IL Flint

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IL Flint
IL Flint logo.svg
Full nameIdrettslaget Flint
Founded28 April 1917
GroundFlint Esso Arena,
Tolvsrød
Head coach Shaun Constable
League 3. divisjon
2024 3. divisjon group 3, 11th of 14 [1]

Idrettslaget Flint is a Norwegian sports club from Søndre Slagen, Tønsberg, Vestfold. It has sections for association football, team handball, volleyball, table tennis and track and field. Flint is the largest sports club in Vestfold, and the club introduced a new clubhouse in May 2015. [2] The clubhouse is located on Løveid by Tolvsrød, with associated sports facilities and courts. In addition, a number of local grass and gravel courts, school gyms, and Slagenhallen (next to Presterød school) are used.

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The club was founded on 28 April 1917.

Football

The club currently plays in 3. divisjon, the fourth tier of the Norwegian football league system.

On 10 October 2001, the football section cooperated with 19 other teams in the region to form an elite umbrella team, FK Tønsberg. [3] Nonetheless, the men's football team was unaffected by the FK Tønsberg founding. On 5 November 2019, Flint announced John Arne Riise as their new head coach. [4]

On 21 November 2021, Flint announced Shaun Constable as their new head coach, replacing John Arne Riise Constable . [5]

Handball

The women's handball team, Flint Tønsberg have been playing in Postenligaen since 2010, having won the First Division, the second tier, in the 2009–10 season, and again from 2020 after being relegated.

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References

  1. ↑ Fotballforbund, Norges. "4.div Menn 2023 - Tabell Vestfold". fotball.no – Norges Fotballforbund (in Norwegian). Retrieved 20 March 2024.
  2. ↑ "– Det er blitt superfint". www.tb.no (in Norwegian). 2015-04-25. Retrieved 2020-12-27.
  3. ↑ "Historien" (in Norwegian). FK Tønsberg . Retrieved 27 July 2010.[ permanent dead link ]
  4. ↑ "John Arne Riise blir trener i 3. divisjon: – Drømmen er å bli PL-manager". vg.no (in Norwegian). Verdens Gang. 5 November 2019. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
  5. ↑ "John Arne Riise blir trener i 3. divisjon: – Drømmen er å bli PL-manager". vg.no (in Norwegian). 5 November 2021. Retrieved 21 November 2021.


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