Kristiansund Fotballklubb is a

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club from

Kristiansund Kristiansund (, ; historically spelled Christianssund and earlier named Fosna) is a municipality on the western coast of Norway in the Nordmøre district of Møre og Romsdal county. The administrative center of the municipality is the town of ...

, Møre og Romsdal. The men's football team currently plays in the Fourth Division, the fifth tier of the

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. The team last played in the 1. divisjon (second tier) in

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and in the

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 ...

(third tier) in

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. In 2000, they won their

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group but lost the two-legged

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and failed to win promotion. In the autumn of 2003 it formed a partnership with rivals

Clausenengen FK Clausenengen Fotballklubb (CFK) is a football club located in Kristiansund, Norway. Many famous players have played at this club, including Ole Gunnar Solskjær, Øyvind Leonhardsen, Trond Andersen, Jan Erlend Kruse, Andre Flem, Arild Stavrum an ...

to field the team

Kristiansund BK Kristiansund BK is a Norwegian football club located in Kristiansund that currently plays in Eliteserien. The team plays its home matches in the 4,444-capacity Kristiansund Stadion. Kristiansund BK was formed in the autumn of 2003, when two riv ...

. Kristiansund BK is currently a Norwegian

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club. Despite the merger, Kristiansund continued with their first team, and was forced to relegate to 4. divisjon ahead of the 2004 season to make room for the new club in

Recent seasons

References

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