Denmark national beach soccer team

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Denmark
Shirt badge/Association crest
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachIan Skøtt
CaptainRasmus Lyng
Top scorerHenrik Rædkjær (30)
Home stadiumRyparkens Idrætsanlæg
FIFA codeDEN
BSWW ranking 67 Increase (31 December 2020)[1]


First colours


Second colours
First international
 Brazil 7–1 Denmark 
(Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; 30 January 1996)
Biggest win
 Denmark 13–3 Andorra 
(Siofok, Hungary; 13 August 2017)
Biggest defeat
 Hungary 16–2 Denmark 
(Siofok, Hungary; 12 August 2017)
World Cup
Appearances1 (first in 1996)
Best result6th place
Euro Beach Soccer League
Appearances3 (first in 2016)
Best result11th place, Division B regular season (2017)
Euro Beach Soccer Cup
Appearances0
Best resultNone

Denmark national beach soccer team represents Denmark in international beach soccer competitions, but however is not controlled by the Danish Football Association (DFA), the governing body for football in Denmark. The DFA have decided to wait before being affiliated with an official national beach soccer team.[2] However the team is recognised by the sport's governing body, Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW) and competes as Denmark's representative team in BSWW and FIFA sanctioned tournaments.[3]

Denmark made an early entrance onto the international beach soccer scene by competing in the 1996 World Championship, finishing 6th out of 8 teams. However a Danish team did not return to internationals for 17 years until 2013 to compete in a BSWW Tour event in Sweden. In 2016, Denmark committed a team to multiple events in the beach soccer calendar for the first time, debuting in both the Euro Beach Soccer League and World Cup qualifiers.

Current squad[]

Correct as of June 2019

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Mik Skøtt (captain) (1991-02-11) 11 February 1991 (age 30) 29 0 Denmark Copenhagen Beach Soccer Club
2 2DF Frederik Kjøbek Klausen (1999-03-20) 20 March 1999 (age 22) 5 4 Denmark Copenhagen Beach Soccer Club
5 2DF Oskar Jørgensen (1998-07-22) 22 July 1998 (age 23) 10 1 Denmark Copenhagen Beach Soccer Club
7 3MF Casper Dorph Jørgensen (1989-02-22) 22 February 1989 (age 32) 27 14 Denmark Copenhagen Beach Soccer Club
8 2DF Dennis Dorph (1980-09-10) 10 September 1980 (age 41) 18 4 Denmark Copenhagen Beach Soccer Club
9 4FW Henrik Rædkjær (1987-07-05) 5 July 1987 (age 34) 27 30 Denmark Copenhagen Beach Soccer Club
10 4FW (1996-09-14) 14 September 1996 (age 25) 14 16 Denmark Copenhagen Beach Soccer Club
11 2DF Rasmus Lyng (1984-05-08) 8 May 1984 (age 37) 24 5 Denmark Copenhagen Beach Soccer Club
12 1GK Oliver Levin (1997-12-25) 25 December 1997 (age 24) 23 2 Denmark Copenhagen Beach Soccer Club
18 3MF Carl Oscar Wegeberg (2001-07-22) 22 July 2001 (age 20) 11 3 Denmark Copenhagen Beach Soccer Club
21 1GK Daniel Schweitz (1992-10-12) 12 October 1992 (age 29) 4 0 Denmark Copenhagen Beach Soccer Club

Head Coach: Ian Skøtt
Assistant Coach: Terry Bowes
Physio: Tobias Troels Øster

Notable players[]

2019

  • Casper Dorph Jørgensen a.k.a. Dorph (MF)
  • Henrik Rædkjær a.k.a. Ræd (FW)

Achievements[]

Results[]

All-time record[]

as of June 2019

Tournament Pld W W+ L GF GA Dif Pts
Beach Soccer World Championship 3 1 0 2 10 16 –6 3
BSWW Tour matches 6 1 0 5 22 31 –9 3
Euro Beach Soccer League 12 3 0 9 49 72 –23 9
FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification (UEFA) 3 0 0 3 4 22 –18 0
Total 24 5 0 19 67 115 –48 9

Matches[]

1996[]

30 January 1996 1996 World Championship, Group stage Brazil  7–1  Denmark Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
31 January 1996 1996 World Championship, Group stage Uruguay  5–3  Denmark Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
1 February 1996 1996 World Championship, Group stage Denmark  6–4  Canada Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

2013[]

12 July 2013 BSWW Tour: Sweden Cup England  4–1  Denmark Malmö, Sweden
13 July 2013 BSWW Tour: Sweden Cup Sweden  6–8  Denmark Malmö, Sweden
14 July 2013 BSWW Tour: Sweden Cup Netherlands  6–2  Denmark Malmö, Sweden

2016[]

24 June 2016 BSWW Tour: Central European Cup Czech Republic  5–3  Denmark Prague, Czech Republic
25 June 2016 BSWW Tour: Central European Cup Austria  6–5  Denmark Prague, Czech Republic
26 June 2016 BSWW Tour: Central European Cup Slovakia  4–3  Denmark Prague, Czech Republic
12 August 2016 2016 EBSL, Div. B Denmark  5–9  Hungary Siófok, Hungary
18:30 Raedkjaer 5', 23' (p)
Vigilsen Wiese 18'
Olsen 26' (p), 36'
Report(ru) 3' Fekete
5', 12' (p) Simonyi
8', 21' Balazs
9' Sebestyen
12' Szentes-Biro
27' Turos
29' Besenyei
Referee: Eduards Borisevics (Latvia)
13 August 2016 2016 EBSL, Div. B Azerbaijan  3–2  Denmark Siófok, Hungary
12:15 Baghirov 3'
Sultanov 16'
Allahguliyev 30'
Report(ru) 3' Raedkjaer
15' Larsen
Referee: Laurynas Arzuolaitis (Lithuania)
14 August 2016 2016 EBSL, Div. B Bulgaria  5–4  Denmark Siófok, Hungary
10:45 Filipov 4', 12'
Parashkevov 8'
Tsvetkov 12'
Velikov 28'
Report(ru) 7', 10' (p), 14' Raedkjaer
12' Olsen
Referee: Emmanuel Vocale (Belgium)

2017[]

2 September 2016 2017 FIFA BS World Cup qualifiers Denmark  2–10  Spain Jesolo, Italy
14:15 Bonde 17'
Madsen 35'
Report(ru) 9', 13' Merida
17' Martin Lima
19', 31', 32', 33' Chiky
26' Cintas
35', 36' Molina Suarez
Referee: Roman Borisov (Russia)
5 September 2016 2017 FIFA BS World Cup qualifiers Poland  5–1  Denmark Jesolo, Italy
11:30 Saganowski 1'
Jesionowski 4'
Stasiak 15'
Gac 27'
Madani 35'
Report(ru) 13' Madsen Referee: Csaba Baghy (Hungary)
6 September 2016 2017 FIFA BS World Cup qualifiers Estonia  7–1  Denmark Jesolo, Italy
14:00 Mäerog 2', 6', 34'
Rump 13', 36'
Munskind 16'
Marmor 33' (p)
Report(ru) 34' (p) Oster Referee: Thorsten Günther (Germany)
11 August 2017 2017 EBSL, Div. B Denmark  5–10  Bulgaria Siofok, Hungary
14:30 Lyng 16'
Storm 20'
Rædkjær 24'
C.D. Jørgensen 24'
C.H. Jørgensen 29'
Report(ru) 1', 2', 4', 18', 27', 29' Filipov
21' Adamov
24' Martinov
26', 32' Lozanov
Referee: Ago Kärtmann (Estonia)
12 August 2017 2017 EBSL, Div. B Hungary  16–2  Denmark Siofok, Hungary
18:15 Besenyei 2', 20'
Túrós 6', 11', 20', 29', 35'
Fekete 9', 32'
Szacksó 10'
Genczler 18'
Szentes-Bíró 19', 22'
Rutai 13', 22', 30'
Report(ru) 19' (o.g.) Fekete
28' Rædkjær
Referee: Richard de Bruijn (Netherlands)
13 August 2017 2017 EBSL, Div. B Denmark  13–3  Andorra Siofok, Hungary
13:15 Rædkjær 4', 9', 27', 30'
C.D. Jørgensen 17', 21', 23', 27', 29'
Ryding 19' (pen.), 24'
Olsen 34', 36'
Report(ru) 19', 33' Neira
29' Regalo
Referee: Laszlo Legeza (Hungary)
8 September 2017 Denmark  2–10  Norway Ryparken, Denmark
18:30 Stadium: Ryparkens Idrætsanlæg

2018[]

24 August 2018 2018 EBSL, Div. B England  5–1  Denmark Warnemünde, Germany
13:45 Clarke 1', 17'
O'Rourke 8', 14', 20' (p)
Report(ru) 33' Khattab Referee: Torsten Guenther (Germany)
25 August 2018 2018 EBSL, Div. B Hungary  7–4  Denmark Warnemünde, Germany
15:15 Rutai 4'
Fekete 11'
Szentes-Biro 16', 24'
Besenyei 25', 26'
Menyhei 34'
Report(ru) 3', 15', 33' Damm
34' Jorgensen
Referee: Malte Gerhardt (Germany)
26 August 2018 2018 EBSL, Div. B Denmark  5–4  Georgia Warnemünde, Germany
12:45 Lindberg-Levin 17'
Khattab 20', 22', 33'
Jorgensen 24'
Report(ru) 27', 32' Pargalava
35', 36' Chanturia
Referee: Torsten Guenther (Germany)

2019[]

28 June 2019 Denmark  7–3   Ryparken, Denmark
18:00 Henrik Rædkjær 5'
Dennis Dorph Jørgensen 20', 22'
Axel Damm 24'
Casper Dorph Jørgensen 28', 30'
Carl Oscar Wegeberg 32'
Stadium: Ryparkens Idrætsanlæg
29 June 2019 Denmark  10–5   Ryparken, Denmark
13:00 Dennis Dorph Jørgensen 5'
Axel Damm 7', 10', 11', 19', 26', 34'
Frederik Kjøbek Klausen 16', 30'
Henrik Rædkjær 36'
Stadium: Ryparkens Idrætsanlæg
5 July 2019 2019 EBSL, Div. B (Group 1) Norway  4-1  Denmark Nazaré, Portugal
12:30 Tom Rune Sørensen 7', 18'
Henrik Salveson 9'
Pak-ling Li 32'
[1] 12' Casper Dorph Jørgensen Stadium: Estadio Do Beach Soccer
Attendance: 100
Referee: Oezcan Soltanoglu, Atila Balint
6 July 2019 2019 EBSL, Div. B (Group 1) Bulgaria  4-3  Denmark Nazaré, Portugal
11:45 Filip Filipov 6', 6', 19'
Casper Dorph Jørgensen (o.g.)
[2] 6', 32' Casper Dorph Jørgensen
21' Frederik Kjøbek Klausen
Stadium: Estadio Do Beach Soccer
Attendance: 100
Referee: Francisco Henriques Costa, Antonio Pereyra Almeida
7 July 2019 2019 EBSL, Div. B (Group 1) Denmark  4-2  Georgia Nazaré, Portugal
11:45 Axel Damm 2'
Henrik Rædkjær 5', 29'
Frederik Kjøbek Klausen 35'
[3] 5' Gocha Makharadze}
13' Ваха Иваниадзе
Stadium: Estadio Do Beach Soccer
Attendance: 100
Referee: Jesus Garrido, Emmanuel Vocale
18 August 2019 Switzerland   14-4  Denmark Spiez, Switzerland
15.00 1', 28' Rasmus Lyng
33' Casper Dorph Jørgensen
36' Axel Damm
Stadium: Beach Arena Spiez
Attendance: 300
7 September 2019 Uruguay  4-1  Denmark Tangshan, China
11:30 33' Dennis Dorph
8 September 2019 El Salvador  6-2  Denmark Tangshan, China
09:00 6' Axel Damm
34' Carl Oscar Wegeberg
9 September 2019 Denmark  2-2 (3-2)  Bahamas Tangshan, China
09:00 Axel Damm 5', 9'
10 September 2019 Denmark  2-3  Trinidad and Tobago Tangshan, China
09:00 Oskar Jørgensen 6'
Carl Oscar Wegeberg 28'
11 September 2019 China  1-2  Denmark Tangshan, China
11:30 16' Axel Damm
17' Henrik Rædkjær

External links[]

  1. ^ "World Ranking". BSWW. 31 December 2020. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2018-02-05. Retrieved 2016-04-22.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ http://beachsoccer.com/teams/Denmark
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