Piteå IF is a

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club located in

Piteå Piteå (; ) is a locality and the seat of Piteå Municipality in Norrbotten County, Sweden. Piteå is Sweden's 58th largest city, with a population of 23,326. Geography Piteå is located at the mouth of the Pite River (), at the shore of ...

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,

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, 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

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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 LF Arena is a football stadium in Piteå, Sweden, and the home stadium for the football team Piteå IF (men), Piteå IF. LF Arena has a total capacity of 6,500 spectators. References

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Season to season

Attendances

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

Current squad

External links

Piteå IF
nbsp;– official site
Piteå Summer Games
nbsp;– official site

Footnotes

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pitea IF (men) IF Football clubs in Norrbotten County Association football clubs established in 1918 Piteå IF 1918 establishments in Sweden 20th-century establishments in Norrbotten County