Kolding IF

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/
Home colours Away colours

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.

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.

No. Pos. Nation Player 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 8 MF  DEN Mike Vestergaard 9 FW  FIN Momodou Sarr 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 16 MF  DEN Asker Beck

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 FW  CTA Sterling Yatéké 18 MF  DEN Villads Westh 19 FW  DEN Casper Holmelund 22 MF  DEN Isak Tånnander 24 MF  DEN Casper Jørgensen 27 GK  UKR Kyrylo Shushman 29 FW  DEN Sami Jalal Karchoud 32 DF  DEN Jacob Vetter 33 MF  NGA Jamiu Musbaudeen (loan from Mafra) 99 GK  GER Lennart Moser — MF  DEN Magnus Saaby — DF  DEN Mads Bager

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 30 DF  DEN Valdemar Philip

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  DEN Nicolai Bossen (at IF Lyseng until 30 June 2025)

• 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 (6): 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1942
• Jutland Cup
  • Runners-up (1): 1939–40^[3]

• Kolding FC
• Kolding Boldklub

• (in Danish) Official site