Danish football club
Football club
Kolding IF Full name Kolding Idræts Forening Nickname(s) De blå-hvide (The blue-whites)Founded 1895; 129 years ago (1895 ) , as Kolding Fodsports Klub 1900; 124 years ago (1900 ) , 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
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
As of 4 February 2024 [2]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Youth players in use 2023-24
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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): l' 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1942
Jutland Cup
Runners-up (1): 1939–40[3]
See also
References
^ "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
External links
(in Danish) Official site