Division 2 (Swedish football)

IFK Stocksund (Norra Svealand) United Nordic IK (Södra Svealand) Ahlafors IF (Norra Götaland) Ariana FC (Östra Götaland) Division 2 is the fourth level in the league system of Swedish football and comprises 84 Swedish football teams.

In the Division, there are 84 clubs which are divided in six groups of 14 teams each representing a geographical area.

[1] 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.

[3] The name of Division 2 has been around since 1924/25 season when there were 5 sections titled Uppsvenskan, Mellansvenskan, Östsvenskan, Västsvenskan and Sydsvenskan which were run on an unofficial basis.

Division 2 became official in 1928/29 as the second tier of Swedish football with 2 sections being created - Norra and Södra - with a total of 20 teams.

Ever since 2003 the online bookmaker Unibet have given out awards at the end of the season to the best players in Division 2.

Mathias Ranégie who was voted best forward in 2006 went on to become the 2011 Allsvenskan top goalscorer and then signed with Serie A club Udinese in 2012.

Nigerian 2007 winner Abiola Dauda was signed by Allsvenskan club Kalmar FF after his successful season and was one of the top scorers in the 2012 Allsvenskan .

The best midfielder of 2010, Ibrahim Koroma , has over 10 caps for the Sierra Leone national football team .