Kolding IF

Danish football club

This article is about the association football team. For the handball team, see KIF Kolding.

Football club

Kolding IF

Full name| Kolding Idræts Forening
Nickname(s)| De blå-hvide (The blue-whites)
Founded| 1895; 129 years ago (1895), as Kolding Fodsports Klub
1900; 124 years ago (1900), as Kolding Idræts Forening
Ground| Autocentralen Park,
Kolding
Capacity| 10,000 (2,197 seated)
Chairman| Claus Holm-Søberg
Manager| Kristoffer Wichmann
League| 1\. Division
2022–23| 2\. Division, 1st of 12 (promoted)
Website| Club website

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Kolding Idræts Forening is an association football club based in Kolding, Denmark. The team competes in the Danish 1st Division, the second tier of Danish football, 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[edit]

As of 30 January 2024[2]

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

| No. | Pos. | Nation  | Player

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1  | GK |  DEN | Christoffer Petersen
2  | DF |  DEN | Patrick Tjørnelund
3  | DF |  DEN | Albert Nørager
4  | MF |  DEN | Christian Vestergaard (loan from OB)
6  | MF |  DEN | Sebastian Sommer
7  | FW |  DEN | Paul Ngongo
8  | MF |  DEN | Mike Vestergaard
9  | FW |  DEN | Thomas Mikkelsen
13  | DF |  DEN | Jakob Kiilerich
14  | MF |  DEN | Christoffer Palm
15  | FW |  DEN | Mathias Kristensen (loan from Lyngby)
| No. | Pos. | Nation  | Player

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16  | MF |  DEN | Asker Beck
22  | MF |  DEN | Isak Tånnander
27  | GK |  UKR | Kyrylo Shushman
29  | MF |  DEN | Mikkel Jespersen
32  | DF |  DEN | Jacob Vetter
99  | GK |  GER | Lennart Moser
—  | MF |  DEN | Jeppe Pedersen (loan from AaB)
—  | MF |  DEN | Villads Westh
—  | FW |  DEN | Abdoulie Njai
—  | DF |  ISL | Ari Leifsson
—  | DF |  ISL | Davíð Ingvarsson

### Youth players in use 2023-24[edit]

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

| No. | Pos. | Nation  | Player

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1  | GK |  DEN | Viktor Rosenkrantz
12  | DF |  DEN | Emil Lausten
12  | DF |  DEN | Johan Guldbrand
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17  | MF |  DEN | Omar Sheik Ali
25  | MF |  DEN | Nicolai Bossen

## Noted players[edit]

* 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]

* Jutland Championships
* Winners (2): 1930–31, 1935–36
* Runners-up (5): 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1942
* Jutland Cup
* Runners-up (1): 1939–40[3]

## See also[edit]

* Kolding FC
* Kolding Boldklub

## References[edit]

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

## External links[edit]

* (in Danish) Official site

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* B.93
* Fredericia
* HB Køge
* Helsingør
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