Denmark women's national football team

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Denmark
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)De rød-hvide
(The Red and White)
AssociationDansk Boldspil-Union (DBU)
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachLars Søndergaard
CaptainPernille Harder
Most capsKatrine Pedersen (210)[1]
Top scorerPernille Harder (70)[2]
Home stadiumEnergi Viborg Arena
FIFA codeDEN
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 13 Steady (15 March 2024)[3]
Highest6 (March 2007)
Lowest20 (June 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 resultQuarterfinals (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 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, and the Algarve Cup.

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 advanced as runners-up in the group, to the quarter-finals against Germany. The Danes surprisingly won against the 22-year reign 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.

Home stadium

Home stadium Energi Viborg Arena, Viborg.

The Denmark women's national football team usually plays their home matches at the Energi Viborg Arena, Viborg, having a capacity of 10,000 spectators.

The highest number of spectators for a women's international match on Danish soil is 9,337 and was set during the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying cicle against Finland at the Viborg Stadium on 27 September 2006.[7]

In new record for the national team is set to be done on 24 June 2022 at a Exhibition match against Brazil in Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, where over 10,000 tickets have already been sold as of 5 May 2022.[8]

Current competitions

2023 FIFA World Cup qualification

Group E
Main article: 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group E
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Denmark Bosnia and Herzegovina Montenegro Azerbaijan Malta Russia
1  Denmark 8 8 0 0 40 2 +38 24 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup — 8–0 5–1 2–0 7–0 3–1
2  Bosnia and Herzegovina 8 3 2 3 9 17 −8 11 Play-offs 0–3 — 2–3 1–0 1–0 0–4
3  Montenegro 8 3 0 5 9 17 −8 9 1–5 0–2 — 2–0 0–2 Canc.
4  Azerbaijan 8 2 1 5 5 16 −11 7[a] 0–8 1–1 1–0 — 1–2 0–4
5  Malta 8 2 1 5 6 17 −11 7[a] 0–2 2–2 0–2 0–2 — Canc.
6  Russia[b] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Disqualified Canc. Canc. 5–0 2–0 3–0 —
Source: UEFA
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Tied on head-to-head points (3). Head-to-head goal difference: Azerbaijan +1, Malta −1.
  2. ^ On 28 February 2022, FIFA and UEFA suspended Russian national teams from all competitions due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[9][10] On 2 May 2022, UEFA expelled Russia and declared all of their results to be null and void.[11][12]

Results and fixtures

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

2022

16 February 2022 (2022-02-16) 2022 Algarve Cup Denmark  0–1  Italy Lagos, Portugal
12:00 Report
  • Bonansea 50'
 Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Lagos
18 February 2022 (2022-02-18) 2022 Algarve Cup Sweden  3–0
awarded		  Denmark Algarve, Portugal
Report Stadium: Estádio Algarve
8 April 2022 (2022-04-08) World Cup 2023 qualifying Malta  0–2  Denmark Ta' Qali, Malta
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Centenary Stadium
Referee: Kristina Georgieva (Bulgaria)
12 April 2022 (2022-04-12) World Cup 2023 qualifying Denmark  2–0  Azerbaijan Viborg, Denmark
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Viborg Stadion
Attendance: 3,135
Referee: Silvia Domingos (Portugal)
12 June 2022 (2022-06-12) Friendly Austria  1–2  Denmark Wiener Neustadt, Austria
13:30 CEST (UTC+2) Zadrazil 29' Report
Stadium: Stadion Wiener Neustadt
Referee: Aleksandra Česen (Slovenia)
24 June 2022 (2022-06-24) Friendly Denmark  2–1  Brazil Copenhagen, Denmark
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Parken Stadium
Attendance: 21,542
Referee: Henrikke Nervik (Norway)
29 June 2022 (2022-06-29) Friendly Denmark  1–2  Norway Viborg, Denmark
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Viborg Stadion
Attendance: 3,304
Referee: Franziska Wildfeuer, (Germany)
8 July 2022 (2022-07-08) UEFA Euro 2022 group stage Germany  4–0  Denmark Brentford, England
 Report Stadium: Brentford Community Stadium
Attendance: 15,736
Referee: Esther Staubli (Switzerland)
12 July 2022 (2022-07-12) UEFA Euro 2022 group stage Denmark  1–0  Finland Milton Keynes, England
 Report Stadium: Stadium MK
Attendance: 11,615
Referee: Iuliana Demetrescu (Romania)
16 July 2022 (2022-07-16) UEFA Euro 2022 group stage Denmark  0–1  Spain Brentford, England
Report
Stadium: Brentford Community Stadium
Attendance: 16,041
Referee: Rebecca Welch (England)
6 September 2022 World Cup 2023 qualifying Russia  Cancelled[13]  Denmark
Report
11 October 2022 (2022-10-11) Friendly Denmark  1–3  Australia Viborg, Denmark
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Source
Stadium: Viborg Stadion
11 November 2022 (2022-11-11) Friendly Switzerland  1–2  Denmark Schaffhausen, Switzerland
Stadium: Wefox Arena Schaffhausen
Attendance: 1313
15 November 2022 (2022-11-15) Friendly Netherlands  2–0  Denmark Zwolle, Netherlands
20:00 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: MAC³PARK Stadion

2023

22 July 2023 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup Denmark  v  China Perth, Australia
Report Stadium: Perth Rectangular Stadium
28 July 2023 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup England  v  Denmark Sydney, Australia
Report Stadium: Sydney Football Stadium
1 August 2023 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup Play-off Group B winners v  Denmark Perth, Australia
Report Stadium: Perth Rectangular Stadium

Coaching staff

Coaching staff
Role Name
Manager Denmark Lars Søndergaard
Assistant Manager & Analyst Denmark Kristian Mørch Rasmussen
Assistant Coach Denmark Johanna Rasmussen
Fitness Coach Denmark Anna Rosa
Goalkeeper Coach Denmark Heidi Johansen
Kit Manager Denmark Janne Madsen
Medical staff
Role Name
First-Team Doctor Denmark Jens Lykkegaard Olesen
Doctor Denmark Rasmus Oscar
Physiotherapists Denmark Rikke Holm Brink
Denmark Tom Boyesen
Masseuse Denmark Annette Mikkelsen
Sports Psychologist Denmark Nina Due Stagis

Managers

Manager From To Record Notes
G W D L Win %
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 2009 Euros — Group stage
2013 Euros — Semi-finals
2007 World Cup — Group stage
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 - 46 28 4 14 060.87 2022 Euros — checkY Qualified; reached group stage
2023 World Cup — checkY Qualified
Total 482 242 86 154 050.21

Players

Main article: List of Denmark women's international footballers

Current squad

The following 24 players were named to the official squad for the November 2022 friendlies against  Switzerland and  Netherlands.[14] Pernille Harder was injured in the 11 November match and no substitute was called to the squad.

Caps and goals are current as of the 15 November 2022 match against  Netherlands.[15]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Lene Christensen (2000-02-04) 4 February 2000 (age 24) 20 0 Norway Rosenborg
16 1GK Kathrine Larsen (1993-05-05) 5 May 1993 (age 31) 6 0 Sweden Hammarby Fotboll
22 1GK Laura Worsøe (2001-10-28) 28 October 2001 (age 22) 1 0 Denmark Sundby Boldklub
2 2DF Sara Thrige (1996-05-15) 15 May 1996 (age 28) 26 2 Italy Milan
3 2DF Stine Ballisager Pedersen (1994-01-03) 3 January 1994 (age 30) 38 3 Norway Vålerenga
4 2DF Rikke Sevecke (3rd captain) (1996-06-15) 15 June 1996 (age 27) 44 4 England Everton
5 2DF Simone Boye Sørensen (vice-captain) (1992-03-03) 3 March 1992 (age 32) 79 5 Sweden Hammarby
8 2DF Sara Holmgaard (1999-01-28) 28 January 1999 (age 25) 10 0 England Everton
24 2DF Emma Færge (2000-12-06) 6 December 2000 (age 23) 1 0 Denmark HB Køge
18 2DF Luna Gevitz (1994-03-03) 3 March 1994 (age 30) 19 0 Sweden BK Häcken
6 3MF Karen Holmgaard (1999-01-28) 28 January 1999 (age 25) 23 3 England Everton
7 3MF Sanne Troelsgaard (1988-08-15) 15 August 1988 (age 35) 171 55 England Reading
13 3MF Sofie Junge (1992-04-24) 24 April 1992 (age 32) 84 7 Italy Juventus
14 3MF Sofie Bredgaard (2002-01-18) 18 January 2002 (age 22) 6 0 Sweden FC Rosengård
15 3MF Kathrine Kühl (2003-07-05) 5 July 2003 (age 20) 21 1 Denmark FC Nordsjælland
19 3MF Janni Thomsen (2000-02-16) 16 February 2000 (age 24) 21 3 Norway Vålerenga
23 3MF Sofie Svava (2000-08-11) 11 August 2000 (age 23) 35 2 Spain Real Madrid
3MF Emilie Henriksen (1997-03-15) 15 March 1997 (age 27) 2 0 Germany MSV Duisburg
9 4FW Amalie Vangsgaard (1996-11-29) 29 November 1996 (age 27) 4 0 Sweden Linköpings FC
12 4FW Stine Larsen (1996-01-24) 24 January 1996 (age 28) 68 21 Sweden BK Häcken
21 4FW Mille Gejl (1999-09-23) 23 September 1999 (age 24) 23 7 Sweden BK Häcken
17 4FW Rikke Marie Madsen (1997-08-09) 9 August 1997 (age 26) 21 1 United States North Carolina Courage
20 4FW Signe Bruun (1998-04-06) 6 April 1998 (age 26) 29 18 France Lyon

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.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
GK Maja Bay Østergaard (1998-03-28) 28 March 1998 (age 26) 0 0 Denmark FC Thy-Thisted Q v.  Australia, 11 October 2022
GK Katrine Svane (1998-03-17) 17 March 1998 (age 26) 1 0 Denmark AGF v.  Montenegro; 1 September 2022
GK Alberte Vingum (2004-11-14) 14 November 2004 (age 19) 0 0 Denmark HB Køge v.  Austria, 12 June 2022
DF Katrine Veje (1991-06-19) 19 June 1991 (age 32) 142 9 England Everton v.  Switzerland, 11 November 2022INJ
DF Isabella Obaze (2002-10-30) 30 October 2002 (age 21) 1 0 Denmark HB Køge 2022 Algarve Cup
DF Matilde Lundorf (1999-01-19) 19 January 1999 (age 25) 2 0 Italy Juventus v.  Austria, 12 June 2022
MF Josefine Hasbo (2001-11-20) 20 November 2001 (age 22) 4 1 United States Harvard Crimson v.  Australia, 11 October 2022
MF Emma Snerle (2001-03-23) 23 March 2001 (age 23) 24 2 England West Ham v.  Austria, 12 June 2022INJ
MF Sarah Thygesen (2003-11-05) 5 November 2003 (age 20) 1 0 Denmark Kolding IF v.  Austria, 12 June 2022
MF Signe Carstens (2002-03-07) 7 March 2002 (age 22) 0 0 Denmark Fortuna Hjørring v.  Austria, 12 June 2022
FW Pernille Harder (captain) (1992-11-15) 15 November 1992 (age 31) 140 70 England Chelsea v,  Switzerland, 11 November 2022INJ
FW Nadia Nadim (1988-01-02) 2 January 1988 (age 36) 103 38 United States Racing Louisville FC UEFA Women's Euro 2022INJ
FW Olivia Holdt (2001-06-07) 7 June 2001 (age 22) 6 1 Sweden FC Rosengård v.  Austria, 12 June 2022
FW Caroline Møller (1998-12-19) 19 December 1998 (age 25) 11 0 Spain Real Madrid v.  Austria, 12 June 2022
  • INJ = Withdrew due to injury
  • PRE = Preliminary squad
  • RET = Retired from the national team
  • COV = COVID-19 positive test or close contact

Previous squads

Player records

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

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

Competitive records

FIFA Women's World Cup

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 Qualified 8 8 0 0 40 2 +38
Total 5/9 14 3 1 10 19 26 −7 62 41 10 11 203 47 +156
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Match History

Olympic Games record

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
Total 1/7 3 0 0 3 2 11

UEFA Women's Championship

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
Total 10/13 33 10 8 15 33 46 98 72 12 14 307 72

Algarve Cup record

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

World Cup (Old invitational event)

  • 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)

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

Honours

See also

Notes

References

  1. ^ Denmark – Caps
  2. ^ Denmark – Goals
  3. ^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 15 March 2024. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
  4. ^ "Women's Euro 2017 highlights: Denmark stun holders Germany to reach semis". BBC Sport. 31 July 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
  5. ^ "Women's Euro 2017 semi-final: Denmark defeat Austria on penalties". BBC Sport. 3 August 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
  6. ^ "Dutch delight: how the Netherlands won Women's EURO". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 6 August 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
  7. ^ "Historisk landskamp mod Brasilien sætter rekord". TV 2 (Denmark). 5 May 2022. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
  8. ^ "10.000 billetter solgt til Danmark-Brasilien". Dansk Boldspil-Union. 5 May 2022. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
  9. ^ "FIFA/UEFA suspend Russian clubs and national teams from all competitions". FIFA. 28 February 2022. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  10. ^ UEFA.com (28 February 2022). "FIFA/UEFA suspend Russian clubs and national teams from all competitions | Inside UEFA". UEFA.com. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
  11. ^ "UEFA decisions for upcoming competitions relating to the ongoing suspension of Russian national teams and clubs". UEFA. 2 May 2022.
  12. ^ "Uefa announces further sanctions on Russian clubs and national teams amid Ukraine invasion". BBC Sport. 2 May 2022. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
  13. ^ "Decisions from UEFA executive committee meeting 25 February 2022". UEFA. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  14. ^ "Her er holdet til EM 2022". DBU. 16 June 2022. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  15. ^ "KVINDELANDSHOLDET". DBU. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
  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

External links

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