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
Ground	Autocentralen Park,; Kolding
Capacity	10,000 (2,197 seated)
Chairman	Claus Holm-Søberg
Manager	Kristoffer Wichmann
League	1st Division
2023–24	1st Division, 3rd of 12
Website	https://www.kif-fodbold.dk/
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 the Danish football league system, 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 2 September 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	Jonathan Ægidius (loan from Brøndby)
2	DF	DEN	Jakob Vadstrup
3	DF	DEN	Albert Nørager
4	MF	DEN	Christian Vestergaard
5	DF	ISL	Ari Leifsson
6	MF	DEN	Sebastian Sommer
8	MF	DEN	Mike Vestergaard
9	FW	FIN	Momodou Sarr
11	FW	DEN	Abdoulie Njai
12	MF	DEN	Frederik Møller
13	DF	DEN	Malthe Bøndergaard
14	MF	DEN	Christoffer Palm
15	MF	DEN	Christian Enemark


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	MF	DEN	Asker Beck
17	FW	CTA	Sterling Yatéké
18	MF	DEN	Villads Westh
19	FW	DEN	Casper Holmelund
21	FW	GHA	Ernest Agyiri (loan from Randers)
22	MF	DEN	Isak Tånnander
24	MF	DEN	Casper Jørgensen
25	MF	DEN	Bertram Kvist (loan from Brøndby)
27	GK	UKR	Kyrylo Shushman
29	FW	DEN	Sami Jalal
32	DF	DEN	Jacob Vetter
33	MF	NGA	Jamiu Musbaudeen (loan from Mafra)
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
30	DF	DEN	Valdemar Philip

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)
—	MF	DEN	Nicolai Bossen (at IF Lyseng until 30 June 2025)

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 (6): 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