The Denmark women's national football team ( da, Danmarks kvindefodboldlandshold) represents

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in international women's football. The team is controlled by the Danish Football Association (DBU) and competes as a member of

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in various international football tournaments such as the FIFA Women's World Cup,

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, the Summer Olympics, and the

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. Denmark have qualified four times for the FIFA Women's World Cup and nine times for the

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, reaching the final in

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. At the

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in Netherlands, Denmark was drawn into Group A with

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and

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. They secured a 1–0 victories over Belgium and Norway, but lost 1–0 to Netherlands. Despite that they managed to advanced as runners-up in the group, to the quarter-finals against

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. The Danes surprisingly won against the 22-year reign champions of Europe and qualified to the semifinals, with a 2–1 win. Denmark defeated

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3–0 on penalties to reach the final for the first time, after the match finished goalless. In the final the team met

at the

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, Enschede, standing in front of a crowd of 28,182 spectators. The Dutch team defeated Denmark, by a 4–2 victory and claimed their first

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title. In March 2007, Denmark was ranked sixth in the

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, reaching the highest ranking since it was introduced. The worst ranking so far was a 20th place finish in June 2016.

Home stadium

The Denmark women's national football team usually plays their home matches at the

Energi Viborg Arena Energi Viborg Arena (originally Viborg Stadion) is a football stadium located in Viborg, Denmark. It is the home ground of Viborg FF and has a capacity of 9,566. The stadium is part of Viborg Stadion Center and is owned by Viborg Municipality. It ...

, Viborg, having a capacity of 10,000 spectators. The highest number of spectators for a women's international match on Danish soil is 9,337 and was set during the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying cicle against

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at the

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on 27 September 2006. In new record for the national team is set to be done on 24 June 2022 at a

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against

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, where over 10,000 tickets have already been sold as of 5 May 2022.

Current competitions

2023 FIFA World Cup qualification

;Group E

Results and fixtures

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled. ;Legend

2022

2023

Coaching staff

Managers

Players

Current squad

The following 24 players were named to the official squad for the November 2022 friendlies against and . Pernille Harder was injured in the 11 November match and no substitute was called to the squad. ''

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and goals are current as of the 15 November 2022 match against .''

Recent call-ups

The following list of active players were not called up for the latest match of the national team, but were called up for an A-level match within the last 12 months. ^INJ ^INJ ^INJ ^INJ * INJ = Withdrew due to injury * PRE = Preliminary squad * RET = Retired from the national team * COV = COVID-19 positive test or close contact

Previous squads

;FIFA Women's World Cup: * World Cup 1991 squad * World Cup 1995 squad * World Cup 1999 squad * World Cup 2007 squad ;UEFA Women's Euro: * Euro 1984 squad * Euro 1991 squad * Euro 1993 squad * Euro 1997 squad * Euro 2001 squad * Euro 2005 squad * Euro 2009 squad * Euro 2013 squad * Euro 2017 squad * Euro 2022 squad ;Olympic Games: * Olympics 1996 squad

Player records

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Most appearances

Top goalscorers

Competitive records

FIFA Women's World Cup

:''*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.''

Match History

Olympic Games record

UEFA Women's Championship

Algarve Cup record

Invitational trophies

* Women's Nordic Football Championship: Winner 1974, 1975, 1976, 1982

World Cup (Old invitational event)

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: Champions (non-official competition) * 1971 : Champions (non-official competition) * 1981 : Runners-up (non-official competition)Mundialito (Women) 1982–1988
/ref> * 1984 : Did not participate (non-official competition) * 1985 : Third Place (non-official competition) * 1986 : Did not participate (non-official competition) * 1988 : Did not participate (non-official competition)

European Championship (Unofficial events)

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: Runner-up (non-official competition) *

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: Champions (non-official competition)Inofficial European Women Championship 1979
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Honours

Notes

References

External links

Official websiteFIFA profile
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