Kolding IF

Kolding IF
Full nameKolding Idræts Forening
NicknameDe blå-hvide (The blue-whites)
Founded1895 (1895), as Kolding Fodsports Klub
GroundAutocentralen Park
Capacity10,000 (2,197 seated)
ChairmanClaus Holm-Søberg
ManagerAlbert Rudé
League1st Division
2024–251st Division, 4th of 12
Websitehttps://www.kif-fodbold.dk/

Kolding Idræts Forening, commonly known as Kolding IF, is a Danish professional association football club based in the city of Kolding, Southern Denmark. The team competes in the Danish 1st Division, the second tier of the Danish football league system.

Founded in 1895, Kolding IF is one of Denmark's oldest football clubs and has participated in the top flight on two occasions, during the 1982 and 1983 seasons. In 2002, the club entered into a joint first-team collaboration with local rivals Kolding Boldklub, forming Kolding FC. This arrangement lasted until 2011, when Kolding FC merged with Vejle Boldklub to create Vejle Boldklub Kolding. Following the dissolution of the merger in 2013, Kolding IF resumed independent operations and re-established its own senior team.

The club traditionally plays its home matches at Autocentralen Park (formerly known as Kolding Stadion) and wears white shirts with blue trim.

Current squad

As of 2 February 2026[1]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  CZE Jakub Trefil (on loan from Sigma Olomouc)
2 MF  DEN Hans Høllsberg
3 DF  DEN Albert Nørager
4 MF  SVK Filip Lesniak
5 DF  ISL Ari Leifsson
6 DF  MNE Nemanja Nedic
7 FW  NOR Mikael Ingebrigtsen
8 MF  ESP Jesús Alfaro
9 FW  USA Nebiyou Perry
10 FW  FRO Meinhard Egilsson Olsen
11 FW  PAK Abdul Arshad
12 MF  DEN Frederik Møller
13 DF  DEN Lasse Laursen
15 MF  ISL Jóhannes Kristinn Bjarnason
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 FW  DEN Jeffrey Adjei-Broni
17 FW  CTA Sterling Yatéké
18 FW  BLR Vladislav Morozov (on loan from Arouca)
20 MF  DEN Magnus Saaby
21 DF  DEN Magnus Døj
22 MF  DEN Isak Tånnander
23 MF  DEN Niels Morberg
24 MF  DEN Casper Jørgensen
25 MF  DEN Nicolai Bossen
27 GK  UKR Kyrylo Shushman
28 GK  SVK Adam Danko
30 DF  GER Eric Voufack
33 DF  AUT Pascal Estrada
44 DF  DEN Pontus Texel (on loan from Mafra)

Youth players in use 2025–26

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

No. Pos. Nation Player

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player

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

  • Danish 2nd Division
  • Jutland Championships
    • Winners (2): 1930–31, 1935–36
    • Runners-up (6): 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1942
  • Jutland Cup
    • Runners-up (1): 1939–40[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Truppen".
  2. ^ (in Danish) http://www.jyskfodboldhistorie.dk/pdf/603404.pdf – Archived 29 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine only achievements before 1950 are noted