The 2018 Superettan was part of the 2018 Swedish football season, and the 19th season of Superettan, Sweden's second-tier football division in its current format. A total of 16 teams contest the league.
Fixtures for the 2018 season were announced on 21 December 2017.
Teams A total of 16 teams contest the league. The top two teams qualify directly for promotion to Allsvenskan, the third will enter a play-off for the chance of promotion.
Stadia and locations
Team Location Stadium Turf1 Stadium capacity1AFC EskilstunaEskilstunaTunavallenArtificial7,800Degerfors IFDegerforsStora VallaNatural12,500Falkenbergs FFFalkenbergFalcon Alkoholfri ArenaNatural5,565GAISGothenburgGamla UlleviNatural18,416Note: Gamla Ullevi has a capacity of 15,000 sitting and 3,416 standing for a total capacity of 18,416.Gefle IFGävleGavlevallenArtificial6,500Halmstads BKHalmstadÖrjans VallNatural10,873Helsingborgs IFHelsingborgOlympiaNatural16,500IFK VärnamoVärnamoFinnvedsvallenNatural5,000IK BrageBorlängeDomnarvsvallenArtificial6,500IK FrejTäby kyrkbyVikingavallenArtificial2,650Jönköpings Södra IFJönköpingStadsparksvallenNatural5,500Landskrona BoISLandskronaLandskrona IPNatural10,500Norrby IFBoråsBorås ArenaArtificial17,800Varbergs BoISVarbergPåskbergsvallenNatural4,500Örgryte ISGothenburgGamla UlleviNatural18,416Östers IFVäxjöMyresjöhus ArenaNatural12,000
Personnel and sponsoring All teams are obligated to have the logo of the league sponsor Svenska Spel as well as the Superettan logo on the right sleeve of their shirt.
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 sponsorAFC Eskilstuna Nike VariousDegerfors IF Adidas VariousFalkenbergs FF Nike Gekås UllaredGAIS Carl Nyström Select VariousGefle IF Umbro Various Halmstads BK Igor Krulj Puma Various Helsingborgs IF Puma Resurs Bank IFK Värnamo Puma VariousIK Brage Select VariousIK Frej Puma VariousJönköpings Södra IF Nike VolkswagenLandskrona BoIS Philip Andersson Nike VariousNorrby IF Korosh Hatami Marcus Översjö Nike VariousVarbergs BoIS FC Nike VariousÖrgryte IS Daniel Paulson NikeHA ByggÖsters IF Puma Various
League table
Playoffs The 13th-placed and 14th-placed teams of Superettan meet the two runners-up from 2018 Division 1 (Norra and Södra) in two-legged ties on a home-and-away basis with the team from Superettan finishing at home.
Syrianska FC won 3–2 on aggregate.
4–4 on aggregate. Varbergs BoIS won on away goals.
Positions by round
Season statistics
Top scorers
RankPlayerClubGoals1 Andri Rúnar BjarnasonHelsingborgs IF162 Erik BjörndahlDegerfors IF14 Chisom EgbuchulamFalkenbergs FF4 Kosuke KinoshitaHalmstads BK13 Diego MontielÖrgryte IS6 Pär CederqvistIFK Värnamo12 Dragan KapčevićÖsters IF Samuel NnamaniAFC Eskilstuna Joakim RunnemoIK Frej
Hat-tricks Player For Against Result Date Andri Rúnar BjarnasonHelsingborgs IFIK Frej1–514 April 2018 Sargon AbrahamDegerfors IFNorrby IF1–314 May 2018 Kosuke KinoshitaHalmstads BKVarbergs BoIS2–32 June 2018 Simon AlexanderssonIK BrageIFK Värnamo2–330 June 2018 Dušan JajićIK FrejGefle IF2–55 August 2018 Chisom EgbuchulamFalkenbergs FFDegerfors IF4–126 August 2018
References
External links
Swedish Football Association - Superettan