Denmark women's national football team

This article is about the women's football team. For the men's team, see Denmark national football team.

Denmark

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Association	Danish Football Association
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Nils Nielsen
Captain	Pernille Harder
Most caps	Katrine Pedersen (210)
Top scorer	Merete Pedersen (65)
FIFA code	DEN
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	18 3 (25 March 2016)
Highest	6 (March 2007)
Lowest	18 (March 2016)
First international
Denmark 1–0 Sweden (Markusböle, Finland; 27 July 1974)
World Cup
Appearances	4 (First in 1991)
Best result	Quarterfinals (1995)
European Championship
Appearances	10 (First in 1984)
Best result	Semifinals (1984, 2001)

The Denmark national women's football team represents Denmark in international women's football. The team is controlled by the Danish Football Association (DBU).

International record

World Cup

World Cup Finals
Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD
1991	Quarterfinals	4	1	2	1	7	6	+1
1995	Quarterfinals	4	1	0	3	7	8	−1
1999	Group Stage	3	0	0	3	1	8	−7
2003	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2007	Group Stage	3	1	0	2	4	4	0
2011	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2015	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	4/7	14	3	2	9	19	26	−7

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

European Championship

• 1969 : Finalist (non-official competition)
• 1979 : Winner (non-official competition)
• 1984 : Semifinals
• 1987 : Did Not Qualify
• 1989 : Quarterfinals
• 1991 : 3rd
• 1993 : 3rd
• 1995 : Quarterfinals
• 1997 : Quarterfinals
• 2001 : Semifinals
• 2005 : Group stage
• 2009 : Group stage
• 2013 : Semifinals

Managers

• 1974–1976 : Kent Falkenvig
• 1976–1979 : Bjørn Basbøll
• 1979–1984 : Flemming Schultz
• 1984–1988 : Birger Peitersen
• 1988–1996 : Keld Gantzhorn
• 1996–1999 : Jørgen Hvidemose
• 1999–2005 : Poul Højmose
• 2005–2006 : Peter Bonde
• 2006–2013 : Kenneth Heiner-Møller
• 2013–  : Nils Nielsen

Current squad

The squad for the 2015 Algarve Cup.

Head coach: Nils Nielsen

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club 1 1GK Stina Lykke Petersen (1986-02-09)9 February 1986 (aged 29) 40 0 1. FC Köln 2 2DF Cecilie Sandvej (1990-06-13)13 June 1990 (aged 24) 8 0 SC Sand 3 2DF Janni Arnth Jensen (c) (1986-10-15)15 October 1986 (aged 28) 47 1 Linköpings FC 4 3MF Sofie Junge Pedersen (1992-04-24)24 April 1992 (aged 22) 33 4 FC Rosengård 5 3MF Simone Boye Sørensen (1992-03-03)3 March 1992 (aged 23) 13 3 Brøndby IF 6 2DF Nina Frausing Pedersen (1991-06-20)20 June 1991 (aged 23) 2 0 FC Rosengård 7 4FW Sanne Troelsgaard Nielsen (1988-08-15)15 August 1988 (aged 26) 77 19 KoldingQ 8 2DF Theresa Nielsen (1986-07-20)20 July 1986 (aged 28) 78 3 Brøndby IF 9 4FW Camilla Kur Larsen (1989-04-03)3 April 1989 (aged 25) 8 0 AGSM Verona 10 3MF Pernille Harder (1992-11-15)15 November 1992 (aged 22) 58 27 Linköpings FC 11 3MF Line Jensen (1991-08-23)23 August 1991 (aged 23) 33 1 Fortuna Hjørring 12 3MF Julie Tavlo Petersson (1989-10-20)20 October 1989 (aged 25) 8 0 Brøndby IF 13 3MF Johanna Rasmussen (1983-07-02)2 July 1983 (aged 31) 126 35 Kristianstads DFF 14 2DF Luna Nørgaard (1994-03-03)3 March 1994 (aged 21) 3 0 Fortuna Hjørring 15 3MF Mie Jans (1994-02-06)6 February 1994 (aged 21) 3 0 Brøndby IF 16 1GK Katrine Abel (1990-06-28)28 June 1990 (aged 24) 1 0 Brøndby IF 17 3MF Tenna Bendtsen (1992-03-20)20 March 1992 (aged 22) 2 0 Odense Boldklub 18 4FW Frederikke Thøgersen (1995-07-24)24 July 1995 (aged 19) 6 0 Fortuna Hjørring 19 3MF Sif Rykær (1988-01-16)16 January 1988 (aged 27) 3 0 IK Skovbakken 20 4FW Lotte Troelsgaard (1988-08-15)15 August 1988 (aged 26) 3 0 KoldingQ 21 3MF Caroline Rask (1994-05-25)25 May 1994 (aged 20) 0 0 Fortuna Hjørring 22 1GK Cecilie Sørensen (1987-03-25)25 March 1987 (aged 27) 5 0 Vittsjö GIK

External links

• Official website
• FIFA profile