Piteå IF (men)

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Piteå IF
Pitea IF logo.svg
Full namePiteå Idrottsförening
Founded24 May 1918
GroundLF Arena
Piteå
Sweden
Capacity6,000
ChairmanAnders Hallberg
CoachJoakim Vikström
LeagueDivision 2 Norrland
Division 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
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 Sweden SWE Isac Stubbfält
2 DF Sweden SWE Henrik Millbert
3 DF England ENG James Burgin
4 DF Sweden SWE Pontus Sundqvist
5 MF Sweden SWE Ethany Mahoto
6 DF Sweden SWE Joachim Olofsson
7 FW Sweden SWE Pashang Abdulla
8 MF Sweden SWE Sia Jamehdar
10 FW Sweden SWE Fredrik Johansson
11 MF Sweden SWE Ruben Andersson
12 FW Sweden SWE Marcus Fahlgren-Hällström
No. Pos. Nation Player
13 DF Sweden SWE Filip Stankovic
14 MF Sweden SWE Gustav Rönnbäck-Wallin
17 MF Ghana GHA Kubuntu Glorie Packny
18 MF Sweden SWE Johan Hedström
19 DF Sweden SWE Andreas Grimstad
20 DF Sweden SWE Philip Flodin
21 MF Sweden SWE Axel Uddström
23 DF Sweden SWE Joakim Hermansson
29 GK England ENG Conor O'Keefe
30 DF Portugal POR Bernardo Morgado
88 GK Sweden SWE Fredrik Enberg

External links[]

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.
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