# Denmark national football team results (1980–1989)

This is a list of Association football games played by the Denmark national football team between 1980 and 1989. During the 1980s, the Danish national team played 115 games, winning 56, drawing 22, and losing 37. In these games, they scored 187 goals, while conceding 119 to their opponents. The first game of the 1980s was the May 7, 1980, game against Sweden, the 422nd overall Danish national team game. The last game of the 1980s was the November 15, 1989, game against Romania, the 536th game of the Danish national team.

## Key

* EC – European Championship match
* ECQ – European Championship Qualifying match
* F – Friendly match
* NC - Nordic Football Championship match
* OGQ - Olympic Games Qualifying match
* OT - Other tournament(s)
* WC – World Cup match
* WCQ – World Cup Qualifying match

## Games

    Note that scores are written Denmark first
| # | Date | Venue | Opponents | Score | Comp | Denmark scorers |
| 422 | 1980-05-07 | Nya Ullevi, Göteborg (A) | Sweden | 1-0 | NC | Jens Steffensen |
| 423 | 1980-05-21 | Idrætsparken, Copenhagen (H) | Spain | 2-2 | F | Allan Simonsen, Lars Bastrup |
| 424 | 1980-06-04 | Idrætsparken, Copenhagen (H) | Norway | 3-1 | NC | Benny Nielsen (pen), Frank Arnesen, Preben Elkjær |
| 425 | 1980-07-12 | Idrætsparken, Copenhagen (H) | USSR | 0-2 | F | |
| 426 | 1980-08-27 | Stade Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne (A) | Switzerland | 1-1 | F | Lars Bastrup |
| 427 | 1980-09-27 | Stadion Centralni, Ljubljana (A) | Yugoslavia | 1-2 | WCQ | Frank Arnesen |
| 428 | 1980-10-15 | Idrætsparken, Copenhagen (H) | Greece | 0-1 | WCQ | |
| 429 | 1980-11-01 | Stadio Olimpico, Rome (A) | Italy | 0-2 | WCQ | |
| 430 | 1980-11-19 | Idrætsparken, Copenhagen (H) | Luxembourg | 4-0 | WCQ | Frank Arnesen (2), Preben Elkjær, Allan Simonsen |
| 431 | 1981-04-15 | Idrætsparken, Copenhagen (H) | Romania | 2-1 | F | Allan Simonsen, Lars Bastrup |
| 432 | 1981-05-01 | Stade Municipal, Luxembourg (A) | Luxembourg | 2-1 | WCQ | Preben Elkjær, Frank Arnesen |
| 433 | 1981-05-14 | Malmö Stadion, Malmö (A) | Sweden | 2-1 | NC | Lars Bastrup, Preben Elkjær |
| 434 | 1981-06-03 | Idrætsparken, Copenhagen (H) | Italy | 3-1 | WCQ | Per Røntved, Frank Arnesen, Lars Bastrup |
| 435 | 1981-08-12 | Tammela Stadion, Tampere (A) | Finland | 2-1 | NC | John Lauridsen, Henrik Eigenbrod |
| 436 | 1981-08-26 | Idrætsparken, Copenhagen (H) | Iceland | 3-0 | F | Allan Simonsen (2), Lars Lundkvist |
| 437 | 1981-09-09 | Idrætsparken, Copenhagen (H) | Yugoslavia | 1-2 | WCQ | Preben Elkjær |
| 438 | 1981-09-23 | Idrætsparken, Copenhagen (H) | Norway | 2-1 | NC | Preben Elkjær, Frank Arnesen (pen) |
| 439 | 1981-10-14 | Harilaou, Salonika (A) | Greece | 3-2 | WCQ | Søren Lerby, Frank Arnesen, Preben Elkjær |
| 440 | 1982-05-05 | Idrætsparken, Copenhagen (H) | Sweden | 1-1 | NC | Frank Arnesen |
| 441 | 1982-05-19 | Prater Stadion, Vienna (A) | Austria | 0-1 | F | |
| 442 | 1982-05-27 | Idrætsparken, Copenhagen (H) | Belgium | 1-0 | F | Preben Elkjær |
| 443 | 1982-06-15 | Ullevaal, Oslo (A) | Norway | 1-2 | NC | Michael Laudrup |
| 444 | 1982-08-11 | Idrætsparken, Copenhagen (H) | Finland | 3-2 | NC | Lars Bastrup, Søren Lerby, Søren Busk |
| 445 | 1982-09-01 | August 23, Bucharest (A) | Romania | 0-1 | F | |
| 446 | 1982-09-22 | Idrætsparken, Copenhagen (H) | England | 2-2 | ECQ | Allan Hansen, Jesper Olsen |
| 447 | 1982-10-27 | Idrætsparken, Copenhagen (H) | Czechoslovakia | 1-3 | F | Michael Laudrup |
| 448 | 1982-11-10 | Stade Municipal, Luxembourg (A) | Luxembourg | 2-1 | ECQ | Søren Lerby, Klaus Berggreen |
| 449 | 1983-04-27 | Idrætsparken, Copenhagen (H) | Greece | 1-0 | ECQ | Søren Busk |
| 450 | 1983-05-04 | Aarhus Stadion, Aarhus (H) | Norway | 1-2 | OGQ | Morten Donnerup |
| 451 | 1983-05-19 | Aarhus Stadion, Aarhus (H) | Norway | 2-2 | OGQ | Michael Manniche, Brian Chrøis |
| 452 | 1983-06-01 | Idrætsparken, Copenhagen (H) | Hungary | 3-1 | ECQ | Preben Elkjær, Jesper Olsen, Allan Simonsen (pen) |
| 453 | 1983-06-22 | Aarhus Stadion, Aarhus (H) | Finland | 3-0 | OGQ | Michael Spangsborg, Michael Laudrup (2) |
| 454 | 1983-08-17 | Ullevaal, Oslo (A) | Norway | 1-1 | OGQ | Michael Manniche |
| 455 | 1983-08-24 | Keskuskenttä, Rovaniemi (A) | Finland | 0-0 | OGQ | |
| 456 | 1983-09-07 | Idrætsparken, Copenhagen (H) | France | 3-1 | F | Michael Laudrup(2), Kenneth Brylle |
| 457 | 1983-09-21 | Wembley Stadium, London (A) | England | 1-0 | ECQ | Allan Simonsen (pen) |
| 458 | 1983-10-05 | Aarhus Stadion, Aarhus (H) | Poland | 0-1 | OGQ | |
| 459 | 1983-10-12 | Idrætsparken, Copenhagen (H) | Luxembourg | 6-0 | ECQ | Michael Laudrup (3), Preben Elkjær (2), Allan Simonsen |
| 460 | 1983-10-26 | Népstadion, Budapest (A) | Hungary | 0-1 | ECQ | |
| 461 | 1983-11-16 | Spiros Louis, Athens (A) | Greece | 2-0 | ECQ | Preben Elkjær, Allan Simonsen |
| 462 | 1984-03-14 | Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam (A) | Netherlands | 0-6 | F | |
| 463 | 1984-04-11 | Estadio Luis Casanova, Valencia (A) | Spain | 1-2 | F | John Eriksen |
| 464 | 1984-04-18 | Ernst-Grube-Stadion, Magdeburg (A) | East Germany | 0-4 | OGQ | |
| 465 | 1984-04-22 | Motor Stadium, Lublin (A) | Poland | 0-0 | OGQ | |
| 466 | 1984-05-16 | Strahov, Prague (A) | Czechoslovakia | 0-1 | F | |
| 467 | 1984-06-06 | Nya Ullevi, Göteborg (A) | Sweden | 1-0 | F | Preben Elkjær |
| 468 | 1984-06-08 | Idrætsparken, Copenhagen (H) | Bulgaria | 1-1 | F | Michael Laudrup |
| 469 | 1984-06-12 | Parc des Princes, Paris (A) | France | 0-1 | EC | |
| 470 | 1984-06-16 | Stade Gerland, Lyon (N) | Yugoslavia | 5-0 | EC | Frank Arnesen (2), Klaus Berggreen, Preben Elkjær, John Lauridsen |
| 471 | 1984-06-19 | Stade de la Meinau, Strasbourg (N) | Belgium | 3-2 | EC | Frank Arnesen, Kenneth Brylle, Preben Elkjær |
| 472 | 1984-06-24 | Stade Gerland, Lyon (N) | Spain | 1-1 | EC | Søren Lerby |
| 473 | 1984-09-12 | Idrætsparken, Copenhagen (H) | Austria | 3-1 | F | Michael Laudrup, Flemming Christensen, Henrik Eigenbrod |
| 474 | 1984-09-26 | Idrætsparken, Copenhagen (H) | Norway | 1-0 | WCQ | Preben Elkjær |
| 475 | 1984-10-17 | Wankdorf Stadion, Bern (A) | Switzerland | 0-1 | WCQ | |
| 476 | 1984-11-14 | Idrætsparken, Copenhagen (H) | Republic of Ireland | 3-0 | WCQ | Preben Elkjær (2), Søren Lerby |
| 477 | 1985-01-27 | Norte e Sur, Tegucigalpa (A) | Honduras | 0-1 | F | |
| 478 | 1985-05-08 | Idrætsparken, Copenhagen (H) | East Germany | 4-1 | F | Michael Laudrup (2), John Lauridsen, Klaus Berggreen |
| 479 | 1985-06-05 | Idrætsparken, Copenhagen (H) | USSR | 4-2 | WCQ | Preben Elkjær (2), Michael Laudrup (2) |
| 480 | 1985-09-11 | Idrætsparken, Copenhagen (H) | Sweden | 0-3 | F | |
| 481 | 1985-09-25 | Lenin Stadium, Moscow (A) | USSR | 0-1 | WCQ | |
| 482 | 1985-10-09 | Idrætsparken, Copenhagen (H) | Switzerland | 0-0 | WCQ | |
| 483 | 1985-10-16 | Ullevaal, Oslo (A) | Norway | 5-1 | WCQ | Michael Laudrup, Søren Lerby (pen), Preben Elkjær, Klaus Berggreen (2) |
| 484 | 1985-11-13 | Lansdowne Road, Dublin (A) | Republic of Ireland | 4-1 | WCQ | Preben Elkjær (2), Michael Laudrup, John Sivebæk |
| 485 | 1986-03-26 | Windsor Park, Belfast (A) | Northern Ireland | 1-1 | F | Flemming Christensen |
| 486 | 1986-04-09 | Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia (A) | Bulgaria | 0-3 | F | |
| 487 | 1986-05-13 | Ullevaal, Oslo (A) | Norway | 0-1 | F | |
| 488 | 1986-05-16 | Idrætsparken, Copenhagen (H) | Poland | 1-0 | F | Preben Elkjær |
| 489 | 1986-06-04 | Neza 86, Nezahualcoyotl (N) | Scotland | 1-0 | WC | Preben Elkjær |
| 490 | 1986-06-08 | Neza 86, Nezahualcoyotl (N) | Uruguay | 6-1 | WC | Preben Elkjær (3), Søren Lerby, Michael Laudrup, Jesper Olsen |
| 491 | 1986-06-13 | Corregidora, Querétaro (N) | West Germany | 2-0 | WC | Jesper Olsen, John Eriksen |
| 492 | 1986-06-18 | Corregidora, Querétaro (N) | Spain | 1-5 | WC | Jesper Olsen |
| 493 | 1986-09-10 | Zentralstadion, Leipzig (A) | East Germany | 1-0 | F | John Eriksen |
| 494 | 1986-09-24 | Idrætsparken, Copenhagen (H) | Germany | 0-2 | F | |
| 495 | 1986-10-29 | Idrætsparken, Copenhagen (H) | Finland | 1-0 | ECQ | Jens Jørn Bertelsen |
| 496 | 1986-11-12 | Tehelné Park, Bratislava (A) | Czechoslovakia | 0-0 | ECQ | |
| 497 | 1987-04-29 | Olympiastadion, Helsinki (A) | Finland | 1-0 | ECQ | Jan Mølby |
| 498 | 1987-05-20 | Levadias, Levadia (A) | Greece | 5-0 | OGQ | Flemming Povlsen, Claus Nielsen (2), Ulrik Moseby, Kim Vilfort |
| 499 | 1987-06-03 | Idrætsparken, Copenhagen (H) | Czechoslovakia | 1-1 | ECQ | Jan Mølby |
| 500 | 1987-06-10 | Aalborg Stadion, Aalborg (H) | Romania | 8-0 | OGQ | Claus Nielsen (3), Ulrik Moseby, Bjørn Kristensen, Lars Olsen, Flemming Povlsen, John Jensen |
| 501 | 1987-08-26 | Råsunda, Stockholm (A) | Sweden | 0-1 | F | |
| 502 | 1987-09-03 | Stadionul Dumitru Sechelariu, Bacău (A) | Romania | 2-1 | OGQ | Kent Nielsen, Lars Olsen |
| 503 | 1987-09-09 | Ninian Park, Cardiff (A) | Wales | 0-1 | ECQ | |
| 504 | 1987-09-23 | Volksparkstadion, Hamburg (A) | West Germany | 0-1 | F | Preben Elkjær |
| 505 | 1987-10-14 | Idrætsparken, Copenhagen (H) | Wales | 1-0 | ECQ | Preben Elkjær |
| 506 | 1987-10-28 | Stadion Florian Kryger, Szczecin (A) | Poland | 2-0 | OGQ | Kim Vilfort (2) |
| 507 | 1987-11-18 | Aarhus Stadion, Aarhus (H) | West Germany | 0-1 | OGQ | |
| 508 | 1988-03-30 | Stadion an der Bremer Brücke, Osnabrück (A) | West Germany | 1-1 | OGQ | Claus Nielsen |
| 509 | 1988-04-20 | Aalborg Stadion, Aalborg (H) | Greece | 4-0 | OGQ | Flemming Povlsen (2), Brian Laudrup, Claus Nielsen |
| 510 | 1988-04-27 | Prater Stadion, Vienna (A) | Austria | 0-1 | F | |
| 511 | 1988-05-10 | Népstadion, Budapest (A) | Hungary | 2-2 | F | Per Frimann, John Eriksen |
| 512 | 1988-05-18 | Aarhus Stadion, Aarhus (H) | Poland | 3-0 | OGQ | Bjørn Kristensen, Flemming Povlsen, Kim Vilfort |
| 513 | 1988-06-01 | Idrætsparken, Copenhagen (H) | Czechoslovakia | 0-1 | F | |
| 514 | 1988-06-05 | Odense Stadion, Odense (H) | Belgium | 3-1 | F | Morten Olsen, John Eriksen (2) |
| 515 | 1988-06-11 | Niedersachsen Stadion, Hannover (N) | Spain | 2-3 | EC | Michael Laudrup, Flemming Povlsen |
| 516 | 1988-06-14 | Parkstadion, Gelsenkirchen (A) | West Germany | 0-2 | EC | |
| 517 | 1988-06-17 | Müngersdorfer Stadion, Köln (N) | Italy | 0-2 | EC | |
| 518 | 1988-08-31 | Råsunda, Stockholm (A) | Sweden | 2-1 | F | Lars Elstrup (2) |
| 519 | 1988-09-14 | Wembley Stadium, London (A) | England | 0-1 | F | |
| 520 | 1988-09-28 | Idrætsparken, Copenhagen (H) | Iceland | 1-0 | F | Jan Bartram |
| 521 | 1988-10-19 | Spiros Louis, Athens (A) | Greece | 1-1 | WCQ | Flemming Povlsen |
| 522 | 1988-11-02 | Idrætsparken, Copenhagen (H) | Bulgaria | 1-1 | WCQ | Lars Elstrup |
| 523 | 1989-02-08 | Ta'Qali Stadium, Valletta (A) | Malta | 2-0 | OT | Lars Elstrup, Henrik Larsen |
| 524 | 1989-02-10 | Ta'Qali Stadium, Valletta (N) | Finland | 0-0 | OT | |
| 525 | 1989-02-12 | Ta'Qali Stadium, Valletta (N) | Algeria | 0-0 | OT | |
| 526 | 1989-02-22 | Arena Garibaldi, Pisa (A) | Italy | 0-1 | F | |
| 527 | 1989-04-12 | Aalborg Stadion, Aalborg (H) | Canada | 2-0 | F | Lars Elstrup, own goal (Ian Bridge) |
| 528 | 1989-04-26 | Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia (A) | Bulgaria | 2-0 | WCQ | Flemming Povlsen, Brian Laudrup |
| 529 | 1989-05-17 | Idrætsparken, Copenhagen (H) | Greece | 7-1 | WCQ | Brian Laudrup, Jan Bartram, Kent Nielsen, Flemming Povlsen, Kim Vilfort, Henrik Andersen, Michael Laudrup |
| 530 | 1989-06-07 | Idrætsparken, Copenhagen (H) | England | 1-1 | F | Lars Elstrup |
| 531 | 1989-06-14 | Idrætsparken, Copenhagen (H) | Sweden | 6-0 | OT | Flemming Povlsen, Lars Elstrup (2), Henrik Andersen, Jan Bartram, Michael Laudrup |
| 532 | 1989-06-18 | Idrætsparken, Copenhagen (H) | Brazil | 4-0 | OT | Morten Olsen, Michael Laudrup (2), Lars Olsen |
| 533 | 1989-08-23 | Olympisch Stadion, Bruges (A) | Belgium | 0-3 | F | |
| 534 | 1989-09-06 | Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam (A) | Netherlands | 2-2 | F | Jan Bartram, Jan Heintze |
| 535 | 1989-10-11 | Idrætsparken, Copenhagen (H) | Romania | 3-0 | WCQ | Kent Nielsen, Brian Laudrup, Flemming Povlsen |
| 536 | 1989-11-15 | August 23, Bucharest (A) | Romania | 1-3 | WCQ | Flemming Povlsen |