Denmark at the FIFA World Cup

Overview of Denmark at the FIFA World Cup

For the women's team, see Denmark at the FIFA Women's World Cup.

The FIFA World Cup is an international association football competition contested by the men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The championship has been awarded every four years since the first tournament in 1930, except in 1942 and 1946, due to World War II.

The tournament consists of two parts, the qualification phase and the final phase (officially called the World Cup Finals). The qualification phase, which currently take place over the three years preceding the Finals, is used to determine which teams qualify for the Finals. The current format of the Finals involves 32 teams competing for the title, at venues within the host nation (or nations) over a period of about a month. The World Cup Finals is the most widely viewed sporting event in the world, with an estimated 715.1 million people watching the 2006 tournament final.

The first time Denmark entered the tournament was for the 1958 edition in Sweden. However, they lost all four of their qualifying matches to England and the Republic of Ireland.

Denmark qualified for the first time in 1986, where they won all three of their group stage matches including a 2–0 victory against title contenders West Germany, but were eliminated by Spain in the next round. Since then, the Danish national team has regularly qualified for FIFA World Cup finals and made their sixth and most recent appearance at Qatar 2022. Their best performance was in 1998, where they reached the quarter-finals.

## Summary table

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Year  | Round  | Position  | Pld | W | D*  | L | GF | GA

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1930 | Did not enter
1934
1938
1950
1954
1958 | Did not qualify
1962 | Did not enter
1966 | Did not qualify
1970
1974
1978
1982
1986 | Round of 16 | 9th | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6
1990 | Did not qualify
1994
1998 | Quarter-finals | 8th | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7
2002 | Round of 16 | 10th | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5
2006 | Did not qualify
2010 | Group stage | 24th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6
2014 | Did not qualify
2018 | Round of 16 | 11th | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2
2022 | Group stage | 28th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3
2026 |  To be determined
2030
2034
Total | Quarter-finals | 6/25 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 31 | 29

*Draws include knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out

### Overview of matches

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No.  | Date  | Round  | Opponent  | Result  | Denmark scorers  | Attendance  | Record

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1  | 4 June 1986  | Group stage  |  Scotland | 1–0  | Elkjær 57'  | 18,000  | 1–0–0
2  | 8 June 1986  | Group stage  |  Uruguay | 6–1  | Elkjær (3) 11', 67', 80', Lerby 41', M. Laudrup 52', J. Olsen 88'  | 26,500  | 2–0–0
3  | 13 June 1986  | Group stage  |  West Germany | 2–0  | J. Olsen 43' (pen.), J. Eriksen 62'  | 36,000  | 3–0–0
4  | 18 June 1986  | Round of 16  |  Spain | 1–5  | J. Olsen 33' (pen.)  | 38,500  | 3–0–1
5  | 12 June 1998  | Group stage  |  Saudi Arabia | 1–0  | Rieper 69'  | 38,140  | 4–0–1
6  | 18 June 1998  | Group stage  |  South Africa | 1–1  | Nielsen 12'  | 33,300  | 4–1–1
7  | 24 June 1998  | Group stage  |  France | 1–2  | M. Laudrup 42' (pen.)  | 39,100  | 4–1–2
8  | 28 June 1998  | Round of 16  |  Nigeria | 4–1  | Møller 3', B. Laudrup 12', Sand 60', Helveg 76'  | 77,100  | 5–1–2
9  | 3 July 1998  | Quarter final  |  Brazil | 2–3  | Mar. Jørgensen 2', B. Laudrup 50'  | 77,100  | 5–1–3
10  | 1 June 2002  | Group stage  |  Uruguay (2)  | 2–1  | Tomasson (2) 45', 83'  | 30,157  | 6–1–3
11  | 6 June 2002  | Group stage  |  Senegal | 1–1  | Tomasson 16' (pen.)  | 43,500  | 6–2–3
12  | 11 June 2002  | Group stage  |  France (2)  | 2–0  | Rommedahl 22', Tomasson 67'  | 48,100  | 7–2–3
13  | 15 June 2002  | Round of 16  |  England | 0–3  |  | 40,582  | 7–2–4
14  | 14 June 2010  | Group stage  |  Netherlands | 0–2  |  | 83,465  | 7–2–5
15  | 19 June 2010  | Group stage  |  Cameroon | 2–1  | Bendtner 33', Rommedahl 61'  | 38,074  | 8–2–5
16  | 24 June 2010  | Group stage  |  Japan | 1–3  | Tomasson 81'  | 27,967  | 8–2–6
17  | 16 June 2018  | Group stage  |  Peru | 1–0  | Poulsen 59'  | 40,502  | 9–2–6
18  | 21 June 2018  | Group stage  |  Australia | 1–1  | C. Eriksen 7'  | 40,727  | 9–3–6
19  | 26 June 2018  | Group stage  |  France (3)  | 0–0  |  | 78,011  | 9–4–6
20  | 1 July 2018  | Round of 16  |  Croatia | 1–1 (a.e.t.)[a] | Mat. Jørgensen 1'  | 40,851  | 9–5–6
21  | 22 November 2022  | Group stage  |  Tunisia | 0–0  |  | 42,925  | 9–6–6
22  | 26 November 2022  | Group stage  |  France (4)  | 1–2  | A. Christensen 68'  | 42,860  | 9–6–7
23  | 30 November 2022  | Group stage  |  Australia (2)  | 0–1  |  | 41,232  | 9–6–8

1. ^ Denmark would lose in a penalty shoot-out

## FIFA World Cup match records

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### 1986 FIFA World Cup

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Denmark made their first World Cup appearance in the 1986 World Cup, and with the attacking duo of Michael Laudrup and Preben Elkjær. In their first match against Scotland, Denmark won 1–0 with the only goal coming from Preben Elkjær after he burst into the penalty area before shooting left-footed low into the right corner of the net. The team surprised the world, sweeping the group, including a 6–1 thrashing of Uruguay.[1] In the second round, Denmark faced Spain losing 5–1 on the strength of four Emilio Butragueño goals; the first Spain goal was caused by a miss-timed backpass by Jesper Olsen to Butragueño, an unfortunate action subsequently coined as "a real Jesper Olsen" ("en rigtig Jesper Olsen"). The phrase would live on for 13 years and was repeated by the Danish TV commentators in 1999, when an identical backpass was carried out by Jesper Grønkjær to Filippo Inzaghi on the former's debut for Denmark.[2]

Pos | Team

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1  |  Denmark | 3  | 3  | 0  | 0  | 9  | 1  | +8  | 6  | Advance to knockout stage
2  |  West Germany | 3  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 3  | 4  | −1  | 3
3  |  Uruguay | 3  | 0  | 2  | 1  | 2  | 7  | −5  | 2
4  |  Scotland | 3  | 0  | 1  | 2  | 1  | 3  | −2  | 1  |

Source: FIFA

4 June 1986 (first round)

16:00 CST

Scotland | 0–1|  Denmark

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| Report | Elkjær 57'

Estadio Neza 86, Nezahualcóyotl

Attendance: 18,000

Referee: Lajos Nemeth (Hungary)

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GK | 1 | Jim Leighton
DF | 2 | Richard Gough
DF | 3 | Maurice Malpas
DF | 5 | Alex McLeish
DF | 6 | Willie Miller
DF | 13 | Steve Nicol
MF | 8 | Roy Aitken
MF | 4 | Graeme Souness (c)
MF | 7 | Gordon Strachan |  |  74'
FW | 19 | Charlie Nicholas
FW | 20 | Paul Sturrock |  |  61'
Substitutions:
MF | 16 | Frank McAvennie |  |  61'
FW | 9 | Eamonn Bannon |  |  74'
Manager:
Alex Ferguson
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GK | 1 | Troels Rasmussen
DF | 3 | Søren Busk
DF | 4 | Morten Olsen (c)
DF | 5 | Ivan Nielsen
DF | 13 | Jens Jørn Bertelsen
MF | 6 | Søren Lerby
MF | 8 | Jesper Olsen |  |  80'
MF | 15 | Frank Arnesen |  |  74'
MF | 11 | Michael Laudrup
FW | 9 | Klaus Berggreen |  84'
FW | 10 | Preben Elkjær
Substitutions:
DF | 2 | John Sivebæk |  |  74'
MF | 7 | Jan Mølby |  |  80'
Manager:
Sepp Piontek

8 June 1986 (first round)

16:00 CST

Denmark | 6–1|  Uruguay

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Elkjær 11', 67', 80'
Lerby 41'
M. Laudrup 52'
J. Olsen 88' | Report | Francescoli 45' (pen.)

Estadio Neza 86, Nezahualcóyotl

Attendance: 26,500

Referee: Antonio Márquez Ramírez (Mexico)

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GK | 1 | Troels Rasmussen
DF | 3 | Søren Busk
DF | 4 | Morten Olsen (c)
DF | 5 | Ivan Nielsen |  7'
DF | 21 | Henrik Andersen
DF | 12 | Jens Jørn Bertelsen |  |  57'
MF | 6 | Søren Lerby
MF | 15 | Frank Arnesen
MF | 11 | Michael Laudrup |  |  81'
FW | 9 | Klaus Berggreen
FW | 10 | Preben Elkjær
Substitutions:
MF | 7 | Jan Mølby |  |  57'
MF | 8 | Jesper Olsen |  |  81'
Manager:
Sepp Piontek
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GK | 12 | Fernando Álvez
DF | 2 | Nelson Gutiérrez
DF | 3 | Eduardo Mario Acevedo (c)
DF | 4 | Víctor Diogo
DF | 6 | José Batista
MF | 5 | Miguel Bossio |  13' 19'
MF | 16 | Mario Saralegui
MF | 11 | Sergio Santín |  |  57'
MF | 10 | Enzo Francescoli
FW | 9 | Jorge da Silva |  35'
FW | 7 | Antonio Alzamendi |  |  57'
Substitutions:
MF | 17 | José Zalazar |  |  57'
FW | 19 | Venancio Ramos |  |  57'
Manager:
Omar Borrás

13 June 1986 (first round)

12:00 CST

Denmark | 2–0|  West Germany

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J. Olsen 43' (pen.)
Eriksen 62' | Report |

Estadio La Corregidora, Querétaro

Attendance: 36,000

Referee: Alexis Ponnet (Belgium)

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GK | 22 | Lars Høgh
DF | 2 | John Sivebæk
DF | 3 | Søren Busk
DF | 4 | Morten Olsen (c)
DF | 21 | Henrik Andersen
MF | 15 | Frank Arnesen |  36' 88'
MF | 7 | Jan Mølby
MF | 8 | Jesper Olsen |  |  71'
MF | 6 | Søren Lerby
MF | 11 | Michael Laudrup
FW | 10 | Preben Elkjær |  |  46'
Substitutions:
FW | 19 | John Eriksen |  |  46'
FW | 14 | Allan Simonsen |  |  71'
Manager:
Sepp Piontek
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GK | 1 | Harald Schumacher (c)
DF | 4 | Karlheinz Förster |  |  71'
DF | 5 | Matthias Herget
DF | 6 | Norbert Eder |  48'
DF | 14 | Thomas Berthold
DF | 17 | Ditmar Jakobs |  51'
DF | 3 | Andreas Brehme
MF | 21 | Wolfgang Rolff |  |  46'
MF | 8 | Lothar Matthäus
FW | 19 | Klaus Allofs
FW | 9 | Rudi Völler
Substitutions:
MF | 7 | Pierre Littbarski |  |  46'
FW | 11 | Karl-Heinz Rummenigge |  |  71'
Manager:
Franz Beckenbauer

18 June 1986 (round of 16)

16:00 CST

Denmark | 1–5|  Spain

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J. Olsen 33' (pen.) | Report | Butragueño 43', 56', 80', 88' (pen.)
Goikoetxea 68' (pen.)

Estadio La Corregidora, Querétaro

Attendance: 38,500

Referee: Jan Keizer (Netherlands)

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GK | 22 | Lars Høgh
DF | 3 | Søren Busk
DF | 4 | Morten Olsen (c)
DF | 5 | Ivan Nielsen
DF | 21 | Henrik Andersen |  26' |  60'
DF | 12 | Jens Jørn Bertelsen
MF | 8 | Jesper Olsen |  |  71'
MF | 6 | Søren Lerby
MF | 11 | Michael Laudrup
FW | 9 | Klaus Berggreen
FW | 10 | Preben Elkjær
Substitutions:
FW | 19 | John Eriksen |  |  60'
MF | 7 | Jan Mølby |  |  71'
Manager:
Sepp Piontek
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GK | 1 | Andoni Zubizarreta
DF | 2 | Tomás
DF | 3 | José Antonio Camacho (c) |  32'
DF | 5 | Víctor
DF | 8 | Andoni Goikoetxea |  27'
MF | 14 | Ricardo Gallego
MF | 11 | Julio Alberto
MF | 18 | Ramón Calderé
MF | 21 | Míchel |  60' |  83'
FW | 19 | Julio Salinas |  |  46'
FW | 9 | Emilio Butragueño
Substitutions:
FW | 20 | Eloy |  |  46'
MF | 17 | Francisco |  |  83'
Manager:
Miguel Muñoz

### 1998 FIFA World Cup

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Under coach Bo "Bosse" Johansson, the 1998 FIFA World Cup saw the revival of the Danish team, starring both Laudrup brothers in their last international campaign. After beating Saudi Arabia 1–0, drawing with South Africa and losing 2–1 to later champions France in mediocre games, the Danish team qualified to the knockout stages as second in the group. In the next game however, Denmark played some of the best football of the entire tournament, beating Nigeria 4–1 in a fantastic game. In the quarterfinal against Brazil, the Danes went out with a beautiful 2–3 defeat to the later silver medalists, in a very close and emotional game.

Pos | Team

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1  |  France (H) | 3  | 3  | 0  | 0  | 9  | 1  | +8  | 9  | Advance to knockout stage
2  |  Denmark | 3  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 3  | 3  | 0  | 4
3  |  South Africa | 3  | 0  | 2  | 1  | 3  | 6  | −3  | 2  |
4  |  Saudi Arabia | 3  | 0  | 1  | 2  | 2  | 7  | −5  | 1

Source: FIFA
(H) Hosts

12 June 1998 (first round)

17:30

Saudi Arabia | 0–1|  Denmark

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| Report | Rieper 69'

Stade Félix Bollaert, Lens

Attendance: 38,140

Referee: Javier Castrilli (Argentina)

Saudi Arabia

Denmark

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GK | 1 | Mohamed Al-Deayea
DF | 2 | Mohammed Al-Jahani
DF | 3 | Mohammed Al-Khilaiwi
DF | 4 | Abdullah Zubromawi
DF | 13 | Hussein Sulaimani
MF | 6 | Fuad Amin (c) |  |  78'
MF | 7 | Ibrahim Al-Shahrani
MF | 14 | Khalid Al-Muwallid |  11'
MF | 16 | Khamis Al-Owairan
FW | 9 | Sami Al-Jaber |  |  84'
FW | 10 | Saeed Al-Owairan |  |  79'
Substitutions:
MF | 20 | Hamzah Saleh |  |  78'
FW | 8 | Obeid Al-Dosari |  |  79'
FW | 15 | Yousuf Al-Thunayan |  |  84'
Manager:
Carlos Alberto Parreira
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GK | 1 | Peter Schmeichel
DF | 2 | Michael Schjønberg
DF | 3 | Marc Rieper |  60'
DF | 4 | Jes Høgh
DF | 6 | Thomas Helveg
DF | 12 | Søren Colding
MF | 10 | Michael Laudrup (c)
MF | 14 | Morten Wieghorst |  12' |  65'
MF | 21 | Martin Jørgensen |  |  73'
FW | 11 | Brian Laudrup |  |  84'
FW | 19 | Ebbe Sand
Substitutions:
MF | 7 | Allan Nielsen |  73' |  65'
MF | 8 | Per Frandsen |  |  73'
DF | 5 | Jan Heintze |  |  84'
Manager:
Bo Johansson

Assistant referees:
Claudio Rossi (Argentina)
Jorge Diaz Garcia (Chile)
Fourth official:
Hugh Dallas (Scotland)

18 June 1998 (first round)

17:30

South Africa | 1–1|  Denmark

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McCarthy 51' | Report | Nielsen 12'

Stade de Toulouse, Toulouse

Attendance: 33,300

Referee: John Toro Rendón (Colombia)

South Africa

Denmark

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GK | 1 | Hans Vonk
DF | 3 | David Nyathi |  28' |  88'
DF | 5 | Mark Fish
DF | 19 | Lucas Radebe (c) |  73'
DF | 21 | Pierre Issa |  63'
MF | 7 | Quinton Fortune
MF | 10 | John Moshoeu
MF | 11 | Helman Mkhalele
FW | 9 | Shaun Bartlett |  |  77'
FW | 12 | Brendan Augustine |  |  46'
FW | 17 | Benni McCarthy
Substitutions:
MF | 8 | Alfred Phiri |  65' 68' |  46'
FW | 6 | Phil Masinga |  |  77'
FW | 13 | Delron Buckley |  |  88'
Manager:
Philippe Troussier
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GK | 1 | Peter Schmeichel |  57'
DF | 2 | Michael Schjønberg |  23' |  82'
DF | 3 | Marc Rieper
DF | 4 | Jes Høgh |  56'
DF | 6 | Thomas Helveg
DF | 12 | Søren Colding
MF | 7 | Allan Nielsen
MF | 10 | Michael Laudrup (c) |  |  58'
MF | 21 | Martin Jørgensen
FW | 11 | Brian Laudrup
FW | 19 | Ebbe Sand |  |  58'
Substitutions:
DF | 5 | Jan Heintze |  |  58'
FW | 9 | Miklos Molnar |  66' |  58'
MF | 14 | Morten Wieghorst |  85' |  82'
Manager:
Bo Johansson

Assistant referees:
Jorge Luis Arango (Colombia)
Celestino Galván (Paraguay)
Fourth official:
Epifanio González (Paraguay)

24 June 1998 (first round)

16:00

France | 2–1|  Denmark

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Djorkaeff 12' (pen.)
Petit 56' | Report | M. Laudrup 42' (pen.)

Stade Gerland, Lyon

Attendance: 39,100

Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)

France

Denmark

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GK | 16 | Fabien Barthez
DF | 2 | Vincent Candela
DF | 8 | Marcel Desailly (c)
DF | 18 | Franck Leboeuf
MF | 4 | Patrick Vieira |  62'
MF | 6 | Youri Djorkaeff
MF | 11 | Robert Pires |  |  71'
MF | 13 | Bernard Diomède |  53'
MF | 17 | Emmanuel Petit |  |  64'
MF | 19 | Christian Karembeu
FW | 20 | David Trezeguet |  |  85'
Substitutions:
MF | 14 | Alain Boghossian |  |  64'
FW | 12 | Thierry Henry |  |  71'
FW | 9 | Stéphane Guivarc'h |  |  85'
Manager:
Aimé Jacquet
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GK | 1 | Peter Schmeichel |
DF | 2 | Michael Schjønberg |
DF | 3 | Marc Rieper
DF | 4 | Jes Høgh
DF | 5 | Jan Heintze
DF | 6 | Thomas Helveg
DF | 13 | Jacob Laursen |  |  46'
MF | 7 | Allan Nielsen
MF | 10 | Michael Laudrup (c)
MF | 21 | Martin Jørgensen |  |  54'
FW | 11 | Brian Laudrup |  |  75'
Substitutions:
DF | 12 | Søren Colding |  65' |  46'
FW | 19 | Ebbe Sand |  |  54'
MF | 15 | Stig Tøfting |  78' |  75'
Manager:
Bo Johansson

Assistant referees:
Nimal Wickeramatunge (Belgium)
Emanuel Zammit (Malta)
Fourth official:
Vítor Melo Pereira (Portugal)

28 June 1998 (round of 16)

21:00

Nigeria | 1–4|  Denmark

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Babangida 78' | Report | Møller 3'
B. Laudrup 12'
Sand 60'
Helveg 76'

Stade de France, Saint-Denis

Attendance: 77,000

Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland)

Nigeria

Denmark

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GK | 1 | Peter Rufai
RB | 8 | Mutiu Adepoju
CB | 5 | Uche Okechukwu (c)
CB | 6 | Taribo West
LB | 3 | Celestine Babayaro
DM | 15 | Sunday Oliseh
RM | 7 | Finidi George
LM | 11 | Garba Lawal |  |  73'
AM | 10 | Jay-Jay Okocha |  49'
SS | 4 | Nwankwo Kanu |  |  65'
CF | 20 | Victor Ikpeba
Substitutes:
FW | 9 | Rashidi Yekini |  |  65'
DF | 13 | Tijani Babangida |  |  73'
Manager:
Bora Milutinović
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GK | 1 | Peter Schmeichel
RB | 12 | Søren Colding
CB | 3 | Marc Rieper |  24'
CB | 4 | Jes Høgh
LB | 5 | Jan Heintze
CM | 6 | Thomas Helveg
CM | 7 | Allan Nielsen
RW | 21 | Martin Jørgensen
LW | 10 | Michael Laudrup (c) |  |  84'
SS | 11 | Brian Laudrup |  |  78'
CF | 18 | Peter Møller |  |  59'
Substitutes:
FW | 19 | Ebbe Sand |  |  59'
MF | 14 | Morten Wieghorst |  |  78'
MF | 8 | Per Frandsen |  |  84'
Manager:
Bo Johansson

Assistant referees:
Hussain Ghadanfari (Kuwait)
Fernando Tresaco Gracia (Spain)
Fourth official:
Rahman Al Zaid (Saudi Arabia)

3 July 1998 (quarter-finals)

21:00

Brazil | 3–2|  Denmark

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Bebeto 10'
Rivaldo 25', 59' | Report | Jørgensen 2'
B. Laudrup 50'

Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes

Attendance: 35,500

Referee: Gamal Al-Ghandour (Egypt)

Brazil

Denmark

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GK | 1 | Cláudio Taffarel
RB | 2 | Cafu |  81'
CB | 3 | Aldair |  37'
CB | 4 | Junior Baiano
LB | 6 | Roberto Carlos |  11'
CM | 5 | César Sampaio
CM | 8 | Dunga (c)
AM | 10 | Rivaldo |  |  87'
AM | 18 | Leonardo |  |  71'
CF | 20 | Bebeto |  |  64'
CF | 9 | Ronaldo
Substitutes:
FW | 19 | Denílson |  |  64'
MF | 11 | Emerson |  |  71'
MF | 16 | Zé Roberto |  |  87'
Manager:
Mário Zagallo
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GK | 1 | Peter Schmeichel
RB | 12 | Søren Colding |  39'
CB | 3 | Marc Rieper
CB | 4 | Jes Høgh
LB | 5 | Jan Heintze
CM | 6 | Thomas Helveg |  19' |  87'
CM | 7 | Allan Nielsen |  |  46'
RW | 21 | Martin Jørgensen
LW | 10 | Michael Laudrup (c)
SS | 11 | Brian Laudrup
CF | 18 | Peter Møller |  |  66'
Substitutes:
MF | 15 | Stig Tøfting |  72' |  46'
FW | 19 | Ebbe Sand |  |  66'
DF | 2 | Michael Schjønberg |  |  87'
Manager:
Bo Johansson

Assistant referees:
Mohamed Mansri (Tunisia)
Dramane Danté (Mali)
Fourth official:
Ali Bujsaim (United Arab Emirates)

### 2002 FIFA World Cup

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Denmark qualified for the 2002 FIFA World Cup, but despite impressive results in the group stage, especially the 2–0 win against reigning World Cup winners France, Denmark didn't manage to advance any further as they were defeated with a 0–3 score in the round of 16 against England.

Pos | Team

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| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

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1  |  Denmark | 3  | 2  | 1  | 0  | 5  | 2  | +3  | 7  | Advance to knockout stage
2  |  Senegal | 3  | 1  | 2  | 0  | 5  | 4  | +1  | 5
3  |  Uruguay | 3  | 0  | 2  | 1  | 4  | 5  | −1  | 2  |
4  |  France | 3  | 0  | 1  | 2  | 0  | 3  | −3  | 1

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria

All times local (UTC+9)

1 June 2002 (first round)

18:00

Uruguay | 1–2|  Denmark

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Rodríguez 47' | Report | Tomasson 45', 83'

Munsu Cup Stadium, Ulsan

Attendance: 30,157

Referee: Saad Mane (Kuwait)

Uruguay

Denmark

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GK | 1 | Fabián Carini
RB | 2 | Gustavo Méndez |  25'
CB | 14 | Gonzalo Sorondo
CB | 4 | Paolo Montero (c)
LB | 6 | Darío Rodríguez |  |  87'
RM | 8 | Gustavo Varela
CM | 5 | Pablo García
LM | 7 | Gianni Guigou
AM | 20 | Álvaro Recoba |  |  80'
CF | 9 | Darío Silva
CF | 13 | Sebastián Abreu |  |  88'
Substitutions:
FW | 17 | Mario Regueiro |  |  80'
FW | 11 | Federico Magallanes |  |  87'
FW | 18 | Richard Morales |  |  88'
Manager:
Víctor Púa
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GK | 1 | Thomas Sørensen
RB | 6 | Thomas Helveg
CB | 4 | Martin Laursen |  51'
CB | 3 | René Henriksen
LB | 5 | Jan Heintze (c) |  34' |  58'
CM | 2 | Stig Tøfting
CM | 7 | Thomas Gravesen
RW | 19 | Dennis Rommedahl
AM | 9 | Jon Dahl Tomasson
LW | 8 | Jesper Grønkjær |  |  70'
CF | 11 | Ebbe Sand |  |  89'
Substitutions:
DF | 12 | Niclas Jensen |  |  58'
FW | 10 | Martin Jørgensen |  |  70'
MF | 17 | Christian Poulsen |  |  89'
Manager:
Morten Olsen

Man of the Match:
Jon Dahl Tomasson (Denmark)

Assistant referees:
Awni Hassouneh (Jordan)
Dramane Dante (Mali)
Fourth official:
Byron Moreno (Ecuador)

6 June 2002 (first round)

15:30

Denmark | 1–1|  Senegal

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Tomasson 16' (pen.) | Report | Diao 52'

Daegu World Cup Stadium, Daegu

Attendance: 43,500

Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala)

Denmark

Senegal

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GK | 1 | Thomas Sørensen
RB | 6 | Thomas Helveg |  82'
CB | 4 | Martin Laursen
CB | 3 | Rene Henriksen
LB | 5 | Jan Heintze (c)
CM | 2 | Stig Tøfting
CM | 7 | Thomas Gravesen |  |  62'
RW | 19 | Dennis Rommedahl |  |  89'
AM | 9 | Jon Dahl Tomasson |  20'
LW | 8 | Jesper Grønkjær |  |  50'
CF | 11 | Ebbe Sand |  7'
Substitutions:
FW | 10 | Martin Jørgensen |  |  50'
MF | 17 | Christian Poulsen |  84' |  62'
FW | 18 | Peter Løvenkrands |  |  89'
Manager:
Morten Olsen
|  |  |

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GK | 1 | Tony Sylva
RB | 17 | Ferdinand Coly
CB | 13 | Lamine Diatta
CB | 4 | Papa Malick Diop (c)
LB | 2 | Omar Daf
RM | 14 | Moussa N'Diaye |  |  46'
CM | 3 | Papa Sarr |  |  46'
CM | 15 | Salif Diao |  62' 80'
CM | 19 | Papa Bouba Diop
LM | 10 | Khalilou Fadiga |  10'
CF | 11 | El Hadji Diouf
Substitutions:
FW | 7 | Henri Camara |  |  46'
FW | 9 | Souleymane Camara |  |  46' |  83'
DF | 21 | Habib Beye |  |  |  83'
Manager:
Bruno Metsu

Man of the Match:
Khalilou Fadiga (Senegal)

Assistant referees:
Ferenc Szekely (Hungary)
Visva Krishnan (Singapore)
Fourth official:
Kim Young-Soo (South Korea)

11 June 2002 (first round)

15:30

Denmark | 2–0|  France

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Rommedahl 22'
Tomasson 67' | Report |

Incheon Munhak Stadium, Incheon

Attendance: 48,100

Referee: Vítor Melo Pereira (Portugal)

Denmark

France

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GK | 1 | Thomas Sørensen
RB | 6 | Thomas Helveg
CB | 4 | Martin Laursen
CB | 3 | Rene Henriksen (c)
LB | 12 | Niclas Jensen |  71'
CM | 2 | Stig Tøfting |  |  79'
CM | 17 | Christian Poulsen |  27' |  76'
CM | 7 | Thomas Gravesen
RW | 19 | Dennis Rommedahl
LW | 10 | Martin Jørgensen |  |  46'
CF | 9 | Jon Dahl Tomasson
Substitutions:
FW | 8 | Jesper Grønkjær |  |  46'
DF | 20 | Kasper Bøgelund |  |  76'
MF | 23 | Brian Steen Nielsen |  |  79'
Manager:
Morten Olsen
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GK | 16 | Fabien Barthez
RB | 2 | Vincent Candela
CB | 15 | Lilian Thuram
CB | 8 | Marcel Desailly (c)
LB | 3 | Bixente Lizarazu
CM | 4 | Patrick Vieira |  |  71'
CM | 7 | Claude Makélélé
RW | 11 | Sylvain Wiltord |  |  83'
AM | 10 | Zinedine Zidane
LW | 21 | Christophe Dugarry |  8' |  54'
CF | 20 | David Trezeguet
Substitutions:
FW | 9 | Djibril Cissé |  |  54'
MF | 22 | Johan Micoud |  |  71'
MF | 6 | Youri Djorkaeff |  |  83'
Manager:
Roger Lemerre

Man of the Match:
Zinedine Zidane (France)

Assistant referees:
Carlos Matos (Portugal)
Elise Doriri (Vanuatu)
Fourth official:
Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)

15 June 2002 (round of 16)

20:30

Denmark | 0–3|  England

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| Report | Ferdinand 5'
Owen 22'
Heskey 44'

Big Swan Stadium, Niigata

Attendance: 40,582

Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)

Denmark

England

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GK | 1 | Thomas Sørensen
RB | 6 | Thomas Helveg |  |  7'
CB | 4 | Martin Laursen
CB | 3 | René Henriksen (c)
LB | 12 | Niclas Jensen
CM | 2 | Stig Tøfting |  24' |  58'
CM | 7 | Thomas Gravesen
RW | 19 | Dennis Rommedahl
AM | 9 | Jon Dahl Tomasson
LW | 8 | Jesper Grønkjær
CF | 11 | Ebbe Sand
Substitutions:
DF | 20 | Kasper Bøgelund |  |  7'
MF | 14 | Claus Jensen |  |  58'
Manager:
Morten Olsen
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GK | 1 | David Seaman
RB | 2 | Danny Mills |  50'
CB | 5 | Rio Ferdinand
CB | 6 | Sol Campbell
LB | 3 | Ashley Cole
RM | 7 | David Beckham (c)
CM | 8 | Paul Scholes |  |  49'
CM | 21 | Nicky Butt
LM | 4 | Trevor Sinclair
CF | 11 | Emile Heskey |  |  69'
CF | 10 | Michael Owen |  |  46'
Substitutions:
FW | 9 | Robbie Fowler |  |  46'
MF | 23 | Kieron Dyer |  |  49'
FW | 17 | Teddy Sheringham |  |  69'
Manager:
Sven-Göran Eriksson

Man of the Match:
Rio Ferdinand (England)

Assistant referees:
Heiner Müller (Germany)
Evzen Amler (Czech Republic)
Fourth official:
Mourad Daami (Tunisia)

### 2010 FIFA World Cup

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At the 2010 World Cup, Denmark was grouped with Japan, Cameroon and the Netherlands. Denmark lost the first match 2–0 to Netherlands, but then had a vital 2–1 victory against Cameroon, which enabled further advancement in case of victory over Japan, the final match of the group stage. Denmark, however, lost 3–1, thereby failing to reach their goal of advancing to the round of 16 for the first time.

Pos | Team

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1  |  Netherlands | 3  | 3  | 0  | 0  | 5  | 1  | +4  | 9  | Advance to knockout stage
2  |  Japan | 3  | 2  | 0  | 1  | 4  | 2  | +2  | 6
3  |  Denmark | 3  | 1  | 0  | 2  | 3  | 6  | −3  | 3  |
4  |  Cameroon | 3  | 0  | 0  | 3  | 2  | 5  | −3  | 0

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria

All times local (UTC+02)

14 June 2010 (first round)

13:30

Netherlands | 2–0|  Denmark

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Agger 46' (o.g.)
Kuyt 85' | Report |

Soccer City, Johannesburg

Attendance: 83,465

Referee: Stéphane Lannoy (France)[3]

Netherlands[4]

Denmark[4]

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GK | 1 | Maarten Stekelenburg
RB | 2 | Gregory van der Wiel
CB | 3 | John Heitinga
CB | 4 | Joris Mathijsen
LB | 5 | Giovanni van Bronckhorst (c)
CM | 6 | Mark van Bommel
CM | 8 | Nigel de Jong |  44' |  88'
RW | 7 | Dirk Kuyt
AM | 10 | Wesley Sneijder
LW | 23 | Rafael van der Vaart |  |  67'
CF | 9 | Robin van Persie |  49' |  77'
Substitutions:
FW | 17 | Eljero Elia |  |  67'
MF | 20 | Ibrahim Afellay |  |  77'
MF | 14 | Demy de Zeeuw |  |  88'
Manager:
Bert van Marwijk
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GK | 1 | Thomas Sørensen
RB | 6 | Lars Jacobsen
CB | 4 | Daniel Agger
CB | 3 | Simon Kjær |  63'
LB | 15 | Simon Poulsen
RM | 20 | Thomas Enevoldsen |  |  56'
CM | 2 | Christian Poulsen
CM | 12 | Thomas Kahlenberg |  |  73'
LM | 10 | Martin Jørgensen (c)
SS | 19 | Dennis Rommedahl
CF | 11 | Nicklas Bendtner |  |  62'
Substitutions:
MF | 8 | Jesper Grønkjær |  |  56'
FW | 17 | Mikkel Beckmann |  |  62'
MF | 21 | Christian Eriksen |  |  73'
Manager:
Morten Olsen
Netherlands vs Denmark

Man of the Match:
Wesley Sneijder (Netherlands)

Assistant referees:
Eric Dansault (France)[3]
Laurent Ugo (France)[3]
Fourth official:
Roberto Rosetti (Italy)[3]
Fifth official:
Paolo Calcagno (Italy)[3]

19 June 2010 (first round)

20:30

Cameroon | 1–2|  Denmark

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Eto'o 10' | Report | Bendtner 33'
Rommedahl 61'

Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria

Attendance: 38,074

Referee: Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay)

Cameroon[5]

Denmark[5]

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GK | 16 | Souleymanou Hamidou
RB | 19 | Stéphane Mbia |  75'
CB | 3 | Nicolas N'Koulou
CB | 5 | Sébastien Bassong |  49' |  72'
LB | 2 | Benoît Assou-Ekotto
RM | 6 | Alex Song
CM | 8 | Geremi
CM | 18 | Eyong Enoh |  |  46'
LM | 10 | Achille Emana
SS | 15 | Pierre Webó |  |  78'
CF | 9 | Samuel Eto'o (c)
Substitutions:
MF | 11 | Jean Makoun |  |  46'
FW | 17 | Mohammadou Idrissou |  |  72'
FW | 23 | Vincent Aboubakar |  |  78'
Manager:
Paul Le Guen
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|

GK | 1 | Thomas Sørensen |  86'
RB | 6 | Lars Jacobsen
CB | 3 | Simon Kjær |  87'
CB | 4 | Daniel Agger
LB | 15 | Simon Poulsen
CM | 2 | Christian Poulsen
CM | 10 | Martin Jørgensen |  |  46'
RW | 19 | Dennis Rommedahl
AM | 9 | Jon Dahl Tomasson (c) |  |  86'
LW | 8 | Jesper Grønkjær |  |  67'
CF | 11 | Nicklas Bendtner
Substitutions:
MF | 7 | Daniel Jensen |  |  46'
MF | 12 | Thomas Kahlenberg |  |  67'
MF | 14 | Jakob Poulsen |  |  86'
Manager:
Morten Olsen

Man of the Match:
Daniel Agger (Denmark)

Assistant referees:
Pablo Fandino (Uruguay)
Mauricio Espinosa (Uruguay)
Fourth official:
Peter O'Leary (New Zealand)
Fifth official:
Brent Best (New Zealand)

Japan opened the scoring in the 17th minute from a direct free kick taken by Keisuke Honda – only the second goal scored from a free kick in the tournament.[6] Honda, standing to Danish goalkeeper Thomas Sørensen's left, kicked the ball with great force; Sørensen initially moved to his left, and as the ball sailed past the wall, he shifted direction, but could not recover in time to make the save. Japan's second goal came thirteen minutes later, also from a direct free kick, this time by Yasuhito Endō. Standing outside the penalty area directly in front of the Danish goal, he curled the ball around the wall. Sørensen had been standing on the right side of his goal and could not move to his left fast enough. Endō almost scored from yet another free kick early in the second half. This time, Sørensen appeared to have difficulty judging the path of the ball, and was only able to palm it away at the last second, where it caromed off the goalpost.

Denmark needed to win this game in order to advance and increased their attacks accordingly. Late in the second half, Christian Eriksen put his shot over the goal and Søren Larsen hit the goalpost. They were finally able to score in the 82nd minute. When Makoto Hasebe was adjudged to have fouled Daniel Agger inside the penalty area, Denmark were awarded a penalty kick. Jon Dahl Tomasson took the shot, which was saved by Eiji Kawashima; the goalkeeper, however, was unable to control the rebound, which fell to Tomasson, and he was able to put it in the goal. Japan scored their final goal in the 87th minute. Honda dribbled into the penalty area, forcing Sørensen to attempt to block a potential shot, but Honda passed it to substitute Shinji Okazaki, who merely had to put the ball into an empty net.

The victory was Japan's second World Cup tournament victory on foreign soil, and only their second against a European team. Japan finished group play in second place with six points, and advanced to the knockout round for the second time in their history, and the first time on foreign soil.[7] Denmark ended in third with three points. This was the first time Denmark failed to get past the group stage in the World Cup.

24 June 2010 (first round)

20:30

Denmark | 1–3|  Japan

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Tomasson 81' | Report | Honda 17'
Endō 30'
Okazaki 87'

Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg

Attendance: 27,967

Referee: Jerome Damon (South Africa)

Denmark[8]

Japan[8]

|

|  |

|

GK | 1 | Thomas Sørensen
RB | 6 | Lars Jacobsen
CB | 4 | Daniel Agger
CB | 13 | Per Krøldrup |  29' |  56'
LB | 15 | Simon Poulsen
DM | 2 | Christian Poulsen |  48'
CM | 10 | Martin Jørgensen |  |  34'
CM | 12 | Thomas Kahlenberg |  |  63'
AM | 9 | Jon Dahl Tomasson (c)
AM | 19 | Dennis Rommedahl
CF | 11 | Nicklas Bendtner |  66'
Substitutions:
MF | 14 | Jakob Poulsen |  |  34'
FW | 18 | Søren Larsen |  |  56'
MF | 21 | Christian Eriksen |  |  63'
Manager:
Morten Olsen
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|

GK | 21 | Eiji Kawashima
RB | 3 | Yūichi Komano
CB | 22 | Yuji Nakazawa
CB | 4 | Marcus Tulio Tanaka
LB | 5 | Yuto Nagatomo |  26'
DM | 2 | Yuki Abe
CM | 8 | Daisuke Matsui |  |  74'
CM | 7 | Yasuhito Endō |  12' |  90+1'
RW | 17 | Makoto Hasebe (c)
LW | 16 | Yoshito Ōkubo |  |  88'
CF | 18 | Keisuke Honda
Substitutions:
FW | 9 | Shinji Okazaki |  |  74'
DF | 15 | Yasuyuki Konno |  |  88'
MF | 20 | Junichi Inamoto |  |  90+1'
Manager:
Takeshi Okada

Man of the Match:
Keisuke Honda (Japan)

Assistant referees:
Célestin Ntagungira (Rwanda)
Enock Molefe (South Africa)
Fourth official:
Martin Hansson (Sweden)
Fifth official:
Henrik Andrén (Sweden)

### 2018 FIFA World Cup

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### 2022 FIFA World Cup

[edit]

## Record players

[edit]

As of 26 November 2022
Rank  | Player  | Matches  | World Cups

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|
|

1 | Martin Jørgensen | 11 | 1998, 2002 and 2010
2  | Thomas Helveg | 9 | 1998 and 2002
Michael Laudrup | 9 | 1986 and 1998
4  | Christian Eriksen | 8 | 2010, 2018 and 2022
Ebbe Sand | 8 | 1998 and 2002
6  | Jan Heintze | 7 | 1998 and 2002
Simon Kjær | 7 | 2010, 2018 and 2022
Dennis Rommedahl | 7 | 2002 and 2010
Thomas Sørensen | 7 | 2002 and 2010
10  | Jesper Grønkjær | 6 | 2002 and 2010
Christian Poulsen | 6 | 2002 and 2010
Stig Tøfting | 6 | 1998 and 2002
Jon Dahl Tomasson | 6 | 2002 and 2010

## Top goalscorers

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As of 26 November 2022
Rank  | Player  | Goals  | World Cups

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1 | Jon Dahl Tomasson | 5 | 2002 (4) and 2010 (1)
2 | Preben Elkjær | 4 | 1986
3 | Jesper Olsen | 3 | 1986
4  | Michael Laudrup | 2 | 1986 (1) and 1998 (1)
Brian Laudrup | 2 | 1998
Dennis Rommedahl | 2 | 2002 (1) and 2010 (1)
7  | John Eriksen | 1 | 1986
Søren Lerby | 1 | 1986
Thomas Helveg | 1 | 1998
Martin Jørgensen | 1 | 1998
Peter Møller | 1 | 1998
Allan Nielsen | 1 | 1998
Marc Rieper | 1 | 1998
Ebbe Sand | 1 | 1998
Nicklas Bendtner | 1 | 2010
Yussuf Poulsen | 1 | 2018
Christian Eriksen | 1 | 2018
Mathias Jørgensen | 1 | 2018
Andreas Christensen | 1 | 2022

## Awards and records

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Awards

* Bronze Ball 1986: Preben Elkjær

Records

* Longest gap between two goals by a player: Michael Laudrup (12 years and 16 days, 1986–1998)
* Fastest goal by a substitute: Ebbe Sand 1998 against Nigeria

## See also

[edit]

* Denmark at the UEFA European Championship

## References

[edit]

1. ^ "The cult World Cup teams we loved: Denmark 1986". The Score. 10 June 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-06-10. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
2. ^ Politiken.dk (1999-03-28). "Den aften, da Jesper Olsen blev glemt" (in Danish). `{{cite web}}`: Missing or empty `|url=` (help)
3. ^ a b c d e "Referee designations for matches 1-16" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 5 June 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 July 2010. Retrieved 5 June 2010.
4. ^ a b "Tactical Line-up – Group E – Netherlands-Denmark" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 14 June 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 July 2010. Retrieved 14 June 2010.
5. ^ a b "Tactical Line-up – Group E – Cameroon-Denmark" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 19 June 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 July 2010. Retrieved 19 June 2010.
6. ^ Sheringham, Sam (24 June 2010). "Denmark 1-3 Japan". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. Archived from the original on 24 June 2010. Retrieved 25 June 2010.
7. ^ "Honda drives Japan through". ESPNsoccernet. ESPN. 24 June 2010. Archived from the original on 28 June 2010. Retrieved 25 June 2010.
8. ^ a b "Tactical Line-up – Group E – Denmark-Japan" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 24 June 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 9, 2012. Retrieved 24 June 2010.

## External links

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* Denmark at FIFA
* World Cup Finals Statistics

Denmark squads

* v
* t
* e

Denmark squad – 1986 FIFA World Cup

* 1 Rasmussen
* 2 Sivebæk
* 3 Busk
* 4 M. Olsen (c)
* 5 I. Nielsen
* 6 Lerby
* 7 Mølby
* 8 J. Olsen
* 9 Berggreen
* 10 Elkjær
* 11 Laudrup
* 12 Bertelsen
* 13 Frimann
* 14 Simonsen
* 15 Arnesen
* 16 Qvist
* 17 K. Nielsen
* 18 Christensen
* 19 Eriksen
* 20 Bartram
* 21 Andersen
* 22 Høgh
* Coach: Piontek

* v
* t
* e

Denmark squad – 1998 FIFA World Cup

* 1 Schmeichel
* 2 Schjønberg
* 3 Rieper
* 4 Høgh
* 5 Heintze
* 6 Helveg
* 7 Nielsen
* 8 Frandsen
* 9 Molnar
* 10 M. Laudrup (c)
* 11 B. Laudrup
* 12 Colding
* 13 Laursen
* 14 Wieghorst
* 15 Tøfting
* 16 Krogh
* 17 Goldbæk
* 18 Møller
* 19 Sand
* 20 Henriksen
* 21 Jørgensen
* 22 Kjær
* Coach: Johansson

* v
* t
* e

Denmark squad – 2002 FIFA World Cup

* 1 Sørensen
* 2 Tøfting
* 3 Henriksen
* 4 Laursen
* 5 Heintze (c)
* 6 Helveg
* 7 Gravesen
* 8 Grønkjær
* 9 Tomasson
* 10 Jørgensen
* 11 Sand
* 12 N. Jensen
* 13 Lustü
* 14 C. Jensen
* 15 Michaelsen
* 16 Kjær
* 17 Poulsen
* 18 Løvenkrands
* 19 Rommedahl
* 20 Bøgelund
* 21 Madsen
* 22 Christiansen
* 23 Nielsen
* Coach: Olsen

* v
* t
* e

Denmark squad – 2010 FIFA World Cup

* 1 Sørensen
* 2 C. Poulsen
* 3 Kjær
* 4 Agger
* 5 Kvist
* 6 Jacobsen
* 7 Jensen
* 8 Grønkjær
* 9 Tomasson (c)
* 10 Jørgensen
* 11 Bendtner
* 12 Kahlenberg
* 13 Krøldrup
* 14 J. Poulsen
* 15 S. Poulsen
* 16 Andersen
* 17 Beckmann
* 18 Larsen
* 19 Rommedahl
* 20 Enevoldsen
* 21 Eriksen
* 22 Christiansen
* 23 Mtiliga
* Coach: Olsen

* v
* t
* e

Denmark squad – 2018 FIFA World Cup

* 1 Schmeichel
* 2 Krohn-Dehli
* 3 Vestergaard
* 4 Kjær (c)
* 5 Knudsen
* 6 Christensen
* 7 Kvist
* 8 Delaney
* 9 N. Jørgensen
* 10 Eriksen
* 11 Braithwaite
* 12 Dolberg
* 13 M. Jørgensen
* 14 Dalsgaard
* 15 Fischer
* 16 Lössl
* 17 Stryger
* 18 Lerager
* 19 Schöne
* 20 Poulsen
* 21 Cornelius
* 22 Rønnow
* 23 Sisto
* Coach: Hareide

* v
* t
* e

Denmark squad – 2022 FIFA World Cup

* 1 Schmeichel
* 2 Andersen
* 3 Nelsson
* 4 Kjær (c)
* 5 Mæhle
* 6 A. Christensen
* 7 Jensen
* 8 Delaney
* 9 Braithwaite
* 10 Eriksen
* 11 Skov Olsen
* 12 Dolberg
* 13 Kristensen
* 14 Damsgaard
* 15 Nørgaard
* 16 O. Christensen
* 17 Stryger
* 18 Wass
* 19 Wind
* 20 Poulsen
* 21 Cornelius
* 22 Rønnow
* 23 Højbjerg
* 24 R. Skov
* 25 Lindstrøm
* 26 Bah
* Coach: Hjulmand

* v
* t
* e

Denmark national football team

General|

* Danish Football Union
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* Parken Stadium
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Statistics|

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* Rivalry with Sweden
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CAF|

* Algeria
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CONCACAF|

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OFC|

* New Zealand

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