Danish national football team (U-21 men)

Denmark

Association

Dansk Boldspil Union

confederacy

UEFA

Head coach

Niels Frederiksen

Record scorer

Peter Møller (16 goals)

Record player

Jonas Kamper (39)

FIFA code

THE

home

Away

statistics

First international game
Denmark 0-2 Norway
( Holstebro , 25 August 1976)

Biggest win
Denmark 9-0 Luxembourg
( Farum , October 11, 2002)

Biggest defeat
Bulgaria 8-0 Denmark
( Sofia , April 25th 1989)

Successes in tournaments

European Championship

Participation in the finals

5 ( first : 1978 )

Best results

Semifinals 1992

(As of October 2009)

The Danish U-21 national football team is a selection team of Danish football players . It is subject to the Dansk Boldspil Union and represents it at the U-21 level , in friendly matches against the national teams of other national associations, but also at the European Championship of the continental association UEFA . Eligible to play are players who have not yet reached the age of 21 and who are Danish citizens . In tournaments, the age at the first qualifying game is decisive.

history

In 1978 , at the first U-21 European Football Championship , the Danish team qualified through the preliminary round (Group 1) for the quarter-finals. After a 4-1 win against Bulgaria on March 23, 1978 in front of a home crowd , they already had one leg in the next round. But a 3-0 defeat two weeks later in Sofia sealed the exit from the competition. In 1980 and 1984 they failed very clearly in the qualification group, and in 1982 they had the approval and failed in the preliminary round. It was not until the Euro 1986 that the U-21 selection prevailed again. Although they did not start well in Group 6 with only two draws, one win and one defeat, they were able to take first place thanks to a victory over Switzerland and Norway . But again it was the last stop in the quarterfinals. After an overall result of 1: 2 against England , the Danes failed early in the knockout phase. After two years without qualification, the junior players made it back to the quarter-finals in 1992 . They already convinced in the group stage when the team left Yugoslavia , Austria and San Marino behind. With ten points out of six and no defeat, they entered the knockout phase with ease. In the quarter-finals you met the Polish U-21 selection . But after a 5-0 first leg success with goals from Per Frandsen , Miklos Molnar and Peter Møller (3 goals), the course was set for the semi-finals. In the second leg they finally moved into the next round with a 1-1 draw. But against the eventual European champions Italy with 0: 1 and 0: 2 there was no victory. This was the best result of a U-21 selection from Denmark at a European Championship so far. Up to and including 2004, they missed the finals six times. It was not until 2006 in Portugal that the junior squad qualified for the tournament again after more than ten years. But they disappointed there. With a total of five goals, none of the teams in Group B scored more goals, but neither team, whether in Group A or B, conceded six goals. After three games with two draws, the team retired early on as bottom of the table.

Since the next European Championship after the EM in 2006 did not take place two years later, as usual, but took place in 2007 , the corresponding qualification was played out in a rapid process. Starting with a preliminary round, over a short group stage with three teams and the play-off games. Denmark only intervened in the group stage. In group 10 you met Sweden and Macedonia . Since both Denmark and Sweden won their games against Macedonia, it was on September 5, 2006 between these two teams to win the group and advance to the next round. The Danish selection lost 2-0 and had to let Sweden go first. In the qualification for the European Championship 2009 you faced Finland , Scotland , Slovenia and Lithuania . It wasn't enough to make it to first place, but as one of the best runners-up in the group, they went into a relegation round in order to still be able to participate in the European Championship. There, the Danish U-21 team was drawn to the Serbian team . With two 0: 1 defeats it was again not enough to participate in the finals. The 2011 finals were awarded to Denmark for the first time. Therefore, as the organizer, the team is automatically qualified for the round of the last eight teams.

Participation in U-21 European Championships

1978	Quarter finals
1980	not qualified
1982	not qualified
1984	not qualified
1986	Quarter finals
1988	not qualified
1990	not qualified
1992	Semifinals
1994 in France	not qualified
1996 in Spain	not qualified
1998 in Romania	not qualified
2000 in Slovakia	not qualified
2002 in Switzerland	not qualified
2004 in Germany	not qualified
2006 in Portugal	Group stage
2007 in the Netherlands	not qualified
2009 in Sweden	not qualified
2011 in Denmark	Group stage
2013 in Israel	not qualified
2015 in the Czech Republic	Semifinals
2017 in Poland	qualified

Note : Between 1978 and 1992, the final round of a U-21 European Championship was not played in one country, but instead was played back and forth in the respective participating nations.