Kongsvinger IL Toppfotball

Kongsvinger

Full name	Kongsvinger IL Toppfotball
Nickname(s)	KIL
Founded	31 January 1892 (31 January 1892)
Ground	Gjemselund Stadion Kongsvinger (capacity: 5,202)
Chairman	Vidar Bråten
Manager	Stian Aasen
League	Adeccoligaen
2012	Adeccoligaen, 9th
Home colours Away colours

KIL 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 Idrettslag.

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.

Honours

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

Recent history

Season		Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Cup	Notes
2001	D1	14	30	8	5	17	33	57	29	2nd round	Relegated to 2. Division
2002	D2/1	7	26	11	4	11	36	31	37	2nd round
2003	D2/2	1	26	22	4	0	62	23	70	2nd round	Promoted to 1. Division
2004	D1	3	30	16	5	9	53	42	53	Last 16	Lost playoffs for promotion
2005	D1	10	30	11	4	15	41	48	37	2nd round
2006	AL	7	30	11	10	9	39	42	42	3rd round
2007	AL	4	30	16	5	9	56	42	53	3rd round
2008	AL	13	30	8	6	16	33	58	30	3rd round
2009	AL	3	30	18	2	10	52	37	56	3rd round	Promoted to Tippeligaen through playoffs
2010	TL	15	30	4	8	18	27	58	20	Last 16	Relegated to Adeccoligaen
2011	AL	7	30	14	7	9	50	36	49	3rd round
2012	AL	9	30	12	3	15	44	48	39	3rd round
2013 (in progress)	AL	9	7	3	2	2	8	9	11

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

Current squad

As of 16 February 2013

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Kim Deinoff 2 MF Joseph Shindika 3 DF Samir Fazlagić 5 FW Emile Dadjo 6 MF Emil Skogh 7 DF Oskar Hatten Engerbakk 8 MF Petter Larsen 9 FW Magnus Myklebust 10 DF Espen Nystuen 11 FW Olav Tuelo Johannesen 12 MF Alhassane Dosso 13 MF Adrian Ovlien 14 DF Kai Olav Ryen 15 MF Karl Kristian Sevaldsen

No. Position Player 16 MF Edvin Jukic 17 MF Mats Skårdal 18 MF Jonathan Dixon 19 DF Gøran Wigum 20 FW Magnus Solum 21 FW Ole Moltzau 22 MF Martin Ellingsen 23 GK Petter Lindstad 24 FW Robin Rostille 25 FW Patrick Hansen 26 MF Morten Hæstad 27 DF Kristoffer Sværk 57 GK Tobias Holmen Johansen

For season transfers, see transfers winter 2011–12 and transfers summer 2012.

Former players and managers

Famous players

• Øivind Tomteberget
• Even Pellerud
• Arnfinn Engerbakk
• Dag Riisnæs
• Stig Inge Bjørnebye
• Léster Blanco

• Christer Basma
• Erik Holtan
• Geir Frigård
• Jon Inge Høiland
• Kjell Roar Kaasa
• Vidar Riseth

Managers

• Christer Nilsson (1983)
• Svein Ivar Sigernes (1984–1985)
• Ingvar Stadheim (1986)
• Even Pellerud (1987–89)
• Kent Karlsson (1990)
• Svein Ivar Sigernes (1991)
• Per Brogeland (1992–95)
• Åge Steen (1996–97)
• Per Anders Sjøvold (1998)
• Per Brogeland (1998–99)

• Hans Knutsen (2000)
• Erik Nystuen (2001)
• Kenneth Rosén (2002)
• Vegard Skogheim (2003–06)
• Thomas Berntsen (2006–08)
• Tom Nordlie (2008–09)
• Øyvind Eide (2009)
• Trond Amundsen (2009–10)
• Tony Gustavsson (2010)
• Per Brogeland (2011)
• Tom Nordlie (2011–)

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)

External links

• Official website
• Supporter club
• Extensive statistics about the club