Kongsvinger IL - last updated on 31 March 2008
(Courtesy of Johnny Beaufays)
Club name: Kongsvinger Idrettslag
Foundation: January 31st 1892
City: Kongsvinger
Colours: Red and white
Website: www.kil.no
Honours:
Kongsvinger IL has currently no honours.
A bit of history:
Kongsvinger Idrettslag is a Norwegian sports club from the city of Kongsvinger in Hedmark, founded in 1892. Its home ground is Gjemselund stadion. It is known chiefly for its football team.
Despite limited financial resources, Kongsvinger played in the Norwegian Premier League for 17 straight seasons (1983-1999). 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 Ham-Kam 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.
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