The 2015 Superettan, part of the 2015 Swedish football season, was the 16th season of

Superettan Superettan (; ) is an association football league and the second highest league in the Swedish football league system, league system of Swedish football, Swedish men's football. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and rel ...

, Sweden's second-tier

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league in its current format. The 2015 fixtures were released in December 2014. The season began on 3 April 2015 and ended on 1 November 2015. A total of 16 teams contested the league.

Teams

A total of 16 teams contest the league. The top two teams qualify directly for promotion to

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, the third has to play a play-off against the fourteenth team from

to decide who will play in Allsvenskan 2016. The bottom two teams qualified directly for relegation to Division 1, the thirteenth and the fourteenth has to play a play-off against the numbers two teams from Division 1 Södra and Division 1 Norra to decide who will play in Superettan 2016. 2014-champions

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and runner-up

GIF Sundsvall Gymnastik- och Idrottsföreningen Sundsvall, more commonly known as GIF Sundsvall (), Giffarna or simply Sundsvall, is a Swedish professional association football, football club based in Sundsvall. The club is affiliated with Medelpads Fotbollf� ...

were promoted to the Allsvenskan at the end of the 2014 season. They were replaced by

Mjällby AIF Mjällby Allmänna Idrottsförening, also known simply as Mjällby AIF, Mjällby or (especially locally) MAIF, is a Swedish professional football club based in Hällevik in Sölvesborg Municipality. The club is affiliated to Blekinge Fo ...

and

IF Brommapojkarna Idrottsföreningen Brommapojkarna, more commonly known as Brommapojkarna (meaning ''the Bromma boys'') or simply BP, is a Swedish association football, football club based in the borough of Bromma, in the western parts of Stockholm municipality ...

. Landskrona BoIS and Husqvarna FF were relegated at the end of the 2014 season after finishing in the bottom two places of the table. They were replaced by Division 1 Norra champions AFC United and Division 1 Södra champions Utsiktens BK.

Östers IF Östers Idrottsförening, commonly known as Östers IF or simply Öster, is a Swedish sports club located in Växjö, specializing in Association football, football. For the 2025 Allsvenskan, 2025 season the club is back in the top tier, Allsve ...

was also relegated after losing the

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to Division 1 Norra runner-up IK Frej.

Stadia and locations

* ¹ According to each club information page at the Swedish Football Association website for Superettan.

Personnel and kits

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under

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eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Managerial changes

League table

Playoffs

The 13th-placed and 14th-placed teams of Superettan meets the two runners-up from 2015 Division 1 (Norra and Södra) in

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s on a home-and-away basis with the team from Superettan finishing at home. ---- ''Örgryte IS won 2–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''IK Frej won 2–0 on aggregate.'' ----

Positions by round

Results

Season statistics

Top scorers

Top assists

Top goalkeepers

(Minimum of 10 games played)

Hat-tricks

References

External links

* {{2015 in Swedish football Superettan seasons 2015 in Swedish association football leagues

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