The Denmark women's national football team () represents

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and

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in international

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. The team is governed by the

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(DBU) and competes as a member of

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in various international football tournaments such as the

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, UEFA Women's Euro, the

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, the

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, and, since 2023, the new

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. A Danish national women's football team was not formally recognised by DBU until February 1972. The first official match was played against

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in Markusböle,

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on 27 July 1974. Denmark have qualified four times for the

and nine times for the

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, reaching the final in

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. During the era before DBU recognised women's football as legitimate, various teams were assembled independently to compete for Denmark in unofficial competitions, including the 1969 Euros, 1970 Women's World Cup and the 1971 Women's World Cup. Denmark were runners-up at the 1969 Euros held in Italy, and won both the 1970 and 1971 World Cups held in Italy and Mexico, respectively. The 1971 final in Mexico had the highest ever recorded attendance of a women's sporting event, with 112,500 spectators. 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 advance as runners-up in the group, to the quarter-finals against

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. The Danes surprisingly won against the 22-year reigning 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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, 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.

History

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, Mexico, in front of a crowd of 112,500, the record attendance for any women's sporting event.

2023 Women's World Cup

Denmark were in

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with England, China and Haiti. They lost to England and defeated China and Haiti to finish second in the group. They were eliminated in the Round of 16 when they lost 2-0 to Australia.

Home stadium

The women’s national team does not currently have its own home grounds. From 2015 until 2024, the team played at Energi Viborg Arena, located in Viborg, which has a maximum capacity of 10,000. Since the agreement between the Danish Football Association and

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expired in the summer of 2024, the women’s team has been playing matches at various venues around the country. The highest number of spectators for a women's international match on Danish soil was set on 24 June 2022 at an

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against

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, where 21,542 attended. The previous record attendance of 9,337 spectators was set during 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying against

at Viborg Stadium on 27 September 2006.

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

2024

2025

Coaching staff

Managers

;Notes

Players

Current squad

24 players were called up for the 2025 Nations League matches on 30 May and 3 June against

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and

, respectively. On 29 May, Emma Færge withdrew due to injury and Caroline Pleidrup was called up as substitute. On 30 May, Nadia Nadim was called up as temporary substitute for Signe Bruun, who was unavailable against Wales due to injury; on 3 June it was confirmed that Bruun was ready for the match against Sweden and rejoined the squad in Nadim's place. ''

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and goals are current as of the 3 June 2025 match against

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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 = Withdrew due to injury * PRE = Preliminary squad * = Withdrew on medical grounds * 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 * World Cup 2023 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 ;Unofficial matches * World Cup 1971 squad

Player records

Players listed in bold are still active at national level.

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

UEFA Women's Nations League

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 * The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses (Solar eclipse of February 25, 1971, February 25, Solar eclipse of July 22, 1971, July 22 and Solar eclipse of August 20, 1971, August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 1971 lunar eclip ...

: Champions (non-official competition) * 1981 : Runners-up (non-official competition) * 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)

Honours

Major competitions

* UEFA Women's Euro **Runners-up:

Non-FIFA competitions

* FIEFF Women's World Cup **Winners (2):

Notes

References

External links

Official websiteFIFA profile
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