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Kongsvinger IL Toppfotball

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Kongsvinger
Full nameKongsvinger IL Toppfotball
Nickname(s)KIL
Founded31 January 1892; 132 years ago (1892-01-31)
GroundGjemselund Stadion
Kongsvinger
Capacity5,824
CoachJohan Wennberg
League1. divisjon
20231. divisjon, 3rd of 16

Kongsvinger IL Toppfotball is a Norwegian football club from the town of Kongsvinger in Innlandet, founded in 1892. Its home ground is Gjemselund Stadion. It is part of sporting association, Kongsvinger IL.

Honours

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History

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Despite limited financial resources, Kongsvinger played in the Norwegian top flight 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 Juventus in the 1993–94 UEFA Cup. 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 third tier in Norwegian football.

After a mediocre interlude in the 2002 season, former HamKam player Vegard Skogheim 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 Sogndal 3–1 at home and faced with Sarpsborg 08. 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 Tippeligaen 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 2. divisjon in 2013. In the 2015 season, Kongsvinger won their group in the 2. divisjon and won promotion to the second tier.

Season by season

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Season Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Cup Notes
2001 1. divisjon 14 30 8 5 17 33 57 29 Second round Relegated to 2. divisjon
2002 2. divisjon 7 26 11 4 11 36 31 37 Second round
2003 2. divisjon 1 26 22 4 0 62 23 70 Second round Promoted to 1. divisjon
2004 1. divisjon 3 30 16 5 9 53 42 53 Fourth round Lost play-offs for promotion
2005 1. divisjon 10 30 11 4 15 41 48 37 Second round
2006 1. divisjon 7 30 11 10 9 39 42 42 Third round
2007 1. divisjon 4 30 16 5 9 56 42 53 Third round
2008 1. divisjon 13 30 8 6 16 33 58 30 Third round
2009 1. divisjon 3 30 18 2 10 52 37 56 Third round Promoted to the Tippeligaen through play-offs
2010 Tippeligaen 15 30 4 8 18 27 58 20 Fourth round Relegated to the 1. divisjon
2011 1. divisjon 7 30 14 7 9 50 36 49 Third round
2012 1. divisjon 9 30 12 3 15 44 48 39 Third round
2013 1. divisjon 14 30 7 10 13 37 54 31 Third round Relegated to the 2. divisjon
2014 2. divisjon 4 26 15 3 8 61 42 48 Third round
2015 2. divisjon 1 26 20 2 4 63 19 62 Third round Promoted to 1. divisjon
2016 1. divisjon 5 30 14 7 9 56 42 49 Final
2017 1. divisjon 10 30 10 6 14 47 46 36 Third round
2018 1. divisjon 8 30 12 6 12 59 49 42 Third round
2019 1. divisjon 5 30 14 4 12 37 36 46 Fourth round
2020 1. divisjon 15 30 6 10 14 35 53 28 Cancelled Relegated to the 2. divisjon
2021 2. divisjon 1 26 22 2 2 88 26 68 Fourth round Promoted to the 1. divisjon
2022 1. divisjon 6 30 13 7 10 43 37 46 Second round
2023 1. divisjon 3 30 16 4 10 53 39 52 Second round
2024 (in progress) 1. divisjon 8 27 10 10 7 42 47 40 Second round

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European record

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Season Competition Round Club Home Away Agg.
1993–94 UEFA Cup First round Sweden Öster 4–1 3–1 7–2
Second round Italy Juventus 1–1 0–2 1–3
1998 UEFA Intertoto Cup First round Wales Ebbw Vale 3–0 6–1 9–1
Second round Netherlands Twente 0–2 0–0 0–2

Current squad

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As of 29 August 2024[2]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Sweden SWE August Strömberg
2 DF Sweden SWE Joel Nilsson
3 DF Iceland ISL Róbert Orri Þorkelsson (on loan from Montréal)
5 DF Norway NOR Fredrik Holmé
6 DF Norway NOR Harald Holter
7 MF Ghana GHA Eric Taylor
9 FW Turkey TUR Adem Güven
10 DF Luxembourg LUX Lars Krogh Gerson
11 FW Sweden SWE Noa Williams
12 DF Senegal SEN Mapenda Mbow
14 FW Denmark DEN Lucas Haren
17 MF Norway NOR Mathias Gjerstrøm
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 DF Denmark DEN Emil Nielsen
20 MF Norway NOR Jesper Andreas Grundt
21 DF Norway NOR Daniel Lysgård
22 FW Norway NOR Ludvig Halvorsen Langrekken
23 MF Norway NOR Martin Tangen Vinjor
25 MF Norway NOR Marius Damhaug
26 FW Sweden SWE Wilhelm Ärlig
27 MF Norway NOR Andreas Dybevik
28 FW Norway NOR Rasmus Christiansen
31 GK Ivory Coast CIV Sayouba Mandé
32 FW Norway NOR Oscar Kapskarmo (on loan from Bodø/Glimt)
48 MF Norway NOR Albert Sandstad

Managerial history

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Statistics

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References

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  1. ^ "Kongsvinger IL". NIFS (in Norwegian). NTB. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
  2. ^ "A-laget spillere". kil.no. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
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