidas Various
Managerial changes TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyTableIncoming managerDate of appointmentIF Brommapojkarna Stefan BillbornSacked3 November 2014Pre-season Magni Fannberg11 November 2014
League table
Playoffs The 13th-placed and 14th-placed teams of Superettan meets the two runners-up from 2015 Division 1 (Norra and Södra) in Two-legged ties on a home-and-away basis with the team from Superettan finishing at home.
Örgryte IS won 2–1 on aggregate.
IK Frej won 2–0 on aggregate.
Positions by round
Results
Season statistics
Top scorers
RankPlayerClubGoals1 Fredrik OlssonJönköpings Södra IF172 Jamie HopcuttÖstersunds FK153 Luka MijaljevićUtsiktens BK13 Peter SamuelssonDegerfors IF Tommy ThelinJönköpings Södra IF6 Stefan SilvaIK Sirius127 Mattias GencAssyriska FF10 Dragan KapčevićÖstersunds FK Chidi OmejeAFC United
Top assists
RankPlayerClubAssists1 Dženis KozicaIFK Värnamo112 Michael OmohÖstersunds FK10 Daryl SmylieJönköpings Södra IF Tommy ThelinJönköpings Södra IF5 Ken SemaLjungskile SK96 Eric JernbergDegerfors IF8 Jonas LindbergLjungskile SK
Top goalkeepers (Minimum of 10 games played) RankGoalkeeperClub1 Dwayne MillerSyrianska FC13117962 Andreas AnderssonIK Sirius30257814 Josh WicksAFC United242874 Tommi VaihoGAIS3044766 Damir MehićJönköpings Södra IF111056 Joakim WulffVarbergs BoIS29267515 Mattias AsperMjällby AIF24307 Oscar BerglundÄngelholms FF273849 August StrömbergDegerfors IF2936739
Hat-tricks Player For Against Result Date Mattias GencAssyriska FFIK Frej3–126 April 2015 Michael OmohÖstersunds FKSyrianska FC4–15 May 2015 Gabriel Altemark-VanneryrLjungskile SKIK Sirius4–36 May 2015 Peter SamuelssonDegerfors IFIK Frej4–09 May 2015 Chidi OmejeAFC UnitedLjungskile SK0–31 August 2015 Nsima PeterVarbergs BoISIK Frej5–01 August 2015 Othman El KabirAFC UnitedIFK Värnamo2–316 August 2015 Hannes StillerLjungskile SKÄngelholms FF3–323 August 2015 Jamie HopcuttÖstersunds FKUtsiktens BK5–124 August 2015 Tommy ThelinJönköpings Södra IFUtsiktens BK5–21 November 2015
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