Piteå IF
Full namePiteå Idrottsförening
Founded24 May 1918
GroundLF Arena
Piteå
Sweden
Capacity6,000
ChairmanAnders Hallberg
CoachJoakim Vikström
LeagueDivision 1 (Swedish football)
2019Division 2 Norrland, 5th

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 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 17 September 2023[5]

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 Sweden SWE Tobias Hellström
2 DF Sweden SWE Henrik Millbert
3 DF Sweden SWE William Berglin
4 DF South Africa RSA Dean Solomons
5 MF Ghana GHA Lawson Sabah
6 MF Sweden SWE Sebastian Wigerbäck
7 MF Sweden SWE Gustav Nordh
8 MF Sweden SWE Filip Berglund
10 FW Sweden SWE Fredrik Johansson
11 MF Sweden SWE Ruben Andersson
12 FW Afghanistan AFG Moshtaq Ahmadi
14 MF Sweden SWE Gustav Rönnbäck-Wallin
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 FW Sweden SWE Kalebo Uwimbabazi
16 DF Sweden SWE William Andersson Junkka
17 MF Ghana GHA Kubuntu Glorie Packny
18 FW Sweden SWE Daniel Joseph John Mot
19 FW Sweden SWE Erik Johansson (on loan from Jönköpings Södra IF)
20 DF Norway NOR Bendik Brevik (on loan from Kristiansund BK)
21 FW Sweden SWE Joel Carlsson
22 DF Sweden SWE Viktor Steen
23 FW Sweden SWE Jack Aronsson
24 MF Sweden SWE Modou Mbye
27 MF Sweden SWE Anton From
30 MF Sweden SWE William Videhult
88 GK Sweden SWE Filip Eriksson

Footnotes

  1. ↑ "GAIS – Lagfacta – Piteå IF". Retrieved 10 September 2010.
  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.
  5. ↑ "Truppen".
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