Kirkenes FC
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| Full name | Kirkenes Football Club | ||
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| Ground | Exhibition Place, Kirkenes | ||
| Capacity | 38,600 | ||
| Manager |  Daniel Archer | ||
| League | KFL Championship | ||
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Kirkenes F.C. is a professional football club playing in the Kelssek Football League Championship division. Their home stadium Exhibition Place is located on the shores of the Inner Harbour of Kirkenes, Kelssek's largest city.
Known colloquially as KFC, they have won the league title four times, the most recent win coming over 26 years ago. Under manager Natalia Rossi, who was appointed ahead of KFL season 66, Kirkenes won its first Patriotes Cup and became the second Kelssek team to win an international tournament by beating Strathcona Internationals in the final of the 12th Vilitan Cove Invitational.
KFC has a derby rivalry with Passerine, known as North York prior to its insolvency and merger with Dungeaf during the KFL 66 season. Passerine is seen as representing the working class and northern districts of the city, and historically was associated with the republican movement during the Kelssek Revolution. As a result, and despite the club's efforts to distance itself and ban members of such groups from its stadium, right-wing ultras have gravitated to Kirkenes FC and form a significant part of its fanbase.
From a competitive standpoint, the Anglian Derby against Burnaby SC draws much wider attention because the fixture is usually significant in the battle for top league positions. Nevertheless, a major cultural element exists too as these are the two biggest Anglian cities in Kelssek, with Burnaby's stereotypical free-thinking, mountain-climbing, progressive culture pit as a contrast to business-oriented, straight-laced, suit-wearing Kirkenes. A similar dynamic exists with the "War of the Crowns" (Guerre des Couronnes) against CF Outineau, rooted in that medevial conflict but also involving linguistic and religious differences, and in which incidents of racism and sectarian abuse are sadly common.
Honours
- Kelssek Football League Championship
- Winners (4): 9, 18, 37, 42
- Runners-up: 60, 70
- Winners (1): 16[a]
- Winners (1): 12[a]
Players
Current squad
- As of KFL season 72
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under World Cup Committee eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-WCC nationality.
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Notable players
- Played in World Cup finals or Cup of Harmony while at the club
Seasons
| Season | League | Cup | IFCF/UICA | Other | ||||||||
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| Division | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | Rank | ||||
| 60 | Cship | 38 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 60 | 41 | 62 | 2nd | 3R | ||
| 61 | Cship | 38 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 82 | 65 | 75 | 2nd | 4R | ChC 1PR | |
| 62 | Cship | 38 | 22 | 7 | 9 | 79 | 49 | 73 | 3rd | 3R | ChC 3PR | |
| 63 | Cship | 38 | 20 | 6 | 12 | 54 | 47 | 66 | 6th | 4R | ChC QR | |
| 64 | Cship | 38 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 41 | 29 | 69 | 3rd | 3R | ||
| 65 | Cship | 38 | 18 | 5 | 15 | 63 | 56 | 59 | 7th | 3R | ChC R16 | |
| 66 | Cship | 38 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 41 | 27 | 59 | 10th | 3R | ||
| 67 | Cship | 38 | 22 | 7 | 9 | 86 | 63 | 73 | 4th | W | VCI W | |
| 68 | Cship | 38 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 61 | 44 | 55 | 8th | QF | ChC PO | CWC R16 |
| 69 | Cship | 38 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 65 | 54 | 58 | 9th | SF | ||
| 70 | Cship | 38 | 25 | 7 | 6 | 84 | 42 | 82 | 2nd | 4R | ||
| 71 | Cship | 38 | 23 | 5 | 10 | 81 | 44 | 74 | 5th | QF | CL R16 | |
Managers
Natalia Rossi (66-71)- Daniel Archer (72-)