Kolding IF

This article is about the association football team. For the handball team, see KIF Kolding.

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.

Kolding IF

Full name	Kolding Idræts Forening
Nickname(s)	De blå-hvide (The blue-whites)
Founded	1895; 130 years ago (1895), as Kolding Fodsports Klub
Ground	Autocentralen Park, Kolding
Capacity	10,000 (2,197 seated)
Chairman	Claus Holm-Søberg
Manager	Albert Rudé
League	1st Division
2024–25	1st Division, 4th of 12
Website	https://www.kif-fodbold.dk/
Home colours Away colours

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 August 2025^[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 2 DF  DEN Jakob Vadstrup 3 DF  DEN Albert Nørager 4 DF  DEN Christian Vestergaard 5 DF  ISL Ari Leifsson 6 DF  MNE Nemanja Nedic 8 MF  ESP Jesús Alfaro 10 FW  FRO Meinhard Egilsson Olsen 11 FW  DEN Abdoulie Njai 12 MF  DEN Frederik Møller 14 MF  DEN Christoffer Palm 15 MF  ISL Jóhannes Kristinn Bjarnason 17 FW  CTA Sterling Yatéké

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 MF  DEN Villads Westh 19 FW  DEN Casper Holmelund 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 27 GK  UKR Kyrylo Shushman 28 GK  SVK Adam Danko 30 DF  GER Eric Voufack 41 MF  DEN Nicolai Bossen 99 GK  GER Lennart Moser

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 — FW  FIN Momodou Sarr (at Inter Turku until 31 December 2025)

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
  • 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^[2]

See also

• Kolding FC
• Kolding Boldklub