Piteå IF (men)

Piteå IF
Full name Piteå Idrottsförening
Founded 1918
Ground LF Arena
Piteå
Sweden
Ground Capacity 6,000
Chairman Lennart Lindgren
Coach Christer Nordkvist
Leif Strandh
League Division 1 Norra
2015 Division 1 Norra, 9th

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 fourth 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 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 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

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 Playoffs
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 Playoffs
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
2012 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]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ "GAIS – Lagfacta – Piteå IF". Retrieved 10.09.2010. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  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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