Denmark national under-21 football team

Denmark Under-21

Association	Danish Football Association (Dansk Boldspil-Union)
Head coach	Steffen Højer
Most caps	Jonas Kamper (39)
Top scorer	Marcus Ingvartsen (17)
Home stadium	Vejle Stadium[1]
First colours Second colours
First international
Denmark 0–2 Norway  (Holstebro, Denmark; 25 August 1976)
Biggest win
Denmark 9–0 Luxembourg  (Farum, Denmark; 11 October 2002)
Biggest defeat
Bulgaria 6–0 Denmark  (Sofia, Bulgaria; 25 April 1989)
Olympic Games
Appearances	2 (first in 1992)
Best result	Quarter-finals (2016)
UEFA U-21 Championship
Appearances	9 (first in 1978)
Best result	Semi-finals (1992, 2015)

The Denmark national under-21 football team has played since 1976 and is controlled by the Danish Football Association. Before 1976, the age limit was 23 years.

Tournament record

UEFA European U-21 Championship

UEFA European Under-21 Championship record											Qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1978	Quarter-finals	5th	2	1	0	1	4	4	0		4	2	1	1	10	5	+5
1980	did not qualify										4	1	0	3	3	4	−1
1982											4	1	2	1	4	4	0
1984											6	1	1	4	6	16	−10
1986	Quarter-finals	7th	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1		6	3	2	1	11	7	+4
1988	did not qualify										6	2	2	2	7	6	+1
1990											6	2	1	3	9	14	−5
1992	Semi-finals	4th	4	1	1	2	6	4	+2		6	4	2	0	21	4	+17
1994	did not qualify										8	4	0	4	12	9	+3
1996											10	6	1	3	31	15	+16
1998											8	5	1	2	16	9	+7
2000											8	3	1	4	11	13	−2
2002											10	4	3	3	18	12	+6
2004											10	6	3	1	25	4	+21
2006	Group stage	8th	3	0	2	1	5	6	−1		12	9	2	1	30	12	+18
2007	did not qualify										2	1	0	1	3	2	+1
2009											8	5	1	2	13	4	+9
2011	Group stage	6th	3	1	0	2	3	5	−2		Qualified as hosts
2013	did not qualify										8	4	4	0	19	8	+11
2015	Semi-finals	3rd	4	2	0	2	5	8	−3		10	8	2	0	37	9	+28
2017	Group stage	7th	3	1	0	2	4	7	−3		10	9	1	0	24	3	+21
2019	Group stage	6th	3	2	0	1	6	4	+2		10	7	2	1	30	8	+22
2021	Quarter-finals	5th	4	3	1	0	8	2	+6		10	8	2	0	21	9	+12
2023	Did not qualify										10	6	2	2	15	9	+6
Total	0 titles	9/23	28	11	5	12	42	42	0		176	103	45	39	376	186	+190

• *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

Year	Round	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
Until 1988	See Denmark national football team
Barcelona 1992	Group stage	3	0	2	1	1	4
Atlanta 1996	did not qualify
Sydney 2000
Athens 2004
Beijing 2008
London 2012
Rio de Janeiro 2016	Quarter-finals	4	1	1	2	1	6
Tokyo 2020	did not qualify
Total	2/7	7	1	3	3	2	10

UEFA European Under-21 Championship

2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Belgium	8	6	2	0	14	2	+12	20	Final tournament		—	1–0	2–0	0–0	2–0
2	Denmark	8	5	2	1	12	6	+6	17	Play-offs		1–1	—	3–2	1–1	3–0
3	Turkey	8	2	2	4	7	11	−4	8			0–3	1–2	—	1–1	0–0
4	Scotland	8	1	4	3	6	10	−4	7			0–2	0–1	0–2	—	2–1
5	Kazakhstan	8	0	2	6	4	14	−10	2			1–3	0–1	0–1	2–2	—

2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship play-offs

The four play-off winners qualify for the final tournament.

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

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Croatia	3–3 (5–4 p)	Denmark	2–1	a.e.t. )
Slovakia	3–5	Ukraine	3–2	0–3
Republic of Ireland	1–1 (1–3 p)	Israel	1–1	a.e.t. )
Iceland	1–2	Czech Republic	1–2	0–0

Recent results and forthcoming fixtures

2023

Results in 2023

2024

Results in 2024

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the exhibition game against  Austria on 22 March 2024 and 2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group I match against  Lithuania on 26 March 2024.^[2]

Caps and goals updated as of March 29, 2024, after the match against  Lithuania.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
16	1GK	Andreas Jungdal	(2002-02-22) 22 February 2002 (age 22)	4	0	Cremonese
1	1GK	Filip Jörgensen	(2002-04-16) 16 April 2002 (age 22)	11	0	Villareal
2	2DF	Anton Gaaei	(2002-11-19) 19 November 2002 (age 21)	9	0	Ajax
23	2DF	Jonas Jensen-Abbew	(2002-04-20) 20 April 2002 (age 21)	2	0	AGF
21	2DF	Lucas Hey	(2003-04-13) 13 April 2003 (age 21)	8	0	Nordsjælland
4	2DF	Oliver Provstgaard	(2003-06-04) 4 June 2003 (age 20)	11	2	Vejle
5	2DF	Patrick Dorgu	(2004-10-26) 26 October 2004 (age 19)	5	0	Lecce
12	2DF	Pontus Texel	(2004-02-27) 27 February 2004 (age 20)	1	0	Mafra
3	2DF	Thomas Kristensen	(2002-01-17) 17 January 2002 (age 22)	9	0	Udinese
13	2DF	Victor Bak Jensen	(2003-10-03) 3 October 2003 (age 20)	1	0	Midtjylland
18	3MF	Isak Jensen	(2003-12-23) 23 December 2003 (age 20)	1	0	Viborg
15	3MF	Mads Enggård	(2004-01-20) 20 January 2004 (age 20)	2	0	Randers
20	3MF	Mads Søndergaard	(2002-12-26) 26 December 2002 (age 21)	1	0	Viborg
17	3MF	Oliver Sørensen	(2002-03-10) 10 March 2002 (age 22)	5	1	Midtjylland
6	3MF	Oscar Fraulo	(2003-12-06) 6 December 2003 (age 20)	10	0	Utrecht
7	3MF	William Clem	(2004-06-20) 20 June 2004 (age 19)	7	0	Copenhagen
19	4FW	Christian Kjelder	(2003-01-19) 19 January 2003 (age 21)	8	1	Nordsjælland
14	4FW	Jakob Breum	(2003-11-17) 17 November 2003 (age 20)	4	0	Go Ahead Eagles
11	4FW	Mads Hansen	(2002-07-28) 28 July 2002 (age 21)	5	1	Nordsjælland
10	4FW	Mika Biereth	(2003-02-08) 8 February 2003 (age 21)	3	0	Sturm Graz
8	4FW	William Bøving	(2003-03-01) 1 March 2003 (age 21)	10	1	Sturm Graz
9	4FW	William Osula	(2003-08-04) 4 August 2003 (age 20)	6	1	Sheffield United

Recent call-ups

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Jonathan Ægidius	(2002-04-22) 22 April 2002 (age 21)	0	0	Brøndby	yet to make his debut
DF	Sebastian Otoa	(2004-05-13) 13 May 2004 (age 19)	0	0	AaB	yet to make his debut
DF	Valdemar Lund Jensen	(2003-05-28) 28 May 2003 (age 20)	4	0	Copenhagen	v.  France, 7 September 2023
DF	Gustav Grubbe	(2003-01-27) 27 January 2003 (age 21)	1	0	OB	v.   Switzerland, 28 March 2023
DF	Alexander Busch	(2003-07-25) 25 July 2003 (age 20)	2	0	Silkeborg IF	v.  Morocco, 16 November 2023
DF	Aske Adelgaard	(2003-11-10) 10 November 2003 (age 20)	7	0	OB	v.  Morocco, 16 November 2023
DF	Elias Jelert	(2003-06-12) 12 June 2003 (age 20)	4	0	Copenhagen	v.  Slovakia, 11 September 2023
MF	Tochi Chukwuani	(2003-03-24) 24 March 2003 (age 21)	8	0	Lyngby	v.  Wales, 20 November 2023
MF	Filip Bundgaard	(2004-07-03) 3 July 2004 (age 19)	2	1	Brøndby	v.  Morocco, 16 November 2023
MF	Maurits Kjærgaard	(2003-06-26) 26 June 2003 (age 20)	16	5	Red Bull Salzburg	v.  Slovakia, 11 September 2023
MF	David Kruse	(2002-05-15) 15 May 2002 (age 21)	6	0	Valenciennes	v.  Wales, 20 November 2023
FW	Alexander Lind	(2002-06-26) 26 June 2002 (age 21)	2	0	Silkeborg	v.  Czech Republic, 17 October 2023
FW	Gustav Christensen	(2004-09-07) 7 September 2004 (age 19)	0	0	Hertha BSC	yet to make his debut
FW	Wahid Faghir	(2003-07-29) 29 July 2003 (age 20)	9	1	SV Elversberg	v.  Slovakia, 11 September 2023
FW	Oliver Ross	(2004-10-10) 10 October 2004 (age 19)	1	0	AaB	v.  Czech Republic, 17 October 2023
FW	Victor Lind	(2003-07-12) 12 July 2003 (age 20)	8	0	Vejle	v.  Wales, 20 November 2023
FW	Mathias Kvistgaarden	(2002-04-15) 15 April 2002 (age 22)	13	4	Brøndby	v.  Wales, 20 November 2023
FW	Tobias Bech	(2002-02-19) 19 February 2002 (age 22)	3	2	AGF	v.  Wales, 20 November 2023

Records

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.

Rank	Player	Club(s)	U-21 Caps	U-21 Goals	Year(s)
1	Jonas Kamper	Brøndby	39	3	2002–2006
2	Lasse Vigen Christensen	Fulham	38	5	2013–2017
3	Martin Jørgensen	AGF, Udinese	31	9	1994–1997
	Michael Jakobsen	AaB		4	2005–2008
	Victor Nelsson	Copenhagen		1	2017–
6	Rasmus Würtz	Skive, AaB	29	1	2002–2006
	Lucas Andersen	Ajax, Willem II, Grasshopper		6	2012–2017
	Marcus Ingvartsen	Nordsjælland, Genk		17	2015–2019
9	Martin Pedersen	SønderjyskE	28	0	2002–2006
	Jannik Vestergaard	1899 Hoffenheim, Werder Bremen, Borussia Mönchengladbach		4	2011–2015

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

Rank	Player	Club(s)	U-21 Goals	U-21 Caps	Year(s)
1	Marcus Ingvartsen	Nordsjælland, Genk	17	29	2015–2019
2	Peter Møller	AaB	16	22	1990–1993
3	Nicki Bille	Martina, Nordsjælland, Villarreal	15	24	2007–2011
4	Tommy Bechmann	Esbjerg	11	15	2002–2003
5	Thomas Kahlenberg	Brøndby, Auxerre	10	26	2002–2006
6	Preben Elkjær	Vanløse, 1. FC Köln, Lokeren	9	9	1976–1979
	Morten Rasmussen	AGF		21	2004–2006
	Martin Jørgensen	AGF, Udinese		31	1994–1997
9	Bent Jensen	B 1913	8	10	1966–1968
	Per Frandsen	Lille		21	1989–1992
	Miklos Molnar	Frem, Standard Liège, Lyngby		21	1989–1992

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
• 1980–1989: Richard Møller Nielsen
• 1989–1992: Viggo Jensen
• 1992–1999: Jan B. Poulsen
• 2000–2006: Flemming Serritslev
• 2006–2011: Keld Bordinggaard
• 2011–2013: Morten Wieghorst
• 2013–2015: Jess Thorup
• 2015–2019: Niels Frederiksen
• 2019–2021: Albert Capellas
• 2021–2023: Jesper Sørensen
• 2023–: Steffen Højer

See also

• 2006
• Denmark national football team
• Denmark national under-17 football team
• Denmark national under-19 football team

References

External links

• UEFA Under-21 website
• DBU Under-21 website Archived 2016-09-23 at the Wayback Machine