Kongsvinger IL Toppfotball

Kongsvinger

Full name	Kongsvinger IL Toppfotball
Nickname(s)	KIL
Founded	31 January 1892 (1892-01-31)
Ground	Gjemselund Stadion Kongsvinger
Capacity	6,700
Coach	Mark Dempsey
League	OBOS-ligaen
2017	OBOS-ligaen, 10th
Home colours Away colours

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

Honours

• Norwegian Premier League
  • Silver 1992
  • Bronze 1986, 1987
• UEFA Cup
  • 2nd round against Juventus 1993
• Norwegian football cup
  • Finals 2016
  • Semi-finals 1983, 1990, 1992, 1996

Recent history

Despite limited financial resources, Kongsvinger played in the Norwegian Premier League for 17 straight seasons between 1983 and 1999. Among the club's achievements were a silver medal in the league in 1992, bronze in 1986 and 1987 and a 1–1 draw against football powerhouse Juventus in the UEFA Cup 1993-94. 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 the Second Division, level three in Norwegian football. After a mediocre interlude in the 2002 season, former HamKam player Vegard Skogheim took over the job as Kongsvinger manager 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 First Division, 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 playoff matches for promotion against the club that finished third last in the Norwegian Premier League, 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 Premier League to Bodø/Glimt. Kongsvinger finished First League as 3rd and qualified for promotion-relegation play-offs in 2009 season. Kongsvinger beat Sogndal 3–1 on November 6 at home and faced with Sparta Sarpsborg 08. The club lost first match its rival 3–2 at away on November 9 but beat it 3–1 (5–4 aggregate) at home on November 12 and returned to Norwegian Premier League after 10 years absence. The team got relegated and was back in the First Division for the 2011 season. The club was relegated to the Second Division in 2013.

Season by season

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 playoffs 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 playoffs
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 OBOS-ligaen
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 (in progress)	1. Divisjon	8	26	11	4	11	53	42	37	Third round

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European record

Season	Competition	Round	Country	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1993–94	UEFA Cup	1R		Öster	4–1	3–1	7–2
		2R		Juventus	1–1	0–2	1–3
1998	UEFA Intertoto Cup	1R		Ebbw Vale F.C.	3-0	6-1	9-1
		2R		FC Twente	0-2	0-0	0-2

Current squad

As of 14 April 2017^[2]

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Idar Lysgard 2 DF Fredrik Mani Pålerud 3 DF Edvard Skagestad 5 MF Christian Røer 6 MF Johan Peter Vennberg 7 MF Niklas Castro 8 MF Dongwan Gang 9 FW Adem Güven 11 MF Olav Øby 12 MF Martin Tangen Vinjor 13 FW Markus Aanesland 14 MF Markus Skjellum 15 MF Marlinho

No. Position Player 16 MF Harald Holter 17 MF Jørgen Kolstad (on loan from Lillestrøm) 18 MF Iman Mafi 19 DF Martin Lundal 20 MF Even Bydal 21 DF Daniel Lysgård 22 FW Ludvig Langrekken 23 MF Fredrik Sjølstad 24 DF Ridouan Essaeh 26 FW Shuaibu Ibrahim (on loan from Haugesund) 27 GK Tobias Trautner 77 GK Arnold Origi 93 GK Aleksei Gorodovoy

For season transfers, see transfers winter 2017–18 and transfers summer 2018.

Out on loan

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

No. Position Player 12 GK Alexander Pedersen (at Hønefoss)

Former managers

Statistics

• Most matches played for the club: Øivind Tomteberget: 660
• Most league goals scored for the club: Cato Holtet: 46
• Biggest win: 6–0 vs Start (h 1985) Djerv 1919 (h 1989) and Fyllingen (h 1993)
• Biggest loss: 0–8 vs Tromsø (a 1995) and Strømsgodset (a 1997)
• Most spectators at a home match: 10213 (KIL-Juventus 1993, played at Ullevaal Stadion)
• Most spectators at a home match at Gjemselund Stadion: 6794 (KIL-Vålerenga 1983)

References

External links

• {[official website|http://www.kil.no}}