2012 Superettan

Superettan
Season2012
ChampionsÖsters IF
Promoted
Relegated
Matches played240
Goals scored722 (3.01 per match)
Top goalscorerPablo Piñones Arce (18)
Biggest home win
Biggest away win
Highest scoringIK Brage 4–4 Varbergs BoIS FC[1]
Highest attendance12,173[1]
Östers IF 1–1 IFK Värnamo
Lowest attendance64[1]
Ljungskile SK 1–1 Ängelholms FF
Average attendance2,456[2]
← 2011
2013 →

The 2012 Superettan, part of the 2012 Swedish football season, was the 13th season of Sweden's second-tier football league in its current format. The 2012 fixtures were released on 9 December 2011.[1] The season began on 6 April 2012 and ended on 3 November 2012.

Teams

A total of 16 teams contested the league, 12 returning from the 2011 season, two relegated from Allsvenskan and two promoted from Division 1. The top two teams qualified directly for promotion to Allsvenskan, the third had to play a play-off against the fourteenth from Allsvenskan to decide who will play in Allsvenskan 2013. 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 from Division 1 Södra and Division 1 Norra to decide who will play in Superettan 2013.

2011-champions Åtvidabergs FF and runner-up GIF Sundsvall were promoted to the Allsvenskan at the end of the 2011 season. They were replaced by Halmstads BK and Trelleborgs FF. Västerås SK and Qviding FIF were relegated at the end of the 2011 season after finishing in the bottom two places of the table. They were replaced by Division 1 Norra champions Umeå FC and Division 1 Södra champions Varbergs BoIS.

Stadia and locations

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Location of the 2012 Superettan teams
Team Location Stadium Stadium capacity1
Assyriska FF Södertälje Södertälje Fotbollsarena 7,500
IK Brage Borlänge Domnarvsvallen 5,500
IF Brommapojkarna Stockholm Grimsta IP 8,000
Degerfors IF Degerfors Stora Valla 12,500
Falkenbergs FF Falkenberg Falkenbergs IP 6,000
Halmstads BK Halmstad Örjans Vall 15,500
Hammarby IF Stockholm Söderstadion 15,600
Jönköpings Södra IF Jönköping Stadsparksvallen 5,200
Landskrona BoIS Landskrona Landskrona IP 12,000
Ljungskile SK Ljungskile Starke Arvid Arena 8,000
Trelleborgs FF Trelleborg Vångavallen 10,000
Umeå FC Umeå T3 Arena 10,000
Varbergs BoIS Varberg Påskbergsvallen 4,000
IFK Värnamo Värnamo Finnvedsvallen 5,000
Ängelholms FF Ängelholm Ängelholms IP 5,000
Östers IF Växjö Värendsvallen (Until 22 August 2012) 13,000
Myresjöhus Arena (From 3 September 2012) 12,000
  • 1 Correct as of end of 2012 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 Coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Assyriska FF Bosnia and Herzegovina Valentic Azrudin Sweden Göran Marklund Nike Scania
IK Brage Sweden Bo Wålemark
Sweden Örjan Glans 		Ukraine Vyacheslav Jevtushenko Puma SSAB
IF Brommapojkarna Sweden Roberth Björknesjö Sweden Pontus Segerström adidas Various
Degerfors IF Sweden Patrik Werner Sweden Tobias Solberg adidas Outokumpu
Falkenbergs FF Sweden Thomas Askebrand Sweden David Svensson Nike Various
Halmstads BK Sweden Jens Gustafsson Sweden Johnny Lundberg Puma ICA
Hammarby IF United States Gregg Berhalter Sweden Andreas Dahl Kappa Pepsi
Jönköpings Södra IF Sweden Mats Gren Sweden Dennis Östlundh Nike Various
Landskrona BoIS Sweden Henrik Larsson Sweden Linus Malmqvist Masita Various
Ljungskile SK Sweden Tor-Arne Fredheim Bosnia and Herzegovina Aleksandar Kitić Umbro Various
Trelleborgs FF Sweden Anders Grimberg Sweden Kristian Haynes Masita Trelleborg
Umeå FC England Stuart Gibson
Sweden Örjan Andersson 		Sweden Erik Lundström adidas Norrporten
Varbergs BoIS Sweden Halda Kabil Sweden Fredrik Björk Umbro Various
IFK Värnamo Sweden Jörgen Petersson Sweden Tobias Englund adidas Various
Ängelholms FF Sweden Joakim Persson Sweden Jakob Augustsson adidas Peab
Östers IF Sweden Roar Hansen Sweden Denis Velić Umbro ICA

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Table Incoming manager Date of appointment Table
IFK Värnamo Sweden Tony Johansson End of shared leadership 7 October 2011[3] Pre-season
Jönköpings Södra IF Sweden Hans Lindbom Mutual consent 22 October 2011[4] Pre-season Sweden Mats Gren 2 December 2011[5] Pre-season
Ljungskile SK Sweden Bo Wålemark Resigned 23 October 2011[6] Pre-season Sweden Tor-Arne Fredheim 12 December 2011[7] Pre-season
Trelleborgs FF Sweden Tom Prahl Resigned 26 October 2011[8] Pre-season Sweden Alf Westerberg 7 November 2011[9] Pre-season
Assyriska FF Republic of Ireland Pat Walker Sacked 11 November 2011[10] Pre-season Bosnia and Herzegovina Valentic Azrudin 15 November 2011[11] Pre-season
Ängelholms FF Sweden Christoffer Skoog End of shared leadership 15 November 2011[12] Pre-season
IK Brage Sweden Jonas Björkgren End of tenure as caretaker 17 November 2011[13] Pre-season Sweden Bo Wålemark 17 November 2011[13] Pre-season
Hammarby IF Sweden Roger Sandberg End of tenure as caretaker 12 December 2011[14] Pre-season United States Gregg Berhalter 12 December 2011[14] Pre-season
Trelleborgs FF Sweden Alf Westerberg Resigned 15 June 2012[15] 14th Sweden Anders Grimberg (as caretaker) 15 June 2012[15] 14th
IFK Värnamo Sweden Glenn Ståhl Mutual consent 12 July 2012[16] 16th Sweden Jörgen Petersson 12 July 2012[17] 16th

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Östers IF (C, P) 30 20 6 4 57 28 +29 66 Promotion to Allsvenskan
2 IF Brommapojkarna (P) 30 20 1 9 61 40 +21 61
3 Halmstads BK (O, P) 30 16 8 6 61 33 +28 56 Qualification to Promotion playoffs
4 Hammarby IF 30 13 10 7 40 33 +7 49
5 Ljungskile SK 30 11 9 10 36 36 0 42
6 Landskrona BoIS 30 12 5 13 35 43 −8 41
7 Jönköpings Södra IF 30 10 10 10 52 47 +5 40
8 Assyriska FF 30 11 6 13 44 49 −5 39
9 Ängelholms FF 30 10 9 11 40 46 −6 39
10 IK Brage 30 10 9 11 35 45 −10 39
11 Varbergs BoIS 30 8 13 9 49 52 −3 37
12 Degerfors IF 30 9 8 13 46 53 −7 35
13 Falkenbergs FF (O) 30 8 10 12 45 47 −2 34 Qualification to Relegation playoffs
14 IFK Värnamo (O) 30 8 6 16 47 54 −7 30
15 Trelleborgs FF (R) 30 8 5 17 40 55 −15 29 Relegation to Division 1
16 Umeå FC (R) 30 6 5 19 34 61 −27 23
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

BK Forward0 – 0Falkenbergs FF
Report
Attendance: 2,661
Referee: Dragan Banjac (Haninge)
Falkenbergs FF2 – 1BK Forward
 Report 14' (o.g.)
Referee: Kristoffer Karlsson (Helsingborg)

Falkenbergs FF won 2–1 on aggregate.

Lunds BK0 – 2IFK Värnamo
Report
Attendance: 1,888
Referee: Magnus Ahlsén (Linköping)
IFK Värnamo2 – 2Lunds BK
 Report
  • Jönsson 77'
  • Björkén 85'
Attendance: 1,778

IFK Värnamo won 4–2 on aggregate.

Positions by round

Note: Some matches were played out of phase with the corresponding round, positions were corrected in hindsight.

Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
Östers IF554321111111111111111111111111
IF Brommapojkarna346553635332222222222222332222
Halmstads BK1277677742443333433333333223333
Hammarby IF433112223224455666775444544444
Ljungskile SK14151412109101081076577555647555455555
Landskrona BoIS111310108109676557687774567881079866
Jönköpings Södra IF21223447912912886891011991091011108797
Assyriska FF121446356811911111112131212131313121212121112118
Ängelholms FF769765584587644344564666666679
IK Brage1695911111112119610101010108988887778710810
Varbergs BoIS68118988910710899911111191010111099111291011
Degerfors IF151615161515121312131313141314141414131212121313131313131312
Falkenbergs FF812121313121311131112111212129108101111911118910111213
IFK Värnamo131416151616161615151516161616151615161615151615161616151514
Trelleborgs FF91013141213141414141414131413131213141414141414141414141415
Umeå FC10118111414151516161615151515161516151516161516151515161616
Promotion to Allsvenskan
Promotion play-offs
Relegation play-offs
Relegation to Division 1
Source: svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish)

Results

Home \ Away AFF IKB BP DIF FFF HBK HAM JSIF LAN LSK TFF UFC VAR IFKV ÄFF ÖIF
Assyriska FF 3–1 0–2 0–0 0–0 2–1 1–1 4–1 2–1 2–0 2–5 1–1 0–0 3–0 1–4 1–0
IK Brage 2–1 1–2 1–1 1–0 2–1 0–2 1–0 2–1 1–1 3–1 0–0 4–4 1–1 1–1 0–1
IF Brommapojkarna 4–2 4–1 1–0 1–0 0–3 2–1 3–2 2–0 0–1 2–0 2–1 5–1 2–4 4–0 3–1
Degerfors IF 4–2 3–2 0–2 2–3 2–2 1–3 1–3 2–0 2–1 2–1 1–2 3–1 6–1 1–1 2–2
Falkenbergs FF 1–1 1–2 3–1 4–1 3–1 1–3 1–1 1–2 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 3–2 2–2 1–1
Halmstads BK 3–1 4–0 2–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 3–2 1–1 1–0 3–1 3–0 3–1 2–3 0–0 3–2
Hammarby IF 0–2 3–1 3–1 4–2 2–2 1–0 2–2 0–0 0–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 0–2
Jönköpings Södra IF 2–0 0–1 3–2 2–2 2–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 4–1 2–0 3–3 1–1 1–0 2–2 3–3
Landskrona BoIS 3–2 1–0 1–2 0–0 2–1 3–3 4–1 3–2 2–1 0–3 2–1 2–1 0–1 1–0 1–2
Ljungskile SK 3–1 1–1 3–1 3–3 2–1 0–0 0–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 2–2 3–2 1–1 0–1
Trelleborgs FF 3–2 1–1 0–4 0–2 3–1 1–2 2–1 0–1 0–1 1–0 4–2 2–2 1–2 1–1 2–3
Umeå FC 1–3 1–2 1–3 3–0 2–1 0–4 1–2 1–0 3–1 0–1 5–1 1–2 1–1 1–3 0–4
Varbergs BoIS 1–2 2–2 2–2 1–0 1–0 2–2 2–2 4–1 3–0 3–1 2–2 2–1 1–1 1–3 2–4
IFK Värnamo 1–2 3–0 0–1 2–3 3–4 2–5 0–1 1–5 1–1 2–2 3–0 5–0 0–1 4–0 1–2
Ängelholms FF 3–1 0–1 0–2 2–0 1–3 0–2 1–1 2–2 2–1 3–1 1–4 1–0 3–2 1–0 0–2
Östers IF 1–0 1–0 4–1 2–0 4–1 2–1 0–0 2–1 0–1 0–0 2–1 5–1 1–0 1–1 2–1
Source: svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers
Rank Player Club Goals[18]
1 Sweden Pablo Piñones Arce IF Brommapojkarna 18
2 Sweden Robin Simović Ängelholms FF 17
3 Iceland Guðjón Baldvinsson Halmstads BK 16
Sweden Freddy Söderberg Östers IF
5 Sweden Nabil Bahoui IF Brommapojkarna 15
6 Sweden Patrik Larsson Varbergs BoIS FC 14
7 Sweden Mikael Boman Halmstads BK 13
8 Sweden Gabriel Altemark Vanneryr Varbergs BoIS FC 12
Sweden Fuad Hyseni Assyriska FF
Bosnia and Herzegovina Dragan Kapčević IK Brage
Top assists
Rank Player Club Assists[19]
1 Sweden Denis Velić Östers IF 11
2 Sweden Nahir Besara Assyriska FF 9
3 Sweden Gabriel Altemark Vanneryr Varbergs BoIS FC 8
Sweden Zoran Jovanović Trelleborgs FF
Sweden Stefan Karlsson Östers IF
United States Ryan Miller Halmstads BK
Sweden Pablo Piñones Arce IF Brommapojkarna
Iceland Kristinn Steindórsson Halmstads BK
9 Sweden Patrik Bojent Östers IF 7
Liberia Amadaiya Rennie Degerfors IF
Sweden Jonas Lindberg Varbergs BoIS
Sweden Björn Westerblad Ängelholms FF


Top goalkeepers

(Minimum of 10 games played)

Rank Goalkeeper Club
 GP GA SV%[20] ShO
1 Sweden Zlatan Azinović Trelleborgs FF 12 19 78 1
2 Sweden Johannes Hopf Hammarby IF 30 33 77 9
2 Sweden Karl-Johan Johnsson Halmstads BK 30 33 77 11
2 Sweden Alexander Nadj Östers IF 30 28 77 11
5 United States Brian Edwards Degerfors IF 28 44 76 5
5 Sweden Marcus Sandberg Ljungskile SK 26 30 76 8
7 Sweden Ivo Vazgeč Landskrona BoIS 28 39 74 6
7 Sweden Fredrik Persson Trelleborgs FF 11 15 74 2
7 Sweden Hampus Nilsson Ängelholms FF 14 22 74 1
7 Bosnia and Herzegovina Stojan Lukić Falkenbergs FF 30 47 74 2
7 Sweden Niklas Helgesson Jönköpings Södra 24 32 74 4

Hat-tricks

Player For Against Result Date
Northern Ireland Daryl Smylie Jönköpings Södra Ljungskile SK 4–1 16 April 2012
England Kenny Pavey Ljungskile SK Assyriska FF 3–1 27 May 2012
Sweden Gabriel Altemark Vanneryr Varbergs BoIS Jönköpings Södra 4–1 2 June 2012
Iceland Guðjón Baldvinsson Halmstads BK Brage 2–5 16 June 2012
Sweden Pablo Piñones Arce IF Brommapojkarna Varbergs BoIS 5–1 20 June 2012
Sweden Robin Simović Ängelholms FF Varbergs BoIS 1–3 21 July 2012
Sweden Pablo Piñones Arce IF Brommapojkarna Umeå FC 1–3 3 September 2012
Sweden Victor Sköld Falkenbergs FF Degerfors IF 2–3 3 September 2012
Sweden Robin Simović Ängelholms FF Assyriska FF 1–4 23 September 2012
Sweden Abdul Rahman Khalili IFK Värnamo Falkenbergs FF 3–4 27 September 2012
Sweden Freddy Söderberg Östers IF Umeå FC 5–1 1 October 2012
Sweden Nabil Bahoui IF Brommapojkarna Treleborgs FF 0-4 2 October 2012
Sweden Mattias Adelstam Hammarby IF Degerfors IF 4–2 8 October 2012
  • 4 Player scored 4 goals

Attendance

Club Home Away Total
Average Total Average Total Average Total
Hammarby IF 8,463 126,947 4,113 61,688 6,288 188,635
Östers IF 4,733 71,002 2,680 40,197 3,707 111,199
Halmstads BK 3,375 50,621 2,801 42,012 3,088 92,633
Varbergs BoIS FC 2,470 37,055 2,624 39,355 2,547 76,410
Landskrona BoIS 2,459 36,892 2,119 31,779 2,289 68,671
Jönköpings Södra IF 2,421 36,311 2,371 35,560 2,396 71,871
Degerfors IF 2,054 30,806 2,193 32,898 2,123 63,704
Umeå FC 2,046 30,687 2,018 30,277 2,032 60,964
IK Brage 1,967 29,502 2,231 33,458 2,009 62,960
Assyriska FF 1,924 28,856 2,272 34,085 2,098 62,941
Falkenbergs FF 1,577 23,658 2,632 39,479 2,105 63,137
IFK Värnamo 1,523 22,846 2,632 39,483 2,078 62,329
Trelleborgs FF 1,364 20,460 2,039 30,586 1,702 51,046
IF Brommapojkarna 1,239 18,580 2,239 33,583 1,739 52,163
Ängelholms FF 905 13,569 2,300 34,507 1,603 48,076
Ljungskile SK 778 11,665 2,034 30,510 1,406 42,175
League 2,456 589,457

See also

Competitions
Team seasons
Transfers

References

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