Nordkinn FK

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Nordkinn FK
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Full nameNordkinn Fotballklubb
Founded22 November 1992
GroundMehamn gress,
Mehamn
LeagueThird Division

Nordkinn Fotballklubb is a Norwegian association football club from Mehamn, Finnmark.

It was founded on 22 November 1992 as a merger of the football sections of the clubs IL Nordkyn from Kjøllefjord and Mehamn IL. The club colors are red.

The men's football team currently plays in the Third Division, the fourth tier of Norwegian football. Their current run stretches from 2009 to present; they previously had a run from 2001 to 2003.

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