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.

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Kongsvinger

Full name	Kongsvinger IL Toppfotball
Nickname(s)	KIL
Founded	31 January 1892; 132 years ago (1892-01-31)
Ground	Gjemselund Stadion Kongsvinger
Capacity	5,824
Coach	Johan Wennberg
League	1. divisjon
2023	1. divisjon, 3rd of 16
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• Norwegian top flight
  • Runners-up (1): 1992
  • Third place (2): 1986, 1987
• Norwegian Cup
  • Runners-up (1): 2016
  • Semi-finals (5): 1983, 1990, 1992, 1996, 2016
• UEFA Cup
  • 2nd round against Juventus 1993

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.

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As of 15 September 2023^[2]

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No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  SWE August Strömberg 2 DF  SWE Joel Nilsson 5 DF  NOR Fredrik Holmé 6 DF  NOR Harald Holter 7 MF  GHA Eric Taylor 8 MF  NOR Vegard Leikvoll Moberg 9 FW  NOR Adem Güven 10 DF  LUX Lars Krogh Gerson 11 FW  SWE Noa Williams 14 FW  DEN Lucas Haren 15 DF  NOR Marius Aamodt Eriksen

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 DF  NOR Marius Trengereid 17 MF  NOR Mathias Gjerstrøm 18 FW  NOR Joacim Holtan 20 MF  NOR Jesper Andreas Grundt 21 DF  NOR Daniel Lysgård 22 FW  NOR Ludvig Halvorsen Langrekken 23 MF  NOR Martin Tangen Vinjor 25 MF  NOR Marius Damhaug 28 FW  NOR Rasmus Christiansen 31 GK  CIV Sayouba Mandé 41 GK  NOR Mats Edwin Lindegaard

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• 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)