The Denmark national under-21 football team has played since 1976 and is controlled by the
Danish Football Association
The Danish Football Union ( da, Dansk Boldspil-Union; DBU) is the governing body of football in Denmark. It is the organization of the Danish football clubs and runs the professional Danish football leagues and the men's and women's national t ...
. Before 1976, the age limit was 23 years.
Tournament record
UEFA European U-21 Championship
*''*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
UEFA European Under-21 Championship
2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification
2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship play-offs
The four play-off winners qualify for the
final tournament
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Recent results and forthcoming fixtures
2021
Results in 2021
2022
Results in 2022
Current squad
The following players were called up for the games against Croatia
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on 23 and 27 September 2022.Kazakhstan
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and Turkey
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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.
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
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
Henry Petersen From (1 June 1926 – 31 August 1990) was a Danish association football goalkeeper. He played 31 games for the Denmark national football team, and won a silver medal at the 1960 Summer Olympics. He spent his entire club career at ...
* 1971–1973: Kaj Christensen
* 1974–1974: Ejnar Olsen
* 1976–1980: Tommy Troelsen
* 1980–1989: Richard Møller Nielsen
Richard Møller Nielsen (19 August 1937 – 13 February 2014) was a Danish football player and manager. He coached the Denmark national football team
The Denmark men's national football team ( da, Danmarks herre-fodboldlandshold or ''herrelan ...
* 1989–1992: Viggo Jensen
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* 1992–1999: Jan B. Poulsen
* 2000–2006: Flemming Serritslev
* 2006–2011: Keld Bordinggaard
Keld Bordinggard (born 23 November 1962) is a Danish former association football player. He was the head coach of the Danish national under-21 team from July 2006 until the U21 European Championship in June 2011. As a player, he most notably play ...
* 2011–2013: Morten Wieghorst
Morten Wieghorst (born 25 February 1971) is a Danish association football manager and former player. He is currently the assistant coach for the Denmark national football team. He is the former head coach of the Denmark national under-21 footba ...
* 2013–2015: Jess Thorup
Jess Thorup (born 21 February 1970) is a Danish professional football manager and former player, who most recently managed Danish Superliga club FC Copenhagen.
Playing career
Thorup progressed through the youth academy of Odense Boldklub (OB). He ...
* 2015–2019: Niels Frederiksen
Niels Frederiksen (; born 5 November 1970) is a Danish professional football manager. He last worked as the head coach of Danish Superliga club Brøndby IF.
Frederiksen began his career as a head coach at Lyngby Boldklub in 2009 after having ...
* 2019–2021: Albert Capellas
* 2021–present: Jesper Sørensen
See also
* European Under-21 Football Championship
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2006
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* Denmark national under-17 football team
The Denmark national under-17 football team represents Denmark in international football at this age level and is controlled by the Danish Football Association, the governing body for football in Denmark. It was founded in 1964 as an under-16 te ...
* Denmark national football team
The Denmark men's national football team ( da, Danmarks herre-fodboldlandshold or ''herrelandsholdet'') represents Denmark in men's international football competitions. It is controlled by the Danish Football Association (DBU), the governing bo ...
References
External links
UEFA Under-21 websiteDBU Under-21 website
{{National sports teams of Denmark
European national under-21 association football teams
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