Denmark national football team
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{{Infobox National football team
| Name = Denmark
| Badge = Danish_football_crest.png
| FIFA Trigramme = DEN
| FIFA Rank = 36
| 1st ranking date = August 1993
| FIFA max = 3
| FIFA max date = May 1997
| FIFA min = 36
| FIFA min date = July 2008
| Elo Rank = 16
| Elo max = 1
| Elo max date = 1912-1920
| Elo min = 66
| Elo min date = May 1967
|Honours = [[Image:Football European Cup.svg|30px|1992 UEFA European Football Championship]]
| Nickname = Danish Dynamite, ''Olsen-<br>Banden'' (The Olsen Gang)
| Association = [[Danish Football Association]]<br/>(''Dansk Boldspil-Union'')
| Confederation = [[UEFA]] (Europe)
| Coach = {{Flagicon|Denmark}} [[Morten Olsen]], ([[2000]]-)
| Asst Manager = {{Flagicon|Denmark}} [[Peter Bonde]], ([[2006]]-)<br>{{Flagicon|Denmark}} [[Torben Storm]], ([[2006]]-)
| Captain = [[Jon Dahl Tomasson]]
| Most caps = [[Peter Schmeichel]] (129)
| Top scorer = [[Poul Nielsen|Poul "Tist" Nielsen]] (52)
| Home Stadium = [[Parken Stadium]]
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| First game = {{Flagicon|Denmark}} Denmark 9 - 0 [[France national football team|France]] {{Flagicon|France}}<br/>([[London]], [[England]]; [[19 October]], [[1908]])
| Largest win = {{Flagicon|Denmark}} Denmark 17 - 1 [[France national football team|France]] {{Flagicon|France}}<br/>([[London]], [[England]]; [[22 October]], [[1908]])
| Largest loss = ''Official'': {{Flagicon|Germany|Nazi}} [[Germany national football team|Germany]] 8 - 0 Denmark {{Flagicon|Denmark}}<br/>([[Breslau]], [[Germany]]; [[16 May]], [[1937]])<br>''Unofficial'': {{Flagicon|Denmark}} Denmark B 1-11 {{Flagicon|Basque Country}} [[Basque Country national football team|Basque Country]]<br>([[Denmark]]; [[29 August]], [[1937]])
| World cup apps = 3
| World cup first = 1986
| World cup best = Quarterfinals, [[1998 FIFA World Cup|1998]]
| Regional name = [[European Football Championship|European Championship]]
| Regional cup apps = 7
| Regional cup first = [[1964 European Football Championship|1964]]
| Regional cup best = '''Winners''', [[1992 European Football Championship|1992]]
| Confederations cup apps = 1
| Confederations cup first = 1995
| Confederations cup best = '''Winners''', [[Confederations Cup 1995|1995]]
}}
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{{MedalSport | Men's [[Football at the Summer Olympics|Football]]}}
{{MedalSilver | [[1908 Summer Olympics|1908 London]] | [[Football at the 1908 Summer Olympics|Team]]}}
{{MedalSilver | [[1912 Summer Olympics|1912 Stockholm]] | [[Football at the 1912 Summer Olympics|Team]]}}
{{MedalSilver | [[1960 Summer Olympics|1960 Rome]] | [[Football at the 1960 Summer Olympics|Team]]}}
{{MedalBronze | [[1948 Summer Olympics|1948 London]] | [[Football at the 1948 Summer Olympics|Team]]}}
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The '''Denmark national football team''' is controlled by the [[Danish Football Association]] and has represented the country of [[Denmark]] in international [[football (soccer)|football]] competitions since 1908. The team has been a solidly competitive side in international football since the mid-1980s, with the triumph in the [[1992 European Football Championship|1992 European Championships]] (Euro 1992) tournament as its most prominent victory.
In the qualification to [[2008 UEFA European Football Championship|Euro 2008]], Denmark was placed in [[2008 European Football Championship (qualifying)#Group F|Group F]] with [[Liechtenstein national football team|Liechtenstein]], [[Northern Ireland national football team|Northern Ireland]], [[Iceland national football team|Iceland]], [[Latvia national football team|Latvia]], [[Spain national football team|Spain]] and archrivals [[Sweden national football team|Sweden]]. Only Spain and Sweden qualified from the group. This is the first Euro Cup since 1980 without Danish participation (Denmark participated in 1992 without having qualified, due to the banning of [[Yugoslavia]]).
==Teams==
Apart from the men's senior team, Denmark competes with a [[Denmark women's national football team|women's national team]], and has teams at various youth levels for both men and women, most prominently the [[Denmark national under-21 football team|under-21 national team]]. Additionally, there is a league national team, or B-team, of the best players from the domestic [[Danish Superliga]], playing official games in the winter break of the national league, as well as an old-boys national team. Historically, the team competed in the [[Summer Olympics]] until and including the 1988 tournament, whereafter Olympic games count as under-21 national games.
==History==
===Amateur years===
[[Image:Football at the 1912 Summer Olympics - Denmark squad.JPG|thumb|left|250px|The Danish team at the [[1912 Summer Olympics]].]]
Denmark won an unofficial victory in the [[Football at the 1906 Summer Olympics|1906 Intercalated Olympics]],<ref name="intercalated">The Danish Football Association (DBU) decided not to send a competing team, so instead the [[Copenhagen Football Association]] (KBU), sent an unofficial team which won the tournament under the team name of Denmark.</ref> and finished second in their first official tournament, the [[Football at the 1908 Summer Olympics|1908 Olympics]], an achievement copied four years later in the [[Football at the 1912 Summer Olympics|1912 Olympics]]. Although Denmark figured fairly prominently in the pre-[[FIFA World Cup|World Cup]] era, international success would elude them for years from the first World Cup in 1930 and forward. Despite the country's ability to produce outstanding footballing talent, a bronze medal in the [[Football at the 1948 Summer Olympics|1948 Olympics]] was the only result of note in 50 years. As football remained an amateur pastime, most of the best Danish footballers moved abroad to make a living,<ref name="history">Birger B. Peitersen, [http://www.denmark.dk/portal/page?_pageid=374,478009&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL Danish Football], ''Denmark.dk''</ref> and foreign-based professionals were barred from the national team, in common with other [[Scandinavia]]n countries.
In the 1960s, Denmark had a revival with a third set of Olympic silver at the [[Football at the 1960 Summer Olympics|1960 Olympics]], though the most notable performance was fourth place in the [[1964 UEFA European Football Championship|Euro 1964]]. Denmark took advantage of a comparatively easy draw, as they beat [[Malta national football team|Malta]] and [[Luxembourg national football team|Luxembourg]] before losing to the [[USSR national football team|USSR]] in the semi-final and [[Hungary national football team|Hungary]] in the bronze match. The national team rule of amateurism was abolished in 1971, which led to a vast improvement in the Danish team's performances. In 1978, professional football was introduced to the Danish leagues, which prompted the first sponsorship of the national team by Danish brewery [[Carlsberg]], enabling the team to hire full-time coach [[Sepp Piontek]] from [[Germany]] in 1979.<ref name="history" />
===Danish Dynamite===
In the [[1982 FIFA World Cup]] qualifiers, Denmark finished with 8 points from as many games, including a 3-1 win against eventual World Cup champions [[Italy national football team|Italy]], but Denmark failed to qualify for the final tournament despite the impressive result. Qualification for the [[1984 UEFA European Football Championship|Euro 1984]] saw the team beat [[England national football team|England]] at [[Wembley Stadium (1924)|Wembley Stadium]] when [[Allan Simonsen]] converted a [[penalty kick]] for a 1-0 win. Denmark qualified for their first international tournament since 1964, and the team was dubbed "Danish Dynamite" in a competition for the official Danish Euro 1984 song.<ref name="history" /> Denmark's participation ended in the semi-final when the team lost on [[Penalty shootout (football)|penalties]] to [[Spain national football team|Spain]], most remembered for [[Preben Elkjær]]'s penalty miss, his shorts torn apart. Following the strong performance at the finals, the name of "Danish Dynamite" became a mainstay for the following decade of Danish national team football under coach Piontek.
Denmark made their first World Cup appearance in the [[1986 FIFA World Cup]], and with the attacking duo of [[Michael Laudrup]] and Preben Elkjær the team surprised the world, sweeping the group, including a 6-1 thrashing of [[Uruguay national football team|Uruguay]]. In the second round Denmark once again faced Spain, and once more Denmark lost out. The team received a trashing of their own, losing 5-1, including four goals by [[Emilio Butragueño]]. The first Spanish goal was caused by a miss-timed backpass by [[Jesper Olsen]] to Butragueño, an unfortunate action subsequently coined as "a real Jesper Olsen" (''en rigtig Jesper Olsen''). The phrase would live on for 13 years when an identical backpass was carried out by [[Jesper Grønkjær]] to [[Filippo Inzaghi]] in Grønkjær's 1999 debut game.<ref>{{da icon}} Rasmus Bech, "Den aften, da Jesper Olsen blev glemt", ''[[Politiken]] article'', [[March 28]], [[1999]]</ref>
After the glory days of 1986 came a period of transition with faltering results. The [[1988 UEFA European Football Championship|Euro 1988]] tournament ended in early defeat as Denmark lost the group games to Spain, [[Germany national football team|Germany]], and [[Italy national football team|Italy]]. When Denmark failed to qualify for the [[1990 FIFA World Cup]] Sepp Piontek was replaced by his assistant coach [[Richard Møller Nielsen]].
===1992 European Champions===
Denmark's finest hour in the international competitions came in the [[1992 UEFA European Football Championship|Euro 1992]]. The Danes initially failed to qualify, as they trailed [[Yugoslavia national football team|Yugoslavia]] in their qualifying group. Michael Laudrup, the star of the team, decided to quit the national team during the qualification matches, following tactical differences with coach Richard Møller Nielsen. However, due to international sanctions resulting from the [[Yugoslav wars]], Yugoslavia was barred from the tournament, and Denmark entered as the second-placed team in its group. Contrary to popular belief<ref name="history" /> the team did not rally home from seaside vacations to compete, as the majority of players were already assembled to play a friendly match with the [[USSR national football team|CIS]] when Denmark officially got the spot at the tournament.<ref>Peter Schmeichel with Egon Balsby, "''Schmeichel: The Autobiography''", Virgin, 1999, ISBN 0-7535-0444-8, pp. 97-98 of Danish version (ISBN 87-7901-122-5)</ref>
Relying heavily on goalkeeper [[Peter Schmeichel]] and his defense, as well as creative spark [[Brian Laudrup]], the Danish team created one of the biggest surprises in the event's history, as they went on to win the European Championship trophy under coach Møller Nielsen's defensive playing style. Advancing from the group stage ahead of England and [[France national football team|France]], Denmark beat the [[Netherlands national football team|Dutch]] defending [[1988 UEFA European Football Championship|Euro 1988]] champions on penalties in the semi-final, and with the 2-0 win against reigning [[1990 FIFA World Cup]] champions Germany in the final, Denmark had won its first trophy.
Following the Euro 1992 win, Michael Laudrup revived his national team career in 1993. The following years Denmark saw mixed results as they failed to qualify for the [[1994 FIFA World Cup]], before securing a [[King Fahd Cup]] win, beating [[Copa América]] champions [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]] in 1995. As defending champions at the [[1996 UEFA European Football Championship|Euro 1996]], Denmark disappointed with a lacklustre performance and the team was eliminated in the group stage. As controversy had occurred over the prolonging of Richard Møller Nielsen's contract in fall 1995, including a strained relationship with the press, he was let go. The new coach was the sympathetic [[Sweden|Swede]] [[Bo Johansson|Bo "Bosse" Johansson]], who gave the team a more offensive strategy, and the [[1998 FIFA World Cup]] saw the revival of the Danish team, starring both Laudrup brothers in their last international campaign. After beating Saudi Arabia 1-0, drawing with South Africa and losing 2-1 to later champions France in mediocre games the Danish team qualified to the knockout stages as second in the group. In the next game however Denmark played some of the best football of the tournament beating Nigeria 4-1 and thus qualified to the quarterfinals against [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]]. The Danes went out with a beautiful 2-3 defeat to the later silver medalists in a very close and emotional game. Following yet another disappointing European Championship in the [[2000 UEFA European Football Championship|Euro 2000]], with many players selected for the squad despite injuries and poor form, "Bosse" decided not to prolong his contract.
===The Olsen Gang===
The new coach turned out to be the former national team captain from the successful team of the 1980s, [[Morten Olsen]], and the team was quickly dubbed the "[[Olsen Gang]]", a reference to the series of Danish movies based around the main character Egon Olsen and his genius (criminal) plans. The nickname was also used for the Danish team when Olsen captained it. Under Olsen, who brought with him great experience from among others [[Ajax Amsterdam]], Denmark's tactics shifted to an even more attacking style, with an emphasis on the speedy wingers available to him at the time, namely [[Jesper Grønkjær]] and [[Dennis Rommedahl]], and Olsen stressed the importance of only using fit and on-form players in the team - a principle that he's later been forced to go back on somewhat, as the player material available in such a relatively small nation doesn't always provide many realistic options.
Denmark qualified both for the [[2002 FIFA World Cup]] and the [[2004 UEFA European Football Championship|Euro 2004]], but despite impressive results in the group stage in both tournaments, especially the 2-0 win against reigning World Cup winners France in 2002, Denmark were defeated in the first post-group stage round in both tournaments. The Euro 2004 will be best remembered for an incident in the game with [[Italy national football team|Italy]], where Italian star [[Francesco Totti]] was caught on camera by a Danish cameraman, spitting on Danish player [[Christian Poulsen]], and the joint elimination of Italy by Denmark and [[Sweden national football team|Sweden]] in the [[2004 European Football Championship - Group C#Denmark vs Sweden|last group stage match]] when the two teams drew 2-2 following a Swedish goal in the 81st minute, making for the exact and famous result that would see the Italians eliminated.
Olsen's reign of the Danish national team has been the most successful in the time of professional coaches. As of March 2006, Morten Olsen has a winning share of 58,7%, and with three points for a victory and one for a draw, Olsen has an average of 2,03 points per game.<ref>[http://www.dbu.dk/lbase/coachInfo.aspx?coachid=4118&teamtypeid=330&genderid=1 Morten Olsen coach profile] at ''DBU.dk''</ref> In comparison, Richard Møller Nielsen had a 54,8% winning share and a 1,89 point average,<ref>[http://www.dbu.dk/lbase/coachInfo.aspx?coachid=4116 Richard Møller Nielsen coach profile] at ''DBU.dk''</ref> and especially Olsen's attitude of taking every friendly match seriously has led to many good results, one notable example being a friendly 4-1 win over [[England national football team|England]] in 2005, the worst loss for the English team since 1980 and a repetition of the impressive Danish 3-2 win on English ground at [[Old Trafford (football)|Old Trafford]] in 2003.
For the [[Football World Cup 2006 - European Qualification Groups#Group 2|2006 World Cup qualification]], Denmark was paired with, among others, 2002 World Cup bronze winners [[Turkey national football team|Turkey]] and Euro 2004 champions [[Greece national football team|Greece]] competing for only one guaranteed spot at the final tournament. Following a poor start of the qualification, Denmark were trailing both Turkey and surprise leaders [[Ukraine national football team|Ukraine]]. Denmark needed Turkey to lose points in the final games in order for Denmark to clinch the 2nd place of the group and one last chance to qualify via two play-off games. Indeed, had Turkey lost points to [[Albania national football team|Albania]] in their last game, Denmark would have gone through, but instead they had to settle for 3rd place in the group and a longer summer break.
After failing to qualify for the [[2006 FIFA World Cup]], coach Olsen considered leaving the job, having received several offers from club teams, but decided to stay and extended his contract until after the [[2010 FIFA World Cup]], spurred on by his and the team's popularity among the Danish population.<ref>{{da icon}} Jens Gjesse Hansen, [http://www.dr.dk/Sporten/Fodbold/Landsholdet/2005/11/21/151254.htm "Morten Olsen forlænger med fire år"], [[Danmarks Radio]], [[November 21]], [[2005]]</ref>
==Supporters==
{{main|Roligan}}
{{see also|2008 UEFA qualifier fan attack}}
Apart from the national team, Denmark is equally famous for its traveling fans, known as ''[[roligans]]''. The movement emerged during the 1980s as the declared opposition to [[football hooliganism|hooliganism]]. The goal of the roligan movement is calm, yet cheerful, support during the matches, as ''rolig'' means calm in the [[Danish language]]. The roligans have since developed an image of easy-going nature and rabid support, and are often considered amongst the world's best national team fans, along with the [[Tartan Army]] of Scotland. They were collectively given the FIFA FairPlay Award at the 1984 European Championships.<ref>{{da icon}} [http://www.roliganklubben.dk/dk/historie/ Historie] at ''RoliganKlubben.dk''</ref> Just before the 1986 World Cup, the roligan movement was organized in order to support the national team at the tournament.
The good reputation of the Danish supporters was sullied during a [[June 2]], [[2007]] [[Euro 2008]] qualifying game with [[Sweden national football team|Sweden]], when an enraged Danish supporter invaded the pitch and attacked the referee following the expulsion of [[Christian Poulsen]]. The game was immediately abandoned and the supporter arrested.<ref>{{da icon}} [http://sports.yahoo.com/sow/news;_ylt=ApJbdXEZ3ULJa9KX5ujSjaomw7YF?slug=reu-eurodenmark&prov=reuters&type=lgns]</ref>
==[[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification - UEFA Group 1|FIFA World Cup qualification (Group 1)]]==
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==Stadium==
[[Image:Kparken.JPG|thumb|250px|right|[[Parken Stadium|Parken]]]]
{{For|stadium history|Parken Stadium}}
From a 2-1 friendly win over [[Germany national football team|Germany]] in 1912, to a 0-2 Euro 1992 qualification loss to Yugoslavia in 1990, Denmark played most of their home games at [[Idrætsparken]] in [[Copenhagen]], a total of 232 games, of which 125 were won.<ref>[http://www.dbu.dk/lbase/countryInfo.aspx?stadiumid=1124#stat Landskampsstatistik Idrætsparken (København)] at ''DBU.dk''</ref> During this time, various games were spread out across the country, with matches played in other parts of the country, like at [[Aalborg Stadion]] in [[Aalborg]], [[NRGi Park]] (then known as Atletion) in [[Århus]], and [[Fionia Park]] (then known as Odense Stadium) in [[Odense]], Odense Stadium being the main venue for national games for a year after the abandonment of Idrætsparken.
On [[September 9]] [[1992]] the rebuilt Idrætsparken, now called [[Parken Stadium|Parken]], the biggest venue in Denmark with 42,000 seats, was opened with a 1-2 defeat by Germany. Parken has since been the sole stadium of the men's senior national team matches, with a contract on all men's senior matches until 2007. Meagre spectator support at some matches, which have attracted from 22,000 down to below 10,000 for the [[April 17]], [[2002]] friendly 3-1 win over [[Israel national football team|Israel]], caused speculation that certain friendly matches might be moved to other stadiums around the country after 2007. In 2006 Parken's 13-year monopoly on national team matches was broken, for a [[May 27]] [[2006]] friendly game at NRGi Park, with World Cup 2006 participants [[Paraguay national football team|Paraguay]] the opponent, almost 19,000 of the 22,227 tickets were sold within the first hour of sale.<ref>{{da icon}} Christian Bové, [http://sporten.tv2.dk/fodbold/article.php/3717827.html "Landskamp for fulde huse i Århus"], [[TV 2 (Denmark)]], [[February 24]], [[2006]]</ref> The game was a big success, support-wise, and another game at a new venue followed on [[September 1]] at [[Brøndby Stadium]]. However, this match only attracted 13,186 spectators (in a 26,000 capacity stadium) and was deemed a relative failure. The reasons are thought to be a combination of the poor, rainy weather, and the fact that this stadium is located on the outskirts of Copenhagen, and as such does not attract a new demographic, as the travel distances and times to Parken are not much greater, if not lesser, for most of the population.
==International record==
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===World Cup===
*[[1930 FIFA World Cup|1930]] to [[1954 FIFA World Cup|1954]] - ''Did not enter''
*[[1958 FIFA World Cup|1958]] - ''Did not qualify''
*[[1962 FIFA World Cup|1962]] - ''Did not enter''
*[[1966 FIFA World Cup|1966]] to [[1982 FIFA World Cup|1982]] - ''Did not qualify''
*[[1986 FIFA World Cup|1986]] - Round 2
*[[1990 FIFA World Cup|1990]] - ''Did not qualify''
*[[1994 FIFA World Cup|1994]] - ''Did not qualify''
*[[1998 FIFA World Cup|1998]] - Quarterfinals
*[[2002 FIFA World Cup|2002]] - Round 2
*[[2006 FIFA World Cup|2006]] - ''Did not qualify''
===European Championship===
*[[1960 European Nations' Cup|1960]] - ''Did not qualify''
*[[1964 European Nations' Cup|1964]] - Fourth place
*[[1968 UEFA European Football Championship|1968]] to [[1980 UEFA European Football Championship|1980]] - ''Did not qualify''
*[[1984 UEFA European Football Championship|1984]] - Semifinals
*[[1988 UEFA European Football Championship|1988]] - Round 1
*[[UEFA Euro 1992|1992]] - '''Champions'''
*[[UEFA Euro 96|1996]] - Round 1
*[[UEFA Euro 2000|2000]] - Round 1
*[[UEFA Euro 2004|2004]] - Quarterfinals
*[[UEFA Euro 2008|2008]] - ''Did not qualify''
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===Confederations Cup===
*[[King Fahd Cup 1992|1992]] - ''Did not qualify''
*[[King Fahd Cup 1995|1995]] - '''Winners'''
*[[Confederations Cup 1997|1997]] to [[Confederations Cup 2009|2009]] - ''Did not qualify''
===Summer Olympic===
*[[Football at the 1900 Summer Olympics|1900]] - ''Was not invited''
*[[Football at the 1904 Summer Olympics|1904]] - ''Was not invited''
*[[Football at the 1906 Summer Olympics|1906]] - ''Did not enter''/'''Winners'''<ref name="intercalated" />
*[[Football at the 1908 Summer Olympics|1908]] - Runners-up
*[[Football at the 1912 Summer Olympics|1912]] - Runners-up
*[[Football at the 1920 Summer Olympics|1920]] - First round
*[[Football at the 1924 Summer Olympics|1924]]-[[Football at the 1936 Summer Olympics|1936]] - ''Did not compete''
*[[Football at the 1948 Summer Olympics|1948]] - Third place
*[[Football at the 1952 Summer Olympics|1952]] - Second round
*[[Football at the 1956 Summer Olympics|1956]] - ''Did not compete''
*[[Football at the 1960 Summer Olympics|1960]] - Runners-up
*[[Football at the 1964 Summer Olympics|1964]] - ''Did not qualify''
*[[Football at the 1968 Summer Olympics|1968]] - ''Did not compete''
*[[Football at the 1972 Summer Olympics|1972]] - Quarter final
*[[Football at the 1976 Summer Olympics|1976]] - ''Did not qualify''
*[[Football at the 1980 Summer Olympics|1980]] - ''Did not compete''
*[[Football at the 1984 Summer Olympics|1984]] - ''Did not qualify''
*[[Football at the 1988 Summer Olympics|1988]] - ''Did not qualify''<ref>The team did not compete in the final tournament, following the discovery that Dane [[Per Frimann]] was not eligible for the 2-0 win over [[Poland national football team|Poland]]. Denmark was penalised the points of the win, which cost the spot at the final tournament.</ref>
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==Players==
{{Seealso|List of Denmark international footballers}}
The players are freely chosen by the national team manager. They are normally assembled, from their respective club teams, at Hotel Marina in [[Vedbæk]] for a week-long training camp preluding the upcoming game. Games are typically played on a Wednesday or Saturday evening.
===Current squad===
:''Updated after the [[2008-06-01]] match against [[Poland national football team|Poland]].''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dbu.dk/page.aspx?id=1144 |title=Danish National Team |accessdate=2008-06-01 |publisher=[[Danish Football Association]] }}</ref>
{{Denmark football squad start}}
{{Denmark football squad player|pos=GK|name=[[Jesper Christiansen]]|age={{birth date and age|1978|4|24}}|caps=9|goals=0|club=[[F.C. Copenhagen]]|clubnat=DNK}}
{{Denmark football squad player|pos=GK|name=[[Stephan Andersen]]|age={{birth date and age|1981|11|26}}|caps=1|goals=0|club=[[Brøndby IF]]|clubnat=DNK}}
{{Denmark football squad player|pos=GK|name=[[Thomas Sørensen]]|age={{birth date and age|1976|6|12}}|caps=73|goals=0|club=[[Free agent]]|clubnat=}}
{{Denmark football squad player|pos=DF|name=[[Anders Møller Christensen]]|age={{birth date and age|1977|7|26}}|caps=2|goals=0|club=[[Odense Boldklub]]|clubnat=DNK}}
{{Denmark football squad player|pos=DF|name=[[Lars Jacobsen]]|age={{birth date and age|1979|9|20}}|caps=15|goals=0|club=[[Free agent]]|clubnat=}}
{{Denmark football squad player|pos=DF|name=[[Magnus Troest]]|age={{birth date and age|1987|6|5}}|caps=0|goals=0|club=[[Parma F.C.]]|clubnat=ITA}}
{{Denmark football squad player|pos=DF|name=[[Per Krøldrup]]|age={{birth date and age|1979|7|31}}|caps=22|goals=0|club=[[ACF Fiorentina]]|clubnat=ITA}}
{{Denmark football squad player|pos=DF|name=[[Thomas Rasmussen]]|age={{birth date and age|1977|4|16}}|caps=6|goals=0|club=[[Brøndby IF]]|clubnat=DNK}}
{{Denmark football squad player|pos=MF|name=[[Christian Poulsen]]|age={{birth date and age|1980|2|28}}|caps=56|goals=3|club=[[Juventus FC]]|clubnat=ITA}}
{{Denmark football squad player|pos=MF|name=[[Kenneth Perez]]|age={{birth date and age|1974|8|29}}|caps=24|goals=2|club=[[AFC Ajax]]|clubnat=NED}}
{{Denmark football squad player|pos=MF|name=[[Martin Retov]]|age={{birth date and age|1980|5|5}}|caps=3|goals=0|club=[[FC Hansa Rostock]]|clubnat=GER}}
{{Denmark football squad player|pos=MF|name=[[Martin Vingaard]]|age={{birth date and age|1985|3|20}}|caps=2|goals=1|club=[[Esbjerg fB]]|clubnat=DNK}}
{{Denmark football squad player|pos=MF|name=[[Mikkel Beckmann]]|age={{birth date and age|1983|10|24}}|caps=2|goals=0|club=[[Lyngby Boldklub]]|clubnat=DNK}}
{{Denmark football squad player|pos=MF|name=[[Thomas Augustinussen]]|age={{birth date and age|1981|3|20}}|caps=1|goals=0|club=[[Aalborg Boldspilklub]]|clubnat=DNK}}
{{Denmark football squad player|pos=MF|name=[[Thomas Kahlenberg]]|age={{birth date and age|1983|3|20}}|caps=24|goals=2|club=[[AJ Auxerre]]|clubnat=FRA}}
{{Denmark football squad player|pos=MF|name=[[Thomas Kristensen]]|age={{birth date and age|1983|4|17}}|caps=2|goals=0|club=[[F.C. Copenhagen]]|clubnat=DNK}}
{{Denmark football squad player|pos=MF|name=[[William Kvist]]|age={{birth date and age|1985|2|24}}|caps=6|goals=0|club=[[F.C. Copenhagen]]|clubnat=DNK}}
{{Denmark football squad player|pos=FW|name=[[Dennis Rommedahl]]|age={{birth date and age|1978|7|22}}|caps=78|goals=16|club=[[AFC Ajax]]|clubnat=NED}}
{{Denmark football squad player|pos=FW|name=[[Dennis Sørensen]]|age={{birth date and age|1981|5|24}}|caps=5|goals=0|club=[[FC Energie Cottbus]]|clubnat=GER}}
{{Denmark football squad player|pos=FW|name=[[Martin Jørgensen]]|age={{birth date and age|1975|10|6}}|caps=85|goals=12|club=[[ACF Fiorentina]]|clubnat=ITA}}
{{Denmark football squad player|pos=FW|name=[[Morten Nordstrand]]|age={{birth date and age|1983|6|8}}|caps=4|goals=2|club=[[F.C. Copenhagen]]|clubnat=DNK}}
{{Denmark football squad player|pos=FW|name=[[Nicklas Bendtner]]|age={{birth date and age|1988|1|16}}|caps=18|goals=7|club=[[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]]|clubnat=ENG}}
{{end}}
====Recent call-up====
{{Denmark football squad start}}
{{Denmark football squad player|pos=DF|name=[[Anders Randrup]]|age={{birth date and age|1988|7|16}}|caps=1|goals=0|club=[[Brøndby IF]]|clubnat=DNK}}
{{Denmark football squad player|pos=DF|name=[[Chris Sørensen]]|age={{birth date and age|1977|7|27}}|caps=4|goals=0|club=[[Odense Boldklub]]|clubnat=DNK}}
{{Denmark football squad player|pos=DF|name=[[Martin Laursen]]|age={{birth date and age|1977|7|26}}|caps=49|goals=2|club=[[Aston Villa F.C.|Aston Villa]]|clubnat=ENG}}
{{Denmark football squad player|pos=DF|name=[[Michael Jakobsen]]|age={{birth date and age|1986|1|2}}|caps=0|goals=0|club=[[Aalborg Boldspilklub]]|clubnat=DNK}}
{{Denmark football squad player|pos=DF|name=[[Niclas Jensen]]|age={{birth date and age|1974|8|17}}|caps=62|goals=0|club=[[F.C. Copenhagen]]|clubnat=DNK}}
{{Denmark football squad player|pos=DF|name=[[Ulrik Laursen]]|age={{birth date and age|1976|2|28}}|caps=5|goals=1|club=[[F.C. Copenhagen]]|clubnat=DNK}}
{{Denmark football squad player|pos=MF|name=[[Daniel Jensen]]|age={{birth date and age|1979|6|25}}|caps=36|goals=2|club=[[SV Werder Bremen]]|clubnat=GER}}
{{Denmark football squad player|pos=MF|name=[[Leon Andreasen]]|age={{birth date and age|1983|4|23}}|caps=10|goals=1|club=[[Fulham F.C.|Fulham]]|clubnat=ENG}}
{{Denmark football squad player|pos=MF|name=[[Mikkel Thygesen]]|age={{birth date and age|1984|10|22}}|caps=2|goals=0|club=[[FC Midtjylland]]|clubnat=DNK}}
{{Denmark football squad player|pos=MF|name=[[Niki Zimling]]|age={{birth date and age|1985|4|19}}|caps=1|goals=0|club=[[Esbjerg fB]]|clubnat=DNK}}
{{Denmark football squad player|pos=FW|name=[[Jon Dahl Tomasson]]|age={{birth date and age|1976|8|29}}|caps=99|goals=51|club=[[Feyenoord]]|clubnat=NED}}
{{Denmark football squad player|pos=FW|name=[[Martin Bernburg]]|age={{birth date and age|1985|12|23}}|caps=0|goals=0|club=[[FC Nordsjælland]]|clubnat=DNK}}
{{Denmark football squad player|pos=FW|name=[[Morten Rasmussen (football striker)|Morten "Duncan" Rasmussen]]|age={{birth date and age|1985|1|31}}|caps=0|goals=0|club=[[Brøndby IF]]|clubnat=DNK}}
{{end}}
===Payment===
Each player in the national team receives a set amount of money per game, including bonuses for games won and qualification for the European Championship and World Cup tournaments. Through the years, these money prizes have gone from around €1,340 for a game win in 1987 and around €26,800 for the Euro 1988 participation alone, to around €67,000 for the 1998 World Cup and up to €107,000 for the 2002 World Cup participations, per player.<ref>{{da icon}} [[Jan Heintze]], "''Tyve år på toppen''", Cicero, 2002, ISBN 87-7714-459-7 Values are translated from [[Danish kroner]].</ref> Currently, the win bonus for friendly games are €1,340 per player, with start money for an away game at €670 per player, while a home win before a sellout crowd of 42,000, can possibly wield €7,600 per player, including the win bonus, due to spectator-dependent bonuses. In the qualification matches for the international tournaments, the bonuses are increased for both home and away wins, with a bonus also being paid for away draws. All payments, however, are donated to a charity of each individual players choice. <ref>[http://www.dbu.dk/page.aspx?id=453 Players bonus] at ''DBU.dk''</ref>
===Player names and numbers===
Shirt numbers became quickly associated with a certain position, so to describe someone as 'Denmark's number 9' would be to describe a player as the best choice for [[centre forward]]. This terminology continues today, and the team has kept to the tradition of numbering players from 1 to 11 (12 upwards for [[substitute]]s), outside of major tournaments such as the [[FIFA World Cup]] or the [[UEFA European Football Championship]], where permanent squad numbers are required.
Numbers are traditionally associated with a certain position, but there are no set rules. Furthermore, established players will tend to use the same number whenever they play. [[Martin Jørgensen]], for example, retains the Denmark number 10 no matter what position he plays in. However, when Jørgensen does not play, another player will be number 10.
===Best players of all time===
In November 2006, the Danish Football Association nominated eight Danish national team footballers for the "Best Danish Footballer of All Time" award. The public could vote for the nominated players through the [[TV 2 (Denmark)|TV 2]] broadcasting channel, and [[Michael Laudrup]] won the award with 58% of the votes.<ref>[http://sporten.tv2.dk/fodbold/article.php/id-5354143.html Michael Laudrup løb med hæderen], ''[[TV 2 (Denmark)|TV 2 Sporten]]'', [[November 13]], [[2006]]</ref>
The nominated players were, arranged after year of debut:
*[[Morten Olsen]] (1970-1989)
*[[Henning Jensen]] (1972-1980)
*[[Allan Simonsen]] (1972-1986)
*[[Preben Elkjær Larsen|Preben Elkjær]] (1977-1988)
*[[Michael Laudrup]] (1982-1998)
*[[Brian Laudrup]] (1987-1998)
*[[Peter Schmeichel]] (1987-2001)
*[[Jon Dahl Tomasson]] 1997-Present
===Other notable players===
{{Original research|date=April 2008}}
{{seealso|Denmark national football team statistics}}
Notable former players of the Danish national team, arranged after year of debut.
{|
|valign="top" width=33%|
1900s:
*[[Nils Middelboe]] 1908-1920
1910s:
*[[Poul "Tist" Nielsen]] 1910-1925
1940s:
*[[Karl Aage Hansen]] 1943-1948
*[[Karl Aage Præst]] 1945-1949
*[[John Hansen]] 1948
1950s:
*[[Ole Madsen]] 1958-1969
*[[Harald Nielsen]] 1959-1960
1960s:
*[[Johnny Hansen]] 1965-1978
1970s:
*[[Sten Ziegler]] 1971-1981
*[[Jan Sørensen]] 1977-1980
*[[Frank Arnesen]] 1977-1987
*[[Søren Lerby]] 1978-1989
*[[Klaus Berggreen]] 1979-1988
|valign="top" width=33%|
1980s:
*[[Ivan Nielsen]] 1980-1989
*[[Jesper Olsen]] 1980-1990
*[[Jan Mølby]] 1982-1990
*[[John Sivebæk]] 1982-1992
*[[Kim Vilfort]] 1983-1996
*[[Henrik Andersen]] 1985-1994
*[[Flemming Povlsen]] 1987-1994
*[[John Jensen|John "Faxe" Jensen]] 1987-1995
*[[Jan Heintze]] 1987-2002
*[[Lars Elstrup]] 1988-1993
*[[Henrik Larsen]] 1989-1996
1990s:
*[[Peter Møller]] 1991-2005
*[[Thomas Helveg]] 1994-2007
*[[Ole Tobiasen]] 1997-1998
*[[Martin Jørgensen]] 1998-Present
*[[Ebbe Sand]] 1998-2004
*[[Thomas Gravesen]] 1998-2006
*[[Jesper Grønkjær]] 1999-Present
|valign="top" width=33%|
2000s:
*[[Daniel Agger]] 2005-Present
|}
==Managers==
{{main|Denmark national football team statistics#Managers}}
Ever since the Danish Football Association started registering official games at the 1908 Summer Olympics, assigned football managers who have coached the team at official tournaments. From 1911 to 1961, 169 matches were played without an assigned national team coach.
{| class="wikitable" cellpadding="3" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!Manager
!Year(s)
!Games
!Win
!Draw
!Loss
!Win %
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|[[Charlie Williams (footballer)|Charles Williams]]||1908-1910||4||3||0||1||75.0%
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|[[Axel Andersen Byrval]]||1913-1918||16||14||1||1||87.5%
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|''[[Caretaker manager (football)|caretaker managers]]''||1920-1956||19||10||3||6||52.6%
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|[[Arne Sørensen]]||1956-1961||41||20||8||13||48.8%
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|[[Poul Petersen (footballer)|Poul Petersen]]||1962-1966||47||17||8||22||36.2%
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|''caretaker managers''||1967-1969||28||13||4||11||46.4%
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|[[Rudi Strittich]]||1970-1975||61||20||11||30||32.8%
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|[[Kurt "Nikkelaj" Nielsen]]||1976-1979||31||13||6||12||41.9%
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|[[Sepp Piontek]]||1979-1990||115||52||24||39||45.2%
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|[[Richard Møller Nielsen]]||1987-1988<ref>Richard Møller Nielsen coached 8 games in the [[1988 Summer Olympics]] qualifications campaign, winning 6, drawing 1 and losing 1.</ref><br>1990-1996||73||40||18||15||54.8%
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|[[Bo Johansson]]||1996-2000||40||17||9||14||42.5%
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|[[Morten Olsen]]<sup>a</sup>||2000-present||84||48||21||15||57.1%
|-
|colspan= "9" align = "left" |
a) Accurate up to and including [[February 06]] [[2008]].
|}
==See also==
*[[Roligan]]
*[[Faroe Islands national football team]]
*[[Greenland national football team]]
*[[Copenhagen XI]]
*[[Sports in Denmark]]
===Past squads and campaigns===
*[[1964 European Nations' Cup squads#Denmark|Euro 1964 squad]]
*[[UEFA Euro 1984 squads#Denmark|Euro 1984 squad]]
*[[1986 FIFA World Cup squads#Denmark|World Cup 1986 squad]]
*[[UEFA Euro 1988 squads#Denmark|Euro 1988 squad]]
*[[UEFA Euro 1992 squads#Denmark|Euro 1992 winning squad]]
*[[UEFA Euro 1996 squads#Denmark|Euro 1996 squad]]
*[[1998 FIFA World Cup squads#Denmark|World Cup 1998 squad]]
*[[UEFA Euro 2000 squads#Denmark|Euro 2000 squad]]
*[[2002 FIFA World Cup squads#Denmark|World Cup 2002 squad]]
*[[UEFA Euro 2004 squads#Denmark|Euro 2004 squad]]
==Footnotes==
{{reflist}}
==Literature==
*{{da icon}} Palle "Banks" Jørgensen, "''Landsholdets 681 profiler fra 1908 til i dag''", TIPS-Bladet, 2002, ISBN 87-91264-01-4
==External links==
* [http://www.dbu.dk/page.aspx?id=1144 Official national team page]
* [http://www.dbu.dk/lbase/search.aspx Official player and match statistics]
* [http://www.dbu.dk/page.aspx?id=1770 Official league national team page]
* {{da icon}} [http://www.landsholdsshoppen.dk Official national team shop]
* {{da icon}} [http://www.roliganklubben.dk/ De Danske Roligans]
* {{da icon}} [http://home6.inet.tele.dk/pin/landsholdet/index.htm Peders Fodboldstatistik]
* {{da icon}} [http://www.haslund.info/index.asp National team, players and others (statistics)]
==Titles==
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{{succession box
| before = [[1992 FIFA Confederations Cup|1992]] [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]] {{flagicon|Argentina}}
| title = [[FIFA Confederations Cup|Confederations Cup Winners]]
| years = [[1995 FIFA Confederations Cup|1995]] (First title)
| after = [[1997 FIFA Confederations Cup|1997]] [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]] {{flagicon|Brazil}}
}}
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| before = [[1988 UEFA European Football Championship|1988]] [[Netherlands national football team|Netherlands]] {{flagicon|Netherlands}}
| title = [[UEFA European Football Championship|European Champions]]
| years = [[1992 UEFA European Football Championship|1992]] (First title)
| after = [[1996 UEFA European Football Championship|1996]] [[Germany national football team|Germany]] {{flagicon|Germany}}
}}
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