IL Flint

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.

IL Flint
Full nameIdrettslaget Flint
Founded28 April 1917
GroundFlint Esso Arena,
Tolvsrød
Head coachJohn Arne Riise
League3. divisjon
20193. divisjon, group 3, 5th[1]

It 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.[2] 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.[3]

Handball

The women's handball team have been playing in Postenligaen since 2010, having won the First Division, the second tier, in the 2009–10 season.

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References
  1. "Tabell 3. divisjon, avdeling 3 2019". nifs.no (in Norwegian). A-pressen.
  2. "Historien" (in Norwegian). FK Tønsberg. Retrieved 27 July 2010.
  3. "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.


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