Superettan (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈsʉ̂ːpɛrˌɛtːan]; meaning the super first (division)) is an association football league and the second highest league in the league system of Swedish men's football. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with Allsvenskan and Division 1. Seasons run from April to October, with teams playing 30 matches each, totalling 240 matches in the season.
Mak Lind has been the manager of Norrby IF since December 2017.
Zlatan Ibrahimović scored 12 goals in the inaugural Superettan season to help Malmö FF get promoted.
2001 top scorer Daniel Nannskog also went on to become top scorer in Adeccoligaen and Tippeligaen.
Tobias Hysén went on to make 34 appearances for the Swedish national team.
Association football is the most popular sport in Sweden, with over 240,000 licensed players with another 240,000 youth players. There are around 3,200 active clubs fielding over 8,500 teams, which are playing on the 7,900 pitches available in the country. Football was first played in Sweden in the 1870s, the first championship was decided in 1896 and the Swedish Football Association was founded in 1904. Despite being a relatively small country population-wise, both the men's and women's national teams and the club teams have gained rather large success from time to time.
Friends Arena in Solna
The first Swedish national team in 1908.
Image: Friends Arena (7751335978)
Image: Tele 2 Arena Globen