Association |
Danish Football Association (Dansk Boldspil-Union) |
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Head coach | Niels Frederiksen |
Captain | Lasse Vigen Christensen |
Most caps | Jonas Kamper (39) |
Top scorer | Peter Møller (16) |
Home stadium | Nordjyske Arena, Aalborg |
First international | |
U-21: Denmark 0–2 Norway (Holstebro, Denmark; 25 August 1976) |
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Biggest win | |
U-21: Denmark 9–0 Luxembourg (Farum, Denmark; 11 October 2002) |
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Biggest defeat | |
U-21: Bulgaria 6–0 Denmark (Sofia, Bulgaria; 25 April 1989) |
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Olympic Games | |
Appearances | 2 (first in 1992) |
Best result | 8th (2016) |
UEFA U-21 Championship | |
Appearances | 7 (first in 1978) |
Best result | Semifinals (1992), (2015) |
The Denmark national under-21 football team has played since 1976 and is controlled by the Danish Football Association. Before 1976, the age limit was 23 years.
Until and including the 1988 Summer Olympics, Olympic games counted as regular senior national team matches. Since the 1992 Summer Olympics, Olympic games have counted as under-21 national games.
Last updated: 29 March 2016.
Source: [1]
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.
The following players were called up for the match against Italy on 14 November 2016.
Caps and goals updated as of 6 September 2016 after the match against Romania.
Because of the age restriction, a player can't be in the team for very long and the most promising young players spend little time with the under-21 team before making their senior national team debut.
Note: Club(s) represents the permanent clubs during the player's time in the under-21 national team. Players in bold have played at least one game for the senior Danish national team.
Note: Club(s) represents the permanent clubs represented in the games in which the player's scored for the under-21 national team. Players in bold have played at least one game for the senior Danish national team.