Piteå Idrottsförening (), commonly known as Piteå IF (), is a Swedish

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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 ...

that currently competes in Sweden's top-division women's league,

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, which it won in 2018.

History

The sports club Piteå IF was formed on 24 May 1918 but did not take up men's football until 1920 when they merged with IFK Piteå, who then dissolved. The women's team was founded in 1985. Piteå IF's women's department reached the top-tier

for the first time in 2009. In the 2018 season, they won the Swedish national title for the first time. In May 2024, they won their first Swedish Cup title. On 1 October 2024, it was presented that the coach Stellan Carlsson would leave Piteå IF after 13 seasons to join IFK Norrköping for the upcoming 2025 season. Fredrik Bernhardsson took over the role as coach after Carlsson. The club has one of the largest football youth academies in the county of

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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, 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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, better known as "Kvarnvallen" by the local population.

Honours

Domestic

League

(Tier 1) ** Winners (1):

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Cups

* Swedish Cup (Tier 1) ** Winners (1): 2023–24

References

External links

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Piteå Summer Games
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