Ettan Fotboll

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	IF Brommapojkarna (north); Utsiktens BK (south)
Website	Ettanfotboll.se
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Ettan Fotboll, or simply 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. It was formerly simply known as Division 1. 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.

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 Ettan are composed of 16 clubs, similar to Allsvenskan and Superettan.^[1]

The competition[]

There are 32 clubs in Ettan, 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 Ettan group is promoted to Superettan and the two lowest placed teams from Superettan are relegated in their place. The second placed teams in each Ettan group plays a promotion/relegation play-off against the third and fourth lowest teams in Superettan.^[2]

Current clubs (2021 season)[]

Stadia and locations[]

Hammarby TFF
Sollentuna FK
Vasalunds IF

Bodens BK

IF Karlstad

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

Utsiktens

Locations of the 2021 Ettan clubs
Red: Ettan Norra; Green: Ettan Södra

Norra[]

Team	Location	Stadium	Stadium capacity¹
Assyriska FF	Södertälje	Södertälje Fotbollsarena	6,700
IF Brommapojkarna	Bromma	Grimsta IP	5,000
Dalkurd FF	Uppsala	Nya Studenternas IP	10,000
Gefle IF	Gävle	Gavlevallen	6,500
IFK Haninge	Haninge	Torvalla IP	1,000
Hammarby Talang FF	Stockholm	Hammarby IP	3,700
Hudiksvalls FF	Hudiksvall	Glysisvallen	3,000
IF Karlstad	Karlstad	Tingvalla IP	10,000
IFK Luleå	Luleå	Skogsvallen	5,000
Piteå IF	Piteå	LF Arena	6,000
Sandvikens IF	Sandviken	Jernvallen	7,000
Sollentuna FK	Sollentuna	Sollentunavallen	4,500
IF Sylvia	Norrköping	PlatinumCars Arena	17,000
Täby FK	Täby	Tibblevallen	1,000
Umeå FC	Umeå	Umeå Energi Arena	10,000
Örebro Syrianska IF	Örebro	Örnsro IP	1,000

Östgötaporten in Norrköping.

Umeå Energi Arena in Umeå.

Södra[]

Team	Location	Stadium	Stadium capacity¹
Assyriska Turabdin IK	Jönköping	Rosenlunds IP	1,500
IFK Malmö	Malmö	Malmö IP	7,600
Lindome GIF	Lindome	Lindevi IP	1,500
FC Linköping City	Linköping	Linköping Arena	8,300
Ljungskile SK	Ljungskile	Skarsjövallen	8,000
Lunds BK	Lund	Klostergårdens IP	8,560
Oskarshamns AIK	Oskarshamn	Arena Oskarshamn	2,000
Qviding FIF	Gothenburg	Valhalla IP	4,000
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
Vänersborgs IF	Vänersborg	Vänersvallen	2,000
Åtvidabergs FF	Åtvidaberg	Kopparvallen	8,000
Österlen FF	Skillinge	Skillinge Idrottsplats	1,000

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
1987	Södra	GAIS	N/A	N/A
1988	Norra	Örebro SK	N/A	N/A
1988	Södra	Halmstads BK	N/A	N/A
1989	Norra	Hammarby IF	N/A	N/A
1989	Södra	Östers IF	N/A	N/A
1990	Norra	N/A	GIF Sundsvall	N/A
1990	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
1993	Södra	Landskrona BoIS	N/A	IFK Hässleholm
1994	Norra	Djurgårdens IF	N/A	Umeå FC
1994	Södra	Örgryte IS	N/A	Kalmar FF
1995	Norra	Umeå FC	N/A	Gefle IF
1995	Södra	IK Oddevold	N/A	GAIS
1996	Norra	Västerås SK	N/A	Hammarby IF
1996	Södra	IF Elfsborg	Ljungskile SK	N/A
1997	Norra	Hammarby IF	N/A	Djurgårdens IF
1997	Södra	Västra Frölunda IF	BK Häcken	N/A
1998	Norra	Djurgårdens IF	Umeå FC	N/A
1998	Södra	Kalmar FF	N/A	Landskrona BoIS
1999	Norra	GIF Sundsvall	N/A	Assyriska FF
1999	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
2006	Södra	IF Sylvia	Bunkeflo IF	N/A
2007	Norra	Assyriska FF	FC Väsby United	N/A
2007	Södra	Qviding FIF	Ängelholms FF	N/A
2008	Norra	Syrianska FC	Vasalunds IF	N/A
2008	Södra	FC Trollhättan	N/A	Östers IF
2009	Norra	Degerfors IF	IK Brage	N/A
2009	Södra	Östers IF	N/A	Skövde AIK
2010	Norra	Västerås SK	N/A	IK Sirius
2010	Södra	IFK Värnamo	N/A	Qviding FIF
2011	Norra	Umeå FC	N/A	FC Väsby United
2011	Södra	Varbergs BoIS	N/A	IF Sylvia
2012	Norra	Östersunds FK	N/A	BK Forward
2012	Södra	Örgryte IS	N/A	Lunds BK
2013	Norra	IK Sirius	N/A	Dalkurd FF
2013	Södra	Husqvarna FF	N/A	IK Oddevold
2014	Norra	AFC United	IK Frej	N/A
2014	Södra	Utsiktens BK	N/A	Örgryte IS
2015	Norra	Dalkurd FF	N/A	Akropolis IF
2015	Södra	Trelleborgs FF	Örgryte IS	N/A
2016	Norra	IF Brommapojkarna	N/A	Vasalunds IF
2016	Södra	Östers IF	Norrby IF	N/A
2017	Norra	IK Brage	N/A	Akropolis IF
2017	Södra	Landskrona BoIS	N/A	Mjällby AIF
2018	Norra	Västerås SK	Syrianska FC	N/A
2018	Södra	Mjällby AIF	N/A	Oskarshamns AIK
2019	Norra	Akropolis IF	Umeå FC	N/A
2019	Södra	Ljungskile SK	N/A	Landskrona BoIS
2020	Norra	Vasalunds IF	N/A	IF Brommapojkarna
2020	Södra	IFK Värnamo	Landskrona BoIS	N/A
	Norra	IF Brommapojkarna	Dalkurd FF	N/A
	Södra	Utsiktens BK	Skövde AIK	N/A

^{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
2013	Moses Ogbu	IK Sirius	18
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	17
2017	Karwan Safari	Västerås SK	17
2018	Nikola Vasic	Akropolis IF	21
2019	Ekin Bulut	Vasalunds IF	26
2020	Ashley Coffey	IFK Haninge	27
2021	Pashang Abdulla	Piteå IF	20
2021	Rodin Deprem	Örebro Syrianska IF IF Brommapojkarna	20

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
2019	Jesper Westermark	Ljungskile SK	18
2020	Simon Adjei	Assyriska IK	25
2021	Yoann Fellrath	FC Trollhättan	26

References[]

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

External links[]

Official Ettan Website

[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.

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