Division 1 Södra

Swedish Division 1 - Division 1 Södra - Division 1 Norra
2011 Division 1
Founded
2006
Nation
Sweden
Number of Teams
14
Promotion to
Superettan
Relegation to
Division 2
Current Champions
IFK Värnamo (Södra)

Division 1 Södra (literally, "Division 1 Southern") is one of two leagues in the third level, Division 1, in the league system of Swedish football and comprises 14 Swedish football teams. Division 1 Södra had status as one of the official second level leagues from 1987 to 1999, but was replaced by Superettan in 2000. It was recreated for the 2006 season at the third level instead.

History

The old Division 1 Södra replaced Division 2 Södra as one of the two second highest level leagues in 1987 and consisted of 14 teams, except for the 1991 and 1992 seasons when it comprised only 8 teams due to the second level having four leagues.

The competition

There are 14 clubs in Division 1 Södra. 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 are relegated to Division 2 and three winning teams from three of the Division 2 leagues are promoted in their place. The top team in Division 1 Södra is promoted to Superettan and one of the two lowest placed teams from Superettan are relegated in their place. The second placed teams in Division 1 Södra plays a promotion/relegation play-off against the third or fourth lowest team in Superettan.

Current clubs - 2011 season

Club	Last season	First season in league	First season of current spell
Husqvarna FF	11th	1999	2006
Kristianstads FF	10th	1999	2009
IF Limhamn Bunkeflo	7th	1997	2009
Lunds BK	6th	2010	2010
Motala AIF FK	1st (Division 2 Ö. Götaland)	1989	2011
Norrby IF	9th	1995	2010
IK Oddevold	1st (Division 2 V. Götaland)	1988	2011
Örgryte IS	9th (Superettan)	1994	2011
FC Rosengård	5th	2008	2008
Skövde AIK*	8th	1987	2007
IK Sleipner	4th	2009	2009
IF Sylvia	3rd	2006	2009
FC Trollhättan	15th (Superettan)	1990	2011
Varbergs BoIS FC	1st (Division 2 S. Götaland)	2011	2011

* Participated in the first Division 1 Södra (includes old Division 1 Södra).

Source - Results & League Table 2011: svenskfotboll.se

Previous winners

Swedish Football League Structure
Allsvenskan (Tier 1) Superettan (Tier 2) Division 1 (Tier 3) Division 2 (Tier 4) Division 3 (Tier 5) Division 4 (Tier 6) Division 5 (Tier 7) Division 6 (Tier 8) Division 7 (Tier 9) Division 8 (Tier 10)

Season	Winner	Runner-up
1987	GAIS (1)	Trelleborgs FF
1988	Halmstads BK (1)	Mjällby AIF
1989	Östers IF (1)	Trelleborgs FF
1990	BK Häcken (1)	Helsingborgs IF
1991	Trelleborgs FF (1)	Helsingborgs IF
1992	Halmstads BK (2)	Helsingborgs IF
1993	Landskrona BoIS (1)	IFK Hässleholm
1994	Örgryte IS (1)	Kalmar FF
1995	IK Oddevold (1)	GAIS
1996	IF Elfsborg (1)	Ljungskile SK
1997	Västra Frölunda IF (1)	BK Häcken
1998	Kalmar FF (1)	Landskrona BoIS
1999	BK Häcken (2)	GAIS
2000–2005	Not played
2006	IF Sylvia (1)	Bunkeflo IF
2007	Qviding FIF (1)	Ängelholms FF
2008	FC Trollhättan (1)	Östers IF
2009	Östers IF (2)	Skövde AIK
2010	IFK Värnamo (1)	Qviding FIF

League champions

Titles	Club
2	Halmstads BK
2	BK Häcken
2	Östers IF
1	IF Elfsborg
1	GAIS
1	Kalmar FF
1	Landskrona BoIS
1	IK Oddevold
1	Qviding FIF
1	IF Sylvia
1	Trelleborgs FF
1	IFK Värnamo
1	Västra Frölunda IF
1	Örgryte IS