Football league season
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. 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
Assyriska FF Brommapojkarna Brage IFK Värnamo Degerfors Falkenberg Hammarby Jönköpings Södra Landskrona BoIS Ljungskile Umeå FC Halmstads BK Varbergs BoIS Trelleborgs FF Ängelholm Öster class=notpageimage| Location of the 2012 Superettan teams
Team
Location
Stadium
Stadium capacity
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
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.
Managerial changes
Team
Outgoing manager
Manner of departure
Date of vacancy
Table
Incoming manager
Date of appointment
Table
IFK Värnamo
Tony Johansson
End of shared leadership
7 October 2011
Pre-season
Jönköpings Södra IF
Hans Lindbom
Mutual consent
22 October 2011
Pre-season
Mats Gren
2 December 2011
Pre-season
Ljungskile SK
Bo Wålemark
Resigned
23 October 2011
Pre-season
Tor-Arne Fredheim
12 December 2011
Pre-season
Trelleborgs FF
Tom Prahl
Resigned
26 October 2011
Pre-season
Alf Westerberg
7 November 2011
Pre-season
Assyriska FF
Pat Walker
Sacked
11 November 2011
Pre-season
Valentic Azrudin
15 November 2011
Pre-season
Ängelholms FF
Christoffer Skoog
End of shared leadership
15 November 2011
Pre-season
IK Brage
Jonas Björkgren
End of tenure as caretaker
17 November 2011
Pre-season
Bo Wålemark
17 November 2011
Pre-season
Hammarby IF
Roger Sandberg
End of tenure as caretaker
12 December 2011
Pre-season
Gregg Berhalter
12 December 2011
Pre-season
Trelleborgs FF
Alf Westerberg
Resigned
15 June 2012
14th
Anders Grimberg (as caretaker)
15 June 2012
14th
IFK Värnamo
Glenn Ståhl
Mutual consent
12 July 2012
16th
Jörgen Petersson
12 July 2012
16th
League table
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
7 November 201219:00 Behrn Arena , Örebro Attendance: 2,661Referee: Dragan Banjac (Haninge )
11 November 201214:00 Falkenbergs IP , Falkenberg Referee: Kristoffer Karlsson (Helsingborg )
Falkenbergs FF won 2–1 on aggregate.
7 November 201219:00 Klostergårdens IP , Lund Attendance: 1,888Referee: Magnus Ahlsén (Linköping )
11 November 201215:00 Finnvedsvallen , Värnamo Attendance: 1,778Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim (Köping )
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.
Source: svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish)
Results
Source: svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish) Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Season statistics
Top goalkeepers
(Minimum of 10 games played)
Hat-tricks
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
^ "Spelprogram – Superettan" (in Swedish). svenskfotboll.se. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2012.
Svenska fotbollförbundet. Superettan: Tidigare år: Resultat 2012: Statistik/ligor: Publikliga . Retrieved 15 July 2013.
"Glenn Ståhl ensam tränare för IFK Värnamo – "Jättespännande!"" . ifkvarnamo.se (in Swedish). IFK Värnamo. 7 October 2011. Archived from the original on 11 July 2012. Retrieved 15 March 2012.
"Hasse kliver av efter segern" (in Swedish). jnytt.se. 22 October 2011. Archived from the original on 26 October 2011. Retrieved 16 March 2012.
"Ny tränare för A-laget: Tor-Arne Fredheim" . j-sodra.se (in Swedish). Jönköpings Södra. 2 December 2011. Retrieved 16 March 2012.
"Wålemarks sista match med gänget" . sverigesradio.se (in Swedish). Sveriges Radio. 23 October 2011. Retrieved 20 December 2011.
"Ny tränare för A-laget: Tor-Arne Fredheim" . lsk.se (in Swedish). Ljungskile SK. 12 December 2011. Archived from the original on 18 April 2013. Retrieved 20 December 2011.
"Prahl lämnar TFF – och avslutar karriären?" . svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Svenskfotboll. 26 October 2011. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
"Alf Westerberg tar över i TFF" . sydsvenskan.se (in Swedish). Sydsvenskan. 7 November 2011. Archived from the original on 24 May 2012. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
"Assyriska & Patrick Walker går skilda vägar" . assyriska.se (in Swedish). Assyriska FF. 11 November 2011. Archived from the original on 18 April 2013. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
"Valentic Azrudin ny tränare för Assyriska" . assyriska.se (in Swedish). Assyriska FF. 15 November 2011. Archived from the original on 18 May 2012. Retrieved 12 December 2011.
"Tränarduon i ÄFF spricker" . hd.se (in Swedish). HD. 15 November 2011. Archived from the original on 16 November 2011. Retrieved 15 March 2012.
^ "Klart med nya tränare" . ikbrage.se (in Swedish). IK Brage. 17 November 2011. Archived from the original on 15 April 2012. Retrieved 20 December 2011.
^ "Gregg Berhalter ny huvudtränare för Hammarby Fotbol" . hammarbyfotboll.se (in Swedish). Hammarby IF. 12 December 2011. Retrieved 12 December 2011.
^ "Gregg Berhalter ny huvudtränare för Hammarby Fotbol" . hammarbyfotboll.se (in Swedish). Hammarby IF. 12 December 2011. Archived from the original on 18 April 2013. Retrieved 12 December 2011.
"Glenn Ståhl lämnar tränarposten" (in Swedish). IFK Värnamo. 12 July 2012. Archived from the original on 18 April 2013. Retrieved 19 July 2012.
"Jörgen Petersson klar som ny tränare för IFK Värnamo" (in Swedish). IFK Värnamo. 12 July 2012. Archived from the original on 18 April 2013. Retrieved 19 July 2012.
"Skytteliga" (in Swedish). The Swedish Football Association. Archived from the original on 6 September 2013. Retrieved 7 November 2012.
"Passningsliga" (in Swedish). The Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 7 November 2012.
"Målvaktsliga" . The Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 14 November 2012.
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