The 2025 Ettan is the 20th season of

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's third-tier

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league in its current format. The season starts on 28 March 2025 and ends on 9 November 2025.

Teams

32 teams contest the league divided into two divisions, Norra and Södra. 22 are returning from the 2024 season, three relegated from

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, and seven promoted from Swedish Division 2. The champion of each division will qualify directly for promotion to

, while the two runners-up compete in a play-off against the thirteenth and fourteenth teams from

to decide who will play in the 2026 Superettan. The bottom three teams in each division will qualify directly for relegation to Division 2, while the two thirteenth-placed teams play against each other while the top two runners-up from Division 2 play against each other to decide who will play in 2026 Ettan.

Stadia and locations

League tables

Ettan Norra

Ettan Södra

Relegation play-offs

The 13th-placed teams of each division meet each other, and the best two runners-up from 2025 Division 2 meet each other, in

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s on a home-and-away basis. The winners of each matchup qualify for the 2026 Ettan

Season statistics

Top scorers

Top assists

Hat-tricks

Discipline

Player

* Most yellow cards: * Most red cards:

Club

* Most yellow cards: * Most red cards:

References

{{2025 in Swedish football Ettan Fotboll seasons 2025 in Swedish association football leagues 2024–25 in European third-tier association football leagues