Piteå IF
Full namePiteå Idrottsförening
Founded1985 (1985)
GroundLF Arena
Piteå
Sweden
Capacity3,950
ChairmanBerndt Siljemark
CoachStellan Carlsson
LeagueDamallsvenskan
20234th
WebsiteClub website

Piteå Idrottsförening, commonly known as Piteå IF, is a Swedish football club located in Piteå that currently competes in Sweden's top-division women's league, Damallsvenskan.

In 2018, they won the Swedish national Championship for the first time.[1]

History

The sports club 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 is currently playing in the highest league, Damallsvenskan, which it reached for the first time in 2009.[2]

The club has one of the largest football youth academies in the county of Norrbotten and is one of two clubs who arrange the large international youth soccer cup, the Piteå Summer Games.[3]

Players

Current squad

As of 26 May 2023.[4]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Sweden SWE Signe Moa Ohman
2 DF Sweden SWE Judith Eklund
3 DF Faroe Islands FRO Ásla Johannesen
4 MF Sweden SWE Josefin Johansson (captain)
5 MF Sweden SWE Wilma Carlsson
6 MF Sweden SWE Olivia Holm
7 MF Sweden SWE Sara Eriksson
8 MF Philippines PHI Katrina Guillou
9 MF Sweden SWE Tuva Skoog
10 FW Nigeria NGA Anam Imo
11 FW Sweden SWE Cajsa Hedlund
12 MF Sweden SWE Fanny Andersson
No. Pos. Nation Player
13 GK United States USA Samantha Murphy
14 DF Nigeria NGA Faith Michael
15 MF Sweden SWE Ellen Löfqvist
16 DF Sweden SWE Maja Green
17 MF Sweden SWE Selina Henriksson
19 FW Sweden SWE Emma Viklund
21 DF Sweden SWE Ronja Aronsson
22 MF Sweden SWE Hanna Andersson
24 FW Sweden SWE Linnea Westborn
26 FW Sweden SWE Evelina Moberg
— FW Sweden SWE Cecilia Edlund
— FW Sweden SWE Sofia Wännerdahl

Former players

Stadium

The club plays their home matches at LF Arena, better known as ”Kvarnvallen” by the local population.

Domestic

League

References

  1. ↑ Jens Kärrman (27 October 2018). "Piteå tog första guldet efter dramatik" (in Swedish). Dagens nyheter. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
  2. ↑ "Piteå IF". Damfotboll. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
  3. ↑ "Pitea Summer Games 2015". International Sports Entertainment Agency. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
  4. ↑ "Piteå Idrottsförening - Women". Playmaker Stats. Retrieved May 26, 2023.
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