# 2014 Superettan

The 2014 Superettan, part of the 2014 Swedish football season, was the 15th season of Superettan, Sweden's second-tier football league in its current format. The 2014 fixtures were released on 20 December 2013. The season started on 5 April 2014 and concluded on 2 November 2014.
Hammarby IF won Superettan this season, their first title and were thus promoted to Allsvenskan after five years absence along with runners-up GIF Sundsvall who returned to the top flight after two years absence. Ljungskile SK advanced to the promotion play-offs but failed to win against Gefle IF.
A total of 16 teams contested the league; 12 returning from the 2013 season, two that were relegated from Allsvenskan and two that were promoted from Division 1.

## Teams

A total of 16 teams contested the league, 12 returning from the 2013 season, two relegated from the 2013 Allsvenskan and two promoted from the 2013 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 2015. 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 2015.
2013-champions Falkenbergs FF and runner-up Örebro SK were promoted to the Allsvenskan at the end of the 2012 season. They were replaced by Östers IF and Syrianska FC. Örgryte IS and IK Brage were relegated at the end of the 2013 season after finishing in the bottom two places of the table. They were replaced by Division 1 Norra champions IK Sirius and Division 1 Södra champions Husqvarna FF.

### Stadia and locations

* Assyriska FF
* Syrianska FC
| Team | Location | Stadium | Turf$^1$ | Stadium capacity$^1$ |
| Assyriska FF | Södertälje | Södertälje Fotbollsarena | Artificial | 7,500 |
| Degerfors IF | Degerfors | Stora Valla | Natural | 12,500 |
| GAIS | Gothenburg | Gamla Ullevi | Natural | 18,416 |
| GIF Sundsvall | Sundsvall | Norrporten Arena | Artificial | 7,700 |
| Hammarby IF | Stockholm | Tele2 Arena | Artificial | 30,000 |
| Husqvarna FF | Huskvarna | Vapenvallen | Natural | 5,000 |
| IFK Värnamo | Värnamo | Finnvedsvallen | Natural | 5,000 |
| IK Sirius | Uppsala | Studenternas IP | Natural | 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 |
| Syrianska FC | Södertälje | Södertälje Fotbollsarena | Artificial | 7,500 |
| Varbergs BoIS | Varberg | Påskbergsvallen | Natural | 4,000 |
| Ängelholms FF | Helsingborg | Olympia (Until 22 June 2014) | Natural | 17,100 |
| Ängelholms FF | Ängelholm | Ängelholms IP (From 28 June 2014) | Natural | 5,000 |
| Östers IF | Växjö | Myresjöhus Arena | Natural | 12,000 |
| Östersunds FK | Östersund | Jämtkraft Arena | Artificial | 6,000 |
* $^1$ Correct as of end of 2013 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 | David Durmaz | Umbro | Scania |
| Degerfors IF | Patrik Werner | Tobias Solberg | adidas | Outokumpu |
| GAIS | Per-Ola Ljung | Kenneth Gustafsson | Hummel | Åbro |
| GIF Sundsvall | Joel Cedergren Roger Franzén | Kevin Walker | adidas | Various |
| Hammarby IF | Nanne Bergstrand | Kennedy Bakircioglü | Kappa | Herbalife |
| Husqvarna FF | Giles Stille | Michell Haidari | adidas | Husqvarna |
| IFK Värnamo | Jörgen Petersson Peter Johansson | Martin Claesson | adidas | Various |
| IK Sirius | Kim Bergstrand | Carl Nyström | Nike | Various |
| Jönköpings Södra IF | Jimmy Thelin | Tommy Thelin | Nike | Various |
| Landskrona BoIS | Patrik Johansson (interim) | Johnny Lundberg | Masita | bila.nu |
| Ljungskile SK | Tor-Arne Fredheim | Markus Gustafsson | adidas | Various |
| Syrianska FC | Zvezdan Milošević | Sharbel Touma | Nike | Aros Kapital |
| Varbergs BoIS | Jörgen Wålemark | Fredrik Björk | Umbro | Various |
| Ängelholms FF | Joakim Persson | Björn Westerblad | adidas | Unicolor AB |
| Östers IF | Roberth Björknesjö | Denis Velić | Puma | IST |
| Östersunds FK | Graham Potter | Brwa Nouri | adidas | Peab |

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
| Hammarby IF | Thomas Dennerby | Mutual consent | 6 November 2013 | Pre-season | Nanne Bergstrand | 6 November 2013 |
| Varbergs BoIS | Halda Kabil | Sacked | 15 November 2013 | Pre-season | Jörgen Wålemark | 21 November 2013 |
| IFK Värnamo | Sören Åkeby | Mutual consent | 21 November 2013 | Pre-season | Jörgen Petersson | 15 December 2013 |
| Östers IF | Andreas Thomsson | Mutual consent | 30 December 2013 | Pre-season | Roberth Björknesjö | 30 December 2013 |
| Syrianska FC | Özcan Melkemichel | Resigned | 31 December 2013 | Pre-season | Carlos Roberto Cabral | 6 January 2014 |
| Syrianska FC | Carlos Roberto Cabral | Resigned | 28 January 2014 | Pre-season | Stefan Fredriksson | 28 January 2014 |
| Syrianska FC | Stefan Fredriksson | Resigned | 1 April 2014 | Pre-season | Zvezdan Milošević | 6 April 2014 |
| Jönköpings Södra IF | Mats Gren | Signed by IFK Göteborg | 18 April 2014 | 14th | Jimmy Thelin | 18 April 2014 |
| Assyriska FF | Valentic Azrudin | Mutual consent | 27 May 2014 | 15th | Sören Åkeby | 29 May 2014 |
| GAIS | Thomas Askebrand | Sacked | 27 May 2014 | 13th | Per-Ola Ljung | 13 June 2014 |
| Landskrona BoIS | Jörgen Pettersson | Sacked | 11 June 2014 | 14th | Patrik Johansson | 11 June 2014 |
| Assyriska FF | Sören Åkeby | Resigned | 17 September 2014 | 16th | Valentic Azrudin | 17 September 2014 |
| Husqvarna FF | Niclas Tagesson | Stepped down | 20 September 2014 | 15th | Giles Stille | 20 September 2014 |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Hammarby IF (C, P) | 30 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 68 | 27 | +41 | 61 | Promotion to Allsvenskan |
| 2 | GIF Sundsvall (P) | 30 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 55 | 34 | +21 | 61 | Promotion to Allsvenskan |
| 3 | Ljungskile SK | 30 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 60 | 25 | +35 | 60 | Qualification to Promotion playoffs |
| 4 | Jönköpings Södra IF | 30 | 16 | 4 | 10 | 60 | 42 | +18 | 52 | |
| 5 | Östersunds FK | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 40 | 40 | 0 | 45 | |
| 6 | IK Sirius | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 47 | 36 | +11 | 43 | |
| 7 | Degerfors IF | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 47 | 46 | +1 | 40 | |
| 8 | Varbergs BoIS | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 38 | 43 | −5 | 39 | |
| 9 | IFK Värnamo | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 43 | 52 | −9 | 39 | |
| 10 | Syrianska FC | 30 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 37 | 55 | −18 | 37 | |
| 11 | GAIS | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 31 | 38 | −7 | 35 | |
| 12 | Ängelholms FF | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 30 | 51 | −21 | 35 | |
| 13 | Östers IF (R) | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 39 | 48 | −9 | 32 | Qualification to Relegation playoffs |
| 14 | Assyriska FF (O) | 30 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 28 | 44 | −16 | 27 | Qualification to Relegation playoffs |
| 15 | Landskrona BoIS (R) | 30 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 35 | 55 | −20 | 26 | Relegation to Division 1 |
| 16 | Husqvarna FF (R) | 30 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 27 | 49 | −22 | 22 | Relegation to Division 1 |

### Relegation play-offs

IK Frej won 5–3 on aggregate.
1–1 on aggregate. Assyriska FF won on away goals.

### 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 |
| Hammarby IF | 5 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| GIF Sundsvall | 4 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Ljungskile SK | 6 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Jönköpings Södra IF | 12 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Östersunds FK | 13 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| IK Sirius | 1 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Degerfors IF | 9 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 7 |
| Varbergs BoIS | 10 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 8 |
| IFK Värnamo | 8 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Syrianska FC | 16 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 |
| GAIS | 7 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 11 |
| Ängelholms FF | 15 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| Östers IF | 2 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
| Assyriska FF | 11 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 |
| Landskrona BoIS | 14 | 12 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 |
| Husqvarna FF | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
* Promotion to Allsvenskan
* Promotion play-offs
* Relegation play-offs
* Relegation to Division 1

## Results

| Home \ Away | AFF | DIF | GAI | GIFS | HAM | HFF | IFKV | IKS | JSIF | LAN | LSK | SFC | VAR | ÄFF | ÖIF | ÖFK |
| Assyriska FF | | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Degerfors IF | 3–2 | | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 |
| GAIS | 1–2 | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 |
| GIF Sundsvall | 2–1 | 4–1 | 4–0 | | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 4–3 | 5–1 | 2–0 |
| Hammarby IF | 1–1 | 5–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 | | 3–1 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 5–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 6–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 4–2 |
| Husqvarna FF | 0–0 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–4 |
| IFK Värnamo | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | | 0–6 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 |
| IK Sirius | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Jönköpings Södra IF | 4–0 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | | 6–2 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 3–3 | 4–0 |
| Landskrona BoIS | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 |
| Ljungskile SK | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 3–2 | | 5–1 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 |
| Syrianska FC | 0–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–4 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–5 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 |
| Varbergs BoIS | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 6–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 |
| Ängelholms FF | 1–1 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–2 | | 1–4 | 2–2 |
| Östers IF | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 2–0 | | 0–1 |
| Östersunds FK | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | |

## Season statistics
### Top goalkeepers

(Minimum of 10 games played)
| Rank | Goalkeeper | Club | GP | GA | SV% | CS |
| 1 | Alex Horwath | Ljungskile SK | 30 | 25 | 83 | 14 |
| 2 | Johannes Hopf | Hammarby IF | 30 | 27 | 78 | 13 |
| 2 | Zoran Aković | Husqvarna FF | 22 | 32 | 78 | 4 |
| 4 | Tommi Vaiho | GAIS | 29 | 36 | 76 | 9 |
| 4 | August Strömberg | Degerfors IF | 22 | 37 | 76 | 6 |
| 6 | Tommy Naurin | GIF Sundsvall | 30 | 34 | 75 | 8 |
| 6 | Connor Ripley | Östersunds FK | 14 | 17 | 75 | 4 |
| 8 | Björn Åkesson | IFK Värnamo | 30 | 52 | 74 | 8 |
| 8 | Aly Keita | Östersunds FK | 14 | 19 | 74 | 3 |
| 10 | Andreas Andersson | IK Sirius | 30 | 35 | 73 | 5 |

### Hat-tricks

| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
| David Johannesson | Ljungskile SK | Ängelholms FF | 5–0 | 19 May 2014 |
| Fredrik Olsson | Jönköpings Södra IF | Assyriska FF | 4–0 | 19 July 2014 |
| Nsima Peter | Varbergs BoIS | Landskrona BoIS | 1–5 | 9 August 2014 |
| Johan Eklund | GIF Sundsvall | Östers IF | 5–1 | 17 August 2014 |
| Daryl Smylie | Jönköpings Södra IF | Degerfors IF | 4–2 | 20 October 2014 |
| Nahir Besara | Hammarby IF | Östersunds FK | 4–2 | 21 October 2014 |
| Karl Söderström | Varbergs BoIS | IFK Värnamo | 6–2 | 26 October 2014 |
| Moses Ogbu | IK Sirius | IFK Värnamo | 0–6 | 2 November 2014 |