2014 Superettan

The 2014 Superettan, part of the 2014 Swedish football season, was the 14th season of Superettan, Sweden's second-tier football league in its current format. The 2014 fixtures were released on 20 December 2013.[3] The season started on 5 April 2014 and concluded on 2 November 2014.[4]

Superettan

Season	2014
Champions	Hammarby IF
Promoted	Hammarby IF GIF Sundsvall
Relegated	Östers IF Landskrona BoIS Husqvarna FF
Matches played	240
Goals scored	672 (2.8 per match)
Top goalscorer	Kennedy Bakircioglü (17 goals)
Best goalkeeper	Alex Horwath (83 save %)
Biggest home win	Hammarby IF 6–0 Syrianska FC (21 September 2014)
Biggest away win	IFK Värnamo 0–6 IK Sirius (2 November 2014)
Highest scoring	Jönköpings Södra IF 6–2 Landskrona BoIS (24 May 2014) Varbergs BoIS 6–2 IFK Värnamo (26 October 2014)
Highest attendance	31,074[1] Hammarby IF 0–0 Ljungskile SK (24 August 2014)
Lowest attendance	222[1] Ängelholms FF 2–0 Husqvarna FF (26 May 2014)
Total attendance	784,165[2]
Average attendance	3,267[2]
← 2013 2015 →

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

Degerfors IF

GAIS

Hammarby IF

Husqvarna FF

IFK Värnamo

IK Sirius

Jönköpings Södra

Landskrona BoIS

Ljungskile SK

Varbergs BoIS

Ängelholms FF

Östers IF

GIF Sundsvall

Östersunds FK

Location of the 2014 Superettan teams

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
	Ängelholm	Ängelholms IP (From 28 June 2014)		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[5]	Pre-season	Nanne Bergstrand	6 November 2013[6]
Varbergs BoIS	Halda Kabil	Sacked	15 November 2013[7]	Pre-season	Jörgen Wålemark	21 November 2013[8]
IFK Värnamo	Sören Åkeby	Mutual consent	21 November 2013[9]	Pre-season	Jörgen Petersson	15 December 2013[10]
Östers IF	Andreas Thomsson	Mutual consent	30 December 2013[11]	Pre-season	Roberth Björknesjö	30 December 2013[12]
Syrianska FC	Özcan Melkemichel	Resigned	31 December 2013[13]	Pre-season	Carlos Roberto Cabral	6 January 2014[14]
Syrianska FC	Carlos Roberto Cabral	Resigned	28 January 2014[15]	Pre-season	Stefan Fredriksson	28 January 2014[15]
Syrianska FC	Stefan Fredriksson	Resigned	1 April 2014[16]	Pre-season	Zvezdan Milošević	6 April 2014[17]
Jönköpings Södra IF	Mats Gren	Signed by IFK Göteborg	18 April 2014[18]	14th	Jimmy Thelin	18 April 2014[18]
Assyriska FF	Valentic Azrudin	Mutual consent	27 May 2014[19]	15th	Sören Åkeby	29 May 2014[20]
GAIS	Thomas Askebrand	Sacked	27 May 2014[21]	13th	Per-Ola Ljung	13 June 2014[22]
Landskrona BoIS	Jörgen Pettersson	Sacked	11 June 2014[23]	14th	Patrik Johansson	11 June 2014[23]
Assyriska FF	Sören Åkeby	Resigned	17 September 2014[24]	16th	Valentic Azrudin	17 September 2014[24]
Husqvarna FF	Niclas Tagesson	Stepped down	20 September 2014[25]	15th	Giles Stille	20 September 2014[25]

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
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
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

Source: svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.

Relegation play-offs

6 November 2014

19:00 UTC+1

IK Frej	3 – 0	Östers IF
Lallet  51' Plavšić  53' Silfver  55'	Report

Vikingavallen, Täby

Attendance: 1,684

Referee: Per Melin (Gävle)

9 November 2014

15:00 UTC+1

Östers IF	3 – 2	IK Frej
Henningsson  6', 67' Velić  56'	Report	Lallet  19' Plavšić  53'

Myresjöhus Arena, Växjö

Attendance: 2,685

Referee: Antti Kanerva (Olofstorp)

IK Frej won 5–3 on aggregate.

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6 November 2014

19:00 UTC+1

Örgryte IS	1 – 1	Assyriska FF
Mourad  78'	Report	Papagiannopoulos  39'

Gamla Ullevi, Gothenburg

Attendance: 3,227

Referee: Kaspar Sjöberg (Malmö)

9 November 2014

15:00 UTC+1

Assyriska FF	0 – 0	Örgryte IS
	Report

Södertälje Fotbollsarena, Södertälje

Attendance: 2,511

Referee: Jim Petersson (Motala)

1–1 on aggregate. Assyriska FF won on away goals.

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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

Source: everysport.com (in Swedish)

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

Source: svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers Rank Player Club Goals[26] 1 Kennedy Bakircioglü Hammarby IF 17 2 Johan Eklund GIF Sundsvall 16 3 Stefan Silva IK Sirius 15 4 Fredrik Olsson Jönköpings Södra IF 14 Peter Samuelsson Degerfors IF David Johannesson Ljungskile SK 7 Daryl Smylie Jönköpings Södra IF 13 Andrew Stadler Landskrona BoIS Tommy Thelin Jönköpings Södra IF 10 Pa Dibba GIF Sundsvall 12

Top assists Rank Player Club Assists[27] 1 Robert Gojani Jönköpings Södra IF 11 2 Fredrik Torsteinbø Hammarby IF 10 Jonas Lindberg Ljungskile SK 4 Marcus Astvald Degerfors IF 9

Top goalkeepers

(Minimum of 10 games played)

Rank	Goalkeeper	Club	GP	GA	SV%[28]	CS
1	Alex Horwath	Ljungskile SK	30	25	83	14
2	Johannes Hopf	Hammarby IF	30	27	78	13
	Zoran Aković	Husqvarna FF	22	32		4
4	Tommi Vaiho	GAIS	29	36	76	9
	August Strömberg	Degerfors IF	22	37		6
6	Tommy Naurin	GIF Sundsvall	30	34	75	8
	Connor Ripley	Östersunds FK	14	17		4
8	Björn Åkesson	IFK Värnamo	30	52	74	8
	Aly Keita	Östersunds FK	14	19		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

See also

Competitions

• 2014 Allsvenskan
• 2014 Swedish football Division 1
• 2013–14 Svenska Cupen

References

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External links

• Official website (in Swedish)