Kolding IF

Kolding IF is an association football club based in Kolding, Denmark. The team competes in the Danish 1st Division, the second-tier of Danish football, after gaining promotion at the end of the 2018–19 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.

This article is about the association football team. For the handball team, see KIF Kolding.
Kolding IF
Full nameKolding Idræts Forening
Nickname(s)De blå-hvide (The blue-whites)
Founded1895 (1895), as Kolding Fodsports Klub
1900 (1900), as Kolding Idræts Forening
GroundAutocentralen Park,
Kolding
Capacity10,000 (2,197 seated)
ChairmanClaus Holm-Søberg
ManagerMorten Mølkjær
LeagueDanish 1st Division
2018–19Danish 2nd Divisions, 2nd (promoted)
WebsiteClub website

Current squad
As of 1 August 2020[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
3 DF  DEN Simon Trier
4 DF  DEN Daniel Thøgersen
5 DF  DEN Mads Eriksen
6 MF  DEN Sebastian Sommer
8 MF  DEN Mike Vestergaard
9 MF  DEN Niels Letort
10 MF  DEN Christian Kudsk
11 FW  DEN Rune Nautrup (captain)
12 FW  DEN Jeppe Hansen
13 DF  DEN Jakob Kiilerich
14 FW  DEN Mikkel Dongsted
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 DF  DEN Mads Zederkof
16 DF  DEN Benjamin Zjajo
20 DF  DEN Morten Hansen
22 GK  DEN Frederik Ibsen
24 MF  DEN Denis Fazlagic
27 GK  DEN Benjamin Schubert
30 DF  DEN Mathias Høgsholdt
— FW  DEN Oskar Stentoft
— MF  DEN Jacob Torp
— FW  DEN Emil Sand
— DF  DEN Mathias Bonde

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. 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
  • Jutland Championships
    • Winners (2): 1930–31, 1935–36
    • Runners-up (5): 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1942
  • Jutland Cup
    • Runners-up (1): 1939–40[3]
gollark: LyricLy
gollark: lyricly
gollark: !hwdyk msg
gollark: Xylochoron
gollark: !hwdyk msg

See also

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-10-04. Retrieved 2010-04-29.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. https://www.kif-fodbold.dk/nordicbetliga/truppen/
  3. (in Danish) http://www.jyskfodboldhistorie.dk/pdf/603404.pdf – Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine only achievements before 1950 are noted
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.