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| Full name | Kongsvinger IL Toppfotball | ||
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| Nickname(s) | KIL | ||
| Founded | 31 January 1892 | ||
| Ground | Gjemselund Stadion Kongsvinger | ||
| Capacity | 5,824 | ||
| Head coach | Johan Wennberg | ||
| League | 1. divisjon | ||
| 2024 | 1. divisjon, 6th of 16 | ||
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.
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.
| Season | Pos. | Pl. | W | D | L | GS | GA | P | Cup | Notes | |
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| 2001 | 1. divisjon | ↓14 | 30 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 33 | 57 | 29 | Second round | Relegated to 2. divisjon |
| 2002 | 2. divisjon | 7 | 26 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 36 | 31 | 37 | Second round | |
| 2003 | 2. divisjon | ↑1 | 26 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 62 | 23 | 70 | Second round | Promoted to 1. divisjon |
| 2004 | 1. divisjon | 3 | 30 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 53 | 42 | 53 | Fourth round | Lost play-offs for promotion |
| 2005 | 1. divisjon | 10 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 41 | 48 | 37 | Second round | |
| 2006 | 1. divisjon | 7 | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 39 | 42 | 42 | Third round | |
| 2007 | 1. divisjon | 4 | 30 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 56 | 42 | 53 | Third round | |
| 2008 | 1. divisjon | 13 | 30 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 33 | 58 | 30 | Third round | |
| 2009 | 1. divisjon | ↑3 | 30 | 18 | 2 | 10 | 52 | 37 | 56 | Third round | Promoted to the Tippeligaen through play-offs |
| 2010 | Tippeligaen | ↓15 | 30 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 27 | 58 | 20 | Fourth round | Relegated to the 1. divisjon |
| 2011 | 1. divisjon | 7 | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 50 | 36 | 49 | Third round | |
| 2012 | 1. divisjon | 9 | 30 | 12 | 3 | 15 | 44 | 48 | 39 | Third round | |
| 2013 | 1. divisjon | ↓14 | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 37 | 54 | 31 | Third round | Relegated to the 2. divisjon |
| 2014 | 2. divisjon | 4 | 26 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 61 | 42 | 48 | Third round | |
| 2015 | 2. divisjon | ↑1 | 26 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 63 | 19 | 62 | Third round | Promoted to 1. divisjon |
| 2016 | 1. divisjon | 5 | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 56 | 42 | 49 | Final | |
| 2017 | 1. divisjon | 10 | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 47 | 46 | 36 | Third round | |
| 2018 | 1. divisjon | 8 | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 59 | 49 | 42 | Third round | |
| 2019 | 1. divisjon | 5 | 30 | 14 | 4 | 12 | 37 | 36 | 46 | Fourth round | |
| 2020 | 1. divisjon | ↓15 | 30 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 35 | 53 | 28 | Cancelled | Relegated to the 2. divisjon |
| 2021 | 2. divisjon | ↑1 | 26 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 88 | 26 | 68 | Fourth round | Promoted to the 1. divisjon |
| 2022 | 1. divisjon | 6 | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 43 | 37 | 46 | Second round | |
| 2023 | 1. divisjon | 3 | 30 | 16 | 4 | 10 | 53 | 39 | 52 | Second round | |
| 2024 | 1. divisjon | 6 | 30 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 47 | 50 | 44 | Second round | |
| 2025 (in progress) | 1. divisjon | 3 | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 46 | 35 | 37 | Fourth round |
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| Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Agg. |
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| 1993–94 | UEFA Cup | First round |  Öster | 4–1 | 3–1 | 7–2 |
| Second round |  Juventus | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | ||
| 1998 | UEFA Intertoto Cup | First round |  Ebbw Vale | 3–0 | 6–1 | 9–1 |
| Second round |  Twente | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 |
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