Piteå IF (men)

For the club's women's team, see Piteå IF.

Piteå IF is a Swedish football club located in Piteå.

Piteå IF

Full name	Piteå Idrottsförening
Founded	24 May 1918
Ground	LF Arena Piteå Sweden
Capacity	6,000
Chairman	Anders Hallberg
Coach	Joakim Vikström
League	Division 1 (Swedish football)
2019	Division 2 Norrland, 5th
Home colours Away colours

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 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 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 club plays their home matches at LF Arena.

Season to season

Season Level Division Section Position Movements 1993 Tier 3 Division 2 Norrland 9th 1994 Tier 3 Division 2 Norrland 7th 1995 Tier 3 Division 2 Norrland 8th 1996 Tier 3 Division 2 Norrland 2nd Promotion play-offs 1997 Tier 3 Division 2 Norrland 1st Promoted 1998 Tier 2 Division 1 Norra 12th Relegated 1999 Tier 3 Division 2 Norrland 4th 2000 Tier 3 Division 2 Norrland 11th Relegated 2001 Tier 4 Division 3 Norra Norrland 1st Promoted 2002 Tier 3 Division 2 Norrland 7th 2003 Tier 3 Division 2 Norrland 5th 2004 Tier 3 Division 2 Norrland 10th Relegation play-offs 2005 Tier 3 Division 2 Norrland 10th 2006* Tier 4 Division 2 Norrland 12th Relegated 2007 Tier 5 Division 3 Norra Norrland 1st Promoted 2008 Tier 4 Division 2 Norrland 3rd 2009 Tier 4 Division 2 Norrland 5th 2010 Tier 4 Division 2 Norrland 3rd 2011 Tier 4 Division 2 Norrland 7th 2012 Tier 4 Division 2 Norrland 9th 2013 Tier 4 Division 2 Norrland 6th 2014 Tier 4 Division 2 Norrland 1st Promoted * League restructuring in 2006 resulted in a new division being created at tier 3 and subsequent divisions dropping a level.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Attendances

In recent seasons Piteå IF have had the following average attendances:

Season Average attendance Division/section Level 2005 382 Div 2 Norrland Tier 3 2006 245 Div 2 Norrland Tier 4 2007 279 Div 3 Norra Norrland Tier 5 2008 296 Div 2 Norrland Tier 4 2009 512 Div 2 Norrland Tier 4 2010 505 Div 2 Norrland Tier 4 2011 301 Div 2 Norrland Tier 4 * Attendances are provided in the Publikliga sections of the Svenska Fotbollförbundet website.^[4]

Current squad

As of 16 May 2021.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   SWE Isac Stubbfält 2 DF   SWE Henrik Millbert 3 DF   ENG James Burgin 4 DF   SWE Pontus Sundqvist 5 MF   SWE Johan Hedström 6 DF   NED Bram Van Dongen 7 MF   SWE Gustav Nordh 8 MF   SWE Sia Jamehdar 10 FW   SWE Fredrik Johansson 11 MF   SWE Ruben Andersson 12 FW   SWE Marcus Fahlgren-Hällström

No. Pos. Nation Player 13 DF   SWE Filip Stankovic 14 MF   SWE Gustav Rönnbäck-Wallin 15 FW   SWE Kalebo Uwimbabazi 17 MF   GHA Kubuntu Glorie Packny 18 MF   SWE Johan Hedström 19 DF   SWE Andreas Grimstad 20 MF   SWE Filip Modig 21 MF   SWE Sebastian Wigerbäck 24 MF   SWE Modou Mbye 27 MF   SWE Arvid Eklund 29 GK   ENG Conor O'Keefe 88 GK   SWE Fredrik Enberg

External links

• Piteå IF – official site
• Piteå Summer Games – official site

Footnotes

1. "GAIS – Lagfacta – Piteå IF". Retrieved 10 September 2010.^{[permanent dead link]}
2. "Norrland - Division 2 – Fotbollsserier 2010 – Fotboll – everysport.com". Retrieved 2010-09-16.
3. "Sweden Final Tables – Clas Glenning". Retrieved 2010-09-16.
4. "Kontaktuppgifter och tävlingar – Svenska Fotbollförbundet – svenskfotboll.se". Retrieved 2010-11-14.