Lyngdal Idrettslag is a local sports club from Lyngdal. It is the youth club of Ingvild Stensland, former captain of the Norway women's national football team. Lyngdal Idrettslag takes part in

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handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the g ...

, volleyball, basketball,

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, athletics, and other sports. Lyngdal's men's football team in playing in the Fourth Division, the fifth tier of Norwegian football, after being promoted from the Fourth Division in 2012. Former players include

Espen Hægeland Espen Hægeland (born 27 September 1981) is a Norwegian footballer who played as a winger for Bryne, Mandalskameratene and Sandnes Ulf in the Norwegian First Division. He has later been player-coach at Hana and assistant player-coach at Mandals ...

Raymond Hofstædter Raymond Hofstædter (born 24 December 1979) is a Norwegian football striker. A journeyman footballer, Hofstædter most notably played for Start in the Norwegian Premier League. Before this he played in Lyngdal IL and FK Mandalskameratene. He late ...

Stefan Strandberg Ken Remi Stefan Strandberg (born 25 July 1990) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Eliteserien club Vålerenga and the Norway national team. Hailing from Lyngdal, Strandberg started his senior career for Mandals ...

, Jakob Ertzeid Toft and

Zlatko Tripić Zlatko Tripić (born 2 December 1992) is a Norwegian-Bosnian footballer who plays as a winger for Viking FK. Club career Tripić was born in Rijeka, Croatia to Bosnian parents. When he was 9 months old, he moved to Norway with his parents and ...

. Lyngdal's women's handball team plays in the fourth division.

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Lyngdal Idrettslag

Lyngdal Idrettslag's football team
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