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
The Damallsvenskan, Swedish for ''ladies all-Swedish'' and also known as OBOS Damallsvenskan for sponsorship reasons, is the highest division of women's football in Sweden. It is also referred to as the women's Allsvenskan. The term Allsvenskan ...
.
In
2018
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, they won the Swedish national Championship for the first time.
History
The sports club was formed on 24 May 1918 but did not take up men's football until 1920 when they united with their local rival club IFK Piteå, which then was dissolved. The women's team was founded in 1985. Piteå IF's female section is currently playing in the highest league,
Damallsvenskan
The Damallsvenskan, Swedish for ''ladies all-Swedish'' and also known as OBOS Damallsvenskan for sponsorship reasons, is the highest division of women's football in Sweden. It is also referred to as the women's Allsvenskan. The term Allsvenskan ...
, which it reached for the first time in 2009.
The club has one of the largest football youth academies in the county of
Norrbotten
Norrbotten (), known in English as North Bothnia, is a Swedish province (''landskap'') in northernmost Sweden. It borders south to Västerbotten, west to Swedish Lapland, and east to Finland.
Administration
The traditional provinces of Swe ...
and is one of two clubs who arrange the large international youth soccer cup, the Piteå Summer Games.
Players
Current squad
.
Former players
Stadium
The club plays their home matches at
LF Arena
LF Arena is a football stadium in Piteå, Sweden
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.
Domestic
League
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Damallsvenskan
The Damallsvenskan, Swedish for ''ladies all-Swedish'' and also known as OBOS Damallsvenskan for sponsorship reasons, is the highest division of women's football in Sweden. It is also referred to as the women's Allsvenskan. The term Allsvenskan ...
(Tier 1)
** Winners (1):
2018
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,
References
External links
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Piteå Summer Games
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IF
Women's football clubs in Sweden
Football clubs in Norrbotten County
1985 establishments in Sweden
Damallsvenskan teams
Association football clubs established in 1985