Kolding IF

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.

This article is about the association football team. For the handball team, see KIF Kolding.
Kolding IF
Full nameKolding Idræts Forening
Nickname(s)De blå-hvide (The blue-whites)
Founded1895 (1895), as Kolding Fodsports Klub
1900 (1900), as Kolding Idræts Forening
GroundAutocentralen Park,
Kolding
Capacity10,000 (2,197 seated)
ChairmanClaus Holm-Søberg
ManagerMorten Mølkjær
LeagueDanish 1st Division
2019–206th
WebsiteClub website

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

Out on loan

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)

Noted players
  • 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
  • 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

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