Denmark under-21 national football team

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
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

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

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

2022

Results in 2022

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

Updated to match(es) played on 4 June 2022. Source: dbu.dk
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

29 March 2022 2023 UEFA EC Group I	Denmark	1–1	Belgium	Herning, Denmark
20:00	Winther 18' Ross 24' Villadsen 28' Isaksen 37' Daramy 90'	Report	Openda 30' Ndenbe 36' Openda 53' Siquet 57'	Stadium: MCH Arena Attendance: 1,345 Referee: Urs Schnyder (Switzerland)

4 June 2022 2023 UEFA EC Group I	Denmark	3–0	Kazakhstan	Vejle, Denmark
15:00	Isaksen 1' Kjærgaard 25' Grønbæk 90'	Report		Stadium: Vejle Stadium Referee: Genc Nuza (Kosovo)

10 June 2022 2023 UEFA EC Group I	Denmark	1-1	Scotland	Vejle, Denmark
18:00	Sery Larsen 45' Kjærgaard 70'	Report	Mulligan 41' Kelly 45'	Stadium: Vejle Stadium Referee: César Soto Grado (Spain)

14 June 2022 2023 UEFA EC Group I	Denmark	3-2	Turkey	Vejle, Denmark
18:00	O'Riley 17' Hermansen 34' Isaksen 66' Kvistgaarden 70' Kvistgaarden 76' Winther 80' Isaksen 90'	Report	Güneren 6' Yılmaz 9' Yılmaz 34' Saatçı 59' Yıldırım 92'	Stadium: Vejle Stadium Attendance: 3157 Referee: Miguel Nogueira (Portugal)

23 September 2022 2023 UEFA EC Play-offs	Croatia	2-1	Denmark	Pula, Croatia
18:00	Vidović 9' Pršir 20' Beljo 59' Čolina 87'	Report	Tengstedt 59' Frendrup 71'	Stadium: Stadion Aldo Drosina Attendance: 4050 Referee: Goga Kikacheishvili (Georgia)

27 September 2022 2023 UEFA EC Play-offs	Denmark	2-1 (4–5 p)	Croatia	Vejle, Denmark
18:00	O'Riley 10' Frendrup 19' Daramy 90' Kvistgaarden 110'	Report	Franjić 45' Igor Matanović 84' Biuk 70' Šimić 86' Hodža 90' Čolina 90+1'	Stadium: Vejle Stadium Attendance: 4063 Referee: Sebastian Gishamer (Austria)
	Penalties
	Dyhr Grønbæk Jørgensen Kristensen Madsen Ross		Vušković Fruk Soldo Matanovic Sučić Pašalić

17 November 2022 Exhibition game	Denmark	2-2	Sweden	Belek, Turkey
14:00	Winther 33' Faghir 34'	Report	Lahdo 18' Ondrejka 73'	Stadium: Maxx Royal Golf Resort Referee: Alper Oran (Turkey)

20 November 2022 Exhibition game	Denmark	3-0	Hungary	Belek, Turkey
14:00	Provstgaard 36' Kvistgaarden 46' Adelgaard 80'	Report		Stadium: Maxx Royal Golf Resort

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)

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification match against Wales on 20 November 2023.^[2]

Caps and goals updated as of 8 November 2023, after the match against Czech Republic.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1GK	Andreas Jungdal	(2002-02-22) 22 February 2002 (age 21)	2	0	Cremonese
1GK	Filip Jörgensen	(2002-04-16) 16 April 2002 (age 21)	7	0	Villareal

2DF	Alexander Busch	(2003-07-25) 25 July 2003 (age 20)	1	0	Silkeborg IF
2DF	Aske Adelgaard	(2003-11-10) 10 November 2003 (age 20)	6	0	OB
2DF	Elias Jelert	(2003-06-12) 12 June 2003 (age 20)	4	0	Copenhagen
2DF	Jonas Jensen-Abbew	(2002-04-20) 20 April 2002 (age 21)	0	0	Nordsjælland
2DF	Lucas Hey	(2003-04-13) 13 April 2003 (age 20)	5	0	Nordsjælland
2DF	Oliver Provstgaard	(2003-06-04) 4 June 2003 (age 20)	7	1	Vejle
2DF	Patrick Dorgu	(2004-10-26) 26 October 2004 (age 19)	2	0	Lecce
2DF	Thomas Kristensen	(2002-01-17) 17 January 2002 (age 22)	4	0	Udinese

3MF	David Kruse	(2002-05-15) 15 May 2002 (age 21)	4	0	Valenciennes
3MF	Filip Bundgaard	(2004-07-03) 3 July 2004 (age 19)	1	0	Randers
3MF	Mads Enggård	(2004-01-20) 20 January 2004 (age 20)	0	0	Randers
3MF	Oliver Sørensen	(2002-03-10) 10 March 2002 (age 21)	1	0	Midtjylland
3MF	Oscar Fraulo	(2003-12-06) 6 December 2003 (age 20)	6	0	Utrecht
3MF	Tochi Chukwuani	(2003-03-24) 24 March 2003 (age 20)	6	0	Lyngby

4FW	Christian Rasmussen	(2003-01-19) 19 January 2003 (age 21)	5	1	Nordsjælland
4FW	Jakob Breum	(2003-11-17) 17 November 2003 (age 20)	1	0	Go Ahead Eagles
4FW	Mathias Kvistgaarden	(2002-04-15) 15 April 2002 (age 21)	11	4	Brøndby
4FW	Tobias Bech	(2002-02-19) 19 February 2002 (age 21)	1	0	AGF
4FW	Victor Lind	(2003-07-12) 12 July 2003 (age 20)	6	0	Norrköping
4FW	William Osula	(2003-08-04) 4 August 2003 (age 20)	3	0	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	Anton Gaaei	(2002-11-19) 19 November 2002 (age 21)	7	0	Ajax	v. Czech Republic, 17 October 2023
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 20)	1	0	OB	v. Switzerland, 28 March 2023

MF	William Clem	(2004-06-20) 20 June 2004 (age 19)	6	0	Copenhagen	v. Slovakia, 11 September 2023
MF	Maurits Kjærgaard	(2003-06-26) 26 June 2003 (age 20)	16	5	Red Bull Salzburg	v. Slovakia, 11 September 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	Mads Hansen	(2002-07-28) 28 July 2002 (age 21)	4	1	Nordsjælland	v. Wales, 20 June 2023
FW	Oliver Ross	(2004-10-10) 10 October 2004 (age 19)	1	0	AaB	v. Czech Republic, 17 October 2023
FW	William Bøving	(2003-03-01) 1 March 2003 (age 20)	9	1	Sturm Graz	v. Slovakia, 11 September 2023
FW	Mohamed Daramy	(2002-01-07) 7 January 2002 (age 22)	13	1	Reims	v. France, 7 September 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

^ VEJLE STADION BLIVER NY HJEMMEBANE FOR U21, dbu.dk, 20 May 2021
^ "Truppen til EM kvalifikationskampene mod Litauen og Wales:" (in Danish). Dansk Boldspil-Union. Retrieved 16 June 2023.

External links

[1] VEJLE STADION BLIVER NY HJEMMEBANE FOR U21, dbu.dk, 20 May 2021

[2] "Truppen til EM kvalifikationskampene mod Litauen og Wales:" (in Danish). Dansk Boldspil-Union. Retrieved 16 June 2023.

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