Kolding Idræts Forening is an

association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...

club based in

Kolding Kolding () is a Denmark, Danish seaport city located at the head of Kolding Fjord in the Region of Southern Denmark. It is the seat of Kolding Municipality. It is a transportation, commercial, and manufacturing centre and has numerous industria ...

, Denmark. The team competes in the

Danish 1st Division The 1st Division (''1. Division'') is the second-highest football league in Denmark, also known as NordicBet Liga for sponsorship reasons. From 1945 to 1991, the 1. Division was the name of the highest level of football in Denmark. With the for ...

, the second tier of the

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, after getting promotion at the end of the 2022–23 season. Founded in 1895, Kolding IF played in the top-flight 1982 and 1983

championships. 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 Vejle Boldklub is a Danish professional football club based in Vejle in Jutland. Formed in 1891, the club is one of the most successful clubs in Danish football history, having won the Danish championship five times and the Danish cup title six ...

in 2011 to form Vejle Boldklub Kolding. This merger was dissolved in 2013 and Kolding IF reemerged.

Current squad

Youth players in use 2024-25

Out on loan

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

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**Winners (1): 2022–23 *Jutland Championships **Winners (2): 1930–31, 1935–36 **''Runners-up (6):'' 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1942 *Jutland Cup **''Runners-up (1):'' 1939–40 http://www.jyskfodboldhistorie.dk/pdf/603404.pdf – only achievements before 1950 are noted

References

External links

Official site
{{Danish 1st Division Football clubs in Denmark Sport in Kolding Association football clubs established in 1895 1895 establishments in Denmark