Denmark national football team

General

Kit history

Denmark
Nickname(s)	Danish Dynamite
Association	Dansk Boldspil-Union (DBU)
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Kasper Hjulmand
Asst coach	Morten Wieghorst Christian Poulsen
Captain	Simon Kjær
Most caps	Peter Schmeichel (129)
Top scorer	Poul "Tist" Nielsen (52) Jon Dahl Tomasson (52)
Home Stadium	Parken Stadium
FIFA code	DEN
FIFA ranking	11 2 (31 March 2022)
Highest FIFA ranking	3 (May 1997, August 1997)
Lowest FIFA ranking	51 (April 2017)
Elo ranking	11 1 (31 March 2022)
Highest Elo ranking	1 (June – October 1916)
Lowest Elo ranking	65 (May 1967)
First international	Denmark 9–0 France (London, England; 19 October 1908)
Biggest win	Denmark 17–1 France (London, England; 22 October 1908)
Biggest defeat	Germany 8–0 Denmark (Breslau, Germany; 16 May 1937)
World Cup appearances	6 (First in 1986)
Best result	Quarter finals, 1998
European Championship appearances	9 (First in 1964)
Best result	Winners, 1992

The Denmark national football team is the national association football team of Denmark and is controlled by the Danish Football Association (DBU), the governing body for football in Denmark. Denmark's home ground is Parken Stadium in the Østerbro district of Copenhagen, and their head coach is Kasper Hjulmand.

Since 1983, the team has continuously been visible as a solidly competitive side, with the triumph in the 1992 European Championship in Sweden as its most prominent victory, defeating defending champions the Netherlands in the semi-final and Germany in the final. Their best FIFA World Cup result was achieved in 1998, where they narrowly lost 3–2 in a quarter-final against Brazil.

Results and fixtures

2021

Friendly 2 June 2021	Germany	1–1	Denmark	Innsbruck, Austria
21:00	Neuhaus  48'	Report	Poulsen  71'	Stadium: Tivoli Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Julian Weinberger (Austria)

Friendly 6 June 2021	Denmark	2–0	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Brøndby, Denmark
18:00	Braithwaite  18' Cornelius  73'	Report		Stadium: Brøndby Stadium Attendance: 7.459 Referee: Petri Viljanen (Finland)

UEFA Euro 2020 Group B 12 June 2021	Denmark	0–1	Finland	Copenhagen, Denmark
18:00 UTC+2		Report	Pohjanpalo  60'	Stadium: Parken Stadium Attendance: 15,200 Referee: Anthony Taylor (England)

UEFA Euro 2020 Group B 17 June 2021	Denmark	1–2	Belgium	Copenhagen, Denmark
18:00 UTC+2	Poulsen  2'	Report	T. Hazard  55' De Bruyne  70'	Stadium: Parken Stadium Attendance: 23,395 Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)

UEFA Euro 2020 Group B 21 June 2021	Russia	1–4	Denmark	Copenhagen, Denmark
21:00 UTC+2	Dzyuba  70' (pen.)	Report	Damsgaard  38' Poulsen  59' Christensen  79' Mæhle  82'	Stadium: Parken Stadium Attendance: 23,644 Referee: Clément Turpin (France)

Euro 2020 R16 26 June 2021 (2021-06-26)	Wales	0–4	Denmark	Amsterdam, Netherlands
18:00 CEST (20:00 UTC+1)		Report	Dolberg  27', 48' Mæhle  88' Braithwaite  90+4'	Stadium: Johan Cruyff Arena Attendance: 14,645 Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany)

Euro 2020 QF 3 July 2021	Czech Republic	1–2	Denmark	Baku, Azerbaijan
20:00 UTC+4	Schick  49'	Report	Delaney  5' Dolberg  42'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 16,306 Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)

Euro 2020 SF 7 July 2021	England	2–1	Denmark	London, England
20:00 UTC+1	Kjær  39' (o.g.) Kane  104'	Report	Damsgaard  30'	Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 64,950 Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)

2022 World Cup qualification 1 September 2021	Denmark	2–0	Scotland	Copenhagen, Denmark
20:45	Wass  14' Mæhle  15'	Report		Stadium: Parken Attendance: 34.562 Referee: Ovidiu Haţegan (Romania)

2022 World Cup qualification 4 September 2021	Faroe Islands	0–1	Denmark	Tórshavn, Faroe Islands
20:45		Report	Wind  85'	Stadium: Tórsvøllur Attendance: 5.000 Referee: Fran Jović (Croatia)

2022 World Cup qualification 7 September 2021	Denmark	5–0	Israel	Copenhagen, Denmark
20:45	Poulsen  28' Kjær  31' Skov Olsen  41' Delaney  58' Cornelius  90+1'	Report		Stadium: Parken Stadium Attendance: 35,158 Referee: Tobias Stieler (Germany)

2022 World Cup qualification 9 October 2021	Moldova	0–4	Denmark	Chișinău, Moldova
20:45		Report	Skov Olsen  23' Kjær  34' (pen.) Nørgaard  39' Mæhle  44'	Stadium: Zimbru Stadium Attendance: 2,642 Referee: João Pinheiro (Portugal)

2022 World Cup qualification 12 October 2021	Denmark	1–0	Austria	Copenhagen, Denmark
20:45	Mæhle  53'	Report		Stadium: Parken Attendance: 35.843 Referee: Ivan Kružliak (Slovakia)

2022 World Cup qualification 12 November 2021	Denmark	3–1	Faroe Islands	Copenhagen, Denmark
20:45	Skov Olsen  18' Bruun Larsen  63' Mæhle  90+3'	Report	K. Olsen  89'	Stadium: Parken Attendance: 35.531 Referee: Radu Petrescu (Romania)

2022 World Cup qualification 15 November 2021	Scotland	2–0	Denmark	Glasgow, Scotland
20:45	Souttar  35' Adams  86'	Report		Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 49,527 Referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández (Spain)

2022

Friendly 26 March 2022	Netherlands	4–2	Denmark	Amsterdam, Netherlands
20:45	Bergwijn  16', 71' Aké  29' Depay  38' (pen.)	Report	Vestergaard  20' Eriksen  48'	Stadium: Johan Cruyff Arena Referee: Lawrence Visser (Belgium)

Friendly 29 March 2022	Denmark	3–0	Serbia	Copenhagen, Denmark
18:00	Mæhle  15' Lindstrøm  53' Eriksen  57'	Report		Stadium: Parken Referee: Felix Zwayer (Germany)

Nations League 3 June 2022	France	v	Denmark	Paris, France
20:45				Stadium: Stade de France

Nations League 6 June 2022	Austria	v	Denmark	Vienna, Austria
20:45				Stadium: Ernst-Happel-Stadion

Nations League 10 June 2022	Denmark	v	Croatia	Copenhagen, Denmark
20:45				Stadium: Parken

Nations League 13 June 2022	Denmark	v	Austria	Copenhagen, Denmark
20:45				Stadium: Parken

Nations League 22 September 2022	Croatia	v	Denmark	Croatia
20:45				Stadium: TBD

Nations League 25 September 2022	Denmark	v	France	Copenhagen, Denmark
20:45				Stadium: Parken

2022 FIFA World Cup 22 November 2022	Denmark	v	Tunisia	Qatar
				Stadium: TBD

2022 FIFA World Cup 26 November 2022	France	v	Denmark	Qatar
				Stadium: TBD

2022 FIFA World Cup 30 November 2022	AFC–CONMEBOL winners	v	Denmark	Qatar
				Stadium: TBD

Team

Current squad

The following 26 players were named to the squad for the friendly matches against the Netherlands and Serbia on 26 and 29 March 2022, respectively.
Caps and goals updated as of 15 November 2021, after the match against Scotland.

#	Pos	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Kasper Schmeichel (vice-captain)	5 November 1986 (1986-11-05)	80	0	Leicester City
16	1GK	Daniel Iversen	19 July 1997 (1997-07-19)	0	0	Preston North End
22	1GK	Frederik Rønnow	4 August 1992 (1992-08-04)	8	0	Union Berlin
2	2DF	Joachim Andersen	31 May 1996 (1996-05-31)	13	0	Crystal Palace
3	2DF	Jannik Vestergaard	3 August 1992 (1992-08-03)	33	2	Leicester City
4	2DF	Victor Nelsson	14 October 1998 (1998-10-14)	4	0	Galatasaray
5	2DF	Joakim Mæhle	20 May 1997 (1997-05-20)	25	9	Atalanta
6	2DF	Andreas Maxsø	18 March 1994 (1994-03-18)	2	0	Brøndby
13	2DF	Rasmus Nissen	11 July 1997 (1997-07-11)	4	0	Red Bull Salzburg
17	2DF	Alexander Bah	9 December 1997 (1997-12-09)	3	1	Slavia Prague
20	2DF	Mads Valentin	1 September 1996 (1996-09-01)	0	0	Augsburg
7	3MF	Mathias Jensen	1 January 1996 (1996-01-01)	16	1	Brentford
8	3MF	Casper Nielsen	29 April 1994 (1994-04-29)	0	0	Union SG
10	3MF	Christian Eriksen	14 February 1992 (1992-02-14)	111	38	Brentford
15	3MF	Christian Nørgaard	10 March 1994 (1994-03-10)	17	1	Brentford
17	3MF	Philip Billing	11 June 1996 (1996-06-11)	2	0	Bournemouth
18	3MF	Jesper Lindstrøm	29 February 2000 (2000-02-29)	5	1	Eintracht Frankfurt
23	3MF	Pierre-Emile Højbjerg	5 August 1995 (1995-08-05)	54,	4	Tottenham Hotspur
9	4FW	Jacob Bruun Larsen	19 September 1998 (1998-09-19)	6	1	1899 Hoffenheim
11	4FW	Andreas Skov Olsen	29 December 1999 (1999-12-29)	17	6	Club Brugge
12	4FW	Kasper Dolberg	6 October 1997 (1997-10-06)	34	10	Nice
19	4FW	Jonas Wind	7 February 1999 (1999-02-07)	13	4	VfL Wolfsburg
21	4FW	Andreas Cornelius	16 March 1993 (1993-03-16)	37	7	Trabzonspor

Recent call-ups

The following list of active players were not called up for the latest match of the national team, but were called up for an A-level match within the last 12 months.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up GK Peter Vindahl Jensen 16 February 1998 (1998-02-16) 0 0 AZ v. Scotland, 15 November 2021 GK Jesper Hansen 31 March 1985 (1985-03-31) 0 0 AGF v. Austria, 12 October 2021 GK Jonas Lössl 1 February 1989 (1989-02-01) 1 0 Brentford v. Scotland, 1 September 2021 DF Andreas Christensen 10 April 1996 (1996-04-10) 54 2 Chelsea v. Netherlands, 26 March 2022 INJ DF Simon Kjær (captain) 26 March 1989 (1989-03-26) 119 5 Milan v. Scotland, 15 November 2021INJ DF Jens Stryger Larsen 21 February 1991 (1991-02-21) 47 2 Udinese v. Scotland, 15 November 2021 DF Nicolai Boilesen 16 February 1992 (1992-02-16) 21 1 Copenhagen v. Scotland, 1 September 2021 DF Mathias Jørgensen 23 April 1990 (1990-04-23) 35 2 Brentford UEFA Euro 2020 MF Thomas Delaney 3 September 1991 (1991-09-03) 66 7 Sevilla v. Serbia, 29 March 2022 INJ MF Daniel Wass 31 May 1989 (1989-05-31) 41 1 Atlético Madrid v. Scotland, 15 November 2021INJ MF Jens Stage 8 November 1996 (1996-11-08) 1 0 Copenhagen v. Scotland, 15 November 2021 MF Jens Jønsson 10 January 1993 (1993-01-10) 5 0 Cádiz v. Scotland, 15 November 2021 MF Mikkel Damsgaard 3 July 2000 (2000-07-03) 13 4 Sampdoria v. Austria, 12 October 2021INJ MF Anders Christiansen 8 June 1990 (1990-06-08) 5 0 Malmö FF v. Faroe Islands, 4 September 2021 MF Rasmus Falk 15 January 1992 (1992-01-15) 2 0 Copenhagen v. Scotland, 1 September 2021 FW Yussuf Poulsen 15 June 1994 (1994-06-15) 66 11 RB Leipzig v. Serbia, 29 March 2022 INJ FW Mohamed Daramy 7 January 2002 (2002-01-07) 4 0 Ajax v. Scotland, 15 November 2021 FW Pione Sisto 4 February 1995 (1995-02-04) 26 1 Midtjylland v. Scotland, 15 November 2021 FW Emil Riis 24 June 1998 (1998-06-24) 0 0 Preston North End v. Scotland, 15 November 2021 FW Mikael Uhre 30 September 1994 (1994-09-30) 1 0 Philadelphia Union v. Scotland, 15 November 2021 FW Anders Dreyer 2 May 1998 (1998-05-02) 2 0 Rubin Kazan v. Scotland, 15 November 2021 FW Robert Skov 20 May 1996 (1996-05-20) 10 5 1899 Hoffenheim v. Faroe Islands, 12 November 2021INJ FW Martin Braithwaite 5 June 1991 (1991-06-05) 56 10 Barcelona v. Scotland, 1 September 2021 INJ Injured or recovering from surgery. PRE Preliminary squad. RET Retired from the national team. 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Jørgensen 10. Eriksen 11. Braithwaite 12. Dolberg 13. M. Jørgensen 14. Dalsgaard 15. Fischer 16. Lössl 17. Stryger Larsen 18. Lerager 19. Schöne 20. Poulsen 21. Cornelius 22. Rønnow 23. Sisto Manager:   Åge Hareide Denmark – UEFA Euro 2020 – Semi-finals 1. Lössl 2. Rønnow 3. Schmeichel (c) 4. Andersen 5. Boilesen 6. Christensen 7. Jørgensen 8. Kjær 9. Mæhle 10. Stryger Larsen 11. Vestergaard 12. Christiansen 13. Delaney 14. Eriksen 15. Højbjerg 16. Jensen 17. Nørgaard 18. Wass 19. Braithwaite 20. Cornelius 21. Damsgaard 22. Dolberg 23. Poulsen 24. R. Skov 25. Skov Olsen 26. Wind Manager:   Kasper Hjulmand Denmark – UEFA Euro 2024 – Manager:   [[]]