Piteå IF explained

Clubname:Piteå IF
Fullname:Piteå Idrottsförening
Ground:LF Arena
Piteå
Sweden
Capacity:3,950
Chairman:Berndt Siljemark
Coach:Stellan Carlsson
League:Damallsvenskan
Season:2023
Position:4th
Website:http://www.piteaif.se/
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Piteå Idrottsförening, commonly known as Piteå IF, is a Swedish football club located in Piteå that currently competes in Sweden's top-division women's league, Damallsvenskan.

In 2018, they won the Swedish national Championship for the first time.[1] In May 2024, they won their first Swedish Cup title.[2]

History

The sports club was formed on 24 May 1918 but did not take up men's football until 1920 when they merged with IFK Piteå, who then dissolved. The women's team was founded in 1985. Piteå IF's women's department is currently playing in the highest league, Damallsvenskan, which it reached for the first time in 2009.[3]

The club has one of the largest football youth academies in the county of Norrbotten and is one of two clubs who arrange the large international youth soccer cup, the Piteå Summer Games.[4]

Players

Former players

Stadium

The club plays their home matches at LF Arena, better known as ”Kvarnvallen” by the local population.

Honours

Domestic

League

Cups

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Piteå tog första guldet efter dramatik. Dagens nyheter. sv. Jens Kärrman. 27 October 2018. 27 October 2018.
  2. News: Piteå IF vinner Svenska cupen i fotboll för damer. SVT Sport. Petter Öhrling, Reyhaneh Rouhani. English. 1 May 2024. 3 May 2024.
  3. Web site: Piteå IF. Damfotboll. 4 May 2016.
  4. Web site: Pitea Summer Games 2015. International Sports Entertainment Agency. 4 May 2016.