Denmark national football team

man ’ sulfur national association football team
This article is about the men ‘s football team. For the women ‘s team, see Denmark women ‘s national football team. For musical formation made of danish football players, see Landsholdet
The Denmark national football team ( danish : Danmarks fodboldlandshold ) represents Denmark in men ‘s international football contest. It is controlled by the Danish Football Association ( DBU ), the governing torso for the football clubs which are organised under DBU. Denmark ‘s home stadium is Parken Stadium in the Østerbro zone of Copenhagen ; their head coach is Kasper Hjulmand.

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Denmark were the winners of the Football at the 1906 Intercalated Games and silver medalists at the 1908 and 1912 Olympics. however, as amateurs who prohibited their internationals from becoming professionals at extraneous clubs, Denmark did not qualify for the FIFA World Cup until 1986, although they won another Olympic silver in 1960. Denmark has remained competitive in international tournaments. prevail in the 1992 european Championship in Sweden marked the team ‘s most big victory, defeating defending champions the Netherlands in the semi-final and Germany in the final. They besides won the 1995 King Fahd Cup, defeating Argentina in the final. Their best World Cup solution was achieved in 1998, where they narrowly lost 3–2 in a quarter-final against Brazil. Denmark besides made the second turn in 1986, 2002 and 2018 .

Teams [edit ]

apart from the men ‘s senior A-level team, Denmark competes with a women ‘s national team, and has teams at versatile young levels for both men and women, most prominently the under-21 national team. Historically, the A-level team competed in the Olympics until and including the 1988 tournament, whereafter Olympic games count as under-21 home games. In addition to the A-level team and youth teams, Denmark besides has a especial league national team named Ligalandsholdet, with the best danish footballers from the Nordic leagues. Ligalandsholdet was created in January 1983, and has played unofficial games for the national team during the winter break of the Nordic leagues every year since, save for 2005 and 2011. Sometimes the media besides refer to Ligalandsholdet as Denmark ‘s B-team, as the best danish footballers selected for the A-team often play in leagues outside of the Nordic countries. As such, the national team bus has on several occasions outlined the determination of having unofficial matches played by Ligalandsholdet as an opportunity of testing raw potential approaching danish players for the A-team .

history [edit ]

Amateur years [edit ]

The Danish team that won their first silver decoration at the 1908 Summer Olympics danish team, winning the silver medals at the 1912 Olympics On 12 April 1896, Denmark XI defeated Podilatikos Syllogos Athinon with either 9–0 or 15–0, at the Neo Phaliron Velodrome in Athens in a presentation game during the 1896 Olympic Games. [ 3 ] On 18 April 1897, a game was played in Hamburg when a selection team from the Danish Football Association defeated a survival team from the Hamburg-Altona Football Association, 5–0. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] The first three editions of the Olympic football event in 1900–1906 had an unofficial condition, as the event was not however open for national football teams to compete, and merely had limited participation of three or four club teams from a few nations. Denmark had no baseball club team invited in the 1900 Olympics and the 1904 Olympics, but then received a especial invitation for the 1906 Olympics, to compete against one greek club team ( Athens ) and two clubhouse teams from the Ottoman Empire ( Smyrna and Thessaloniki ). The team to represent Denmark was compiled of players from the Copenhagen Football Association ( KBU ), and they won the event, and thereby an unofficial gold decoration. Two years late, in the first gear official football tournament at the 1908 Olympics, Denmark won a ash grey decoration. At the future Olympics, in 1912, the team again won a silver decoration, which was followed by a golden earned run average from July 1912 until August 1920, with Denmark ranked most of the clock as number one in the world by the Elo rate. The first official national football match was played on 19 October 1908 during the Olympic Games in London. Denmark beat France ‘s second team 9-0 in the tournament ‘s quarterfinals. Although Denmark figured reasonably prominently in the pre- FIFA World Cup era, international success would elude them for years from the foremost World Cup in 1930 and forth. Despite the country ‘s ability to produce outstanding football talents, the Danish Football Union ( DBU ) only had the ambition ( or economy ) to send the national team to play friendly matches and in the regional tournament, the Nordic Championship, from October 1920 until June 1948. When DBU opted to set their sights higher, they allowed the national team to start contesting the Olympics again, promptly resulting in a bronze decoration at the 1948 Olympics. After, the team only reached the quarter-final at the 1952 Olympics, with the DBU choosing not to contest the future 1956 Olympics. As football remained an amateur past-time, most of the best danish footballers moved overseas to make a live, [ 6 ] and due to DBU enforcing the rule to bar all professionals from the home team, it started to become unmanageable to assemble a highly competitive team. Denmark experienced their following revival at the 1960 Olympics with a third rig of Olympic silver medals. This was followed by another noteworthy performance at the 1964 european Nations ‘ Cup, where Denmark impressively finished in fourth station. however, this finish was considered by many as being more the result of a relatively easy pull rather than a resultant role of a well-playing team. In order for Denmark to qualify for the semi-final, they only had to defeat Malta, Albania and Luxembourg. In the semi-final, Denmark fell 0–3 to the Soviet Union, then lost the bronze catch to Hungary. The rigorous predominate of merely allowing amateurism at the national team was last abolished by the DBU in May 1971, as they had acknowledged this change was needed in order to build a highly competitive team. In February 1978, when the DBU besides decided to allow professional football to be introduced in the Danish leagues, the way was at the same time paved for the national team to sign its foremost sponsorship with the well-known danish brewery Carlsberg. The newfangled sponsorship enabled the DBU to hire the german Sepp Piontek in July 1979 as the beginning full-time professional coach of the national team. The fully transition of the national team from amateurism to professionalism had now been accomplished, and indeed, this would soon lead to a huge improvement in the performances of the team. [ 6 ] According to Rob Smyth and Lars Eriksen, authors of a 2009 script on the “ danish Dynamite ” team that would soon emerge :

That process [ the transition to professionalism ] was accelerated by the fact that indeed many of the national team were playing afield, and values learned there were lento seeping in. … Denmark got a headstart on football globalization, benefiting from the enlightenment and know that comes with playing abroad. At Euro 84, their 20-man police squad contained 14 overseas-based players ; the other seven teams had only five between them. At Mexico 86, their team included players from the champions of Italy, West Germany, England, Holland and Belgium, but not Denmark. [ 7 ]

danish Dynamite ( 1980–1990 ) [edit ]

In the 1982 FIFA World Cup reservation, Denmark finished with eight points from eight matches, including a 3–1 gain against the eventual World Cup champions Italy, but Denmark failed to qualify for the final tournament despite the impressive result. reservation for UEFA Euro 1984 saw Denmark get the better of England at Wembley Stadium when Allan Simonsen converted a punishment kick for a 1–0 win. Denmark qualified for their inaugural external tournament since 1964, and the team was dubbed “ danish Dynamite ” in a contest for the official Danish Euro 1984 song. [ 6 ] Denmark ‘s engagement ended in the semi-final when the team lost on penalties to Spain, most remembered for Preben Elkjær ‘s punishment miss, his shorts torn aside. Following the potent performance at the finals, the name “ danish Dynamite ” became a pillar for the follow ten of the Danish national team under heading coach Sepp Piontek. [ 8 ] Denmark made their first base World Cup appearance in the 1986 World Cup, and with the attacking duet of Michael Laudrup and Preben Elkjær, the team surprised the world, sweeping the group, including a 6–1 convulse of Uruguay. In the second round, Denmark once again face Spain and once more fall back, receiving a trash of their own, losing 5–1, including four goals by Emilio Butragueño. The foremost spanish goal was caused by a miss-timed backpass by Jesper Olsen to Butragueño, an unfortunate action subsequently coined as “ a very Jesper Olsen ” ( “ en rigtig Jesper Olsen “ ). The phrase would live on for 13 years, and was repeated by the danish television receiver commentators in 1999, when an identical backpass was carried out by Jesper Grønkjær to Filippo Inzaghi in Grønkjær ‘s introduction for the national team. [ 9 ] After the glory days of 1986, the achiever of the team continued, as it beginning qualified for Euro 1988, and then had a nearby qualification for the 1988 Olympics. In the qualification group for the Olympics, the job to coach Denmark in these detail games, had for the beginning time been given to Richard Møller Nielsen, and he proved his skills, as Denmark initially secured a spot for the final tournament – ahead of West Germany. But following the discovery that Dane Per Frimann was not eligible for the team ‘s 2–0 winnings over Poland, Denmark was penalised the points of the succeed, and subsequently did not have adequate points to qualify. After this disappoint newsworthiness had arrived, Denmark had to pin all its hope and faith for a successful performance at Euro 1988. however, the opposite happened, as Denmark ‘s engagement ended in early frustration after Denmark lost all the group games to Spain, West Germany and Italy. A period of transition with falter results had now started, and as Denmark subsequently besides failed to qualify for the 1990 World Cup, Sepp Piontek resigned as drumhead passenger car of the home team in April 1990, where he was replaced by his assistant, Richard Møller Nielsen .

1992 european Championship victory [edit ]

The first goal for the newly appointed Nielsen was to qualify for Euro 1992 in Sweden. Denmark began with a secure home victory against the Faroe Islands, but the pursuit results in the qualification were an away draw against Northern Ireland and a 2–0 home loss against Yugoslavia. Due to the poor startle, a well as a potent discrepancy with the coach about the new defensive team tactics, the two best danish footballers at the time, Michael Laudrup and Brian Laudrup, opted to quit the home team in November 1990. When Nielsen subsequently decided to dismiss choice players such as Jan Mølby and Jan Heintze from the team, due to corrective problems, respective newspapers began demanding that Nielsen step down american samoa head coach, as the team was intelligibly falling apart under his determine. Despite this potent criticism, Denmark won the rest of their five matches in the reservation group, including a 2–1 away win against Yugoslavia. however, this strong comeback was not adequate to qualify, as the team still had to settle with a second place in the group, behind Yugoslavia. What initially appeared to be a fail qualification would soon turn out to become Denmark ‘s finest hour in the international competitions. Due to international sanctions resulting from the Yugoslav wars, UEFA announced on 31 May 1992 – only ten days anterior to the competition – that Yugoslavia was to be excluded from the contest and their place given to Denmark, who finished as the second-placed team in its qualifying group. [ 10 ] reverse to popular impression, [ 6 ] the team did not enter the tournament wholly unprepared, after having rallied home from seaside vacations. The majority of players were already assembled to play a friendly match against the CIS when Denmark formally received Yugoslavia ‘s spot. [ 11 ] Relying heavy on goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel and his defense, a well as creative spark Brian Laudrup – having decided to make a comeback for the national team in April 1992 – the Danish team created one of the biggest surprises in the event ‘s history, as they went on to win the european Championship trophy under head coach Nielsen ‘s defensive play vogue. Advancing from the group stage ahead of England and France, Denmark defeated the Netherlands – the defending Euro 1988 champions – on penalties in the semi-final. then, in the concluding, Denmark won 2–0 winnings against reigning World Cup champions Germany, ensuring Denmark won its inaugural external trophy .

refuse and revival ( 1993–2000 ) [edit ]

In August 1993, one year after the Euro 1992 acquire, Michael Laudrup decided to settle his ongoing dispute with Richard Møller Nielsen about the team tactics and made a rejoinder to the national team. however, the follow years Denmark saw mix results, as they first failed to qualify for the 1994 World Cup, but then won the 1995 Confederations Cup, beating Copa América champions Argentina 2–0 in the concluding. As defending champions at Euro 1996, Denmark was not able to continue its previous achiever, but disappointed with a lackluster operation after an early elimination in the group stage. Results-wise, the tournament was not a complete disaster, as the team had achieved a goodly gain against Turkey, a guide against Portugal and entirely a defeat to Croatia. The cause why both the bus and team faced strong criticism after the tournament was chiefly because of the defensive and “ bore ” playing expressive style. As controversy previously had occurred in fall 1995 over the DBU ‘s decision to extend Richard Møller Nielsen ‘s narrow as head bus, there was a strive kinship to the crusade already ahead of Euro 1996. Facing a new wave of criticism, Nielsen reached a common agreement with the DBU to terminate his contract by the end of June 1996. Nielsen ‘s successor was the sympathetic Swede, Bo “ Bosse ” Johansson, who gave the team a more offensive strategy, and the 1998 World Cup saw the revival of the Danish team, starring both Laudrup brothers in their last international political campaign. After defeating Saudi Arabia 1–0, drawing with South Africa and losing 2–1 to eventual champions France, the Danish team qualified to the knockout stages as second base in the group. In the next match, Denmark beat Nigeria 4–1. In the quarter-final against Brazil, the Danes went out with a 2–3 kill to the late silver medalists. Johansson ‘s future challenge was to qualify Denmark for Euro 2000, for the first meter without the Laudrup brothers. When this goal was achieved by Johansson, he received significant praise. however, at the tournament proper, Denmark disappointed with three losses in the group degree. Johansson was heavily criticized for his squad excerpt, which containing several players with wound problems and in poor form .

The Olsen Gang ( 2000–2015 ) [edit ]

The new coach, starting for Denmark in July 2000, turned out to be the former national team captain from the successful team of the 1980s, Morten Olsen, and the team was cursorily dubbed the “ Olsen Gang ”, a reference to the series of Danish movies based around the chief character Egon Olsen and his genius ( criminal ) plans. The nickname was besides sometimes used for the Danish team as an alternative to the more normally used “ danish Dynamite ”, already in those days when Olsen played as a captain. In the earned run average with Olsen as a passenger car, his big experience from among others Ajax was transferred to the national team, as Denmark ‘s tactics shifted from the preferable 4–4–2 formation practised by Bo Johansson, to an tied more assaultive style with an vehemence on the quick wingers available at the meter, namely Jesper Grønkjær and Dennis Rommedahl. [ 12 ] accordingly, the Olsen ‘s favored formation has been either a 4–3–3 or a 4–2–3–1. [ 13 ] [ 14 ] Olsen even possessed an blunt confrontation to the 4–4–2 arrangement, as he threatened to leave his position as head bus in the event he was asked to deploy Denmark in that formation. [ 15 ] To support the development of players for the new tactical 4–3–3 arrangement, all national youth teams besides changed their formation. [ 16 ] Another change Olsen brought to the national team was to stress the importance of merely using paroxysm players who had been granted unconstipated play meter at their club. however, at times he was forced to compromise from this principle, as the pool of players available in the relatively small state did not always provide him feasible alternate options. Denmark qualified both for the 2002 World Cup and Euro 2004, but despite impressive results in the group stage in both tournaments, particularly the 2–0 winnings against reigning World Cup winners France in 2002, Denmark did not manage to advance any far, and in both tournaments were clearly defeated with a score of 0–3 in the first round after the group stage. At the 2002 World Cup, Denmark was defeated by England in the round of 16, and at Euro 2004, they were eliminated in the quarter-finals against the Czech Republic. Euro 2004 will besides be remembered for an incidental in the group stage match against Italy, where Italy star topology Francesco Totti was caught on camera spitting on Christian Poulsen, then subsequently the joint elimination of Italy by Denmark and Sweden in the end group stage match, when the two teams drew 2–2 following a swedish goal in the 89th minute, making for the exact and celebrated result that would see the Italians eliminated. For the 2006 World Cup reservation, Denmark was paired with, among others, 2002 World Cup bronze winners Turkey and Euro 2004 champions Greece competing for only one guaranteed spot at the final tournament. Following a poor get down of the reservation, Denmark was trailing both Turkey and surprise leaders Ukraine. Denmark needed Turkey to lose points in the final games in order for Denmark to clinch the second place of the group and one last chance to qualify via two playoff games. indeed, had Turkey dropped points to Albania in their last peer, Denmark would have gone through, but rather, they had to settle for third place in the group and a longer summer break. After failing to qualify for the 2006 World Cup, Morten Olsen considered leaving the job, having received several offers from club teams, but decided to stay and extended his abridge until after the 2010 World Cup, spurred on by his and the team ‘s popularity among the danish population. [ 17 ] When Denmark ‘s attack to qualify for the Euro 2008 besides failed – after among other things, to have received an administrative frustration against Sweden at home turf due to a spectator pump ‘s intrusion on the field – the team was heavy criticized, with many Danes asking for the deviation of Morten Olsen as a coach. This suggestion was however refused by the DBU and the majority of coaches in the Danish Superliga, who still had trust in Olsen being the best coach for Denmark. [ 18 ] In the qualification group for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, the trust in Olsen was immediately paid back. Despite a difficult group with both Portugal and Sweden as higher-ranked opponents, Denmark qualified for the 2010 World Cup by winning the group, after among other things, earning two wins against Sweden and one gain and one pull against Portugal. After having celebrated the successful World Cup 2010 qualification, Olsen ‘s sign as head coach was extended for two far years, until the Euro 2012. [ 19 ] At the 2010 World Cup, Denmark was grouped with Japan, Cameroon and the Netherlands. Denmark lost the inaugural match 2–0 to Netherlands, but then had a full of life 2–1 victory against Cameroon, which enabled further promotion in case of victory over Japan, in the last third match. The game against Japan however ended with a 3–1 frustration, and thereby Denmark did not reach their objective of advancing to the round of 16. obviously the biggest reason for the miss of success, was however this fourth dimension, that Denmark in both the foreword – and during the three games at the tournament – had struggled with a draw of injuries hitting their best players. however, Denmark would n’t wait for long to please the Danish populace once again. In the qualification for Euro 2012, Denmark was once again grouped with Portugal, among other countries. For a second meter, Denmark clinched first place in the group, and thereby qualified directly for the concluding tournament. Out of eight qualifying matches, Denmark won six, drew one and lost one. by and large because of these results, the DBU extended Olsen ‘s contract until after the 2014 World Cup. At Euro 2012, Denmark were drawn in the predicate “ Group of death “, Group B, aboard powerhouses Germany, Netherlands and Portugal. Few gave Denmark a chance of proceeding to the second round before the tournament, but after upsetting Netherlands with a 1–0 victory, there was cause for optimism in the danish camp. however, a narrow 3–2 loss to Portugal mean Denmark would effectively need to defeat Germany in the last match to advance in the tournament. Despite Michael Krohn-Dehli ‘s counterweight, Denmark lost 2–1 to neighbours Germany, and with Portugal defeating the Netherlands 2–1 in the other match, Denmark was eliminated from the tournament after finishing third in Group B. Denmark was largely praised after the tournament, considering Denmark had exceeded expectations and were close to advancing to the smasher stages despite being drawn in a unmanageable group. Denmark failed to qualify for the adjacent two tournaments under Olsen. They finished second in their 2014 World Cup qualifying group but failed to achieve a play-off moor as they were the “ worst ” of the UEFA group runner-up ( after excluding results against the buttocks teams ). In UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying they finished third gear in their group, behind Albania and eventual winners Portugal, but lost to Sweden in the play-offs. When measuring the performance of the national team by winning share and earned points, Olsen ‘s reign of the Danish home team from July 2000 until January 2012 has so far been the second-most successful in the era of full-time professional coaches, which began in July 1979. As of January 2012, Olsen had a acquire share of 52.8 %, and with three points for a victory and one for a attract, an average of 1.84 points per match. [ 20 ] In comparison, Richard Møller Nielsen placid has the best criminal record among the professional coaches of the national team, with a 54.8 % winning share and an average of 1.89 points per game. [ 21 ]

Hareide era : 2016–2020 [edit ]

New passenger car Åge Hareide presided over the danish campaign during the qualification stages. [ 22 ] Denmark, ranked number 24 in the FIFA World Rankings at the time of the draw, were drawn into Group E, aboard Poland, Montenegro, Romania, Armenia, and Kazakhstan. [ 23 ] Despite suffering early defeats to Poland and Montenegro, [ 24 ] [ 25 ] the Danes rallied, and secured second rate in the group, and a mooring in the play-offs, with a 1–0 away to Montenegro. [ 26 ] Denmark were rewarded for their second-place finish up with a play-off against the Republic of Ireland. [ 27 ] Denmark secured reservation with a 5–1 win at the Aviva Stadium, Dublin, which included a hat-trick of goals from Christian Eriksen, who added to his score of eight goals in qualification. [ 28 ] Denmark were allocated into Pot 3 in overture of the pull back for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. [ 29 ] They were drawn into Group C, aboard Australia, Peru, and eventual champions France. [ 30 ] Their campaign in Russia began in the Mordovia Arena, Saransk, against CONMEBOL side Peru. A Yussuf Poulsen finish in the second half secured three points for the Danes, leaving them well poised for qualification from the group. [ 31 ] however, they struggled against Australia in their second tie, as Christian Eriksen ‘s early goal was cancelled out by a VAR -awarded penalty, converted by Mile Jedinak, in a plot which ended as a 1–1 draw. [ 32 ] Denmark secured qualification in their final group game, playing out a limp scoreless draw, the only such game of the entire tournament, [ 33 ] in the Luzhniki Stadium against France ; a consequence which saw both teams progress. [ 34 ] Denmark faced Croatia in the orotund of 16, with the Croats having claimed victory in Group D with three straight wins. [ 35 ] Mathias Jørgensen scored within the first minute of the game to give Denmark the lead, but Mario Mandzukic equalised only three minutes late, leaving the teams evenly perched at one finish each. [ 36 ] The match remained at 1–1 after ninety minutes, necessitating thirty minutes of extra-time, which distillery failed to separate the teams, as Luka Modric saw his late punishment saved by goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel. [ 36 ] As such, the draw was to be decided with a penalty shoot-out, with Schmeichel and his croatian counterpart, Danijel Subašić, positioning themselves on the channel to face five penalties each. [ 37 ] Despite Schmeichel making two saves, it was Croatia who progressed, as Subašić saved three shots from Eriksen, Lasse Schöne and Nicolai Jørgensen respectively. Ivan Rakitić scored the decisive penalty to eliminate the Danes, [ 37 ] putting an end to their best World Cup campaign since 2002, when they were eliminated at the same stage. [ 38 ] Following the World Cup, Denmark prepared for participation in the inaugural address iteration of the UEFA Nations League, having been drawn in League B against Wales and the Republic of Ireland. [ 39 ] The tournament offers an alternate route of qualification for the European Championship, [ 40 ] and increases the number of competitive games for international sides, replacing friendlies. [ 41 ]
Owing to a challenge with the players ‘ union regarding the commercial rights of the players, [ 42 ] the Danish Football Union named an wholly uncapped team, consisting of a mix of futsal players and players from the Danish 2nd Division and the Denmark Series ( the third and fourth grade of Danish football respectively ), in stead of the regular side, to face Slovakia in a pre-Nations League friendly, and it was feared that the same team would be used for the competitive regular against Wales. [ 43 ] [ 44 ] The dispute arose ascribable to the persona rights of the players, [ 45 ] with Hummel having the single proper to the fabrication and market of danish kits. [ 46 ] The DBU wanted to use individual players, without denotative permissions, in their advertise. [ 47 ] [ 48 ] Hareide would similarly not be involved, with the side rather falling under the impermanent management of John Jensen, with Hasse Kuhn serving as the assistant director. [ 42 ] The danish FA are presently under a four-year probationary period with UEFA for having forfeited a Women ‘s World Cup qualification game against Sweden in 2017 due to a exchangeable challenge with the women ‘s team, [ 49 ] and a far rape could have resulted in Denmark being prohibited from participation in either the 2018–19 UEFA Nations League or the 2020 european Championship. [ 50 ] After a temp agreement enabled the reappearance of the even players, the Danes won their first Nations League regular 2–0. [ 51 ] Hareide managed Denmark during the UEFA Euro 2020 qualify and got four wins and four draw resulting in a moment space, which meant that Denmark qualified for the tournament. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the tournament was postponed to 2021, and Hareide ‘s contract expired on 30 June 2020. He was replaced by Kasper Hjulmand .

Hjulmand era : 2020–present [edit ]

At UEFA Euro 2020, Denmark reached the semi-finals, in which they lost 2–1 after a controversial penalty in extra-time against England. [ 52 ]

team effigy [edit ]

Supporters [edit ]

apart from the national team, Denmark is equally celebrated for its travel fans, known as roligans. The motion emerged during the 1980s as the declare opposition to vandalism. The goal of the roligan movement is steady, yet cheerful, support during the matches, as “ rolig “ means “ steady ” in the danish language. The roligans have since developed an image of easy-going nature and rabid support, and are much considered amongst the world ‘s best home team fans, along with the Tartan Army of Scotland. They were jointly given the FIFA FairPlay Award at the 1984 european Championships. [ 53 ] Just before the 1986 World Cup, the roligan movement was organized in decree to support the home team at the tournament. however, the good repute of the danish supporters was sullied by the 2008 UEFA qualifier fan attack which occurred in June 2007 in the Euro 2008 qualifying meet against Sweden when an angered danish garter invaded the pitch and tried to attack the referee, following his decision to hand out a crimson card for Christian Poulsen and a penalty kick to Sweden in the last hour of the match. The attacking fan was stopped by some of the Danish football players on the field before he reached the reviewer, but due to the episode, the match was immediately cancelled by the referee, with UEFA subsequently deciding to award a 0–3 default frustration to Denmark as punishment .

competition [edit ]

Denmark ‘s main rival is Sweden. The countries have played against each other 107 times, of which Denmark have won 40, drawn 20 and lost 47. The first match between the team was an 8–0 Denmark succeed in May 1913. Denmark won their beginning five matches against Sweden before their first gear get the better of in October 1916 by the score 4–0. The first competitive peer between the countries was as 1–0 loss for Denmark in the group stagecoach of UEFA Euro 1992. Both teams advanced from the group stage and Denmark went on to win the tournament. In UEFA Euro 2004 the teams drew 2–2 in the last group stage match, ensuring that both teams advanced at the expense of Italy. In Denmark ‘s home match against Sweden in the qualification for UEFA Euro 2008, the visitors were awarded a 3–0 win after a danish fan invaded the lurch and attacked the reviewer. The rearward regular ended in a scoreless draw and Denmark failed to qualify for the final tournament. In the qualification for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, Denmark won both matches against Sweden by 1–0 and qualified for the World Cup. In the play-offs round of the qualification for UEFA Euro 2016, Denmark lost against Sweden by 4–3 on aggregate and failed to qualify for the final tournament. The most late match between the countries was a 2–0 win for Denmark in November 2020. [ 54 ]

Kit [edit ]

The team kit is produced by danish company Hummel. It is all-red with white details to reflect the tinge of the Danish national flag. Prior to the period of Adidas sponsorship, the kit out supplier was besides Hummel from 1979 to 2004. [ 55 ]

Media coverage [edit ]

Denmark ‘s home and away matches are broadcast by SBS Discovery Media ( Kanal 5, 6’eren, Canal 9 ) .

home stadium [edit ]

For stadium history, see Parken Stadium Parken Stadium, with a capacity of 38,065 spectators, located in Copenhagen, and used as official home stadium by the Denmark national football team. The first home match for the Denmark national team was a 2–1 friendly succeed over England on 25 May 1910, taking place with 12,000 spectators at the stadium “ KBs baner ” ( located in the area “ Granen ”, where the Forum Copenhagen late was built ). [ 56 ] As the facilities were considered excessively little, a new stadium in Copenhagen was built with the name Idrætsparken, that since its opening 25 May 1911 hosted all the home matches of the football club KB and most of the home matches of the home team. During the first 82 years of the national team, from October 1908 until November 1990, Denmark played a total number of 254 A-level home matches, of which 232 were played in Idrætsparken. Among all the played base matches in Idrætsparken, Denmark achieved 125 victories ( 54 % ), 41 puff ( 18 % ) and 66 defeats ( 28 % ). The stadium reached a record of 51,600 spectators for the 1–2 game against Sweden in June 1957. [ 57 ] In regards of the beginning earned run average from 1908 to 1990, merely 22 home matches were played at other stadiums than Idrætsparken, of which 11 took plaza at Aarhus Idrætspark ( then known as Atletion ) in Aarhus, followed by Aalborg Stadion in Aalborg with six games, and the remaining five matches hosted by four early stadiums. Whenever another stadium than Idrætsparken was used for a home match, it was only for some of the less important friendly games or Olympic qualifiers. While only Idrætsparken was used to host the matches related to large significant tournaments, like the Nordic championship, the UEFA European Championship and FIFA World Cup. When a major rebuild of Idrætsparken began in December 1990, the subsequent two official Euro 1992 qualification matches were moved to Odense Stadium in Odense. On 9 September 1992, the rebuild Idrætsparken, immediately called Parken and by and by renamed Telia Parken for sponsorship reasons, became the biggest venue in Denmark with a capacity of 42,358 spectators, and was opened with a friendly 1–2 get the better of against Germany. This first match in Parken was viewed by 40,500 spectators, [ 58 ] while the current stadium commemorate of 42,099 spectators was set on 8 October 2005 for a World Cup qualifying match against Greece. [ 59 ] The capacitance of the stadium was late reduced to 38,009 seats after the upper berth part of the D-side was converted from 4,000 extra seats into office and VIP areas in June 2009. [ 60 ] [ 61 ] Despite this decrease in capability, the stadium is today still the biggest venue in Denmark by far ; the adjacent largest venue, Brøndby Stadium, merely has a capacity of 26,000 seats. From September 1992 to May 2006, Parken was the sole stadium of all the men ‘s aged national team matches. however, meagre spectator support at some of the friendly matches at Parken, which from 2000 to 2005 attracted an acceptable median of 23,862 per match – but down to 9,598 for the friendly 3–1 gain over Israel in April 2002 [ 62 ] – prompted the DBU to start hosting many of the friendly matches to other stadiums around Denmark. These other stadiums had less spectator pump capacity than Parken, but good about adequate to cover the Danes ‘ slightly lesser interest for friendly matches. On 27 May 2006, Parken ‘s 13-year monopoly on national team matches was broken for the first base time when Denmark played a friendly equal at the Aarhus Idrætspark against upcoming 2006 World Cup participants Paraguay. Tickets to this match were sold out quickly, with about 19,000 of the 20,227 tickets sold within the beginning hour of sale, [ 63 ] and was support-wise a big success with a sum hearing of 20,047 spectators. [ 64 ] When the two next friendly matches were played at some other new venues, 16 August at Fionia Park in Odense against Poland, and on 1 September at Brøndby Stadium against Portugal, the number of spectators dropped to a disappointing level. The Poland match attracted only 11,088 spectators, [ 65 ] while the Portugal match only 13,186 spectators. [ 66 ] In especial, the Portugal match was deemed as a support-wise failure because it featured a higher-ranked opponent, which spectators normally would have a eminent interest to watch. The independent reasons why Brøndby Stadium failed to attract a high number of spectators were by and large thought to be a combination of the poor showery weather and the fact the stadium is located on the outskirts of Copenhagen, and as such does not attract a modern demographic hearing compared to Parken, ascribable to the travel distances being more or less the same for the majority of the population.

presently, while most of the friendly matches continue to be played at some of the smaller stadiums in Denmark, it has been decided to continue playing all of the qualify matches for the European Championships and World Cup only at Parken Stadium. [ 67 ] Those friendly matches, which are believed to create a high matter to from spectators, will besides continue to be played at Parken. For exemplar, the friendly against Germany in August 2010 was played at Parken Stadium due to the cosmopolitan expectation of many spectators having a desire to watch the couple. however, after Denmark ‘s weak performance at the 2010 World Cup, the friendly entirely drew 19,071 spectators. [ 68 ] During the last 19.5 years, from September 1992 to January 2012, Denmark played a total of 77 A-level matches at Parken Stadium, of which 49 were won ( 64 % ), 16 were drawn ( 21 % ) and 12 lost ( 15 % ). [ 69 ]

current competitions [edit ]

2022 FIFA World Cup reservation [edit ]

Group F

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Results and fixtures [edit ]

2021 [edit ]

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Coaching staff [edit ]

When the national team is assembled and train together ahead of a peer, the team is coached by :

Managers [edit ]

The duty and job description for the coach of the Denmark national football team, has changed throughout the history. From 1908 to 1918, the DBU preferred to assign a director with the overall province. This was followed by a hanker era from 1919 to 1956 where either no coach or only a caretaker coach was assigned. When the DBU assigned Arne Sørensen ( November 1956 – December 1961 ) and Poul Petersen ( January 1962 –December 1966 ) as managers for a roll period of several years, they were given the province to coach the physical education and decide the team tactics before and during each equal, but had no charm upon the excerpt of players for the national team, which was a job for the specially-appointed choice committee, the UdtagelsesKomitéen. [ 73 ] From 1967 to 1969, the management of the team more or less became a sole duty for the UdtagelsesKomitéen, following a new approach. In this new approach, the job to select players continued to be the responsibility for the UdtagelsesKomitéen, but the president of the committee was immediately besides appointed to be the “ tactical director ” of the national team, as the DBU realized the necessitate of having a special tactical director assigned to get influence upon both the selection of players and the related tactics before and during the game. however, the appointed tactical coach did not have the duty to train the team, as a particular physical bus was rather selected for that job. In 1970, the approach with two managers assigned was again abandoned when the DBU realized the indigence to assign merely one director with the exclusive duty for the squad. [ 73 ] From 1970 to 1979, the job to select players was not however a sole responsibility of the director alone, but only a shared responsibility, as this continued to be a count for the UdtagelsesKomitéen to decide. When a choice of players had to be made, it was decided by a vote in the committee, with the appointed coach being granted an influence of three votes and the four members of the committee being granted one vote each. This special selection procedure continued until July 1979, where it was decided to award the sole province of all manager-related areas to the director himself, with the assignment of Sepp Piontek as the first full-time professional director of the national team. [ 73 ] The box below, list all assigned football managers for the national team, since the beginning official game in October 1908. During the years from 1911 to 1961, a sum of 169 games were played without an delegate director .

^ Nielsen coached 8 games in the 1988 Olympics qualification, winning 6, drawing 1, and losing 1 .
^ Caretaker director for Denmark ‘s substitution team in a friendly match against Slovakia .
^ Accurate up to and including 15 November 2021 .

Players [edit ]

current team [edit ]

The comply players were named to the team for the 2022 FIFA World Cup reservation matches against the Faroe Islands and Scotland on 12 and 15 November 2021, respectively. [ 74 ]
Caps and goals updated as of 15 November 2021, after the match against Scotland.

recent call-ups [edit ]

The play along number of active agent players were not called up for the latest peer of the national team, but were called up for an A-level pit within the death 12 months .

previous squads [edit ]

Player history [edit ]

The players are freely chosen by the national team coach. They are normally assembled from their respective club teams at the Hotel Marienlyst in Elsinore for a week-long discipline clique preluding the approaching match. friendly matches are typically played on a Wednesday even. World Cup qualifiers are played on both Saturday and Wednesday evenings, while Euro qualifiers now take place on both a Friday and Tuesday evening when playing two matches in a quarrel, or on a Friday/Saturday/Tuesday at rounds with entirely one match scheduled. [ 75 ] [ 76 ]

Best players of all time [edit ]

In November 2006, the DBU nominated eight Danish home team footballers for the “ Best Danish Footballer of All Time ” award. The nominate players were Morten Olsen, Henning Jensen, Allan Simonsen, Preben Elkjær, Michael Laudrup, Brian Laudrup, Peter Schmeichel and Jon Dahl Tomasson. The achiever of the award was decided by a public vote arranged by the broadcasting groove TV2, which ended with Michael Laudrup as a clear winner, with 58 % of the votes. [ 77 ]

hall of fame [edit ]

Denmark ‘s Hall of Fame was established in October 2008, as a particular prize to celebrate the best footballers, teams and coaches ; throughout the history of the home team. A jury with 6 people ( representing the newspapers, authors of football books, active players of the national team, TV2, the DBU, and a Hall of Fame penis ), each year have the job to award one or two fresh members for the Hall of Fame. The award will be handed out at the official Danish Football Awards, which is a annual television broadcast consequence – organized by the DBU in November throughout 2008 to 2013 and subsequently moved to a late date in February. Beside of receiving the award, all Hall of Fame members are besides invited to leave a footprint in bronze, to decorate the entrance mansion at “ Fodboldens huss ” -the DBU headquarters in Brøndby. [ 78 ] When the DBU celebrated its 125-year anniversary in May 2014, it decided to make an extraordinary award of nine extra Hall of Fame Members, all meet during the first half of the DBU home team ‘s being, from 1908 to 1964. [ 79 ] Because of fiscal restraints, the DBU cancelled the planned televised air of the Football Award in February 2015, and for the lapp reason opted not to award any new Hall of Fame members in this specific year. The DBU expected to return awarding new Hall of Fame members again, when the future broadcast Football Award event is organized in February 2016. [ 80 ]

hall of Fame members [edit ]

Sorted by last year appearing at the national football team .

payment [edit ]

Each national team player receives a sic come of money per match, including bonuses for a gain and qualification for european Championship and World Cup tournaments. Throughout the years, the pry money has gone from around €1,340 for a match gain in 1987 and around €26,800 for the Euro 1988 engagement alone, to around €67,000 for the 1998 World Cup, and up to €107,000 for the 2002 World Cup participations, per player. [ 93 ] presently, the payments for participation in games outside the boastful tournaments are regulated by a collective agreement – to be renegotiated after a sealed number of years – while all payments for engagement of players in a final tournament team are regulated by the “ 1998 agreement ” between the DBU and Spillerforeningen. The “ 1998 agreement ” stipulates that whenever the national team qualifies for a World Cup or european Championship tournament, the selected players for the final tournament shall receive 50 % of the DBU ‘s revenues from the consequence, and 65 % of the DBU ‘s revenues from the sale of trade and license agreements. additionally, the sponsors of the national team besides pay a relatively gamey “ qualification bonus ” each time the team qualifies for a final examination tournament. This bonus is shared between the group of players being selected for the final 18-man team, to one or respective of the qualification matches played, with the claim distribution normally decided according to the number of times the player was selected. [ 94 ] Each of the 23 selected players for the 2002 World Cup received DKK 498,000 ( adequate to €66,800 ) from the consequence revenues, [ 94 ] plus DKK 122,900 ( equal to €16,500 ) from the sale of trade and license agreements, plus an nameless qualification bonus from the sponsors, plus the standard payment from the DBU each time they were selected for the final 18-man police squad to a qualification match. [ 95 ] In comparison, each of the 23 selected players for the 2010 World Cup received DKK 635,000 ( peer to €85,100 ) from the event revenues, plus DKK 98,900 ( adequate to €13,200 ) from the sale of trade and license agreements, plus a qualification bonus from the sponsors at DKK 2,800,000 ( equal to €375,000 ) to be shared between the players – corresponding to an measure of €2,080 per time the player was selected for the final examination 18-man team to a qualification couple. In addition to the reservation bonus, the players besides received this standard payment from the DBU each time they were selected for the 18-man team to a reservation catch : [ 95 ]

Starting fee: home games = DKK 1,2 per spectator, away games = DKK 8,290
Bonus for a draw: home games = DKK 0, away games = DKK 9,475
Bonus for a win: home games = DKK 17,765, away games = DKK 29,600

Based on Denmark ‘s results and issue of spectators at home matches, [ 20 ] the standard qualification equal payment to a player selected for all Denmark ‘s qualification matches equals a total amount of DKK 235,898 ( or €31,600 ) for the six reservation matches in the 2008–09 season, and a total sum of DKK 170,788 ( or €22,900 ) for the four qualification matches in the 2009–10 season. ultimately, the players could besides add a seasonal worker requital named “ regular bonus ” from the sponsors, with a total of DKK 4,350,000 ( equal to €583,100 ) to be shared each season by the squad of 18 players selected for a pit, meaning a player who was selected for all national team matches from 1 August to 31 July would receive an extra DKK 241,700 ( peer to €32,400 ) requital in both the 2008–09 and 2009–10 seasons. [ 95 ] The last amount of a players income generated by the national team is the standard payment received for each friendly match : [ 96 ]

Starting fee: home games = DKK 1,0 per spectator, away games = DKK 5,000
Bonus for a draw: home games = DKK 0, away games = DKK 0
Bonus for a win: home games = DKK 10,000, away games = DKK 10,000

Based on Denmark ‘s results and act of spectators at dwelling matches, [ 20 ] the criterion requital to a player selected for all Denmark ‘s friendly matches equals a entire sum of DKK 41,426 ( or €5,500 ) for the three friendly matches in the 2008–09 season, and a sum come of DKK 88,773 ( or €11,900 ) for the seven friendly matches in the 2009–10 temper. When all these payments are added together for a player, under the assumption a musician was selected for all matches in each temper american samoa well as the concluding 2010 World Cup squad, he would have received a entire payment from the DBU of €69,500 in the 2008–09 season and a total payment from the DBU of €186,300 in the 2009–10 temper .

player records [edit ]

As of 15 November 2021

Players listed in bold are still active at national charge .

Most cap players [edit ]

Peter Schmeichel is the most capped player in the history of Denmark with 129 caps

peak goalscorers [edit ]

Jon Dahl Tomasson is the joint peak scorer in the history of Denmark with 52 goals and erstwhile assistant coach of the Danish national team

competitive record [edit ]

Overview

Event

1st place

2nd place

3rd place

4th place

FIFA World Cup*

UEFA European Championship
1

FIFA Confederations Cup

Olympic Games

Total

*Best result: Quarter-finals in 1998.

FIFA World Cup [edit ]

FIFA World Cup record

Qualification record

Year

Round

Position

1930
Did not enter
Did not enter
1934
1938
1950
1954
1958
Did not qualify

1962
Did not enter
Did not enter
1966
Did not qualify

1970

1974

1978

1982

1986

Round of 16

9th

1990
Did not qualify

1994

1998

Quarter-finals

8th

2002

Round of 16

10th

2006
Did not qualify

2010

Group stage

24th

2014
Did not qualify

2018

Round of 16

11th

2022
Qualified

2026
To be determined

Total

Quarter-finals

6/22

132

242

144

*Draws include knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out.

Denmark’s World Cup record

First match

ScotlandDenmark
(Nezahualcóyotl, Mexico; 4 June 1986)

Biggest win

DenmarkUruguay
(Nezahualcóyotl, Mexico; 8 June 1986)

Biggest defeat

DenmarkSpain
(Querétaro, Mexico; 18 June 1986)

Best result

Quarter-finals in 1998

Worst result

Group stage in 2010

UEFA european championship [edit ]

UEFA European Championship record

Qualification record

Year

Round

Position

1960
Did not qualify

1964
Fourth place
4th
2
0
0
2
1
6
7
4
2
1
19
8
1968
Did not qualify

1972

1976

1980

1984
Semi-finals
3rd
4
2
1
1
9
4
8
6
1
1
17
5
1988

Group stage

7th

1992
Champions
1st
5
2
2
1
6
4
8
6
1
1
18
7
1996

Group stage

9th

2000

16th

2004

Quarter-finals

8th

2008
Did not qualify

2012

Group stage

12th

2016
Did not qualify

2020
Semi-finals
3rd
6
3
0
3
12
7
8
4
4
0
23
6
2024
To be determined
To be determined

Total

1 Title

9/16

123

208

145

Denmark’s European Championship record

First match

DenmarkSoviet Union
(Barcelona, Spain; 17 June 1964)

Biggest win

DenmarkYugoslavia
(Lyon, France; 16 June 1984)

Biggest defeat

0–3
(five matches)

Best result

Champions in 1992

Worst result

Group stage in 1988, 1996, 2000 and 2012

UEFA Nations League [edit ]

UEFA Nations League record

Season

Division

Group

Round

2018–19
B
4

Group stage

1st

4
2
2
0
4
1

15th

2020–21
A
2

Group stage

2nd

6
3
1
2
8
7

7th

2022–23
A

TBA

To be determined

Total

Group stage
League A

2/2

7th

summer Olympics [edit ]

FIFA Confederations Cup [edit ]

Nordic Football Championship record

Year

Position

1924–28
1st
10
7
2
1
25
11
1929–32
3rd
12
6
0
6
37
24
1933–36
2nd
12
6
2
4
30
25
1937–47
2nd
12
7
1
4
34
21
1948–51
2nd
12
7
0
5
19
15
1952–55
3rd
12
3
3
6
23
26
1956–59
3rd
12
5
3
4
30
23
1960–63
2nd
12
7
2
3
40
15
1964–67
2nd
12
5
2
5
22
16
1968–71
2nd
12
4
3
5
21
16
1972–77
2nd
12
7
3
2
15
7
1978–80
1st
6
5
1
0
9
3
1981–85
1st
6
4
1
1
11
8
2000–01
3rd
5
2
0
3
7
8

Total

3/14

147

323

218

*Gold background color indicates that the tournament was won.

neck and neck phonograph record [edit ]

As of 15 November 2021 after the match against Scotland positivist Record Neutral Record Negative Record

Honours [edit ]

official [edit ]

friendly [edit ]

Copenhagen XI
Faroe Islands national football team
Greenland national football team
Roligan
Sport in Denmark

Notes [edit ]

References [edit ]

literature [edit ]

Palle “Banks” Jørgensen (2002), “Landsholdets 681 profiler fra 1908 til i dag“, TIPS-Bladet, ISBN 87-91264-01-4. ( in Danish )