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