# 2020 Superettan

The 2020 Superettan was part of the 2020 Swedish football season, and the 21st season of Superettan, Sweden's second-tier football division in its current format. A total of 16 teams contest the league.

## 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. The two bottom teams are automatically relegated, while the 13th and 14th placed teams will compete in a play-off to determine whether they are relegated.

### Stadia and locations

| Team | Location | Stadium | Stadium capacity |
| AFC Eskilstuna | Eskilstuna | Tunavallen | 7,800 |
| Akropolis IF | Spånga | Grimsta IP | 5,000 |
| Dalkurd FF | Uppsala | Nya Studenternas | 10,000 |
| Degerfors IF | Degerfors | Stora Valla | 12,500 |
| GAIS | Gothenburg | Gamla Ullevi | 18,416 |
| GIF Sundsvall | Sundsvall | Idrottsparken | 7,700 |
| Halmstads BK | Halmstad | Örjans Vall | 10,873 |
| IK Brage | Borlänge | Domnarvsvallen | 6,500 |
| Jönköpings Södra IF | Jönköping | Stadsparksvallen | 5,500 |
| Ljungskile SK | Ljungskile | Skarsjövallen | 8,000 |
| Norrby IF | Borås | Borås Arena | 17,800 |
| Trelleborgs FF | Trelleborg | Vångavallen | 7,000 |
| Umeå FC | Umeå | Gammliavallen | 10,000 |
| Västerås SK | Västerås | Iver Arena | 7,000 |
| Örgryte IS | Gothenburg | Gamla Ullevi | 18,416 |
| Östers IF | Växjö | Visma Arena | 12,000 |
* ↑ According to each club information page at the Swedish Football Association website for Allsvenskan.
* ↑ Known as NP3 Arena for sponsorship reasons.
* ↑ Known as Umeå Energi Arena for sponsorship reasons.

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Halmstads BK (C, P) | 30 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 61 | 18 | +43 | 68 | Promotion to Allsvenskan |
| 2 | Degerfors IF (P) | 30 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 64 | 30 | +34 | 63 | Promotion to Allsvenskan |
| 3 | Jönköpings Södra IF | 30 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 52 | 34 | +18 | 59 | Qualification to promotion play-offs |
| 4 | Östers IF | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 41 | 36 | +5 | 51 | |
| 5 | Akropolis IF | 30 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 44 | 39 | +5 | 45 | |
| 6 | GIF Sundsvall | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 53 | 48 | +5 | 43 | |
| 7 | Västerås SK | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 40 | 44 | −4 | 39 | |
| 8 | IK Brage | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 38 | 44 | −6 | 39 | |
| 9 | AFC Eskilstuna | 30 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 36 | 49 | −13 | 37 | |
| 10 | GAIS | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 30 | 41 | −11 | 36 | |
| 11 | Norrby IF | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 39 | 41 | −2 | 34 | |
| 12 | Örgryte IS | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 34 | 43 | −9 | 33 | |
| 13 | Trelleborgs FF (O) | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 33 | 41 | −8 | 32 | Qualification to relegation play-offs |
| 14 | Dalkurd FF (R) | 30 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 33 | 42 | −9 | 29 | Qualification to relegation play-offs |
| 15 | Umeå FC (R) | 30 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 25 | 47 | −22 | 27 | Relegation to Ettan |
| 16 | Ljungskile SK (R) | 30 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 24 | 50 | −26 | 23 | Relegation to Ettan |

### Playoffs

The 13th-placed and 14th-placed teams of Superettan met the two runners-up from 2020 Division 1 (Norra and Södra) in two-legged ties on a home-and-away basis with the teams from Superettan finishing at home.
Landskrona BoIS won 3–1 on aggregate.
2–2 on aggregate. Trelleborgs FF won 4–1 on penalties.

### 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 |
| Halmstads BK | 12 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Degerfors IF | 1 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Jönköpings Södra IF | 14 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Östers IF | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Akropolis IF | 8 | 12 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| GIF Sundsvall | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Västerås SK | 7 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 |
| IK Brage | 16 | 15 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 |
| AFC Eskilstuna | 13 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 9 |
| GAIS | 5 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 10 |
| Norrby IF | 11 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 11 |
| Örgryte IS | 3 | 10 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 12 |
| Trelleborgs FF | 6 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 13 |
| Dalkurd FF | 9 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
| Umeå FC | 15 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 |
| Ljungskile SK | 10 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 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 | AKR | BRA | DAL | DEG | ESK | GAI | GIF | HAL | JÖN | LJU | NOR | TRE | UME | VÄS | ÖRG | ÖST |
| Akropolis | | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 |
| Brage | 1–1 | | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 3–2 | 1–2 |
| Dalkurd | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 1–2 | 5–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Degerfors | 3–2 | 4–1 | 2–1 | | 5–0 | 2–1 | 2–5 | 0–2 | 4–2 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 |
| Eskilstuna | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | | 2–0 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| GAIS | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| GIF Sundsvall | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 2–3 | 3–0 | | 0–6 | 3–2 | 5–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 1–2 |
| Halmstad | 2–3 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Jönköpings Södra | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 1–0 | | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 |
| Ljungskile | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 0–2 |
| Norrby | 1–1 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | | 1–3 | 6–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 |
| Trelleborg | 1–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Umeå | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–6 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 |
| Västerås | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | | 0–3 | 2–1 |
| Örgryte | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | | 4–1 |
| Öster | 0–1 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | |

## Season statistics
### Top scorers

    As of 5 December 2020
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Pontus Engblom | GIF Sundsvall | 20 |
| 2 | Johan Bertilsson | Degerfors IF | 19 |
| 3 | Victor Edvardsen | Degerfors IF | 15 |
| 4 | Samuel Nnamani | AFC Eskilstuna | 13 |
| 4 | Rasmus Wiedesheim-Paul | Halmstads BK | 13 |
| 6 | Mikael Boman | Halmstads BK | 12 |
| 7 | Edin Hamidović | Jönköpings Södra IF | 11 |
| 8 | Villiam Dahlström | Degerfors IF | 10 |

### Hat-tricks

| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
| Rasmus Wiedesheim-Paul | Halmstads BK | Jönköpings Södra IF | 3–0 | 27 June 2020 |
| Anton Lundin | IK Brage | Ljungskile SK | 1–3 | 8 July 2020 |
| Fatawu Safiu | Trelleborgs FF | Dalkurd FF | 4–1 | 25 July 2020 |
| Johan Bertilsson | Degerfors IF | Östers IF | 3–1 | 29 July 2020 |
| Robin Strömberg | Norrby IF | Västerås SK | 3–1 | 13 September 2020 |
| Rasmus Wiedesheim-Paul | Halmstads BK | Umeå FC | 4–0 | 16 September 2020 |
| Johan Bertilsson | Degerfors IF | Umeå FC | 0–6 | 21 September 2020 |
| Bubacarr Jobe | Örgryte IS | Östers IF | 4–1 | 24 October 2020 |

### Discipline
#### Player

* Most yellow cards: 9
** Enis Ahmetovic (Umeå)
** Filip Almström Tähti (Västerås)
** James Keene (Öster)
** Oscar Lundin (Brage)
* Most red cards: 2
** Linus Dahl (Ljungskile)

#### Club

* Most yellow cards: 59
** IK Brage
* Most red cards: 5
** Jönköpings Södra IF