Denmark national under-21 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
2025	Qualified										7	4	2	1	16	8	+8
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
Paris 2024	did not qualify
Total	2/7	7	1	3	3	2	10

UEFA European Under-21 Championship

2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Denmark	8	5	2	1	18	8	+10	17	Final tournament	—	5–0	2–2	2–0	3–0
2	Czech Republic	8	4	2	2	13	11	+2	14^[a]	Play-offs	0–0	—	1–1	4–1	3–0
3	Wales	8	4	2	2	13	11	+2	14^[a]		1–2	1–2	—	1–0	2–1
4	Iceland	8	3	0	5	9	14	−5	9		4–2	2–1	1–2	—	0–2
5	Lithuania	8	1	0	7	7	16	−9	3		1–2	1–2	2–3	0–1	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head points: Czech Republic 4, Wales 1

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

Win Draw Lose Fixture

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

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 June 2024 Exhibition game	Denmark	3–3	Norway	Marbella, Spain
18:00	Osula 22' Osula 26' Dorgu 32' Jensen 43'	Report	Fiabema 3' Arnstad 7' Braude 25' Mannsverk 62' Mannsverk 69' Mvuka 78'	Stadium: Banús Football Center

6 September 2024 2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group I	Iceland	4-2	Denmark	Reykjavík, Iceland
17:00	Ingason 28' Sigurpálsson 40' Ingason 73' (pen) Ingason 75' Thorkelsson 83'	Report	Osula 16' Gaaei 49' Kvistgaarden 52' Otoa 71'	Stadium: Víkingsvöllur Attendance: 305 Referee: Oleksiy Derevinskyi (Ukraine)

10 September 2024 2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group I	Denmark	5–0	Czech Republic	Vejle, Denmark
	Bøving 28' Biereth 48' Sørensen 54' (pen.) Kristensen 61' Kvistgaarden 87'	Report		Stadium: Vejle Stadium Attendance: 2,595 Referee: Alessandro Dudic (Switzerland)

15 October 2024 2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group I	Denmark	2-0	Iceland	Vejle, Denmark
	Kruse 1' Chukwuani 32' Kvistgaarden 59' Jelert 66' Harder 89'	Report	Lúðvíksson 49' Karlsson 83' Róbertsson 86'	Stadium: Vejle Stadium Attendance: 3 386 Referee: Snir Levi (Israel)

15 November 2024 Exhibition game	Germany	3-0	Denmark	Aachen, Germany
18:00	Tresoldi 5' Brown 48' Moukoko 81'	Report		Stadium: New Tivoli Attendance: 11872 Referee: Alex Bos (Netherlands)

19 November 2024 Exhibition game	Spain	v	Denmark	Albacete, Spain
		Report		Stadium: Carlos Belmonte

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the exhibition games against Germany on 15 November 2024 and Spain on 19 November 2024.^[2]

Caps and goals updated as of October 15, 2024, after the match against Iceland.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1GK	Andreas Jungdal	(2002-02-22) 22 February 2002 (age 22)	6	0	Cremonese
1GK	William Lykke	(2004-09-28) 28 September 2004 (age 20)	0	0	FC Nordsjælland

2DF	Anton Gaaei	(2002-11-19) 19 November 2002 (age 22)	12	0	Ajax
2DF	Aske Adelgaard	(2003-11-10) 10 November 2003 (age 21)	12	0	Go Ahead Eagles
2DF	Elias Jelert	(2003-06-12) 12 June 2003 (age 21)	7	0	Galatasaray
2DF	Oliver Provstgaard	(2003-06-04) 4 June 2003 (age 21)	14	2	Vejle
2DF	Tobias Slotsager	(2006-01-01) 1 January 2006 (age 18)	0	0	OB
2DF	Victor Bak Jensen	(2003-10-03) 3 October 2003 (age 21)	2	0	Midtjylland

3MF	David Kruse	(2002-05-15) 15 May 2002 (age 22)	7	0	IFK Göteborg
3MF	Isak Jensen	(2003-12-23) 23 December 2003 (age 20)	4	0	Viborg
3MF	Oscar Fraulo	(2003-12-06) 6 December 2003 (age 20)	12	0	Utrecht
3MF	Thomas Jørgensen	(2005-09-30) 30 September 2005 (age 19)	0	0	Viborg
3MF	Tochi Chukwuani	(2003-03-24) 24 March 2003 (age 21)	10	0	Sturm Graz
3MF	William Clem	(2004-06-20) 20 June 2004 (age 20)	8	0	Copenhagen

4FW	Adam Daghim	(2005-09-28) 28 September 2005 (age 19)	0	0	Red Bull Salzburg
4FW	Clement Bischoff	(2006-12-16) 16 December 2006 (age 17)	0	0	Brøndby
4FW	Conrad Harder	(2005-04-07) 7 April 2005 (age 19)	1	0	Sporting CP
4FW	Jakob Breum	(2003-11-17) 17 November 2003 (age 21)	5	0	Go Ahead Eagles
4FW	Luca Kjerrumgaard	(2003-02-09) 9 February 2003 (age 21)	0	0	OB

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 22)	0	0	Brøndby	yet to make his debut

DF	Jacob Andersen	(2002-01-26) 26 January 2002 (age 22)	1	0	AGF	v. Czech Republic, 10 September 2024
DF	Jonas Jensen-Abbew	(2002-04-20) 20 April 2002 (age 22)	3	0	AGF	v. Iceland, 6 September 2024
DF	Lucas Hey	(2003-04-13) 13 April 2003 (age 21)	9	0	Nordsjælland	v. Iceland, 15 October 2024
DF	Thomas Kristensen	(2002-01-17) 17 January 2002 (age 22)	11	0	Udinese	v. Czech Republic, 10 September 2024
DF	Sebastian Otoa	(2004-05-13) 13 May 2004 (age 20)	1	0	AaB	v. Iceland, 6 September 2024
DF	Villads Schmidt	(2005-01-29) 29 January 2005 (age 19)	0	0	Bodø/Glimt	yet to make his debut
MF	Mads Enggård	(2004-01-20) 20 January 2004 (age 20)	4	0	Molde	v. Iceland, 6 September 2024
MF	Oliver Sørensen	(2002-03-10) 10 March 2002 (age 22)	7	4	Midtjylland	v. Czech Republic, 10 September 2024
MF	Noah Nartey	(2005-10-05) 5 October 2005 (age 19)	0	0	Brøndby	yet to make his debut

FW	Mika Biereth	(2003-02-08) 8 February 2003 (age 21)	6	1	Sturm Graz	v. Iceland, 15 October 2024
FW	Mohamed Daramy	(2002-01-07) 7 January 2002 (age 22)	14	1	Stade de Reims	v. Iceland, 15 October 2024
FW	Tobias Bech	(2002-02-19) 19 February 2002 (age 22)	5	2	AGF	v. Czech Republic, 10 September 2024
FW	William Bøving	(2003-03-01) 1 March 2003 (age 21)	14	2	Sturm Graz	v. Iceland, 15 October 2024
FW	William Osula	(2003-08-04) 4 August 2003 (age 21)	10	3	Newcastle United	v. Iceland, 15 October 2024
FW	Mathias Kvistgaarden	(2002-04-15) 15 April 2002 (age 22)	17	7	Brøndby	v. Germany, 15 November 2024

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	2017–2021
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–present 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

UEFA Under-21 website
DBU Under-21 website Archived 2016-09-23 at the Wayback Machine

[table_hth_CZE0.62317405576965-2] Head-to-head points: Czech Republic 4, Wales 1

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

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

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