Denmark Under-21

Association

Danish Football Association
(Dansk Boldspil-Union)

Head coach

Steffen Højer

Most caps

Jonas Kamper (39)

Top scorer

Marcus Ingvartsen (17)

Home stadium

Vejle Stadium^[1]

First colours

Second colours

First international

Denmark 0–2 Norway

(Holstebro, Denmark; 25 August 1976)

Biggest win

Denmark 9–0 Luxembourg

(Farum, Denmark; 11 October 2002)

Biggest defeat

Bulgaria 6–0 Denmark

(Sofia, Bulgaria; 25 April 1989)

Olympic Games

Appearances

2 (first in 1992)

Best result

Quarter-finals (2016)

UEFA U-21 Championship

Appearances

9 (first in 1978)

Best result

Semi-finals (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.

Tournament record

UEFA European U-21 Championship

UEFA European Under-21 Championship record										Qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1978	Quarter-finals	5th	2	1	0	1	4	4	0	4	2	1	1	10	5	+5
1980	did not qualify									4	1	0	3	3	4	−1
1982										4	1	2	1	4	4	0
1984										6	1	1	4	6	16	−10
1986	Quarter-finals	7th	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	6	3	2	1	11	7	+4
1988	did not qualify									6	2	2	2	7	6	+1
1990	did not qualify									6	2	1	3	9	14	−5
1992	Semi-finals	4th	4	1	1	2	6	4	+2	6	4	2	0	21	4	+17
1994	did not qualify									8	4	0	4	12	9	+3
1996										10	6	1	3	31	15	+16
1998										8	5	1	2	16	9	+7
2000										8	3	1	4	11	13	−2
2002										10	4	3	3	18	12	+6
2004										10	6	3	1	25	4	+21
2006	Group stage	8th	3	0	2	1	5	6	−1	12	9	2	1	30	12	+18
2007	did not qualify									2	1	0	1	3	2	+1
2009	did not qualify									8	5	1	2	13	4	+9
2011	Group stage	6th	3	1	0	2	3	5	−2	Qualified as hosts
2013	did not qualify									8	4	4	0	19	8	+11
2015	Semi-finals	3rd	4	2	0	2	5	8	−3	10	8	2	0	37	9	+28
2017	Group stage	7th	3	1	0	2	4	7	−3	10	9	1	0	24	3	+21
2019	Group stage	6th	3	2	0	1	6	4	+2	10	7	2	1	30	8	+22
2021	Quarter-finals	5th	4	3	1	0	8	2	+6	10	8	2	0	21	9	+12
2023	Did not qualify									10	6	2	2	15	9	+6
Total	0 titles	9/23	28	11	5	12	42	42	0	176	103	45	39	376	186	+190

*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

Year	Round	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
Until 1988	See Denmark national football team
Barcelona 1992	Group stage	3	0	2	1	1	4
Atlanta 1996	did not qualify
Sydney 2000
Athens 2004
Beijing 2008
London 2012
Rio de Janeiro 2016	Quarter-finals	4	1	1	2	1	6
Tokyo 2020	did not qualify
Total	2/7	7	1	3	3	2	10

UEFA European Under-21 Championship

2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification

Main article: 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group I

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Belgium	8	6	2	0	14	2	+12	20	Final tournament	—	1–0	2–0	0–0	2–0
2	Denmark	8	5	2	1	12	6	+6	17	Play-offs	1–1	—	3–2	1–1	3–0
3	Turkey	8	2	2	4	7	11	−4	8		0–3	1–2	—	1–1	0–0
4	Scotland	8	1	4	3	6	10	−4	7		0–2	0–1	0–2	—	2–1
5	Kazakhstan	8	0	2	6	4	14	−10	2		1–3	0–1	0–1	2–2	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship play-offs

Main article: 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification play-offs

The four play-off winners qualify for the final tournament.

All times are CEST (UTC+2), as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Croatia	3–3 (5–4 p)	Denmark	2–1	1–2 (a.e.t.)
Slovakia	3–5	Ukraine	3–2	0–3
Republic of Ireland	1–1 (1–3 p)	Israel	1–1	0–0 (a.e.t.)
Iceland	1–2	Czech Republic	1–2	0–0

Recent results and forthcoming fixtures

2023

Results in 2023

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	A
Result	L	W	W	D	L	L	W	W	W

Updated to match(es) played on 24 September 2023. Source: dbu.dk
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

24 March 2023 Exhibition game	Denmark	2–3	Ukraine	Belek, Turkey
14:30	Jörgensen 18' Lund 60' Kvistgaarden 61' Kjærgaard 85'	Report	Braharu 22' Ocheretko 67' Sikan 90+4'	Stadium: Regnum Carya Resort Referee: Hakan Yurtseven (Turkey)

28 March 2023 Exhibition game	Denmark	3–2	Switzerland	Odense, Denmark
18:30	Rupp 18' (o.g.) Kvistgaarden 34' Kvistgaarden 70'	Report	Hunziker 47' Rupp 61'	Stadium: Odense Stadium Attendance: 2287 Referee: Kristoffer Karlsson (Sweden)

16 June 2023 2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification	Lithuania	1–2	Denmark	Jonava, Lithuania
17:00	Kučys 19' Kučys 43' Žebrauskas 28' 55' Stankevičius 86'	Report	Kjærgaard 9' Hansen 11' Kristiansen 13' Kjærgaard 61'	Stadium: Janovas Stadionas Attendance: 357 Referee: Henrik Nalbandyan (Armenia)

20 June 2023 2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification	Denmark	2–2	Wales	Vejle, Denmark
18:00	Kjærgaard 39' Hey 47' Provstgaard 73' Busch 80'	Report	King 37' Colwill 48' (pen) Colwill 60' (pen) Baker 73' Hoole 83' Beck 86'	Stadium: Vejle Stadium Attendance: 2473 Referee: Ante Čulina (Croatia)

7 September 2023 Exhibition game	France	4–1	Denmark	Nancy, France
18:30	Lepenant 22' Cherki 38' Wahi 75' Wahi 90'	Report	Rasmussen 84'	Stadium: Stade Marcel Picot Attendance: 15000 Referee: Jonathan Lardot (Belgium)

11 September 2023 Exhibition game	Denmark	0–2	Slovakia	Vejle, Denmark
18:00		Report	Sauer 80' Javorček 86'	Stadium: Vejle Stadium Attendance: 2150 Referee: Sivert Amland (Norway)

17 October 2023 2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification	Czech Republic	0-0	Denmark	České Budějovice, Czech Republic
18:00	Jurásek 14' 38' Prebsl 95'	Report	Dorgu 58' Kvistgaarden 62' Provstgaard 94'	Stadium: Stadion Střelecký ostrov Attendance: 4263 Referee: Jasmin Šabotić (Luxembourg)

16 November 2023 Exhibition game	Denmark	3-0	Morocco	Murcia, Spain
15:00	Bundgaard 8' Osula 16' Bech 78'			Stadium: Pinatar Arena

20 November 2023 2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification	Wales	1-2	Denmark	Newport, Wales
19:00	Beck 34' Ashford 95'	Report	Bech 5' Provstgaard 89' Provstgaard 94'	Stadium: Rodney Parade Attendance: 7850 Referee: José Luis Munuera Montero (Spain)

2024

Results in 2024

Round	1	2	3	4	5
Ground	A	H	A	H	H
Result	D	W

Updated to match(es) played on 24 September 2023. Source: dbu.dk
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

22 March 2024 Exhibition game	Austria	1-1	Denmark	Ried, Austria
20:30	Wohlmuth 48' Demir 67'	Report	Jensen-Abbew 66' Sørensen 70' (pen.) Dorgu 78'	Stadium: Josko Arena Attendance: 1050 Referee: István Vad (Hungary)

26 March 2024 2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group I	Denmark	3–0	Lithuania	Vejle, Denmark
18:00	Osula 7' Dorgu 9' Sørensen 43' Sørensen 56' (pen.) Fraulo 63'	Report	Žebrauskas 66'	Stadium: Vejle Stadium Attendance: 1,581 Referee: Don Robertson (Scotland)

6 September 2024 2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group I	Iceland	v	Denmark	Iceland
		Report

10 September 2024 2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group I	Denmark	v	Czech Republic	Vejle, Denmark
		Report		Stadium: Vejle Stadium

15 October 2024 2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group I	Denmark	v	Iceland	Vejle, Denmark
		Report		Stadium: Vejle Stadium

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the exhibition game against Austria on 22 March 2024 and 2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group I match against Lithuania on 26 March 2024.^[2]

Caps and goals updated as of March 29, 2024, after the match against Lithuania.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
16	1GK	Andreas Jungdal	(2002-02-22) 22 February 2002 (age 22)	4	0	Cremonese
1	1GK	Filip Jörgensen	(2002-04-16) 16 April 2002 (age 21)	11	0	Villareal

2	2DF	Anton Gaaei	(2002-11-19) 19 November 2002 (age 21)	9	0	Ajax
23	2DF	Jonas Jensen-Abbew	(2002-04-20) 20 April 2002 (age 21)	2	0	AGF
21	2DF	Lucas Hey	(2003-04-13) 13 April 2003 (age 20)	8	0	Nordsjælland
4	2DF	Oliver Provstgaard	(2003-06-04) 4 June 2003 (age 20)	11	2	Vejle
5	2DF	Patrick Dorgu	(2004-10-26) 26 October 2004 (age 19)	5	0	Lecce
12	2DF	Pontus Texel	(2004-02-27) 27 February 2004 (age 20)	1	0	Mafra
3	2DF	Thomas Kristensen	(2002-01-17) 17 January 2002 (age 22)	9	0	Udinese
13	2DF	Victor Bak Jensen	(2003-10-03) 3 October 2003 (age 20)	1	0	Midtjylland

18	3MF	Isak Jensen	(2003-12-23) 23 December 2003 (age 20)	1	0	Viborg
15	3MF	Mads Enggård	(2004-01-20) 20 January 2004 (age 20)	2	0	Randers
20	3MF	Mads Søndergaard	(2002-12-26) 26 December 2002 (age 21)	1	0	Viborg
17	3MF	Oliver Sørensen	(2002-03-10) 10 March 2002 (age 22)	5	1	Midtjylland
6	3MF	Oscar Fraulo	(2003-12-06) 6 December 2003 (age 20)	10	0	Utrecht
7	3MF	William Clem	(2004-06-20) 20 June 2004 (age 19)	7	0	Copenhagen

19	4FW	Christian Kjelder	(2003-01-19) 19 January 2003 (age 21)	8	1	Nordsjælland
14	4FW	Jakob Breum	(2003-11-17) 17 November 2003 (age 20)	4	0	Go Ahead Eagles
11	4FW	Mads Hansen	(2002-07-28) 28 July 2002 (age 21)	5	1	Nordsjælland
10	4FW	Mika Biereth	(2003-02-08) 8 February 2003 (age 21)	3	0	Sturm Graz
8	4FW	William Bøving	(2003-03-01) 1 March 2003 (age 21)	10	1	Sturm Graz
9	4FW	William Osula	(2003-08-04) 4 August 2003 (age 20)	6	1	Sheffield United

Recent call-ups

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up

GK	Jonathan Ægidius	(2002-04-22) 22 April 2002 (age 21)	0	0	Brøndby	yet to make his debut

DF	Sebastian Otoa	(2004-05-13) 13 May 2004 (age 19)	0	0	AaB	yet to make his debut
DF	Valdemar Lund Jensen	(2003-05-28) 28 May 2003 (age 20)	4	0	Copenhagen	v. France, 7 September 2023
DF	Gustav Grubbe	(2003-01-27) 27 January 2003 (age 21)	1	0	OB	v. Switzerland, 28 March 2023
DF	Alexander Busch	(2003-07-25) 25 July 2003 (age 20)	2	0	Silkeborg IF	v. Morocco, 16 November 2023
DF	Aske Adelgaard	(2003-11-10) 10 November 2003 (age 20)	7	0	OB	v. Morocco, 16 November 2023
DF	Elias Jelert	(2003-06-12) 12 June 2003 (age 20)	4	0	Copenhagen	v. Slovakia, 11 September 2023

MF	Tochi Chukwuani	(2003-03-24) 24 March 2003 (age 21)	8	0	Lyngby	v. Wales, 20 November 2023
MF	Filip Bundgaard	(2004-07-03) 3 July 2004 (age 19)	2	1	Brøndby	v. Morocco, 16 November 2023
MF	Maurits Kjærgaard	(2003-06-26) 26 June 2003 (age 20)	16	5	Red Bull Salzburg	v. Slovakia, 11 September 2023
MF	David Kruse	(2002-05-15) 15 May 2002 (age 21)	6	0	Valenciennes	v. Wales, 20 November 2023

FW	Alexander Lind	(2002-06-26) 26 June 2002 (age 21)	2	0	Silkeborg	v. Czech Republic, 17 October 2023
FW	Gustav Christensen	(2004-09-07) 7 September 2004 (age 19)	0	0	Hertha BSC	yet to make his debut
FW	Wahid Faghir	(2003-07-29) 29 July 2003 (age 20)	9	1	SV Elversberg	v. Slovakia, 11 September 2023
FW	Oliver Ross	(2004-10-10) 10 October 2004 (age 19)	1	0	AaB	v. Czech Republic, 17 October 2023
FW	Victor Lind	(2003-07-12) 12 July 2003 (age 20)	8	0	Vejle	v. Wales, 20 November 2023
FW	Mathias Kvistgaarden	(2002-04-15) 15 April 2002 (age 21)	13	4	Brøndby	v. Wales, 20 November 2023
FW	Tobias Bech	(2002-02-19) 19 February 2002 (age 22)	3	2	AGF	v. Wales, 20 November 2023

Records

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	Lasse Vigen Christensen	Fulham	38	5	2013–2017
3	Martin Jørgensen	AGF, Udinese	31	9	1994–1997
	Michael Jakobsen	AaB		4	2005–2008
	Victor Nelsson	Nordsjælland, Copenhagen		1	2017–
6	Rasmus Würtz	Skive, AaB	29	1	2002–2006
	Lucas Andersen	Ajax, Willem II, Grasshopper		6	2012–2017
	Marcus Ingvartsen	Nordsjælland, Genk		17	2015–2019
9	Martin Pedersen	AaB, SønderjyskE	28	0	2002–2006
9	Jannik Vestergaard	1899 Hoffenheim, Werder Bremen, Borussia Mönchengladbach	28	4	2011–2015

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	Marcus Ingvartsen	Nordsjælland, Genk	17	29	2015–2019
2	Peter Møller	AaB	16	22	1990–1993
3	Nicki Bille	Reggina, Martina, Nordsjælland, Villarreal	15	24	2007–2011
4	Tommy Bechmann	Esbjerg	11	15	2002–2003
5	Thomas Kahlenberg	Brøndby, Auxerre	10	26	2002–2006
6	Preben Elkjær	Vanløse, 1. FC Köln, Lokeren	9	9	1976–1979
	Morten Rasmussen	AGF		21	2004–2006
	Martin Jørgensen	AGF, Udinese		31	1994–1997
9	Bent Jensen	B 1913	8	10	1966–1968
	Per Frandsen	B 1903, Lille		21	1989–1992
	Miklos Molnar	Frem, Standard Liège, Lyngby		21	1989–1992

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

1959–1966: Ivan Jessen
1967–1967: Erik Dennung
1968–1969: Ejnar Olsen
1970–1970: Henry From
1971–1973: Kaj Christensen
1974–1974: Ejnar Olsen
1976–1980: Tommy Troelsen
1980–1989: Richard Møller Nielsen
1989–1992: Viggo Jensen
1992–1999: Jan B. Poulsen
2000–2006: Flemming Serritslev
2006–2011: Keld Bordinggaard
2011–2013: Morten Wieghorst
2013–2015: Jess Thorup
2015–2019: Niels Frederiksen
2019–2021: Albert Capellas
2021–2023: Jesper Sørensen
2023–: Steffen Højer

References

External links

Denmark national football team

Denmark national football team
General	Danish Football Union Managers
Venues	Parken Stadium Idrætsparken
Statistics	Results 1908–1929 1930–1949 1950–1959 1960–1969 1970–1979 1980–1989 1990–1999 2000–2009 2010–2019 2020–present Records and statistics
Players	Players with 25+ caps 1–24 caps All players
Goals	Poul Nielsen Hat-tricks
World Finals	Summary 1986 1998 2002 2010 2018 2022
European Finals	Summary 1964 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2012 2020 2024
Culture	Rivalry with Sweden abandoned Euro 2008 qualifier Roligan Landsholdet 1960 air crash Notable matches
Other national teams	Men's Under 17s Under 19s Under 21s Danish League XI Women's Under 17s Under 19s

Football in Denmark

Danish Football Association (DBU)

National teams

men:	Senior League XI U-21 U-19 U-17 Beach soccer Futsal
women:	Senior U-19 U-17

League competitions

men:	Danmarksturneringen i fodbold Superliga 1st Division 2nd Division 3rd Division Denmark Series Regional top leagues Copenhagen Series Funen Series Jutland Series Zealand Series Regional second-tier leagues Bornholm Series Lolland-Falster Series Series 1 Danish Reserve League
women:	Danmarksturneringen i kvindefodbold Women's League Women's 1st Division Women's 2nd Division Women's Series

Cup competitions

men:	Danish Men's Cup
women:	Danish Women's Cup
defunct:	1888 Medal Football Competition Provinsmesterskabsturneringen Sylow-Tournament Danish League Cup Danish Super Cup Viasat Cup KBUs Pokalturnering FBUs Pokalturnering JBUs Pokalturnering SBUs Pokalturnering LFBUs Pokalturnering BBUs Pokalturnering

Organizations

current:	DBU Bredde Divisionsforeningen Kvindedivisionsforeningen Spillerforeningen Dansk Fodbolddommer Union Dansk Træner Union DBU Copenhagen DBU Jutland DBU Zealand DBU Bornholm DBU Lolland-Falster DBU Funen Danske Fodbold Fanklubber Dansk Arbejder Idrætsforbund
defunct:	Dansk Kvinde Fodbold Union Københavns Forstadsklubbers Boldspil Union Amager Boldspil-Union Nordre Birks Boldspil-Union

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