Handball team
Kolding
Club · Denmark · 1. Division
«KIF»
In 2018, Denmark's players' union petitioned to have KIF Kolding declared bankrupt over unpaid salaries. A late settlement pulled the case back from the brink: the club managed to keep running. It was not enough to save the season — the team lost the relegation play-off to TM Tønder Håndbold and dropped into the 1st Division.
The trouble had been building since 2012, when the club merged with AG København under the name KIF Kolding København. Within a few years the finances had unravelled badly enough that the Danish Handball Federation put the club on its black list, barring new signings while debts piled up and players left.
KIF was founded in 1941 under chairman Th. Jepsen, and won the national championship fourteen times between 1987 and 2015 and added the Danish Cup in 1989, 1998, 2004, 2006 and 2013. Much of that run was fought out against GOG Håndbold, with the championship decided between the two sides so often from 1987 to 2009 that the fixture earned its own name, Klassikeren — the Classic.
Latest results
Fixtures and results| 10 Oct | Herre Handbold Ligaen |
Aalborg Håndbold
A
|
32:37 | L |
| 3 Oct | Herre Handbold Ligaen |
Skjern Håndbold
H
|
35:42 | L |
| 25 Sep | Herre Handbold Ligaen |
Holstebro TTH
A
|
31:37 | L |
| 16 Sep | Herre Handbold Ligaen |
SønderjyskE
H
|
32:31 | W |
| 13 Sep | Herre Handbold Ligaen |
Skanderborg AGF
A
|
26:32 | L |
| 6 Sep | Herre Handbold Ligaen |
Nordsjælland Håndbold
H
|
32:32 | D |
Standing
Herre Handbold Ligaen| # | Team | M | W | D | L | Goals | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 |
Nordsjælland Håndbold
|
9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 265:277 | 7 |
| 11 |
 Mors
|
9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 267:290 | 6 |
| 12 |
Kolding
|
9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 282:310 | 5 |
| 13 |
 Ringsted
|
9 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 276:311 | 3 |
| 14 |
 Skive
|
9 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 299:330 | 2 |
Team statistics
matches counted in total: 130| Metric | Total | Home | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matches | 130 | 67 | 63 |
| Scored | 3807 | 1969 | 1838 |
| Conceded | 3895 | 1975 | 1920 |
| Scored per game | 29.3 | 29.4 | 29.2 |
| Conceded per game | 30.0 | 29.5 | 30.5 |
| Difference | −88 | −6 | −82 |
Fixtures of Kolding
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18 Oct · 15:00
GOG
A
Herre Handbold Ligaen
-
22 Oct · 19:00
Fredericia HK
H
Herre Handbold Ligaen
-
30 Oct · 17:30
Bjerringbro-Silkeborg
A
Herre Handbold Ligaen
-
10 Oct
Aalborg Håndbold
A
32:37
L
-
3 Oct
Skjern Håndbold
H
35:42
L
-
25 Sep
Holstebro TTH
A
31:37
L
-
16 Sep
SønderjyskE
H
32:31
W
-
13 Sep
Skanderborg AGF
A
26:32
L
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6 Sep
Nordsjælland Håndbold
H
32:32
D
-
2 Sep
Ribe-Esbjerg
A
28:31
L
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30 Aug
Mors
A
31:34
L
Honours of Kolding
- Danish Championship 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2014, 2015 14
- Danish Cup 1989, 1998, 2004, 2006, 2013 5
- EHF City Cup 1997 1