Danish Women's National Football Team / European Championships

Denmark
Danmark

European Championship record scorer:	Merete Pedersen and Johanna Rasmussen (3 each)
European Championship record player:	Katrine Pedersen (18)
Rank:	4th
Organizer:	1991
Balance sheet
28 European Championship games 9 wins 8 draws 11 losses 31:38 goals
statistics
First European Championship game Denmark 0: 0 aet, 7: 8 i. E. Norway Hjørring ( DNK ); July 10, 1991
Highest European Championship victory Denmark 3: 1 Germany Cesana ( ITA ); 3rd July 1993
Biggest European Championship defeat Denmark 0: 5 Norway Lillestrøm ( NOR ); June 30, 1997
successes
European Championship
Participation in the finals	8 ( first : 1991 )
Best results	2nd place 2017
Best results in the countries where the UEFA European Football Championships are held
(As of August 6, 2017)

The article contains a detailed description of the Danish national football team for women in European championships and the qualifications for them. Denmark always participated in the qualification and reached the finals eight times. Denmark had won the unofficial European championship in Italy in 1979, but has not yet won a title at the official European championships. In 2017 the team reached the final for the first time, but lost it to the Dutch, who won the title for the first time. Two third places were the best positions so far. In addition, the semi-finals were reached three times when there was no game for third place.

Overview

year	Host country	Participation until ...	opponent	Result	Trainer	Comments and special features
1984	no finals	Semifinals	England	-	Flemming Schultz	no game for 3rd place
1987	Norway	not qualified	-	-		In the qualifying failed to Norway.
1989	Germany	not qualified	-	-		In the quarter-finals failed to Sweden
1991	Denmark	3rd place match	Italy	3rd place	Keld Gantzhorn	Failed in the semifinals on penalties
1993	Italy	3rd place match	Germany	3rd place	Keld Gantzhorn	In the semifinals, the eventual winner Norway failed, Susan Mackensie top scorer
1995	no finals	Quarter finals	Sweden	-
1997	Norway / Sweden	Preliminary round	Germany , Italy , Norway	-	Jørgen Hvidemose
2001	Germany	Semifinals	Sweden	-	Poul Højmose	no game for 3rd place
2005	England	Preliminary round	England , Finland , Sweden	-	Peter Bonde
2009	Finland	Preliminary round	Finland , Netherlands , Ukraine	-	Kenneth Heiner-Møller	Eliminated as the worst third party in the group
2013	Sweden	Semifinals	Norway	-	Kenneth Heiner-Møller	Failed in the semi-finals on penalties , no game for 3rd place
2017	Netherlands	final	Netherlands	2nd place	Nils Nielsen	Quarter-final victory against defending champion Germany

The tournaments

EM 1984

Only 16 teams had registered for the first European Championship and the qualification groups were divided according to geographical criteria. The team trained by Flemming Schultz qualified with three home wins against Belgium , Germany , against both in the context of the qualification was played for the first time, and the Netherlands . The Danes started the qualification with a defeat against the Dutch in Groningen , where Annette Mogensen scored the first competitive goal for the Danes with the 1-0 lead. But this was the only defeat, because the other two away games were drawn. Three players were the best Danish goalscorers in the qualification with two goals each. As group winners, Denmark met England in two games in the semi-finals of the final round and lost both. A game for third place did not take place.

EM 1987 in Norway

In the same year, the qualification for the next European championship began, for which again only 16 teams had registered. This time there was no geographical division of the qualification groups. Nevertheless, Denmark met neighbors Germany again, as well as Finland and Norway this time . This time Denmark could only win the home game against Germany and Finland, played two more draws and lost the other two games, whereby the 2-5 home defeat against Norway was decisive for missing the qualification. Group winners thereby became Norway, which was then allowed to host the first final round and used the home advantage to win the first title. Only two Danish players scored two goals this time, but a total of eight Danish players scored goals, previously there were only five.

EM 1989 in Germany

Qualification for the next finals began just three months after the final. Again Norway was one of the qualifying opponents. In addition, again Finland and this time England , against which there was the only defeat. Since all other games were won, the Danes were qualified as group winners for the first quarter-finals. Here they met the Swedes , who were only second in their qualifying group, and lost the first game in Odense with 1: 5. The 1-1 draw in the second leg was not enough to reach the finals. The top scorer this time was Lone Smidt Nielsen with four goals.

EM 1991 in Denmark

In qualifying for the following European Championship finals, the Danes met Italy and, for the first time, Switzerland and Spain . The Danes won five games and only lost a point in the last game in Italy. With a total of 18 goals they scored the most of all 18 qualifying participants. They met the Netherlands in the quarter-finals and only achieved a 0-0 home game. Since it was also 0-0 in the second leg after 80 minutes, there was an extension in the Helle Rotbøll in the 88th minute, which made it 1-0 for the Danes. Denmark was not only qualified for the European Championship finals, but also for the first official World Cup for women . The best Danish goalscorer this time was Helle Jensen with seven goals.

Denmark was then allowed to host the finals and met Norway in the semi-finals. Since there was no goal this time despite overtime, the penalty shoot-out had to decide, which the Norwegians won 8: 7. In the subsequent game for third place against Italy, it was necessary to extend the time to determine a winner. An own goal by the Italian Maura Furlotti made the Danes third in the European Championship.

EM 1993 in Italy

23 teams have already participated in the qualification for the following European Championship. To qualify for the quarter-finals, Denmark had to play against Finland and France in the group stage . The Danes started with a draw in Finland, but then won the remaining games, qualifying as group winners for the quarter-finals. Here they met the Swedes and won 2-1 in Sweden, so that 1-1 in the home game was enough to reach the finals. This time, three players were the most accurate with three goals each, including Helle Jensen again.

This took place in Italy and the Danes met Norway. By a 0-1 they missed the final. In the game for third place, they then prevailed 3-1 against the dethroned defending champion Germany. Susan Mackensie , who ended her national team career with a 3-1 win over Germany, was the top scorer of the tournament with her two goals against Germany.

EM 1995

A month later, 29 teams began qualifying for the next European Championship, which was held again and for the last time without a final. Denmark met Bulgaria and the first-time participating Lithuanians for the first time . With 32: 1 goals, of which Helle Jensen scored eight as the best goalscorer again, the Danes won four wins and met Sweden again in the quarter-finals. After a 2-0 win in Hjørring , the second leg was lost 3-0 and the semi-finals were missed. As the best quarter-final loser, the Danes qualified for the second World Cup, which took place in Sweden.

European Championship 1997 in Norway

One year after the quarter-finals, qualification for the next European Championship finals began for which 34 teams had already registered. Due to the different strengths of the teams entered, the qualification was divided into two categories. The 16 strongest teams, including Denmark, played for the direct qualification, the 18 weaker teams for the opportunity to play in the next qualification in the higher category. In their first game, the Danes met Sweden again and lost 2-1 in Hjørring . Denmark then won the four games against the other two group opponents Romania , which was played for the first time, and Spain, but due to a defeat in their last group game in Sweden, the Danes were only second in the group. So they had to play in the relegation games and against a third party in the group. Opponents were the Portuguese and the Danes won 7-1 and 5-0. Helle Jensen, according to the 1996 Olympics , where she had obtained the only two goals for Denmark, their national team career had ended and had been used only in the first five qualifying matches, missed this time, though, it came with seven goals Lene Madsen in their footsteps.

In the finals, which was held for the first time in two countries and for the first time with eight teams, the Danes met co-hosts Norway, defending champions Germany and Italy, who won 2: 2 and scored the only points and goals. As the bottom of the group, Denmark was eliminated.

EM 2001 in Germany

In the qualification for the EM 2001 the Danes played again in the higher category and this time met the Russians , against whom the first game in Odense was lost 2: 4. But then get a win against Finland and two wins against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia , which was played for the first time. Due to defeats in Finland and Russia, it was only enough for second place, so the Danes had to go back to the playoffs. This time the other Iberian team Spain was the opponent and again the Danes won both games (6-1 in Spain and 4-2 in Odense). The most successful goal scorers this time were Gitte Krogh with 12 and Merete Pedersen with seven goals.

At the finals in Germany, the first game against Italy was lost 2-1, but France (4-3) and Norway (1-0) scored two wins. Denmark were group winners and met Sweden in the semi-finals. In the ninth minute Denmark fell 0-1 behind and it stayed that way until the end. A game for third place did not take place. Gitte Krogh was with two goals together with six players behind two German players who scored three goals each, third-best goalscorer in the final round.

EM 2005 in England

For the EM 2005 the host was determined in advance for the first time and England was awarded the contract for the event. In Category A 20 teams played in four groups of five and Denmark met Norway, Spain, the Netherlands and Belgium . Denmark started with a 1-1 draw in Norway, but then won all the other games and were group winners with three points ahead of Norway and were thus directly qualified for the finals. Norway managed to do this in the playoffs against Iceland . The best goalscorers this time were Merete Pedersen with six and Anne Dot Eggers Nielsen and Janni Lund Johansen with five goals each.

In the finals, Denmark started with a 1-1 draw against European champions Sweden, then won 2-1 against hosts England and lost qualification for the semi-finals with a 2-1 win against Finland, in which Sweden and Finland then failed to Norway and Germany respectively . With two goals, Catherine Paaske Sørensen was the best Danish goalscorer.

EM 2009 in Finland

The EM 2009 took place in Finland . For the first time, twelve teams took part in the tournament. The qualification mode has also been changed. Only the 20 weakest national teams contested the first qualifying round. Denmark did not have to intervene until the second round and met Ukraine and Slovakia as well as Scotland and Portugal for the first time in a group of five . The Danes started with six wins, but then lost 1-0 in Ukraine. Since the Ukraine then only achieved a 1-1 draw against the bottom of the group Portugal and lost the second leg in Denmark 0-1, the Danes were group winners and were thus directly qualified for the finals. With 10 goals record scorer Merete Pedersen was the third best scorer in the qualification. Maiken With Pape also contributed to the success with seven goals. Ukraine was then able to book the final ticket for the first time with two wins in the playoffs against Slovenia and was drawn into a group with the Danes again for the final.

In the final round, the Danes lost the opening game against hosts Finland 1-0, then won 2-1 against qualifying opponents Ukraine. With a 2-1 defeat against the Netherlands, which also took part in the finals for the first time, the Danes missed the direct qualification for the quarter-finals, which took place for the first time in a final round. As group third they still had the chance to qualify, but had to wait two days for the results of the other group third. Since England and Norway, the other two group thirds, reached one point more, the European Championship for the Danes ended prematurely. Norway and England then failed in the semifinals and final to defending champions Germany.

EM 2013 in Sweden

The EM 2013 took place for the second time in Sweden . Again the qualification was started by the weaker teams, but this time only by the eight weakest teams. Denmark did not have to intervene again until the second round and met Austria for the first time, as well as the Czech Republic , Portugal and for the first time Armenia , which had qualified through the first qualifying round but lost all games in the second round. The Danes started with six wins, but then lost in Austria. Since Austria only managed a 1-1 draw against the Czech Republic in the first game, a win against Portugal in the last game was enough for the Danes to be group winners and to book the European Championship ticket. The Austrians then failed to reach the finals for the first time in the playoffs of the group runners-up against Russia. With nine goals, 19-year-old Pernille Harder landed in sixth place in the overall goal scorer list .

In the finals, the Danish team started with a 1-1 draw against their favorite hosts Sweden, with Mariann Knudsen giving the Danes a 1-0 lead and goalkeeper Stina Lykke Petersen holding two penalties for the Swedes in the closing stages. After a 2-1 defeat against Italy and a 1-1 draw against Finland, the Danes were only third like four years earlier and had to wait two days for the results of the other two groups. This time they were lucky that only one team (Iceland) had more points, the other (Russia) had the worse goal difference with the same number of points, but this didn't count and so a lot had to be drawn. The lot fell in favor of the Danish women who met the favored French women in the quarter-finals. They were the only team to qualify for the knockout round with three wins and to impress with good football. Johanna Rasmussen brought Denmark into the lead in the 28th minute. Although the French were able to equalize with a converted penalty, they did not score more goals in regular time or in extra time, so that there was a penalty shoot-out. Goalkeeper Stina Lykke Petersen was able to save the first penalty from Louisa Nécib , who had previously been successful in equalizing. Theresa Nielsen also failed because of the French goalkeeper, but otherwise all Danes scored while the fourth French only hit the post, Denmark surprisingly reached the semi-finals against Norway. Denmark fell behind after just three minutes and could only equalize three minutes before the end of regular time. Since there were no more goals in extra time after that, there was another penalty shoot-out. But here the Norwegian goalkeeper Ingrid Hjelmseth was able to save the first two penalties of the Danes. The two following Danes scored, but since the first four Norwegians also converted their penalties, the last two shooters did not have to compete and Norway was in the final, but lost it to defending champions Germany. Stina Lykke Petersen and record national player Katrine Pedersen , who ended her football career after the European Championship because of her pregnancy, were then elected to the All-Star team. Mia Brogaard and Mariann Knudsen landed with two goals each together with 10 other players in third place on the list of goalscorers.

EM 2017 in the Netherlands

Starting grid in the final

Scene from the semi-final match against Austria with Line Sigvardsen Jensen and Sarah Zadrazil (AUT).

The 2017 European Championship took place in the Netherlands and for the first time with 16 teams. Denmark met Sweden , Slovakia , Poland and, for the first time, Moldova in qualifying . Denmark was able to qualify as runners-up for the EM.

For the drawing of the final groups on November 8, 2016, the Danes were assigned to Pot 3 and assigned to group A with hosts Netherlands, Norway and Belgium, which participated for the first time. In the first game against newcomer Belgium, they took advantage of the newcomer's nervousness and took the lead in the sixth minute through Sanne Troelsgaard Nielsen . They defended them against the Belgian women who were getting stronger until the end. In the second game they lost 1-0 against the hosts with a penalty goal. In the final group game against disappointing Norwegians, they took the lead again early, this time in the 5th minute through Katrine Veje . Since they also managed this lead over time, they reached the quarter-finals as second in the group. Here they met defending champions Germany and this time fell behind in the third minute due to a goalkeeping mistake. The goalkeeper was then able to improve and did not allow another goal. Shortly after the half-time break, they took advantage of a drowsy phase for the German team, who waited for the referee's whistle after a foul, but who decided to take advantage of the Danes. She used this crucial moment to equalize through Nadia Nadim . When both teams were slowly preparing for extra time, Theresa Nielsen scored the winning goal in the 83rd minute. The German team was eliminated for the first time in the quarter-finals and the Danes met Austria in the semi-finals , the only newcomer to have reached the knockout round. After a goalless 120 minutes, Denmark had to go to penalties like four years before , but this time they prevailed 3-0. In the final, they met the hosts and lost in a high-class game 2: 4. In the all-time ranking, the Danish women improved two places to fourth place.

statistics

All statistics only include the European championships where a final round actually took place. The European Championship 1984, which is counted by the Danish federation, is therefore not taken into account.

Players with the most appearances at European Championships

Games	player	Year (games)
18th	Katrine Pedersen	1997 (3), 2001 (4), 2005 (3), 2009 (3), 2013 (5)
14th	Nadia Nadim	2009 (3), 2013 (5), 2017 (6)
13	Katrine Veje	2009 (3), 2013 (4), 2017 (6)
12	Line Røddik Hansen	2009 (3), 2013 (5), 2017 (4)
11	Pernille Harder	2013 (5), 2017 (6)
	Theresa Nielsen	2013 (5), 2017 (6)
	Stina Lykke Petersen	2013 (5), 2017 (6)
	Johanna Rasmussen	2005 (3), 2009 (3), 2013 (5)
10	Mia Brogaard	2005 (2), 2009 (3), 2013 (5)
	Merete Pedersen	1997 (3), 2001 (4), 2005 (3)
	Cathrine Paaske Sørensen	2001 (4), 2005 (3), 2009 (3)
9	Julie Rydahl Bukh	2001 (1), 2009 (3), 2013 (5)
7th	Gitte Andersen	2001 (4), 2005 (3)
	Lene Jensen	2001 (4), 2005 (2), 2009 (1)
	Heidi Johansen	2001 (4), 2009 (3)
	Mariann Knudsen	2005 (2), 2013 (5)
	Gitte Krogh	1997 (3), 2001 (4)
	Lene Terp	1997 (3), 2001 (4)

As of August 6, 2017

Players with the most goals at European Championships

Gates	player	Year (goals)
3	Merete Pedersen	1997 (3), 2001 (1) 2005 (1)
	Johanna Rasmussen	2005 (1), 2009 (1), 2013 (1)
2	Mia Brogaard	2005 (0), 2009 (0), 2013 (2)
	Mariann Knudsen	2005 (0), 2013 (2)
	Gitte Krogh	1997 (0), 2001 (2)
	Susan Mackensie	1993 (2)
	Nadia Nadim	2009 (0), 2013 (0), 2017 (2)
	Cathrine Paaske Sørensen	2001 (0), 2005 (2), 2009 (0)
1	13 players

As of August 6, 2017

Finals games

Hjørring Aalborg Santa Sofia Cesena Lillestrøm (2) Moss Basking (2) Reutlingen Ulm Blackpool (2) Blackburn Helsinki (2) Lahti Gothenburg (2) Halmstad Linkoping Norrkoping Doetinchem Rotterdam (2) Deventer Breda Enschede

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

The Danes have played 28 final round games so far, nine of which have been won, eight (record) ended draws and eleven have been lost. Five games had to be extended, only one of which was decided by a goal, but four on penalties. The first two finals were played on home soil. The Danes played six times against the hosts and three times against the defending champions. The most frequent opponents were Norway (6 games), Italy (4), Germany, Finland, the Netherlands and Sweden (3 each).

No.	date	Result	opponent	venue	occasion	comment
1	07/10/1991	0: 0 n.V., 7: 8 i. E.	Norway	Hjørring	Semifinals
2	07/14/1991	2: 1 a.d.	Italy	Aalborg	3rd place match
3	06/29/1993	0: 1	Norway	Santa Sofia ( ITA )	Semifinals
4th	07/03/1993	3: 1	Germany	Cesana ( ITA )	3rd place match
5	06/30/1997	0: 5	Norway *	Lillestrøm ( NOR )	Group game
6th	07/03/1997	2: 2	Italy	Lillestrøm ( NOR )	Group game
7th	07/06/1997	0: 2	Germany	Moss ( NOR )	Group game
8th	06/25/2001	1: 2	Italy	Aalen ( DEU )	Group game
9	06/28/2001	4: 3	France	Reutlingen ( DEU )	Group game
10	07/01/2001	1-0	Norway	Aalen ( DEU )	Group game
11	07/04/2001	0: 1	Sweden	Ulm ( DEU )	Semifinals
12	06/05/2005	1: 1	Sweden	Blackpool ( ENG )	Group game	Katrine Pedersen becomes a record national player with her 106th game
13	06/08/2005	2: 1	England	Blackburn ( ENG )	Group game
14th	06/11/2005	1: 2	Finland	Blackpool ( ENG )	Group game	100th game by record goal scorer Merete Pedersen
15th	08/23/2009	0: 1	Finland	Helsinki ( FIN )	Group game
16	08/26/2009	2: 1	Ukraine	Helsinki ( FIN )	Group game
17th	08/29/2009	1: 2	Netherlands	Lahti ( FIN )	Group game
18th	07/10/2013	1: 1	Sweden	Gothenburg ( SWE )	Group game (opening game)	50th game against Sweden
19th	07/13/2013	1: 2	Italy	Halmstad ( SWE )	Group game
20th	07/16/2013	1: 1	Finland	Gothenburg ( SWE )	Group game	Denmark reached the quarter-finals by drawing lots
21st	07/22/2013	1: 1 n.V., 4: 2 i. E.	France	Linköping ( SWE )	Quarter finals
22nd	07/25/2013	1: 1 n.V., 2: 4 i. E.	Norway	Norrkoping ( SWE )	Semifinals	Last game under Kenneth Heiner-Møller , 210th and last game by record national player Katrine Pedersen
23	07/16/2017	1-0	Belgium	Doetinchem ( NLD )	Group game
24	07/20/2017	0: 1	Netherlands	Rotterdam ( NLD )	Group game
25th	07/24/2017	1-0	Norway	Deventer ( NLD )	Group game
26th	07/30/2017	2: 1	Germany	Rotterdam ( NLD )	Quarter finals	100th international match by Katrine Veje
27	08/03/2017	0: 0 a.d., 3: 0 i. E.	Austria	Breda ( NLD )	Semifinals
28	08/06/2017	2: 4	Netherlands	Enschede ( NLD )	final

Notes: Teams in bold entered the tournament as defending champions, teams marked with "*" were world champions.

Final round games

No.	date	Result	opponent	venue	occasion	comment
1	04/08/1984	1: 2	England	Crewe ( ENG )	Semifinals
2	04/28/1984	0: 1	England	Hjørring	Semifinals

Records

• Denmark once provided the top scorer: in 1993 Susan Mackensie with two goals
• The most common semi-final pairings: Denmark against Norway and Germany against Italy (3 each)
• Most wins in the match for 3rd place: 2
• Most draws: 8, of which four decided after extra time on penalties (2 wins, 2 losses)
• Most overtime games: 5
• Most penalty shootouts: 4
• Most away games: 6 final round and one final round game

See also

• Danish Women's National Football Team / World Championships
• Danish national football team / European championships

Web links

• All European Championship qualifiers for the Danish women
• All European Championship finals for the Danish women

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Four games decided on penalties (2 wins and 2 losses)
2. ↑ inofficial European Women Championship 1979
3. ^ Danmark - Italy 2 - 1
4. ↑ All A-internationals by Susan Mackensie
5. ↑ The game was originally supposed to take place on July 29, 2017 at 8:45 p.m.