Denmark League XI

Denmark League XI
Nickname(s)Ligalandsholdet (lit. "The league's national team")
AssociationDanish Football Association
(Dansk Boldspil-Union)
First international
Denmark League XI 3 - 1 FC Luzern Switzerland
(Maspalomas, Spain; 1 February 1983)
Against another national team
 United Arab Emirates 3 - 1 League XI Denmark
(Dubai, United Arab Emirates; 24 February 1984)
Biggest win
 United Arab Emirates 0 - 5 League XI Denmark
(Dubai, United Arab Emirates; 9 February 1990)
Biggest defeat
 El Salvador 3 - 0 League XI Denmark
(San Salvador, El Salvador; 3 February 1984)
Denmark League XI 0 - 3 Soviet Union 
(Calcutta, India; 3 February 1987)

The Denmark League XI is an unofficial national football team run by the Danish Football Association.

The team generally consists of Danish players playing in the Danish Superliga or other leagues if their clubs agree to release them. It is only assembled in the start of the year, during the winter break in the Superliga.

The matches of the League XI have generally not been recognised as official matches by the Danish FA, although FIFA recognised matches until 2007.[1]

History

A Danish Football Combination played the Scottish League XI in 1955.[2][3] Since 1983, the team has been assembled every year except 2005 (because of an early World Cup qualification match)[4] and 2011 (where no suitable trip could be arranged)[5] in January or February.[6]

The League XI national team has played 84 matches throughout its existence, of which 51 were played in 1983-1999 and 33 in 2000-2018. No additional matches were played in 2019-2022.[7]

Players

The purpose of the league XI is to give the head coach an opportunity to evaluate the level of the best players of the Superliga, and to introduce new players into the atmosphere of the national team.[1]

Friendlies

17 January 2010 2010 King's Cup Denmark League XI Denmark 3–1  Poland Thailand
16:00 UTC+7 Rieks 22'
Rasmussen 48'
Bech 60'		 Report Peszko 26' Stadium: 80th Birthday Anniversary Stadium, Nakhon Ratchasima
20 January 2010 2010 King's Cup Singapore  1–5 Denmark Denmark League XI Thailand
16:00 UTC+7 Fazrul 84' Report Larsen 8'
Poulsen 19' (pen.)
Lekic 35'
Thygesen 48'
Rieks 80'		 Stadium: 80th Birthday Anniversary Stadium, Nakhon Ratchasima
23 January 2010 2010 King's Cup Thailand  0–3 Denmark Denmark League XI Thailand
18:45 UTC+7 Report Lekic 19'
Absalonsen 37'
Bernburg 86'		 Stadium: 80th Birthday Anniversary Stadium, Nakhon Ratchasima
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Mongkolchai Pechsri (Thailand)
15 January 2012 2012 King's Cup Denmark League XI Denmark 1–1  Norway Thailand
16:10 Makienok 70' Report Elyounoussi 79' Stadium: Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok
Attendance: 3,240
Referee: Mongkolchai Pechsri (Thailand)
18 January 2012 2012 King's Cup Denmark League XI Denmark 0–0  South Korea U-23 Thailand
16:10 Report Stadium: Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok
Referee: Prathan Nasawang (Thailand)
21 January 2012 2012 King's Cup Thailand  1–3 Denmark Denmark League XI Thailand
19:00 Sumanya Purisai 52' Report Makienok 10'
Spelmann 43'
Nielsen 92'		 Stadium: Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Yudai Yamamoto (Japan)
26 January 2013 Canada  0–4 Denmark Denmark League XI United States
Report Andreas Cornelius 8', 35', 63'
Kasper Lorentzen 11'		 Stadium: Veterans Kino Sports Complex
Attendance: 3,082
Referee: Juan Guzman
30 January 2013 Mexico  1–1 Denmark Denmark League XI United States
Marco Fabián 66' (pen.) Report Andreas Cornelius 83' (pen.) Stadium: University of Phoenix Stadium
Attendance: 43,345
Referee: Chris Penso
11 January 2018 Friendly Sweden  1–0 Denmark Denmark League XI Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
20:45 UTC+4 G. Nilsson 90+3' Report Stadium: Zayed Sports City Stadium
Referee: Antti Munukka (Finland)
15 January 2018 Friendly Jordan  3–2 Denmark Denmark League XI Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
17:00 UTC+4
Report
Stadium: Zayed Sports City Stadium
Attendance: 272
Referee: Adel Al Naqbi (United Arab Emirates)

Since January 1983, the League XI national team has played 84 matches throughout its existence, of which 51 were played in 1983-1999 and 33 in 2000-2018. No additional matches were played in 2019-2022.[7]

Squad

References

  1. ^ a b Staff writer. "Målsætninger til gavn for dansk fodbold". dbu.dk (in Danish). Danish FA. Retrieved 17 January 2010.
  2. ^ "Wed 30 Nov 1955 Danish Football Combination 0 SFL 4".
  3. ^ Danish Combination v Scottish League, 11 October 1955, 11v11.com
  4. ^ Staff writer. "Ligalandsholdet 2005". dbu.dk (in Danish). Danish FA. Retrieved 17 January 2010.
  5. ^ Behrendt, Lars. "Ingen Ligalandshold denne vinter". dbu.dk. Danish FA. Retrieved 15 April 2011.
  6. ^ Staff writer. "Ligalandsholdets træningsture siden 1983". dbu.dk (in Danish). Danish FA. Retrieved 17 January 2010.
  7. ^ a b "Landsholdsdatabasen (search for all results of matches played by "Ligalandsholdet")". Dansk Boldspil Union. Retrieved 12 June 2022.