Denmark national under-21 football team

Denmark Under-21
Association Danish Football Association
(Dansk Boldspil-Union)
Head coach Morten Wieghorst
Captain Andreas Bjelland
Most caps Jonas Kamper (39)
Top scorer Peter Møller (16)
Home stadium Energi Nord Arena, Aalborg
Home colours
Away colours
First international
U-21: Denmark 0–2 Norway
(Holstebro, Denmark; 25 August 1976)
Biggest win
U-21: Denmark 9–0 Luxembourg
(Farum, Denmark; 11 October 2002)
Biggest defeat
U-21: Bulgaria 6–0 Denmark
(Sofia, Bulgaria; 25 April 1989)
UEFA U-21 Championship
Appearances 4 (First in 1978)
Best result Semi final 1992

The Denmark national under-21 football team has played since 1976 and is controlled by the Danish Football Association. Before 1976, the age limit was 23 years.

Contents

International record

U-21 European Championship

Summer Olympics

Until and including the 1988 Summer Olympics, Olympic games counted as regular senior national team matches. Since the 1992 Summer Olympics, Olympic games have counted as under-21 national games.

Current squad

The following squad was selected for the UEFA U-21 Championship 2011 in Denmark between 11 and 25 June 2011.[1]
0#0 Pos. Player Date of Birth (Age) Caps Goals Club
GK Jonas Lössl February 1, 1989 (1989-02-01) (age 23) 15 0 Midtjylland
GK Mikkel Andersen December 17, 1988 (1988-12-17) (age 23) 7 0 Reading
GK Nicklas Højlund March 6, 1990 (1990-03-06) (age 21) 2 0 Lyngby
DF Anders Randrup July 16, 1988 (1988-07-16) (age 23) 18 0 Brøndby
DF Andreas Bjelland July 11, 1988 (1988-07-11) (age 23) 13 0 Nordsjælland
DF Daniel Wass May 31, 1989 (1989-05-31) (age 22) 11 0 Benfica
DF Frederik Sørensen April 14, 1992 (1992-04-14) (age 19) 0 0 Juventus
DF Jesper Juelsgård January 26, 1989 (1989-01-26) (age 23) 9 0 Midtjylland
DF Lasse Nielsen January 8, 1988 (1988-01-08) (age 24) 12 1 AaB
DF Mads Fenger September 10, 1990 (1990-09-10) (age 21) 5 0 Randers
DF Mathias "Zanka" Jørgensen April 23, 1990 (1990-04-23) (age 21) 9 1 Copenhagen
DF Nicolai Boilesen February 16, 1992 (1992-02-16) (age 20) 2 0 AFC Ajax
MF Christian Eriksen February 14, 1992 (1992-02-14) (age 20) 0 0 AFC Ajax
MF Kasper Povlsen September 26, 1989 (1989-09-26) (age 22) 15 0 AGF
MF Mads Albæk January 14, 1990 (1990-01-14) (age 22) 13 0 Midtjylland
MF Matti Lund Nielsen May 8, 1988 (1988-05-08) (age 23) 15 1 Nordsjælland
MF Mike Jensen February 19, 1988 (1988-02-19) (age 24) 24 3 Brøndby
MF Thomas Delaney September 3, 1991 (1991-09-03) (age 20) 3 0 Copenhagen
FW Bashkim Kadrii July 9, 1991 (1991-07-09) (age 20) 1 0 OB
FW Henrik Dalsgaard July 27, 1989 (1989-07-27) (age 22) 8 0 AaB
FW Nicki Bille Nielsen February 7, 1988 (1988-02-07) (age 24) 14 8 Villarreal CF
FW Nicolai Jørgensen January 15, 1991 (1991-01-15) (age 21) 6 0 Bayer 04 Leverkusen
FW Nicolaj Agger October 23, 1988 (1988-10-23) (age 23) 9 2 Djurgårdens IF

Recent callups

0#0 Pos. Player Date of Birth (Age) Caps Goals Club
GK Frederik Vang Larsen April 3, 1989 (1989-04-03) (age 22) 1 0 Copenhagen
GK Jesper Weinkouff September 6, 1988 (1988-09-06) (age 23) 0 0 Hjørring
GK Kristian Fæste March 24, 1990 (1990-03-24) (age 21) 0 0 Vejle BK
GK Martin Hansen June 15, 1990 (1990-06-15) (age 21) 1 0 Liverpool
DF Brian Hamalainen May 29, 1989 (1989-05-29) (age 22) 10 1 Lyngby
DF Emil Farver September 1, 1989 (1989-09-01) (age 22) 0 0 Silkeborg
DF Erik Sviatchenko October 4, 1991 (1991-10-04) (age 20) 5 1 Midtjylland
DF Frederik Krabbe March 10, 1988 (1988-03-10) (age 23) 11 0 AGF
DF Michael Lumb January 9, 1988 (1988-01-09) (age 24) 11 0 Feyenoord
DF Rasmus Christiansen May 29, 1989 (1989-05-29) (age 22) 1 0 Lyngby
DF Simon Kjær March 26, 1989 (1989-03-26) (age 22) 2 0 Wolfsburg
DF Winston Reid July 3, 1988 (1988-07-03) (age 23) 10 0 Midtjylland
MF Jens Stryger Larsen February 21, 1991 (1991-02-21) (age 21) 5 0 Brøndby
MF Mads Jessen February 13, 1989 (1989-02-13) (age 23) 0 0 SønderjyskE
MF Martin Svensson August 10, 1989 (1989-08-10) (age 22) 2 0 Silkeborg
MF Mathias Wichmann August 6, 1991 (1991-08-06) (age 20) 0 0 AaB
MF Philip Rasmussen January 12, 1989 (1989-01-12) (age 23) 1 0 Nordsjælland
DF Pierre Kanstrup February 21, 1989 (1989-02-21) (age 23) 1 0 Brøndby
MF Ricki Olsen October 21, 1988 (1988-10-21) (age 23) 2 1 Randers
MF Saban Özdogan March 14, 1990 (1990-03-14) (age 21) 0 0 Copenhagen
FW Anders Bleg Christiansen June 8, 1990 (1990-06-08) (age 21) 4 0 Lyngby
FW Andreas Granskov-Hansen March 5, 1989 (1989-03-05) (age 22) 1 0 Nordsjælland
FW Andreas Laudrup November 10, 1990 (1990-11-10) (age 21) 2 1 Nordsjælland
FW Casper Johansen July 28, 1988 (1988-07-28) (age 23) 1 0 Horsens
FW Christian Sivebæk February 19, 1988 (1988-02-19) (age 24) 5 0 Midtjylland
FW Dennis Høegh February 21, 1989 (1989-02-21) (age 23) 1 0 AGF
FW Emil Lyng August 3, 1989 (1989-08-03) (age 22) 8 2 Nordsjælland
FW Nicklas Helenius Jensen May 8, 1991 (1991-05-08) (age 20) 1 0 AaB
FW Patrick Mortensen July 13, 1989 (1989-07-13) (age 22) 7 2 Lyngby
FW Ronnie Schwartz August 29, 1989 (1989-08-29) (age 22) 6 1 AaB
FW Sebastian Andersen December 23, 1988 (1988-12-23) (age 23) 4 0 AC Horsens
FW Simon Christoffersen November 21, 1990 (1990-11-21) (age 21) 3 0 HB Køge
FW Søren Frederiksen August 7, 1989 (1989-08-07) (age 22) 8 1 Copenhagen

Most appearances

Because of the age restriction, a player can't be in the team for very long and the most promising young players spend little time with the under-21 team before making their senior national team debut.

Rank Player Club(s) U-21 Caps U-21 Goals Year(s)
1 Jonas Kamper Brøndby 39 3 2002–2006
=2 Martin Jørgensen AGF, Udinese 31 9 1994–1997
=2 Michael Jakobsen Aalborg BK 31 4 2005–2008
4 Rasmus Würtz Skive, Aalborg BK 29 1 2002–2006
5 Martin Pedersen Aalborg BK, SønderjyskE 28 0 2002–2006
6 Thomas Kahlenberg Brøndby, Auxerre 26 10 2002–2006
=7 Peter Madsen Brøndby 25 7 1997–1999
=7 Christian Magleby Brøndby IF, Lyngby FC 25 4 1996–1999
=7 Peter Degn AGF, Everton 25 3 1996–1999
=7 Jonas Troest Silkeborg, Hannover 96 25 0 2004–2006

Note: Club(s) represents the permanent clubs during the player's time in the under-21 national team. Players in bold have played at least one game for the senior Danish national team.

Most goals

Rank Player Club(s) U-21 Goals U-21 Caps Year(s)
1 Peter Møller Aalborg BK 16 22 1990–1993
2 Tommy Bechmann Esbjerg 11 15 2002–2003
3 Thomas Kahlenberg Brøndby, Auxerre 10 26 2002–2006
=4 Preben Elkjær Vanløse, Köln, KSC Lokeren 9 9 1976–1979
=4 Morten Rasmussen AGF 9 21 2004–2006
=4 Martin Jørgensen AGF, Udinese 9 31 1994–1997
=7 Bent Jensen B 1913 8 10 1966–1968
=7 Per Frandsen B 1903, Lille 8 21 1989–1992
=7 Miklos Molnar Frem, Standard Liège, Lyngby BK 8 21 1989–1992
=10 Steffen Højer Viborg 7 11 1994–1995
=10 Peter Løvenkrands Rangers 7 12 1999–2001
=10 Peter Madsen Brøndby 7 25 1997–1999

Note: Club(s) represents the permanent clubs represented in the games in which the player's scored for the under-21 national team. Players in bold have played at least one game for the senior Danish national team.

Managers

References

  1. ^ "U/21 National Team". Danish Football Association. http://www.dbujylland.dk/landshold/herrelandshold/u21-truppen.aspx. Retrieved 2010-09-03. 

See also

External links

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