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Denmark women's national football team

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This article is about the women's team. For the men's team, see Denmark men's national football team.

Denmark
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)De rød-hvide
(The Red and White)
AssociationDansk Boldspil-Union (DBU)
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachAndrée Jeglertz
CaptainPernille Harder
Most capsKatrine Pedersen (210)[1]
Top scorerPernille Harder (76)[2]
FIFA codeDEN
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 12 Increase 1 (16 August 2024)[3]
Highest6 (March – June 2007; March – June 2009)
Lowest20 (June – August 2016)
First international
 Denmark 1–0 Sweden 
(Markusböle, Finland; 27 July 1974)
Biggest win
 Denmark 15–0 Georgia 
(Vejle, Denmark; 24 October 2009)
Biggest defeat
 United States 7–0 Denmark 
(Orlando, United States; 24 February 1995)
World Cup
Appearances5 (first in 1991)
Best resultQuarter-finals (1991, 1995)
European Championship
Appearances10 (first in 1984)
Best resultRunners-up (2017)
Medal record
Women's football
UEFA Women's Euro
Silver medal – second place 2017 Netherlands Team
Bronze medal – third place 1993 Italy Team
Bronze medal – third place 1991 Denmark Team

The Denmark women's national football team (Danish: 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.[4] The Danes surprisingly won against the 22-year reigning champions of Europe and qualified to the semifinals, with a 2–1 win.[5] Denmark defeated Austria 3–0 on penalties to reach the final for the first time, after the match finished goalless.[6] 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.[7]

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

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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

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Denmark were in Group D with England, China and Haiti.[8] 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.[9]

Home stadium

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Home stadium Energi Viborg Arena, Viborg.

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.[10]

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.[11]

Results and fixtures

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Main article: Denmark women's national football team results (2020–present)
See also: 2024 in association football, 2024 in sports, and 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

  Win   Draw   Lose   Fixtures

2023

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1 December 2023–24 Nations League Germany  3–0  Denmark Rostock, Germany
Report Stadium: Ostseestadion
5 December 2023–24 Nations League Denmark  0–1  Iceland Viborg, Denmark
19:30 Report
Stadium: Viborg Stadium
Attendance: 4,453
Referee: Catarina Campos (Portugal)

2024

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28 February Friendly Denmark  1–1  Austria Marbella, Spain
16:30 
Stadium: Marbella Football Center
Attendance: 116
Referee: Jason Barcelo (Gibraltar)
5 April Euro 2025 qualifying Czech Republic  1–3  Denmark Uherské Hradiště, Czechia
18:00 UTC+1
Report
Stadium: Miroslava Valenty Stadium
Attendance: 2,426
Referee: Iuliana Demetrescu (Romania)
9 April Euro 2025 qualifying Denmark  4–2  Belgium Viborg, Denmark
18:00 UTC+1
Report
Stadium: Viborg Stadium
Attendance: 1,660
Referee: Rebecca Welch (England)
31 May Euro 2025 qualifying Denmark  0–2  Spain Vejle, Denmark
19:00 UTC+1 Report
Stadium: Vejle Stadium
Attendance: 6,014
Referee: Ivana Projkovska (Macedonia)
4 June Euro 2025 qualifying Spain  3–2  Denmark Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
20:30 UTC+1
Report
Stadium: Estadio Heliodoro Rodríguez López
Attendance: 17,532
Referee: Maria Sole Ferrieri Caputi (Italy)
12 July Euro 2025 qualifying Belgium  0–3  Denmark Sint-Truiden, Belgium
20:00 UTC+1
Report
Stadium: Stayen
Attendance: 0
Referee: Ivana Martinčić (Croatia)
16 July Euro 2025 qualifying Denmark  2–0  Czech Republic Vejle, Denmark
19:00 UTC+1
Report Stadium: Vejle Stadium
Attendance: 3,303
Referee: Abigail Byrne (England)
25 October Friendly Denmark  5–0  South Africa Aalborg, Denmark
18:00 UTC+1
Stadium: Aalborg Stadium
Attendance: 4,125
Referee: Ifeoma Kulmala (Finland)
29 October Friendly Denmark  1–2  Netherlands Esbjerg, Denmark
18:00 
Stadium: Esbjerg Stadium
Attendance: 5,414
Referee: Lotta Vuorio (Finland)
2 December Friendly Denmark  v  Iceland Murcia, Spain
18:00 UTC+1 Stadium: Pinatar Arena

Coaching staff

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As of September 2024[12]
Coaching staff
Role Name
Manager Sweden Andrée Jeglertz
Assistant Manager Denmark Johanna Rasmussen
Match Analyst Denmark Nichlas Ørbæk Knudsen
Fitness Coach Denmark Casper Skovgaard
Goalkeeper Coach Denmark Søren Holm Nielsen
Mental Coach Denmark Louise Sonne
Kit Manager Denmark Janne Madsen
Medical staff
Role Name
Physiotherapists Denmark Rikke Holm Brink
Denmark Morten Bastholm
Denmark Kasper Fonseca
Masseuse Denmark Annette Mikkelsen

Managers

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As of 29 October 2024[13]
Manager Deb. Dep. Record Notes
G W D L W %
Denmark Kent Falkenvig 1974 1976 4 4 0 0 100.00
Denmark Bjørn Basbøll 1976 1981 29 18 7 4 062.07 1979 Euros (unofficial) – Semi-finals.
Denmark Flemming Schultz 1982 1984 15 7 4 4 046.67
Denmark Birger Peitersen 1985 1987 17 8 4 5 047.06
Denmark Keld Gantzhorn 1988 1996 87 44 14 29 050.57
Denmark Jørgen Hvidemose 1996 1999 34 14 8 12 041.18
Denmark Poul Højmose 1999 2005 72 31 10 31 043.06
Denmark Peter Bonde 2005 2006 18 9 4 5 050.00
Denmark Kenneth Heiner-Møller 2006 2013 101 51 19 31 050.50 2007 World Cup — Group stage
2009 Euros — Group stage
2013 Euros — Semi-finals
Denmark Nils Nielsen 2013 2017 57 26 12 19 045.61 2017 Euros — 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver medalists.
Denmark Søren Randa-Boldt 2017 2017 2 2 0 0 100.00 interim
Denmark Lars Søndergaard 2017 2023 63 37 4 22 058.73 2022 Euros — Group stage
2023 World Cup — Round of 16
Sweden Andrée Jeglertz 2023 15 9 1 5 060.00
Total 513 258 87 168 050.29

Players

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Main article: List of Denmark women's international footballers

Current squad

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23 players were called up for the friendly matches on 25 and 29 October against  South Africa and  Netherlands, respectively.[14]

Caps and goals are current as of the 29 October 2024 match against  Netherlands.[15]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Maja Bay Østergaard (1998-03-28) 28 March 1998 (age 26) 11 0 Sweden Växjö DFF
16 1GK Kathrine Larsen (1993-05-05) 5 May 1993 (age 31) 8 0 Sweden Malmö
22 1GK Alberte Vingum (2004-11-14) 14 November 2004 (age 19) 1 0 Denmark HB Køge
2 2DF Isabella Obaze (2002-10-30) 30 October 2002 (age 22) 10 1 United States Portland Thorns
3 2DF Stine Ballisager Pedersen (1994-01-03) 3 January 1994 (age 30) 62 4 United States Kansas City Current
4 2DF Emma Færge (2000-12-06) 6 December 2000 (age 23) 9 0 Italy Fiorentina
5 2DF Caroline Pleidrup (2000-12-11) 11 December 2000 (age 23) 1 0 Italy Sassuolo
7 2DF Sanne Troelsgaard (1988-08-15) 15 August 1988 (age 36) 191 57 Italy Roma
11 2DF Katrine Veje (1991-06-19) 19 June 1991 (age 33) 162 9 England Crystal Palace
15 2DF Frederikke Thøgersen (1995-07-24) 24 July 1995 (age 29) 78 3 Italy Roma
18 2DF Sara Holmgaard (1999-01-28) 28 January 1999 (age 25) 16 1 England Everton
19 2DF Janni Thomsen (2000-02-16) 16 February 2000 (age 24) 43 7 Norway Vålerenga
23 2DF Sofie Svava (2000-08-11) 11 August 2000 (age 24) 55 4 France Lyon
6 3MF Josefine Hasbo (2001-11-20) 20 November 2001 (age 22) 27 3 United States Harvard Crimson
8 3MF Emma Snerle (2001-03-23) 23 March 2001 (age 23) 37 2 Italy Fiorentina
12 3MF Kathrine Kühl (2003-07-05) 5 July 2003 (age 21) 44 2 England Arsenal
17 3MF Jóhanna Fossdalsá (2005-11-28) 28 November 2005 (age 18) 3 0 Sweden BK Häcken
9 4FW Amalie Vangsgaard (1996-11-29) 29 November 1996 (age 27) 28 9 Italy Juventus
10 4FW Pernille Harder (captain) (1992-11-15) 15 November 1992 (age 31) 155 76 Germany Bayern Munich
13 4FW Cornelia Kramer (2002-12-16) 16 December 2002 (age 21) 1 1 Germany Bayer Leverkusen
14 4FW Caroline Møller (1998-12-19) 19 December 1998 (age 25) 16 0 Spain Real Madrid
20 4FW Signe Bruun (1998-04-06) 6 April 1998 (age 26) 46 21 Spain Real Madrid
21 4FW Mille Gejl (1999-09-23) 23 September 1999 (age 25) 34 7 England Crystal Palace

Recent call-ups

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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 Amanda Brunholt (1995-03-30) 30 March 1995 (age 29) 0 0 Denmark FC Nordsjælland v.  Belgium, 9 April 2024
GK Lene Christensen (2000-02-04) 4 February 2000 (age 24) 31 0 Norway Rosenborg v.  Iceland, 5 December 2023INJ
DF Sara Thrige (1996-05-15) 15 May 1996 (age 28) 27 2 Netherlands PSV Eindhoven v.  Czech Republic, 16 July 2024
MF Sofie Bredgaard (2002-01-18) 18 January 2002 (age 22) 16 2 Italy Fiorentina v.  South Africa, 25 October 2024INJ
MF Amalie Thestrup (1995-03-17) 17 March 1995 (age 29) 4 0 England Bristol City v.  Austria, 28 February 2024
MF Sofie Lundgaard (2002-05-29) 29 May 2002 (age 22) 0 0 England Liverpool v.  Austria, 28 February 2024
MF Rikke Marie Madsen (1997-08-09) 9 August 1997 (age 27) 33 1 England Everton v.  Austria, 28 February 2024MED
MF Karoline Olesen (2005-02-03) 3 February 2005 (age 19) 0 0 England Everton v.  Austria, 28 February 2024INJ
MF Karen Holmgaard (1999-01-28) 28 January 1999 (age 25) 34 3 England Everton v.  Iceland, 5 December 2023INJ
FW Olivia Holdt (2001-06-07) 7 June 2001 (age 23) 7 1 Sweden FC Rosengård v.  Czech Republic, 16 July 2024INJ
FW Nadia Nadim (1988-01-02) 2 January 1988 (age 36) 105 38 Italy Milan v.  Austria, 28 February 2024
  • INJ = Withdrew due to injury
  • PRE = Preliminary squad
  • MED = Withdrew on medical grounds
  • RET = Retired from the national team
  • COV = COVID-19 positive test or close contact

Previous squads

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Player records

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Main article: Denmark women's national football team records and statistics

Players listed in bold are still active at national level.[16]

Competitive records

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FIFA Women's World Cup

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Main article: Denmark at the FIFA Women's World Cup
FIFA Women's World Cup record Qualification record
Year Result Pld W D* L GF GA GD Pld W D* L GF GA GD
China 1991 Quarter-finals 4 1 1 2 7 6 +1 UEFA Euro 1991
Sweden 1995 Quarter-finals 4 1 0 3 7 8 −1 UEFA Euro 1995
United States 1999 Group stage 3 0 0 3 1 8 −7 6 6 0 0 22 3 +19
United States 2003 Did not qualify 8 5 1 2 22 11 +11
China 2007 Group stage 3 1 0 2 4 4 0 8 6 1 1 22 6 +16
Germany 2011 Did not qualify 12 6 4 2 49 7 +42
Canada 2015 10 5 3 2 25 6 +19
France 2019 10 5 1 4 23 12 +11
AustraliaNew Zealand 2023 Round of 16 4 2 0 2 3 3 0 8 8 0 0 40 2 +38
Brazil 2027 To be determined To be determined
Total 5/10 18 5 1 12 22 29 −7 62 41 10 11 203 47 +156
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Match History

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Olympic Games record

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Olympic Games record
Year Result GP W D* L GF GA
United States 1996 Group stage 3 0 0 3 2 11
Australia 2000 Did not qualify
Greece 2004
China 2008
United Kingdom 2012
Brazil 2016
Japan 2020
France 2024
Total 1/8 3 0 0 3 2 11

UEFA Women's Championship

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UEFA Women's Championship record Qualifying record
Year Result GP W D* L GF GA GP W D* L GF GA
1984 Semi-finals 2 0 0 2 1 3 6 3 2 1 8 5
Norway 1987 Did not qualify 6 2 2 2 10 10
West Germany 1989 8 5 1 2 14 12
Denmark 1991 Third place 2 1 1 0 2 1 8 6 2 0 19 2
Italy 1993 Third place 2 1 0 1 3 2 6 4 2 0 17 4
England Germany Norway Sweden 1995 Did not qualify 6 5 0 1 34 4
Norway Sweden 1997 Group stage 3 0 1 2 2 9 8 6 0 2 26 6
Germany 2001 Semi-finals 4 2 0 2 6 6 8 5 0 3 32 15
England 2005 Group stage 3 1 1 1 4 4 8 7 1 0 26 4
Finland 2009 Group stage 3 1 0 2 3 4 8 7 0 1 23 5
Sweden 2013 Semi-finals 5 0 4 1 5 6 8 7 0 1 28 3
Netherlands 2017 Runners-up 6 3 1 2 6 6 8 6 1 1 22 1
England 2022 Group stage 3 1 0 2 1 5 10 9 1 0 48 1
Switzerland 2025 qualified To be determined
Total 10/14 33 10 8 15 33 46 98 72 12 14 307 72

UEFA Women's Nations League

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UEFA Women's Nations League record
League phase Finals
Season LG Grp Pos Pld W D L GF GA P/R RK Year Pos Pld W D L GF GA
2023–24 A 3 2nd 6 4 0 2 10 6 6th Europe 2024 Did Not Qualify
2025–26 A To be determined 2026 To be determined
Total 6 5 0 1 23 9 Total 1 Title 2 2 0 0 5 0

Algarve Cup record

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Year Result Matches Wins Draws Losses GF GA
1994 Fourth place 3 1 0 2 2 7
1995 Runners-up 4 3 0 1 12 3
1996 Fourth place 4 2 0 2 7 5
1997 Fourth place 4 2 1 1 6 4
1998 Runners-up 4 2 1 1 9 4
1999 Fourth place 4 1 2 1 8 5
2000 Sixth place 4 1 0 3 5 6
2001 Runners-up 4 2 0 2 8 5
2002 Sixth place 4 1 0 3 4 7
2003 Ninth place 4 1 1 2 2 5
2004 Seventh place 4 1 0 3 1 3
2005 Sixth place 4 1 0 3 6 9
2006 Ninth place 4 1 1 2 6 13
2007 Runners-up 4 2 0 2 5 5
2008 Runners-up 4 3 0 1 4 2
2009 Third place 4 3 0 1 5 2
2010 Fifth place 4 2 0 2 4 8
2011 Sixth place 4 1 0 3 2 4
2012 Fifth place 4 2 0 2 4 8
2013 Seventh place 4 1 2 1 3 2
2014 Sixth place 4 1 1 2 6 7
2015 Sixth place 4 1 1 2 7 10
2016 Seventh place 4 2 0 2 6 7
2017 Third place 4 2 1 1 13 3
2018 Tenth place 4 0 2 2 3 5
2019 Sixth place 3 1 0 2 2 3
2020 Fifth place 3 2 0 1 7 3
2022 Fifth place[17] 1 0 0 1 0 1
Total 26/26 102 44 11 49 132 141

Invitational trophies

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World Cup (Old invitational event)

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  • 1970 : Champions (non-official competition)[19]
  • 1971 : Champions (non-official competition)[20]
  • 1981 : Runners-up (non-official competition)[21]
  • 1984 : Did not participate (non-official competition)[21]
  • 1985 : Third Place (non-official competition)[21]
  • 1986 : Did not participate (non-official competition)[21]
  • 1988 : Did not participate (non-official competition)[21]

European Championship (Unofficial events)

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  • 1969 : Runner-up (non-official competition)[22]
  • 1979 : Champions (non-official competition)[23]

Honours

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See also

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Notes

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References

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  1. ^ "Denmark – Caps". Archived from the original on 12 September 2017. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
  2. ^ Denmark – Goals
  3. ^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 16 August 2024. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
  4. ^ UEFA.com. "Season 2017 Matches | UEFA Women's EURO". UEFA.com. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  5. ^ "Women's Euro 2017 highlights: Denmark stun holders Germany to reach semis". BBC Sport. 31 July 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
  6. ^ "Women's Euro 2017 semi-final: Denmark defeat Austria on penalties". BBC Sport. 3 August 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
  7. ^ "Dutch delight: how the Netherlands won Women's EURO". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 6 August 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
  8. ^ "World Cup Fixtures". ESPN. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
  9. ^ "Foord and Raso fire Australia into quarter-finals with win over Denmark". Guardian. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  10. ^ "Historisk landskamp mod Brasilien sætter rekord". TV 2 (Denmark). 5 May 2022. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
  11. ^ "Denmark 2-1 Brazil (Jun 24, 2022) Final Score".
  12. ^ DBU. "Staben på Kvindelandsholdet". DBU (in Danish). Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  13. ^ DBU. "Kvindelandsholdet". DBU (in Danish). Retrieved 29 July 2023.
  14. ^ DBU. "Kvindelandsholdet". www.dbu.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 27 March 2024.
  15. ^ DBU. "Kvindelandsholdet". DBU (in Danish). Retrieved 11 September 2023.
  16. ^ Denmark – Caps-Goals
  17. ^ The Danish team withdrew following the discovery of four COVID-19 cases within the team.
  18. ^ Nordic Cup
  19. ^ Coppa del Mondo (Women) 1970
  20. ^ Mundial (Women) 1971
  21. ^ a b c d e Mundialito (Women) 1982–1988
  22. ^ Coppa Europa per Nazioni (Women) 1969
  23. ^ Inofficial European Women Championship 1979
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