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Denmark


Federation founded: 1889
FIFA member since: 1904

 
WORLD CUP HISTORY
1930 - Did not participate
1934 - Did not participate
1938 - Did not participate
1950 - Did not participate
1954 - Did not participate
1958 - Did not qualify
1962 - Did not participate
1966 - Did not qualify
1970 - Did not qualify
1974 - Did not qualify
1978 - Did not qualify
1982 - Did not qualify
1986 - Second round exit
1990 - Did not qualify
1994 - Did not qualify
1998 - Quarterfinal exit
2002 - Second round exit
2006 - Did not qualify

 
STATISTICS
Played
13
Won
7
Drawn
2
Lost
4
Goals for
24
Goals against
18
Points
23
Denmark are 24th on the all-time table.

 
TEAM RECORDS
Biggest victory:
6-1 vs Uruguay in 1986.
Biggest defeat:
1-5 vs Spain in 1986.
Overall topscorer:
Preben Elkjær-Larsen and Jon Dahl Tomasson, 4 goals.
Most appearances:
Michael Laudrup and Thomas Helveg, 9 matches.
Hosted the World Cup:
Never

 
GREATEST PLAYERS
Peter Schmeichel
Michael Laudrup

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

1930 to 1954

DENMARK did not participate
in the qualifying rounds.

1958

(UEFA Group 1)
03.Oct 56 Rep. of Ireland 2-1 DENMARK 05.Dec 56 England 5-2 DENMARK 15.May 57 DENMARK 1-4 England 02.Oct 57 DENMARK 0-2 Rep. of Ireland
P W D L Gls Pts 1.England 4 3 1 0 15- 5 7 2.Rep. of Ireland 4 2 1 1 6- 7 5 3.DENMARK 4 0 0 4 4-13 0 DENMARK failed to qualify for Sweden 1958.

1962

DENMARK did not participate
in the qualifying rounds.

1966

(UEFA Group 7)
21.Oct 64 DENMARK 1-0 Wales 29.Nov 64 Greece 4-2 DENMARK 27.Jun 65 Soviet Union 6-0 DENMARK 17.Oct 65 DENMARK 1-3 Soviet Union 27.Oct 65 DENMARK 1-1 Greece 01.Dec 65 Wales 4-2 DENMARK
P W D L Gls Pts 1.Soviet Union 6 5 0 1 19- 6 10 2.Wales 6 3 0 3 11- 9 6 3.Greece 6 2 1 3 10-14 5 4.DENMARK 6 1 1 4 7-18 3 DENMARK failed to qualify for England 1966.

1970

(UEFA Group 2)
25.Sep 68 DENMARK 0-3 Czechoslovakia 20.Oct 68 Czechoslovakia 1-0 DENMARK 27.May 69 DENMARK 2-0 Rep. of Ireland 15.Jun 69 DENMARK 3-2 Hungary 15.Oct 69 Rep. of Ireland 1-1 DENMARK 22.Oct 69 Hungary 3-0 DENMARK
P W D L Gls Pts 1.Hungary 6 4 1 1 16- 7 9 Czechoslovakia 6 4 1 1 12- 6 9 3.DENMARK 6 2 1 3 6-10 5 4.Rep. of Ireland 6 0 1 5 3-14 1 DENMARK failed to qualify for Mexico 1970.

1974

(UEFA Group 8)
18.Oct 72 DENMARK 1-4 Scotland 15.Nov 72 Scotland 2-0 DENMARK 02.May 73 DENMARK 1-1 Czechoslovakia 06.Jun 73 Czechoslovakia 6-0 DENMARK
P W D L Gls Pts 1.Scotland 4 3 0 1 8- 3 6 2.Czechoslovakia 4 2 1 1 9- 3 5 3.DENMARK 4 0 1 3 2-13 1 DENMARK failed to qualify for West Germany 1974.

1978

(UEFA Group 1)
23.May 76 Cyprus 1-5 DENMARK 27.Oct 76 DENMARK 5-0 Cyprus 17.Nov 76 Portugal 1-0 DENMARK 01.May 77 DENMARK 1-2 Poland 21.Sep 77 Poland 4-1 DENMARK 09.Oct 77 DENMARK 2-4 Portugal
P W D L Gls Pts 1.Poland 6 5 1 0 17- 4 11 2.Portugal 6 4 1 1 12- 6 9 3.DENMARK 6 2 0 4 14-12 4 4.Cyprus 6 0 0 6 3-24 0 DENMARK failed to qualify for Argentina 1978.

1982

(UEFA Group 5)
27.Sep 80 Yugoslavia 2-1 DENMARK 15.Oct 80 DENMARK 0-1 Greece 01.Nov 80 Italy 2-0 DENMARK 19.Nov 80 DENMARK 4-0 Luxembourg 01.May 81 Luxembourg 1-2 DENMARK 03.Jun 81 DENMARK 3-1 Italy 09.Sep 81 DENMARK 1-2 Yugoslavia 14.Oct 81 Greece 2-3 DENMARK
P W D L Gls Pts 1.Yugoslavia 8 6 1 1 22- 7 13 2.Italy 8 5 2 1 12- 5 12 3.DENMARK 8 4 0 4 14-11 8 4.Greece 8 3 1 4 10-13 7 5.Luxembourg 8 0 0 8 1-23 0 DENMARK failed to qualify for Spain 1982.

1986

(UEFA Group 6)
26.Sep 84 DENMARK 1-0 Norway 17.Oct 84 Switzerland 1-0 DENMARK 14.Nov 84 DENMARK 3-0 Rep. of Ireland 05.Jun 85 DENMARK 4-2 Soviet Union 25.Sep 85 Soviet Union 1-0 DENMARK 09.Oct 85 DENMARK 0-0 Switzerland 16.Oct 85 Norway 1-5 DENMARK 13.Nov 85 Rep. of Ireland 1-4 DENMARK
P W D L Gls Pts 1.DENMARK 8 5 1 2 17- 6 11 2.Soviet Union 8 4 2 2 13- 8 10 3.Switzerland 8 2 4 2 5-10 8 4.Rep. of Ireland 8 2 2 4 5-10 6 5.Norway 8 1 3 4 4-10 5 DENMARK qualified for Mexico 1986.

1990

(UEFA Group 1)
19.Oct 88 Greece 1-1 DENMARK 02.Nov 88 DENMARK 1-1 Bulgaria 26.Apr 89 Bulgaria 0-2 DENMARK 17.May 89 DENMARK 7-1 Greece 11.Oct 89 DENMARK 3-0 Romania 15.Nov 89 Romania 3-1 DENMARK
P W D L Gls Pts 1.Romania 6 4 1 1 10- 5 9 2.DENMARK 6 3 2 1 15- 6 8 3.Greece 6 1 2 3 3-15 4 4.Bulgaria 6 1 1 4 6- 8 3 DENMARK failed to qualify for Italy 1990.

1994

(UEFA Group 3)
26.Aug 92 Latvia 0-0 DENMARK 23.Sep 92 Lithuania 0-0 DENMARK 14.Oct 92 DENMARK 0-0 Rep. of Ireland 18.Nov 92 Northern Ireland 0-1 DENMARK 31.Mar 93 DENMARK 1-0 Spain 14.Apr 93 DENMARK 2-0 Latvia 28.Apr 93 Rep. of Ireland 1-1 DENMARK 02.Jun 93 DENMARK 4-0 Albania 25.Aug 93 DENMARK 4-0 Lithuania 08.Sep 93 Albania 0-1 DENMARK 13.Oct 93 DENMARK 1-0 Northern Ireland 17.Nov 93 Spain 1-0 DENMARK
P W D L Gls Pts 1.Spain 12 8 3 1 27- 4 19 2.Rep. of Ireland 12 7 4 1 19- 6 18 3.DENMARK 12 7 4 1 15- 2 18 4.Northern Ireland 12 5 3 4 14-13 13 5.Lithuania 12 2 3 7 8-21 7 6.Latvia 12 0 5 7 4-21 5 7.Albania 12 1 2 9 6-26 4 DENMARK failed to qualify for USA 1994.

1998

(UEFA Group 1)
01.Sep 96 Slovenia 0-2 DENMARK 09.Oct 96 DENMARK 2-1 Greece 29.Mar 97 Croatia 1-1 DENMARK 30.Apr 97 DENMARK 4-0 Slovenia 08.Jun 97 DENMARK 2-0 Bos.-Herzegovina 20.Aug 97 Bos.-Herzegovina 3-0 DENMARK 10.Sep 97 DENMARK 3-1 Croatia 11.Oct 97 Greece 0-0 DENMARK
P W D L Gls Pts 1.DENMARK 8 5 2 1 14- 6 17 2.Croatia 8 4 3 1 17-12 15 3.Greece 8 4 2 2 11- 4 14 4.Bosnia-Herzegovina 8 3 0 5 9-14 9 5.Slovenia 8 0 1 7 5-20 1 DENMARK qualified for France 1998.

2002

(UEFA Group 3)
02.Sep 00 Iceland 1-2 DENMARK 07.Oct 00 Northern Ireland 1-1 DENMARK 11.Oct 00 DENMARK 1-1 Bulgaria 24.Mar 01 Malta 0-5 DENMARK 28.Mar 01 Czech Republic 0-0 DENMARK 02.Jun 01 DENMARK 2-1 Czech Republic 06.Jun 01 DENMARK 2-1 Malta 01.Sep 01 DENMARK 1-1 Northern Ireland 05.Sep 01 Bulgaria 0-2 DENMARK 06.Oct 01 DENMARK 6-0 Iceland
P W D L Gls Pts 1.DENMARK 10 6 4 0 22- 6 22 2.Czech Rep 10 6 2 2 20- 8 20 3.Bulgaria 10 5 2 3 14-15 17 4.Iceland 10 4 1 5 14-20 13 5.N.Ireland 10 3 2 5 11-12 11 6.Malta 10 0 1 9 4-24 1 DENMARK qualified for Korea/Japan 2002.

2006

(UEFA Group 2)
04.Sep 04 DENMARK 1-1 Ukraine 09.Oct 04 Albania 0-2 DENMARK 13.Oct 04 DENMARK 1-1 Turkey 17.Nov 04 Georgia 2-2 DENMARK 09.Feb 05 Greece 2-1 DENMARK 26.Mar 05 DENMARK 3-0 Kazakhstan 30.Mar 05 Ukraine 1-0 DENMARK 08.Jun 05 DENMARK 3-1 Albania 03.Sep 05 Turkey 2-2 DENMARK 07.Sep 05 DENMARK 6-1 Georgia 08.Oct 05 DENMARK 1-0 Greece 12.Oct 05 Kazakhstan 1-2 DENMARK
P W D L Gls Pts 1.Ukraine 12 7 4 1 18- 7 25 2.Turkey 12 6 5 1 23- 9 23 3.DENMARK 12 6 4 2 24-12 22 4.Greece 12 6 3 3 15- 9 21 5.Albania 12 4 1 7 11-20 13 6.Georgia 12 2 4 6 14-25 10 7.Kazakhstan 12 0 1 11 6-29 1 DENMARK failed to qualify for Germany 2006.



 

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