European Women's Football Championship 2013 / Denmark

This article covers the Danish national team at the 2013 European Women's Football Championship in Sweden . Denmark took part in all finals except 1987 and has never reached the final. The best positions so far are two third places (1991, 1993).

qualification

Denmark was drawn into group 7 for the qualification and met Armenia and Austria as well as Portugal and the Czech Republic for the first time . The Danes won the first six games without conceding a goal, but after the 3-1 defeat in the penultimate game against Austria they fell back to the relegation place, but were then able to overtake the Austrians with a 2-0 against Portugal, which was their first Missed the European Championship finals because they could not prevail in the relegation games against Russia. The best Danish goalscorer in the qualification was Pernille Harder with 9 goals.

table

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1	Denmark	8th	7th	0	1	29: 03	21st
2	Austria	8th	6th	1	1	16: 09	19th
3	Czech Republic	8th	4th	1	3	16: 09	13
4th	Portugal	8th	2	0	6th	16:13	06th
5	Armenia	8th	0	0	8th	02:44	00

Game results

09/21/2011	Yerevan	Armenia	-	Denmark	00: 5 (0: 2)
10/22/2011	Vejle	Denmark	-	Austria	03: 0 (2: 0)
10/26/2011	Barcelos	Portugal	-	Denmark	00: 3 (0: 1)
11/23/2011	Vejle	Denmark	-	Armenia	11: 0 (6: 0)
04/04/2012	Prague	Czech Republic	-	Denmark	00: 2 (0: 1)
06/20/2012	Vejle	Denmark	-	Czech Republic	01: 0 (0: 0)
09/15/2012	St. Polten	Austria	-	Denmark	03: 1 (1: 0)
09/19/2012	Vejle	Denmark	-	Portugal	02: 0 (0: 0)

preparation

In preparation for the EM, four test matches were held:

date	Result	opponent	venue	Goal scorers for Denmark
April 5, 2013	0: 1	Netherlands	Silkeborg
April 8, 2013	5: 1	Russia	Horsens	Julie Rydahl Bukh (47th), Katrine Veje (50th), Pernille Harder (51st, 55th, 79th)
June 20, 2013	2-0	Iceland	Viborg	Nadia Nadim (34.), Julie Rydahl Bukh (48.)
June 28, 2013	2: 2	Spain	Vejle	Mariann Knudsen (46.), Johanna Rasmussen (58.)

Contingent

The squad for the European Championship was led by captain Katrine Pedersen , the only currently active European player with more than 200 international matches. On June 30th, Sanne Troelsgaard Nielsen had to cancel her participation due to a serious illness in the immediate family. Her club mate Emma Madsen , who last appeared two years ago, was nominated for the striker .

No.	Surname	society	Date of birth	International matches	Gates	Last use	Sp.	goal
goal
22nd	Katrine Abel	Taastrup FC	06/28/1990	000	00	-	0	0	0	0	0
16	Cecilie B. Sørensen	B93 / HIK / Skjold	03/25/1987	002	00	03/13/2013	0	0	0	0	0
01	Stina Lykke Petersen	Brøndby IF	02/09/1986	025th	00	07/25/2013	5	0	0	0	0
Defense
19th	Mia Brogaard	Brøndby IF	10/15/1981	073	05	07/25/2013	4th	2	0	0	0
02	Line Røddik Hansen	Tyresö FF	January 31, 1988	087	10	07/25/2013	4th	0	0	0	0
05	Janni Arnth Jensen	Fortuna Hjørring	10/15/1986	038	01	07/25/2013	2	0	1	0	0
14th	Malene Marquard Olsen	Brøndby IF	02/02/1983	013	00	09/15/2012	0	0	0	0	0
18th	Theresa Nielsen	Brøndby IF	07/20/1986	062	04th	07/25/2013	5	0	1	0	0
04th	Christina Ø. Ørntoft	Brøndby IF	07/02/1985	064	01	07/25/2013	5	0	1	0	0
21st	Cecilie Sandvej	Brøndby IF	06/13/1990	007th	00	07/16/2013	1	0	1	0	0
midfield
12	Line Sigvardsen Jensen	Fortuna Hjørring	08/23/1991	023	01	07/22/2013	2	0	0	0	0
09	Nanna Christiansen	Brøndby IF	06/17/1989	049	04th	07/16/2013	1	0	0	0	0
10	Pernille Harder	Linköpings FC	11/15/1992	048	21st	07/25/2013	5	0	0	0	0
20th	Sine Hovesen	Fortuna Hjørring	08/19/1987	012	01	03/13/2013	0	0	0	0	0
06th	Mariann Gajhede Knudsen	Linköpings FC	11/16/1984	093	04th	07/25/2013	5	2	0	0	0
03	Katrine Pedersen	Stabæk Fotball	04/13/1977	210	09	07/25/2013	5	0	0	0	0
15th	Sofie Junge Pedersen	Fortuna Hjørring	04/24/1992	017th	02	07/13/2013	2	0	0	0	0
13	Johanna Rasmussen	Kristianstads DFF	07/02/1983	110	30th	07/25/2013	5	1	0	0	0
08th	Julie Rydahl Bukh	Brøndby IF	01/09/1982	091	10	07/25/2013	5	0	0	0	0
23	Karoline Smidt Nielsen	Fortuna Hjørring	05/12/1994	005	00	07/16/2013	1	0	0	0	0
11	Katrine Veje	LdB FC Malmö	06/19/1991	053	05	07/25/2013	4th	0	0	0	0
attack
17th	Nadia Nadim	Fortuna Hjørring	01/02/1988	041	05	07/25/2013	5	0	0	0	0
07th	Emma Madsen	Brøndby IF	11/18/1988	004th	00	07/25/2013	2	0	0	0	0
Coaching staff
	Kenneth Heiner-Møller	January 17, 1971	Trainer
	Per Nielsen	07/09/1956	Assistant coach
Remarks: Stand: After the game against Norway on July 25, 2013

European Championship finals

Denmark met hosts Sweden in the opening match in group A and Italy and Finland in the other group matches . The Danes also played against Sweden and Finland in the group stage at the 2005 European Championship , where they were eliminated at the time due to the direct comparison against Finland. They last played against Italy in the group stage at the 2001 European Championships , which they finished as group winners, but then lost to Sweden in the semi-finals.

After an opening draw against Sweden, there was an unfortunate defeat against Italy and another draw against Finland, so that the Danes finished 3rd in the group again like in 2009 and had to wait two days for the results of the other teams. The chances of reaching the quarter-finals were lower than in 2009 when you had 3 points, because only if Iceland and the Netherlands had parted ways and England and Russia had lost their third game, Denmark would have been in the quarter-finals. Since Iceland won against the Netherlands, Denmark had to hope for defeats by England and Russia, but since Russia and Spain were separated 1: 1 while England lost to France, the lot had to be decided between Denmark and Russia, which was in favor of Denmark.

In the quarter-finals, Denmark was able to prevail on penalties against France and for the first time since 2001 reach the semi-finals of a European Championship. Opponent there was to be the team from Norway . Denmark fell behind in the 3rd minute, but then dominated the game for a long time and came to an equalizer three minutes before the end of regular time. The Danes also made the game in extra time, but could not score and then had to go to penalties as they did against France. There the Norwegians had the better shooters, so that Denmark was eliminated from the tournament.

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Sweden	3	2	1	0	009: 200	+7	07th
2.	Italy	3	1	1	1	003: 400	−1	04th
3.	Denmark	3	0	2	1	003: 400	−1	02
4th	Finland	3	0	2	1	001: 600	−5	02

Group games

Wednesday, July 10, 2013, 8:30 p.m. in Gothenburg
Sweden	-	Denmark	1: 1 (1: 1)
Saturday, July 13, 2013, 6 p.m. in Halmstad
Italy	-	Denmark	2: 1 (0: 0)
Tuesday, July 16, 2013, 8:30 p.m. in Gothenburg
Denmark	-	Finland	1: 1 (1: 0)

Knockout round

Monday, July 22, 2013, 8:45 p.m. in Linköping
France	-	Denmark	1: 1 n.V. (1: 1, 0: 1), 2: 4 i. E.
Thursday, July 25, 2013, 8:30 p.m. in Norrköping
Norway	-	Denmark	1: 1 n.V. (1: 1, 1: 0), 4: 2 i. E.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ dbu.dk: Troops til EM i Sverige
2. ↑ dbu.dk: Troelsgaard ikke med til EM ( Memento from October 6, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
3. ↑ uefa.com: Possible scenarios on the last game day
4. ↑ uefa.com: "Veje on Denmark's second chance"

Web links

• uefa.com: Information about the team