Klepp IL

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Full name Klepp Idrettslag
Founded 1 October 1919
Ground Klepp stadion, Kleppe
Manager Knut Eriksen
League Toppserien
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Klepp IL is a Norwegian sports club from the municipality of Klepp. It was founded on 1 October 1919, and has sections for football, handball and gymnastics as well as the less active sections for athletics and orienteering.

The women's football team currently plays in the Toppserien, and won the league in 1987 and 1989. Among its most famous players are Birthe Hegstad, Dagny Mellgren and Ane Stangeland Horpestad.

The men's football team currently plays in the Third Division (fourth tier), having last played in the Second Division in 2006.

Gymnast Åge Storhaug was a member of Klepp IL.

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