Lillehammer Fotballklubb is a

Norwegian Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe * Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway * Demographics of Norway *The Norwegian language, including ...

football club from Lillehammer, currently playing in the 4. divisjon, the fifth tier of the

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. The club colors are white, and the home field is

Stampesletta Stampesletta is a multi-use stadium complex in Lillehammer, Norway. Owned and operated by Lillehammer Municipality, it consists of a track and field venue, an artificial turf football field, three natural grass football fields, a gravel field a ...

. Players who started their career there include David Hanssen Caleb Francis

History

Lillehammer FK was established in 1969 as a result of a merger of Lillehammer clubs ''SK Mesna'' and ''FK Fremad Lillehammer'' (founded 1911). The club played its first season, the 1969 season, in 4. divisjon. In the following 1970 season, danish full-time coach Frank Gaba was hired. The club went through a period as Faaberg Fotball Lillehammer after a merger at the end of the season in 1999 between the senior team of Lillehammer FK and the football department of Faaberg IL;

Faaberg Fotball Faaberg Fotball is a football club from Fåberg north of Lillehammer Lillehammer () is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Gudbrandsdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is t ...

. Ahead of the 2010 season the entire club Lillehammer FK incorporated the senior and junior team of FF Lillehammer, which thus ceased to exist, while Faaberg IL reverted to fielding its own team. Lillehammer FK played in the

3. divisjon The Norwegian Third Division, also called 3. divisjon, is the fourth highest division of the men's football league in Norway. Like the rest of the Norwegian football league system, the season runs from spring to autumn, running approximately from ...

from the 2013 season, after a period in the

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since the 2009 season, having avoided relegation after the 2010 season due to the bankruptcy of

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. In the 2017 season, Lillehammer relegated to the fifth tier and have played in 4. divisjon since then.

Recent history

References

External links

Official site
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