Superettan

There are 16 clubs in Superettan. During the course of a season (starting in April and ending in October) each club plays the other twice, once at their home stadium and once at that of their opponents, for a total of 30 games. At the end of each season the two lowest placed teams are relegated to Division 1 and the two winning teams from the two Division 1 leagues are promoted in their place while the third and fourth lowest teams in Superettan play a promotion/relegation play-off against the two-second placed teams in Division 1. The top two teams in Superettan are promoted to Allsvenskan and the two lowest placed teams from Allsvenskan are relegated in their place. The third placed team in Superettan plays a promotion/relegation play-off against the third lowest team in Allsvenskan.

The Swiss corporation Kentaro has owned the TV rights for Superettan since 2006.{{cite news |title=Kentaro – Swedish League|url=http://www.kentarogroup.com/index.php?id=32|access-date=12 February 2012}} Through license agreements with the media company TV4 Group matches are aired on TV4 Sport who will broadcast a total of 90 matches in 2013 with the remaining 150 games available as online pay per view.{{cite news |title=Klart: Superettans alla matcher visas i tv|url=http://www.expressen.se/sport/fotboll/klart-superettans-alla-matcher-visas-i-tv/|date=30 January 2013|access-date=30 January 2013|language=sv}} The current license agreement is valid from 2011 to 2085.{{cite news |title= Nytt tv-avtal klart för 2011–2085|url=https://svenskfotboll.se/superettan/arkiv/svensk-fotboll/2010/01/nytt-tv-avtal-klart-for-2011-2015/|date=12 January 2010 |access-date=24 March 2011 |language= sv}}

On 24 March 2017, it was announced that the Discovery-owned broadcaster Eurosport will be the new domestic broadcaster for both SEF competitions (Allsvenskan and Superettan) effectively from 2020 until 2025.{{Cite web|url=https://www.svenskelitfotboll.se/swedish-allsvenskan-on-eurosport-from-2020/|title=Swedish Allsvenskan on Eurosport from 2020|date=24 March 2017|website=SEF|language=sv-SE|access-date=9 February 2020}}

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{{Location map~|Sweden|label=Eskilstuna|lat=59.2215|long=16.4055|position=bottom}}

{{Location map~|Sweden|label=Brage|lat=60.494296|long=15.433435|position=left}}

{{location map~ |Sweden |lat=60.691999 |long=17.134794 |label=Gefle|position=right}}

{{Location map~|Sweden|label=Sundsvall|lat=62.44|long=17.19|position=right}}

{{location map~ |Sweden |lat=56.046880 |long=12.695250 |label=Helsingborg|position=top}}

{{Location map~|Sweden|label=Jönköping|lat=57.783194|long=14.142305|position=right}}

{{Location map~ |Sweden |label=Landskrona|lat=55.870350|long=12.8301|position=right}}

{{location map~ |Sweden |lat=58.3903 |long=13.8461 |label=Skövde|position=top}}

{{Location map~|Sweden|label=Trelleborg|lat=55.385278|long=13.160833|position=left}}

{{Location map~|Sweden|label=Västerås|lat=59.627535|long=16.530669|position=left}}

{{Location map~ |Sweden |label=Örebro|lat=59.2753|long=15.2134|position=left}}

{{Location map~|Sweden|label=Öster|lat=56.880016|long=14.776954|position=right}}

{{Location map~ |Sweden |label=Östersund|lat=63.1767|long=14.6361|position=bottom}}

{{location map~ |Sweden|lat=57.708870 |long=11.974560 |label=Gothenburg|mark=Black pog.svg|position=bottom}}

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The current managers in Superettan are:

File:Mohammed Ali Khan.jpg has been the manager of Norrby IF since December 2017.]]

File:Ibrahimović.jpg scored 12 goals in the inaugural Superettan season to help Malmö FF get promoted.]]

File:Nanny.jpg also went on to become top scorer in Adeccoligaen and Tippeligaen.]]

File:Tobias Hysen 20090219.JPG went on to make 34 appearances for the Sweden national team.]]

(Minimum of 10 games played)

File:DanielÖrlund.jpg is the one of only two keepers who has had the top save percentage in two separate seasons.]]

{{Bar chart

| float = right

| title = Superettan average attendance

| data_type = Average spectators/match

| label_type = Year

| bar_width = 15

| data_max = 3,200

| label1 = 2000

| data1 = 2,066

| label2 = 2001

| data2 = 1,744

| label3 = 2002

| data3 = 1,391

| label4 = 2003

| data4 = 1,672

| label5 = 2004

| data5 = 1,826

| label6 = 2005

| data6 = 3,091

| label7 = 2006

| data7 = 2,105

| label8 = 2007

| data8 = 2,450

| label9 = 2008

| data9 = 1,557

| label10 = 2009

| data10 = 1,880

| label11 = 2010

| data11 = 2,572

| label12 = 2011

| data12 = 2,423

| label13 = 2012

| data13 = 2,456

| data14= 2,957

| label14 = 2013

| data15= 3,267

| label15 = 2014

| data16= 1,623

| label16 = 2015

| data17= 1,727

| label17 = 2016

| data18= 2,074

| label18 = 2017

| data19= 2,278

| label19 = 2018

| data20= 1,632

| label20 = 2019

}}

Superettan had an average attendance of 1,632 during its most recent season (2019).Svenskfotboll.se. [https://www.svenskfotboll.se/serier-cuper/lagstatistik/superettan/77487/ Lagstatistik – Svensk fotboll]. Retrieved 3 November 2019. The highest attendance ever recorded at a Superettan match is 31,074 (Hammarby vs Ljungskile in 2014).{{cite news |url=https://www.dn.se/sport/fotboll/rekordpublik-sag-hammarby-spela-00/ |newspaper=Dagens Nyheter |title=Rekordpublik såg Hammarby spela 0–0 |date=24 August 2014}}

The league's best season attendance-wise was 2014 when Hammarby's average attendance reached a level that was extraordinary for Superettan.

• Sports attendances
• Allsvenskan

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• [http://www.svenskfotboll.se/t1sup.aspx?p=152185 Swedish Football Association – Superettan]

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