Full name | Kolding Idræts Forening | ||
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Nickname(s) | De blå-hvide (The blue-whites) | ||
Founded | 1895 | , as Kolding Fodsports Klub||
Ground | Autocentralen Park, Kolding | ||
Capacity | 10,000 (2,197 seated) | ||
Chairman | Claus Holm-Søberg | ||
Manager | Kristoffer Wichmann | ||
League | 1st Division | ||
2023–24 | 1st Division, 3rd of 12 | ||
Website | https://www.kif-fodbold.dk/ | ||
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Kolding Idræts Forening is an association football club based in Kolding, Denmark. The team competes in the Danish 1st Division, the second tier of the Danish football league system, after getting promotion at the end of the 2022–23 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.