Denmark women's national football team

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.

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)[1]
Top scorer	Merete Pedersen (65)[2]
Home stadium	Energi Viborg Arena
FIFA code	DEN
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	14 2 (18 December 2020)[3]
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)

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	GK	Kathrine Larsen	5 May 1993	2	0	Djurgårdens IF
22	GK	Lene Christensen	4 February 2000	1	0	KoldingQ
	GK	Freja Thisgaard	24 July 2002	0	0	Fortuna Hjørring
3	DF	Stine Ballisager Pedersen	3 January 1994	18	2	Vålerenga
4	DF	Rikke Sevecke	15 June 1996	26	2	Everton
18	DF	Sara Andersen	15 May 1996	12	0	Fortuna Hjørring
23	DF	Sofie Svava	11 August 2000	15	1	FC Rosengård
	DF	Sara Holmgaard	28 January 1999	5	0	Fortuna Hjørring
2	MF	Olivia Holdt	7 June 2001	0	0	Fortuna Hjørring
6	MF	Nanna Christiansen	17 June 1989	109	12	Brøndby IF
7	MF	Sanne Troelsgaard Nielsen	15 August 1988	150	52	FC Rosengård
8	MF	Emma Snerle	23 March 2001	13	0	Fortuna Hjørring
13	MF	Sofie Junge Pedersen	24 April 1992	64	6	Juventus
19	MF	Janni Thomsen	16 February 2000	4	1	Vålerenga
10	FW	Pernille Harder (captain)	15 November 1992	123	64	Chelsea
14	FW	Nicoline Sørensen	15 August 1997	38	8	Everton
15	FW	Frederikke Thøgersen	24 July 1995	56	1	Fiorentina
17	FW	Rikke Madsen	9 August 1997	9	1	Vålerenga
21	FW	Caroline Møller	19 December 1998	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	28 June 1990	16	0	Brøndby IF	UEFA Euro qual.^COV
DF	Theresa Eslund	20 July 1986	133	5	Brøndby IF	2020 Algarve Cup
DF	Luna Gewitz	3 March 1994	11	0	Guingamp	2020 Algarve Cup
DF	Janni Arnth	15 October 1986	93	2	Fiorentina	2020 Algarve Cup ^PRE
DF	Simone Boye Sørensen	3 March 1992	61	5	Bayern Munich	UEFA Euro qual.^COV
MF	Josefine Hasbo	20 November 2001	2	0	Brøndby IF	UEFA Euro qual.^COV
MF	Katrine Veje	19 June 1991	123	9	FC Rosengård	UEFA Euro qual.^COV
FW	Amalie Thestrup	17 March 1995	4	0	Liverpool	2020 Algarve Cup
FW	Nadia Nadim	2 January 1988	97	38	Paris Saint-Germain	UEFA Euro qual.^COV
FW	Signe Bruun	6 April 1998	12	2	Paris Saint-Germain	UEFA Euro qual.^COV
FW	Stine Larsen	24 January 1996	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 World Cup 1991 squad World Cup 1995 squad World Cup 1999 squad World Cup 2007 squad

UEFA Women's Euro Euro 1984 squad Euro 1991 squad Euro 1993 squad Euro 1997 squad Euro 2001 squad Euro 2005 squad Euro 2009 squad Euro 2013 squad Euro 2017 squad

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 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 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 Anne Dot Eggers Nielsen 1993–2007 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

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
		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
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]

See also

• List of Denmark women's international footballers
• Denmark women's national football team results
• Denmark women's national under-20 football team
• Denmark women's national under-19 football team
• Denmark women's national under-17 football team

Notes

1. 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.
2. 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

1. Denmark - Caps
2. Denmark - Goals
3. "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 18 December 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
4. https://www.dbu.dk/landshold/kvindelandshold/a-landsholdet/
5. "KVINDELANDSHOLDET". DBU. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
6. Denmark - Caps-Goals
7. "COVID-19: latest updates on UEFA competitions". UEFA.com. 17 March 2020.
8. Nordic Cup
9. Coppa del Mondo (Women) 1970
10. Mundial (Women) 1971
11. Mundialito (Women) 1982-1988
12. Coppa Europa per Nazioni (Women) 1969
13. Inofficial European Women Championship 1979

External links

• Official website
• FIFA profile