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

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.'' *''**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. All times are

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( UTC+2), as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Current squad

The following players were called up for the

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games against Croatia on 23 and 27 September 2022. ''Caps and goals as of 14 September 2022 after the games against Kazakhstan, Scotland and Turkey''

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:

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* 1974–1974: Ejnar Olsen * 1976–1980: Tommy Troelsen * 1980–1989: Richard Møller Nielsen * 1989–1992:

Viggo Jensen Alexander Viggo Jensen (born 22 June 1874 in Copenhagen, Denmark; died 2 November 1930 in Copenhagen, Denmark) was a Danish weightlifter, sport shooter, gymnast, and athlete. He was the first Danish and Nordic Olympic champion, at the 1896 Summe ...

* 1992–1999:

Jan B. Poulsen Jan Børge Poulsen (born 23 March 1946) is a Danish football manager and former player who played as midfielder, spending most of his professional career at Boldklubben Frem. Coaching career During the 1980s Poulsen coached Boldklubben Frem and ...

* 2000–2006:

Flemming Serritslev Flemming Serritslev (born 18 February 1947) is a Danish footballer, coach and manager who is currently head coach of the Fiji national team. Biography Serritslev played most of his career for Vejle Boldklub in a successful period. Thus, Serrit ...

* 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 Jesper Sørensen (born 10 June 1973) is a Danish professional football coach and former player. He is currently manager of the Danish Superliga team Brøndby IF. Career Sørensen previously played football as a midfielder for FC Copenhagen, Ik ...

References

External links

UEFA Under-21 websiteDBU Under-21 website
{{National sports teams of Denmark European national under-21 association football teams under-21

Tournament record

UEFA European U-21 Championship

Summer Olympics

UEFA European Under-21 Championship

2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification

2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship play-offs

Recent results and forthcoming fixtures

2021

Results in 2021

2022