Denmark women's national football team explained

Denmark
Badge:Dansk boldspil union logo.svg
Nickname:De rød-hvide
(The Red and White)
Confederation:UEFA (Europe)
Coach:Andrée Jeglertz
Captain:Pernille Harder
Most Caps:Katrine Pedersen (210)[1]
Top Scorer:Pernille Harder (76)[2]
Fifa Trigramme:DEN
Fifa Max:6
Fifa Max Date:March – June 2007; March – June 2009
Fifa Min:20
Fifa Min Date:June – August 2016
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Type:women
First Game: 1–0
(Markusböle, Finland; 27 July 1974)
Largest Win: 15–0
(Vejle, Denmark; 24 October 2009)
Largest Loss: 7–0
(Orlando, United States; 24 February 1995)
World Cup Apps:5
World Cup First:1991
World Cup Best:Quarter-finals (1991, 1995)
Regional Name:European Championship
Regional Cup Apps:10
Regional Cup First:1984
Regional Cup Best:Runners-up (2017)

The Denmark women's national football team (da|Danmarks kvindefodboldlandshold) represents Denmark and Greenland in international women's football. The team is controlled by the Danish Football Association (DBU) and competes as a member of UEFA in various international football tournaments such as the FIFA Women's World Cup, UEFA Women's Euro, the Summer Olympics, the Algarve Cup, and, since 2023, the new UEFA Women's Nations League.

Denmark have qualified four times for the FIFA Women's World Cup and nine times for the UEFA Women's Championship, reaching the final in 2017.

At the UEFA Women's Euro 2017 in Netherlands, Denmark was drawn into Group A with Netherlands, Norway and Belgium. They secured a 1–0 victories over Belgium and Norway, but lost 1–0 to Netherlands. Despite that they managed to advance as runners-up in the group, to the quarter-finals against Germany.[3] The Danes surprisingly won against the 22-year reigning champions of Europe and qualified to the semifinals, with a 2–1 win.[4] Denmark defeated Austria 3–0 on penalties to reach the final for the first time, after the match finished goalless.[5] In the final the team met Netherlands at the De Grolsch Veste, Enschede, standing in front of a crowd of 28,182 spectators. The Dutch team defeated Denmark, by a 4–2 victory and claimed their first UEFA Euro title.[6]

In March 2007, Denmark was ranked sixth in the FIFA Women's World Rankings, reaching the highest ranking since it was introduced. The worst ranking so far was a 20th place finish in June 2016.

History

See main article: Women's football in Denmark.

Denmark were one of the earliest pioneers of women's football competing in the 1971 Women's World Cup.

2023 Women's World Cup

Denmark were in Group D with England, China and Haiti.[7] They lost to England and defeated China and Haiti to finish second in the group. They were eliminated in the Round of 16 when they lost 2-0 to Australia.[8]

Home stadium

The women’s national team often plays their home matches at Energi Viborg Arena, located in Viborg. The stadium has a total capacity of 10,000.

The highest number of spectators for a women's international match on Danish soil is 9,337 and was set during 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying against Finland at Viborg Stadium on 27 September 2006.[9]

A new record for the national team was set to on 24 June 2022 at an exhibition match against Brazil in Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, where 21,542 attended.[10]

Results and fixtures

See main article: Denmark women's national football team results (2020–present).

See also: FIFA International Match Calendar.

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

Legend

2025

Coaching staff

[11]

Coaching staff!Role!Name
Manager Andrée Jeglertz
Assistant Manager Johanna Rasmussen
Match Analyst Nichlas Ørbæk Knudsen
Fitness Coach Casper Skovgaard
Goalkeeper Coach Søren Holm Nielsen
Mental Coach Louise Sonne
Kit Manager Janne Madsen
Medical staff!Role!Name
Physiotherapists Rikke Holm Brink
Morten Bastholm
Kasper Fonseca
Masseuse Annette Mikkelsen

Managers

[12]

ManagerRecordNotes
Kent Falkenvig19741976
Bjørn Basbøll197619811979 Euros (unofficial) – Semi-finals.
Flemming Schultz19821984
Birger Peitersen19851987
Keld Gantzhorn19881996
Jørgen Hvidemose19961999
Poul Højmose19992005
Peter Bonde20052006
Kenneth Heiner-Møller200620132007 World Cup — Group stage
2009 Euros — Group stage
2013 Euros — Semi-finals
Nils Nielsen201320172017 Euros — Silver medalists.
Søren Randa-Boldt20172017interim
Lars Søndergaard201720232022 Euros — Group stage
2023 World Cup — Round of 16
Andrée Jeglertz20232025 Euros – Qualified
Total

Players

See main article: List of Denmark women's international footballers.

Current squad

23 players were called up for the friendly match on 2 December against .[13] On 24 November, Sofie Svava withdrew due to injury and Caroline Møller was called up as substitute. On 25 November, Janni Thomsen withdrew due to injury and Caroline Pleidrup was called up as substitute. On 2 December, it was announced that Frederikke Thøgersen had withdrawn due to illness.

Caps and goals are current as of the 2 December 2024 match against .[14]

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.

MEDINJINJ

MEDINJ

INJ

Previous squads

FIFA Women's World Cup:
UEFA Women's Euro:
Olympic Games:

Player records

See main article: Denmark women's national football team records and statistics.

Players listed in bold are still active at national level.[15]

Most appearances

NameActiveCaps
11994–2013210
22008–present192
32009–present163
42009–present156
52002–2018153
61993–2009136
72008–2020133
82006–2020132
92000–2010121
101993–2007118

Top goalscorers

PlayerActiveGoalsCaps
1 2009–present 76 156
2 1993–2009 65 136
3 2008–present 57 192
4 1994–2001 46 90
5 2002–2018 41 153
6 1987–1996 38 77
2009–present 104
8 2000–2010 36 121
9 1996–2010 26 109
1993–2007 118

Competitive records

FIFA Women's World Cup

See main article: Denmark at the FIFA Women's World Cup.

FIFA Women's World Cup record Qualification record
YearResult
1991Quarter-finals411276+1UEFA Euro 1991
1995410378−1UEFA Euro 1995
1999Group stage300318−76600223+19
2003Did not qualify85122211+11
2007Group stage31024408611226+16
2011Did not qualify12642497+42
201510532256+19
2019105142312+11
2023Round of 1642023308800402+38
2027To be determinedTo be determined
Total5/101851122229−76241101120347+156

Match History

Olympic Games record

Olympic Games record
YearResultGPWD*LGFGA
1996Group stage3003211
2000Did not qualify
2004
2008
2012
2016
2020
2024
Total1/83003211

UEFA Women's Championship

UEFA Women's Championship recordQualifying record
YearResult
1984Semi-finals200213632185
1987Did not qualify62221010
198985121412
1991Third place2110218620192
19932101326420174
1995Did not qualify6501344
1997Group stage3012298602266
2001Semi-finals42026685033215
2005Group stage3111448710264
20093 1 0 2 3 48701235
2013Semi-finals5 0 4 1 5 68701283
2017Runners-up6 3 1 2 6 68611221
2022Group stage3 1 0 2 1 510910481
2025Qualified6402148
Total11/143310815334610476121632180

UEFA Women's Nations League

UEFA Women's Nations League record
League phaseFinals
SeasonYear
2023–24A32nd64021066th 2024Did Not Qualify
2025ATo be determined 2025To be determined
Total6501239Total1 Title220050

Algarve Cup record

YearResultMatchesWinsDrawsLossesGFGA
1994Fourth place3 1 0 2 2 7
1995Runners-up4 3 0 1 12 3
1996Fourth place4 2 0 2 7 5
1997Fourth place4 2 1 1 6 4
1998Runners-up4 2 1 1 9 4
1999Fourth place4 1 2 1 8 5
2000Sixth place4 1 0 3 5 6
2001Runners-up4 2 0 2 8 5
2002Sixth place4 1 0 3 4 7
2003Ninth place4 1 1 2 2 5
2004Seventh place4 1 0 3 1 3
2005Sixth place4 1 0 3 6 9
2006Ninth place4 1 1 2 6 13
2007Runners-up4 2 0 2 5 5
2008Runners-up4 3 0 1 4 2
2009Third place4 3 0 1 5 2
2010Fifth place4 2 0 2 4 8
2011Sixth place4 1 0 3 2 4
2012Fifth place4 2 0 2 4 8
2013Seventh place4 1 2 1 3 2
2014Sixth place4 1 1 2 6 7
2015Sixth place4 1 1 2 7 10
2016Seventh place4 2 0 2 6 7
2017Third place4 2 1 1 13 3
2018Tenth place4 0 2 2 3 5
2019Sixth place3 1 0 2 2 3
2020Fifth place3 2 0 1 7 3
2022Fifth place[16] 1 0 0 1 0 1
Total26/26102441149132141

Invitational trophies

Winner 1974, 1975, 1976, 1982[17]

World Cup (Old invitational event)

European Championship (Unofficial events)

Honours

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Denmark – Caps . 16 February 2017 . 12 September 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170912234738/https://www.dbu.dk/landshold/kvindelandshold/a-landsholdstruppen/flest_kampe . dead .
  2. https://www.dbu.dk/landshold/kvindelandshold/a-landsholdet/ Denmark – Goals
  3. Web site: UEFA.com . Season 2017 Matches UEFA Women's EURO . 2024-03-29 . UEFA.com . en.
  4. Web site: Women's Euro 2017 highlights: Denmark stun holders Germany to reach semis. BBC Sport . 31 July 2017 . 9 June 2022.
  5. Web site: Women's Euro 2017 semi-final: Denmark defeat Austria on penalties. BBC Sport . 3 August 2017 . 9 June 2022.
  6. Web site: Dutch delight: how the Netherlands won Women's EURO . UEFA.com . Union of European Football Associations . 6 August 2017 . 9 June 2022.
  7. News: World Cup Fixtures . ESPN. 2023-08-02.
  8. News: Foord and Raso fire Australia into quarter-finals with win over Denmark. Guardian. 2023-08-08.
  9. Web site: Historisk landskamp mod Brasilien sætter rekord. 5 May 2022. 9 June 2022. TV 2 (Denmark).
  10. Web site: Denmark 2-1 Brazil (Jun 24, 2022) Final Score .
  11. Web site: DBU . Staben på Kvindelandsholdet . 2024-09-23 . DBU . DA.
  12. Web site: DBU . Kvindelandsholdet . 2023-07-29 . DBU . DA.
  13. Web site: DBU . Kvindelandsholdet . 2024-03-27 . www.dbu.dk . DA.
  14. Web site: DBU . Kvindelandsholdet . 2023-09-11 . DBU . DA.
  15. https://www.dbu.dk/landshold/kvindelandshold/a-landsholdet/ Denmark – Caps-Goals
  16. The Danish team withdrew following the discovery of four COVID-19 cases within the team.
  17. https://www.rsssf.org/tablesw/wnordic.html Nordic Cup
  18. https://www.rsssf.org/tablesm/mondo-women70.html Coppa del Mondo (Women) 1970
  19. https://www.rsssf.org/tablesm/mundo-women71.html Mundial (Women) 1971
  20. https://www.rsssf.org/tablesm/mundialito-women.html Mundialito (Women) 1982–1988
  21. https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/eur-women69.html Coppa Europa per Nazioni (Women) 1969
  22. https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/eur-women79.html Inofficial European Women Championship 1979

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