Denmark national football team statistics

The Denmark national football team statistics show the accomplishments of the players and coaches of the Danish men's ever since the controlling organ of the team, the Danish Football Association (DBU), started registering official games at the 1908 Summer Olympics.

Most appearances

As of 9 September 2018^[1], the 25 most capped players for Denmark are:

#	Name	Career	Caps	Goals
1	Peter Schmeichel*	1987–2001	129	1
2	Dennis Rommedahl	2000–2013	126	21
3	Jon Dahl Tomasson	1997–2010	112	52
4	Thomas Helveg	1994–2007	108	2
5	Michael Laudrup	1982–1998	104	37
6	Morten Olsen	1970–1989	102	4
6	Martin Jørgensen	1998–2011	102	12
8	Thomas Sørensen	1997–2012	101	0
9	Christian Poulsen	2001–2012	92	6
10	John Sivebæk*	1982–1992	87	1
11	Jan Heintze	1987–2002	86	4
12	Lars Olsen*	1986–1996	84	4
13	Christian Eriksen	2010–present	83	21
13	Simon Kjær	2009–present	83	3
15	Brian Laudrup*	1987–1998	82	21
16	Nicklas Bendtner	2006–present	81	30
	Lars Jacobsen	2006–2015	81	1
	William Kvist	2007–2018	81	2
19	Jesper Grønkjær	1999–2010	80	5
20	Kim Vilfort*	1983–1996	77	14
21	Per Røntved	1970–1982	75	11
21	Daniel Agger	2005–2016	75	12
23	Jens Jørn Bertelsen	1976–1987	69	2
	Preben Elkjær Larsen	1977–1988	69	38
	John Jensen*	1987–1995	69	4

Players still playing or available for selection are in bold. * denotes members of the 1992 European Championship-winning team.

Goalscorers

Most goals

As of 9 September 2018^[2], players with 10 goals or more for Denmark are:

#	Player	Career	Goals	Caps	Pct.
1	Poul "Tist" Nielsen	1910–1925	52	38	1.368
1	Jon Dahl Tomasson	1997–2010	52	112	0.464
3	Pauli Jørgensen	1925-1939	44	47	0.936
4	Ole Madsen	1958-1969	42	50	0.84
5	Preben Elkjær Larsen	1977-1988	38	69	0.551
6	Michael Laudrup	1982–1998	37	104	0.356
7	Nicklas Bendtner	2006–present	30	81	0.37
8	Henning Enoksen	1958–1966	29	54	0.537
9	Christian Eriksen	2010–present	25	83	0.301
10	Michael Rohde	1915-1931	22	40	0.55
10	Ebbe Sand	1998–2004	22	66	0.333
12	Flemming Povlsen*	1987–1994	21	62	0.339
	Brian Laudrup*	1987–1998	21	82	0.256
	Dennis Rommedahl	2000–2013	21	126	0.167
15	Allan Simonsen	1972–1986	20	55	0.364
16	Jens Peter Hansen	1949–1961	18	38	0.474
17	Karl Aage Hansen	1943-1948	17	22	0.773
	Karl Aage Præst	1945–1949	17	24	0.708
	Poul Pedersen	1953–1964	17	50	0.34
20	Harald Nielsen	1959–1960	15	14	1.071
20	Kaj Uldaler	1927–1939	15	38	0.395
22	Frank Arnesen	1977-1987	14	52	0.269
22	Kim Vilfort*	1983–1996	14	77	0.182
24	Lars Elstrup*	1988–1993	13	34	0.382
25	Kaj Hansen	1936-1946	12	27	0.444
	Martin Jørgensen	1998-2011	12	102	0.118
	Daniel Agger	2005–2016	12	75	0.16
28	Aage Rou Jensen	1945–1957	11	30	0.367
	Søren Larsen	2005–2010	11	20	0.55
	Kristen Nygaard	1970–1979	11	36	0.306
	Per Røntved	1970–1982	11	75	0.147
32	Lars Bastrup	1975–1983	10	30	0.333
	Henry Hansen	1922–1934	10	38	0.263
	Søren Lerby	1978–1989	10	67	0.149
	Knud Lundberg	1943–1956	10	39	0.256
	Helmuth Søbirk	1935–1945	10	30	0.333

Players still playing or available for selection are in bold. * denotes members of the 1992 European Championship-winning team.

Highest coefficient

Only people with at least five goals have been included.

#	Player	Career	Goals/cap	Goals	Caps
1	Poul "Tist" Nielsen	1910–1925	1.37	52	38
2	Erik Dyreborg	1967	1.33	8	6
3	John Hansen	1948	1.25	10	8
4	Kaj Christiansen	1943–1948	1.20	6	5
4	Iver Schriver	1971	1.20	6	5
6	Harald Nielsen	1959–1960	1.07	15	14
7	Pauli Jørgensen	1925–1939	0.94	44	47
8	Anthon Olsen	1912–1927	0.88	14	16
9	Ole Madsen	1958–1969	0.84	42	50
10	Sophus "Krølben" Nielsen	1908–1919	0.80	16	20

Team captains

As of 14 November 2017, the ten players with the most caps as Danish team captains are:

#	Player	Captain years	Caps (Total)	Coefficient
1	Lars Olsen*	1987–1994	69 (84)	82.1%
2	Morten Olsen	1980–1989	50 (102)	49.0%
3	Per Røntved	1972–1982	38 (75)	50.7%
4	Jon Dahl Tomasson	2004–2010	36 (112)	32.1%
5	Daniel Agger	2010–2016	34 (75)	45.3%
6	Peter Schmeichel*	1996–2001	30 (129)	23.3%
7	Ole Madsen	1962–1969	28 (51)	54.9%
7	Michael Laudrup	1994–1998	28 (104)	25.7%
9	Knud Lundberg	1947–1956	27 (39)	69.2%
10	Fritz Tarp	1923–1934	26 (44)	59.1%

#	Player	Captain years	Caps (Total)	Coefficient
1	Katrine S. Pedersen	2003–2013	124 (210)	59%
2	Lene Terp	1998–2003	63 (105)	60%
3	Pernille Harder	2016–present	25 (94)	26.5%
4	Line Røddik Hansen	2013–2016	19 (132)	14.3%
5	Rikke Holm Brink	1996–1998	18 (60)	30%
6	Karina Sefron	1991	14 (71)	19.7%
7	Maren Barsballe	1975–1979	13 (20)	65%
8	Helle Jensen	1995	12 (77)	15,5%
8	Bonny Madsen	1993–1995	12 (70)	17.1%
10	Annette Mogensen	1987–1988	11 (45)	24.4%

Players still playing or available for selection are in bold. * denotes members of the 1992 European Championship-winning team.

Cards

As of 29 March 2015, the caution and sending-off statistics are:

Cautions

#	Player	Career	Caps	Cautions
1	Thomas Helveg	1994–2008	108	15
1	Thomas Gravesen	1998–2006	66	15
3	Preben Elkjær	1977–1988	69	12
4	Stig Tøfting	1993–2002	41	10
4	Christian Poulsen	2001–2012	92	10
6	John Jensen*	1986–1995	69	9
	Søren Lerby	1978–1989	67	9
	Peter Schmeichel*	1987–2001	129	9
	Daniel Jensen	2002–2010	52	9
10	Jes Høgh	1991–2000	57	7
10	Jon Dahl Tomasson	1997–2010	112	7

Players still playing or available for selection are in bold. * denotes members of the 1992 European Championship-winning team.

Sending-offs

#	Player	Career	Caps	Sending-offs
1	Morten Wieghorst	1994–2004	30	2
2	Frank Arnesen	1977–1987	52	1
	Klaus Berggreen	1979–1988	46	1
	Per Frandsen	1990–2003	23	1
	Thomas Gravesen	1998–2003	66	1
	Miklos Molnar	1990–2000	18	1
	Torben Nielsen	1969–1972	26	1
	Ernst Nilsson	1920–1937	40	1
	Niclas Jensen	1998–2008	62	1
	Per Røntved	1970–1982	75	1
	Jesper Grønkjær	1999–2010	80	1
	Christian Poulsen	2001–2012	92	1

Players still playing or available for selection are in bold. * denotes members of the 1992 European Championship-winning team.

Managers

As of 9 September 2018, the management statistics are:

Note that not all matches played by the Denmark national football team have had a manager assigned.

Name	Years	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	Win %
Charles Williams	1908-1910	4	3	0	1	28	4	75.0%
Axel Andersen Byrval	1913-1915 1917-1918	16	14	1	1	68	12	87.5%
Jack Carr (caretaker)	1920	1	0	0	1	0	1	0.0%
Edward Magner (caretaker)	1939	2	2	0	0	11	3	100.0%
Sophus Nielsen (caretaker)	1940	2	0	2	0	4	4	0.0%
J.D. Butler (caretaker)	1946	2	1	0	1	4	3	50.0%
Axel Bjerregaard & Ove Bøje (caretakers)	1948	3	2	0	1	12	2	66.7%
Robert Mountford (caretaker)	1948	4	3	0	1	15	11	75.0%
Axel Bjerregaard (caretaker)	1952	3	2	0	1	7	6	66.7%
Alf Young (caretaker)	1956	1	0	0	1	1	2	0.0%
Lajos Szendrödi (caretaker)	1956	1	0	1	0	1	1	0.0%
Arne Sørensen	1956-1961	41	20	8	13	94	78	48.8%
Poul Petersen	1962-1966	47	17	8	22	85	94	36.2%
Erik Hansen & Ernst Netuka (caretaker)	1967	8	4	2	2	29	11	50.0%
Erik Hansen & Henry From (caretaker)	1968-1969	11	4	1	6	21	17	36.4%
John Hansen & Henry From (caretaker)	1969	9	5	1	3	20	12	55.6%
Rudi Strittich	1970-1975	61	20	11	30	80	102	32.8%
Kurt "Nikkelaj" Nielsen	1976-1979	31	13	6	12	55	45	41.9%
Sepp Piontek	1979-1990	115	52	24	39	167	123	45.2%
Richard Møller Nielsen	1987-1988 1990-1996	73	40	18	15	116	55	54.8%
Bo Johansson	1996-2000	40	17	9	14	51	43	42.5%
Morten Olsen	2000–2015	166	80	42	44	258	178	48.2%
Åge Hareide	2016–present	28	14	11	3	48	17	50%
John Jensen (caretaker)^{[lower-alpha 1]}	2018	1	0	0	1	0	3	0%
Managers total	1908–present	634	297	139	200	1205	827	46.8%
no manager	various	169	73	25	71	366	331	43.2%
Grand total	1908–present	803	370	164	271	1571	1158	46.1%

↑ Caretaker manager for Denmark's replacement squad against Slovakia.

Matches

Note that Average points per game is calculated by using 3 points for a win and 1 point for a draw. Up to date as of 30 May 2014.

Decade	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Diff	%Won	%Drawn	%Lost	Average Points per game
1900s	3	2	0	1	26	3	+23	67%	0%	33%	2.00
1910s	30	23	1	6	108	33	+75	77%	3%	20%	2.33
1920s	40	17	9	14	75	61	+14	43%	23%	35%	1.50
1930s	46	21	5	20	119	99	+20	46%	11%	43%	1.48
1940s	42	21	7	14	105	76	+29	50%	17%	33%	1.67
1950s	72	25	14	33	138	163	-25	35%	19%	46%	1.24
1960s	91	40	13	38	195	160	+35	44%	14%	42%	1.46
1970s	97	35	19	43	140	152	-12	36%	20%	44%	1.28
1980s	115	56	22	37	187	119	+68	49%	19%	32%	1.65
1990s	102	52	27	23	140	83	+57	51%	26%	23%	1.79
2000s	109	54	30	25	171	98	+73	50%	28%	23%	1.76
2010s	48	20	10	18	67	62	+5	42%	21%	38%	1.58
Total	795	366	157	272	1471	1109	+362	49%	16%	31%	1.58

Footnotes

^ GF = Goals for
^ GA = Goals against
^ Richard Møller Nielsen coached 8 games in the 1988 Summer Olympics qualifications campaign, winning 6, drawing 1 and losing 1, with the combined score 25-3.
^ Last updated 30 June 2014.
^ In all 169 matches, played through 1911-12 (5 matches), 1916 (4), 1919-20 (6), 1920-38 (77), 1939 (4), 1940-45 (12), 1946-47 (10), 1948-52 (24), 1952-56 (24), 1957 (1), 1959 (1) and 1961 (1).

References

↑ "Flest kampe" (in Danish). DBU. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
↑ "Flest kampe" (in Danish). DBU. Retrieved 3 November 2017.

External links

(in Danish) Landsholdsspillere med mere end 50 kampe at Danish Football Association
(in Danish) Palle "Banks" Jørgensen, "Landsholdets 681 profiler fra 1908 til i dag", TIPS-Bladet, 2002, ISBN 87-91264-01-4
(in Danish) Peders Fodboldstatistik
(in Danish) Haslunds fodboldsider

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[3] Caretaker manager for Denmark's replacement squad against Slovakia.

[1] "Flest kampe" (in Danish). DBU. Retrieved 3 November 2017.

[2] "Flest kampe" (in Danish). DBU. Retrieved 3 November 2017.

Denmark national football team
General	Danish Football Association Managers
Venues	Parken Stadium Idrætsparken
Statistics	Results Statistics
Players	Players with 25+ caps All players
World Finals	Summary 1986 1998 2002 2010 2018
European Finals	Summary 1964 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2012
Culture	Rivalry with Sweden Roligan Landsholdet 1960 air crash
Matches	Germany v Denmark (1937) UEFA Euro 1992 Final 1995 King Fahd Cup Final Denmark v Sweden (2007)
Other national teams	Danish League XI Women's Under 17s Under 19s Under 21s