Kristiansund Fotballklubb is a Norwegian

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club from

Kristiansund Kristiansund (, ; historically spelled Christianssund and earlier named Fosna) is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality on the western coast of Norway in the Nordmøre district of Møre og Romsdal counties of Norway, county. The admin ...

Møre og Romsdal Møre og Romsdal (; ) is a Counties of Norway, county in the northernmost part of Western Norway, Western Norway. It borders the counties of Trøndelag, Innlandet, and Vestland. The county administration is located in the Molde (town), town of M ...

. The men's football team currently plays in the Fourth Division, the fifth tier of the

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. The team last played in the

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(second tier) in

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and in the 2. divisjon (third tier) in

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. In 2000, they won their 3. divisjon group but lost the two-legged

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and failed to win promotion. In the autumn of 2003 it formed a partnership with rivals

Clausenengen FK Clausenengen Fotballklubb (CFK) is a football club located in Kristiansund, Norway. Many famous players have played at this club, including Ole Gunnar Solskjær, Øyvind Leonhardsen, Trond Andersen, Jan Erlend Kruse, Andre Flem, Arild Stavrum ...

to field the team

Kristiansund BK Kristiansund BK is a Norwegian football club located in Kristiansund that currently plays in Eliteserien. The team plays its home matches in the 4,444-capacity Kristiansund Stadion. Kristiansund BK was formed in the autumn of 2003, when two riva ...

. Kristiansund BK is currently a Norwegian

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club. Despite the merger, Kristiansund continued with their first team, and was forced to relegate to 4. divisjon ahead of the 2004 season to make room for the new club in 3. divisjon.

Recent seasons

References

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