Kongsvinger IL Toppfotball


Kongsvinger IL Toppfotball is a Norwegian professional 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

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 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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European record

Current squad

''For season transfers, see List of Norwegian football transfers winter 2024–25, and List of Norwegian football transfers summer 2025.''

Out on loan

Managerial history

  • Christer Nilsson
  • Svein Ivar Sigernes
  • Ingvar Stadheim
  • Even Pellerud
  • Kent Karlsson
  • Svein Ivar Sigernes
  • Per Brogeland
  • Åge Steen
  • Per Anders Sjøvold
  • Per Brogeland
  • Hans Knutsen
  • Erik Nystuen
  • Kenneth Rosén
  • Vegard Skogheim
  • Thomas Berntsen
  • Tom Nordlie
  • Øyvind Eide
  • Trond Amundsen
  • Tony Gustavsson
  • Per Brogeland
  • Tom Nordlie
  • Stian Aasen
  • André Bergdølmo
  • Luis Berkemeier Pimenta
  • Hans-Erik Eriksen
  • Mark Dempsey
  • Vítor Gazimba
  • Mika Lehkosuo
  • Espen Nystuen
  • Eirik Mæland
  • Vegard Hansen
  • Johan Wennberg

    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 Djerv 1919 and Fyllingen
  • Biggest loss: 0–8 vs Tromsø and Strømsgodset
  • Most spectators at a home match: 10213
  • Most spectators at a home match at Gjemselund Stadion: 6794