The 2020 Ettan, part of the 2020 Swedish football season is the 15th season of Sweden's third-tier football league in its current format. The season started on 14 June 2020 and ended on 29 November 2020.
Teams 32 teams contest the league divided into two divisions, Norra and Södra. 22 returning from the 2019 season, three relegated from Superettan and seven promoted from Division 2. The champion of each division will qualify directly for promotion to Superettan, while the two runners-up compete in a play-off against the thirteenth and fourteenth teams from Superettan to decide who will play in the 2021 Superettan. The bottom three teams in each division will qualify directly for relegation to Division 2, while the two thirteenth-placed teams play against each other while the top two runners-up from Division 2 play against each other to decide who will play in 2021 Ettan.
Norra Team Location Stadium Stadium capacity1 Berga Kalmar Bergaviks IP Brommapojkarna Vällingby Grimsta IP 5,000 Frej Täby kyrkby Vikingavallen 2,650 Gefle IF Gävle Gavlevallen 6,500 IFK Haninge Haninge Torvalla IP Karlslunds IF Örebro Karlslund Arena 2,000 IF Karlstad Karlstad Tingvalla IP 10,000 Luleå Luleå Skogsvallen 2,500 Nyköpings BIS Nyköping Rosvalla IP 1,000 Sandvikens IF Sandviken Jernvallen 7,000 Sollentuna FK Sollentuna Sollentunavallen 4,500 Sylvia Norrköping Östgötaporten 17,000 Team TG Umeå Umeå Energi Arena 10,000 Täby Täby Tibblevallen Vasalunds IF Solna Skytteholms IP 4,000 Örebro Syrianska Örebro Örnsro IP
Södra Team Location Stadium Stadium capacity1 Assyriska IK Jönköping Rosenlunds IP 1,500 Eskilsminne Helsingborg Harlyckans IP 3,500 Karlskrona Karlskrona Västra Mark IP 4,000 Landskrona Landskrona Landskrona IP 10,500 Lindome Lindome Lindevi IP 1,500 Linköping City Linköping Linköping Arena 8,500 Lund Lund Klostergårdens IP 8,560 Motala Motala Motala Idrottspark 8,500 Oskarshamn Oskarshamn Arena Oskarshamn 2,000 Qviding Gothenburg Valhalla IP 4,000 Skövde Skövde Södermalms IP 4,500 Torn Stångby Tornvallen 1,500 Trollhättan Trollhättan Edsborgs IP 5,100 Tvååkers Tvååker Övrevi IP 1,000 Utsikten Gothenburg Ruddalens IP 5,000 Värnamo Värnamo Finnvedsvallen 5,000
League tables Norra
Södra
Results
Relegation play-offs The 13th-placed teams of each division meet each other, and the best two runners-up from 2020 Division 2 meet each other, in two-legged ties on a home-and-away basis. The winners of each matchup qualify for the 2021 Division 1.
Åtvidabergs won, 3-2, via forfeit. Västra Frölunda IF player Anton Karl Delwér played in the second leg while suspended after his second yellow card of the season during the first leg. Västra Frölunda originally led the second leg, 3-1, and the aggregate, 3-3, via away goals rule (1-0), after both games. Result overturned after Delwér participated in the second leg in violation of rules.
Lunds BK won 3–1 on aggregate.
Season statistics
Top scorers - Norra
RankPlayerClubGoals1 Ashley CoffeyIFK Haninge272 Maï TraoréVasalunds IF233 Ekin BulutVasalunds IF224 Isac LidbergGefle IF195 Marijan CosicIFK Haninge186 Leo EnglundSandvikens IF177 Oskar FalleniusIF Brommapojkarna168 Jacob HjelteGefle IF14 Victor KamfTeam TG
Top scorers - Södra
RankPlayerClubGoals1 Simon AdjeiAssyriska IK252 Emil ÅbergEskilsminne IF193 André ReinholdssonOskarshamns AIK154 Michael KargboIFK Värnamo145 Amar MuhsinSkövde AIK136 Viktor GranathSkövde AIK12 Paulo Marcelo Souza AlvesUtsiktens BK Linus OlssonLandskrona BoIS Ajdin ZeljkovicLindome GIF10 Robert LipovacLindome GIF11
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