2016 Superettan


The 2016 Superettan, part of the 2016 Swedish football season, was the 16th season of Superettan, Sweden's second-tier football league in its current format. The 2016 fixtures were released in December 2015. The season started in April 2016 and ended in November 2016.

Teams

A total of 16 teams contested the league. The top two teams qualified directly for promotion to the Allsvenskan, whilst the third had to play a play-off against the fourteenth-placed team in the Allsvenskan to decide who would play in the 2017 Allsvenskan. The bottom two teams were directly relegated to Division 1, whilst the thirteenth and the fourteenth-placed teams had to play-off against the second-placed teams from Division 1 Södra and Division 1 Norra to decide who would play in the 2017 Superettan.
2015 champions Jönköpings Södra IF and runners-up Östersunds FK were promoted to the Allsvenskan at the end of the 2015 season. They were replaced by Halmstads BK and Åtvidabergs FF. Utsiktens BK and IF Brommapojkarna were relegated at the end of the 2015 season after finishing in the bottom two places of the table. They were replaced by Division 1 Norra champions Dalkurd FF and Division 1 Södra champions Trelleborgs FF. Mjällby AIF was also relegated after losing the relegation play-offs to Division 1 Södra runner-up Örgryte IS.

Stadia and locations

TeamLocationStadiumTurf1Stadium capacity12015 season
AFC UnitedStockholmSkytteholms IPNatural2,0008th in Superettan
Assyriska FFSödertäljeSödertälje FotbollsarenaArtificial6,4004th in Superettan
Dalkurd FFBorlängeDomnarvsvallenArtificial6,5001st in Division 1 Norra
Degerfors IFDegerforsStora VallaNatural12,5009th in Superettan
GAISGothenburgGamla UlleviNatural18,41611th in Superettan
Halmstads BKHalmstadÖrjans VallNatural15,50015th in Allsvenskan
IFK VärnamoVärnamoFinnvedsvallenNatural5,00010th in Superettan
IK FrejTäbyVikingavallenArtificial2,75014th in Superettan
IK SiriusUppsalaStudenternas IPNatural6,3003rd in Superettan
Ljungskile SKLjungskileUddevalla ArenaNatural8,0006th in Superettan
Syrianska FCSödertäljeSödertälje FotbollsarenaArtificial6,4007th in Superettan
Trelleborgs FFTrelleborgVångavallenNatural10,0001st in Division 1 Södra
Varbergs BoISVarbergPåskbergsvallenNatural4,5005th in Superettan
Åtvidabergs FFÅtvidabergKopparvallenArtificial8,00016th in Allsvenskan
Ängelholms FFÄngelholmÄngelholms IPNatural5,00012th in Superettan
Örgryte ISGothenburgGamla UlleviNatural18,4162nd in Division 1 Södra

Playoffs

The 13th-placed and 14th-placed teams in the Superettan met the two runners-up from 2016 Division 1 in Two-legged ties on a home-and-away basis with the teams from the Superettan finishing at home.
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Norrby IF won 4–2 on aggregate.
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Syrianska FC won 5–1 on aggregate.
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Positions by round

Season statistics

Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Shkodran MaholliÅtvidabergs FF15
2 Dragan KapčevićIK Sirius14
3 Alexander Ruud TveterHalmstads BK13
4 Mirkan AydınDalkurd FF12
4 Marcus PodeTrelleborgs FF12
6 Pär CederqvistIFK Värnamo11
6 Fredrik OlssonHalmstads BK11

Top assists

RankPlayerClubAssists
1 Johan SvahnIFK Värnamo11
2 Kingsley SarfoIK Sirius8
3 Mohamed Buya TurayAFC United7
3 Othman El KabirAFC United7
3 Sead HakšabanovićHalmstads BK7
3 Simon HelgÅtvidabergs FF7
3 Alexander Ruud TveterHalmstads BK7
8 Elias AnderssonVarbergs BoIS6

Top goalkeepers

Hat-tricks