Piteå IF is a Swedish football club located in Piteå.
Background
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.
Season to season SeasonLevelDivisionSectionPositionMovements1993Tier 3Division 2Norrland9th1994Tier 3Division 2Norrland7th1995Tier 3Division 2Norrland8th1996Tier 3Division 2Norrland2ndPromotion play-offs1997Tier 3Division 2Norrland1stPromoted1998Tier 2Division 1Norra12thRelegated1999Tier 3Division 2Norrland4th2000Tier 3Division 2Norrland11thRelegated2001Tier 4Division 3Norra Norrland1stPromoted2002Tier 3Division 2Norrland7th2003Tier 3Division 2Norrland5th2004Tier 3Division 2Norrland10thRelegation play-offs2005Tier 3Division 2Norrland10th2006*Tier 4Division 2Norrland12thRelegated2007Tier 5Division 3Norra Norrland1stPromoted2008Tier 4Division 2Norrland3rd2009Tier 4Division 2Norrland5th2010Tier 4Division 2Norrland3rd2011Tier 4Division 2Norrland7th2012Tier 4Division 2Norrland9th2013Tier 4Division 2Norrland6th2014Tier 4Division 2Norrland1stPromoted2015Tier 3Division 1Norra9th2016Tier 3Division 1Norra13thRelegated2017Tier 4Division 2Norrland4th2018Tier 4Division 2Norrland6th2019Tier 4Division 2Norrland5th2020Tier 4Division 2Norrland1stPromoted2021Tier 3Division 1Norra8th2022Tier 3Division 1Norra11th2023Tier 3Division 1Norra7th2024Tier 3Division 1Norra14thRelegated * League restructuring in 2006 resulted in a new division being created at tier 3 and subsequent divisions dropping a level.
Attendances
In recent seasons Piteå IF have had the following average attendances:
SeasonAverage attendanceDivision/sectionLevel2005382Div 2 NorrlandTier 32006245Div 2 NorrlandTier 42007279Div 3 Norra Norrland Tier 52008296Div 2 NorrlandTier 42009512Div 2 NorrlandTier 42010505Div 2 NorrlandTier 42011301Div 2 NorrlandTier 4 * Attendances are provided in the Publikliga sections of the Svenska Fotbollförbundet website.
Current squad
External links Piteå IF – official site Piteå Summer Games – official site
Footnotes