Kolding IF

This article is about the association football team. For the handball team, see KIF Kolding.
Kolding IF
Full nameKolding Idræts Forening
Nickname(s)De blå-hvide (The blue-whites)
Founded1895 (1895), as Kolding Fodsports Klub
GroundAutocentralen Park,
Kolding
Capacity10,000 (2,197 seated)
ChairmanClaus Holm-Søberg
ManagerAlbert Rudé
League1st Division
2023–241st Division, 3rd of 12
Websitehttps://www.kif-fodbold.dk/

Kolding Idræts Forening is an association football club based in Kolding, Denmark. The team competes in the Danish 1st Division, the second tier of the Danish football league system, after getting promotion at the end of the 2022–23 season. Founded in 1895, Kolding IF played in the top-flight 1982 and 1983 Danish 1st Division championships.[1] In 2002, they joined forces with Kolding Boldklub, the other major football club in Kolding, to form the cooperative Kolding FC first team. The joint club merged with Vejle Boldklub in 2011 to form Vejle Boldklub Kolding. This merger was dissolved in 2013 and Kolding IF reemerged.

Current squad

As of 7 July 2025[2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  DEN Christoffer Petersen
2 DF  DEN Jakob Vadstrup
3 DF  DEN Albert Nørager
4 DF  DEN Christian Vestergaard
5 DF  ISL Ari Leifsson
6 MF  DEN Sebastian Sommer
7 MF  DEN Sami Jalal Karchoud
8 MF  NOR Mats Pedersen
10 FW  FRO Meinhard Egilsson Olsen
11 FW  DEN Abdoulie Njai
12 MF  DEN Frederik Møller
13 DF  DEN Malthe Bøndergaard
14 MF  DEN Christoffer Palm
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 FW  DEN Joachim Rothmann
17 FW  CTA Sterling Yatéké
18 MF  DEN Villads Westh
19 FW  DEN Casper Holmelund
20 MF  DEN Magnus Saaby
21 DF  DEN Magnus Døj
22 MF  DEN Isak Tånnander
23 MF  DEN Niels Morberg
24 MF  DEN Casper Jørgensen
27 GK  UKR Kyrylo Shushman
99 GK  GER Lennart Moser
— MF  DEN Nicolai Bossen

Youth players in use 2025-26

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW  FIN Momodou Sarr (at Inter Turku until 31 December 2025)

Noted players

  • 1950s–60s: Jørgen Lildballe (1955), holds the record for most first team matches – 386.
  • 1980s: Jan Mølby (1981), played on the Danish national team, and went to European top clubs afterwards.

Achievements

  • Danish 2nd Division
  • Jutland Championships
    • Winners (2): 1930–31, 1935–36
    • Runners-up (6): 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1942
  • Jutland Cup
    • Runners-up (1): 1939–40[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ "www.haslund.info - Dansk klubfodbold - Kolding IF". Archived from the original on 4 October 2007. Retrieved 29 April 2010.
  2. ^ "Truppen".
  3. ^ (in Danish) http://www.jyskfodboldhistorie.dk/pdf/603404.pdf – Archived 29 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine only achievements before 1950 are noted
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