KIF Kolding

KIF Kolding
Founded 14 March 1941 (1941-03-14)
Arena Sydbank Arena
Capacity 5,100
Head coach Lars Frederiksen
League 888ligaen
2016-17 8th
Website
Official site

KIF Kolding is a handball club based in Kolding, Denmark who competes in the Danish Handball League. KIF Kolding has won the Danish Handball Championship a record 14 times.

History

KIF Kolding

KIF Kolding won its first Danish Handball Championship in 1987. From 1987 to 2009 KIF won the Danish Handball Championship 12 times. In the summer of 2011 the women team of the club became an independent club called Vejen EH.

KIF Kolding København

KIF Kolding København was formed in August 2012 after AG København went bankrupt. Some of the players from AG København joined the players from KIF and some of AGK's sponsors also joined KIF under the new name. KIF won the Danish Handball Championship 2 times under the name KIF Kolding København.

KIF Kolding

On march the 31th 2018 KIF announced in a press release, that the club will drop the Copenhagen part of the club and will again be known as KIF Kolding. A new board was established and long time director Jens Boessen stepped down. 9 million DKK was invested into the club and old creditors written off debt of 11 million DKK.[1]

Honours

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2018-19 season

Transfers

Transfers for the 2018-19 season[2]

Notable former players

Men

References

  1. ↑ Roth, Christopher (31 May 2018). "KIF bekræfter nyt navn, millionindsprøjtning og farvel til Jens Boesen" (in Danish). TV 2 Sport. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
  2. ↑ "Transferlist Boxer Ligaen" (in Danish). HBOLD.DK. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
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