The Denmark national under-21 football team has played since 1976 and is controlled by the

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. 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 CEST (

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), 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

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on 23 and 27 September 2022. ''Caps and goals as of 14 September 2022 after the games against

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and

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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 * 1971–1973: Kaj Christensen * 1974–1974: Ejnar Olsen * 1976–1980:

Tommy Troelsen Tommy Brian Troelsen (10 July 1940 – 9 March 2021) was a Danish football player and manager, and television presenter. He played his entire club career with Vejle Boldklub, winning one Danish championship and two Danish Cup trophies. Troelse ...

* 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 that won the UEFA Euro 1992 tournament. In 1995, he was awarded a gold version of the Medal of ...

* 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 Summ ...

* 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 an ...

* 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 * 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 * 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

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