Kolding IF

Kolding IF
Full name	Kolding Idræts Forening
Nickname(s)	De blå-hvide (The blue-whites)
Founded	1895; 129 years ago, as Kolding Fodsports Klub; 1900; 124 years ago, as Kolding Idræts Forening
Ground	Autocentralen Park,; Kolding
Capacity	10,000 (2,197 seated)
Chairman	Claus Holm-Søberg
Manager	Morten Mølkjær
League	Danish 1st Division
2019–20	6th
Website	https://www.kif-fodbold.dk/
Home colours	Away colours

Kolding IF is an association football club based in Kolding, Denmark. The team competes in the Danish 1st Division, the second-tier of Danish football, after gaining promotion at the end of the 2018–19 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 1 February 2021^[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
1	GK	DEN	Frederik Ibsen
3	DF	DEN	Daniel Thøgersen
4	DF	DEN	Simon Trier
5	DF	DEN	Mads Eriksen
6	MF	DEN	Sebastian Sommer
7	DF	DEN	Jacob Torp
8	MF	DEN	Mike Vestergaard
9	MF	DEN	Niels Letort
10	MF	DEN	Christian Kudsk
11	FW	DEN	Ahmed Daghim
12	FW	DEN	Jeppe Hansen
13	DF	DEN	Jakob Kiilerich


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
14	MF	DEN	Mikkel Dongsted
15	DF	DEN	Mads Zederkof
17	FW	DEN	Adam Jakobsen (on loan from Vejle)
18	MF	DEN	Oskar Stentoft
20	DF	DEN	Morten Hansen
21	FW	DEN	Oliver Drost
22	GK	DEN	Sebastian John
23	MF	DEN	Mathias Bonde
24	MF	DEN	Denis Fazlagic
29	FW	DEN	Matthias Verreth (on loan from Waasland-Beveren)
30	DF	DEN	Mathias Høgsholdt
33	DF	DEN	Marcus Gudmann

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	MF	DEN	Benjamin Zjajo (at FC Sydvest 05 until 30 June 2021)
25	FW	DEN	Emil Sand (at FC Sydvest 05 until 30 June 2021)

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.

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]

^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-10-04. Retrieved 2010-04-29.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ https://www.kif-fodbold.dk/nordicbetliga/truppen/
^ (in Danish) http://www.jyskfodboldhistorie.dk/pdf/603404.pdf – Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine only achievements before 1950 are noted