Denmark national under-21 football team

Denmark Under-21
Association Danish Football Association
(Dansk Boldspil-Union)
Head coach Niels Frederiksen
Captain Lasse Vigen Christensen
Most caps Jonas Kamper (39)
Top scorer Peter Møller (16)
Home stadium Nordjyske Arena, Aalborg
First colours
Second 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 6 (First in 1978)
Best result Semifinals (1992), (2015)

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.

International record

UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship

UEFA European Under-21 Championship record
Year Round Position Pld W D * L GF GA GD
1978 Quarter Finals 5th 2 1 0 1 4 4 0
1980 Did Not Qualify
1982
1984
1986 Quarter Finals 7th 2 0 1 1 1 2 - 1
1988 Did Not Qualify
1990
1992 Semi Finals 4th 4 1 1 2 6 4 + 2
France 1994 Did Not Qualify
Spain 1996
Romania 1998
Slovakia 2000
Switzerland 2002
Germany 2004
Portugal 2006 Group Stage 8th 3 0 2 1 5 6 - 1
Netherlands 2007 Did Not Qualify
Sweden 2009
Denmark 2011 Group Stage 6th 3 1 0 2 3 5 - 2
Israel 2013 Did Not Qualify
Czech Republic 2015 Semi Finals 3rd 4 2 0 2 5 8 - 3
Poland 2017 To be determined
Total 0 Titles 0/5 14 3 4 7 19 21 - 2
*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
**Gold background colour indicates that the tournament was won.
***Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

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.

Results and fixtures

2014

Results in 2014

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Result D W L W W D D D W

Last updated: 7 June 2015.
Source:
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

2015

Results in 2015

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Result D W D W L W L

Last updated: 5 june 2015.
Source:
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

2015 UEFA U-21 Championship

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1  Denmark (A) 3 2 0 1 4 4 0 6 Advance to knockout stage and 2016 Summer Olympics
2  Germany (A) 3 1 2 0 5 2 +3 5
3  Czech Republic 3 1 1 1 6 3 +3 4 Possible Olympic play-off
4  Serbia 3 0 1 2 1 7 −6 1
Source: UEFA
(A) Advances to a further round.

2017 UEFA U-21 qualification

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Wales 5 3 2 0 9 4 +5 11 Final tournament
2  Denmark 4 3 1 0 6 0 +6 10 Possible Play-offs
3  Romania 6 3 1 2 8 8 0 10
4  Bulgaria 5 3 0 2 8 4 +4 9
5  Luxembourg 4 0 1 3 2 8 −6 1
6  Armenia 6 0 1 5 4 13 −9 1
Updated to match(es) played on 17 November 2015. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Current squad

The following squad was selected for the training camp in Belek, Turkey, from 18th to the 27th January 2016.

Players born in on or after 1 January 1994 are eligible for the next UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship.

Note: Names in italics denote players that have been called up to the senior team.[1]

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Jeppe Højbjerg (1995-04-30) April 30, 1995 6 0 Denmark FC Fredericia
1GK Thomas Hagelskjær (1995-02-04) February 4, 1995 2 0 Denmark AGF
2DF Andreas Maxsø (1994-03-18) March 18, 1994 7 0 Denmark Nordsjælland
2DF Frederik Holst (1994-09-24) September 24, 1994 8 0 Denmark Brøndby
2DF Jakob Blåbjerg (1995-01-11) January 11, 1995 6 0 Denmark AaB
2DF Kristian Pedersen (1994-08-04) August 4, 1994 0 0 Denmark HB Køge
2DF Mads 'Mini' Pedersen (1996-09-01) September 1, 1996 0 0 Denmark FC Nordsjælland
2DF Pascal Gregor (1994-02-18) February 18, 1994 6 0 Denmark Nordsjælland
2DF Patrick Banggaard (1994-04-04) April 4, 1994 13 2 Denmark Midtjylland
2DF Oliver Abildgaard (1996-06-10) June 10, 1996 0 0 Denmark AaB
3MF Andrew Hjulsager (1995-01-15) January 15, 1995 10 1 Denmark Brøndby
3MF Casper Nielsen (1994-04-29) April 29, 1994 4 1 Denmark Esbjerg
3MF Christian Nørgaard (1994-03-10) March 10, 1994 13 0 Denmark Brøndby
3MF Emiliano Marcondes (1995-03-09) March 9, 1995 4 0 Denmark FC Nordsjælland
3MF Frederik Børsting (1995-02-13) February 13, 1995 7 2 Denmark AaB
3MF Mathias Greve (1995-02-11) February 11, 1995 5 0 Denmark OB
3MF Mikkel Desler (1995-02-19) February 19, 1995 2 0 Denmark OB
3MF Mikkel Duelund (1997-06-29) June 29, 1997 0 0 Denmark FC Midtjylland
4FW Kenneth Zohore (1994-01-31) January 31, 1994 15 6 England Cardiff City
4FW Marcus Ingvartsen (1996-01-04) January 4, 1996 4 1 Denmark FC Nordsjælland

Recent callups

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Nicolai Flø Jepsen (1995-09-25) September 25, 1995 0 0 Denmark Silkeborg
2DF Nicklas Mouritsen (1995-03-15) March 15, 1995 0 0 Denmark FC Nordsjælland
2DF Asger Sørensen (1996-06-05) June 5, 1996 0 0 Austria FC Red Bull Salzburg
2DF Joachim Andersen (1996-05-31) May 31, 1996 1 0 Netherlands Twente
2DF Morten Beck (1994-12-06) December 6, 1994 2 0 Denmark Horsens
3MF Lasse Vigen Christensen (1994-08-15) August 15, 1994 22 5 England Fulham
4FW Viktor Fischer (1994-06-09) June 9, 1994 5 1 Netherlands Ajax
4FW Lucas Andersen (1994-09-13) September 13, 1994 16 4 Netherlands Willem II

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)
1Jonas KamperBrøndby3932002–2006
=2Martin JørgensenAGF, Udinese3191994–1997
=2Michael JakobsenAaB3142005–2008
4Rasmus WürtzSkive, Aalborg BK2912002–2006
5Martin PedersenAaB, SønderjyskE2802002–2006
6Thomas KahlenbergBrøndby, Auxerre26102002–2006
=7Peter MadsenBrøndby2571997–1999
=7Christian MaglebyBrøndby, Lyngby2541996–1999
=7Peter DegnAGF, Everton2531996–1999
=7Jonas TroestSilkeborg, Hannover 962502004–2006

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)
1Peter MøllerAaB16221990–1993
2Nicki BilleReggina, Martina, Nordsjælland, Villarreal15242007–2011
3Tommy BechmannEsbjerg11152002–2003
4Thomas KahlenbergBrøndby, Auxerre10262002–2006
=5Preben ElkjærVanløse, Köln, Lokeren991976–1979
=5Morten RasmussenAGF9212004–2006
=5Martin JørgensenAGF, Udinese9311994–1997
=8Bent JensenB 19138101966–1968
=8Per FrandsenB 1903, Lille8211989–1992
=8Miklos MolnarFrem, Standard Liège, Lyngby8211989–1992

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

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Called-up players eligible for U21". Danish Football Association. Retrieved 2014-11-12.

External links

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