The 2017 Superettan was part of the 2017 Swedish football season, and the 18th season of Superettan, Sweden's second-tier football division in its current format. A total of 16 teams contest the league.

Superettan
Season2017
ChampionsIF Brommapojkarna
Promoted
Relegated
Matches played240
Goals scored673 (2.8 per match)
Top goalscorerRichard Yarsuvat (17 goals)
Biggest home winTrelleborgs FF 6–0 Örgryte IS (24 April 2017)
Biggest away winÅtvidabergs FF 0–5 IF Brommapojkarna (22 July 2017)
Highest scoringVarbergs BoIS 7–1 GAIS (17 May 2017)
Longest winning run6 matches[1]
IF Brommapojkarna
Longest unbeaten run12 matches
Dalkurd FF
Longest winless run12 matches
Åtvidabergs FF
Longest losing run8 matches
Gefle IF
Highest attendance12,766
Helsingborgs IF 1–0 Trelleborgs FF (1 April 2017)
Lowest attendance318
Syrianska FC 1–2 Falkenbergs FF (29 October 2017)
Average attendance2,074
2016
2018

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

Teams

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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

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Team Location Stadium Turf1 Stadium capacity1
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

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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) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated


Playoffs

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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.


Akropolis IF1–1IK Frej
Haglind-Sangré   88' Report Falkeborn   17'
Spånga IP, Spånga
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Granit Maqedonci (Gothenburg)
IK Frej0–0Akropolis IF
Report
Attendance: 1,968
Referee: Robert Daradić (Helsingborg)

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


Mjällby AIF2–1Örgryte IS
Report Atashkadeh   61'
Attendance: 3,035
Referee: Victor Wolf (Stockholm)
Örgryte IS3–1 (a.e.t.)Mjällby AIF
  • Said Adan   69', 83'
  • Araba   119'
Report Stagova   32'
Attendance: 3,264
Referee: Johan Krantz (Uppsala)

Örgryte IS won 4–3 on aggregate.


Positions by round

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Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
IF Brommapojkarna842111111111111111111222221111
Dalkurd FF977423223322222222222111112222
Trelleborgs FF141011866865466774466334333333333
Falkenbergs FF1512121315119107578985555543445555544
Östers IF231335544857546643466666664455
IFK Värnamo1142576912131191097999998888888776
Helsingborgs IF566642332233333334655554446667
Degerfors IF323574488685658877777777777888
GAIS10111514109101191091014111111111210109911911121311129
Norrby IF111313151616151614121314121414141310121312121312131310121310
Varbergs BoIS13910998756910118121010101111111111101110101113911
Gefle IF61414101114141516161616161616161615161616131213121112101012
Örgryte IS48578101171074446978888101091099991113
IK Frej758111313131415151515151515151516151515161415151414141414
Syrianska FC12159121212121211111213111313131214141213141514141515151515
Åtvidabergs FF161616161415161313141412131012121413131414151616161616161616
Promotion to Allsvenskan
Promotion play-offs
Relegation play-offs
Relegation to Division 1
Source: everysport.com (in Swedish)

Season statistics

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Top scorers

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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 goalkeepers

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As of 4 November 2017[5]
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

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Player For Against Result Date
  Salif Camara Jönsson4 goals Trelleborgs FF Örgryte IS 6–0 24 April 2017
  Salif Camara Jönsson4 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

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  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. ^ "Skytteliga". The Swedish Football Association. The Swedish Football Association. Archived from the original on 29 May 2017. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
  5. ^ "Målvaktsliga". The Swedish Football Association. The Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 28 May 2017.