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
2018–19Danish 2nd Divisions, 2nd (promoted)
WebsiteClub website

Current squad
As of 3 February 2020[2]

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

No. Position Player
3 DF Simon Trier
4 DF Daniel Thøgersen (on loan from AGF)
5 DF Mads Eriksen
6 MF Sebastian Sommer
7 MF Henrik Brodersen
8 MF Mike Vestergaard
9 MF Niels Letort
10 MF Christian Kudsk
11 FW Rune Nautrup (captain)
12 FW Jeppe Hansen
No. Position Player
13 DF Jakob Kiilerich
15 DF Mads Zederkof
16 DF Benjamin Zjajo
17 DF Simon Smidt
20 DF Morten Hansen
22 GK Frederik Ibsen
23 MF Martin Hedeager Jensen
24 MF Denis Fazlagic
27 GK Benjamin Schubert
30 DF Mathias Høgsholdt

Out on loan

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

No. Position Player
14 FW Mikkel Dongsted (at Dalum IF until 30 June 2020)

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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