Piteå IF

Piteå IF
Full name Piteå Idrottsförening
Founded 1985 (1985)
Ground LF Arena
Piteå
Sweden
Capacity 3,950
Chairman Berndt Siljemark
Coach Stellan Carlsson
League Damallsvenskan
2016 4th
Website Club website

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

History

The sports club was formed 24 May 1918 but didn't take up men's football until 1920 when they united with their local rival club IFK Piteå, which then was dissolved. The women's team was founded in 1985. Piteå IF's female section is currently playing in the highest league, Damallsvenskan, which it reached for the first time in 2009.[1]

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, Piteå Summer Games.[2]

Players

Current squad

As of 10 October 2017[3][4]

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

No. Position Player
1 Sweden GK Moa Öhman
2 Sweden DF Lena Blomkvist
3 Sweden DF Linnea Selberg
4 Sweden MF Josefin Johansson (captain)
6 Sweden DF Frida Abrahamsson
7 Sweden MF Linn Viklund
8 Sweden MF Julia Karlernäs
9 Sweden FW Madelen Janogy
10 Sweden FW Hanna Pettersson
11 Sweden FW Cecilia Edlund
Norway FW Andrea Norheim
No. Position Player
13 Sweden GK Hilda Carlén
14 Nigeria DF Faith Ikidi
15 Sweden MF Ellen Löfkvist
16 Sweden FW Felicia Karlsson
17 Sweden MF Lotta Ökvist
18 Sweden MF Nina Jakobsson
19 Sweden MF Elin Bragnum
20 Sweden DF Emelie Lövgren
21 Sweden DF Ronja Aronsson
23 Norway DF June Pedersen
United States MF Jocelyn Blankenship

Stadium

The club plays their home matches at LF Arena.

References

  1. ↑ "Piteå IF". Damfotboll. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
  2. ↑ "Pitea Summer Games 2015". International Sports Entertainment Agency. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
  3. ↑ "Truppen" (in Swedish). Piteå IF. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
  4. ↑ "2017 Piteå IF" (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
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