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.
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| Full name | Kolding Idræts Forening | ||
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| Nickname(s) | De blå-hvide (The blue-whites) | ||
| Founded | 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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Current squad
edit- As of 3 January 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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Youth players in use 2024-25
editNote: 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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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 (6): 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1942
- Jutland Cup
- Runners-up (1): 1939–40[3]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "www.haslund.info - Dansk klubfodbold - Kolding IF". Archived from the original on 4 October 2007. Retrieved 29 April 2010.
- ^ "Truppen".
- ^ (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