2021 Superettan

The 2021 Superettan was part of the 2021 Swedish football season, and the 22nd season of Superettan, Sweden's second-tier football division in its current format. A total of 16 teams contested the league.

Superettan

Season	2021
Champions	IFK Värnamo
Promoted	IFK Värnamo GIF Sundsvall Helsingborgs IF
Relegated	Akropolis IF GAIS Vasalunds IF Falkenbergs FF
Matches played	240
Goals scored	612 (2.55 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ajdin Zeljkovic (18 goals)
Biggest home win	Jönköping 5–1 Vasalund (11 April 2021) Eskilstuna 4–0 Örgryte (25 July 2021) Helsingborg 4–0 Falkenberg (27 July 2021) Trelleborg 4–0 Eskilstuna (26 October 2021)
Biggest away win	Västerås 0–4 Helsingborg (18 July 2021)
Highest scoring	Vasalund 3–4 GAIS (29 August 2021) Falkenberg 3–4 Eskilstuna (7 November 2021)
Longest winning run	5 matches Landskrona BoIS GIF Sundsvall[1]
Longest unbeaten run	12 matches Östers IF
Longest winless run	11 matches Jönköpings Södra IF
Longest losing run	4 matches GAIS Vasalunds IF
Highest attendance	7,881 GAIS 2–1 Örgryte IS (29 September 2021)
← 2020 2022 →

Teams

A total of 16 teams contested the league. The top two teams qualified directly for promotion to Allsvenskan, the third entered a play-off for the chance of promotion. The two bottom teams were automatically relegated, while the 13th and 14th placed teams competed in a play-off to determine whether they are relegated.

Stadiums and locations

IK Brage

AFC Eskilstuna

Falkenbergs FF

GIF Sundsvall

Gothenburg

Helsingborgs IF

Jönköpings Södra IF

Landskrona BoIS

Norrby IF

Stockholm

Trelleborgs FF

IFK Värnamo

Västerås SK

Östers IF

Stockholm teams
Akropolis IF
Vasalunds IF

Gothenburg teams
GAIS
Örgryte IS

Locations of the 2021 Superettan teams

Team	Location	Stadium	Stadium capacity[note 1]
AFC Eskilstuna	Eskilstuna	Tunavallen	7,800
Akropolis IF	Spånga, Stockholm	Grimsta IP	5,000
Falkenbergs FF	Falkenberg	Falcon Alkoholfri Arena	5,500
GAIS	Gothenburg	Gamla Ullevi	18,416[3]
GIF Sundsvall	Sundsvall	Idrottsparken[note 2]	7,700
Helsingborgs IF	Helsingborg	Olympia	16,500
IK Brage	Borlänge	Domnarvsvallen	6,500
Jönköpings Södra IF	Jönköping	Stadsparksvallen	5,500
Landskrona BoIS	Landskrona	Landskrona IP	10,500
Norrby IF	Borås	Borås Arena	17,800
Trelleborgs FF	Trelleborg	Vångavallen	7,000[4]
Vasalunds IF	Solna, Stockholm	Skytteholms IP	4,000
IFK Värnamo	Värnamo	Finnvedsvallen	5,000
Västerås SK	Västerås	Iver Arena	7,000
Örgryte IS	Gothenburg	Gamla Ullevi	18,416[3]
Östers IF	Växjö	Visma Arena	12,000

1. According to each club information page at the Swedish Football Association website for Allsvenskan.^[2]
2. Known as NP3 Arena for sponsorship reasons.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	IFK Värnamo (C, P)	30	18	5	7	44	29	+15	59	Promotion to Allsvenskan
2	GIF Sundsvall (P)	30	15	8	7	46	29	+17	53
3	Helsingborgs IF (O, P)	30	13	9	8	47	29	+18	48	Qualification to promotion play-offs
4	Norrby IF	30	13	9	8	41	33	+8	48
5	Östers IF	30	12	10	8	33	26	+7	46
6	Landskrona BoIS	30	13	5	12	41	37	+4	44
7	Trelleborgs FF	30	11	10	9	42	39	+3	43
8	Örgryte IS	30	9	14	7	39	39	0	41
9	AFC Eskilstuna	30	11	7	12	41	41	0	40
10	IK Brage	30	10	9	11	40	42	−2	39
11	Jönköpings Södra IF	30	10	8	12	34	37	−3	38
12	Västerås SK	30	8	12	10	36	40	−4	36
13	Akropolis IF (R)	30	9	8	13	28	44	−16	35	Qualification to relegation play-offs
14	GAIS (R)	30	10	4	16	31	40	−9	34
15	Vasalunds IF (R)	30	7	5	18	35	52	−17	26	Relegation to Ettan
16	Falkenbergs FF (R)	30	6	7	17	34	55	−21	25

Source: svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish)
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

Relegation play-offs

The 13th-placed and 14th-placed teams of Superettan met the two runners-up from 2021 Division 1 (Norra and Södra) in two-legged ties on a home-and-away basis with the teams from Superettan finishing at home.

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Skövde AIK	3–0	Akropolis IF
Granath 45+2' Ask 47' Lindell 59'	Report

2 December 2021

19:00

Södermalms IP, Skövde

Attendance: 1,527

Referee: Joakim Östling

Akropolis IF	0–0	Skövde AIK
	Report

5 December 2021

14:00

Grimsta IP, Spånga

Referee: Granit Maqedonci

Skövde AIK won 3–0 on aggregate and are promoted.

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Dalkurd FF	2–1	GAIS
Rahmani 64' 90' (o.g.)	Report	Lindberg 80'

2 December 2021

19:00

Nya Studenternas IP, Uppsala

Attendance: 1,597

Referee: Adi Aganovic

GAIS	1–1	Dalkurd FF
Kargbo 79'	Report	Aras 32'

5 December 2021

16:00

Gamla Ullevi, Gothenburg

Attendance: 3,080

Referee: Fredrik Klitte

Dalkurd FF won 3–2 on aggregate and are promoted.

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Positions 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
IFK Värnamo	15	10	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	3	6	3	3	1	2	4	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
GIF Sundsvall	7	11	9	9	5	4	3	3	5	2	2	5	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Helsingborgs IF	6	2	4	3	3	8	5	7	9	9	7	7	5	5	4	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Norrby IF	12	8	11	11	8	2	2	2	2	4	3	2	2	3	1	3	4	5	3	5	5	6	6	4	5	6	4	4	4	4
Östers IF	5	6	1	4	9	7	9	12	11	11	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	11	10	9	9	9	8	7	7	7	5	6	5
Landskrona BoIS	2	4	6	5	4	3	4	4	3	1	1	1	1	2	3	1	3	4	5	4	6	4	4	5	4	5	6	7	5	6
Trelleborgs FF	3	5	7	6	7	5	7	10	6	5	4	6	4	4	5	5	5	3	4	3	3	5	5	6	6	4	5	6	7	7
Örgryte IS	14	16	15	15	16	13	15	15	15	16	12	10	11	10	12	10	11	11	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	8	8	8	8	8
AFC Eskilstuna	10	3	5	8	12	10	11	9	10	10	11	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	8	8	8	9	9	11	12	10	9	9
IK Brage	9	12	14	16	15	16	14	14	13	15	16	13	13	14	14	11	12	13	10	11	13	14	12	13	11	13	13	13	10	10
Jönköpings Södra IF	1	7	8	7	11	12	10	8	4	6	5	4	6	6	7	7	7	7	8	7	7	7	7	7	8	9	9	9	12	11
Västerås SK	11	13	10	10	6	9	6	6	7	7	9	11	12	11	11	13	13	14	14	14	12	13	14	14	12	10	11	11	11	12
Akropolis IF	8	14	13	13	13	14	16	13	16	13	14	16	14	13	13	14	10	12	12	12	15	12	13	11	13	12	10	12	13	13
GAIS	4	1	2	1	2	6	8	5	8	8	10	12	10	12	10	12	14	10	13	13	11	11	11	12	14	14	14	14	14	14
Vasalunds IF	16	15	16	12	14	15	12	11	12	12	13	14	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	14	15	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15
Falkenbergs FF	13	9	12	14	10	11	13	16	14	14	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16

	Promotion to Allsvenskan
	Promotion play-offs
	Relegation play-offs
	Relegation to Division 1

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
Akropolis IF	D	L	D	D	D	L	L	W	L	W	L	L	D	W	W	L	W	L	D	L	L	W	D	W	L	W	W	L	D	L
IK Brage	D	L	L	L	D	L	W	D	W	L	L	W	L	D	W	D	D	L	W	L	L	D	W	D	W	D	L	W	W	W
AFC Eskilstuna	D	W	D	L	L	W	L	W	L	D	L	W	W	L	D	W	L	W	D	L	D	D	L	L	W	L	L	W	W	W
Falkenbergs FF	L	W	L	L	W	L	L	L	W	D	L	L	L	D	D	L	W	W	D	L	L	D	W	D	L	L	D	L	L	L
GAIS	W	W	D	W	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	D	L	W	L	L	W	L	W	D	W	L	L	L	W	L	L	D	W
GIF Sundsvall	D	L	W	D	W	W	W	L	L	W	W	L	L	D	D	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	D	D	W	D	L
Helsingborgs IF	D	W	D	W	D	L	L	W	W	W	L	W	L	W	W	W	D	W	D	D	W	L	D	L	W	L	W	L	D	D
Jönköpings Södra IF	W	L	D	D	L	L	W	W	W	D	W	W	L	L	L	W	W	W	L	L	D	D	L	D	L	L	D	D	L	W
Landskrona BoIS	W	D	D	D	W	W	L	D	W	W	W	W	W	L	L	W	L	L	L	W	L	W	L	D	W	L	L	L	W	L
Norrby IF	L	W	L	D	W	W	W	W	L	D	W	W	W	D	W	L	L	D	D	D	D	L	D	W	L	D	W	L	W	W
Trelleborgs FF	W	D	D	D	D	W	L	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	D	W	L	W	W	D	D	L	L	D	D	W	L	L	D	L
Vasalunds IF	L	D	L	W	L	L	W	W	L	L	L	L	W	L	L	W	D	L	D	L	W	L	L	D	L	L	D	W	L	L
IFK Värnamo	L	W	W	W	W	D	W	D	L	L	W	W	W	W	D	L	W	W	L	W	D	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	L	L
Västerås SK	D	L	W	D	W	D	W	D	L	D	L	L	L	W	L	L	D	L	D	D	W	L	L	W	W	W	D	D	D	D
Örgryte IS	L	L	D	D	L	W	L	D	D	D	W	W	L	W	L	D	D	D	W	W	D	D	L	D	D	W	D	W	D	W
Östers IF	W	D	W	L	L	W	L	L	D	D	W	L	W	L	D	L	D	L	D	W	W	W	D	D	W	D	W	W	D	W

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

Results

Home \ Away	AKR	BRA	ESK	FAL	GAI	GIF	HIF	JÖN	LAN	NOR	TRE	VAS	VÄR	VÄS	ÖRG	ÖST
Akropolis		1–1	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	0–3	1–1	1–0	0–3	3–1	3–2	1–2	0–2	0–1	1–0
Brage	2–0		1–0	0–1	1–4	0–0	0–0	3–2	1–0	1–2	0–1	3–0	3–1	3–3	1–3	2–2
Eskilstuna	3–0	2–1		1–1	0–0	2–0	2–2	1–0	1–0	4–1	3–2	1–2	0–2	0–1	4–0	1–1
Falkenbergs FF	3–3	1–2	3–4		0–1	1–1	1–4	2–3	2–1	1–1	1–0	0–3	0–3	2–1	3–2	0–2
GAIS	1–1	0–2	2–3	0–0		2–1	0–1	0–1	1–3	1–4	2–3	2–0	1–2	1–0	2–1	3–2
GIF Sundsvall	3–0	3–3	3–1	1–1	2–0		2–2	1–2	1–0	2–0	2–0	3–2	2–0	1–0	0–1	1–1
Helsingborgs IF	1–0	3–0	1–0	4–0	0–1	1–2		3–0	2–1	0–2	1–1	0–0	2–3	2–2	4–1	0–1
Jönköpings Södra	4–1	0–0	1–2	2–1	1–0	1–1	0–0		3–1	0–1	0–1	5–1	0–3	0–0	0–2	2–1
Landskrona BoIS	1–1	2–1	1–0	2–1	2–1	2–0	0–1	2–0		1–0	4–2	3–1	2–0	1–0	1–1	1–4
Norrby	0–1	2–3	2–1	1–0	0–2	1–4	2–2	2–0	1–1		1–1	0–0	2–0	4–1	2–1	0–0
Trelleborg	1–1	3–1	4–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–3	2–2	2–1		1–2	2–3	0–1	1–1	1–0
Vasalunds IF	0–1	1–0	4–2	3–1	3–4	1–2	0–1	1–1	0–3	0–1	2–2		1–1	0–1	1–2	1–0
IFK Värnamo	1–0	1–0	1–1	3–2	1–0	2–1	3–1	2–0	2–0	1–2	0–1	1–0		3–2	1–1	2–0
Västerås	2–3	2–2	0–0	1–3	3–0	1–2	0–4	2–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	0–0		2–2	0–0
Örgryte	3–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–0	0–2	1–1	0–0	3–2	2–2	2–2	3–1	0–0	1–1		0–1
Öster	2–1	1–2	2–0	2–1	1–0	0–2	2–1	1–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	3–2	2–0	1–1	0–0

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

Season statistics

Top scorers As of 27 November 2021[5] Rank Player Club Goals 1 Ajdin Zeljkovic Örgryte IS 18 2 Anthony van den Hurk Helsingborgs IF 17 3 Linus Hallenius GIF Sundsvall 15 Dijan Vukojević Norrby IF 5 Ashley Coffey AFC Eskilstuna 13 Leonard Pllana IK Brage 7 Erik Björndahl Västerås SK 10 8 Alexander Ahl Holmström AFC Eskilstuna 9 Pontus Engblom GIF Sundsvall Nicolas Mortensen Östers IF

Top assists As of 27 November 2021[5] Rank Player Club Assists 1 Wilhelm Loeper Helsingborgs IF 12 2 Pontus Engblom GIF Sundsvall 9 3 Taha Ali Västerås SK 8 Johan Blomberg Trelleborgs FF Brandur Hendriksson Helsingborgs IF Oscar Johansson IFK Värnamo

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Alexander Ahl Holmström	AFC Eskilstuna	Trelleborgs FF	3–2	29 May 2021
Anthony van den Hurk	Helsingborgs IF	Västerås SK	0–4	18 July 2021
Dijan Vukojević	Norrby IF	Västerås SK	4–1	26 July 2021
Anthony van den Hurk	Helsingborgs IF	Falkenbergs FF	4–0	27 July 2021
Adam Egnell	GAIS	IK Brage	1–4	18 September 2021
Simon Johansson	Västerås SK	GAIS	3–0	5 October 2021
Anthony van den Hurk	Helsingborgs IF	Falkenbergs FF	1–4	19 October 2021
Ashley Coffey	AFC Eskilstuna	Falkenbergs FF	3–4	7 November 2021

Discipline

Player

• Most yellow cards: 10 ^[5]
  • Filip Tronêt (Västerås SK)

• Most red cards: 3
  • Filip Almström Tähti (Västerås SK)

Club

• Most yellow cards: 75
  • AFC Eskilstuna

• Most red cards: 4
  • AFC Eskilstuna
  • Landskrona BoIS