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	14 2 (18 December 2020)
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

Home stadium

The Denmark women's national football team plays their home matches on the Viborg Stadium.

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 UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifiers against Italy on 1 December 2020.^[4]

Caps and goals are current as of 1 December 2020.^[5]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Kathrine Larsen	(1993-05-05) 5 May 1993 (age 27)	2	0	Djurgårdens IF
22	1GK	Lene Christensen	(2000-02-04) 4 February 2000 (age 20)	1	0	KoldingQ
	1GK	Freja Thisgaard	(2002-07-24) 24 July 2002 (age 18)	0	0	Fortuna Hjørring

3	2DF	Stine Ballisager Pedersen	(1994-01-03) 3 January 1994 (age 27)	18	2	Vålerenga
4	2DF	Rikke Sevecke	(1996-06-15) 15 June 1996 (age 24)	26	2	Everton
18	2DF	Sara Andersen	(1996-05-15) 15 May 1996 (age 24)	12	0	Fortuna Hjørring
23	2DF	Sofie Svava	(2000-08-11) 11 August 2000 (age 20)	15	1	FC Rosengård
	2DF	Sara Holmgaard	(1999-01-28) 28 January 1999 (age 21)	5	0	Fortuna Hjørring

2	3MF	Olivia Holdt	(2001-06-07) 7 June 2001 (age 19)	0	0	Fortuna Hjørring
6	3MF	Nanna Christiansen	(1989-06-17) 17 June 1989 (age 31)	109	12	Brøndby IF
7	3MF	Sanne Troelsgaard Nielsen	(1988-08-15) 15 August 1988 (age 32)	150	52	FC Rosengård
8	3MF	Emma Snerle	(2001-03-23) 23 March 2001 (age 19)	13	0	Fortuna Hjørring
13	3MF	Sofie Junge Pedersen	(1992-04-24) 24 April 1992 (age 28)	64	6	Juventus
19	3MF	Janni Thomsen	(2000-02-16) 16 February 2000 (age 20)	4	1	Vålerenga

10	4FW	Pernille Harder (captain)	(1992-11-15) 15 November 1992 (age 28)	123	64	Chelsea
14	4FW	Nicoline Sørensen	(1997-08-15) 15 August 1997 (age 23)	38	8	Everton
15	4FW	Frederikke Thøgersen	(1995-07-24) 24 July 1995 (age 25)	56	1	Fiorentina
17	4FW	Rikke Madsen	(1997-08-09) 9 August 1997 (age 23)	9	1	Vålerenga
21	4FW	Caroline Møller	(1998-12-19) 19 December 1998 (age 22)	4	0	Internazionale

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up to the Denmark squad 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
GK	Katrine Abel	(1990-06-28) 28 June 1990 (age 30)	16	0	Brøndby IF	UEFA Euro qual.^COV
DF	Theresa Eslund	(1986-07-20) 20 July 1986 (age 34)	133	5	Brøndby IF	2020 Algarve Cup
DF	Luna Gewitz	(1994-03-03) 3 March 1994 (age 26)	11	0	Guingamp	2020 Algarve Cup
DF	Janni Arnth	(1986-10-15) 15 October 1986 (age 34)	93	2	Fiorentina	2020 Algarve Cup ^PRE
DF	Simone Boye Sørensen	(1992-03-03) 3 March 1992 (age 28)	61	5	Bayern Munich	UEFA Euro qual.^COV

MF	Josefine Hasbo	(2001-11-20) 20 November 2001 (age 19)	2	0	Brøndby IF	UEFA Euro qual.^COV
MF	Katrine Veje	(1991-06-19) 19 June 1991 (age 29)	123	9	FC Rosengård	UEFA Euro qual.^COV

FW	Amalie Thestrup	(1995-03-17) 17 March 1995 (age 25)	4	0	Liverpool	2020 Algarve Cup
FW	Nadia Nadim	(1988-01-02) 2 January 1988 (age 33)	97	38	Paris Saint-Germain	UEFA Euro qual.^COV
FW	Signe Bruun	(1998-04-06) 6 April 1998 (age 22)	12	2	Paris Saint-Germain	UEFA Euro qual.^COV
FW	Stine Larsen	(1996-01-24) 24 January 1996 (age 24)	49	14	Aston Villa	UEFA Euro qual.^COV

Notes:

INJ = Withdrew due to injury
PRE = Preliminary squad
RET = Retired from the national team
COV = COVID-19 positive test or close contact

Previous squads

FIFA Women's World Cup

UEFA Women's Euro

Olympic Games

Olympics 1996 squad

Player records

Most appearances

Players listed in bold are still active at national level. ^[6]

As of 17 December 2020

#	Name	Denmark career	Caps
1	Katrine Pedersen	1994–2013	210
2	Johanna Rasmussen	2002–2018	153
3	Sanne Troelsgaard Nielsen	2008–present	150
4	Merete Pedersen	1993–2009	136
5	Theresa Eslund	2008–present	133
6	Line Røddik Hansen	2006–2020	132
7	Katrine Veje	2009–present	123
7	Pernille Harder	2009–present	123
9	Cathrine Paaske-Sørensen	2000–2010	121
10	Anne Dot Eggers Nielsen	1993–2007	118

Top goalscorers

Players listed in bold are still active at national level.

As of 1 December 2020

#	Player	Denmark career	Goals	Caps	Goals per game
1	Merete Pedersen	1993–2009	65	136	0.48
2	Pernille Harder	2009–present	64	123	0.52
3	Sanne Troelsgaard Nielsen	2008–present	52	150	0.35
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
6	Nadia Nadim	2009–present	38	97	0.39
8	Cathrine Paaske-Sørensen	2000–2010	36	121	0.3
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−present: Lars Søndergaard

Results and fixtures

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

Win Draw Lose Fixtures

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

17 September 2020 2021 UEFA Women's EQ	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0–4	Denmark	Zenica, Bosnia-Herzegovina
16:00		Report	Nadim 38' (str.) Troelsgaard 44' Sevecke 45' Christiansen 90'	Stadium: Bosnia and Herzegovinas National Trainings Center Attendance: 0 Referee: Sandra Bastos, Portugal

22 September 2020 2021 UEFA Women's EQ	Malta	0–8	Denmark	Ta' Qali, Malta
18:30		Report	Larsen 7' Nadim 8', 43' Troelsgaard 47', 74' Harder 53' Junge 56' Bruun 68'	Stadium: The National Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: María Dolores Martinez Madrona, Spain

21 October 2020^{[note 1]} 2021 UEFA Women's EQ	Denmark	4–0	Israel	Viborg
18:00	Harder 48' (55) Kuznetsov 53' (og) Junge Pedersen 81'	Report		Stadium: Viborg Stadium Referee: Reelika Turi (Estonia)

27 October 2020^{[note 1]} 2021 UEFA Women's EQ	Italy	1–3	Denmark	Empoli
17:30		Report		Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Referee: Cheryl Foster (Wales)

1 December 2020^{[note 2]} 2021 UEFA Women's EQ	Denmark	0–0	Italy	Viborg
17:15		Report		Stadium: Viborg Stadium

Honours

Achievements

Women's World Cup record

FIFA Women's World Cup Finals 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 Finals history
Year	Round	Date	Opponent	Result	Stadium
1991	Group stage	17 November	New Zealand	W 3–0	Tianhe Stadium, Guangzhou
		19 November	China PR	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 PR	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 PR	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 record

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 Championship record

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
2022	Qualified
Total	9/13	30	9	8	13	32	41

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
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]

Notes

^ ^a ^b All matches originally scheduled to be played in April and June 2020 were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.^[7] These matches were subsequently rescheduled to be played between September and November 2020.
^ Matches originally scheduled to be played on 22 September 2020 were rearranged following postponements to other matches due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.

References

^ Denmark - Caps
^ Denmark - Goals
^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 18 December 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
^ https://www.dbu.dk/landshold/kvindelandshold/a-landsholdet/
^ "KVINDELANDSHOLDET". DBU. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
^ Denmark - Caps-Goals
^ "COVID-19: latest updates on UEFA competitions". UEFA.com. 17 March 2020.
^ 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

[COVID-19-7] All matches originally scheduled to be played in April and June 2020 were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.^[7] These matches were subsequently rescheduled to be played between September and November 2020.

[COVID-19_2-9] Matches originally scheduled to be played on 22 September 2020 were rearranged following postponements to other matches due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.

[caps-1] Denmark - Caps

[goals-2] Denmark - Goals

[FIFA_Women's_World_Rankings-3] "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 18 December 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2020.

[4] ttps://www.dbu.dk/landshold/kvindelandshold/a-landsholdet/

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

[caps_goals-6] Denmark - Caps-Goals

[COVID-19-8] "COVID-19: latest updates on UEFA competitions". UEFA.com. 17 March 2020.

[10] Nordic Cup

[11] Coppa del Mondo (Women) 1970

[12] Mundial (Women) 1971

[cup-13] Mundialito (Women) 1982-1988

[14] Coppa Europa per Nazioni (Women) 1969

[15] Inofficial European Women Championship 1979

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