- Piteå IF
Football club infobox
clubname = Piteå IF
fullname = Piteå Idrottsförening
nickname =
founded = 1918
ground =LF Arena ,Piteå
capacity = ~ 6 000
chairman =Lennart Lindgren
manager =Leif Strandh
league = Division 2 Norrland
season = 2007
position = Division 3 Norra Norrland, Champions (promoted)
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leftarm2=C0C0C0|body2=C0C0C0|rightarm2=C0C0C0|shorts2=000000|socks2=C0C0C0Piteå IF is a Swedish football club located in
Piteå . The club was formed24 May 1918 but didn't take up football until 1920 when they united 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 second highest league,Division 1 , 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 .External links
* [http://www.piteaif.se/ Piteå IF] - official site
* [http://www.piteasummergames.se/cgi-bin/extreme/website.cgi?usr=db16 Piteå Summer Games] - official site
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