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	Kristoffer Wichmann
League	1. Division
2022–23	2. Division, 1st of 12 (promoted)
Website	Club website
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 Danish football, 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.

Current squad edit

As of 29 March 2024^[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	Christoffer Petersen
2	DF	DEN	Patrick Tjørnelund
3	DF	DEN	Albert Nørager
4	MF	DEN	Christian Vestergaard (loan from OB)
5	DF	ISL	Ari Leifsson
6	MF	DEN	Sebastian Sommer
7	FW	DEN	Paul Ngongo
8	MF	DEN	Mike Vestergaard
9	FW	DEN	Thomas Mikkelsen
11	FW	DEN	Abdoulie Njai
14	MF	DEN	Christoffer Palm


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
15	FW	DEN	Mathias Kristensen (loan from Lyngby)
16	MF	DEN	Asker Beck
17	MF	DEN	Jeppe Pedersen (loan from AaB)
18	MF	DEN	Villads Westh
20	DF	ISL	Davíð Ingvarsson
22	MF	DEN	Isak Tånnander
27	GK	UKR	Kyrylo Shushman
29	MF	DEN	Mikkel Jespersen
32	DF	DEN	Jacob Vetter
99	GK	GER	Lennart Moser

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	Viktor Rosenkrantz
12	DF	DEN	Emil Lausten
12	DF	DEN	Johan Guldbrand


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	MF	DEN	Omar Sheik Ali
25	MF	DEN	Nicolai Bossen

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	DEN	Jakob Kiilerich (at Mjällby AIF until 31 December 2024)

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

^ "www.haslund.info - Dansk klubfodbold - Kolding IF". Archived from the original on 4 October 2007. Retrieved 29 April 2010.
^ "Truppen".
^ (in Danish) http://www.jyskfodboldhistorie.dk/pdf/603404.pdf – Archived 29 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine only achievements before 1950 are noted