Denmark women's national football team

Denmark
Nickname(s)	De rød-hvide; (The Red and White)
Association	Dansk Boldspil-Union (DBU)
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Lars Søndergaard
Captain	Pernille Harder
Most caps	Katrine Pedersen (210)
Top scorer	Merete Pedersen (65)
Home stadium	Energi Viborg Arena
FIFA code	DEN
First colours	Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	12 1 (16 August 2024)
Highest	6 (March 2007)
Lowest	20 (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
Appearances	4 (first in 1991)
Best result	Quarterfinals (1991, 1995)
European Championship
Appearances	9 (first in 1984)
Best result	Runners-up (2017)

The Denmark women's national football team (Danish: Danmarks kvindelige fodboldlandshold) 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.

History

Coaching staff

Role	Name	Start date
Head coach	Lars Søndergaard	December 2017
Assistant coach	Katrine S. Pedersen	September 2015
Assistant coach and talent identification	Lene Terp	September 2016
Goalkeeper coach	Heidi Johansen	2015
Physiotherapist	Rikke Holm Brink	June 2015

Players

Current squad

The following 23 players were named to the squad for the 2020 Algarve Cup.^[4]^[5]

Caps and goals are current as of 10 March 2020 after the match against Belgium.^[6]

Head coach: Lars Søndergaard

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Katrine Abel	(1990-06-28) 28 June 1990 (age 34)	14	0	Brøndby IF
22	1GK	Kathrine Larsen	(1993-05-05) 5 May 1993 (age 31)	1	0	Djurgårdens IF

4	2DF	Rikke Sevecke	(1996-06-15) 15 June 1996 (age 28)	22	1	Everton
5	2DF	Simone Boye	(1992-03-03) 3 March 1992 (age 32)	57	5	Bayern Munich
8	2DF	Theresa Eslund	(1986-07-20) 20 July 1986 (age 38)	133	5	Brøndby IF
18	2DF	Sara Holmgaard	(1999-01-28) 28 January 1999 (age 25)	4	0	Fortuna Hjørring
19	2DF	Stine Ballisager	(1994-01-03) 3 January 1994 (age 30)	15	2	Vålerenga
23	2DF	Sofie Svava	(2000-08-11) 11 August 2000 (age 24)	10	1	FC Rosengard
27	2DF	Luna Gevitz	(1994-03-03) 3 March 1994 (age 30)	11	0	Guingamp

2	3MF	Emma Snerle	(2001-03-23) 23 March 2001 (age 23)	9	0	Fortuna Hjørring
6	3MF	Nanna Christiansen	(1989-06-17) 17 June 1989 (age 35)	104	11	Brøndby IF
7	3MF	Sanne Troelsgaard	(1988-08-15) 15 August 1988 (age 36)	145	49	FC Rosengard
14	3MF	Nicoline Sørensen	(1997-08-15) 15 August 1997 (age 27)	33	7	Everton
20	3MF	Sara Thrige	(1996-05-15) 15 May 1996 (age 28)	11	0	Fortuna Hjørring
25	3MF	Janni Thomsen	(2000-02-16) 16 February 2000 (age 24)	3	1	Vålerenga
26	3MF	Josefine Hasbo	(2001-11-20) 20 November 2001 (age 22)	2	0	Brøndby IF

10	4FW	Pernille Harder (captain)	(1992-11-15) 15 November 1992 (age 31)	118	61	VfL Wolfsburg
12	4FW	Stine Larsen	(1996-01-24) 24 January 1996 (age 28)	45	13	FC Fleury 91
15	4FW	Frederikke Thøgersen	(1995-07-24) 24 July 1995 (age 29)	52	1	Fiorentina
17	4FW	Rikke Marie Madsen	(1997-08-09) 9 August 1997 (age 27)	8	1	Vålerenga
21	4FW	Amalie Thestrup	(1995-03-17) 17 March 1995 (age 29)	4	0	AS Roma
24	4FW	Caroline Møller	(1998-12-19) 19 December 1998 (age 25)	2	0	Fortuna Hjørring

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up within the last 12 months.

This list may be incomplete, and caps and goals may be incorrect.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up

DF	Janni Arnth	(1986-10-15) 15 October 1986 (age 37)	93	2	Fiorentina	2020 Algarve Cup ^PRE

MF	Sofie Junge	(1992-04-24) 24 April 1992 (age 32)	59	4	Juventus	2020 Algarve Cup ^PRE
MF	Katrine Veje	(1991-06-19) 19 June 1991 (age 33)	119	9	FC Rosengard	v. Georgia, 12 November 2019 ^INJ
MF	Mille Gejl	(1999-09-23) 23 September 1999 (age 24)	9	3	Brøndby IF	v. Georgia, 8 October 2019 ^INJ
MF	Karen Holmgaard	(1999-01-28) 28 January 1999 (age 25)	10	0	Fortuna Hjørring	v. Israel, 3 September 2019 ^INJ

FW	Nadia Nadim	(1988-01-02) 2 January 1988 (age 36)	93	34	Paris Saint-Germain	2020 Algarve Cup ^INJ

Notes:

INJ = Withdrew due to injury
PRE = Preliminary squad
RET = Retired from the national team

Previous squads

FIFA Women's World Cup

UEFA Women's Euro

Olympic Games

Olympics 1996 squad

Player records

Most appearances

As of 10 March 2020

Players listed in bold are still active at national level. ^[7]

#	Name	Denmark career	Caps
1	Katrine Pedersen	1994–2013	210
2	Johanna Rasmussen	2002–2018	153
3	Sanne Troelsgaard Nielsen	2008–present	145
4	Merete Pedersen	1993–2009	136
5	Theresa Eslund	2008–present	133
6	Line Røddik Hansen	2006–present	132
7	Cathrine Paaske-Sørensen	2000–2010	121
8	Katrine Veje	2009–present	119
8	Pernille Harder	2009–present	118
10	Anne Dot Eggers Nielsen	1993–2007	118

Top goalscorers

As of 10 March 2020

Players listed in bold are still active at national level.

#	Player	Denmark career	Goals	Caps	Goals per game
1	Merete Pedersen	1993–2009	65	136	0.48
2	Pernille Harder	2009–present	61	118	0.51
3	Sanne Troelsgaard Nielsen	2008–present	49	145	0.34
4	Gitte Krogh	1994–2001	46	90	0.51
5	Johanna Rasmussen	2002–2018	41	153	0.27
6	Helle Jensen	1987–1996	38	77	0.49
7	Cathrine Paaske-Sørensen	2000–2010	36	121	0.3
8	Nadia Nadim	2009–present	34	93	0.37
9	Lene Jensen	1996–2010	26	109	0.24
9	Anne Dot Eggers Nielsen	1993–2007	26	118	0.22

Managers

1974–1976 : Kent Falkenvig
1976–1979 : Bjørn Basbøll
1979–1984 : Flemming Schultz
1984–1988 : Birger Peitersen
1988–1996 : Keld Gantzhorn
1996–1999 : Jørgen Hvidemose
1999–2005 : Poul Højmose
2005–2006 : Peter Bonde
2006–2013 : Kenneth Heiner-Møller
2013–2017: Nils Nielsen
2017: Søren Randa-Boldt (interim)
2017−: Lars Søndergaard

Recent schedule and results

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

2019

29 August 2019 2021 UEFA Women's EQ	Denmark	8–0	Malta	Viborg, Denmark
18:00 CET	Troelsgaard 5', 45+2' Harder 19' Sevecke 28' Larsen 58', 90+2' Gejl 75' Sørensen 86'	Report		Stadium: Viborg Stadium Attendance: 3,890 Referee: Angelika Söder (Germany)

3 September 2019 2021 UEFA Women's EQ	Israel	0–3	Denmark	Ramat Gan, Israel
18:00 CET		Report	Barkai 13' (o.g.) Nadim 80' Harder 84'	Stadium: Ramat Gan Stadium Attendance: 1,070 Referee: Sandra Strub (Switzerland)

4 October 2019 2021 UEFA Women's EQ	Denmark	2–0	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Viborg, Denmark
17:00 CET	St. Pedersen 13' Troelsgaard 68'	Report		Stadium: Viborg Stadium Attendance: 4,552 Referee: Monika Mularczyk (Poland)

8 October 2019 2021 UEFA Women's EQ	Georgia	0–2	Denmark	Tbilisi, Georgia
18:00 CET		Report	Gejl 14' Sørensen 58'	Stadium: Mikheil Meskhi Stadium Attendance: 287 Referee: Reelika Turi (Estonia)

12 November 2019 2021 UEFA Women's EQ	Denmark	14–0	Georgia	Viborg, Denmark
18:00 CET	Nadim 4', 26', 36' Larsen 16', 19', 53' Sørensen 27', 39' Svava 28' Harder 34', 45', 73' Christiansen 82' Madsen 90+1'	Report		Stadium: Viborg Stadium Attendance: 3,085 Referee: Silvia Domingos (Portugal)

2020

4 March 2020 2020 Algarve Cup	Denmark	1–2	Norway	Parchal, Portugal
14:00	Harder 7'	Report	Thorsnes 13' Jensen 90+3'	Stadium: Vista Municipal Stadium

7 March 2020 2020 Algarve Cup	Sweden	1–2	Denmark	Lagos, Portugal
14:30	Hurtig 11'	Report	Larsen 56' Christiansen 90+3'	Stadium: Lagos Municipal Stadium Referee: Francia González (Mexico)

10 March 2020 2020 Algarve Cup	Denmark	4–0	Belgium	Lagos, Portugal
17:30	Harder 6' Thomsen 13' Christiansen 40' Pedersen 47'			Stadium: Lagos Municipal Stadium

TBD 2021 UEFA Women's EQ	Bosnia and Herzegovina	v	Denmark
16:00

TBD 2021 UEFA Women's EQ

Malta

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Denmark

TBD 2021 UEFA Women's EQ

Denmark

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Israel

TBD 2021 UEFA Women's EQ

Italy

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Denmark

22 September 2020 2021 UEFA Women's EQ

Denmark

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Italy

Competitive record

Women's World Cup

FIFA Women's World Cup record
Year	Result	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD
1991	Quarter-finals	4	1	1	2	7	6	+1
1995	Quarter-finals	4	1	0	3	7	8	−1
1999	Group stage	3	0	0	3	1	8	−7
2003	Did not qualify
2007	Group stage	3	1	0	2	4	4	0
2011	Did not qualify
2015
2019
2023	To be determined
Total	4/9	14	3	1	10	19	26	−7

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

FIFA Women's World Cup history
Year	Round	Date	Opponent	Result	Stadium
1991	Group stage	17 November	New Zealand	W 3–0	Tianhe Stadium, Guangzhou
		19 November	China	D 2–2	Guangdong Provincial Stadium, Guangzhou
		21 November	Norway	L 1–2	Ying Dong Stadium, Panyu
	Quarter-finals	24 November	Germany	L 1–2 (aet)	Zhongshan Stadium, Zhongshan
1995	Group stage	6 June	Australia	W 5–0	Arosvallen, Västerås
		8 June	United States	L 0–2	Strömvallen, Gävle
		10 June	China	L 1–3	Arosvallen, Västerås
	Quarter-finals	13 June	Norway	L 1–3	Tingvallen, Karlstad
1999	Group stage	19 June	United States	L 0–3	Giants Stadium, East Rutherford
		24 June	North Korea	L 1–3	Civic Stadium, Portland
		27 June	Nigeria	L 0–2	Jack Kent Cooke Stadium, Landover
2007	Group stage	12 September	China	L 2–3	Wuhan Stadium, Wuhan
		15 September	New Zealand	W 2–0	Wuhan Stadium, Wuhan
		20 September	Brazil	L 0–1	Yellow Dragon Sports Center, Hangzhou

Olympic Games

Olympic Games record
Year	Result	Matches	Wins	Draws*	Losses	GF	GA
1996	Group stage	3	0	0	3	2	11
2000	Did not qualify
2004
2008
2012
2016
Total	1/6	3	0	0	3	2	11

UEFA Women's Euro

UEFA Women's Euro record
Year	Result	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1984	Semi-final	2	0	0	2	1	3
1987	Did not qualify
1989	Did not qualify
1991	Third place	2	1	1	0	2	1
1993	Third place	2	1	0	1	3	2
1995	Did not qualify
1997	Group stage	3	0	1	2	2	9
2001	Semi-final	4	2	0	2	6	6
2005	Group stage	3	1	1	1	4	4
2009	Group stage	3	1	0	2	3	4
2013	Semi-final	5	0	4	1	5	6
2017	Runners-up	6	3	1	2	6	6
Total	9/12	30	9	8	13	32	41

Algarve Cup

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
Total	26/26	101	44	11	48	132	140

Invitational trophies

Women's Nordic Football Championship: winner 1974, 1975, 1976, 1982^[8]

World Cup (Old invitational event)

1970 : Champions (non-official competition)^[9]
1971 : Champions (non-official competition)^[10]
1981 : Runners-up (non-official competition)^[11]
1984 : Did not participate (non-official competition)^[11]
1985 : Third Place (non-official competition)^[11]
1986 : Did not participate (non-official competition)^[11]
1988 : Did not participate (non-official competition)^[11]

European Championship (Unofficial events)

1969 : Runner-up (non-official competition)^[12]
1979 : Champions (non-official competition)^[13]

References

^ Denmark - Caps
^ Denmark - Goals
^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 16 August 2024. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
^ https://www.dbu.dk/nyheder/2020/februar/nye-og-velkendte-ansigter-kaemper-for-kvindelandsholdet-i-portugal/
^ https://www.dbu.dk/nyheder/2020/februar/junge-og-nadim-kommer-ikke-til-algarve-cup/
^ "KVINDELANDSHOLDET". DBU. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
^ Denmark - Caps-Goals
^ Nordic Cup
^ Coppa del Mondo (Women) 1970
^ Mundial (Women) 1971
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Mundialito (Women) 1982-1988
^ Coppa Europa per Nazioni (Women) 1969
^ Inofficial European Women Championship 1979

External links

[caps-1] Denmark - Caps

[goals-2] Denmark - Goals

[FIFA_Women's_World_Rankings-3] "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 16 August 2024. Retrieved 16 August 2024.

[4] ttps://www.dbu.dk/nyheder/2020/februar/nye-og-velkendte-ansigter-kaemper-for-kvindelandsholdet-i-portugal/

[5] ttps://www.dbu.dk/nyheder/2020/februar/junge-og-nadim-kommer-ikke-til-algarve-cup/

[6] "KVINDELANDSHOLDET". DBU. Retrieved 20 August 2019.

[caps_goals-7] Denmark - Caps-Goals

[8] Nordic Cup

[9] Coppa del Mondo (Women) 1970

[10] Mundial (Women) 1971

[cup-11] Mundialito (Women) 1982-1988

[12] Coppa Europa per Nazioni (Women) 1969

[13] Inofficial European Women Championship 1979

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