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)
Olympic Games
Appearances 2 (first in 1992)
Best result 8th (2016)
UEFA U-21 Championship
Appearances 7 (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.

Tournament 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 Qualified
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.

UEFA Euro U-21 qualification

2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship Qualification Group 5

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Denmark 10 9 1 0 24 3 +21 28 Final tournament
2  Bulgaria 10 5 2 3 11 7 +4 17
3  Romania 10 5 1 4 15 14 +1 16
4  Wales 10 4 4 2 14 12 +2 16
5  Luxembourg 10 1 3 6 5 18 −13 6
6  Armenia 10 0 1 9 6 21 −15 1
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Results and fixtures

2016

Results in 2016

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Result D W W W W W D D W L L W W W W D

Last updated: 29 March 2016.
Source:
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Current squad

The following players were called up for the match against Italy on 14 November 2016.
Caps and goals updated as of 6 September 2016 after the match against Romania.

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Jeppe Højbjerg (1995-04-30) 30 April 1995 16 0 Denmark Esbjerg
1GK Thomas Hagelskjær (1995-02-04) 4 February 1995 5 0 Denmark Aarhus GF
2DF Andreas Maxsø (1994-03-18) 18 March 1994 17 0 Denmark Nordsjælland
2DF Frederik Holst (1994-09-24) 24 September 1994 16 0 Denmark Brøndby
2DF Jakob Blåbjerg (1995-01-11) 11 January 1995 17 0 Denmark Aalborg BK
2DF Kristian Pedersen (1994-08-04) 4 August 1994 5 0 Germany Union Berlin
2DF Pascal Gregor (1994-02-18) 18 February 1994 16 0 Denmark Nordsjælland
2DF Patrick Banggaard (1994-04-04) 4 April 1994 18 2 Denmark Midtjylland
2DF Rasmus Nissen (1997-07-11) 11 July 1997 4 0 Denmark Midtjylland
3MF Andrew Hjulsager (1994-04-29) 29 April 1994 19 3 Denmark Brøndby
3MF Casper Nielsen (1994-04-29) 29 April 1994 16 4 Denmark Esbjerg
3MF Christian Nørgaard (1994-03-10) 10 March 1994 20 0 Denmark Brøndby
3MF Emiliano Marcondes (1995-03-09) 9 March 1995 9 1 Denmark FC Nordsjælland
3MF Frederik Børsting (1995-02-13) 13 February 1995 19 2 Denmark AaB
3MF Lasse Vigen Christensen (Captain) (1994-08-15) 15 August 1994 31 5 England Fulham
3MF Pione Sisto (1995-02-04) 4 February 1995 6 4 Spain Celta Vigo
3MF Lucas Andersen (1994-09-13) 13 September 1994 24 5 Switzerland Grasshoppers
4FW Marcus Ingvartsen (1996-01-04) 4 January 1996 8 8 Denmark Nordsjælland
4FW Mikael Uhre (1994-04-30) 30 April 1994 0 0 Denmark SønderjyskE

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
=2Michael JakobsenAaB3142005–2008
=2Lasse Vigen ChristensenFulham3152013–
=2Martin JørgensenAGF, Udinese3191994–1997
3Rasmus WürtzSkive, AaB2912002–2006
4Martin PedersenAaB, SønderjyskE2802002–2006
4Jannik Vestergaard1899 Hoffenheim, Werder Bremen,
Borussia Mönchengladbach		2842011–2015
5Mike JensenBrøndby IF, Malmö FF2732011–2015
6Mads AlbækFC Midtjylland2652009–2012
6Thomas KahlenbergBrøndby, Auxerre26102002–2006

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
=8Marcus IngvartsenNordsjælland882015–2016

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

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