# 2010 Superettan

The 2010 Superettan was part of the 2010 Swedish football season, and the eleventh season of Superettan, Sweden's second-tier football division in its current format. The season began on 10 April 2010 and ended on 23 October 2010.
The top 2 teams qualified directly for promotion to Allsvenskan, the third played a play-off against the fourteenth from Allsvenskan to decide who qualified to play in Allsvenskan 2011. The bottom 2 teams qualified directly for relegation to Division 1, the thirteenth and the fourteenth played a play-off against the numbers two from Division 1 Södra and Division 1 Norra to decide who qualified to play in Superettan 2011.

## Participating teams

| Team | Location | Manager | Venue | Capacity | Last season |
| Assyriska | Södertälje | Rikard Norling | Södertälje Fotbollsarena | 6,700 | 3rd |
| Brage | Borlänge | Lennart Andersson | Domnarvsvallen | 6,500 | 2nd (D1 Norra) |
| Degerfors | Degerfors | Patrik Werner | Stora Valla | 12,500 | 1st (D1 Norra) |
| Falkenberg | Falkenberg | Thomas Askebrand | Falkenbergs IP | 4,000 | 6th |
| Hammarby | Stockholm | Michael Borgqvist | Söderstadion | 16,187 | 16th (Allsvenskan 2009) |
| Jönköpings Södra | Jönköping | Andreas Jankevics | Stadsparksvallen | 5,200 | 10th |
| Landskrona | Landskrona | Henrik Larsson | Landskrona IP | 12,000 | 8th |
| Ljungskile | Ljungskile | Bo Wålemark Örjan Glans | Starke Arvid Arena | 8,000 | 9th |
| Norrköping | Norrköping | Göran Bergort | Idrottsparken | 17,234 | 11th |
| GIF Sundsvall | Sundsvall | Sören Åkeby | Norrporten Arena | 7,700 | 5th |
| Syrianska | Södertälje | Özcan Melkemichel | Södertälje Fotbollsarena | 6,700 | 4th |
| Trollhättan | Trollhättan | Lars-Olof Mattsson | Edsborgs IP | 5,100 | 13th |
| Väsby | Upplands Väsby | Thomas Lagerlöf | Vilundavallen | 2,500 | 12th |
| Ängelholm | Ängelholm | Roar Hansen | Ängelholms IP | 5,000 | 7th |
| Örgryte | Gothenburg | Janne Andersson | Gamla Ullevi | 19,000 | 15th (Allsvenskan 2009) |
| Öster | Växjö | Andreas Ottosson | Värendsvallen | 13,800 | 1st (D1 Södra) |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Syrianska FC (C, P) | 30 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 46 | 27 | +19 | 56 | Promotion to Allsvenskan |
| 2 | IFK Norrköping (P) | 30 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 51 | 33 | +18 | 56 | Promotion to Allsvenskan |
| 3 | GIF Sundsvall | 30 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 56 | 39 | +17 | 51 | Qualification to Promotion playoffs |
| 4 | Assyriska FF | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 48 | 42 | +6 | 46 | |
| 5 | Landskrona BoIS | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 40 | 39 | +1 | 45 | |
| 6 | Ljungskile SK | 30 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 47 | 35 | +12 | 44 | |
| 7 | Falkenbergs FF | 30 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 46 | 34 | +12 | 44 | |
| 8 | Hammarby IF | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 45 | 40 | +5 | 43 | |
| 9 | Örgryte IS (R) | 30 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 43 | 35 | +8 | 42 | Relegation to Division 1 |
| 10 | Degerfors IF | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 43 | 45 | −2 | 42 | |
| 11 | IK Brage | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 36 | 38 | −2 | 41 | |
| 12 | Ängelholms FF | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 39 | 39 | 0 | 37 | |
| 13 | Jönköpings Södra IF (O) | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 40 | 47 | −7 | 36 | Qualification to Relegation playoffs |
| 14 | Östers IF (O) | 30 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 30 | 54 | −24 | 29 | Qualification to Relegation playoffs |
| 15 | FC Trollhättan (R) | 30 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 32 | 66 | −34 | 23 | Relegation to Division 1 |
| 16 | FC Väsby United (R) | 30 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 31 | 60 | −29 | 18 | Relegation to Division 1 |
* ↑ Örgryte were relegated due to their Superettan licence being revoked after bankruptcy.

## Results

| Home \ Away | AFF | IKB | DIF | FFF | HAM | JSIF | LAN | LSK | IFKN | GIFS | SFC | FCT | VU | ÄFF | ÖIS | ÖIF |
| Assyriska FF | | 1–0 | 5–2 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 5–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 |
| IK Brage | 2–2 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 |
| Degerfors IF | 2–1 | 1–0 | | 2–2 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 5–3 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| Falkenbergs FF | 4–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Hammarby IF | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 |
| Jönköpings Södra IF | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | | 4–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 4–3 |
| Landskrona BoIS | 2–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 |
| Ljungskile SK | 2–0 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| IFK Norrköping | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | | 1–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 |
| GIF Sundsvall | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | | 5–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 5–0 |
| Syrianska FC | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 3–0 |
| FC Trollhättan | 0–0 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 2–3 | 0–2 | | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 1–2 |
| FC Väsby United | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 3–4 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 2–4 | 0–3 | 2–2 | | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 |
| Ängelholms FF | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 2–2 | | 1–1 | 2–3 |
| Örgryte IS | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 3–3 | | 2–0 |
| Östers IF | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–4 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | |

## Relegation play-offs

The 13th and 14th placed teams in the 2010 Superettan, Jönköpings Södra and Öster, plays against the runners up from the 2010 Division 1, Sirius and Qviding.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Sirius | 0–4 | Jönköpings Södra | 0–1 | 0–3 |
| Qviding | 1–4 | Öster | 0–2 | 1–2 |
Jönköpings Södra and Öster stayed in Superettan.
Sirius stayed in Division 1. Qviding were promoted as Örgryte went bankrupt and were demoted.

## Season statistics
### Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Linus Hallenius | Hammarby | 18 |
| 2 | Peter Ijeh | Syrianska | 17 |
| 3 | Peter Samuelsson | Degerfors | 15 |
| 4 | Pär Cederqvist | Jönköpings Södra | 14 |
| 5 | Gabriel Altemark-Vanneryr | Ljungskile | 13 |
| 5 | Shpetim Hasani | IFK Norrköping | 13 |
| 5 | Daniel Åkervall | Brage | 13 |
| 8 | Fredrik Karlsson | Landskrona BoIS | 12 |
| 9 | Johan Eklund | Brage | 11 |
| 9 | Magnus Eriksson | Väsby United | 11 |
| 9 | Kristoffer Fagercrantz | Jönköpings Södra | 11 |

### Top goalkeepers

(Minimum of 10 games played)
| Rank | Goalkeeper | Club | GP | GA | SV% | ShO |
| 1 | Dwayne Miller | Syrianska | 21 | 14 | 82 | 13 |
| 2 | Alexander Nadj | Jönköpings Södra | 21 | 28 | 80 | 4 |
| 2 | Stojan Lukic | Falkenberg | 30 | 34 | 80 | 8 |
| 4 | Niklas Westberg | IFK Norrköping | 28 | 31 | 79 | 11 |
| 5 | Johannes Hopf | Hammarby | 26 | 33 | 78 | 8 |
| 5 | Gerhard Andersson | Brage | 28 | 35 | 78 | 8 |
| 7 | Peter Abrahamsson | Örgryte | 30 | 35 | 77 | 7 |
| 8 | Nick Noble | Ljungskile SK | 30 | 35 | 76 | 12 |
| 8 | Daniel Andersson | Ängelholm | 30 | 39 | 76 | 8 |
| 10 | Peter Karlsson | Landskrona BoIS | 27 | 34 | 75 | 11 |

### Attendances

| Team | Stadium | Capacity | Total | Average | Games | % of Capacity |
| Assyriska | Södertälje Fotbollsarena | 6,700 | 34,235 | 2,282 | 15 | 34% |
| Brage | Domnarvsvallen | 6,500 | 37,544 | 2,503 | 15 | 39% |
| Degerfors | Stora Valla | 12,500 | 38,641 | 2,576 | 15 | 21% |
| Falkenberg | Falkenbergs IP | 4,000 | 50,550 | 1,370 | 15 | 34% |
| Hammarby | Söderstadion | 16,187 | 102,953 | 6,864 | 15 | 42% |
| Jönköpings Södra | Stadsparksvallen | 5,200 | 34,112 | 2,274 | 15 | 44% |
| Landskrona | Landskrona IP | 12,000 | 46,852 | 3,123 | 15 | 26% |
| Ljungskile | Starke Arvid Arena | 8,000 | 17,739 | 1,183 | 15 | 15% |
| Norrköping | Idrottsparken | 17,234 | 79,611 | 5,307 | 15 | 31% |
| GIF Sundsvall | Norrporten Arena | 7,700 | 50,377 | 3,358 | 15 | 44% |
| Syrianska | Södertälje Fotbollsarena | 6,700 | 40,305 | 2,687 | 15 | 40% |
| Trollhättan | Edsborgs IP | 5,100 | 23,340 | 1,556 | 15 | 31% |
| Väsby | Vilundavallen | 2,500 | 10,849 | 723 | 15 | 29% |
| Ängelholm | Ängelholms IP | 5,000 | 14,004 | 934 | 15 | 19% |
| Örgryte | Gamla Ullevi | 19,000 | 33,955 | 2,264 | 15 | 12% |
| Öster | Värendsvallen | 13,800 | 32,168 | 2,145 | 15 | 16% |
| Total | Games | Average |
| 617,235 | 240 | 2,572 |
Source: svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish)