Kolding IF

Kolding IF
Full nameKolding Idræts Forening
Nickname(s)De blå-hvide (The blue-whites)
Founded1895; 129 years ago (1895), as Kolding Fodsports Klub
1900; 124 years ago (1900), as Kolding Idræts Forening
GroundAutocentralen Park,
Kolding
Capacity10,000 (2,197 seated)
ChairmanClaus Holm-Søberg
ManagerKristoffer Wichmann
League1. Division
2022–232. Division, 1st of 12 (promoted)
WebsiteClub 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.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Denmark DEN Christoffer Petersen
2 DF Denmark DEN Patrick Tjørnelund
3 DF Denmark DEN Albert Nørager
4 MF Denmark DEN Christian Vestergaard (loan from OB)
5 DF Iceland ISL Ari Leifsson
6 MF Denmark DEN Sebastian Sommer
7 FW Denmark DEN Paul Ngongo
8 MF Denmark DEN Mike Vestergaard
9 FW Denmark DEN Thomas Mikkelsen
11 FW Denmark DEN Abdoulie Njai
13 DF Denmark DEN Jakob Kiilerich
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 MF Denmark DEN Christoffer Palm
15 FW Denmark DEN Mathias Kristensen (loan from Lyngby)
16 MF Denmark DEN Asker Beck
17 MF Denmark DEN Jeppe Pedersen (loan from AaB)
18 MF Denmark DEN Villads Westh
20 DF Iceland ISL Davíð Ingvarsson
22 MF Denmark DEN Isak Tånnander
27 GK Ukraine UKR Kyrylo Shushman
29 MF Denmark DEN Mikkel Jespersen
32 DF Denmark DEN Jacob Vetter
99 GK Germany GER Lennart Moser

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.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Denmark DEN Viktor Rosenkrantz
12 DF Denmark DEN Emil Lausten
12 DF Denmark DEN Johan Guldbrand
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 MF Denmark DEN Omar Sheik Ali
25 MF Denmark DEN Nicolai Bossen

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

  1. ^ "www.haslund.info - Dansk klubfodbold - Kolding IF". Archived from the original on 4 October 2007. Retrieved 29 April 2010.
  2. ^ "Truppen".
  3. ^ (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
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