# 2021 Superettan

The 2021 Superettan was part of the 2021 Swedish football season, and the 22nd season of Superettan, Sweden's second-tier football division in its current format. A total of 16 teams contested the league.

## Teams

A total of 16 teams contested the league. The top two teams qualified directly for promotion to Allsvenskan, the third entered a play-off for the chance of promotion. The two bottom teams were automatically relegated, while the 13th and 14th placed teams competed in a play-off to determine whether they are relegated.

### Stadiums and locations

| Team | Location | Stadium | Stadium capacity |
| AFC Eskilstuna | Eskilstuna | Tunavallen | 7,800 |
| Akropolis IF | Spånga, Stockholm | Grimsta IP | 5,000 |
| Falkenbergs FF | Falkenberg | Falcon Alkoholfri Arena | 5,500 |
| GAIS | Gothenburg | Gamla Ullevi | 18,416 |
| GIF Sundsvall | Sundsvall | Idrottsparken | 7,700 |
| Helsingborgs IF | Helsingborg | Olympia | 16,500 |
| IK Brage | Borlänge | Domnarvsvallen | 6,500 |
| Jönköpings Södra IF | Jönköping | Stadsparksvallen | 5,500 |
| Landskrona BoIS | Landskrona | Landskrona IP | 10,500 |
| Norrby IF | Borås | Borås Arena | 17,800 |
| Trelleborgs FF | Trelleborg | Vångavallen | 7,000 |
| Vasalunds IF | Solna, Stockholm | Skytteholms IP | 4,000 |
| IFK Värnamo | Värnamo | Finnvedsvallen | 5,000 |
| 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.

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | IFK Värnamo (C, P) | 30 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 44 | 29 | +15 | 59 | Promotion to Allsvenskan |
| 2 | GIF Sundsvall (P) | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 46 | 29 | +17 | 53 | Promotion to Allsvenskan |
| 3 | Helsingborgs IF (O, P) | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 47 | 29 | +18 | 48 | Qualification to promotion play-offs |
| 4 | Norrby IF | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 41 | 33 | +8 | 48 | |
| 5 | Östers IF | 30 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 33 | 26 | +7 | 46 | |
| 6 | Landskrona BoIS | 30 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 41 | 37 | +4 | 44 | |
| 7 | Trelleborgs FF | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 42 | 39 | +3 | 43 | |
| 8 | Örgryte IS | 30 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 39 | 39 | 0 | 41 | |
| 9 | AFC Eskilstuna | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 41 | 41 | 0 | 40 | |
| 10 | IK Brage | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 40 | 42 | −2 | 39 | |
| 11 | Jönköpings Södra IF | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 34 | 37 | −3 | 38 | |
| 12 | Västerås SK | 30 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 36 | 40 | −4 | 36 | |
| 13 | Akropolis IF (R) | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 28 | 44 | −16 | 35 | Qualification to relegation play-offs |
| 14 | GAIS (R) | 30 | 10 | 4 | 16 | 31 | 40 | −9 | 34 | Qualification to relegation play-offs |
| 15 | Vasalunds IF (R) | 30 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 35 | 52 | −17 | 26 | Relegation to Ettan |
| 16 | Falkenbergs FF (R) | 30 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 34 | 55 | −21 | 25 | Relegation to Ettan |

### Relegation play-offs

The 13th-placed and 14th-placed teams of Superettan met the two runners-up from 2021 Division 1 (Norra and Södra) in two-legged ties on a home-and-away basis with the teams from Superettan finishing at home.
Skövde AIK won 3–0 on aggregate and are promoted.
Dalkurd FF won 3–2 on aggregate and are promoted.

### 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 |
| IFK Värnamo | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| GIF Sundsvall | 7 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Helsingborgs IF | 6 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Norrby IF | 12 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Östers IF | 5 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 5 |
| Landskrona BoIS | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 6 |
| Trelleborgs FF | 3 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 |
| Örgryte IS | 14 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| AFC Eskilstuna | 10 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 9 |
| IK Brage | 9 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 10 |
| Jönköpings Södra IF | 1 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 11 |
| Västerås SK | 11 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 |
| Akropolis IF | 8 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 13 |
| GAIS | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
| Vasalunds IF | 16 | 15 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 |
| Falkenbergs FF | 13 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
* Promotion to Allsvenskan
* Promotion play-offs
* Relegation play-offs
* Relegation to Division 1

## Results 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 |
| Akropolis IF | D | L | D | D | D | L | L | W | L | W | L | L | D | W | W | L | W | L | D | L | L | W | D | W | L | W | W | L | D | L |
| IK Brage | D | L | L | L | D | L | W | D | W | L | L | W | L | D | W | D | D | L | W | L | L | D | W | D | W | D | L | W | W | W |
| AFC Eskilstuna | D | W | D | L | L | W | L | W | L | D | L | W | W | L | D | W | L | W | D | L | D | D | L | L | W | L | L | W | W | W |
| Falkenbergs FF | L | W | L | L | W | L | L | L | W | D | L | L | L | D | D | L | W | W | D | L | L | D | W | D | L | L | D | L | L | L |
| GAIS | W | W | D | W | L | L | L | W | L | L | L | L | D | L | W | L | L | W | L | W | D | W | L | L | L | W | L | L | D | W |
| GIF Sundsvall | D | L | W | D | W | W | W | L | L | W | W | L | L | D | D | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | D | D | W | D | L |
| Helsingborgs IF | D | W | D | W | D | L | L | W | W | W | L | W | L | W | W | W | D | W | D | D | W | L | D | L | W | L | W | L | D | D |
| Jönköpings Södra IF | W | L | D | D | L | L | W | W | W | D | W | W | L | L | L | W | W | W | L | L | D | D | L | D | L | L | D | D | L | W |
| Landskrona BoIS | W | D | D | D | W | W | L | D | W | W | W | W | W | L | L | W | L | L | L | W | L | W | L | D | W | L | L | L | W | L |
| Norrby IF | L | W | L | D | W | W | W | W | L | D | W | W | W | D | W | L | L | D | D | D | D | L | D | W | L | D | W | L | W | W |
| Trelleborgs FF | W | D | D | D | D | W | L | L | W | W | W | L | W | W | D | W | L | W | W | D | D | L | L | D | D | W | L | L | D | L |
| Vasalunds IF | L | D | L | W | L | L | W | W | L | L | L | L | W | L | L | W | D | L | D | L | W | L | L | D | L | L | D | W | L | L |
| IFK Värnamo | L | W | W | W | W | D | W | D | L | L | W | W | W | W | D | L | W | W | L | W | D | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | L | L |
| Västerås SK | D | L | W | D | W | D | W | D | L | D | L | L | L | W | L | L | D | L | D | D | W | L | L | W | W | W | D | D | D | D |
| Örgryte IS | L | L | D | D | L | W | L | D | D | D | W | W | L | W | L | D | D | D | W | W | D | D | L | D | D | W | D | W | D | W |
| Östers IF | W | D | W | L | L | W | L | L | D | D | W | L | W | L | D | L | D | L | D | W | W | W | D | D | W | D | W | W | D | W |

## Results

| Home \ Away | AKR | BRA | ESK | FAL | GAI | GIF | HIF | JÖN | LAN | NOR | TRE | VAS | VÄR | VÄS | ÖRG | ÖST |
| Akropolis | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| Brage | 2–0 | | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 1–3 | 2–2 |
| Eskilstuna | 3–0 | 2–1 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 |
| Falkenbergs FF | 3–3 | 1–2 | 3–4 | | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 0–2 |
| GAIS | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 0–0 | | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–4 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 |
| GIF Sundsvall | 3–0 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| Helsingborgs IF | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 0–1 |
| Jönköpings Södra | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 5–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 |
| Landskrona BoIS | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | | 1–0 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–4 |
| Norrby | 0–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| Trelleborg | 1–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 2–1 | | 1–2 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Vasalunds IF | 0–1 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 3–4 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 2–2 | | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 |
| IFK Värnamo | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Västerås | 2–3 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | | 2–2 | 0–0 |
| Örgryte | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | | 0–1 |
| Öster | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | |

## Season statistics
### Hat-tricks

| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
| Alexander Ahl Holmström | AFC Eskilstuna | Trelleborgs FF | 3–2 | 29 May 2021 |
| Anthony van den Hurk | Helsingborgs IF | Västerås SK | 0–4 | 18 July 2021 |
| Dijan Vukojević | Norrby IF | Västerås SK | 4–1 | 26 July 2021 |
| Anthony van den Hurk | Helsingborgs IF | Falkenbergs FF | 4–0 | 27 July 2021 |
| Adam Egnell | GAIS | IK Brage | 1–4 | 18 September 2021 |
| Simon Johansson | Västerås SK | GAIS | 3–0 | 5 October 2021 |
| Anthony van den Hurk | Helsingborgs IF | Falkenbergs FF | 1–4 | 19 October 2021 |
| Ashley Coffey | AFC Eskilstuna | Falkenbergs FF | 3–4 | 7 November 2021 |

### Discipline
#### Player

* Most yellow cards: 10
** Filip Tronêt (Västerås SK)
* Most red cards: 3
** Filip Almström Tähti (Västerås SK)

#### Club

* Most yellow cards: 75
** AFC Eskilstuna
* Most red cards: 4
** AFC Eskilstuna
** Landskrona BoIS