# 2012 Superettan

The 2012 Superettan, part of the 2012 Swedish football season, was the 13th season of Sweden's second-tier football league in its current format. The 2012 fixtures were released on 9 December 2011. The season began on 6 April 2012 and ended on 3 November 2012.

## Teams

A total of 16 teams contested the league, 12 returning from the 2011 season, two relegated from Allsvenskan and two promoted from Division 1. The top two teams qualified directly for promotion to Allsvenskan, the third had to play a play-off against the fourteenth from Allsvenskan to decide who will play in Allsvenskan 2013. 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 from Division 1 Södra and Division 1 Norra to decide who will play in Superettan 2013.
2011-champions Åtvidabergs FF and runner-up GIF Sundsvall were promoted to the Allsvenskan at the end of the 2011 season. They were replaced by Halmstads BK and Trelleborgs FF. Västerås SK and Qviding FIF were relegated at the end of the 2011 season after finishing in the bottom two places of the table. They were replaced by Division 1 Norra champions Umeå FC and Division 1 Södra champions Varbergs BoIS.

### Stadia and locations

| Team | Location | Stadium | Stadium capacity$^1$ |
| Assyriska FF | Södertälje | Södertälje Fotbollsarena | 7,500 |
| IK Brage | Borlänge | Domnarvsvallen | 5,500 |
| IF Brommapojkarna | Stockholm | Grimsta IP | 8,000 |
| Degerfors IF | Degerfors | Stora Valla | 12,500 |
| Falkenbergs FF | Falkenberg | Falkenbergs IP | 6,000 |
| Halmstads BK | Halmstad | Örjans Vall | 15,500 |
| Hammarby IF | Stockholm | Söderstadion | 15,600 |
| Jönköpings Södra IF | Jönköping | Stadsparksvallen | 5,200 |
| Landskrona BoIS | Landskrona | Landskrona IP | 12,000 |
| Ljungskile SK | Ljungskile | Starke Arvid Arena | 8,000 |
| Trelleborgs FF | Trelleborg | Vångavallen | 10,000 |
| Umeå FC | Umeå | T3 Arena | 10,000 |
| Varbergs BoIS | Varberg | Påskbergsvallen | 4,000 |
| IFK Värnamo | Värnamo | Finnvedsvallen | 5,000 |
| Ängelholms FF | Ängelholm | Ängelholms IP | 5,000 |
| Östers IF | Växjö | Värendsvallen (Until 22 August 2012) | 13,000 |
| Östers IF | Växjö | Myresjöhus Arena (From 3 September 2012) | 12,000 |
* $^1$ 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 | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
| Assyriska FF | Valentic Azrudin | Göran Marklund | Nike | Scania |
| IK Brage | Bo Wålemark Örjan Glans | Vyacheslav Jevtushenko | Puma | SSAB |
| IF Brommapojkarna | Roberth Björknesjö | Pontus Segerström | adidas | Various |
| Degerfors IF | Patrik Werner | Tobias Solberg | adidas | Outokumpu |
| Falkenbergs FF | Thomas Askebrand | David Svensson | Nike | Various |
| Halmstads BK | Jens Gustafsson | Johnny Lundberg | Puma | ICA |
| Hammarby IF | Gregg Berhalter | Andreas Dahl | Kappa | Pepsi |
| Jönköpings Södra IF | Mats Gren | Dennis Östlundh | Nike | Various |
| Landskrona BoIS | Henrik Larsson | Linus Malmqvist | Masita | Various |
| Ljungskile SK | Tor-Arne Fredheim | Aleksandar Kitić | Umbro | Various |
| Trelleborgs FF | Anders Grimberg | Kristian Haynes | Masita | Trelleborg |
| Umeå FC | Stuart Gibson Örjan Andersson | Erik Lundström | adidas | Norrporten |
| Varbergs BoIS | Halda Kabil | Fredrik Björk | Umbro | Various |
| IFK Värnamo | Jörgen Petersson | Tobias Englund | adidas | Various |
| Ängelholms FF | Joakim Persson | Jakob Augustsson | adidas | Peab |
| Östers IF | Roar Hansen | Denis Velić | Umbro | ICA |

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment | Table |
| IFK Värnamo | Tony Johansson | End of shared leadership | 7 October 2011 | Pre-season | | | |
| Jönköpings Södra IF | Hans Lindbom | Mutual consent | 22 October 2011 | Pre-season | Mats Gren | 2 December 2011 | Pre-season |
| Ljungskile SK | Bo Wålemark | Resigned | 23 October 2011 | Pre-season | Tor-Arne Fredheim | 12 December 2011 | Pre-season |
| Trelleborgs FF | Tom Prahl | Resigned | 26 October 2011 | Pre-season | Alf Westerberg | 7 November 2011 | Pre-season |
| Assyriska FF | Pat Walker | Sacked | 11 November 2011 | Pre-season | Valentic Azrudin | 15 November 2011 | Pre-season |
| Ängelholms FF | Christoffer Skoog | End of shared leadership | 15 November 2011 | Pre-season | | | |
| IK Brage | Jonas Björkgren | End of tenure as caretaker | 17 November 2011 | Pre-season | Bo Wålemark | 17 November 2011 | Pre-season |
| Hammarby IF | Roger Sandberg | End of tenure as caretaker | 12 December 2011 | Pre-season | Gregg Berhalter | 12 December 2011 | Pre-season |
| Trelleborgs FF | Alf Westerberg | Resigned | 15 June 2012 | 14th | Anders Grimberg (as caretaker) | 15 June 2012 | 14th |
| IFK Värnamo | Glenn Ståhl | Mutual consent | 12 July 2012 | 16th | Jörgen Petersson | 12 July 2012 | 16th |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Östers IF (C, P) | 30 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 57 | 28 | +29 | 66 | Promotion to Allsvenskan |
| 2 | IF Brommapojkarna (P) | 30 | 20 | 1 | 9 | 61 | 40 | +21 | 61 | Promotion to Allsvenskan |
| 3 | Halmstads BK (O, P) | 30 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 61 | 33 | +28 | 56 | Qualification to Promotion playoffs |
| 4 | Hammarby IF | 30 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 40 | 33 | +7 | 49 | |
| 5 | Ljungskile SK | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 36 | 36 | 0 | 42 | |
| 6 | Landskrona BoIS | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 35 | 43 | −8 | 41 | |
| 7 | Jönköpings Södra IF | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 52 | 47 | +5 | 40 | |
| 8 | Assyriska FF | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 44 | 49 | −5 | 39 | |
| 9 | Ängelholms FF | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 40 | 46 | −6 | 39 | |
| 10 | IK Brage | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 35 | 45 | −10 | 39 | |
| 11 | Varbergs BoIS | 30 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 49 | 52 | −3 | 37 | |
| 12 | Degerfors IF | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 46 | 53 | −7 | 35 | |
| 13 | Falkenbergs FF (O) | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 45 | 47 | −2 | 34 | Qualification to Relegation playoffs |
| 14 | IFK Värnamo (O) | 30 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 47 | 54 | −7 | 30 | Qualification to Relegation playoffs |
| 15 | Trelleborgs FF (R) | 30 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 40 | 55 | −15 | 29 | Relegation to Division 1 |
| 16 | Umeå FC (R) | 30 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 34 | 61 | −27 | 23 | Relegation to Division 1 |

## Relegation play-offs

Falkenbergs FF won 2–1 on aggregate.
IFK Värnamo won 4–2 on aggregate.

## Positions by round

Note: Some matches were played out of phase with the corresponding round, positions were corrected in hindsight.
| 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 |
| Östers IF | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 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 |
| IF Brommapojkarna | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Halmstads BK | 12 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Hammarby IF | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Ljungskile SK | 14 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Landskrona BoIS | 11 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 6 |
| Jönköpings Södra IF | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 7 |
| Assyriska FF | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 8 |
| Ängelholms FF | 7 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 9 |
| IK Brage | 16 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 10 |
| Varbergs BoIS | 6 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
| Degerfors IF | 15 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 |
| Falkenbergs FF | 8 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| IFK Värnamo | 13 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 14 |
| Trelleborgs FF | 9 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 |
| Umeå FC | 10 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
* Promotion to Allsvenskan
* Promotion play-offs
* Relegation play-offs
* Relegation to Division 1

## Results

| Home \ Away | AFF | IKB | BP | DIF | FFF | HBK | HAM | JSIF | LAN | LSK | TFF | UFC | VAR | IFKV | ÄFF | ÖIF |
| Assyriska FF | | 3–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–5 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–4 | 1–0 |
| IK Brage | 2–1 | | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 4–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| IF Brommapojkarna | 4–2 | 4–1 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 2–4 | 4–0 | 3–1 |
| Degerfors IF | 4–2 | 3–2 | 0–2 | | 2–3 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 6–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 |
| Falkenbergs FF | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 4–1 | | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 |
| Halmstads BK | 3–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 3–2 |
| Hammarby IF | 0–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 |
| Jönköpings Södra IF | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–3 |
| Landskrona BoIS | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 4–1 | 3–2 | | 2–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 |
| Ljungskile SK | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Trelleborgs FF | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | | 4–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 |
| Umeå FC | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 5–1 | | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–4 |
| Varbergs BoIS | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–4 |
| IFK Värnamo | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 3–4 | 2–5 | 0–1 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 0–1 | | 4–0 | 1–2 |
| Ängelholms FF | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | | 0–2 |
| Östers IF | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | |

## Season statistics

Top scorers :
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Pablo Piñones Arce | IF Brommapojkarna | 18 |
| 2 | Robin Simović | Ängelholms FF | 17 |
| 3 | Guðjón Baldvinsson | Halmstads BK | 16 |
| 3 | Freddy Söderberg | Östers IF | 16 |
| 5 | Nabil Bahoui | IF Brommapojkarna | 15 |
| 6 | Patrik Larsson | Varbergs BoIS FC | 14 |
| 7 | Mikael Boman | Halmstads BK | 13 |
| 8 | Gabriel Altemark Vanneryr | Varbergs BoIS FC | 12 |
| 8 | Fuad Hyseni | Assyriska FF | 12 |
| 8 | Dragan Kapčević | IK Brage | 12 |
Top assists :
| Rank | Player | Club | Assists |
| 1 | Denis Velić | Östers IF | 11 |
| 2 | Nahir Besara | Assyriska FF | 9 |
| 3 | Gabriel Altemark Vanneryr | Varbergs BoIS FC | 8 |
| 3 | Zoran Jovanović | Trelleborgs FF | 8 |
| 3 | Stefan Karlsson | Östers IF | 8 |
| 3 | Ryan Miller | Halmstads BK | 8 |
| 3 | Pablo Piñones Arce | IF Brommapojkarna | 8 |
| 3 | Kristinn Steindórsson | Halmstads BK | 8 |
| 9 | Patrik Bojent | Östers IF | 7 |
| 9 | Amadaiya Rennie | Degerfors IF | 7 |
| 9 | Jonas Lindberg | Varbergs BoIS | 7 |
| 9 | Björn Westerblad | Ängelholms FF | 7 |

### Top goalkeepers

(Minimum of 10 games played)
| Rank | Goalkeeper | Club | GP | GA | SV% | ShO |
| 1 | Zlatan Azinović | Trelleborgs FF | 12 | 19 | 78 | 1 |
| 2 | Johannes Hopf | Hammarby IF | 30 | 33 | 77 | 9 |
| 2 | Karl-Johan Johnsson | Halmstads BK | 30 | 33 | 77 | 11 |
| 2 | Alexander Nadj | Östers IF | 30 | 28 | 77 | 11 |
| 5 | Brian Edwards | Degerfors IF | 28 | 44 | 76 | 5 |
| 5 | Marcus Sandberg | Ljungskile SK | 26 | 30 | 76 | 8 |
| 7 | Ivo Vazgeč | Landskrona BoIS | 28 | 39 | 74 | 6 |
| 7 | Fredrik Persson | Trelleborgs FF | 11 | 15 | 74 | 2 |
| 7 | Hampus Nilsson | Ängelholms FF | 14 | 22 | 74 | 1 |
| 7 | Stojan Lukić | Falkenbergs FF | 30 | 47 | 74 | 2 |
| 7 | Niklas Helgesson | Jönköpings Södra | 24 | 32 | 74 | 4 |

### Hat-tricks

| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
| Daryl Smylie | Jönköpings Södra | Ljungskile SK | 4–1 | 16 April 2012 |
| Kenny Pavey | Ljungskile SK | Assyriska FF | 3–1 | 27 May 2012 |
| Gabriel Altemark Vanneryr | Varbergs BoIS | Jönköpings Södra | 4–1 | 2 June 2012 |
| Guðjón Baldvinsson | Halmstads BK | Brage | 2–5 | 16 June 2012 |
| Pablo Piñones Arce | IF Brommapojkarna | Varbergs BoIS | 5–1 | 20 June 2012 |
| Robin Simović | Ängelholms FF | Varbergs BoIS | 1–3 | 21 July 2012 |
| Pablo Piñones Arce | IF Brommapojkarna | Umeå FC | 1–3 | 3 September 2012 |
| Victor Sköld | Falkenbergs FF | Degerfors IF | 2–3 | 3 September 2012 |
| Robin Simović | Ängelholms FF | Assyriska FF | 1–4 | 23 September 2012 |
| Abdul Rahman Khalili | IFK Värnamo | Falkenbergs FF | 3–4 | 27 September 2012 |
| Freddy Söderberg | Östers IF | Umeå FC | 5–1 | 1 October 2012 |
| Nabil Bahoui | IF Brommapojkarna | Treleborgs FF | 0-4 | 2 October 2012 |
| Mattias Adelstam | Hammarby IF | Degerfors IF | 4–2 | 8 October 2012 |
* $^4$ Player scored 4 goals

### Attendance

| Club | Home | Home | Away | Away | Total | Total |
| Club | Average | Total | Average | Total | Average | Total |
| Hammarby IF | 8,463 | 126,947 | 4,113 | 61,688 | 6,288 | 188,635 |
| Östers IF | 4,733 | 71,002 | 2,680 | 40,197 | 3,707 | 111,199 |
| Halmstads BK | 3,375 | 50,621 | 2,801 | 42,012 | 3,088 | 92,633 |
| Varbergs BoIS FC | 2,470 | 37,055 | 2,624 | 39,355 | 2,547 | 76,410 |
| Landskrona BoIS | 2,459 | 36,892 | 2,119 | 31,779 | 2,289 | 68,671 |
| Jönköpings Södra IF | 2,421 | 36,311 | 2,371 | 35,560 | 2,396 | 71,871 |
| Degerfors IF | 2,054 | 30,806 | 2,193 | 32,898 | 2,123 | 63,704 |
| Umeå FC | 2,046 | 30,687 | 2,018 | 30,277 | 2,032 | 60,964 |
| IK Brage | 1,967 | 29,502 | 2,231 | 33,458 | 2,009 | 62,960 |
| Assyriska FF | 1,924 | 28,856 | 2,272 | 34,085 | 2,098 | 62,941 |
| Falkenbergs FF | 1,577 | 23,658 | 2,632 | 39,479 | 2,105 | 63,137 |
| IFK Värnamo | 1,523 | 22,846 | 2,632 | 39,483 | 2,078 | 62,329 |
| Trelleborgs FF | 1,364 | 20,460 | 2,039 | 30,586 | 1,702 | 51,046 |
| IF Brommapojkarna | 1,239 | 18,580 | 2,239 | 33,583 | 1,739 | 52,163 |
| Ängelholms FF | 905 | 13,569 | 2,300 | 34,507 | 1,603 | 48,076 |
| Ljungskile SK | 778 | 11,665 | 2,034 | 30,510 | 1,406 | 42,175 |
| League | | | | | 2,456 | 589,457 |