Football league season
The 2020 Superettan was part of the 2020 Swedish football season , and the 21st season of Superettan , Sweden's second-tier football division in its current format. A total of 16 teams contest the league.
Teams
A total of 16 teams contest the league. The top two teams qualify directly for promotion to Allsvenskan , the third will enter a play-off for the chance of promotion. The two bottom teams are automatically relegated, while the 13th and 14th placed teams will compete in a play-off to determine whether they are relegated.
Stadia and locations
Locations of the 2020 Superettan teams
Team
Location
Stadium
Stadium capacity[ note 1]
AFC Eskilstuna
Eskilstuna
Tunavallen
7,800
Akropolis IF
Spånga
Grimsta IP
5,000
Dalkurd FF
Uppsala
Nya Studenternas
10,000
Degerfors IF
Degerfors
Stora Valla
12,500
GAIS
Gothenburg
Gamla Ullevi
18,416[ 3]
GIF Sundsvall
Sundsvall
Idrottsparken [ note 2]
7,700
Halmstads BK
Halmstad
Örjans Vall
10,873
IK Brage
Borlänge
Domnarvsvallen
6,500
Jönköpings Södra IF
Jönköping
Stadsparksvallen
5,500
Ljungskile SK
Ljungskile
Skarsjövallen
8,000
Norrby IF
Borås
Borås Arena
17,800
Trelleborgs FF
Trelleborg
Vångavallen
7,000[ 4]
Umeå FC
Umeå
Gammliavallen [ note 3]
10,000
Västerås SK
Västerås
Iver Arena
7,000
Örgryte IS
Gothenburg
Gamla Ullevi
18,416[ 3]
Östers IF
Växjö
Visma Arena
12,000
^ According to each club information page at the Swedish Football Association website for Allsvenskan.[ 2]
^ Known as NP3 Arena for sponsorship reasons.
^ Known as Umeå Energi Arena for sponsorship reasons.
League table
Source:
svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish) Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored
(C) Champions;
(O) Play-off winners;
(P) Promoted;
(R) Relegated
Playoffs
The 13th-placed and 14th-placed teams of Superettan met the two runners-up from 2020 Division 1 (Norra and Södra) in two-legged ties on a home-and-away basis with the teams from Superettan finishing at home.
Landskrona BoIS won 3–1 on aggregate.
2–2 on aggregate. Trelleborgs FF won 4–1 on penalties.
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 Halmstads BK 12 7 3 3 3 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 Degerfors IF 1 4 8 4 4 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 Jönköpings Södra IF 14 8 13 7 10 12 8 7 6 5 4 3 5 5 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Östers IF 4 2 2 2 2 4 5 5 8 7 8 10 9 7 6 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Akropolis IF 8 12 6 11 8 9 6 4 4 6 5 5 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 GIF Sundsvall 2 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 5 6 8 8 7 6 7 7 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 Västerås SK 7 5 7 6 9 6 9 11 11 14 12 12 11 11 12 11 11 11 12 12 13 12 9 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 IK Brage 16 15 12 14 6 5 4 6 5 4 6 6 7 6 7 7 6 6 6 7 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 AFC Eskilstuna 13 16 16 16 16 16 16 15 15 15 15 16 16 16 15 16 16 15 15 14 11 10 14 10 13 13 14 13 10 9 GAIS 5 11 14 15 7 10 11 12 12 13 13 13 13 13 14 14 12 12 10 9 8 8 8 9 10 9 9 11 11 10 Norrby IF 11 6 4 5 5 7 7 8 7 8 7 7 10 10 8 10 9 9 9 10 10 11 13 14 12 12 13 12 9 11 Örgryte IS 3 10 15 8 11 13 14 14 14 11 9 9 8 9 10 8 7 7 8 8 9 9 10 11 9 11 12 10 13 12 Trelleborgs FF 6 9 11 13 14 8 10 9 9 9 11 8 6 8 9 9 10 10 11 11 12 14 12 13 14 14 11 9 12 13 Dalkurd FF 9 3 5 9 12 11 12 13 13 10 10 11 12 12 11 12 13 13 13 13 14 13 11 12 11 10 10 14 14 14 Umeå FC 15 13 9 10 13 14 13 10 10 12 14 14 14 14 13 13 14 14 14 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 Ljungskile SK 10 14 10 12 15 15 15 16 16 16 16 15 15 15 16 15 15 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16
Results
Source:
svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish) Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Season statistics
Top scorers
As of 5 December 2020 [ 5]
Hat-tricks
Discipline
Player
Most red cards: 2
Linus Dahl (Ljungskile)
Club
References
External links
(Unofficial) Division 2 Division 1 Superettan
League competitions
Cup competitions
European competitions
Related to national teams