2023 Superettan

Football league season

Superettan
Season	2023
Champions	Västerås SK
Promoted	Västerås SK GAIS
Relegated	Jönköpings Södra IF AFC Eskilstuna
Matches played	240
Goals scored	673 (2.8 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jesper Westermark (17 goals)
Biggest home win	Utsikten 5–0 GIF Sundsvall (10 June 2023)
Biggest away win	Gefle 0–6 GAIS (23 September 2023) Trelleborg 0–6 GAIS (8 October 2023)
Highest scoring	Örebro 5–3 Skövde AIK (17 September 2023)
Longest winning run	Västerås SK (8 wins)
Longest unbeaten run	Utsikten (10 games)
Longest winless run	Skövde AIK (10 games)
Longest losing run	Örgryte IS (5 games)
Highest attendance	13,011 GAIS 0–1 Örgryte IS (1 June 2023)
Lowest attendance	104 Utsikten 4–1 IK Brage (14 May 2023)
Total attendance	578,443
Average attendance	2,582
← 2022 2024 → All statistics correct as of 11 November 2023.

The 2023 Superettan was the 24th season of Superettan, Sweden's second-tier football division in its current format. It was part of the 2023 Swedish football season and contested by 16 teams.

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.^[1]

New teams

Promoted from the 2022 Ettan
- Gefle IF - Winner Ettan Norra
- GAIS - Winner Ettan Södra

Relegated from the 2022 Allsvenskan
- Helsingborgs IF
- GIF Sundsvall

Stadiums and locations

Gothenburg

Gothenburg teams
Utsiktens BK
Örgryte IS
GAIS

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Locations of the 2023 Superettan teams

Team	Location	Stadium	Stadium capacity^{[note 1]}
AFC Eskilstuna	Eskilstuna	Tunavallen	7,800
IK Brage	Borlänge	Domnarvsvallen	6,500
GAIS	Gothenburg	Gamla Ullevi	18,416
Gefle IF	Gävle	Gavlevallen	6,500
GIF Sundsvall	Sundsvall	NP3 Arena	8,000
Helsingborgs IF	Helsingborg	Olympia	16,500
Jönköpings Södra IF	Jönköping	Stadsparksvallen	5,500
Landskrona BoIS	Landskrona	Landskrona IP	10,500
Skövde AIK	Skövde	Södermalms IP	4,500
Trelleborgs FF	Trelleborg	Vångavallen	7,000^[3]
Utsiktens BK	Gothenburg	Bravida Arena	6,500
Västerås SK	Västerås	Iver Arena	7,000
Örebro SK	Örebro	Behrn Arena	14,400
Örgryte IS	Gothenburg	Gamla Ullevi	18,416^[4]
Östers IF	Växjö	Visma Arena	12,000
Östersunds FK	Östersund	Jämtkraft Arena	8,545

^ According to each club information page at the Swedish Football Association website for Superettan.^[2]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Västerås SK (C, P)	30	19	6	5	48	24	+24	63	Promotion to Allsvenskan
2	GAIS (P)	30	17	6	7	61	23	+38	57	Promotion to Allsvenskan
3	Utsiktens BK	30	16	7	7	50	31	+19	55	Qualification for Allsvenskan play-off
4	Östers IF	30	16	6	8	57	35	+22	54
5	Östersunds FK	30	10	12	8	44	39	+5	42
6	IK Brage	30	12	5	13	39	42	−3	41
7	Landskrona BoIS	30	11	6	13	40	49	−9	39
8	Trelleborgs FF	30	10	9	11	40	52	−12	39
9	Gefle IF	30	9	10	11	36	45	−9	37
10	GIF Sundsvall	30	9	8	13	37	53	−16	35
11	Örebro SK	30	8	10	12	43	45	−2	34
12	Helsingborgs IF	30	8	9	13	32	37	−5	33
13	Skövde AIK (O)	30	9	6	15	42	52	−10	33	Qualification for Superettan play-off
14	Örgryte IS (O)	30	8	8	14	33	47	−14	32	Qualification for Superettan play-off
15	Jönköpings Södra IF (R)	30	7	10	13	43	57	−14	31	Relegation to Ettan
16	AFC Eskilstuna (R)	30	7	10	13	28	42	−14	31	Relegation to Ettan

Source: svenskfotboll.se
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

Superettan play-off

The thirteenth and fourteenth-placed teams (Örgryte IS and Skövde AIK) each faced one of the two runners-up from the 2023 Ettan (Falkenbergs FF and Nordic United FC) in two-legged ties for the final two places in the 2024 Superettan.

23 November 2023

19:00

Falkenbergs FF	2–2	Skövde AIK
Aguda 44' Hintsa 90+7'		Abdulazeez 15' Vidjeskog 78'

Falcon Alkoholfri Arena, Falkenberg

26 November 2023

14:00

Skövde AIK	3–0	Falkenbergs FF
Tibell 25', 75' Suljev 42'

Södermalms IP, Skövde

Skövde AIK won 5–2 on aggregate.

23 November 2023

19:00

Nordic United FC	0–1	Örgryte IS
		Christoffersson 78'

Södertälje Fotbollsarena, Södertälje

26 November 2023

16:00

Örgryte IS	1–0	Nordic United FC
Lundberg 18'

Gamla Ullevi, Gothenburg

Örgryte IS won 2–0 on aggregate.

Positions by round

Source: everysport.com

Results 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
AFC Eskilstuna	D	L	L	W	L	D	W	D	D	D	L	L	L	W	W	W	D	D	L	W	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	D	D	W
GAIS	D	W	W	W	L	W	W	L	D	L	W	W	D	D	L	D	D	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	L
Gefle IF	W	W	L	D	L	L	W	D	L	L	L	W	W	D	D	L	W	W	W	L	W	D	L	D	L	L	D	D	D	D
GIF Sundsvall	W	W	L	L	W	L	D	L	W	W	L	L	L	L	D	D	D	D	L	W	L	W	L	D	D	L	W	W	D	L
Helsingborgs IF	L	L	L	L	W	L	D	L	D	D	D	W	W	W	L	D	L	L	D	L	W	L	W	D	W	L	D	D	W	L
IK Brage	L	L	W	W	D	W	L	D	L	W	L	W	W	L	L	D	L	L	L	W	D	D	W	L	D	W	W	L	L	W
Jönköpings Södra IF	D	D	W	D	W	D	L	W	W	L	D	W	D	W	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	L	W	L	D	L	D	D	L	L
Landskrona BoIS	L	L	W	L	W	W	D	W	L	D	W	L	D	L	L	W	L	L	W	W	W	W	D	L	D	W	L	D	L	L
Skövde AIK	L	D	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	D	W	L	D	L	W	L	L	W	W	L	L	L	W	W	L	W	D	W	D	W
Trelleborgs FF	L	L	W	L	L	L	W	W	W	D	W	L	L	D	W	L	D	D	L	D	W	D	W	W	L	L	W	D	D	D
Utsiktens BK	W	W	L	D	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	D	W	W	W	L	D	L	L	L	D	D	W	L	D	W
Västerås SK	W	D	W	W	L	W	D	W	L	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	D	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	L
Örebro SK	D	D	L	L	W	W	D	L	D	L	W	L	D	D	D	D	D	W	L	D	W	W	L	W	L	L	L	L	W	L
Örgryte IS	D	D	L	D	L	D	D	W	W	W	L	L	L	L	L	D	W	L	D	L	L	W	L	L	W	D	L	L	W	W
Östers IF	W	W	W	W	L	D	L	L	W	W	L	L	D	W	W	W	D	L	W	W	W	D	D	D	L	W	L	W	W	W
Östersunds FK	D	D	W	W	W	D	L	D	L	L	L	W	L	W	D	D	W	D	D	D	D	D	L	W	D	W	L	W	L	W

Source: soccerstats.com
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose

Results

Home \ Away	ESK	GAI	GEF	GIF	HEL	BRA	JÖN	LAN	SKÖ	TRE	UTS	VÄS	ÖRE	ÖRG	ÖST	ÖFK
AFC Eskilstuna		0–0	2–1	0–1	0–1	2–1	2–2	0–1	3–0	1–0	1–1	1–2	3–0	1–3	1–1	1–1
GAIS	3–0		1–1	3–3	4–1	3–0	0–1	2–0	3–1	2–1	0–1	0–2	4–0	0–1	1–0	2–1
Gefle IF	2–0	0–6		1–3	1–0	2–0	1–0	3–3	4–1	1–1	1–1	0–3	2–1	0–1	3–2	2–2
GIF Sundsvall	1–1	0–3	2–2		1–1	1–2	3–2	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–0	1–3	2–2	1–0	2–3	0–3
Helsingborgs IF	1–0	2–1	0–0	3–2		2–0	2–2	1–2	0–0	1–3	0–1	0–1	4–1	2–3	0–1	1–0
IK Brage	4–0	0–4	1–1	2–0	1–0		4–0	2–1	3–2	1–1	3–0	1–2	2–1	4–1	1–2	2–1
Jönköpings Södra IF	2–3	0–2	2–1	1–0	2–2	4–1		1–2	2–2	3–1	0–2	2–1	0–0	2–1	2–3	1–1
Landskrona BoIS	1–2	2–1	1–0	2–2	2–1	3–0	1–1		2–0	1–1	1–3	0–1	3–2	1–2	2–2	0–1
Skövde AIK	1–0	0–0	3–1	2–0	1–0	0–0	3–3	4–2		2–3	2–0	0–2	1–2	2–0	1–2	5–1
Trelleborgs FF	2–0	0–6	0–1	3–4	0–0	1–0	2–1	0–3	2–2		0–3	3–2	2–2	2–0	1–3	1–0
Utsiktens BK	1–1	1–2	0–0	5–0	1–1	4–1	2–1	5–1	1–0	2–3		4–0	2–1	2–1	2–1	0–0
Västerås SK	0–0	2–1	1–0	2–0	3–2	0–0	3–1	0–0	4–0	3–0	1–0		3–0	0–0	2–1	0–2
Örebro SK	3–0	0–0	2–0	0–1	1–1	0–2	3–0	4–0	5–3	0–0	5–1	1–1		0–0	1–1	0–0
Örgryte IS	2–2	1–4	3–1	1–0	1–2	1–1	2–2	0–1	1–2	0–2	2–2	1–0	0–3		2–2	2–2
Östers IF	3–0	1–2	1–2	4–0	1–1	1–0	4–0	2–1	2–1	5–2	0–1	2–2	3–0	3–0		0–1
Östersunds FK	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–0	2–0	3–3	4–1	2–1	2–2	1–2	1–2	4–3	2–1	1–2

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

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of 11 November 2023^[5]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Jesper Westermark	Östers IF	17
2	Lucas Hedlund	Utsiktens BK	16
3	Jabir Abdihakim Ali	Västerås SK	14
3	Adam Bergmark Wiberg	Östers IF	14
5	Kalle Holmberg	Örebro SK	13
6	Julius Lindberg	GAIS	11
7	Mervan Çelik	GAIS	10

Top assists

As of 11 November 2023^[5]

Rank	Player	Club	Assists
1	Gustav Lundgren	GAIS	12
2	Erik Andersson	GIF Sundsvall	11
3	Julius Lindberg	GAIS	10
4	Daniel Ask	Västerås SK	9
	Erick Brendon	Östersunds FK
	Vladimir Rodić	Östers IF
7	Simon Gefvert	Västerås SK	8
	Simon Johansson	Västerås SK
	Malkolm Moënza	Jönköpings Södra IF

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date

Notes

⁴ Player scored 4 goals
(H) – Home team
(A) – Away team

Discipline

Player

Most yellow cards: 10

Albin Skoglund (Utsikten)
Isak Vidjeskog (Skövde)
Jesper Westermark (Östers)

Most red cards: 2

Wilhelm Nilsson (Utsikten)
Alexander Zetterström (Brage)

Club

Most yellow cards:

Most red cards:

References

^ "Spelprogram - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2023-01-10.
^ "Superettan" (in Swedish). The Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
^ "Vångavallen" (in Swedish). Trelleborgs FF. Archived from the original on 2013-12-13. Retrieved 2018-02-27.
^ Note: Gamla Ullevi has a capacity of 15,000 sitting and 3,416 standing for a total capacity of 18,416.
^ ^a ^b "Spelarstatistik - Svensk fotboll". The Swedish Football Association (in Swedish). Retrieved 16 July 2023.

External links

Swedish Football Association – Superettan

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Superettan	AFC Eskilstuna Brage GAIS Gefle IF GIF Sundsvall Helsingborg Jönköpings Södra Landskrona Örebro SK Örgryte Öster Östersunds FK Skövde AIK Trelleborg Utsiktens Västerås SK