Denmark national under-21 football team

Denmark Under-21
Association Danish Football Association
(Dansk Boldspil-Union)
Head coach Niels Frederiksen
Captain Mathias Jensen
Most caps Jonas Kamper (39)
Top scorer Peter Møller (16)
Home stadium Aalborg Portland Park, 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)
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.

Tournament 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
1992 Semi finals 4th 4 1 1 2 6 4 +2
France 1994 Did not qualify
Spain 1996
Romania 1998
Slovakia 2000
Switzerland 2002
Germany 2004
Portugal 2006 Group stage 8th 3 0 2 1 5 6 −1
Netherlands 2007 Did not qualify
Sweden 2009
Denmark 2011 Group stage 6th 3 1 0 2 3 5 −2
Israel 2013 Did not qualify
Czech Republic 2015 Semi finals 3rd 4 2 0 2 5 8 −3
Poland 2017 Group stage 7th 3 1 0 2 4 7 −3
Total 0 titles 0/5 21 6 4 11 28 36 −8
*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.

UEFA Euro U-21 qualification

2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification group 3

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Denmark 10 7 2 1 30 8 +22 23 Final tournament
2  Poland 10 6 4 0 22 9 +13 22 Play-offs
3  Georgia 10 3 3 4 11 19 −8 12
4  Finland 10 2 3 5 13 21 −8 9
5  Lithuania 10 2 2 6 7 16 −9 8
6  Faroe Islands 10 1 4 5 10 20 −10 7
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Results and fixtures

2016

Results in 2016

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Updated to match(es) played on 29 March 2016. Source: dbu.dk
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

2017

Results in 2017

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Updated to match(es) played on 24 June 2017. Source: dbu.dk
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2018

Results in 2018

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Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 3 game against Poland  and Faroe Islands  in October 2018.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Daniel Iversen (1997-07-19) 19 July 1997 7 0 England Oldham Athletic
1GK Oskar Snorre (1999-01-26) 26 January 1999 0 0 Denmark Lyngby BK
2DF Andreas Poulsen (1999-10-13) 13 October 1999 1 0 Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach
2DF Asger Sørensen (1996-06-05) 5 June 1996 5 0 Germany SSV Jahn Regensburg
2DF Jacob Rasmussen (1997-05-28) 28 May 1997 11 0 Italy Empoli
2DF Joachim Andersen (1996-05-31) 31 May 1996 12 0 Italy Sampdoria
2DF Joakim Mæhle (1997-05-20) 20 May 1997 2 0 Belgium Genk
2DF Joel Kabongo (1998-04-05) 5 April 1998 0 0 Denmark Brøndby IF
2DF Rasmus Nissen (1997-07-11) 11 July 1997 16 7 Netherlands Ajax
2DF Victor Nelsson (1998-10-14) 14 October 1998 9 0 Denmark FC Nordsjælland
3MF Jacob Bruun Larsen (1998-09-19) 19 September 1998 11 2 Germany Borussia Dortmund
3MF Jens Stage (1996-11-08) 8 November 1996 0 0 Denmark AGF
3MF Magnus Kofod Andersen (1999-05-10) 10 May 1999 0 0 Denmark FC Nordsjælland
3MF Mathias Jensen (1996-01-01) 1 January 1996 10 2 Spain Celta Vigo
3MF Oliver Abildgaard (1996-06-10) 10 June 1996 3 1 Denmark AaB
3MF Philip Billing (1996-06-11) 11 June 1996 7 0 England Huddersfield Town
4FW Anders Dreyer (1998-05-02) 2 May 1998 2 0 England Brighton & Hove Albion
4FW Andreas Skov Olsen (1999-12-29) 29 December 1999 3 1 Denmark FC Nordsjælland
4FW Jannik Pohl (1996-04-06) 6 April 1996 4 1 Netherlands FC Groningen
4FW Marcus Ingvartsen (1996-01-04) 4 January 1996 21 16 Belgium Genk
4FW Mikkel Duelund (1997-06-29) 29 June 1997 16 4 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv
4FW Robert Skov (1996-05-20) 20 May 1996 19 10 Denmark F.C. Copenhagen

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)
1Jonas KamperBrøndby3932002–2006
2Lasse Vigen ChristensenFulham3752013–
=3Michael JakobsenAaB3142005–2008
=3Martin JørgensenAGF, Udinese3191994–1997
4Rasmus WürtzSkive, AaB2912002–2006
5Martin PedersenAaB, SønderjyskE2802002–2006
6Jannik Vestergaard1899 Hoffenheim, Werder Bremen,
Borussia Mönchengladbach		2842011–2015
7Mike JensenBrøndby IF, Malmö FF2732011–2015
8Mads AlbækFC Midtjylland2652009–2012
9Thomas KahlenbergBrøndby, Auxerre26102002–2006

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)
1Peter MøllerAaB16221990–1993
=2Marcus IngvartsenNordsjælland, Genk15172015–2018
=2Nicki BilleReggina, Martina, Nordsjælland, Villarreal15242007–2011
4Tommy BechmannEsbjerg11152002–2003
5Thomas KahlenbergBrøndby, Auxerre10262002–2006
=6Preben ElkjærVanløse, 1. FC Köln, Lokeren991976–1979
=6Morten RasmussenAGF9212004–2006
=6Martin JørgensenAGF, Udinese9311994–1997
=9Bent JensenB 19138101966–1968
=9Per FrandsenB 1903, Lille8211989–1992
=9Miklos MolnarFrem, Standard Liège, Lyngby8211989–1992

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

See also

References

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