Kolding IF
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| Full name | Kolding Idræts Forening | ||
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| Nickname | De blå-hvide (The blue-whites) | ||
| Founded | 1895, as Kolding Fodsports Klub | ||
| Ground | Autocentralen Park | ||
| Capacity | 10,000 (2,197 seated) | ||
| Chairman | Claus Holm-Søberg | ||
| Manager | Albert Rudé | ||
| League | 1st Division | ||
| 2024–25 | 1st Division, 4th of 12 | ||
| Website | https://www.kif-fodbold.dk/ | ||
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Kolding Idræts Forening, commonly known as Kolding IF, is a Danish professional association football club based in the city of Kolding, Southern Denmark. The team competes in the Danish 1st Division, the second tier of the Danish football league system.
Founded in 1895, Kolding IF is one of Denmark's oldest football clubs and has participated in the top flight on two occasions, during the 1982 and 1983 seasons. In 2002, the club entered into a joint first-team collaboration with local rivals Kolding Boldklub, forming Kolding FC. This arrangement lasted until 2011, when Kolding FC merged with Vejle Boldklub to create Vejle Boldklub Kolding. Following the dissolution of the merger in 2013, Kolding IF resumed independent operations and re-established its own senior team.
The club traditionally plays its home matches at Autocentralen Park (formerly known as Kolding Stadion) and wears white shirts with blue trim.
Current squad
[edit | edit source]- As of 2 September 2025[1]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Youth players in use 2025–26
[edit | edit source]Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Out on loan
[edit | edit source]Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Noted players
[edit | edit source]- 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
[edit | edit source]- Danish 2nd Division
- Winners (1): 2022–23
- Jutland Championships
- Winners (2): 1930–31, 1935–36
- Runners-up (6): 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1942
- Jutland Cup
- Runners-up (1): 1939–40[2]
See also
[edit | edit source]References
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- ^ (in Danish) http://www.jyskfodboldhistorie.dk/pdf/603404.pdf – Archived 29 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine only achievements before 1950 are noted
External links
[edit | edit source]- (in Danish) Official site