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; 130 years ago (1895), as Kolding Fodsports Klub
Ground| Autocentralen Park,
Kolding
Capacity| 10,000 (2,197 seated)
Chairman| Claus Holm-Søberg
Manager| Albert Rudé
League| 1st Division
2023–24| 1st Division, 3rd of 12
Website| https://www.kif-fodbold.dk/

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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 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

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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.

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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
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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

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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

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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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—  | FW |  FIN | Momodou Sarr (at Inter Turku until 31 December 2025)

## Noted players

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* 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

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* 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[3]

## See also

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* Kolding FC
* Kolding Boldklub

## References

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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

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* (in Danish) Official site

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2025–26 Danish 1st Division

* AC Horsens
* B.93
* Esbjerg
* Fredericia
* HB Køge
* Hillerød
* Hobro
* Hvidovre
* Kolding
* Lyngby
* Middelfart
* AaB
* Aarhus Fremad

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