Division 1

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This article is about the Swedish football league. For the NCAA division, see Division I.

Division 1 is the third level in the league system of Swedish football and comprises 28 Swedish football teams. Division 1 had status as the official second level from 1987 to 1999, but was replaced by Superettan in 2000, however it was recreated for the 2006 season.

1 History
2 The competition
3 Current teams
4 Previous winners
5 League champions

[edit] 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)).

[edit] The competition

There are 28 clubs in Division 1, divided in two groups of 14 teams each representing Norra (Northern) and Södra (Southern) Sweden. 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 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.

[edit] Current teams

Norra

Anundsjö IF
Bodens BK
Enköpings SK
Falu BS
BK Forward
Kiruna FF
Robertsfors IK
IK Sirius
Syrianska FC
Valsta Syrianska IK
Vasalund/Essinge IF
Visby IF Gute
Västerås SK
Östersunds FK

Södra

Bunkeflo IF
Carlstad United BK
Husqvarna FF
IFK Hässleholm
Kristianstads FF
Lindome GIF
Myresjö IF
Norrby IF
Skärhamns IK
IF Sylvia
FC Trollhättan
IFK Värnamo
Västra Frölunda IF
Ängelholms FF

[edit] Previous winners

Year	*Winner (Norra)*	*Winner (Södra)*	*Winner (Östra)*	*Winner (Västra)*
1987	Djurgårdens IF (1)	GAIS (1)
1988	Örebro SK (1)	Halmstads BK (1)
1989	Hammarby IF (1)	Östers IF (1)
1990	GIF Sundsvall (1)	BK Häcken (1)
1991	Kiruna FF (1)	Trelleborgs FF (1)	Hammarby IF (2)	Västra Frölunda IF (1)
1992	IFK Sundsvall (1)	Halmstads BK (2)	IK Brage (1)	BK Häcken (2)
1993	Hammarby IF (3)	Landskrona BoIS (1)
1994	Djurgårdens IF (2)	Örgryte IS (1)
1995	Umeå FC (1)	IK Oddevold (1)
1996	Västerås SK (1)	IF Elfsborg (1)
1997	Hammarby IF (4)	Västra Frölunda IF (2)
1998	Djurgårdens IF (3)	Kalmar FF (1)
1999	GIF Sundsvall (2)	BK Häcken (3)
2006	Enköpings SK (1)	IF Sylvia (1)

[edit] League champions

Titles	Team
4	Hammarby IF
3	Djurgårdens IF
3	BK Häcken
2	Halmstads BK
2	GIF Sundsvall
2	Västra Frölunda IF
1	IK Brage
1	IF Elfsborg
1	Enköpings SK
1	GAIS
1	Kalmar FF
1	Kiruna FF
1	Landskrona BoIS
1	IK Oddevold
1	IFK Sundsvall
1	IF Sylvia
1	Trelleborgs FF
1	Umeå FC
1	Västerås SK
1	Örebro SK
1	Örgryte IS
1	Östers IF