Full name | Piteå Idrottsförening |
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Founded | 1918 |
Ground |
LF Arena Piteå Sweden |
Capacity | 6,000 |
Chairman | Lennart Lindgren |
Coach | Christer Nordkvist Leif Strandh |
League | Division 1 Norra |
2015 | Division 1 Norra, 9th |
Piteå IF is a Swedish football club located in Piteå.
The club was formed 24 May 1918 but did not take up football until 1920 when they merged with their local rivaling club IFK Piteå, which then was dissolved. Piteå IF is currently playing in the fourth highest Swedish division, Division 2 for men and the ladies team are playing in the highest league, Damallsvenskan, which is their highest ever position in the Swedish ladies' league system. The male team's best season up until this day is their season in Sweden's second highest division 1998. The club's male reserve team play in the sixth highest Swedish league, Division 4.
The club has one of the largest youth academies in football in the county of Norrbotten and is one of two arranging clubs of the large international youth soccer cup Piteå Summer Games.
The club plays their home matches at LF Arena.
* League restructuring in 2006 resulted in a new division being created at Tier 3 and subsequent divisions dropping a level.
In recent seasons Piteå IF have had the following average attendances:
* Attendances are provided in the Publikliga sections of the Svenska Fotbollförbundet website.