Kolding

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. 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.