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 :...

. The club was formed 24 May 1918 but didn't take up football until 1920 when they united with their local rivaling club IFK Piteå, which then was dissolved.The ladies team was founded 1985. Piteå IF is currently playing in 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 first time it doing the season 2009.
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.

Current Roster

External links

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