# 2009 Superettan

The 2009 Superettan was part of the 2009 Swedish football season, and the tenth season of Superettan, Sweden's second-tier football division in its current format. A total of 16 teams contested the league.. The season began on 11 April 2009 and ended on 24 October 2009.
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 2010. 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 2010.

## Participating teams

| Team | Location | Manager | Venue | Capacity | Last season |
| Assyriska | Södertälje | Robert Johansson | Södertälje Fotbollsarena | 6,700 | 4th |
| Falkenberg | Falkenberg | Thomas Askebrand | Falkenbergs IP | 4,000 | 7th |
| Jönköpings Södra | Jönköping | Olle Nordin Andreas Jankevics | Stadsparksvallen | 5,200 | 14th |
| Landskrona | Landskrona | Anders Linderoth | Landskrona IP | 12,000 | 11th |
| Ljungskile | Ljungskile | Bo Wålemark | Starke Arvid Arena | 6,000 | 14th (Allsvenskan 2008) |
| Mjällby | Mjällby | Peter Swärdh | Strandvallen | 7,500 | 8th |
| Norrköping | Norrköping | Göran Bergort | Idrottsparken | 19,000 | 16th (Allsvenskan 2008) |
| Qviding | Gothenburg | Lars Borgström | Valhalla IP | 4,000 | 10th |
| Sirius | Uppsala | Jens T. Andersson | Studenternas IP | 7,600 | 12th |
| GIF Sundsvall | Sundsvall | Sören Åkeby | Norrporten Arena | 7,700 | 15th (Allsvenskan 2008) |
| Syrianska | Södertälje | Özcan Melkemichel | Södertälje Fotbollsarena | 6,700 | 1st (D1 Norra) |
| Trollhättan | Trollhättan | Lars-Olof Mattsson | Edsborgs IP | 5,100 | 1st (D1 Södra) |
| Vasalund | Solna | Peter Lenell | Skytteholms IP | 4,000 | 2nd (D1 Norra) |
| Väsby | Upplands Väsby | Thomas Lagerlöf | Vilundavallen | 4,000 | 9th |
| Åtvidaberg | Åtvidaberg | Daniel Wiklund | Kopparvallen | 7,200 | 6th |
| Ängelholm | Ängelholm | Roar Hansen | Ängelholms IP | 5,000 | 5th |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Mjällby AIF (C, P) | 30 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 60 | 19 | +41 | 65 | Promotion to Allsvenskan |
| 2 | Åtvidabergs FF (P) | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 53 | 36 | +17 | 57 | Promotion to Allsvenskan |
| 3 | Assyriska FF | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 46 | 38 | +8 | 51 | Qualification to Promotion playoffs |
| 4 | Syrianska FC | 30 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 50 | 38 | +12 | 50 | |
| 5 | GIF Sundsvall | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 54 | 48 | +6 | 47 | |
| 6 | Falkenbergs FF | 30 | 14 | 3 | 13 | 44 | 41 | +3 | 45 | |
| 7 | Ängelholms FF | 30 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 43 | 45 | −2 | 44 | |
| 8 | Landskrona BoIS | 30 | 12 | 4 | 14 | 51 | 46 | +5 | 40 | |
| 9 | Ljungskile SK | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 48 | 43 | +5 | 40 | |
| 10 | Jönköpings Södra IF | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 46 | 54 | −8 | 36 | |
| 11 | IFK Norrköping | 30 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 45 | 44 | +1 | 35 | |
| 12 | FC Väsby United | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 28 | 41 | −13 | 33 | |
| 13 | FC Trollhättan (O) | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 30 | 46 | −16 | 32 | Qualification to Relegation playoffs |
| 14 | Qviding FIF (R) | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 31 | 45 | −14 | 31 | Qualification to Relegation playoffs |
| 15 | IK Sirius (R) | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 37 | 53 | −16 | 31 | Relegation to Division 1 |
| 16 | Vasalunds IF (R) | 30 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 35 | 64 | −29 | 29 | Relegation to Division 1 |

## Results

| Home \ Away | AFF | FFF | JSIF | LAN | LSK | MAIF | IFKN | QFIF | IKS | GIFS | SFC | FCT | VIF | VU | ÅFF | ÄFF |
| Assyriska FF | | 0–2 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| Falkenbergs FF | 0–2 | | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 7–0 | 5–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–4 |
| Jönköpings Södra IF | 3–3 | 4–1 | | 0–2 | 3–5 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–5 | 4–6 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 6–1 |
| Landskrona BoIS | 1–3 | 1–3 | 2–4 | | 0–3 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 5–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 |
| Ljungskile SK | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | | 0–4 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| Mjällby AIF | 4–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | | 1–0 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 6–0 | 1–1 | 6–1 | 2–2 |
| IFK Norrköping | 5–1 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 0–1 | | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–4 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 |
| Qviding FIF | 0–3 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 3–0 | | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 |
| IK Sirius | 5–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 2–3 | | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 |
| GIF Sundsvall | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 4–1 |
| Syrianska FC | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 |
| FC Trollhättan | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 5–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 |
| Vasalunds IF | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 3–4 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 |
| FC Väsby United | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 5–2 | | 0–2 | 3–2 |
| Åtvidabergs FF | 1–0 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 5–0 | 2–0 | | 1–1 |
| Ängelholms FF | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 3–4 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | |

## Relegation play-offs

Trollhättan and Qviding, who were the 13th and 14th teams in Superettan 2009 faced with Brage and Skövde, who were runners-up of Division 1.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Skövde | 4–7 | Trollhättan | 1–2 | 3–5 |
| Brage | 3–1 | Qviding | 2–1 | 1–0 |
Trollhättan won the play-out by 7-4 aggregate and remained in Superettan for 2010 season. Skövde, Division 1 Södra runner-up, didn't promote.
Brage, Division 1 Norra runner-up, won the play-out by 3-1 aggregate and promoted to Superettan for 2010 season. Qviding relegated to Division 1 Norra.

## Season statistics
### Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Marcus Ekenberg | Mjällby | 19 |
| 1 | Mattias Adelstam | Ängelholm | 19 |
| 3 | Fredrik Olsson | Landskrona BoIS | 14 |
| 3 | Stefan Rodevåg | Falkenberg | 14 |
| 3 | Pär Cederqvist | Landskrona BoIS | 14 |
| 6 | Johan Patriksson | Ljungskile SK | 13 |
| 6 | Michael Mensah | Syrianska | 13 |
| 6 | Erton Fejzullahu | Mjällby | 13 |
| 9 | Niklas Löfgren | Ljungskile | 12 |
| 9 | Kennedy Igboananike | Vasalund | 12 |
| 11 | 2 players | 2 players | 10 |
| 13 | 3 players | 3 players | 9 |
| 16 | 6 players | 6 players | 8 |
| 22 | 7 players | 7 players | 7 |
| 29 | 9 players | 9 players | 6 |
| 38 | 16 players | 16 players | 5 |

### Top goalkeepers

(Minimum of 10 games played)
| Rank | Goalkeeper | Club | GP | GA | SV% | ShO |
| 1 | Mattias Asper | Mjällby | 30 | 19 | 87 | 15 |
| 2 | Niklas Westberg | Väsby United | 23 | 30 | 77 | 8 |
| 2 | Tommi Vaiho | Vasalund | 19 | 30 | 77 | 3 |
| 4 | Stojan Lukic | Falkenberg | 29 | 36 | 76 | 11 |
| 4 | Petter Augustsson | Ängelholm | 11 | 16 | 76 | 5 |
| 4 | Nuredin Bakiu | IFK Norrköping | 18 | 23 | 76 | 7 |
| 7 | Peter Karlsson | Landskrona BoIS | 27 | 39 | 75 | 8 |
| 8 | Henrik Gustavsson | Åtvidaberg | 30 | 36 | 74 | 12 |
| 8 | Tobias Wennergren | FC Trollhättan | 28 | 44 | 74 | 7 |
| 8 | Oscar Berglund | Assyriska | 24 | 30 | 74 | 7 |
| 8 | Christian Frealdsson | Syrianska | 21 | 23 | 74 | 6 |
| 8 | Mikael Axelsson | Jönköpings Södra | 23 | 38 | 74 | 7 |

## Attendances

| Team | Stadium | Capacity | Total | Average | Games | % of Capacity |
| Assyriska | Södertälje Fotbollsarena | 6,700 | 42,014 | 2,801 | 15 | 42% |
| Falkenberg | Falkenbergs IP | 4,000 | 20,494 | 1,366 | 15 | 34% |
| Jönköpings Södra | Stadsparksvallen | 5,200 | 37,063 | 2,471 | 15 | 48% |
| Landskrona | Landskrona IP | 12,000 | 34,601 | 2,307 | 15 | 19% |
| Ljungskile | Starke Arvid Arena | 6,000 | 14,529 | 969 | 15 | 16% |
| Mjällby | Strandvallen | 7,500 | 36,668 | 2,445 | 15 | 33% |
| Norrköping | Idrottsparken | 19,000 | 64,593 | 4,306 | 15 | 23% |
| Qviding | Valhalla IP | 4,000 | 6,926 | 462 | 15 | 12% |
| Sirius | Studenternas IP | 7,600 | 22,476 | 1,498 | 15 | 20% |
| GIF Sundsvall | Norrporten Arena | 7,700 | 47,327 | 3,155 | 15 | 41% |
| Syrianska | Södertälje Fotbollsarena | 6,700 | 34,288 | 2,286 | 15 | 34% |
| Trollhättan | Edsborgs IP | 5,100 | 23,742 | 1,583 | 15 | 31% |
| Vasalund | Skytteholms IP | 4,000 | 10,809 | 721 | 15 | 18% |
| Väsby | Vilundavallen | 4,000 | 6,088 | 406 | 15 | 10% |
| Åtvidaberg | Kopparvallen | 7,200 | 34,538 | 2,303 | 15 | 32% |
| Ängelholm | Ängelholms IP | 5,000 | 15,142 | 1,009 | 15 | 20% |
| Total | Games | Average |
| 451,298 | 240 | 1,880 |
Source: svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish)