2026 Superettan

Superettan
Season	2026
Dates	3 April 2026 – 7 November 2026
Biggest home win	IFK Norrköping 6–0 IFK Värnamo; (4 April 2026)
Biggest away win	GIF Sundsvall 0–4 Östers IF; (15 June 2026)
Highest scoring	IK Brage 3–4 IK Oddevold; (12 April 2026); Helsingborgs IF 5–2 GIF Sundsvall; (21 June 2026)
Longest winning run	6 matches; Varbergs BoIS
Longest unbeaten run	10 matches; Varbergs BoIS
Longest winless run	10 matches; IFK Värnamo
Longest losing run	6 matches; GIF Sundsvall; IFK Värnamo
Highest attendance	9,868; Helsingborgs IF 4–1 Östers IF; (3 April 2026)
Lowest attendance	280; Nordic United 3–3 IK Oddevold; (27 June 2026)
	← 2025 2027 →

Football league season

The 2026 Superettan is the 27th season of Superettan, Sweden's second-tier football division in its current format. It is part of the 2026 Swedish football season and contested by 16 teams. The season kicked off on 3 April and will conclude on 7 November. The summer break will take place between 28 June–18 July.^[1]

Teams

A total of 16 teams contest the league. The top two teams qualify directly for promotion to Allsvenskan, the third will enter a play-off for the chance of promotion. The two bottom teams are automatically relegated, while the 13th and 14th placed teams will compete in a play-off to determine whether they are relegated.^[2]

The following teams have changed division since the 2025 season:

To Superettan

Promoted from Ettan

Relegated from Allsvenskan

From Superettan

Promoted to Allsvenskan

Relegated to Ettan

Locations of the 2025 Superettan teams

Team	Location	Stadium	Stadium capacity
Falkenbergs FF	Falkenberg	Falcon Alkoholfri Arena	5,500
GIF Sundsvall	Sundsvall	Idrottsparken	8,000
Helsingborgs IF	Helsingborg	Olympia	16,000
IFK Norrköping	Norrköping	Idrottsparken	16,000
IFK Värnamo	Värnamo	Finnvedsvallen	5,000
IK Brage	Borlänge	Borlänge Energi Arena	6,500
IK Oddevold	Uddevalla	Rimnersvallen	4,000
Landskrona BoIS	Landskrona	Landskrona IP	10,000
Ljungskile SK	Ljungskile	Skarsjövallen	8,000
Nordic United	Södertälje	Södertälje Fotbollsarena	6,400
Norrby IF	Borås	Borås Arena	14,500
Sandvikens IF	Sandviken	Jernvallen	7,000
Varbergs BoIS	Varberg	Påskbergsvallen	4,575
Örebro SK	Örebro	Behrn Arena	13,072
Östers IF	Växjö	Spiris Arena	12,000
Östersunds FK	Östersund	Jämtkraft Arena	8,466

Personnel and kits

Managerial Changes

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Falkenbergs FF	14	8	4	2	28	20	+8	28	Promotion to Allsvenskan
2	Varbergs BoIS	14	8	3	3	28	17	+11	27	Promotion to Allsvenskan
3	IFK Norrköping	14	8	2	4	23	10	+13	26	Qualification for the Allsvenskan play-off
4	Landskrona BoIS	14	7	4	3	22	14	+8	25	Qualification for the Allsvenskan play-off
5	Östersunds FK	14	6	4	4	22	19	+3	22
6	Nordic United	14	6	4	4	23	22	+1	22
7	IK Oddevold	14	5	5	4	26	22	+4	20
8	Östers IF	14	6	2	6	21	23	−2	20
9	Helsingborgs IF	14	6	2	6	26	29	−3	20
10	Sandvikens IF	14	5	4	5	24	20	+4	19
11	IK Brage	14	4	4	6	26	26	0	16
12	Ljungskile SK	14	4	4	6	18	18	0	16
13	Norrby IF	14	2	8	4	16	20	−4	14	Qualification for the Superettan play-off
14	Örebro SK	14	3	5	6	13	20	−7	14	Qualification for the Superettan play-off
15	IFK Värnamo	14	3	1	10	15	31	−16	10	Relegation to Ettan
16	GIF Sundsvall	14	3	0	11	11	31	−20	9	Relegation to Ettan

Updated to match(es) played on 28 June 2026. Source: svenskfotboll.se
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

Superettan play-off

The thirteenth and fourteenth-placed teams from Superettan will face one of the two runners-up from the 2026 Ettan in two-legged ties for the final two places in the 2027 Superettan.

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
Team ╲ Round
Falkenbergs FF	9	3	6	2	1	2	3	2	2	2	2	3	2	1
Varbergs BoIS	12	12	7	10	12	6	2	1	1	1	1	1	3	2
IFK Norrköping	1	1	2	6	11	5	8	7	5	4	3	2	1	3
Landskrona BoIS	13	16	11	7	7	9	10	13	8	9	7	6	4	4
Östersunds FK	4	4	9	12	9	11	5	3	6	5	5	7	9	5
Nordic United	11	6	12	8	3	1	1	4	3	3	4	4	5	6
IK Oddevold	7	2	8	13	8	10	11	5	4	6	8	8	8	7
Östers IF	15	15	10	5	6	12	7	10	11	8	6	5	7	8
Helsingborgs IF	2	7	3	9	4	4	6	9	7	7	9	9	6	9
Sandvikens IF	8	11	14	16	15	13	15	15	15	15	11	10	11	10
IK Brage	5	8	4	4	10	3	9	8	10	10	10	11	10	11
Ljungskile SK	10	13	16	11	14	15	13	11	12	13	13	13	13	12
Norrby IF	14	14	15	14	13	14	14	14	13	12	14	14	14	13
Örebro SK	6	5	1	3	2	7	4	6	9	11	12	12	12	14
IFK Värnamo	16	10	5	1	5	8	12	12	14	14	15	15	15	15
GIF Sundsvall	3	9	13	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16

	Promotion to Allsvenskan
	Allsvenskan play-off
	Superettan play-off
	Relegation to Ettan

Updated to match(es) played on 28 June 2026. Source: everysport.com

Results by round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
Falkenbergs FF	D	W	D	W	W	D	L	W	W	W	L	D	W	W
GIF Sundsvall	W	L	L	L	L	L	L	W	L	L	W	L	L	L
Helsingborgs IF	W	L	W	L	W	D	D	L	W	L	L	W	W	L
IFK Norrköping	W	W	L	L	L	W	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	L
IFK Värnamo	L	W	W	W	L	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	L
IK Brage	W	L	W	D	L	W	L	D	L	D	D	L	W	L
IK Oddevold	D	W	L	L	W	D	D	W	W	L	L	W	D	D
Landskrona BoIS	L	L	W	W	D	D	D	L	W	D	W	W	W	W
Ljungskile SK	D	L	L	W	L	L	W	W	L	L	D	D	D	W
Nordic United	L	W	L	W	W	W	D	L	W	W	D	L	D	D
Norrby IF	L	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	W	L	L	L	D	W
Sandvikens IF	D	D	L	L	D	W	L	L	L	W	W	W	D	W
Varbergs BoIS	L	D	W	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	L	W
Örebro SK	W	D	W	D	D	L	W	L	L	L	L	D	D	L
Östers IF	L	D	W	W	D	L	W	L	L	W	W	W	L	L
Östersunds FK	W	D	L	L	W	D	W	W	L	W	D	D	L	W

Updated to match(es) played on 28 June 2026. Source: soccerstats.com
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose

Results

Home \ Away	FAL	GIF	HEL	IFKN	IFKV	BRA	ODD	LAN	LJU	NUF	NOR	SAN	VAR	ÖRE	ÖST	ÖFK
Falkenbergs FF		1–0		1–0	3–1		2–1		1–1				0–3	1–1
GIF Sundsvall				1–3		1–2	1–3	2–1		3–2		0–3			0–4	0–2
Helsingborgs IF		5–2		0–2		2–0	2–2	0–3					1–3		4–1	2–1
IFK Norrköping					6–0			1–3		1–1	0–1		2–0		2–0
IFK Värnamo		3–0	0–1				3–1			0–2	2–2			0–1
IK Brage	2–4			0–0	5–1		3–4		2–2				2–2			2–4
IK Oddevold				1–2				1–1	0–0			2–2		4–1	1–2	1–0
Landskrona BoIS	1–2		a		1–0	2–2			1–0	2–0	1–1				2–2
Ljungskile SK		1–0	4–1	0–1						0–2			1–3	3–2		1–1
Nordic United	1–4		3–1			1–0	3–3					2–1			4–2	1–1
Norrby IF	2–2		3–3			0–1	0–2		2–1	0–0
Sandvikens IF	4–2		4–2		0–1	3–2		0–1	1–0		2–2		2–2
Varbergs BoIS		1–0			3–2			2–3		4–1	2–0			0–0	2–1	1–2
Örebro SK		0–1	1–2	2–1		0–3		1–0			1–1	1–1
Östers IF	1–3				3–0				1–4		2–1	1–0		0–0		1–0
Östersunds FK	2–2			0–2	3–2						1–1	2–1		3–2

Updated to match(es) played on 28 June 2026. Source: svenskfotboll.se
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of 28 June 2026 ^[3]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Christian Wagner	Sandvikens IF	12
2	Albin Andersson	Falkenbergs FF	9
2	Leonardo Farah Shahin	IK Oddevold	9
4	Linus Carlstrand	Östers IF	8
4	Kalipha Jawla	Nordic United FC	8
6	Gustav Nordh	IK Brage	7
6	Tim Prica	IFK Norrköping	7
8	Shanyder Borgelin	Varbergs BoIS	6
	Alexander Johansson	Helsingborgs IF
	Christoffer Nyman	IFK Norrköping

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Tim Prica	IFK Norrköping	IFK Värnamo	6–0	4 April 2026
Kalipha Jawla	Nordic United	Östers IF	4–2	9 May 2026
Albin Andersson	Falkenbergs FF	Nordic United	4–1	17 May 2026
Gustav Nordh	IK Brage	IFK Värnamo	5–1	21 June 2026

Discipline

Player

Most yellow cards: 6
André Álvarez Pérez (Landskrona BoIS)

Most red cards:

References

↑ "The order of play for the Superettan 2026". www.svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2 June 2026.
↑ "Spelprogram – Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 10 January 2023.
↑ "Spelarstatistik – Svensk fotboll". The Swedish Football Association (in Swedish). Retrieved 4 June 2026.

External links

Swedish Football Association – Superettan

[1] "The order of play for the Superettan 2026". www.svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2 June 2026.

[2] "Spelprogram – Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 10 January 2023.

[Stats-3] "Spelarstatistik – Svensk fotboll". The Swedish Football Association (in Swedish). Retrieved 4 June 2026.

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