# 2013 Superettan

The 2013 Superettan, part of the 2013 Swedish football season, was the 14th season of Sweden's second-tier football league in its current format. The 2013 fixtures were released on 18 December 2012. The season started on 6 April 2013 and ended on 2 November 2013.
Falkenbergs FF won Superettan this season, their first title and were thus promoted to Allsvenskan for the first time along with runners-up Örebro SK who returned to the top flight after one years absence. GIF Sundsvall advanced to the promotion play-offs but failed to win against Halmstads BK.
A total of 16 teams contested the league; 11 returning from the 2012 season, three that were relegated from Allsvenskan and three that were promoted from Division 1.

## Teams

A total of 16 teams contested the league, 11 returning from the 2012 season, three relegated from the 2012 Allsvenskan and two promoted from the 2012 Division 1. The top two teams qualified directly for promotion to Allsvenskan, the third had to play a play-off against the fourteenth team from Allsvenskan to decide who would play in Allsvenskan 2014. 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 teams from Division 1 Södra and Division 1 Norra to decide who would play in Superettan 2014.
2012-champions Östers IF and runner-up IF Brommapojkarna were promoted to the Allsvenskan at the end of the 2012 season. They were replaced by Örebro SK and GAIS, furthermore third placed Halmstads BK replaced GIF Sundsvall as an Allsvenskan team after winning the deciding play-offs. Trelleborgs FF and Umeå FC were relegated at the end of the 2012 season after finishing in the bottom two places of the table. They were replaced by Division 1 Norra champions Östersunds FK and Division 1 Södra champions Örgryte IS.

### Stadia and locations

| Team | Location | Stadium | Turf$^1$ | Stadium capacity$^1$ |
| Assyriska FF | Södertälje | Södertälje Fotbollsarena | Artificial | 7,500 |
| Degerfors IF | Degerfors | Stora Valla | Natural | 12,500 |
| Falkenbergs FF | Falkenberg | Falkenbergs IP | Natural | 6,000 |
| GAIS | Gothenburg | Gamla Ullevi | Natural | 18,416 |
| GIF Sundsvall | Sundsvall | Norrporten Arena | Artificial | 7,700 |
| Hammarby IF | Stockholm | Söderstadion (Until 23 June 2013) | Natural | 15,600 |
| Hammarby IF | Stockholm | Tele2 Arena (From 20 July 2013) | Artificial | 30,000 |
| IFK Värnamo | Värnamo | Finnvedsvallen | Natural | 5,000 |
| IK Brage | Borlänge | Domnarvsvallen | Artificial | 6,500 |
| Jönköpings Södra IF | Jönköping | Stadsparksvallen | Natural | 5,200 |
| Landskrona BoIS | Landskrona | Landskrona IP | Natural | 12,000 |
| Ljungskile SK | Ljungskile | Skarsjövallen | Natural | 8,000 |
| Varbergs BoIS | Varberg | Påskbergsvallen | Natural | 4,000 |
| Ängelholms FF | Ängelholm | Ängelholms IP | Natural | 5,000 |
| Örebro SK | Örebro | Behrn Arena | Artificial | 13,129 |
| Örgryte IS | Gothenburg | Gamla Ullevi | Natural | 18,416 |
| Östersunds FK | Östersund | Jämtkraft Arena | Artificial | 5,000 |
* $^1$ 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$^1$ | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
| Assyriska FF | Valentic Azrudin | Stefan Batan | Nike | Scania |
| Degerfors IF | Patrik Werner | Tobias Solberg | adidas | Outokumpu |
| Falkenbergs FF | Hans Eklund | David Svensson | Nike | Gekås Ullared |
| GAIS | Thomas Askebrand | Kenneth Gustafsson | Puma | Various |
| GIF Sundsvall | Joel Cedergren Roger Franzén | Stefan Ålander | adidas | Various |
| Hammarby IF | Thomas Dennerby | Kennedy Bakircioglü | Kappa | Herbalife |
| IFK Värnamo | Sören Åkeby | Joel Löw | adidas | Various |
| IK Brage | Zvezdan Milošević | Andi Toompuu | Puma | SSAB |
| Jönköpings Södra IF | Mats Gren | Tommy Thelin | Nike | Various |
| Landskrona BoIS | Jörgen Pettersson | Linus Malmqvist | Masita | Various |
| Ljungskile SK | Tor-Arne Fredheim | Patrick Hopkins | Umbro | Various |
| Varbergs BoIS | Halda Kabil | Fredrik Björk | Umbro | Various |
| Ängelholms FF | Joakim Persson | Björn Westerblad | adidas | PEAB |
| Örebro SK | Per-Ola Ljung | Magnus Wikström | Puma | Malmbergs |
| Örgryte IS | Marcus Lantz | Jakob Lindström | Uhlsport | Various |
| Östersunds FK | Graham Potter | Petter Augustsson | adidas | PEAB |

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
| Falkenbergs FF | Thomas Askebrand | Signed by GAIS | 2 October 2012 | Pre-season | Hans Eklund | 26 November 2012 |
| GAIS | Benjamin Westman | End of tenure as caretaker | 3 October 2012 | Pre-season | Thomas Askebrand | 2 October 2012 |
| Landskrona BoIS | Henrik Larsson | End of contract | 8 November 2012 | Pre-season | Jörgen Pettersson | 16 November 2012 |
| GIF Sundsvall | Sören Åkeby | Mutual agreement | 19 November 2012 | Pre-season | Joel Cedergren Roger Franzén | 14 December 2012 |
| IFK Värnamo | Jörgen Petersson | Resigned | 3 December 2012 | Pre-season | Sören Åkeby | 12 December 2012 |
| IK Brage | Bo Wålemark Örjan Glans | Resigned | 7 January 2013 | Pre-season | Conny Karlsson | 16 January 2013 |
| Hammarby IF | Gregg Berhalter | Sacked | 24 July 2013 | 8th | Thomas Dennerby | 24 July 2013 |

## Suspended matches
### Hammarby IF vs. GAIS

The match on 19 September 2013 at Tele2 Arena between Hammarby IF and GAIS was suspended after 57 minutes of play, following confrontations among the spectators. About 40 people made their way directly above the part of the stands where the GAIS supporters were and threw objects directed at them. Confrontations between the spectators then occurred at the southwest part of the arena, with no injuries requiring hospital care reported. About 20 to 25 minutes later, the match was resumed. GAIS filed an appeal for a 3–0 fixed result in their favour, but the appeal was rejected by the Swedish Football Association (SvFF). On 10 October 2013 the SvFF announced Hammarby IF was given a 250,000 SEK fine and that no attendance will be allowed for two upcoming home games.

### Örgryte IS vs. Ljungskile SK

The match on 28 October 2013 at Gamla Ullevi between Örgryte IS and Ljungskile SK had to be postponed to 29 October because of dangerous weather conditions.

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Falkenbergs FF (C, P) | 30 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 63 | 31 | +32 | 62 | Promotion to Allsvenskan |
| 2 | Örebro SK (P) | 30 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 52 | 21 | +31 | 61 | Promotion to Allsvenskan |
| 3 | GIF Sundsvall | 30 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 54 | 35 | +19 | 58 | Qualification to Promotion playoffs |
| 4 | Degerfors IF | 30 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 52 | 41 | +11 | 52 | |
| 5 | Hammarby IF | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 34 | 28 | +6 | 47 | |
| 6 | Ängelholms FF | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 55 | 47 | +8 | 43 | |
| 7 | GAIS | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 45 | 47 | −2 | 43 | |
| 8 | Assyriska FF | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 42 | 44 | −2 | 42 | |
| 9 | Ljungskile SK | 30 | 12 | 3 | 15 | 34 | 31 | +3 | 39 | |
| 10 | Östersunds FK | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 39 | 38 | +1 | 39 | |
| 11 | Jönköpings Södra IF | 30 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 39 | 44 | −5 | 38 | |
| 12 | Landskrona BoIS | 30 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 40 | 48 | −8 | 32 | |
| 13 | Varbergs BoIS (O) | 30 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 47 | 65 | −18 | 32 | Qualification to Relegation playoffs |
| 14 | IFK Värnamo (O) | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 30 | 51 | −21 | 31 | Qualification to Relegation playoffs |
| 15 | Örgryte IS (R) | 30 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 23 | 40 | −17 | 28 | Relegation to Division 1 |
| 16 | IK Brage (R) | 30 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 21 | 59 | −38 | 12 | Relegation to Division 1 |

### Relegation play-offs

IFK Värnamo won 5–2 on aggregate.
Varbergs BoIS won 3–1 on aggregate.

### Positions by round

| Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
| Falkenbergs FF | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Örebro SK | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| GIF Sundsvall | 16 | 16 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Degerfors IF | 11 | 14 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Hammarby IF | 9 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Ängelholms FF | 14 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 6 |
| GAIS | 12 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 |
| Assyriska FF | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 |
| Ljungskile SK | 10 | 11 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Östersunds FK | 8 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Jönköpings Södra IF | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
| Landskrona BoIS | 6 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| Varbergs BoIS | 2 | 7 | 12 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 |
| IFK Värnamo | 13 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 |
| Örgryte IS | 15 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 |
| IK Brage | 4 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
* Promotion to Allsvenskan
* Promotion play-offs
* Relegation play-offs
* Relegation to Division 1

## Results

| Home \ Away | AFF | DIF | FFF | GAI | GIFS | HAM | IFKV | IKB | JSIF | LAN | LSK | VAR | ÄFF | ÖSK | ÖIS | ÖFK |
| Assyriska FF | | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 |
| Degerfors IF | 2–1 | | 2–2 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Falkenbergs FF | 2–0 | 2–4 | | 4–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| GAIS | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | | 3–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 |
| GIF Sundsvall | 2–4 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–4 | | 1–0 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 0–3 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 |
| Hammarby IF | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| IFK Värnamo | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 2–5 | 0–5 | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| IK Brage | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Jönköpings Södra IF | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 4–0 | | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Landskrona BoIS | 0–4 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | | 0–2 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–4 | 4–0 |
| Ljungskile SK | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 |
| Varbergs BoIS | 4–1 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 3–1 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–4 | | 2–1 | 1–2 | 5–1 | 0–3 |
| Ängelholms FF | 6–1 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–2 | | 1–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 |
| Örebro SK | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 6–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| Örgryte IS | 3–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 2–1 |
| Östersunds FK | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | |

## Season statistics
### Top goalkeepers

(Minimum of 10 games played)
| Rank | Goalkeeper | Club | GP | GA | SV% | ShO |
| 1 | Peter Abrahamsson | Örgryte IS | 26 | 31 | 82 | 10 |
| 1 | Otto Martler | Falkenbergs FF | 28 | 28 | 82 | 14 |
| 3 | Johannes Hopf | Hammarby IF | 29 | 27 | 80 | 10 |
| 4 | Oscar Jansson | Örebro SK | 30 | 21 | 79 | 11 |
| 5 | Andreas Andersson | Ljungskile SK | 10 | 10 | 78 | 3 |
| 5 | Magnus Berglöf | Ljungskile SK | 20 | 21 | 78 | 7 |
| 7 | Petter Augustsson | Östersunds FK | 25 | 26 | 77 | 9 |
| 8 | August Strömberg | Degerfors IF | 29 | 40 | 76 | 5 |
| 9 | Tommi Vaiho | GAIS | 30 | 47 | 75 | 8 |
| 9 | Bill Halvorsen | Landskrona BoIS | 28 | 45 | 75 | 9 |

### Hat-tricks

| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
| Muamet Asanovski | Ängelholms FF | Jönköpings Södra IF | 2–4 | 29 April 2013 |
| Thomas Boakye | Östersunds FK | Jönköpings Södra IF | 5–0 | 4 May 2013 |
| Gabriel Altemark Vanneryr | Varbergs BoIS | Örgryte IS | 5–1 | 23 May 2013 |
| Johan Bertilsson | Degerfors IF | Falkenbergs FF | 2–4 | 24 June 2013 |
| Joel Johansson | GAIS | GIF Sundsvall | 4–4 | 20 July 2013 |
| Shpëtim Hasani | Örebro SK | IFK Värnamo | 0–5 | 2 August 2013 |
| Fredrik Olsson | Landskrona BoIS | Hammarby IF | 4–1 | 14 September 2013 |
| Shpëtim Hasani | Örebro SK | GAIS | 6–1 | 27 October 2013 |

### Attendance

| Club | Home | Home | Away | Away | Total | Total |
| Club | Average | Total | Average | Total | Average | Total |
| Hammarby IF | 12,101 | 181,512 | 3,935 | 59,020 | 8,018 | 240,532 |
| Örebro SK | 4,937 | 74,062 | 2,629 | 39,435 | 3,783 | 113,497 |
| GAIS | 3,335 | 50,019 | 3,715 | 55,721 | 3,525 | 105,740 |
| Östersunds FK | 3,320 | 49,803 | 2,398 | 35,966 | 2,859 | 85,769 |
| GIF Sundsvall | 3,062 | 45,926 | 2,798 | 41,977 | 2,930 | 87,903 |
| Örgryte IS | 2,682 | 37,545 | 4,551 | 68,259 | 3,579 | 107,368 |
| Degerfors IF | 2,462 | 36,923 | 3,140 | 47,106 | 2,801 | 84,029 |
| Falkenbergs FF | 2,217 | 33,248 | 3,338 | 50,074 | 2,777 | 83,322 |
| Varbergs BoIS | 2,187 | 32,798 | 2,843 | 42,649 | 2,515 | 75,447 |
| Landskrona BoIS | 2,142 | 32,135 | 2,444 | 34,214 | 2,252 | 67,552 |
| Assyriska FF | 1 975 | 29,618 | 2,471 | 37,063 | 2,223 | 66,681 |
| Jönköpings Södra IF | 1,928 | 28,914 | 2,433 | 36,501 | 2,180 | 65,415 |
| IK Brage | 1,768 | 26,525 | 2,548 | 38,213 | 2,158 | 64,738 |
| IFK Värnamo | 1,394 | 20,909 | 2,504 | 37,563 | 1,949 | 58,472 |
| Ljungskile SK | 1,185 | 17,779 | 2,781 | 38,928 | 1,942 | 58,271 |
| Ängelholms FF | 695 | 10,432 | 2,950 | 44,256 | 1,823 | 54,688 |
| League | | | | | 2,957 | 709,712 |