Piteå IF is a Swedish

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 football club located in Piteå

Piteå

Piteå is a locality and the seat of Piteå Municipality in Norrbotten County, Sweden. The town has 22,650 inhabitants out of a municipal total of 41,000 in 2008.- Geography :...

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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 fourth highest Swedish division, Division 2 for men and the ladies team are playing in the highest league, Damallsvenskan

Damallsvenskan

The Damallsvenskan, Swedish for ladies' all-Swedish, is the highest division of women's football in Sweden. It is also referred as to the women's Allsvenskan, this term being used alone to refer to the men's division....

, which is their highest ever position in the Swedish ladies' league system. The male team's best season up until this day is their season in Sweden's second highest division 1998. The club's male 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

Norrbotten

Norrbotten is a Swedish province in northernmost Sweden. It borders south to Västerbotten, west to Swedish Lapland, and east to Finland.- Administration :...

 and is one of two arranging clubs of the large international youth soccer cup Piteå Summer Games.

The club plays their home matches at LF Arena.

Season to season

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Season	Level	Division	Section	Position	Movements
1993 Division 2 1993 Statistics of Swedish football Division 2 in season 1993.-Division 2 Norrland:-Division 2 Östra Svealand:-Division 2 Västra Svealand:-Division 2 Östra Götaland:-Division 2 Västra Götaland:...	Tier 3	Division 2	Norrland	9th
1994 Division 2 1994 The 1994 Swedish Division 2 season.-Division 2 Norrland:-Division 2 Östra Svealand:-Division 2 Västra Svealand:-Division 2 Östra Götaland:-Division 2 Västra Götaland:...	Tier 3	Division 2	Norrland	7th
1995 Division 2 1995 Statistics of Swedish football Division 2 in season 1995.-Division 2 Norrland:-Division 2 Östra Svealand:-Division 2 Västra Svealand:-Division 2 Östra Götaland:-Division 2 Västra Götaland:...	Tier 3	Division 2	Norrland	8th
1996 Division 2 1996 Statistics of Swedish football Division 2 in season 1996.-Division 2 Norrland:-Division 2 Östra Svealand:-Division 2 Västra Svealand:-Division 2 Östra Götaland:-Division 2 Västra Götaland:...	Tier 3	Division 2	Norrland	2nd	Promotion Playoffs
1997 Division 2 1997 Statistics of Swedish football Division 2 in season 1997.-Division 2 Norrland:-Division 2 Östra Svealand:-Division 2 Västra Svealand:-Division 2 Östra Götaland:-Division 2 Västra Götaland:...	Tier 3	Division 2	Norrland	1st	Promoted
1998 Division 1 1998 Statistics of Swedish football Division 1 in season 1998.-Overview:It was contested by 28 teams, and Djurgårdens IF and Kalmar FF won the championship.-Norra:-Södra:-References:*...	Tier 2	Division 1	Norra	12th	Relegated
1999 Division 2 1999 Statistics of Swedish football Division 2 in season 1999.-Division 2 Norrland:-Division 2 Östra Svealand:-Division 2 Västra Svealand:-Division 2 Östra Götaland:-Division 2 Västra Götaland:...	Tier 3	Division 2	Norrland	4th
2000 Division 2 2000 Statistics of Swedish football Division 2 in season 2000.-Division 2 Norrland:-Division 2 Västra Svealand:-Division 2 Östra Svealand:-Division 2 Östra Götaland:-Division 2 Västra Götaland:...	Tier 3	Division 2	Norrland	11th	Relegated
2001	Tier 4	Division 3	Norra Norrland	1st	Promoted
2002 Division 2 2002 Statistics of Swedish football Division 2 in season 2002.-Division 2 Norrland:-Division 2 Västra Svealand:-Division 2 Östra Svealand:-Division 2 Östra Götaland:-Division 2 Västra Götaland:...	Tier 3	Division 2	Norrland	7th
2003 Division 2 2003 Statistics of Swedish football Division 2 in season 2003.-Division 2 Norrland:-Division 2 Östra Svealand:-Division 2 Västra Svealand:-Division 2 Östra Götaland:-Division 2 Västra Götaland:...	Tier 3	Division 2	Norrland	5th
2004 Division 2 2004 Statistics of Swedish football Division 2 in season 2004.-Division 2 Norrland:-Division 2 Västra Svealand:-Division 2 Östra Svealand:-Division 2 Östra Götaland:-Division 2 Västra Götaland:...	Tier 3	Division 2	Norrland	10th	Relegation Playoffs
2005 Division 2 2005 Statistics of Swedish football Division 2 in season 2005.-Division 2 Norrland:-Division 2 Norra Svealand:-Division 2 Östra Svealand:-Division 2 Mellersta Götaland:...	Tier 3	Division 2	Norrland	10th
2006 Division 2 2006 Statistics of Swedish football Division 2 in season 2006.-Division 2 Norrland:-Division 2 Norra Svealand:-Division 2 Östra Svealand:-Division 2 Mellersta Götaland:-Division 2 Västra Götaland:... *	Tier 4	Division 2	Norrland	12th	Relegated
2007	Tier 5	Division 3	Norra Norrland	1st	Promoted
2008 Division 2 2008 Statistics of Swedish football Division 2 in season 2008.-Division 2 Norrland:-Division 2 Norra Svealand:-Division 2 Östra Svealand:-Division 2 Östra Götaland:-Division 2 Västra Götaland:...	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

* League restructuring in 2006 resulted in a new division being created at Tier 3 and subsequent divisions dropping a level.

Attendances

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

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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

* Attendances are provided in the Publikliga sections of the Svenska Fotbollförbundet website.

External links

• Piteå IF - official site
• Piteå Summer Games - official site