# 2015 Superettan

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 | Turf$^1$ | Stadium capacity$^1$ |
| AFC United | Stockholm | Skytteholms IP | Artificial | 3,500 |
| Assyriska FF | Södertälje | Södertälje Fotbollsarena | Artificial | 6,700 |
| Degerfors IF | Degerfors | Stora Valla | Natural | 7,500 |
| GAIS | Gothenburg | Gamla Ullevi | Natural | 18,416 |
| IF Brommapojkarna | Stockholm | Grimsta IP | Artificial | 5,500 |
| IFK Värnamo | Värnamo | Finnvedsvallen | Natural | 5,000 |
| IK Frej | Täby | Vikingavallen | Artificial | 1,250 |
| IK Sirius | Uppsala | Studenternas IP | Natural | 6,300 |
| Jönköpings Södra IF | Jönköping | Stadsparksvallen | Natural | 5,500 |
| Ljungskile SK | Ljungskile | Uddevalla Arena | Natural | 5,500 |
| Mjällby AIF | Hällevik | Strandvallen | Natural | 6,750 |
| Syrianska FC | Södertälje | Södertälje Fotbollsarena | Artificial | 6,100 |
| Utsiktens BK | Gothenburg | Ruddalens IP | Artificial | 5,000 |
| Varbergs BoIS | Varberg | Påskbergsvallen | Natural | 4,500 |
| Ängelholms FF | Ängelholm | Ängelholms IP | Natural | 4,000 |
| Östersunds FK | Östersund | Jämtkraft Arena | Artificial | 6,400 |
* $^1$ 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 coach$^1$ | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Main shirt sponsor |
| AFC United | Özcan Melkemichel | Josh Wicks | Nike | Busmarket Sweden |
| Assyriska FF | Valentic Azrudin | Linus Malmborg | Nike | Scania |
| Degerfors IF | Patrik Werner | Tobias Solberg | Adidas | Outokumpu |
| GAIS | Per-Ola Ljung | Kenneth Gustafsson | Hummel | Åbro |
| IF Brommapojkarna | Magni Fannberg | Jacob Une Larsson | Adidas | Åbro |
| 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 | Various |
| Mjällby AIF | Anders Linderoth | Mattias Asper | Puma | Various |
| Syrianska FC | Nemanja Miljanović | Louay Chanko | Nike | Aros Kapital |
| Utsiktens BK | Janne Carlsson | Robin Jonsson | Erreà | Prioritet 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

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
| IF Brommapojkarna | Stefan Billborn | Sacked | 3 November 2014 | Pre-season | Magni Fannberg | 11 November 2014 |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Jönköpings Södra IF (C, P) | 30 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 54 | 28 | +26 | 63 | Promotion to Allsvenskan |
| 2 | Östersunds FK (P) | 30 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 56 | 25 | +31 | 62 | Promotion to Allsvenskan |
| 3 | IK Sirius | 30 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 53 | 25 | +28 | 58 | Qualification to Promotion playoffs |
| 4 | Assyriska FF | 30 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 46 | 37 | +9 | 47 | |
| 5 | Varbergs BoIS | 30 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 34 | 27 | +7 | 47 | |
| 6 | Ljungskile SK | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 44 | 37 | +7 | 43 | |
| 7 | Syrianska FC | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 37 | 30 | +7 | 43 | |
| 8 | AFC United | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 43 | 44 | −1 | 40 | |
| 9 | Degerfors IF | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 36 | 38 | −2 | 38 | |
| 10 | IFK Värnamo | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 37 | 40 | −3 | 38 | |
| 11 | GAIS | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 37 | 44 | −7 | 35 | |
| 12 | Ängelholms FF | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 31 | 47 | −16 | 33 | |
| 13 | Mjällby AIF (R) | 30 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 23 | 43 | −20 | 30 | Qualification to Relegation playoffs |
| 14 | IK Frej (O) | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 22 | 44 | −22 | 29 | Qualification to Relegation playoffs |
| 15 | Utsiktens BK (R) | 30 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 28 | 56 | −28 | 26 | Relegation to Division 1 |
| 16 | IF Brommapojkarna (R) | 30 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 30 | 46 | −16 | 23 | Relegation to Division 1 |

### 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

| 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 |
| Jönköpings Södra IF | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Östersunds FK | 6 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| IK Sirius | 9 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Assyriska FF | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Varbergs BoIS | 5 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Ljungskile SK | 11 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Syrianska FC | 10 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| AFC United | 7 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Degerfors IF | 16 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| IFK Värnamo | 3 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| GAIS | 12 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 |
| Ängelholms FF | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 |
| Mjällby AIF | 8 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
| IK Frej | 14 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
| Utsiktens BK | 1 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 |
| IF Brommapojkarna | 13 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 |
* Promotion to Allsvenskan
* Promotion play-offs
* Relegation play-offs
* Relegation to Division 1

## Results

| Home \ Away | AFC | AFF | DIF | GAI | BP | IFKV | IKF | IKS | JSIF | LSK | MAIF | SFC | UBK | VAR | ÄFF | ÖFK |
| AFC United | | 3–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–5 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 1–2 |
| Assyriska FF | 1–3 | | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 7–1 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 4–2 |
| Degerfors IF | 3–1 | 2–0 | | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| GAIS | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | | 2–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 5–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 |
| IF Brommapojkarna | 1–1 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 0–2 | | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| IFK Värnamo | 2–3 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | | 2–1 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 |
| IK Frej | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 1–0 | | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| IK Sirius | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | | 2–0 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 |
| Jönköpings Södra IF | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 5–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 5–2 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 0–1 |
| Ljungskile SK | 0–3 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 1–2 | | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 |
| Mjällby AIF | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 |
| Syrianska FC | 3–3 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 |
| Utsiktens BK | 0–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 1–4 | | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 |
| Varbergs BoIS | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Ängelholms FF | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | | 0–1 |
| Östersunds FK | 3–1 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 5–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | |

## Season statistics
### Top goalkeepers

(Minimum of 10 games played)
| Rank | Goalkeeper | Club | GP | GA | SV% | CS |
| 1 | Dwayne Miller | Syrianska FC | 13 | 11 | 79 | 6 |
| 2 | Andreas Andersson | IK Sirius | 30 | 25 | 78 | 14 |
| 2 | Josh Wicks | AFC United | 24 | 28 | 78 | 7 |
| 4 | Tommi Vaiho | GAIS | 30 | 44 | 76 | 6 |
| 4 | Damir Mehić | Jönköpings Södra IF | 11 | 10 | 76 | 5 |
| 6 | Joakim Wulff | Varbergs BoIS | 29 | 26 | 75 | 15 |
| 6 | Mattias Asper | Mjällby AIF | 24 | 30 | 75 | 7 |
| 6 | Oscar Berglund | Ängelholms FF | 27 | 38 | 75 | 4 |
| 9 | August Strömberg | Degerfors IF | 29 | 36 | 73 | 9 |

### Hat-tricks

| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
| Mattias Genc | Assyriska FF | IK Frej | 3–1 | 26 April 2015 |
| Michael Omoh | Östersunds FK | Syrianska FC | 4–1 | 5 May 2015 |
| Gabriel Altemark-Vanneryr | Ljungskile SK | IK Sirius | 4–3 | 6 May 2015 |
| Peter Samuelsson | Degerfors IF | IK Frej | 4–0 | 9 May 2015 |
| Chidi Omeje | AFC United | Ljungskile SK | 0–3 | 1 August 2015 |
| Nsima Peter | Varbergs BoIS | IK Frej | 5–0 | 1 August 2015 |
| Othman El Kabir | AFC United | IFK Värnamo | 2–3 | 16 August 2015 |
| Hannes Stiller | Ljungskile SK | Ängelholms FF | 3–3 | 23 August 2015 |
| Jamie Hopcutt | Östersunds FK | Utsiktens BK | 5–1 | 24 August 2015 |
| Tommy Thelin | Jönköpings Södra IF | Utsiktens BK | 5–2 | 1 November 2015 |