Denmark national under-21 football team

Denmark Under-21

Association

Danish Football Association
(Dansk Boldspil-Union)

Head coach

Niels Frederiksen

Captain

Lasse Vigen Christensen

Most caps

Jonas Kamper (39)

Top scorer

Peter Møller (16)

Home stadium

Nordjyske Arena, Aalborg

First colours

Second colours

First international

U-21: Denmark 0–2 Norway
(Holstebro, Denmark; 25 August 1976)

Biggest win

U-21: Denmark 9–0 Luxembourg
(Farum, Denmark; 11 October 2002)

Biggest defeat

U-21: Bulgaria 6–0 Denmark
(Sofia, Bulgaria; 25 April 1989)

UEFA U-21 Championship

Appearances

6 (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.

International record

UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship

UEFA European Under-21 Championship record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D *	L	GF	GA	GD
1978	Quarter Finals	5th	2	1	0	1	4	4	0
1980	Did Not Qualify
1982
1984
1986	Quarter Finals	7th	2	0	1	1	1	2	- 1
1988	Did Not Qualify
1990	Did Not Qualify
1992	Semi Finals	4th	4	1	1	2	6	4	+ 2
1994	Did Not Qualify
1996
1998
2000
2002
2004
2006	Group Stage	8th	3	0	2	1	5	6	- 1
2007	Did Not Qualify
2009	Did Not Qualify
2011	Group Stage	6th	3	1	0	2	3	5	- 2
2013	Did Not Qualify
2015	Semi Finals	3rd	4	2	0	2	5	8	- 3
2017	To be determined
Total	0 Titles	0/5	14	3	4	7	19	21	- 2

*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

**Gold background colour indicates that the tournament was won.

***Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Summer Olympics

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.

1992 – Group stage
1996 to 2012 – Did not qualify
2016 – Qualified

Results and fixtures

2014

Results in 2014

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
Ground	H	H	H	H	H	H	A	A	A
Result	D	W	L	W	W	D	D	D	W

Last updated: 7 June 2015.
Source:
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

28 January 2014 Unofficial friendly	Denmark	1–1	Singapore	Belek, Turkey
15:00 UTC+2	Thychosen 45'	Report	El-Masri 30'	Stadium: Calista Field Attendance: 26 Referee: Ogushan Potur (Turkey)

5 March 2014 2015 UEFA Euro U-21 Q	Denmark	8–0	Estonia	Farum, Denmark
18:30 UTC+1	Højbjerg 12' (pen.) 16' Cornelius 21' Poulsen 52' Thomsen 61' 71' Vigen Christensen 67' 84'	Report		Stadium: Farum Park Attendance: 2,107 Referee: Sven Bindels (Luxembourg)

22 May 2014 Friendly	Denmark	0–2	Switzerland	Esbjerg, Denmark
18:00 UTC+2		Report	Jevtić 4' 27'	Stadium: Blue Water Arena Attendance: 2,200 Referee: Antti Munikka (Finland)

3 September 2014 2015 UEFA Euro U-21 Q	Denmark	4–2	Russia	Aalborg, Denmark
18:00 UTC+2	Vigen Christensen 5' 43' Vestergaard 56' Christensen 73'	Report	Koryan 33' Davydov 88'	Stadium: Aalborg Stadion Attendance: 2,836 Referee: jesus gil manzano (Spain)

9 September 2014 2015 UEFA Euro U-21 Q	Denmark	7–1	Bulgaria	Aalborg, Denmark
18:00 UTC+2	Andersen 18' 32' Durmisi 36' Vestergaard 42' Berggreen 65' Bech 67' Zohore 78'	Report	Karachanakov 49'	Stadium: Aalborg Stadion Attendance: 2,914 Referee: Istvan Kovacs (Romania)

10 October 2014 2015 UEFA Euro U-21 Q Playoff	Denmark	0–0	Iceland	Aalborg, Denmark
18:00 UTC+2		Report		Stadium: Aalborg Stadion Attendance: 6,125 Referee: Liran Liany (Israel)

14 October 2014 2015 UEFA Euro U-21 Q Playoff	Iceland	1–1	Denmark	Reykjavik, Iceland
16:15 UTC+2	Friðjónsson 90+3'	Report	Thomsen 90'	Stadium: Laugardalsvöllur Referee: istvan Vad (Hungary)

14 November 2014 Friendly	Czech Republic	2–2	Denmark	Prague, Czech Republic
17:00 UTC+2	Kadlec 17' Takács 88'	Report	Jønsson 2' Andersen 37'	Stadium: Ďolíček Attendance: 1,923 Referee: Vladimir Vnuk (Slovakia)

17 November 2014 Friendly	Italy	0–1	Denmark	Matera, Italy
17:00 UTC+2		Report	Brock-Madsen 82'	Stadium: XXI Settembre - Franco Salerno Attendance: 7,473 Referee: Benoit Millot (France)

2015

Results in 2015

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Ground	A	H	H	A	A	H	H
Result	D	W	D	W	L	W	L

Last updated: 5 june 2015.
Source:
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

25 March 2015 Friendly	Portugal	0–0	Denmark	Marinha Grande, Portugal
17:00 UTC+2		Report		Stadium: Estádio Municipal Marinha Grande Attendance: 4.632 Referee: Ricardo Baixinho (Portugal)

31 March 2015 Friendly	Denmark	1–0	United States	Lyngby, Denmark
19:00 UTC+1	Cornelius 52'	Report		Stadium: Lyngby Stadion Attendance: 1.322 Referee: Petur Reinert (Faroe Island)

11 June 2015 Friendly	Denmark	2–2	Sweden	Lyngby, Denmark
18:00 UTC+2	Brock-Madsen 19' 66' (pen.)	Report	Guidetti 16' (pen.) Gustafson 86'	Stadium: Lyngby Stadion Attendance: 4,084 Referee: Ola Hobber Nilsen (Norway)

17 June 2015 2015 UEFA Euro U-21 Group A	Czech Republic	1–2	Denmark	Prague, Czech Republic
18:00 UTC+2	Kadeřábek 35'	Report	Vestergaard 56' Sisto 84'	Stadium: Eden Arena Attendance: 15,987 Referee: Szymon Marcinia (Poland)

20 June 2015 2015 UEFA Euro U-21 Group A	Germany	3–0	Denmark	Prague, Czech Republic
20:45 UTC+2	Volland 32' 48' Ginter 53'	Report		Stadium: Eden Arena Attendance: 13,268 Referee: Sergei Karasev (Russia)

23 June 2015 2015 UEFA Euro U-21 Group A	Denmark	2–0	Serbia	Prague, Czech Republic
20:45 UTC+2	Falk 21' Fischer 47'	Raport		Stadium: Generali Arena Attendance: 4,297 Referee: Tasos Sidiropoulos (Greece)

27 June 2015 2015 UEFA Euro U-21 Semi-final	Denmark	1–4	Sweden	Prague, Czech Republic
21:00 UTC+2	Bech 63'	Report	Guidetti 23' (pen.) Tibbling 26' Quaison 83' Hiljemark 90+5'	Stadium: Generali Arena Referee: Sergei Karasev (Russia)

2016

Results in 2016

Round	1	2	3	4
Ground	A	A	A	A
Result	D	W	W	W

Last updated: 29 March 2016.
Source:
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

20 January 2016 Friendly	Denmark	0–0	Ukraine	Turkey
		Report

25 January 2016 Friendly	Denmark	4–1	Wolfsburg U23	Turkey
	Nørgaard Zohore Børsting C. Nielsen	Report	Schulz

25 March 2016 2017 UEFA Euro U-21 Qualification	Luxembourg	0-1	Denmark	Differdange, Luxembourg
17:30	Ewert 90+2'	Report	Fischer 84' C. Nielsen 90'	Stadium: Stade de la Ville de Differdange Referee: Aleksandrs Anufrijevs (Latvia)

29 March 2016 2017 UEFA Euro U-21 Qualification	Armenia	1-3	Denmark	Yerevan, Armenia
16:00	Malakyan 35' (pen.) Hakobyan 86'	Report	Fischer 28' Andersen 30' Hakobyan 90+2' (o.g.)	Stadium: FFA Academy Stadium Referee: Denis Scherbakov (Belarus)

2015 UEFA U-21 Championship

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Group stage result
1	Denmark (A)	3	2	0	1	4	4	0	6	Advance to knockout stage and 2016 Summer Olympics
2	Germany (A)	3	1	2	0	5	2	+3	5	Advance to knockout stage and 2016 Summer Olympics
3	Czech Republic	3	1	1	1	6	3	+3	4	Possible Olympic play-off
4	Serbia	3	0	1	2	1	7	−6	1

Source: UEFA
(A) Advanced to a further round.

2017 UEFA U-21 qualification

Main article: 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 5

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Denmark	6	5	1	0	10	1	+9	16	Final tournament
2	Romania	7	4	1	2	10	9	+1	13	Possible Play-offs
3	Wales	7	3	3	1	10	6	+4	12
4	Bulgaria	7	3	2	2	8	4	+4	11
5	Luxembourg (X)	6	0	2	4	2	9	−7	2
6	Armenia (E)	7	0	1	6	5	16	−11	1

Updated to match(es) played on 29 March 2016. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(E) Eliminated; (X) Cannot qualify directly as the top team, but may still qualify for the play-offs.

Current squad

The following squad was selected for the 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification matches against Armenia and Luxembourg, from 25th to the 29th March 2016.

Players born in on or after 1 January 1994 are eligible for the next UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship.

Note: Names in italics denote players that have been called up to the senior team.^[1]

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Jeppe Højbjerg	(1995-04-30) April 30, 1995	6	0	FC Fredericia
16	1GK	Thomas Hagelskjær	(1995-02-04) February 4, 1995	3	0	AGF

2	2DF	Frederik Holst	(1994-09-24) September 24, 1994	9	0	Brøndby
3	2DF	Pascal Gregor	(1994-02-18) February 18, 1994	7	0	Nordsjælland
4	2DF	Patrick Banggaard	(1994-04-04) April 4, 1994	13	2	Midtjylland
5	2DF	Jakob Blåbjerg	(1995-01-11) January 11, 1995	7	0	AaB
6	2DF	Andreas Maxsø	(1994-03-18) March 18, 1994	7	0	Nordsjælland
12	2DF	Kristian Pedersen	(1994-08-04) August 4, 1994	1	0	HB Køge
13	2DF	Mads 'Mini' Pedersen	(1996-09-01) September 1, 1996	1	0	FC Nordsjælland

7	3MF	Andrew Hjulsager	(1995-01-15) January 15, 1995	11	1	Brøndby
8	3MF	Christian Nørgaard	(1994-03-10) March 10, 1994	14	0	Brøndby
11	3MF	Pione Sisto	(1995-02-04) February 4, 1995	3	1	FC Midtjylland
14	3MF	Casper Nielsen	(1994-04-29) April 29, 1994	5	1	Esbjerg
15	3MF	Mikkel Desler	(1995-02-19) February 19, 1995	3	0	OB
17	3MF	Frederik Børsting	(1995-02-13) February 13, 1995	8	2	AaB
18	3MF	Emiliano Marcondes	(1995-03-09) March 9, 1995	5	0	FC Nordsjælland

9	4FW	Viktor Fischer	(1994-06-09) June 9, 1994	5	1	Ajax
10	4FW	Lucas Andersen	(1994-09-13) September 13, 1994	18	4	Willem II

Recent callups

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1GK	Nicolai Flø Jepsen	(1995-09-25) September 25, 1995	0	0	Silkeborg

2DF	Nicklas Mouritsen	(1995-03-15) March 15, 1995	0	0	FC Nordsjælland
2DF	Asger Sørensen	(1996-06-05) June 5, 1996	0	0	FC Red Bull Salzburg
2DF	Joachim Andersen	(1996-05-31) May 31, 1996	1	0	Twente
2DF	Morten Beck	(1994-12-06) December 6, 1994	2	0	Horsens
2DF	Oliver Abildgaard	(1996-06-10) June 10, 1996	0	0	AaB

3MF	Lasse Vigen Christensen	(1994-08-15) August 15, 1994	22	5	Fulham
3MF	Mathias Greve	(1995-02-11) February 11, 1995	5	0	OB
3MF	Mikkel Duelund	(1997-06-29) June 29, 1997	0	0	FC Midtjylland

4FW	Kenneth Zohore	(1994-01-31) January 31, 1994	15	6	Cardiff City
4FW	Marcus Ingvartsen	(1996-01-04) January 4, 1996	4	1	FC Nordsjælland

Most appearances

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.

Rank	Player	Club(s)	U-21 Caps	U-21 Goals	Year(s)
1	Jonas Kamper	Brøndby	39	3	2002–2006
=2	Martin Jørgensen	AGF, Udinese	31	9	1994–1997
=2	Michael Jakobsen	AaB	31	4	2005–2008
4	Rasmus Würtz	Skive, Aalborg BK	29	1	2002–2006
5	Martin Pedersen	AaB, SønderjyskE	28	0	2002–2006
6	Thomas Kahlenberg	Brøndby, Auxerre	26	10	2002–2006
=7	Peter Madsen	Brøndby	25	7	1997–1999
=7	Christian Magleby	Brøndby, Lyngby	25	4	1996–1999
=7	Peter Degn	AGF, Everton	25	3	1996–1999
=7	Jonas Troest	Silkeborg, Hannover 96	25	0	2004–2006

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.

Most goals

Rank	Player	Club(s)	U-21 Goals	U-21 Caps	Year(s)
1	Peter Møller	AaB	16	22	1990–1993
2	Nicki Bille	Reggina, Martina, Nordsjælland, Villarreal	15	24	2007–2011
3	Tommy Bechmann	Esbjerg	11	15	2002–2003
4	Thomas Kahlenberg	Brøndby, Auxerre	10	26	2002–2006
=5	Preben Elkjær	Vanløse, Köln, Lokeren	9	9	1976–1979
=5	Morten Rasmussen	AGF	9	21	2004–2006
=5	Martin Jørgensen	AGF, Udinese	9	31	1994–1997
=8	Bent Jensen	B 1913	8	10	1966–1968
=8	Per Frandsen	B 1903, Lille	8	21	1989–1992
=8	Miklos Molnar	Frem, Standard Liège, Lyngby	8	21	1989–1992

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.

Managers

1976–1980: Tommy Troelsen
1980–1989: Richard Møller Nielsen
1989–1992: Viggo Jensen
1992–1999: Jan B. Poulsen
2000–2006: Flemming Serritslev
2006-2011: Keld Bordinggaard
2011-2013: Morten Wieghorst
2013-2015: Jess Thorup
2015-present: Niels Frederiksen

References

↑ "Called-up players eligible for U21". Danish Football Association. Retrieved 2014-11-12.

External links

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Statistics	Results Statistics

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Matches	Germany v Denmark (1937) UEFA Euro 1992 Final 1995 King Fahd Cup Final Denmark v Sweden (2007)

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