The 2022 Superettan was part of the 2022 Swedish football season, and the 23rd season of Superettan, Sweden's second-tier

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division in its current format. A total of 16 teams contested the league.

Teams

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

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, the fourth will enter a

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for the chance of promotion. The three bottom teams are automatically relegated, while the 13th place team will compete in a play-off to determine whether they are relegated.

New teams

*Promoted from the 2021 Ettan **

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 ...

– Winner Ettan Norra **

Utsiktens BK Utsiktens BK is a Swedish football club located in Västra Frölunda, near Gothenburg. Background Since their foundation in 1935 Utsiktens BK has participated mainly in the middle and lower divisions of the Swedish football league system. Utsi ...

– Winner Ettan Södra **

Dalkurd FF Dalkurd Fotbollsförening, commonly known as Dalkurd FF or simply Dalkurd () is a Swedish football club based in Uppsala. The club competes in Division 4, the sixth tier of football in the country. On 26 September 2004, the club was originally ...

– Runner-up Ettan Norra — Promoted by winning play-off over

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Skövde AIK Skövde AIK is a Swedish football club from Skövde. It was founded on 21 June 1919. The club plays in the third-tier Ettan Fotboll, Ettan after relegation from Superettan in 2024. Background Skövde AIK was founded on 20 June 1919. The club ...

– Runner-up Ettan Södra — Promoted by winning play-off over

Akropolis IF Akropolis IF was a Swedish football club formed by Greek immigrants in 1968 in Spånga. The club was named after the Acropolis of Athens, and the Parthenon The Parthenon (; ; ) is a former Ancient Greek temple, temple on the Acropolis ...

*Relegated from the

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Östersunds FK Östersunds Fotbollsklubb, commonly known simply as Östersunds FK, Östersund () or (especially locally) ÖFK, is a Swedish professional Association football, football club located in Östersund, Sweden, that plays in the Swedish second tier, S ...

Örebro SK Örebro Sportklubb, more commonly known as Örebro SK, Örebro or (especially locally) ÖSK, is a Swedish professional football club based in Örebro. The club are affiliated to Örebro Läns Fotbollförbund and play their home games at Behrn ...

Halmstads BK Halmstads Bollklubb, also known simply as Halmstad () or (especially locally) HBK or Bollklubben, is a Swedish professional Association football, football club located in Halmstad in the county of Halland. The club, formed 7 February 1914 and app ...

— Relegated by losing play-off to

Helsingborgs IF Helsingborgs Idrottsförening, commonly referred to as Helsingborgs IF, Helsingborg or (especially locally) HIF (), is a Swedish professional football club located in Helsingborg. They play in the Swedish second tier, Superettan, following releg ...

Stadiums and locations

League table

Relegation play-offs

The 13th-placed and 14th-placed teams of Superettan met the two runners-up from 2022 Ettan (Norra and Södra) in

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s on a home-and-away basis with the teams from Superettan finishing at home. ---- ''Örgryte IS won 4–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Östersunds FK won 3–1 on aggregate.'' ----

Positions by round

Placement Progression

Results by round

Results

Season statistics

Top scorers

Top assists

Hat-tricks

;Notes ⁴ Player scored 4 goals
(H) – Home team
(A) – Away team

Discipline

Player

Most yellow cards: 12 * Karl Bohm (Utsikten) Most red cards: 1 * Daniel Ask (Västerås SK) * Niclas Bergmark (Örebro) * Jesper Brandt (Utsikten) * Abdelkarim Mammar Chaouche (Eskilstuna) * Sebastian Crona (Jönköping) * Fabio Dixon (Dalkurd) * Erik Hedenquist (Landskrona) * Koen Kostons (Dalkurd) * Vladislav Kreida (Skövde) * Jake Larsson (Örebro) * Sigitas Olberkis (Dalkurd) * Ivo Pękalski (Norrby) * Nsima Peter (Utsikten) * Jonathan Quintero (Utsikten) * York Rafael (Eskilstuna) * Pontus Rödin (Brage)

Club

* Most yellow cards: 36 ** Östersund * Most red cards: 3 ** Dalkurd ** Utsikten

References

External links

Swedish Football Association – Superettan
{{2022 in Swedish football Superettan seasons 2022 in Swedish association football leagues

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