{{Short description|Danish football club}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2022}} {{about|the association football team|the handball team|KIF Kolding}} {{Infobox football club | clubname = Kolding IF | image = KoldingIFBadge.png | upright = 0.7 | fullname = Kolding Idræts Forening | nickname = ''De blå-hvide'' (The blue-whites) | founded = {{Start date and age|df=y|1895}}, as Kolding Fodsports Klub | ground = [[Kolding Stadion|Autocentralen Park]] | capacity = 10,000 (2,197 seated) | chairman = Claus Holm-Søberg | manager = [[Jonas Kamper]] | league = [[Danish 1st Division|1st Division]] | season = [[2025–26 Danish 1st Division|2025–26]] | position = 1st Division, 6th of 12 | pattern_la1 = _hummelcorepoly1718wb | pattern_b1 = _hummelcorepoly1718wb | pattern_ra1 = _hummelcorepoly1718wb | pattern_sh1 = _senica1617h | leftarm1 = ffffff | body1 = ffffff | rightarm1 = ffffff | shorts1 = 0000ff | socks1 = 0000ff | pattern_la2 = _hummelcoreXKbw | pattern_b2 = _hummelcoreXKbw | pattern_ra2 = _hummelcoreXKbw | pattern_sh2 = _lugo1517a | leftarm2 = 000000 | body2 = 000000 | rightarm2 = 000000 | shorts2 = 000000 | socks2 = 000000 | website = https://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 Danish 1st Division|1982]] and [[1983 Danish 1st Division|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 [[Kolding Stadion|Autocentralen Park]] (formerly known as Kolding Stadion) and wears white shirts with blue trim.

==Current squad== {{updated|2 February 2026}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://kolding-if.dk/sport/herrer/truppen-og-stab/|title = Truppen}}</ref> {{Fs start}} {{fs player|no= 1|nat=CZE|name=Jakub Trefil|pos=GK|other=on loan from [[SK Sigma Olomouc|Sigma Olomouc]]}} {{fs player|no= 2|nat=DEN|name=Lasse Laursen|pos=DF}} {{fs player|no= 3|nat=DEN|name=Albert Nørager|pos=DF}} {{fs player|no= 4|nat=SVK|name=[[Filip Lesniak]]|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no= 5|nat=ISL|name=[[Ari Leifsson]]|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no= 6|nat=MNE|name=Nemanja Nedic|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no= 7|nat=NOR|name=[[Mikael Ingebrigtsen]]|pos=FW}} {{Fs player|no= 8|nat=SPA|name=[[Jesús Alfaro]]|pos=MF}} {{fs player|no= 9|nat=USA|name=[[Nebiyou Perry]]|pos=FW}} {{fs player|no=10|nat=FRO|name=[[Meinhard Olsen|Meinhard Egilsson Olsen]]|pos=FW}} {{fs player|no=11|nat=PAK|name=[[Abdul Arshad]]|pos=FW}} {{fs player|no=12|nat=DEN|name=Frederik Møller|pos=MF}} {{fs player|no=16|nat=DEN|name=[[Jeffrey Adjei-Broni]]|pos=FW}} {{Fs mid}} {{fs player|no=17|nat=CAF|name=[[Sterling Yatéké]]|pos=FW}} {{fs player|no=18|nat=BLR|name=[[Vladislav Morozov]]|pos=FW|other=on loan from [[F.C. Arouca|Arouca]]}} {{fs player|no=19|nat=DEN|name=[[Hans Høllsberg]]|pos=MF}} {{fs player|no=20|nat=DEN|name=Magnus Saaby|pos=MF}} {{fs player|no=21|nat=DEN|name=Magnus Døj|pos=DF}} {{fs player|no=22|nat=DEN|name=Isak Tånnander|pos=MF}} {{fs player|no=23|nat=DEN|name=Niels Morberg|pos=MF}} {{fs player|no=24|nat=DEN|name=Casper Jørgensen|pos=MF}} {{fs player|no=25|nat=DEN|name=Nicolai Bossen|pos=MF}} {{fs player|no=27|nat=UKR|name=Kyrylo Shushman|pos=GK}} {{fs player|no=28|nat=SVK|name=[[Adam Danko]]|pos=GK}} {{fs player|no=30|nat=GER|name=[[Eric Voufack]]|pos=DF}} {{fs player|no=33|nat=AUT|name=[[Pascal Estrada]]|pos=DF}} {{fs player|no=44|nat=DEN|name=[[Pontus Texel]]|pos=DF|other=on loan from [[C.D. Mafra|Mafra]]}} {{Fs end}}

===Youth players in use 2025–26=== {{Fs start}} {{Fs end}}

===Out on loan=== {{Fs start}} {{Fs end}}

==Noted players== * 1950s–60s: [[Jørgen Lildballe]] (1955), holds the record for most first team matches&nbsp;– 386. * 1980s: [[Jan Mølby]] (1981), played on the [[Denmark national football team|Danish national team]], and went to European top clubs afterwards.

==Achievements== *'''[[Danish 2nd Division]]''' **'''Winners (1):''' [[2022–23 Danish 2nd Division|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<ref>{{in lang|da}} http://www.jyskfodboldhistorie.dk/pdf/603404.pdf&nbsp;– {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929060147/http://www.jyskfodboldhistorie.dk/pdf/603404.pdf |date=29 September 2007 }} only achievements before 1950 are noted</ref>

==See also== *[[Kolding FC]] *[[Kolding Boldklub]]

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== *{{in lang|da}} [http://www.kif-fodbold.dk/ Official site]

{{Danish 1st Division}}

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