Kautokeino IL
Encyclopedia
Kautokeino Idrettslag is a Norwegian
sports club from Kautokeino
, Finnmark
. It has sections for association football, team handball
, floorball
and Nordic skiing
.
The men's football team currently plays in the Third Division, the fourth tier of Norwegian football. Their current run stretches from 1996
to present. The club has also sent players to the Sápmi football team.
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
sports club from Kautokeino
Kautokeino
or Guovdageaidnu , is a municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Guovdageaidnu/Kautokeino...
, Finnmark
Finnmark
or Finnmárku is a county in the extreme northeast of Norway. By land it borders Troms county to the west, Finland to the south and Russia to the east, and by water, the Norwegian Sea to the northwest, and the Barents Sea to the north and northeast.The county was formerly known as Finmarkens...
. It has sections for association football, team handball
Team handball
Handball is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each pass a ball to throw it into the goal of the other team...
, floorball
Floorball
Floorball, a type of floor hockey, is an indoor team sport which was developed in the 1970s in Sweden. Floorball is most popular in areas where the sport has developed the longest, such as the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland. The game is played...
and Nordic skiing
Nordic skiing
Nordic skiing is a winter sport that encompasses all types of skiing where the heel of the boot cannot be fixed to the ski, as opposed to Alpine skiing....
.
The men's football team currently plays in the Third Division, the fourth tier of Norwegian football. Their current run stretches from 1996
1996 Norwegian Third Division
The 1996 season of the 3. divisjon, the fourth highest association football league for men in Norway.Between 22 and 24 games were played in 19 groups, with 3 points given for wins and 1 for draws...
to present. The club has also sent players to the Sápmi football team.