# 2016 Superettan

The 2016 Superettan, part of the 2016 Swedish football season, was the 17th season of Superettan, Sweden's second-tier football league in its current format. The 2016 fixtures were released in December 2015. The season started in April 2016 and ended in November 2016.

## Teams

A total of 16 teams contested the league. The top two teams qualified directly for promotion to the Allsvenskan, whilst the third had to play a play-off against the fourteenth-placed team in the Allsvenskan to decide who would play in the 2017 Allsvenskan. The bottom two teams were directly relegated to Division 1, whilst the thirteenth and the fourteenth-placed teams had to play-off against the second-placed teams from Division 1 Södra and Division 1 Norra to decide who would play in the 2017 Superettan.
2015 champions Jönköpings Södra IF and runners-up Östersunds FK were promoted to the Allsvenskan at the end of the 2015 season. They were replaced by Halmstads BK and Åtvidabergs FF. Utsiktens BK and IF Brommapojkarna were relegated at the end of the 2015 season after finishing in the bottom two places of the table. They were replaced by Division 1 Norra champions Dalkurd FF and Division 1 Södra champions Trelleborgs FF. Mjällby AIF was also relegated after losing the relegation play-offs to Division 1 Södra runner-up Örgryte IS.

### Stadia and locations

* Assyriska FF
* Syrianska FC
* GAIS
* Örgryte IS
| Team | Location | Stadium | Turf$^1$ | Stadium capacity$^1$ | 2015 season |
| AFC United | Stockholm | Skytteholms IP | Natural | 2,000 | 8th in Superettan |
| Assyriska FF | Södertälje | Södertälje Fotbollsarena | Artificial | 6,400 | 4th in Superettan |
| Dalkurd FF | Borlänge | Domnarvsvallen | Artificial | 6,500 | 1st in Division 1 Norra |
| Degerfors IF | Degerfors | Stora Valla | Natural | 12,500 | 9th in Superettan |
| GAIS | Gothenburg | Gamla Ullevi | Natural | 18,416 | 11th in Superettan |
| Halmstads BK | Halmstad | Örjans Vall | Natural | 15,500 | 15th in Allsvenskan |
| IFK Värnamo | Värnamo | Finnvedsvallen | Natural | 5,000 | 10th in Superettan |
| IK Frej | Täby | Vikingavallen | Artificial | 2,750 | 14th in Superettan |
| IK Sirius | Uppsala | Studenternas IP | Natural | 6,300 | 3rd in Superettan |
| Ljungskile SK | Ljungskile | Uddevalla Arena | Natural | 8,000 | 6th in Superettan |
| Syrianska FC | Södertälje | Södertälje Fotbollsarena | Artificial | 6,400 | 7th in Superettan |
| Trelleborgs FF | Trelleborg | Vångavallen | Natural | 10,000 | 1st in Division 1 Södra |
| Varbergs BoIS | Varberg | Påskbergsvallen | Natural | 4,500 | 5th in Superettan |
| Åtvidabergs FF | Åtvidaberg | Kopparvallen | Artificial | 8,000 | 16th in Allsvenskan |
| Ängelholms FF | Ängelholm | Ängelholms IP | Natural | 5,000 | 12th in Superettan |
| Örgryte IS | Gothenburg | Gamla Ullevi | Natural | 18,416 | 2nd in Division 1 Södra |
* $^1$ According to each club information page at the Swedish Football Association website for Superettan.

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | IK Sirius (C, P) | 30 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 54 | 23 | +31 | 61 | Promotion to Allsvenskan |
| 2 | AFC United (P) | 30 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 50 | 20 | +30 | 61 | Promotion to Allsvenskan |
| 3 | Halmstads BK (O, P) | 30 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 43 | 28 | +15 | 54 | Qualification to Promotion playoffs |
| 4 | Dalkurd FF | 30 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 41 | 24 | +17 | 53 | |
| 5 | Varbergs BoIS | 30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 33 | 37 | −4 | 48 | |
| 6 | Åtvidabergs FF | 30 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 53 | 53 | 0 | 44 | |
| 7 | Trelleborgs FF | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 39 | 35 | +4 | 40 | |
| 8 | GAIS | 30 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 45 | 36 | +9 | 39 | |
| 9 | Örgryte IS | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 42 | 44 | −2 | 39 | |
| 10 | IK Frej | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 38 | 42 | −4 | 38 | |
| 11 | IFK Värnamo | 30 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 35 | 40 | −5 | 35 | |
| 12 | Degerfors IF | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 34 | 54 | −20 | 33 | |
| 13 | Syrianska FC (O) | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 26 | 37 | −11 | 32 | Qualification to Relegation playoffs |
| 14 | Assyriska FF (R) | 30 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 36 | 47 | −11 | 28 | Qualification to Relegation playoffs |
| 15 | Ljungskile SK (R) | 30 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 34 | 48 | −14 | 26 | Relegation to Division 1 |
| 16 | Ängelholms FF (R) | 30 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 22 | 57 | −35 | 20 | Relegation to Division 1 |

### Playoffs

The 13th-placed and 14th-placed teams in the Superettan met the two runners-up from 2016 Division 1 (Norra and Södra) in Two-legged ties on a home-and-away basis with the teams from the Superettan finishing at home.
Norrby IF won 4–2 on aggregate.
Syrianska FC won 5–1 on aggregate.

### 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 |
| IK Sirius | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| AFC United | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Halmstads BK | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Dalkurd FF | 11 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Varbergs BoIS | 5 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Åtvidabergs FF | 13 | 16 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Trelleborgs FF | 10 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 |
| GAIS | 2 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 |
| Örgryte IS | 7 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 9 |
| IK Frej | 16 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 |
| IFK Värnamo | 9 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 11 |
| Degerfors IF | 15 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 12 |
| Syrianska FC | 14 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
| Assyriska FF | 3 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 |
| Ljungskile SK | 8 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 |
| Ängelholms FF | 6 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
* Promotion to Allsvenskan
* Promotion play-offs
* Relegation play-offs
* Relegation to Division 1

## Season statistics
### Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Shkodran Maholli | Åtvidabergs FF | 15 |
| 2 | Dragan Kapčević | IK Sirius | 14 |
| 3 | Alexander Ruud Tveter | Halmstads BK | 13 |
| 4 | Mirkan Aydın | Dalkurd FF | 12 |
| 4 | Marcus Pode | Trelleborgs FF | 12 |
| 6 | Pär Cederqvist | IFK Värnamo | 11 |
| 6 | Fredrik Olsson | Halmstads BK | 11 |

### Top goalkeepers

(Minimum of 10 games played)
| Rank | Goalkeeper | Club | GP | GA | SV% | CS |
| 1 | Josh Wicks | AFC United | 29 | 16 | 86 | 16 |
| 2 | Lukas Jonsson | IK Sirius | 19 | 13 | 82 | 11 |
| 3 | Fredrik Persson | Trelleborgs FF | 26 | 27 | 81 | 11 |
| 4 | Stojan Lukić | Halmstads BK | 30 | 28 | 78 | 15 |
| 4 | Benny Lekström | IK Sirius | 11 | 10 | 78 | 3 |
| 6 | Tommi Vaiho | GAIS | 29 | 35 | 77 | 8 |
| 7 | Robertino Kljajic | Örgryte IS | 19 | 27 | 76 | 5 |
| 8 | Jonathan Rasheed | IFK Värnamo | 30 | 40 | 74 | 10 |
| 9 | Marko Atanackovic | IK Frej | 24 | 36 | 73 | 4 |

### Hat-tricks

| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
| Luka Mijaljević Luther Singh | GAIS | Ängelholms FF | 7–0 | 22 May 2016 |
| Mohamed Buya Turay | AFC United | Syrianska FC | 1–3 | 29 May 2016 |
| Mirkan Aydın | Dalkurd FF | Åtvidabergs FF | 5–0 | 4 June 2016 |
| Dragan Kapčević$^{4goals}$ | IK Sirius | Assyriska FF | 5–3 | 24 July 2016 |
| Salif Camara Jönsson | Trelleborgs FF | Åtvidabergs FF | 5–2 | 15 August 2016 |
| Shkodran Maholli | Åtvidabergs FF | Ängelholms FF | 4–1 | 5 November 2016 |