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Swedish football club From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Piteå IF is a Swedish football club located in Piteå.
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| Full name | Piteå Idrottsförening | ||
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| Founded | 24 May 1918 | ||
| Ground | LF Arena Piteå Sweden | ||
| Capacity | 6,000 | ||
| Chairman | Anders Hallberg | ||
| Coach | Tomas Eriksson, Viktor Jonsson | ||
| League | Ettan Norra | ||
| 2019 | Division 2 Norrland, 5th | ||
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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 third-highest Swedish division, Division 1, 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 men's team's best season up until this day is their season in Sweden's second-highest division 1998. The club's men's 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 football cup Piteå Summer Games.
The Piteå IF FF Akademi is the official academy of Piteå IF and consists most of U19 players and younger.
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.[1][2][3] |
In recent seasons Piteå IF have had the following average attendances:
* Attendances are provided in the Publikliga sections of the Svenska Fotbollförbundet website.[4] |
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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