Kongsvinger IL Toppfotball is a Norwegian

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club from the town of

Kongsvinger Kongsvinger () is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Glåmdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Kongsvinger. Other settlements in the municipality include Aust ...

Innlandet Innlandet is a county in Norway. It was created on 1 January 2020 with the merger of the old counties of Oppland and Hedmark (the municipalities of Jevnaker and Lunner were transferred to the neighboring county of Viken on the same date). The ...

, founded in 1892. Its home ground is

Gjemselund Stadion Gjemselund Stadion is a football stadium in Kongsvinger, Norway and the home ground of Norwegian third tier club Kongsvinger IL Toppfotball. Until 2008, it was also used for track and field meets, having got rubber track in 1986. The venue hoste ...

. It is part of

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Kongsvinger IL Kongsvinger Idrettslag is a Norwegian sports club from the city of Kongsvinger in Hedmark, founded in 1892. Its men's football team is well-known, and it has teams for several other sports. Athletics Kongsvinger IL has an athletics section. Unti ...

Honours

Norwegian top flight Eliteserien () is a Norwegian professional league for association football clubs. At the top of the Norwegian football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion ...

**Runners-up (1):

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**Third (2):

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Norwegian Cup The Norwegian Football Cup ( no, Norgesmesterskapet i fotball for herrer) is the main knockout cup competition in Norwegian football. It is run by the Football Association of Norway and has been contested since 1902, making it the oldest football ...

**Finals (1):

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**Semi-finals (5): 1983, 1990, 1992, 1996, 2016 *

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**2nd round against

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1993

History

Despite limited financial resources, Kongsvinger played in the

for 17 consecutive seasons between 1983 and 1999. Among the club's achievements were a silver medal in the league in 1992, bronze in both 1986 and 1987 and a 1–1 draw against football powerhouse

in the

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. Kongsvinger dropped out of the top flight in 1999, in the end struggling both financially and on the pitch. Only two years later another relegation sent the team down to

2. divisjon The Norwegian Second Division, also called 2. divisjon and often referred to as PostNord-ligaen for sponsorship reasons, is the third-highest level of the Norwegian football league system. There are 28 teams divided into two groups, and at the ...

, the third tier in Norwegian football. After a mediocre interlude in the 2002 season, former

HamKam Hamarkameratene (literally ''the Hamar Comrades''), often abbreviated to HamKam or Ham-Kam, is a Norwegian football club based in the town of Hamar. The club was founded in 1918, originally under the name Freidig. HamKam were most recently pro ...

player

Vegard Skogheim Vegard Skogheim (born 28 April 1966) is a Norwegian football coach and former player who played as a midfielder. During his active career, he played for HamKam, Werder Bremen and Viking. He had a total of 197 matches and 36 goals in the Norweg ...

took over as head coach at Kongsvinger in 2003, instilling new enthusiasm into a young squad of part-timers. In 2003, the team went undefeated in their division and secured promotion back to the 1. divisjon, the second-highest level. The success continued in 2004, and the newly promoted team surprised many experts by managing third place in the league, and thereby earning the right to two play-off matches for promotion against the club that finished third last in the top division, Bodø/Glimt. Kongsvinger won the first match 1–0, but lost the second 0–4, giving away both the aggregate win and the right to play in the top division to Bodø/Glimt. Kongsvinger finished 1. divisjon as 3rd and qualified for promotion-relegation play-offs once again in the 2009 season. On 6 November, Kongsvinger defeated

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3–1 at home and faced with

Sarpsborg 08 Sarpsborg 08 Fotballforening, commonly known as Sarpsborg 08 or simply Sarpsborg (), is a Norwegian football club based in Sarpsborg, playing in Eliteserien. Sarpsborg 08 and its predecessors played in 1. divisjon from 2005 to 2010. In 2010, the ...

. The club lost the first match 3–2 at away ground on 9 November, but won 3–1 at home (5–4 aggregate) on 12 November and returned to

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after 10 years absence. The team finished their comeback season in the top flight in 15th place and was relegated to the 1. divisjon for the 2011 season. The club was relegated to the

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. In the 2015 season, Kongsvinger won their group in the

and won promotion to the second tier.

Season by season

: Source:

European record

Current squad

Managerial history

* Christer Nilsson (1983) * Svein Ivar Sigernes (1984–1985) * Ingvar Stadheim (1986) *

Even Pellerud Even Jostein Pellerud (born 15 July 1953) is a Norwegian football coach and former player. Career Pellerud played for several clubs, including Vålerenga from 1974 to 1979 and Kongsvinger from 1983 to 1986. He was head coach for the Norway women ...

(1987–89) *

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(1990) * Svein Ivar Sigernes (1991) *

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(1992–95) *

Åge Steen Åge Steen (born 11 February 1960) is a Norwegian football manager. Career He spent his playing career in Kongsvinger IL from 1982 through 1983 and 1986 through 1988, as well as lesser teams Grue IL and Kjellmyra IL. Steen also managed Kongsvi ...

(1996–97) * Per Anders Sjøvold (1998) *

(1998–99) * Hans Knutsen (2000) * Erik Nystuen (2001) *

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(2002) *

(2003–06) * Thomas Berntsen (2006–08) *

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(2008–09) * Øyvind Eide (2009) * Trond Amundsen (2009–10) *

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(2010) *

(2011) *

(2011–2012) *Stian Aasen (2013–2014) * André Bergdølmo (2014) * Luis Berkemeier Pimenta (2015–2016) * Hans-Erik Eriksen (2017–2018) * Mark Dempsey (2018) * Vítor Gazimba (2019) *

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(2019–2020) * Espen Nystuen (interim) (2020) * Eirik Mæland (2021–2022) *

Vegard Hansen Vegard Hansen (born 8 August 1969) is a Norwegian football coach and former player who coaches 1. divisjon club Kongsvinger. During his time at Mjøndalen, the club was promoted to the 1. divisjon in 2008 and reached the play-offs for promot ...

(2022–)

Statistics

*Most matches played for the club:

Øivind Tomteberget Øivind Tomteberget (born 4 August 1953, in Kongsvinger) is a retired Norwegian football midfielder. Tomteberget played for his local club Kongsvinger IL until 1977, but joined Lillestrøm SK ahead of the 1978 season. He only spent one season at L ...

: 660 *Most league goals scored for the club: Cato Holtet: 46 *Biggest win: 6–0 vs

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(h 1985)

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(h 1989) and Fyllingen (h 1993) *Biggest loss: 0–8 vs

Tromsø Tromsø (, , ; se, Romsa ; fkv, Tromssa; sv, Tromsö) is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the Tromsø (city), city of Tromsø. Tromsø lies ...

(a 1995) and Strømsgodset (a 1997) *Most spectators at a home match: 10213 (KIL-

1993, played at

Ullevaal Stadion Ullevaal Stadion () is an all-seater football stadium located in Oslo, Norway. It is the home ground of the Norway national football team, and the site of the Norwegian Cup Final. From its opening in 1926 to 2009 it was the home ground of FK ...

) *Most spectators at a home match at Gjemselund Stadion: 6794 (KIL-

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1983)

References

External links

* {{Authority control Eliteserien clubs Association football clubs established in 1892 1892 establishments in Norway Sport in Hedmark