2017 Superettan

The 2017 Superettan is part of the 2017 Swedish football season, and the 17th season of Superettan, Sweden's second-tier football division in its current format. A total of 16 teams contest the league.

Superettan

Season	2017
Champions	IF Brommapojkarna
Promoted	IF Brommapojkarna Dalkurd FF Trelleborgs FF
Relegated	Syrianska FC Åtvidabergs FF
Matches played	240
Goals scored	673 (2.8 per match)
Top goalscorer	Richard Yarsuvat (17 goals)
Biggest home win	Trelleborgs FF 6–0 Örgryte IS (24 April 2017)
Biggest away win	Åtvidabergs FF 0–5 IF Brommapojkarna (22 July 2017)
Highest scoring	Varbergs BoIS 7–1 GAIS (17 May 2017)
Longest winning run	6 matches^[1] IF Brommapojkarna
Longest unbeaten run	12 matches Dalkurd FF
Longest winless run	12 matches Åtvidabergs FF
Longest losing run	8 matches Gefle IF
Highest attendance	12,766 Helsingborgs IF 1–0 Trelleborgs FF (1 April 2017)
Lowest attendance	318 Syrianska FC 1–2 Falkenbergs FF (29 October 2017)
Average attendance	2,074
← 2016 2018 →

Fixtures for the 2017 season were announced on 9 December 2016.^[2]

Teams

A total of 16 teams contest the league. The top two teams qualify directly for promotion to Allsvenskan, the third will enter a playoff for the chance of a promotion.

Stadia and locations

 

 

Dalkurd

 

Degerfors

 

Falkenberg

 

• Gais
• Örgryte

 

Gefle

 

Helsingborg

 

BP

 

Värnamo

 

Frej

 

Norrby

 

Syrianska

 

Trelleborg

 

Varberg

 

Åtvidaberg

 

Öster

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Locations of the 2017 Superettan teams

Team	Location	Stadium	Turf^1	Stadium capacity^1
Dalkurd	Borlänge	Domnarvsvallen	Artificial	6,500
Degerfors	Degerfors	Stora Valla	Natural	12,500
Falkenberg	Falkenberg	Falcon Alkoholfri Arena	Natural	4,000
GAIS	Gothenburg	Gamla Ullevi	Natural	18,416
Gefle	Gävle	Gavlevallen	Artificial	6,500
Helsingborg	Helsingborg	Olympia	Natural	16,500
Brommapojkarna	Bromma	Grimsta IP	Artificial	8,000
Värnamo	Värnamo	Finnvedsvallen	Natural	5,000
Frej	Täby kyrkby	Vikingavallen	Artificial	2,650
Norrby	Borås	Borås Arena	Artificial	17,800
Syrianska	Södertälje	Södertälje Fotbollsarena	Artificial	6,400
Trelleborg	Trelleborg	Vångavallen	Natural	10,000
Varberg	Varberg	Påskbergsvallen	Natural	4,500
Åtvidaberg	Åtvidaberg	Kopparvallen	Artificial	8,000
Örgryte	Gothenburg	Gamla Ullevi	Natural	18,416
Öster	Växjö	Myresjöhus Arena	Natural	12,000

• ¹ According to each club information page at the Swedish Football Association website for Superettan.^[3]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	IF Brommapojkarna (C, P)	30	19	5	6	59	26	+33	62	Promotion to Allsvenskan
2	Dalkurd FF (P)	30	17	7	6	57	26	+31	58
3	Trelleborgs FF (O, P)	30	14	10	6	54	32	+22	52	Qualification to Promotion playoffs
4	Falkenbergs FF	30	12	12	6	50	39	+11	48
5	Östers IF	30	13	9	8	46	35	+11	48
6	IFK Värnamo	30	14	5	11	53	44	+9	47
7	Helsingborgs IF	30	11	12	7	40	41	−1	45
8	Degerfors IF	30	12	8	10	42	38	+4	44
9	GAIS	30	10	7	13	28	37	−9	37
10	Norrby IF	30	11	4	15	44	56	−12	37
11	Varbergs BoIS	30	9	9	12	42	42	0	36
12	Gefle IF	30	10	6	14	40	48	−8	36
13	Örgryte IS (O)	30	9	9	12	29	45	−16	36	Qualification to Relegation playoffs
14	IK Frej (O)	30	8	5	17	39	51	−12	29
15	Syrianska FC (R)	30	7	3	20	39	66	−27	24	Relegation to Division 1
16	Åtvidabergs FF (R)	30	6	5	19	22	58	−36	23

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) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Playoffs

The 13th-placed and 14th-placed teams of Superettan meets the two runners-up from 2017 Division 1 (Norra and Södra) in Two-legged ties on a home-and-away basis with the team from Superettan finishing at home.

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8 November 2017

19:00

Akropolis IF	1–1	IK Frej
Haglind-Sangré   88'	Report	Falkeborn   17'

Spånga IP, Spånga

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Granit Maqedonci (Gothenburg)

11 November 2017

13:00

IK Frej	0–0	Akropolis IF
	Report

Vikingavallen, Täby kyrkby

Attendance: 1,968

Referee: Robert Daradić (Helsingborg)

1–1 on aggregate. IK Frej won on away goals.

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8 November 2017

19:00

Mjällby AIF	2–1	Örgryte IS
Enarsson   18' Löfquist   31'	Report	Atashkadeh   61'

Strandvallen, Hällevik

Attendance: 3,035

Referee: Victor Wolf (Stockholm)

11 November 2017

13:00

Örgryte IS	3–1 (a.e.t.)	Mjällby AIF
Said Adan   69', 83' Araba   119'	Report	Stagova   32'

Gamla Ullevi, Gothenburg

Attendance: 3,264

Referee: Johan Krantz (Uppsala)

Örgryte IS won 4–3 on aggregate.

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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
IF Brommapojkarna	8	4	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1
Dalkurd FF	9	7	7	4	2	3	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2
Trelleborgs FF	14	10	11	8	6	6	8	6	5	4	6	6	7	7	4	4	6	6	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Falkenbergs FF	15	12	12	13	15	11	9	10	7	5	7	8	9	8	5	5	5	5	5	4	3	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	4	4
Östers IF	2	3	1	3	3	5	5	4	4	8	5	7	5	4	6	6	4	3	4	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	4	4	5	5
IFK Värnamo	1	1	4	2	5	7	6	9	12	13	11	9	10	9	7	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	6
Helsingborgs IF	5	6	6	6	4	2	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	6	6	6	7
Degerfors IF	3	2	3	5	7	4	4	8	8	6	8	5	6	5	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8
GAIS	10	11	15	14	10	9	10	11	9	10	9	10	14	11	11	11	11	12	10	10	9	9	11	9	11	12	13	11	12	9
Norrby IF	11	13	13	15	16	16	15	16	14	12	13	14	12	14	14	14	13	10	12	13	12	12	13	12	13	13	10	12	13	10
Varbergs BoIS	13	9	10	9	9	8	7	5	6	9	10	11	8	12	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	10	10	11	13	9	11
Gefle IF	6	14	14	10	11	14	14	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	16	16	16	13	12	13	12	11	12	10	10	12
Örgryte IS	4	8	5	7	8	10	11	7	10	7	4	4	4	6	9	7	8	8	8	8	10	10	9	10	9	9	9	9	11	13
IK Frej	7	5	8	11	13	13	13	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	15	15	15	16	14	15	15	14	14	14	14	14
Syrianska FC	12	15	9	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	13	11	13	13	13	12	14	14	12	13	14	15	14	14	15	15	15	15	15
Åtvidabergs FF	16	16	16	16	14	15	16	13	13	14	14	12	13	10	12	12	14	13	13	14	14	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16

	Promotion to Allsvenskan
	Promotion play-offs
	Relegation play-offs
	Relegation to Division 1

Source: everysport.com (in Swedish)

Season statistics

Top scorers As of 4 November 2017^[4] Rank Player Club Goals 1   Richard Yarsuvat Dalkurd FF 17 2   Salif Camara Jönsson Trelleborgs FF 15 3   Viktor Gyökeres IF Brommapojkarna 13   Nicklas Savolainen Norrby IF 5   Sargon Abraham Degerfors IF 12   Pär Cederqvist IFK Värnamo   Deniz Hümmet Gefle IF

Top assists As of 4 November 2017^[5] Rank Player Club Assists 1   Petar Petrović IFK Värnamo 12 2   Piotr Johansson Gefle IF 11 3   Markus Gustafsson IF Brommapojkarna 10 4   Adam Ståhl Norrby IF 9 5   Dino Islamović Trelleborgs FF 8 6   Dusan Djuric GAIS 8   Zoran Jovanović Trelleborgs FF

Top goalkeepers

As of 4 November 2017^[6]

Rank	Goalkeeper	Club	GP	GA	SV%	CS
1	Damir Mehić	GAIS	29	37	77	9
	Pär Hansson	Helsingborgs IF	15	15		6
3	Jesse Öst	Degerfors IF	24	31	76	4
4	Marko Johansson	Trelleborgs FF	30	32	75	7
	Marko Atanackovic	IK Frej	13	19		4
6	Tobias Andersson	IFK Värnamo	30	44	74	5
7	Frank Pettersson	Dalkurd FF	30	26	73	12
	Rasmus Emanuelsson	IF Brommapojkarna	14	14		6
9	Budimir Janošević	IF Brommapojkarna	16	12	72	8

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Salif Camara Jönsson^4 goals	Trelleborgs FF	Örgryte IS	6–0	24 April 2017
Salif Camara Jönsson^4 goals	Trelleborgs FF	IFK Värnamo	0–4	2 May 2017
Nicklas Savolainen	Norrby IF	Gefle IF	3–2	15 May 2017
Gabriel Altemark-Vanneryr	Varbergs BoIS	GAIS	7–1	17 May 2017
Tobias Englund	Falkenbergs FF	Varbergs BoIS	3–5	27 May 2017
Mattias Genc	Syrianska FC	Norrby IF	3–4	8 August 2017
Richard Yarsuvat	Dalkurd FF	IK Frej	3–2	9 August 2017
Viktor Gyökeres	IF Brommapojkarna	Gefle IF	4–1	4 November 2017

References

1. "Superettan streaks and sequences". soccerstats.com. soccerstats.com. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
2. "Spelprogram klara för Allsvenskan och Superettan 2017". svenskfotboll.se. 9 December 2016. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
3. "Superettan".
4. . The Swedish Football Association. The Swedish Football Association. Archived from the original on 29 May 2017. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
5. . The Swedish Football Association. The Swedish Football Association. Archived from the original on 28 March 2015. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
6. "Målvaktsliga". The Swedish Football Association. The Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 28 May 2017.