Superettan
Season2014
ChampionsHammarby IF
Promoted
Relegated
Matches played240
Goals scored672 (2.8 per match)
Top goalscorerKennedy Bakircioglü (17 goals)
Best goalkeeperAlex Horwath (83 save %)
Biggest home winHammarby IF 6–0 Syrianska FC (21 September 2014)
Biggest away winIFK Värnamo 0–6 IK Sirius (2 November 2014)
Highest scoring
Highest attendance31,074[1]
Hammarby IF 0–0 Ljungskile SK (24 August 2014)
Lowest attendance222[1]
Ängelholms FF 2–0 Husqvarna FF (26 May 2014)
Total attendance784,165[2]
Average attendance3,267[2]
← 2013
2015 →

The 2014 Superettan, part of the 2014 Swedish football season, was the 15th 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]

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

Team Location Stadium Turf1 Stadium capacity1
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 coach1 Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Assyriska FF Bosnia and Herzegovina Valentic Azrudin Sweden David Durmaz Umbro Scania
Degerfors IF Sweden Patrik Werner Sweden Tobias Solberg adidas Outokumpu
GAIS Sweden Per-Ola Ljung Sweden Kenneth Gustafsson Hummel Åbro
GIF Sundsvall Sweden Joel Cedergren
Sweden Roger Franzén		 Sweden Kevin Walker adidas Various
Hammarby IF Sweden Nanne Bergstrand Sweden Kennedy Bakircioglü Kappa Herbalife
Husqvarna FF England Giles Stille Sweden Michell Haidari adidas Husqvarna
IFK Värnamo Sweden Jörgen Petersson
Sweden Peter Johansson		 Sweden Martin Claesson adidas Various
IK Sirius Sweden Kim Bergstrand Sweden Carl Nyström Nike Various
Jönköpings Södra IF Sweden Jimmy Thelin Sweden Tommy Thelin Nike Various
Landskrona BoIS Sweden Patrik Johansson (interim) Sweden Johnny Lundberg Masita bila.nu
Ljungskile SK Sweden Tor-Arne Fredheim Sweden Markus Gustafsson adidas Various
Syrianska FC Sweden Zvezdan Milošević Sweden Sharbel Touma Nike Aros Kapital
Varbergs BoIS Sweden Jörgen Wålemark Sweden Fredrik Björk Umbro Various
Ängelholms FF Sweden Joakim Persson Sweden Björn Westerblad adidas Unicolor AB
Östers IF Sweden Roberth Björknesjö Sweden Denis Velić Puma IST
Östersunds FK England Graham Potter Iran Brwa Nouri adidas Peab

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Hammarby IF Sweden Thomas Dennerby Mutual consent 6 November 2013[5] Pre-season Sweden Nanne Bergstrand 6 November 2013[6]
Varbergs BoIS Sweden Halda Kabil Sacked 15 November 2013[7] Pre-season Sweden Jörgen Wålemark 21 November 2013[8]
IFK Värnamo Sweden Sören Åkeby Mutual consent 21 November 2013[9] Pre-season Sweden Jörgen Petersson 15 December 2013[10]
Östers IF Sweden Andreas Thomsson Mutual consent 30 December 2013[11] Pre-season Sweden Roberth Björknesjö 30 December 2013[12]
Syrianska FC Sweden Özcan Melkemichel Resigned 31 December 2013[13] Pre-season Brazil Carlos Roberto Cabral 6 January 2014[14]
Syrianska FC Brazil Carlos Roberto Cabral Resigned 28 January 2014[15] Pre-season Sweden Stefan Fredriksson 28 January 2014[15]
Syrianska FC Sweden Stefan Fredriksson Resigned 1 April 2014[16] Pre-season Sweden Zvezdan Milošević 6 April 2014[17]
Jönköpings Södra IF Sweden Mats Gren Signed by IFK Göteborg 18 April 2014[18] 14th Sweden Jimmy Thelin 18 April 2014[18]
Assyriska FF Bosnia and Herzegovina Valentic Azrudin Mutual consent 27 May 2014[19] 15th Sweden Sören Åkeby 29 May 2014[20]
GAIS Sweden Thomas Askebrand Sacked 27 May 2014[21] 13th Sweden Per-Ola Ljung 13 June 2014[22]
Landskrona BoIS Sweden Jörgen Pettersson Sacked 11 June 2014[23] 14th Sweden Patrik Johansson 11 June 2014[23]
Assyriska FF Sweden Sören Åkeby Resigned 17 September 2014[24] 16th Bosnia and Herzegovina Valentic Azrudin 17 September 2014[24]
Husqvarna FF Sweden Niclas Tagesson Stepped down 20 September 2014[25] 15th England 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) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Relegation play-offs

IK Frej3 – 0Östers IF
  • Lallet 51'
  • Plavšić 53'
  • Silfver 55'
 Report
Attendance: 1,684
Referee: Per Melin (Gävle)
Östers IF3 – 2IK Frej
 Report
Attendance: 2,685
Referee: Antti Kanerva (Olofstorp)

IK Frej won 5–3 on aggregate.

Örgryte IS1 – 1Assyriska FF
Mourad 78' Report Papagiannopoulos 39'
Attendance: 3,227
Referee: Kaspar Sjöberg (Malmö)
Assyriska FF0 – 0Örgryte IS
Report
Attendance: 2,511
Referee: Jim Petersson (Motala)

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

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
Hammarby IF513886321222333111133322221121
GIF Sundsvall4104211112111222333321133332212
Ljungskile SK668458554443111222212211113333
Jönköpings Södra IF1214141515101396878887545675555544444
Östersunds FK13151616161410108666678664444444455555
IK Sirius17107757811787766776756688896666
Degerfors IF91313141416161616141311911121011121211121010101077897
Varbergs BoIS1052564245555555457568777769978
IFK Värnamo836332433334444889997866688789
Syrianska FC16161294711101010109109999888999991010111110
GAIS747111315111313151515131416141515131313131111111213101011
Ängelholms FF151156911121412121212121210111210101010111213131311121212
Östers IF2811121098779910111011131011111211121312121112131313
Assyriska FF1199101112151515161614161315161616161616161616151515151414
Landskrona BoIS141215131213141214131416151613121313151414141414141414141515
Husqvarna FF321123669111113141514151414141515151515161616161616
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 goalkeepers

(Minimum of 10 games played)

Rank Goalkeeper Club
 GP GA SV%[28] CS
1 United States Alex Horwath Ljungskile SK 30 25 83 14
2 Sweden Johannes Hopf Hammarby IF 30 27 78 13
Montenegro Zoran Aković Husqvarna FF 22 32 4
4 Sweden Tommi Vaiho GAIS 29 36 76 9
Sweden August Strömberg Degerfors IF 22 37 6
6 Sweden Tommy Naurin GIF Sundsvall 30 34 75 8
England Connor Ripley Östersunds FK 14 17 4
8 Sweden Björn Åkesson IFK Värnamo 30 52 74 8
Sweden Aly Keita Östersunds FK 14 19 3
10 Sweden Andreas Andersson IK Sirius 30 35 73 5

Hat-tricks

PlayerForAgainstResultDate
Sweden David JohannessonLjungskile SKÄngelholms FF5–019 May 2014
Sweden Fredrik OlssonJönköpings Södra IFAssyriska FF4–019 July 2014
Nigeria Nsima PeterVarbergs BoISLandskrona BoIS1–59 August 2014
Sweden Johan EklundGIF SundsvallÖsters IF5–117 August 2014
Northern Ireland Daryl SmylieJönköpings Södra IFDegerfors IF4–220 October 2014
Sweden Nahir BesaraHammarby IFÖstersunds FK4–221 October 2014
Sweden Karl SöderströmVarbergs BoISIFK Värnamo6–226 October 2014
Nigeria Moses OgbuIK SiriusIFK Värnamo0–62 November 2014

See also

Competitions

References

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  2. 1 2 "Publikliga". svenskfotboll.se. The Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 24 August 2014.
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