Denmark women's national football team

Denmark women's national football team
The Denmark women's national football team represents Denmark and Greenland in international women's football. The team is controlled by the Danish Football Association (DBU) and competes as a member of UEFA in various international football tournaments such as the FIFA Women's World Cup, UEFA Women's Euro, the Summer Olympics, and the Algarve Cup.
Denmark have qualified four times for the FIFA Women's World Cup and nine times for the UEFA Women's Championship, reaching the final in 2017.
At the UEFA Women's Euro 2017 in Netherlands, Denmark was drawn into Group A with Netherlands, Norway and Belgium. They secured a 1–0 victories over Belgium and Norway, but lost 1–0 to Netherlands. Despite that they managed to advance as runners-up in the group, to the quarter-finals against Germany. The Danes surprisingly won against the 22-year reigning champions of Europe and qualified to the semifinals, with a 2–1 win. Denmark defeated Austria 3–0 on penalties to reach the final for the first time, after the match finished goalless. In the final the team met Netherlands at the De Grolsch Veste, Enschede, standing in front of a crowd of 28,182 spectators. The Dutch team defeated Denmark, by a 4–2 victory and claimed their first UEFA Euro title.
In March 2007, Denmark was ranked sixth in the FIFA Women's World Rankings, reaching the highest ranking since it was introduced. The worst ranking so far was a 20th place finish in June 2016.
History
Denmark were one of the earliest pioneers of women's football competing in the 1971 Women's World Cup.
2023 Women's World Cup
Denmark were in Group D with England, China and Haiti. They lost to England and defeated China and Haiti to finish second in the group. They were eliminated in the Round of 16 when they lost 2-0 to Australia.
Home stadium
The Denmark women's national football team usually plays their home matches at the Energi Viborg Arena, Viborg, having a capacity of 10,000 spectators.
The highest number of spectators for a women's international match on Danish soil is 9,337 and was set during the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying cicle against Finland at the Viborg Stadium on 27 September 2006.
A new record for the national team was set to on 24 June 2022 at a Exhibition match against Brazil in Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, where 21,542 attended.
Results and fixtures
The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.
Legend
2022
2023
Coaching staff
Managers
Players
Current squad
The following 23 players were called up for the 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League matches on October 27 and 31 against and , respectively. On 22 October, Simone Boye withdrew due to injury and Sara Thrige was called up as substitute.
Caps and goals are current as of the 31 October 2023 match against .
Recent call-ups
The following list of active players were not called up for the latest match of the national team, but were called up for an A-level match within the last 12 months.
PRE
PRE
INJ
INJ
PRE
PRE • INJ
INJ
INJ
PRE
INJ
PRE
PRE
PRE
INJ
INJ = Withdrew due to injury
PRE = Preliminary squad
RET = Retired from the national team
COV = COVID-19 positive test or close contact
Previous squads
FIFA Women's World Cup
World Cup 1991 squad
World Cup 1995 squad
World Cup 1999 squad
World Cup 2007 squad
World Cup 2023 squad
UEFA Women's Euro
Euro 1984 squad
Euro 1991 squad
Euro 1993 squad
Euro 1997 squad
Euro 2001 squad
Euro 2005 squad
Euro 2009 squad
Euro 2013 squad
Euro 2017 squad
Euro 2022 squad
Olympic Games
Olympics 1996 squad
Player records
Players listed in bold are still active at national level.
Most appearances
Top goalscorers
Competitive records
FIFA Women's World Cup*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.''
Match History
Olympic Games record
UEFA Women's Championship
Algarve Cup record
Invitational trophies
Women's Nordic Football Championship: Winner 1974, 1975, 1976, 1982
World Cup (Old invitational event)
1970 : Champions (non-official competition)
1971 : Champions (non-official competition)
1981 : Runners-up (non-official competition)
1984 : Did not participate (non-official competition)
1985 : Third Place (non-official competition)
1986 : Did not participate (non-official competition)
1988 : Did not participate (non-official competition)
European Championship (Unofficial events)
1969 : Runner-up (non-official competition)
1979 : Champions (non-official competition)
Honours
FIEFF Women's World Cup
Winners (2): 1970, 1971
UEFA Women's Euro
Runners-up: 2017
See also
List of Denmark women's international footballers
Denmark women's national football team results
Denmark women's national under-20 football team
Denmark women's national under-19 football team
Denmark women's national under-17 football team
Notes
References
External links
Official website
FIFA profile
European women's national association football teams