Danish national football team / European championships

Denmark
Kongeriget Danmark

European Championship record scorer:	Frank Arnesen , Brian Laudrup , Henrik Larsen , Jon Dahl Tomasson (3 each)
European Championship record players:	Peter Schmeichel (13)
Rank:	11
Balance sheet
27 European Championship games 7 wins 6 draws 14 defeats 30:43 goals
statistics
First European Championship game Denmark 0: 3 USSR Barcelona ( ESP ); June 17, 1964
Biggest European Championship victory Denmark 5: 0 Yugoslavia Lyon ( FRA ); June 16, 1984
Biggest European Championship defeats Denmark 0: 3 USSR Barcelona ( ESP ); June 17, 1964 Denmark 0-3 Croatia Sheffield ( ENG ); June 16, 1996 Denmark 0-3 France Bruges ( BEL ); June 11, 2000 Denmark 0-3 Netherlands Rotterdam ( NLD ); June 16, 2000 Denmark 0-3 Czech Republic Porto ( PRT ); June 27, 2004
successes
European Championship
Participation in the finals	8 ( first : 1964 )
Best results	European Champion ( 1992 )
Best results in the countries where the UEFA European Football Championships are held
(As of November 2019)

The article contains a detailed description of the Danish national football team at European championships . Denmark once became European champions when they were actually not qualified and were nominated for the suspended team from Yugoslavia .

The national team at European championships

Overview

Denmark took part in the final round of the European Championship eight times, once with four participants, three times in a final round with eight participants and four times with 16 participants.

year	Host country	Participation until ...	Last opponent	Result	Trainer	Comments and special features
1960	France	not qualified				In the second round to eventual third Czechoslovakia failed.
1964	Spain	3rd place match	Hungary	Fourth	Poul Petersen
1968	Italy	not qualified				In the qualification of Hungary failed.
1972	Belgium	not qualified				In qualifying later in the Third Belgium failed.
1976	Yugoslavia	not qualified				In the qualification of Spain failed, could not qualify for the final round.
1980	Italy	not qualified				In the qualification of England failed
1984	France	Semifinals	Spain	-	Josef Piontek	Defeat on penalties. The game for 3rd place was not played for the first time.
1988	BR Germany	Preliminary round	Germany , Italy , Spain		Josef Piontek	Eliminated after three defeats as bottom of the group
1992	Sweden	final	Germany	European champion	Richard Møller Nielsen	In the qualification of Yugoslavia failed, but after the outbreak of the Yugoslav Wars -nominated short notice for the excluded Yugoslavia.
1996	England	Preliminary round	Croatia , Portugal , Turkey	-	Richard Møller Nielsen	After one win, one draw and one defeat, eliminated as third in the group
2000	Netherlands and Belgium	Preliminary round	France , Netherlands , Czech Republic	-	Bo Johansson	Eliminated after three defeats as bottom of the group
2004	Portugal	Quarter finals	Czech Republic	-	Morten Olsen
2008	Austria and Switzerland	not qualified				Failed in the qualification to Sweden and Spain .
2012	Poland and Ukraine	Preliminary round	Netherlands , Portugal , Germany		Morten Olsen	After a win against the Netherlands and two defeats against Portugal and Germany, eliminated in third place in the group
2016	France	not qualified				In qualifying Denmark met Portugal , Serbia , Armenia and Albania . In addition, EM host France was assigned to the group, but only competed in friendly matches against the group opponents. As third in the group, Denmark failed in the playoffs to Sweden
2021	Europe	qualified				With Telia Parken, Denmark provides a venue for three group games and one round of 16, but like all other UEFA members had to qualify for the European Championship, which they succeeded in the last game. Denmark can play the group matches in Copenhagen , where the team will face Belgium, Finland and Russia.

EM 1960

For the European football championship in 1960, which was still held as the "European Cup of Nations", Denmark had to qualify through the round of 16 against Czechoslovakia . After a 2-2 win in Copenhagen after a 2-0 lead, the second leg in Prague was lost 5-1, with the Danes taking the lead again. Czechoslovakia then reached the finals and came third.

EM 1964

Four years later, when more teams took part, the round of 16 was preceded by a preliminary round . In this, the Danes met on Malta and won both games (6: 1 and 3: 1). In the second round, Albania was the opponent. After a 4-0 home game, the 0-1 in Albania could be coped with. Luxembourg was the opponent in the quarterfinals . After both games ended in a draw (3: 3 and 2: 2), there was a play-off in Amsterdam , which the Danes won 1-0 and thus qualified for the finals of the best four teams. In Spain they met defending champions Soviet Union in the semi-finals and lost 3-0. In the following game for third place against Hungary it was 1: 1 after 90 minutes, with Carl Bertelsen having scored the first European Championship goal for the Danes. The Hungarians scored two more goals in extra time and Denmark finished fourth. Ole Madsen was the top scorer of the entire competition with 11 goals.

EM 1968

For the European Football Championship in 1968, group games were scheduled for the first time in qualifying . Denmark had to play against Hungary, the GDR and the Netherlands and could only win one game. This made them last in this group. The Hungarians were group winners, but failed in the quarter-finals against the Soviet Union.

European Championship 1972

For the European Championship finals in 1972 Denmark could not qualify again . In a group with Belgium , Portugal and Scotland, with one win but five defeats only the last place was taken. Belgium were then able to qualify for the final round through the quarter-finals, which they were allowed to host, and ultimately came third.

EM 1976

The final round was held for the last time with four teams in 1976, Denmark finished fourth in qualification group 4 behind Spain , Romania and Scotland without a win with only one draw and five defeats. Group winners Spain then failed in the quarter-finals to defending champions and world champions Germany , who played the finals reached the final again, but lost on penalties to Czechoslovakia .

EM 1980

In June 1979, the German ex-international Sepp Piontek became national coach after Denmark was hopelessly behind in qualifying for the European Championship in Italy, which was held for the first time with eight teams. In the group with England , Northern Ireland , Ireland and Bulgarians , the Danes were again only in last place, because Piontek could not turn the tide in the last two games. England reached the finals as group winners, but failed there in the group stage. It was only four years later that Piontek's work would bear fruit.

EM 1984

Denmark finally qualified again for the European Championships in France . Sepp Piontek had recognized that with a purely amateur team - the Danish senior team took part in the qualification for the Olympic Games until 1988 - the qualification for a European Championship or World Cup could not be achieved. Therefore, he strengthened the national team, which until then mainly relied on amateur players from the domestic league, for the qualification with Danish players who played for European professional clubs. He also traveled through Europe to observe Danish professional players. Since then, in addition to the senior national team (A-landshold), there has also been a selection of leagues (Ligalandshold), which also play international matches. In the qualifying group with England, again Luxembourg , Greece and Hungary , the Danes surprisingly came first and won for the first time in England.

In the group stage of the European Championship finals, the team met the host French , Yugoslavia and Belgium. In the first game they still lost against the host, but in the second game they won against Yugoslavia for the first time and "dismantled" the Yugoslav team at 5-0 through euphoric offensive football. In the decisive group game against Belgium, which had also won against Yugoslavia and lost against France, the Danes fell 2-0 down, but were able to turn the game around and qualify for the semifinals with a 3-2. The team around Morten Olsen , Preben Elkjær Larsen and Michael Laudrup now met Spain. Because the score was 1-1 after 120 minutes, there was a penalty shoot-out, which the Danish team lost when Preben Elkjær Larsen shot the last penalty over the goal. Since there was no match for 3rd place for the first time, the EM was over for Denmark. The euphoria this aroused could be taken away, so that the team was able to take part in the World Cup finals for the first time two years later, where they failed again in the second round to Spain.

EM 1988

For the European Championship in neighboring Germany for Denmark should be against Czechoslovakia , Wales and Scotland and Finland qualify . In a very even group, the Danes were ahead by a nose and drove to the European Championship finals again. The decisive factor was a win in their last home game against Wales, after they had lost the only time before in Wales.

In Germany they were drawn into a group with hosts Germany , Italy and Spain . They had to play the opening game against the Spaniards and fell behind in the 6th minute. Michael Laudrup was able to equalize 20 minutes later, which meant the break after Troels Rasmussen was able to save a penalty in the 35th minute. In the second half, the Danes had to accept two goals against, the subsequent goal by Flemming Povlsen came too late. In the second game against Germany they also fell behind early, but the Germans needed until shortly before the end to make everything clear with the 2-0. Against Italy they lost 2-0, so that the Danes were eliminated from the group bottom without points. After Denmark failed to qualify for the 1990 World Cup , national coach Piontek was dismissed. His successor was Richard Møller Nielsen , who was to lead the Danes to their greatest triumph in 1992.

EM 1992

Starting grid in the final

In qualifying for the European Championship in 1992 , Denmark had to compete against Yugoslavia , Northern Ireland , Austria and the Faroe Islands , who participated for the first time. At the end of the day Denmark was only one point behind Yugoslavia in second place and had actually missed the European Championship finals. Most of the Danish players had therefore already started their vacation after the end of the season of the national leagues. Shortly before the start of the final round, Yugoslavia was excluded due to UN sanctions as a result of the Yugoslav wars and Denmark was nominated. In Sweden, the Danes met England in their first game without much preparation and fought for a goalless draw. They then scored 0-1 against hosts Sweden , so that the Danes were only in fourth place before the last matchday and there was little hope of reaching the semi-finals. But then they managed a 2-1 win against France , and as the Swedes beat England, Denmark qualified for the semi-finals as runners-up. Here they met defending champions Netherlands, who had won the other group. The Danes took the lead after five minutes through Henrik Larsen , but had to accept an equalizer in the 23rd minute. Larsen put the Danes in the lead again in the 32nd minute, with which it went into the break. In the second half the Dutch stormed the goal guarded by Peter Schmeichel and Frank Rijkaard equalized four minutes before the end of the game . In extra time, the Danes defended the draw despite weakening forces and there were penalties, with Marco van Basten forgiving, while all other shooters scored. The Danes were in the final of a major competition for the first time and met world champion Germany, who had prevailed against hosts Sweden in the second semi-final and was considered the favorite. Germany never really found their way into the game and in the 19th minute John Jensen gave the Danes the lead. In the 78th minute, Kim Vilfort made the sensation perfect with the second goal for the underdog. It was one of the toughest finals, with a total of six yellow cards handed out : one for the Dane Torben Piechnik , five for the German players. Henrik Larsen was also the top scorer in the European Championship with three goals. As European champions, the Danes were also invited to the first King Fahd Cup in 1992 , but decided not to participate. It was only three years later that they took part in the 1995 King Fahd Cup and won the cup.

EM 1996

After the Danes were unable to qualify as European champions for the 1994 World Cup , they did qualify for the 1996 European Championship finals, which were held for the first time with 16 teams. In a group with Spain , Belgium and Cyprus as well as Macedonia and Armenia , which participated for the first time, they finished second behind Spain and qualified for the finals as the fifth-best group runner-up. The two victories against their direct competitor Belgium, which was six points behind on third place, were particularly decisive.

In England , the Danes were drawn into a group with Portugal as well as Croatia and Turkey, which were able to qualify for the first time. In the first EM game they managed a 1-1 draw against Portugal . The second game against Croatia was then lost 3-0, with Davor Šuker scoring two goals alone. A 3-0 win then succeeded against Turkey, u. a. through two goals from Brian Laudrup . With four points, however, only third place was occupied, which means the quarter-finals were missed and Richard Møller Nielsen resigned as national coach. His successor was the Swede Bo Johansson .

EM 2000

The Danes were then able to qualify again for the EM 2000. In a group with Italy , Switzerland , Wales and Belarus they got four victories as well as the Italians and the Swiss. But since Italy only lost one game and drew three times, while the Danes and the Swiss both lost and drew twice, the Danes ended up in second place behind Italy and the Swiss with the same number of points, who they had defeated once in a direct comparison. So they were qualified for the playoffs of the group runners-up. Opponents were Israel and with a 5-0 win in Tel Aviv and a 3-0 win in Copenhagen , the Danes qualified for the European Championship finals.

In the finals, which were held for the first time in two countries, they first met world champions France in Bruges and lost 3-0. Against co-hosts Netherlands a 0: 3 followed, so that the last group game against the Czech Republic, which had also lost against both, only had statistical value. With a 2-0 draw, the Danes said goodbye to the tournament for the first time without a point or goal. With the end, the term of office of Bo Johansson as national coach, who had already announced his departure, ended. He was succeeded by Morten Olsen . Although France lost in the parallel game against the Netherlands, in the end they were able to win the European Championship after winning the World Cup, something that no team had ever achieved before.

EM 2004

In qualifying for the 2004 European Championship, Denmark met Norway , Romania , Bosnia-Herzegovina and Luxembourg . Luxembourg lost all games, but the others took points away from each other, so that in the end the first and fourth only separated two points. With a 1-1 draw in Bosnia-Herzegovina, the Danes secured group victory on the last match day, group runner-up Norway failed in the playoffs of group runners-up to Spain.

In Portugal, the Danes were drawn into a group with Sweden , Bulgaria and Italy . In the first game, the Danes and Italians parted goalless. The second game against Bulgaria was won 2-0. In the last game against Sweden, a 2: 2 was enough for both of them to advance - regardless of the outcome of the parallel game between Bulgaria and Italy, as the Swedes played 1: 1 against Italy and won 5: 0 against Bulgaria. And the game ended with exactly this desired result. Since the Danish goalkeeper Thomas Sørensen caused the Swedes to equalize 2-2 in the 90th minute, the Italian media suspected an agreement. The ironic statement of the Danish coach Morten Olsen ("Of course we will make a deal.") Caused a stir. In the quarter-finals, the Danes then met hosts Portugal and had to say goodbye to the EM stage for eight years after a 3-0 draw.

EM 2008

In qualifying group F for the Euro 2008, Denmark met Spain , Sweden, Northern Ireland , Latvia , Iceland and Liechtenstein . The first two teams were qualified for the finals in Switzerland and Austria . A scandal broke out in the game against Sweden when the score was 3: 3 (1: 3). When the German referee Herbert Fandel sent the Danish player Christian Poulsen off the field after a punch against his opponent in the 89th minute and gave a penalty to Sweden, he was attacked by a spectator and then stopped the game. The UEFA then rated the game on June 8, 2007 on the recommendation of the referee team 3-0 for Sweden. In addition, UEFA initially imposed a fine of 61,000 euros on the Danish association and Denmark was to play the next four home games at least 250 kilometers from Copenhagen, as well as the following home game (against Liechtenstein) in camera. After an appeal by the Danish Football Association against this judgment, the fine was reduced to 30,000 euros on July 5, 2007 and the minimum distance of the next four home games was set at 140 kilometers from Copenhagen. In the end, it wasn't just these three points that were missing. With six points behind the second-placed Swedes, the Danes were only fourth and missed the European Championship finals for the first time since 1980.

EM 2012

Danish fans at Euro 2012

Michael Krohn-Dehli , scorer of the 1-0 winner against the Netherlands

The qualification for the Euro 2012 went better . In a group with Portugal , Norway , Iceland and Cyprus , the Danes took first place and won six games. Only the game was lost in Portugal, which was also able to book the EM ticket in the playoffs of the group runners-up against Bosnia-Herzegovina . At the finals, which again took place in two countries, the Danes were drawn into a death group with the Netherlands and Germany, who had finished second and third at the World Cup two years earlier, and again the Portuguese. In the first game they won against the Dutch 1-0, but then lost against Portugal with a goal shortly before the end with 2-3 after they had made up a 0-2 deficit. With a win against Germany in the last game, however, the quarter-finals would have been possible, but with a 1: 2 the Danes were eliminated as third in the group ahead of vice world champions Netherlands. Germany then failed in the semi-finals to Italy, Portugal to world and European champions Spain, which was able to impressively defend its title against Italy.

EM 2016

For the first time, 24 teams will take part in the European Championship. Denmark was placed in Pot 2 for the qualifying group draw , which took place on February 23, 2014. Denmark was drawn in Group I, the only group of five. From the other pots the following were drawn: Portugal, Albania , Serbia and Armenia again . Since one team in the group of five always has no play, they play a friendly game against the automatically qualified host of the European Championship, France , which is not included in the rating.

The first two in the group qualify directly for the European Championship finals. If the third-placed team is the best third in the group, it is also directly qualified. The remaining third in the group play four other participants in the playoffs.

Denmark started qualifying with a 2-1 win against Armenia and a 1-1 draw in Albania, but then lost their home game against Portugal and won in Serbia at the end of the first half. After half of the games, the Danes were in second place. With a 2-0 home game against Serbia, Denmark secured second place before the summer break, but only got two goalless draws afterwards, so that direct qualification with only one game left in the group first Portugal hangs by a thread. Because even with a win, Denmark can still be overtaken by Portugal and Albania and would then have to go to the playoffs of the group third. Denmark lost the game in Portugal 1-0 and had to hope on the last day of the match that Albania would not win in Armenia. But since the Albanians won and thus reached the European Championship finals for the first time, Denmark had to go through the playoff games of the group runners-up against Sweden . After a 1: 2 in the away game, the Danes fell in the home game in the 19th minute by Sweden's record goal scorer Zlatan Ibrahimović with 0: 1. In the 76th minute he managed the second goal. The Danes scored six minutes later and equalized in stoppage time, but this was no longer enough. After losing in the playoffs, Morten Olsen resigned from his post as national coach.

EM 2021

Denmark had also applied to host group and knockout games for the pan-European European Championship and was accepted for three group games and a round of 16 in Telia Parken . Denmark, like all other host countries, had to qualify for the finals. In Group D , Switzerland, Ireland, Georgia and Gibraltar were the opponents. Denmark, which has been coached by Norwegian Åge Hareide since Morten Olsen's resignation , began qualifying with two draws: 3: 3 in Switzerland and 1: 1 against Ireland. After high wins against Georgia (5: 1) and Gibraltar (6: 0) a goalless draw followed in Georgia. Despite further victories (1-0 against Switzerland and again 6-0 against Gibraltar) the Danes were only able to qualify for the final round on the last day of the match, with a 1-1 draw in Ireland being enough for them to finish second behind Switzerland. Opponent Ireland should have won to qualify directly, but still has the chance to qualify via the playoffs.

Even before the draw on November 30th, the Danes were drawn from the FIFA world ranking leaders Belgium and Russia. Finland, a newcomer to the European Championship, was added to the draw.

Player with the most appearances in European championships

Games	player	Year (games)
13	Peter Schmeichel	1988 (2), 1992 (5), 1996 (3), 2000 (3)
10	Michael Laudrup	1984 (4), 1988 (3), 1996 (3)
	John Sivebæk	1984 (3), 1988 (2), 1992 (5)
9	Thomas Helveg	1996 (3), 2000 (2), 2004 (4)
8th	Flemming Povlsen	1988 (3), 1992 (5)
	Lars Olsen	1988 (3), 1992 (5), 1996 (0)
	Kim Vilfort	1988 (2), 1992 (4), 1996 (2)
	Brian Laudrup	1992 (5), 1996 (3)
7th	John Jensen	1988 (2), 1992 (5)
	Ivan Nielsen	1984 (4), 1988 (3)
	Morten Olsen	1984 (4), 1988 (3)
	Jon Dahl Tomasson	2000 (3), 2004 (4)
	Henrik Larsen	1992 (4), 1996 (3)
	René Henriksen	2000 (3), 2004 (4)

As of June 28, 2012

Player with the most goals at European championships

Gates	player	Year (goals)
3	Frank Arnesen	1984 (3)
	Brian Laudrup	1992 (0), 1996 (3)
	Henrik Larsen	1992 (3), 1996 (0)
	Jon Dahl Tomasson	2000 (0), 2004 (3)
2	Nicklas Bendtner	2012 (2)
	Preben Elkjær Larsen	1984 (2), 1988 (0)
1	11 players

As of June 28, 2012

Players banned from European championships

• In 1984 Klaus Berggreen received the red card in the semifinals in extra time , but since Denmark was eliminated this had no further effect, except that he could not be used in the penalty shoot-out.
• In 1992 Henrik Andersen received the second yellow card in the semifinals and was suspended for the final.
• In 1996 Thomas Helveg received the second yellow card in the last group game , as Denmark was eliminated, this had no effect.

Share of players playing abroad in the EM squad

Legionnaires made up the majority in the squad in 19984, 1988, 2000, 2004 and 2012.

Year (games)	Number (countries)	Players (stakes)
1964 (2)	0
1984 (4)	14 (6 in Belgium, 2 in Germany, 2 in Italy, 3 in the Netherlands, 1 in Spain)	Søren Busk (4), Morten Olsen (4), Jens Jørn Bertelsen (4), Frank Arnesen (4), Preben Elkjær Larsen (4), Kenneth Brylle Larsen (2); Søren Lerby (4), Ole Rasmussen (2); Klaus Berggreen (4), Michael Laudrup (4); Jan Mølby (0), Ivan Nielsen (4), Jesper Olsen (2); John Lauridsen (2)
1988 (3)	13 (1 in Belgium, 2 in Germany, 1 in England, 1 in France, 3 in Italy, 3 in the Netherlands, 1 in Austria, 1 in Switzerland)	Per Frimann (1); Morten Olsen (3), Flemming Povlsen (3); Jesper Olsen (0); John Sivebæk (2); Klaus Berggreen (2), Preben Elkjær Larsen (3), Michael Laudrup (3); Jan Heintze (3), Søren Lerby (2), Ivan Nielsen (3); Søren Busk (1); John Eriksen (2)
1992 (5)	7 (4 in Germany, 1 in England, 1 in France, 1 in Turkey)	Henrik Andersen (4), Flemming Povlsen (5), Brian Laudrup (5), Bent Egsmark Christensen (2); Peter Schmeichel (5); John Sivebæk (5); Lars Olsen (5)
1996 (3)	9 (1 in Germany, 3 in England, 1 in Italy, 2 in Scotland, 1 in Spain, 1 in Turkey)	Mikkel Beck (2); Claus Thomsen (3), Peter Schmeichel (3), Marc Rieper (3); Thomas Helveg (3); Brian Laudrup (3), Erik Bo Andersen (1); Michael Laudrup (3); Jes Høgh (3)
2000 (3)	19 (3 ​​in Germany, 5 in England, 1 in Greece, 4 in Italy, 3 in the Netherlands, 1 in Portugal, 1 in Scotland, 1 in the USA)	Michael Schjønberg (3), Ebbe Sand (2), Thomas Gravesen (2); Thomas Sørensen (0), Mikkel Beck (2), Jes Høgh (0), Bjarne Goldbæk (1), Allan Nielsen (2); René Henriksen (3); Thomas Helveg (2), Martin Laursen (0), Martin Jørgensen (1), Morten Bisgaard (2); Jesper Grønkjær (3), Jon Dahl Tomasson (3), Jan Heintze (3); Peter Schmeichel (3); Peter Kjaer (0); Miklos Molnar (1)
2004 (4)	20 (1 in Belgium, 4 in Germany, 4 in England, 1 in Greece, 5 in Italy, 3 in the Netherlands, 1 in Scotland, 1 in Spain)	Brian Priske (1); Niclas Jensen (3), Ebbe Sand (3), Christian Poulsen (3), Peter Madsen (1); Thomas Sørensen (4), Claus Jensen (3), Jesper Grønkjær (3), Thomas Gravesen (3), René Henriksen (4); Jon Dahl Tomasson (4), Martin Laursen (4), Thomas Helveg (4), Martin Jørgensen (4), Per Krøldrup (0); Kenneth Perez (1), Dennis Rommedahl (4), Kasper Bøgelund (2); Peter Løvenkrands (1); Daniel Jensen (3)
2012 (3)	16 (1 in Belgium, 1 in Germany, 4 in England, 4 in France, 1 in Italy, 4 in the Netherlands, 1 in Switzerland)	Niki Zimling (3); William Kvist (3); Nicklas Bendtner (3), Daniel Agger (3), Kasper Schmeichel (0), Anders Lindegaard (0); Stephan Andersen (3); Christian Poulsen (1), Thomas Kahlenberg (0), Daniel Wass (0); Simon Kjaer (3); Christian Eriksen (3), Simon Poulsen (3), Nicklas Pedersen (0), Lasse Schøne (2); Michael Silberbauer (0)

As of June 28, 2012

Records

• The following countries achieved the highest victories in European championships:
  •  Bulgaria : preliminary round 2004 - 2-0 (also 2-0 twice in World Cup qualifiers, otherwise no further victories)
  •  Germany : Final 1992 - 2-0 (also a 2-0 in the 1984 World Cup preliminary round and a 3-1 in a friendly game in 1912)
  •  Yugoslavia : preliminary round 1984 - 5-0 (first win against Yugoslavia)
  •  Turkey : preliminary round 1996 - 3-0

• The Danish team suffered their biggest defeats in European championships against the following countries:
  •  France : Preliminary round 2000 - 3-0 (also a 3-0 in a friendly game)
  •  Italy : Preliminary round 1988 - 0: 2 (also a 0: 2 in a friendly match, in 1982 World Cup qualification, 1: 3 each in a friendly match and in 2014 World Cup qualification)
  •  Croatia : Preliminary round 1996 - 3-0 (first game against Croatia)
  •  Czech Republic : quarter-finals 2004 - 0-3

• Biggest victories in group matches: Denmark - Yugoslavia (1984), France - Belgium (1984) and Sweden - Bulgaria (2004) all 5-0

Negative records

• Most defeats: 14 in 27 games
• The biggest defeats in semi-finals: Denmark - USSR (1964), Czechoslovakia - USSR (1960) and Russia - Spain (2008) all 0: 3
• The biggest defeat in the game for third place: Denmark 1-3 Hungary a.d. (1964)
• First converted penalty: Dezső Novák on June 20, 1964 in the 107th minute of the game for third place between Hungary - Denmark to 2-1 (final score 3-1)
• Most games without scoring: Denmark and Italy (12 each)

Record against the other European champions at European championships

• Germany: 3 games (including 1 final), 1 win, 2 defeats, 3: 4 goals
• Netherlands: 3 games, 1 wins, 1 draw, 1 loss, 3: 5 goals (5: 4 on pens)
• France: 3 games, 1 win, 2 defeats, 2: 5 goals
• Spain: 2 games, 1 draw, 1 defeat, 3: 4 goals (4: 5 on pens)
• Italy: 2 games, 1 draw, 1 defeat, 0-2 goals
• Portugal: 2 games, 1 draw, 1 defeat, 3: 4 goals
• Czechoslovakia / Czech Republic: 2 games, 2 defeats, 0: 5 goals
• USSR / CIS / Russia: 1 game, 1 defeat, 0: 3 goals
• Greece: no game

Games

Barcelona (2) Paris Lyon (2) Strasbourg Hanover Gelsenkirchen Cologne Malmo (2) Gothenburg (2) Solna Sheffield (3) Liege Bruges Rotterdam Postage (2) Braga Guimarães Kharkiv Lviv (2) Copenhagen (3)

Venues (green = positive balance, yellow = balanced balance, red = negative balance, bold = final venue, number in brackets = number of games if> 1)

Denmark has played 27 European Championship games so far, seven of which have been won, fourteen lost and six have ended in a draw. Two games had to be extended and one of them was won and lost on penalties. Denmark took part in the opening game of the European Championship once in 1984 and played four times against the hosts (1984, 1988, 1992 and 2000 in the preliminary round).

Denmark has not had any home games so far, played twice (1964 and 1992 in the semi-finals) against the defending champions and twice (1984 and 2000) against the eventual European champions (both France).

All EM games
No.	date	Result	opponent	occasion	venue	Remarks
1	06/17/1964	0: 3	Soviet Union	Semifinals	Barcelona ( ESP )
2	06/20/1964	1: 3	Hungary	3rd place match	Barcelona (ESP)
3	06/12/1984	0: 1	France	Preliminary round	Paris ( FRA )
4th	06/16/1984	5-0	Yugoslavia	Preliminary round	Lyon (FRA)
5	06/19/1984	3: 2	Belgium	Preliminary round	Strasbourg (FRA)
6th	06/24/1984	1: 1 n.V .; 3: 4 i. E.	Spain	Semifinals	Lyon (FRA)
7th	06/11/1988	2: 3	Spain	Preliminary round	Hanover ( FRG )
8th	06/14/1988	0: 2	BR Germany	Preliminary round	Gelsenkirchen (Germany)
9	06/17/1988	0: 2	Italy	Preliminary round	Cologne (FRG)
10	06/11/1992	0-0	England	Preliminary round	Malmo ( SWE )
11	06/14/1992	0: 1	Sweden	Preliminary round	Solna (SWE)
12	06/17/1992	2: 1	France	Preliminary round	Malmo (SWE)
13	06/22/1992	2: 2 n.V .; 5: 4 i. E.	Netherlands	Semifinals	Gothenburg (SWE)
14th	06/26/1992	2-0	Germany	final	Gothenburg (SWE)	1. European championship title
15th	06/09/1996	1: 1	Portugal	Preliminary round	Sheffield ( ENG )
16	06/16/1996	0: 3	Croatia	Preliminary round	Sheffield (ENG)	1st international match against Croatia
17th	06/19/1996	3-0	Turkey	Preliminary round	Sheffield (ENG)	Last international match under Richard Møller Nielsen
28	06/11/2000	0: 3	France	Preliminary round	Bruges ( BEL )
19th	06/16/2000	0: 3	Netherlands	Preliminary round	Rotterdam ( NED )
20th	06/21/2000	0: 2	Czech Republic	Preliminary round	Liege (BEL)	Last international game for Bo Johansson
21st	06/14/2004	0-0	Italy	Preliminary round	Guimarães ( PRT )
22nd	06/18/2004	2-0	Bulgaria	Preliminary round	Braga (PRT)
23	06/22/2004	2: 2	Sweden	Preliminary round	Postage (PRT)
24	06/27/2004	0: 3	Czech Republic	Quarter finals	Postage (PRT)
25th	06/09/2012	1-0	Netherlands	Preliminary round	Kharkiv ( UKR )
26th	06/13/2012	2: 3	Portugal	Preliminary round	Lviv (UKR)
27	06/17/2012	1: 2	Germany	Preliminary round	Lviv (UKR)
	06/12/2021		Finland	Preliminary round	Copenhagen
	06/17/2021		Belgium	Preliminary round	Copenhagen
	June 21, 2021		Russia	Preliminary round	Copenhagen

See also

• Danish national football team at world championships

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Czechoslovakia - Denmark 5: 1 (1: 1)
2. ↑ uefa.com: "Denmark 2-0 Germany"
3. ↑ 20min.ch: "End station Öresund Bridge"
4. ↑ de.uefa.com - "Game canceled in Copenhagen", June 2, 2007
5. ↑ de.uefa.com - “Sweden Awarded Victory”, June 8, 2007
6. ↑ kicker.de - “Danes play in Aarhus - Protest brings relief”, July 9, 2007
7. ↑ Draw for the EURO qualification: Pot 1 in focus. In: uefa.com. UEFA , February 20, 2014, accessed March 11, 2014 . 
8. ↑ fifa.com: "Olsen resigns after 15 years as a Danish coach"