Division 1 (Swedish football)

Division 1, branded as Ettan (English: the one), which also is its common name in everyday speech, is the third level in the Swedish football league system and consists of 32 Swedish football teams. Division 1 was the second tier from 1987 to 1999, but was replaced by Superettan in 2000. It was reestablished for the 2006 season as the third tier below Superettan.

Division 1

Founded	2006
Country	Sweden
Confederation	UEFA
Divisions	2
Number of teams	32
Level on pyramid	3
Promotion to	Superettan
Relegation to	Division 2
Current champions	Akropolis IF (north) Ljungskile SK (south)
Website	Ettanfotboll.se
2020 Division 1

History

The old Division 1 replaced Division 2 as the second highest level in 1987 and consisted of two separate leagues with 14 teams each, Norra (Northern) and Södra (Southern), except for the 1991 and 1992 seasons which comprised 32 teams in four leagues, adding Östra (Eastern) and Västra (Western). As of the 2018 season, both Norra and Södra leagues of Division 1 are composed of 16 clubs, similar to Allsvenskan and Superettan.[1]

The competition

There are 32 clubs in Division 1, divided in two groups of 16 teams each representing Northern and Southern Sweden. During the course of a season (starting in April and ending in November) each club plays the others twice, once at their home stadium and once at that of their opponents, for a total of 30 games. At the end of each season the three lowest placed teams of each group are relegated to Division 2 and the six winning teams from the six Division 2 leagues are promoted in their place. The top team in each Division 1 group is promoted to Superettan and the two lowest placed teams from Superettan are relegated in their place. The second placed teams in each Division 1 group plays a promotion/relegation play-off against the third and fourth lowest teams in Superettan.[2]

Current clubs (2019 season)

Stadia and locations

Akropolis IF
Sollentuna FK
Vasalunds IF

Bodens BK

Carlstad United
Karlstad BK

BK Forward
Karlslunds IF
Rynninge IK

Gefle IF

Linköping City

Nyköpings BIS

Sandvikens IF

Sylvia

Team TG
Umeå FC

Assyriska IK

Eskilsminne

Kristianstad FC

Landskrona

Lindome

Ljungskile

Lunds BK
Torns IF

Oddevold

Oskarshamns AIK

Skövde

Trollhättan

Tvååkers

Utsiktens

Värnamo

Åtvidabergs FF

Locations of the 2019 Division 1 clubs
Red: Division 1 Norra; Green: Division 1 Södra

Norra

Team	Location	Stadium	Stadium capacity^1
Akropolis IF	Kista	Spånga IP	2,000
Bodens BK	Boden	Boden Arena	5,300
Carlstad United BK	Karlstad	Tingvalla IP	10,000
BK Forward	Örebro	Trängens IP	4,700
Gefle IF	Gävle	Gavlevallen	6,500
Karlslunds IF	Örebro	Karlslund Arena	2,000
Karlstad BK	Karlstad	Tingvalla IP	10,000
FC Linköping City	Linköping	Linköping Arena	8,300
Nyköpings BIS	Nyköping	Rosvalla IP	1,000
Rynninge IK	Örebro	Grenadjärvallen	1,500
Sandvikens IF	Sandviken	Jernvallen	7,000
Sollentuna FK	Sollentuna	Sollentunavallen	4,500
IF Sylvia	Norrköping	Östgötaporten	17,000
Team TG FF	Umeå	Umeå Energi Arena	10,000
Umeå FC	Umeå	Umeå Energi Arena	10,000
Vasalunds IF	Solna	Skytteholms IP	4,000

Östgötaporten in Norrköping.

Umeå Energi Arena in Umeå.

Södra

Team	Location	Stadium	Stadium capacity^1
Assyriska IK	Jönköping	Rosenlunds IP	1,500
Eskilsminne IF	Helsingborg	Harlyckans IP	3,500
Kristianstad FC	Kristianstad	Kristianstad Fotbollsarena	3,000
Landskrona BoIS	Landskrona	Landskrona IP	10,500
Lindome GIF	Lindome	Lindevi IP	1,500
Ljungskile SK	Ljungskile	Skarsjövallen	8,000
Lunds BK	Lund	Klostergårdens IP	8,560
IK Oddevold	Uddevalla	Rimnersvallen	10,600
Oskarshamns AIK	Oskarshamn	Arena Oskarshamn	2,000
Skövde AIK	Skövde	Södermalms IP	4,500
Torns IF	Stångby	Tornvallen	1,500
FC Trollhättan	Trollhättan	Edsborgs IP	5,100
Tvååkers IF	Tvååker	Övrevi IP	1,000
Utsiktens BK	Gothenburg	Ruddalens IP	5,000
IFK Värnamo	Värnamo	Finnvedsvallen	5,000
Åtvidabergs FF	Åtvidaberg	Kopparvallen	8,000

• ¹ Correct as of end of 2018 season

Skarsjövallen in Ljungskile.

Rimnersvallen in Uddevalla.

Seasons - Previous Winners

Second tier

Season	League	Won Promotion	Won Promotion Playoffs	Lost Promotion Playoffs
1987	Norra	Djurgårdens IF	N/A	N/A
	Södra	GAIS	N/A	N/A
1988	Norra	Örebro SK	N/A	N/A
	Södra	Halmstads BK	N/A	N/A
1989	Norra	Hammarby IF	N/A	N/A
	Södra	Östers IF	N/A	N/A
1990	Norra	N/A	GIF Sundsvall	N/A
	Södra	N/A	N/A	BK Häcken
1991	Norra	N/A	N/A	Kiruna FF
	Östra	N/A	N/A	Hammarby IF
	Västra	N/A	Västra Frölunda IF	N/A
	Södra	N/A	Trelleborgs FF	N/A
1992	Norra	N/A	N/A	IFK Sundsvall
	Östra	N/A	IK Brage	N/A
	Västra	N/A	BK Häcken	N/A
	Södra	N/A	Halmstads BK	N/A
1993	Norra	Hammarby IF	N/A	Vasalunds IF
	Södra	Landskrona BoIS	N/A	IFK Hässleholm
1994	Norra	Djurgårdens IF	N/A	Umeå FC
	Södra	Örgryte IS	N/A	Kalmar FF
1995	Norra	Umeå FC	N/A	Gefle IF
	Södra	IK Oddevold	N/A	GAIS
1996	Norra	Västerås SK	N/A	Hammarby IF
	Södra	IF Elfsborg	Ljungskile SK	N/A
1997	Norra	Hammarby IF	N/A	Djurgårdens IF
	Södra	Västra Frölunda IF	BK Häcken	N/A
1998	Norra	Djurgårdens IF	Umeå FC	N/A
	Södra	Kalmar FF	N/A	Landskrona BoIS
1999	Norra	GIF Sundsvall	N/A	Assyriska FF
	Södra	BK Häcken	GAIS	N/A

Third tier

Season	League	Won Promotion	Won Promotion Playoffs	Lost Promotion Playoffs
2006	Norra	Enköpings SK	IK Sirius	N/A
	Södra	IF Sylvia	Bunkeflo IF	N/A
2007	Norra	Assyriska FF	FC Väsby United	N/A
	Södra	Qviding FIF	Ängelholms FF	N/A
2008	Norra	Syrianska FC	Vasalunds IF	N/A
	Södra	FC Trollhättan	N/A	Östers IF
2009	Norra	Degerfors IF	IK Brage	N/A
	Södra	Östers IF	N/A	Skövde AIK
2010	Norra	Västerås SK	N/A	IK Sirius
	Södra	IFK Värnamo	N/A	Qviding FIF
2011	Norra	Umeå FC	N/A	FC Väsby United
	Södra	Varbergs BoIS	N/A	IF Sylvia
2012	Norra	Östersunds FK	N/A	BK Forward
	Södra	Örgryte IS	N/A	Lunds BK
2013	Norra	IK Sirius	N/A	Dalkurd FF
	Södra	Husqvarna FF	N/A	IK Oddevold
2014	Norra	AFC United	IK Frej	N/A
	Södra	Utsiktens BK	N/A	Örgryte IS
2015	Norra	Dalkurd FF	N/A	Akropolis IF
	Södra	Trelleborgs FF	Örgryte IS	N/A
2016	Norra	IF Brommapojkarna	N/A	Vasalunds IF
	Södra	Östers IF	Norrby IF	N/A
2017	Norra	IK Brage	N/A	Akropolis IF
	Södra	Landskrona BoIS	N/A	Mjällby AIF
2018	Norra	Västerås SK	Syrianska FC	N/A
	Södra	Mjällby AIF	N/A	Oskarshamns AIK
2019	Norra	Akropolis IF	Umeå FC	N/A
	Södra	Ljungskile SK	N/A	Landskrona BoIS

^{Note: In 2007 the runners up were promoted automatically without playoffs because of Allsvenskan expanding to 16 teams.}

Statistics

Top goalscorers Norra

Nigerian forward Kennedy Igboananike became topscorer in Division 1 Norra 2008 with Vasalunds IF.

Veteran Danish forward Allan Borgvardt has been one of the most prolific players during the 2011, 2012 and 2013 Division 1 seasons with an overall 48 goals in 68 games.

Season	Player	Team	Goals
2006	Anders Lindberg	Visby IF Gute	14
2007	Andreas Hermansson	Umeå FC	16
2008	Kennedy Igboananike	Vasalunds IF	18
2009	Johan Eklund	IK Brage	21
2010	Danny Persson	Umeå FC	17
2011	Robert Mambo Mumba	Dalkurd FF	16
2012	Emir Smajic	Östersunds FK Västerås SK	17
2013	Stellan Carlsson	BK Forward	18
	Moses Ogbu	IK Sirius
2014	Sencer Soguk	Valsta Syrianska IK	16
2015	Simon Mårtensson	Umeå FC	17
2016	Luca Gerbino Polo	Akropolis IF	25
2017	Timothy McNeil	Team TG FF	17
	Karwan Safari	Västerås SK
2018	Nikola Vasic	Akropolis IF	21
2019	Ekin Bulut	Vasalunds IF	26

Top goalscorers Södra

Season	Player	Team	Goals
2007	Freddy Söderberg	IFK Värnamo	23
2008	Niklas Moberg	Carlstad United BK	21
2009	Jörgen Nilsson	Kristianstads FF	17
2010	Ken Hansson	FC Rosengård	23
2011	Allan Borgvardt	IF Sylvia	19
2012	Johan Patriksson	IK Oddevold	24
2013	Allan Borgvardt	IF Sylvia	15
2014	Salif Camara Jönsson	Lunds BK	27
2015	Salif Camara Jönsson	Trelleborgs FF	23
2016	Richard Yarsuvat	Norrby IF	20
2017	Robin Strömberg	Ljungskile SK	21
2018	Robin Strömberg	Ljungskile SK	20
2019	Aniekpeno Udo	Ljungskile SK	18
	Jesper Westermark	Ljungskile SK

References

1. "Klart: Division 1-serierna utökas: "Ett önskemål från klubbarna"". fotbollskanalen. 25 November 2016.
2. "Om det nya seriesystemet 2006". Swedish FA. Retrieved 19 November 2012.

External links

• Official Ettan Website