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Division 2 is the fourth level in the
league system A league system is a hierarchy of leagues in a sport. They are often called pyramids, due to their tendency to split into an increasing number of regional divisions further down the system. League systems of some sort are used in many sports in ...
of
Swedish football Association football is the most popular sport in Sweden, with over 240,000 licensed players (approximately 56,000 women and 184,000 men) with another 240,000 youth players. There are around 3,200 active clubs fielding over 8,500 teams, whic ...
and comprises 84 Swedish football teams. Division 2 had status as the official second level from 1928 to 1986 but was replaced by Division 1 in 1987. It then had status as the official third level until 2005 but was replaced once again by the recreated Division 1 in 2006.


Overview

In the Division, there are 84 clubs which are divided in six groups of 14 teams each representing a geographical area. During the course of a season (starting in April and ending in October) each club plays the others twice, once at their home stadium and once at that of their opponents, for a total of 26 games. At the end of each season the two lowest placed teams of each group are relegated to
Division 3 In sport, the Third Division, also called Division 3, Division Three, or Division III, is often the third-highest division of a league, and will often have promotion and relegation with divisions above and below. Association football * Belgian Th ...
and the twelve winning teams from the twelve Division 3 leagues are promoted in their place while the third lowest placed teams in the Division 2 leagues plays promotion/relegation play-offs against the twelve second placed teams in Division 3. The top team in each Division 2 group is promoted to Division 1 and the three lowest placed teams from each Division 1 league are relegated in their place.


Administration

The
Swedish Football Association The Swedish Football Association ( sv, Svenska Fotbollförbundet, SvFF) is the governing and body of football in Sweden. It organises the football leagues – Allsvenskan for men and Damallsvenskan for women – and the men's and women's n ...
( sv, Svenska Fotbollförbundet; SvFF) is responsible for the administration of Division 2.


Historical context

Division 2 is the fourth-highest division in Swedish Football. It currently comprises six regional leagues which may show some small changes to their titles year on year reflecting the changing geographical distribution of clubs. The six sections for the 2014 season cover Norrland, Norra Svealand, Södra Svealand, Norra Götaland, Västra Götaland and Östra Götaland. The name of Division 2 has been around since 1924/25 season when there were 5 sections titled Uppsvenskan, Mellansvenskan, Östsvenskan, Västsvenskan and Sydsvenskan which were run on an unofficial basis. Division 2 became official in 1928/29 as the second tier of Swedish football with 2 sections being created - Norra and Södra - with a total of 20 teams. In 1932/33 Division 2 was expanded into 4 sections covering Norra, Östra, Västra and Södra. This format continued until the end of the 1946/47 season. For the 1947/48 season a 2 section structure was restored comprising the Nordöstra and Sydvästra sections. In 1953/54 a section representing the northern clubs in Sweden was introduced for the first time known as Norrland. The other two sections were titled Svealand and Götaland. In 1955/56 it was decided that Götaland should have 2 sections. This provided Division 2 with 4 sections covering Norrland, Svealand, Östra Götaland and Västra Götaland. In 1972 the structure reverted to 3 sections titled Norra, Mellersta and Södra. This was short-lived and in 1974 two sections covering Norra and Södra were consolidated. This system continued until the end of the 1986 season when the competition became Division 1. From 1987 onwards Division 2 became the third highest league in Swedish football and this continued until 2005. The new division initially had 4 sections titled Norra, Mellersta, Östra and Västra. In 1993 it was divided into 6 sections titled Norrland, Östra Svealand, Västra Svealand, Östra Götaland, Västra Götaland and Södra Götaland. In 2006 Division 2 became Sweden's fourth highest division with the introduction of Division 1 below the Superettan.


Current clubs

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Division 2 Norrland

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Bergnäsets AIK Bergnäsets AIK is a Swedish football club located in Luleå in Norrbotten County. Their home colours are green and black, and when they play away, they wear red. Background Since their foundation Bergnäsets AIK has participated mainly in the ...
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Bodens BK Bodens BK is a Swedish football club located in Boden in Norrbotten. The club was formed on 2 November 1916 and began playing soccer in 1918. It is currently playing in the fourth tier of Swedish football, Division 2. Linguistics Note that ...
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Friska Viljor FC Friska Viljor FC is a Swedish football club located in Örnsköldsvik in Örnsköldsvik Municipality, Västernorrland County. Background The club was formed in February 1994 but was previously the football section of the multi-sport club IF F ...
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Gottne IF Gottne IF is a Swedish football club based in Gottne Gottne is a locality situated in Örnsköldsvik Municipality, Västernorrland County, Sweden with 218 inhabitants in 2010. History Gottne has very old origins, among other things, arrowhead ...
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IFK Luleå IFK Luleå is a Swedish football club formed in 1900, located in Luleå. The club merged with Luleå FF and played under the name Luleå FF/IFK from 1986 to 1989. History IFK Luleå was originally founded in the year 1900, but went dormant after ...
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IFK Östersund IFK Östersund is a Swedish football club located in Östersund in Jämtland. Background Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna Östersund were founded on 7 March 1906 at the Café Temperance in Östersund. The club subsequently joined the IFK movem ...
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Kiruna FF Kiruna FF is a Swedish football club located in Kiruna. The men's team competes in Division 2 Norra Norrland, in the fourth level of the Swedish football league system. The women's team competes in div 3, in the fifth level. Background Kiruna ...
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Sandviks IK Sandviks IK is a Swedish sports club located in Holmsund. Background The club was formed on 7 July 1905 and is currently active in the sports of football, handball, swimming, modern pentathlon, running and cross country. Past activities that ...
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Skellefteå FF Skellefteå FF is a football club in Skellefteå, Västerbotten, Sweden. The club was founded in 1921, and was then called ''Skellefteå AIK Fotboll'', a name it kept until 2006. In the 2015 season, the club plays in the Division 2 Norrland lea ...
* Storfors AIK * Stöde IF * Umeå FC Akademi * Ytterhogdals IK * Älgarna-Härnösands IF


Division 2 Norra Svealand

* FC Gute *
FC Järfälla FC Järfälla is a Swedish football club located in Järfälla. Background FC Järfälla currently plays in Division 2 Norra Svealand which is the third tier of Swedish football. They play their home matches at the Järfällavallen in Järfä ...
* Forsbacka IK *
Hudiksvalls FF Hudiksvalls FF is a Swedish football club located in Hudiksvall. The club was known as Hudiksvalls ABK, but changed their name, badge and colors in 2011. Background Since their foundation in 1931 Hudiksvalls FF has participated mainly in the mi ...
* IFK Stocksund *
IFK Uppsala IFK Uppsala is a Swedish sports club located in Uppsala in Sweden, with several departments: * IFK Uppsala Fotboll, association football department * IFK Uppsala Bandy, bandy department The club was established in 1895. On 30 January 1921, the i ...
* IFK Österåker *
Korsnäs IF FK Korsnäs IF FK is a Swedish football club located in Falun. Background Korsnäs IF FK currently plays in Division 3 Södra Norrland which is the fifth tier of Swedish football. They play their home matches at Lindvallen in Falun. The club is a ...
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Kungsängens IF Kungsängens IF is a Swedish football club located in Kungsängen in Upplands-Bro Municipality, Stockholm County. Background Kungsängens Idrottsförening were formed on 28 August 1929. Since their foundation Kungsängens IF has participated mai ...
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Kvarnsvedens IK Kvarnsvedens IK is a Swedish football club located in Borlänge in Dalarna County. Background Football was first played in 1907 under the name Kvarnsvedens GOIF and this continued until 1935 when operations were shut down for financial reason ...
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Rågsveds IF Rågsveds IF is a Swedish football club located in Hagsätra. Background Rågsveds IF will start 2015 playing in Division 4 Stockholm Södra which is the sixth tier of Swedish football. Woman squad will start playing in Division 3 which is fift ...
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Sandvikens AIK Sandvikens AIK (commonly known as SAIK) a sports club in Sandviken, Sweden. The bandy section plays its home games in the Göransson Arena in Sandviken. They play in a black outfit. History Sandvikens AIK was founded on 16 March 1901. Originall ...
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Skiljebo SK Skiljebo SK is a Swedish football club located in Västerås. Background Since their foundation on 4 March 1944 Skiljebo SK has participated mainly in the middle and lower divisions of the Swedish football league system The Swedish football ...


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Akropolis IF Akropolis IF is a Swedish football club formed by Greek immigrants in 1968 in Spånga. The club is named after the Acropolis of Athens, and the Parthenon The Parthenon (; grc, Παρθενών, , ; ell, Παρθενώνας, , ) is ...
was excluded from participating in the league following a
walkover John Baxter Taylor and William Robbins (athlete)">William Robbins to refuse to race in protest. A walkover, also W.O. or w/o (originally two words: "walk over") is awarded to the opposing team/player etc, if there are no other players avai ...
against Hudiksvalls FF on 9 April.


Division 2 Södra Svealand

* Arameisk-Syrianska IF *
Assyriska FF Assyriska Fotbollsföreningen, also known simply as Assyriska FF, is a Swedish football club based in Södertälje, Stockholm County. The club, formed in 1974 by Assyrian immigrants, has advanced through the league system and is currently playi ...
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Enskede IK Enskede IK is a Swedish football club located in Gamla Enskede, Stockholm. Background Since their foundation in 1914 Enskede IK has participated mainly in the lower divisions of the Swedish football league system but since 2004 they have resid ...
* Huddinge IF *
IFK Eskilstuna IFK Eskilstuna is a Swedish football club located in Eskilstuna in Södermanland County. In their early seasons IFK had a proud record as an Allsvenskan club but they now play in Division 2 Västra Svealand, which is the fourth tier of Swedish ...
* IFK Lidingö FK *
IK Sleipner Idrottsklubben Sleipner is a sports club in Norrköping, Sweden; the main sports are football and ten-pin bowling. It was founded in 1903, and named after the deity Odin's horse Sleipnir from Norse mythology. Currently, the club's senior men's ...
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Karlbergs BK Karlbergs BK is a Swedish football club originating from Karlberg in Birkastaden, an area in the southwestern part of Vasastan, Stockholm, Vasastan in central Stockholm. As Vasastans has no full sized football pitches, the club relocated to ne ...
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Nyköpings BIS Nyköpings BIS is a Swedish football club located in Nyköping. The club started out as a merger in 1966 between Nyköpings SK and Nyköpings AIK. Since their foundation Nyköpings BIS has participated mainly in the middle divisions of the Swedi ...
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Smedby AIS Smedby AIS is a Swedish football club located in Norrköping. Background Smedby AIS (or SAIS for short) is a football club from southeast Norrköping based in the district of Smedby. The club was founded on 3 October 1929 and played in the thi ...
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Syrianska FC Syrianska Football Club, also known as Syrianska FC or simply Syrianska, is a Swedish professional football club based in Södertälje in Stockholm County. The club was founded by Syriac-Aramean immigrants in 1977 as Suryoyo Sportklubb, or Sury ...
* Trosa-Vagnhärad SK * United Nordic IK *
Värmbols FC Värmbols FC is a Swedish football club located in Katrineholm in Södermanland County. Background In 1990 it was decided to divide Värmbols GoIF into 3 clubs, namely FC Värmbols, DFK Värmbol (Värmbol Women's Football Club) and KVBK (Katri ...



Division 2 Norra Götaland

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Ahlafors IF Ahlafors IF is a Swedish football club located in Nödinge-Nol in Ale Municipality, Västra Götaland County. Background Ahlafors Idrottsförening were founded in 1913 and currently have around 800 members. Ahlafors IF manage Furulundsparken ...
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Angered BK Angered ( ) is a borough of Gothenburg Municipality in Västra Götaland County, Sweden. Angered is the biggest Million Programme area in Gothenburg, and one of the biggest in the country, with 60,000 inhabitants. Transportation Angered i ...
* Grebbestads IF *
Herrestads AIF Herrestads AIF is a Swedish football club located in Uddevalla Uddevalla (old no, Oddevold) is a town and the seat of Uddevalla Municipality in Västra Götaland County, Sweden. In 2015, it had a population of 34 781. It is located at a b ...
* IFK Kumla *
IK Gauthiod IK Gauthiod is a Swedish football club located in Grästorp in Västra Götaland County. Background Since their foundation on 30 July 1924 IK Gauthiod has participated mainly in the lower divisions of the Swedish football league system. The ...
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Karlslunds IF Karlslunds IF is a Swedish sports club with several departments, located in Örebro. Karlslunds IF runs one of the biggest programme for athletics in Örebro, Sweden, with some 4000 members and more than 200 coaches coaching eight different spor ...
* Lidköpings FK * Mjölby AI FF * Nordvärmlands FF * Säffle SK *
Stenungsunds IF Stenungsunds IF is a Swedish football club located in Stenungsund. Background Stenungsunds IF currently plays in Division 2 Norra Götaland which is the fourth tier of Swedish football. They play their home matches at the Nösnäsvallen in S ...
* Vänersborgs FK * Yxhults IK


Division 2 Västra Götaland

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Assyriska BK Assyriska BK is a Swedish football club based in Västra Frölunda, Gothenburg. The club was formed in 1985 by Assyrian immigrants and is currently playing in Division 2 Västra Götaland which is the fourth tier of Swedish football. They pla ...
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BK Astrio BK Astrio is a Swedish association football club located in Halmstad, Sweden. As of 2021, the club plays in Division 2. History Background BK Astrio was established on July 30, 1933, by Stig and Orvar Nilsson with Eric Andreasson, Torsten La ...
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Eskilsminne IF Eskilsminne IF is a Swedish football club located in Helsingborg in Skåne County. Currently playing in Division 1 Södra, the third tier in the Swedish football league system. Eskilsminnes team colours today are yellow and blue striped, which ...
* Hittarps IK *
Höganäs BK Höganäs BK is a Swedish football club located in Höganäs in Skåne County. Background Höganäs Bollklubb were founded in 1913 and for many years before and after the Second World War played in Division 2, which at that time was the secon ...
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Husqvarna FF Husqvarna FF is a football club in Huskvarna, Sweden. The team is sponsored by the Husqvarna AB. History Husqvarna FF was founded on 3 February 1987 following the merger of the men's association football sections of Husqvarna IF and Huskvarna ...
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Landvetter IS Landvetter IS is a Swedish football club located in Landvetter. Background Landvetter IS currently plays in Division 2 Göteborg B which is the sixth fifth of Swedish football. They play their home matches at the Landevi IP in Landvetter. The ...
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Onsala BK Onsala BK is a Swedish football club located in Onsala. Onsala BK is the biggest football club in Halland with over a thousand active players both boys and girls. Background Onsala BK currently plays in Swedish football Division 2. They play th ...
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Sävedalens IF Sävedalens IF is a Swedish football club located in Sävedalen in Partille Municipality, Västra Götaland County. Background Since their foundation in 1932 Sävedalens IF has participated mainly in the middle and lower divisions of the Swedis ...
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Torslanda IK Torslanda IK is a local sports club in Torslanda, Gothenburg, Sweden. History Torslanda IK was founded in 1944 by Anders Tullock, Bengt Tullock and Erik Danielsson. In the 1950s the sports club created sections for football, table tennis, han ...
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Tölö IF Tölö IF is a Swedish football club located in Kungsbacka. Background Tölö IF currently plays in Division 4 Halland Elit which is the sixth tier of Swedish football. They play their home matches at the Hamravallen in Kungsbacka. The club is ...
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Ullareds IK Ullareds IK is a Swedish football club located in Ullared. Background Ullareds IK currently plays in Division 2 VÄSTRA GÖTALAND which is the fourth tier of Swedish football Association football is the most popular sport in Sweden, with o ...
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Varbergs GIF Varbergs GIF FK is a Swedish football club located in Varberg. Background Varbergs Gymnastik- och Idrottsförening was formed on 28 May 1905 and shortly afterwards included football in their programme. In the same year the club became founder m ...
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Västra Frölunda IF Västra Frölunda Idrottsförening (English: Västra Frölunda Sports Association) is a Swedish football club located in Gothenburg. It was formed on 2 January 1930 and has played ten seasons in the Allsvenskan, the highest Swedish league. In ...



Division 2 Södra Götaland

* Ariana FC * Asarums IF * Eslövs BK * FBK Balkan * FC Rosengård 1917 * FK Karlskrona *
Hässleholms IF Hässleholms IF is a Swedish football club located in Hässleholm in Skåne County. Background Hässleholms Idrottsförening were founded on 1 May 1922. In addition to football, the club over the years has run sections covering wrestling, tab ...
* Högsby IK *
IFK Berga IFK Berga is a Swedish football amateur club located in Kalmar. Background Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna Berga are located in the district of Berga in Kalmar and were founded in 1933. The clubhouse is located next to the Bergaviks IP (sports gr ...
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IFK Hässleholm IFK Hässleholm is a Swedish football club from Hässleholm that was established in 1905. The team is currently playing in Division 2 Östra Götaland. Several well known players have played at the club including England international strik ...
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Kristianstad FC Kristianstad FC is a Swedish football club located in Kristianstad. The club was formed in 2015 through a merger between Kristianstads FF and Kristianstad BoIS. The club is currently playing in Division 2, the fourth tier of Swedish football. ...
* Nosaby IF * Räppe GOIF *
Österlen FF Österlen Fotbollförening is a Swedish football team from Skillinge, Simrishamn Municipality in the Division 1 Södra. They play their matches at the Skillinge Idrottsplats, Skillinge. History Österlen FF is a club formed in 2014, merging th ...



Seasons - League Tables


Player of the year awards

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have given out awards at the end of the season to the best players in Division 2. The recipients are decided by a jury of sportsjournalists, coaches and football experts.


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References

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