The season started on 25 September 2019[1] and ended prematurely on 13 March 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic.

[2] The participating teams first play a conventional round-robin schedule with every team playing each opponent four times for a total of 36 games.

The top eight teams qualified for the championship playoffs.

Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the competition was suspended from 12 March until 30 April 2020 and playoffs were eliminated.

Djurgården promoted as champion of the Superettan and replaced Uppsala, last qualified in the previous season and relegated.