2020 Superettan
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Season2020
ChampionsHalmstads BK
PromotedHalmstads BK
Degerfors IF
Degerfors IF
RelegatedDalkurd FF
Umeå FC
Ljungskile SK
Umeå FC
Ljungskile SK
| Season | 2020 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Halmstads BK |
| Promoted | Halmstads BK Degerfors IF |
| Relegated | Dalkurd FF Umeå FC Ljungskile SK |
| Top goalscorer | Pontus Engblom (20 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Norrby IF 6–0 Umeå FC (21 November 2020) |
| Biggest away win | Umeå FC 0–6 Degerfors IF (21 September 2020) GIF Sundsvall 0–6 Halmstads BK (21 November 2020) |
| Highest scoring | GIF Sundsvall 5–2 Ljungskile SK (7 August 2020) Degerfors IF 2–5 GIF Sundsvall (28 November 2020) |
| Longest winning run | 9 matches Halmstads BK[1] |
| Longest unbeaten run | 11 matches Degerfors IF Akropolis IF |
| Longest winless run | 10 matches GAIS |
| Longest losing run | 5 matches GIF Sundsvall Örgryte IS |
← 2019 2021 → | |
The 2020 Superettan was part of the 2020 Swedish football season, and the 21st season of Superettan, Sweden's second-tier football division in its current format. A total of 16 teams contest the league.
Stadia and locations
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
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| 1 | Halmstads BK (C, P) | 30 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 61 | 18 | +43 | 68 | Promotion to Allsvenskan |
| 2 | Degerfors IF (P) | 30 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 64 | 30 | +34 | 63 | |
| 3 | Jönköpings Södra IF | 30 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 52 | 34 | +18 | 59 | Qualification to promotion play-offs |
| 4 | Östers IF | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 41 | 36 | +5 | 51 | |
| 5 | Akropolis IF | 30 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 44 | 39 | +5 | 45 | |
| 6 | GIF Sundsvall | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 53 | 48 | +5 | 43 | |
| 7 | Västerås SK | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 40 | 44 | −4 | 39 | |
| 8 | IK Brage | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 38 | 44 | −6 | 39 | |
| 9 | AFC Eskilstuna | 30 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 36 | 49 | −13 | 37 | |
| 10 | GAIS | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 30 | 41 | −11 | 36 | |
| 11 | Norrby IF | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 39 | 41 | −2 | 34 | |
| 12 | Örgryte IS | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 34 | 43 | −9 | 33 | |
| 13 | Trelleborgs FF (O) | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 33 | 41 | −8 | 32 | Qualification to relegation play-offs |
| 14 | Dalkurd FF (R) | 30 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 33 | 42 | −9 | 29 | |
| 15 | Umeå FC (R) | 30 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 25 | 47 | −22 | 27 | Relegation to Ettan |
| 16 | Ljungskile SK (R) | 30 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 24 | 50 | −26 | 23 |
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
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
Playoffs
The 13th-placed and 14th-placed teams of Superettan met the two runners-up from 2020 Division 1 (Norra and Södra) in two-legged ties on a home-and-away basis with the teams from Superettan finishing at home.
| Landskrona BoIS | 2–0 | Dalkurd FF |
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Referee: Per Melin
| Dalkurd FF | 1–1 | Landskrona BoIS |
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Referee: Victor Wolf
Landskrona BoIS won 3–1 on aggregate.
| IF Brommapojkarna | 1–1 | Trelleborgs FF |
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Referee: Granit Maqedonci
| Trelleborgs FF | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | IF Brommapojkarna |
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| Penalties | ||
| 4–1 | ||
Referee: Fredrik Klitte
2–2 on aggregate. Trelleborgs FF won 4–1 on penalties.
Positions by round
| Promotion to Allsvenskan | |
| Promotion play-offs | |
| Relegation play-offs | |
| Relegation to Division 1 |
Source: everysport.com