Denmark national under-21 football team

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Denmark Under-21

Association	Danish Football Association (Dansk Boldspil-Union)
Head coach	Keld Bordinggaard
Captain	Andreas Bjelland
Most caps	Jonas Kamper (39)
Top scorer	Peter Møller (16)
Home stadium	Energi Nord Arena, Aalborg
Home colours Away colours
First international
U-21: Denmark 0-2 Norway (Holstebro, Denmark; 25 August 1976)
Biggest win
U-21: Denmark 9-0 Luxembourg (Farum, Denmark; 11 October 2002)
Biggest defeat
U-21: Bulgaria 6-0 Denmark (Sofia, Bulgaria; 25 April 1989)
UEFA U-21 Championship
Appearances	4 (First in 1978)
Best result	Semi final 1992

The Denmark national under-21 football team has played since 1976 and is controlled by the Danish Football Association. Before 1976, the age limit was 23 years.

Contents 1 International record 1.1 U-21 European Championship 1.2 Summer Olympics 2 Current squad 2.1 Recent call-up 3 Most appearances 4 Most goals 5 Managers 6 References 7 See also 8 External links

[edit] International record

[edit] U-21 European Championship

• 1978 - Quarterfinals
• 1980 to 1984 - Did not qualify
• 1986 - Quarterfinals
• 1988 to 1990 - Did not qualify
• 1992 - Semifinals
• 1994 to 2004 - Did not qualify
• 2006 - Group stage
• 2007 - Did not qualify

[edit] Summer Olympics

Until and including the 1988 Summer Olympics, Olympic games counted as regular senior national team matches. Since the 1992 Summer Olympics, Olympic games have counted as under-21 national games.

• 1992 - Group stage
• 1996 to 2008 - Did not qualify

[edit] Current squad

Updated before the 2009-11-13 match against Poland.^[1]

No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club GK Jonas Lössl February 1, 1989 (1989-02-01) (age 20) 5 0 Midtjylland GK Mikkel Andersen December 17, 1988 (1988-12-17) (age 21) 1 0 Bristol Rovers GK Nicklas Højlund March 6, 1990 (1990-03-06) (age 19) 0 0 Lyngby DF Brian Hamalainen May 29, 1989 (1989-05-29) (age 20) 3 1 Lyngby DF Frederik Krabbe March 10, 1988 (1988-03-10) (age 21) 7 0 AGF DF Jesper Juelsgård January 26, 1989 (1989-01-26) (age 20) 3 0 Midtjylland DF Lasse Nielsen January 8, 1988 (1988-01-08) (age 21) 3 0 AaB DF Mads Fenger September 10, 1990 (1990-09-10) (age 19) 0 0 Randers DF Winston Reid July 3, 1988 (1988-07-03) (age 21) 5 0 Midtjylland MF Andreas Bjelland July 11, 1988 (1988-07-11) (age 21) 4 0 Nordsjælland MF Kasper Povlsen September 26, 1989 (1989-09-26) (age 20) 3 0 AGF MF Mads Albæk January 14, 1990 (1990-01-14) (age 19) 2 0 Midtjylland MF Matti Lund Nielsen May 8, 1988 (1988-05-08) (age 21) 5 1 OB MF Mike Jensen February 19, 1988 (1988-02-19) (age 21) 11 1 Brøndby FW Christian Sivebæk February 19, 1988 (1988-02-19) (age 21) 2 0 Midtjylland FW Emil Lyng August 3, 1989 (1989-08-03) (age 20) 2 0 Lille FW Nicki Bille Nielsen February 7, 1988 (1988-02-07) (age 21) 5 2 Nordsjælland FW Ronnie Schwartz August 29, 1989 (1989-08-29) (age 20) 1 1 AaB FW Søren Frederiksen August 7, 1989 (1989-08-07) (age 20) 0 0 SønderjyskE

[edit] Recent call-up

No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club GK Frederik Vang Larsen April 3, 1989 (1989-04-03) (age 20) 1 0 Copenhagen GK Jesper Weinkouff September 6, 1988 (1988-09-06) (age 21) 0 0 Hjørring GK Martin Hansen June 15, 1990 (1990-06-15) (age 19) 1 0 Liverpool DF Anders Randrup July 16, 1988 (1988-07-16) (age 21) 9 0 Brøndby DF Daniel Wass May 31, 1989 (1989-05-31) (age 20) 5 0 Fredrikstad DF Emil Farver September 1, 1989 (1989-09-01) (age 20) 0 0 Silkeborg DF Mathias Jørgensen April 23, 1990 (1990-04-23) (age 19) 4 0 Copenhagen DF Michael Lumb January 9, 1988 (1988-01-09) (age 21) 7 0 AGF DF Pierre Kanstrup February 21, 1989 (1989-02-21) (age 20) 1 0 Brøndby DF Rasmus Christiansen May 29, 1989 (1989-05-29) (age 20) 1 0 Lyngby DF Simon Kjær March 26, 1989 (1989-03-26) (age 20) 2 0 Palermo MF Martin Svensson August 10, 1989 (1989-08-10) (age 20) 1 0 Silkeborg MF Philip Rasmussen January 12, 1989 (1989-01-12) (age 20) 1 0 Nordsjælland MF Ricki Olsen October 21, 1988 (1988-10-21) (age 21) 2 1 Randers FW Andreas Granskov-Hansen March 5, 1989 (1989-03-05) (age 20) 1 0 Nordsjælland FW Casper Johansen July 28, 1988 (1988-07-28) (age 21) 1 0 Horsens FW Dennis Høegh February 21, 1989 (1989-02-21) (age 20) 1 0 AGF FW Henrik Dalsgaard July 27, 1989 (1989-07-27) (age 20) 1 0 AaB FW Nicolaj Agger October 23, 1988 (1988-10-23) (age 21) 4 1 SønderjyskE FW Sebastian Andersen December 23, 1988 (1988-12-23) (age 21) 1 0 Køge

[edit] Most appearances

Because of the age restriction, a player can't be in the team for very long and the most promising young players spend little time with the under-21 team before making their senior national team debut.

Rank	Player	Club(s)	U-21 Caps
1	Jonas Kamper	Brøndby	39
=2	Martin Jørgensen	Aarhus GF, Udinese	31
=2	Michael Jakobsen	Aalborg BK	31
4	Rasmus Würtz	Skive, Aalborg BK	29
5	Martin Pedersen	Aalborg BK, SønderjyskE	28
=6	Thomas Kahlenberg	Brøndby, Auxerre	26
=6	Lars Jacobsen	Odense BK	26
=8	Peter Madsen	Brøndby	25
=8	Peter Degn	Aarhus GF, Everton	25
=8	Christian Magleby	Brøndby IF, Lyngby FC	25
=8	Jonas Troest	Silkeborg, Hannover 96	25

Note: Club(s) represents the permanent clubs during the player's time in the under-21 national team. Those players in bold are eligible to play for the team.

[edit] Most goals

Rank	Player	Club(s)	U-21 Goals
1	Peter Møller	Aalborg BK	16
2	Tommy Bechmann	Esbjerg	11
3	Thomas Kahlenberg	Brøndby, Auxerre	10
=4	Preben Elkjær	Vanløse, Köln, KSC Lokeren	9
=4	Morten Rasmussen	Aarhus GF	9
=4	Martin Jørgensen	Aarhus GF, Udinese	9
=7	Per Frandsen	B 1903, Lille	8
=7	Bent Jensen	B 1913	8
=7	Miklos Molnar	Frem, Standard Liège, Lyngby BK	8
=10	Peter Madsen	Brøndby	7
=10	Peter Løvenkrands	Rangers	7
=10	Steffen Højer	Viborg	7

Note: Club(s) represents the permanent clubs represented in the games in which the player's scored for the under-21 national team. Those players in bold are eligible to play.

[edit] Managers

• 1976-1980: Tommy Troelsen
• 1980-1989: Richard Møller Nielsen
• 1989-1992: Viggo Jensen
• 1992-1999: Jan B. Poulsen
• 2000-2006: Flemming Serritslev
• 2006-:0000 Keld Bordinggaard

[edit] References

[edit] See also

• European Under-21 Football Championship 2006
• Denmark national under-17 football team
• Denmark national football team

[edit] External links

• UEFA Under-21 website
• DBU Under-21 website (in English)

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