Denmark national football team records and statistics

The Denmark national football team statistics show the accomplishments of the players and coaches of the Danish men's ever since the controlling organ of the team, the Danish Football Association (DBU), started registering official games at the 1908 Summer Olympics.

Most appearances[]

As of 15 November 2021,^[1] the 25 most capped players for Denmark are:

#	Name	Career	Caps	Goals
1	Peter Schmeichel*	1987–2001	129	1
2	Dennis Rommedahl	2000–2013	126	21
3	Simon Kjær	2009–present	119	5
4	Jon Dahl Tomasson	1997–2010	112	52
5	Christian Eriksen	2010–present	109	36
6	Thomas Helveg	1994–2007	108	2
7	Michael Laudrup	1982–1998	104	37
8	Morten Olsen	1970–1989	102	4
8	Martin Jørgensen	1998–2011	102	12
10	Thomas Sørensen	1997–2012	101	0
11	Christian Poulsen	2001–2012	92	6
12	John Sivebæk*	1982–1992	87	1
13	Jan Heintze	1987–2002	86	4
14	Lars Olsen*	1986–1996	84	4
15	Brian Laudrup*	1987–1998	82	21
16	Nicklas Bendtner	2006–2018	81	30
	Lars Jacobsen	2006–2015	81	1
	William Kvist	2007–2018	81	2
19	Jesper Grønkjær	1999–2010	80	5
20	Kasper Schmeichel	2013–present	78	0
21	Kim Vilfort*	1983–1996	77	14
22	Per Røntved	1970–1982	75	11
22	Daniel Agger	2005–2016	75	12
24	Jens Jørn Bertelsen	1976–1987	69	2
	Preben Elkjær	1977–1988	69	38

Players still playing or available for selection are in bold. * denotes members of the 1992 European Championship-winning team.

Goalscorers[]

Most goals[]

Pernille Harder is currently the Danish player with most goals in football history. As of 15 November 2021,^[2] players with 10 goals or more for Denmark are:

#	Player	Career	Goals	Caps	Pct.
1	Poul "Tist" Nielsen	1910–1925	52	38	1.368
1	Jon Dahl Tomasson	1997–2010	52	112	0.464
3	Pauli Jørgensen	1925–1939	44	47	0.936
4	Ole Madsen	1958–1969	42	50	0.84
5	Preben Elkjær	1977–1988	38	69	0.551
6	Michael Laudrup	1982–1998	37	104	0.356
7	Christian Eriksen	2010–present	36	109	0.326
8	Nicklas Bendtner	2006–2017	30	81	0.37
9	Henning Enoksen	1958–1966	29	54	0.537
10	Michael Rohde	1915–1931	22	40	0.55
10	Ebbe Sand	1998–2004	22	66	0.333
12	Flemming Povlsen*	1987–1994	21	62	0.339
	Brian Laudrup*	1987–1998	21	82	0.256
	Dennis Rommedahl	2000–2013	21	126	0.167
15	Allan Simonsen	1972–1986	20	55	0.364
16	Jens Peter Hansen	1949–1961	18	38	0.474
17	Karl Aage Hansen	1943–1948	17	22	0.773
	Karl Aage Præst	1945–1949	17	24	0.708
	Poul Pedersen	1953–1964	17	50	0.34
20	Harald Nielsen	1959–1960	15	14	1.071
20	Kaj Uldaler	1927–1939	15	38	0.395
22	Frank Arnesen	1977–1987	14	52	0.269
22	Kim Vilfort*	1983–1996	14	77	0.182
24	Lars Elstrup*	1988–1993	13	34	0.382
25	Kaj Hansen	1936–1946	12	27	0.444
	Daniel Agger	2005–2016	12	75	0.16
	Martin Jørgensen	1998–2011	12	102	0.118
28	Søren Larsen	2005–2010	11	20	0.55
	Aage Rou Jensen	1945–1957	11	30	0.367
	Kristen Nygaard	1970–1979	11	36	0.306
	Yussuf Poulsen	2014–present	11	65	0.169
	Per Røntved	1970–1982	11	75	0.147
33	Lars Bastrup	1975–1983	10	30	0.333
	Helmuth Søbirk	1935–1945	10	30	0.333
	Kasper Dolberg	2016–present	10	32	0.313
	Henry Hansen	1922–1934	10	38	0.263
	Knud Lundberg	1943–1956	10	39	0.256
	Martin Braithwaite	2013–present	10	56	0.179
	Søren Lerby	1978–1989	10	67	0.149

#	Player	Career	Goals	Caps	Pct.
1	Pernille Harder	2009–	67	131	0.511
2	Merete Pedersen	1993–2009	65	136	0.478
3	Sanne Troelsgaard	2008–	55	160	0.344
4	Gitte Krogh	1994–2001	46	90	0.511
5	Johanna Rasmussen	2002–2018	41	153	0.268
6	Helle Jensen	1987–1996	38	77	0.494
6	Nadia Nadim	2009–	38	99	0.384
8	Cathrine Paaske Sørensen	2000–2010	36	121	0.298
9	Lene Jensen	1996–2010	26	109	0.239
9	Anne Dot Eggers Nielsen	1993–2007	26	118	0.22
11	Maiken Pape	2006–2010	23	48	0.479
12	Lone Smidt Nielsen	1977–1988	22	57	0.386
13	Stine Larsen	2015–	20	59	0.339
14	Annie Gam-Pedersen	1982–1991	15	56	0.268
15	Signe Bruun	2017–	14	19	0.737
16	Line Røddik Hansen	2006–2020	13	132	0.098
16	Annette Thychosen	1988–1994	13	46	0.283
18	Nanna Christiansen	2009–2021	12	112	0.107
19	Inge Hindkjær	1977–1984	11	25	0.44
		1974–1982	11	31	0.355
	Janne Rasmussen	1991–1999	11	40	0.275
22	Janni Lund Johansen	1997–2004	10	41	0.244
	Lene Madsen	1994–1996	10	32	0.313
	Julie Rydahl	2001–2013	10	91	0.11
		1999–2005	10	44	0.227
	Christina B. Petersen	1992–2001	10	70	0.143
	Hanne Nissen	1989–1993	10	29	0.345

Players still playing or available for selection are in bold. * denotes members of the 1992 European Championship-winning team.

Highest coefficient[]

Only people with at least five goals have been included.

#	Player	Career	Goals/cap	Goals	Caps
1	Poul "Tist" Nielsen	1910–1925	1.37	52	38
2	Erik Dyreborg	1967	1.33	8	6
3	John Hansen	1948	1.25	10	8
4	Kaj Christiansen	1943–1948	1.20	6	5
4	Iver Schriver	1971	1.20	6	5
6	Harald Nielsen	1959–1960	1.07	15	14
7	Pauli Jørgensen	1925–1939	0.94	44	47
8	Anthon Olsen	1912–1927	0.88	14	16
9	Ole Madsen	1958–1969	0.84	42	50
10	Sophus "Krølben" Nielsen	1908–1919	0.80	16	20

Team captains[]

As of 14 November 2017, the ten players with the most caps as Danish team captains are:

#	Player	Captain years	Caps (Total)	Coefficient
1	Lars Olsen*	1987–1994	69 (84)	82.1%
2	Morten Olsen	1980–1989	50 (102)	49.0%
3	Per Røntved	1972–1982	38 (75)	50.7%
4	Jon Dahl Tomasson	2004–2010	36 (112)	32.1%
5	Daniel Agger	2010–2016	34 (75)	45.3%
6	Peter Schmeichel*	1996–2001	30 (129)	23.3%
7	Ole Madsen	1962–1969	28 (51)	54.9%
7	Michael Laudrup	1994–1998	28 (104)	25.7%
9	Knud Lundberg	1947–1956	27 (39)	69.2%
10	Fritz Tarp	1923–1934	26 (44)	59.1%

#	Player	Captain years	Caps (Total)	Coefficient
1	Katrine S. Pedersen	2003–2013	124 (210)	59%
2	Lene Terp	1998–2003	63 (105)	60%
3	Pernille Harder	2016–present	61 (131)	46.5%
4	Line Røddik Hansen	2013–2016	19 (132)	14.3%
5		1996–1998	18 (60)	30%
6	Karina Sefron	1991	14 (71)	19.7%
7		1975–1979	13 (20)	65%
8	Helle Jensen	1995	12 (77)	15,5%
8	Bonny Madsen	1993–1995	12 (70)	17.1%
10		1987–1988	11 (45)	24.4%

Players still playing or available for selection are in bold. * denotes members of the 1992 European Championship-winning team.

Cards[]

As of 29 March 2015, the caution and sending-off statistics are:

Cautions[]

#	Player	Career	Caps	Cautions
1	Thomas Helveg	1994–2008	108	15
1	Thomas Gravesen	1998–2006	66	15
3	Preben Elkjær	1977–1988	69	12
4	Stig Tøfting	1993–2002	41	10
4	Christian Poulsen	2001–2012	92	10
6	John Jensen*	1986–1995	69	9
	Søren Lerby	1978–1989	67	9
	Peter Schmeichel*	1987–2001	129	9
	Daniel Jensen	2002–2010	52	9
10	Jes Høgh	1991–2000	57	7
10	Jon Dahl Tomasson	1997–2010	112	7

Players still playing or available for selection are in bold. * denotes members of the 1992 European Championship-winning team.

Sending-offs[]

#	Player	Career	Caps	Sending-offs
1	Morten Wieghorst	1994–2004	30	2
2	Frank Arnesen	1977–1987	52	1
	Klaus Berggreen	1979–1988	46	1
	Per Frandsen	1990–2003	23	1
	Thomas Gravesen	1998–2003	66	1
	Miklos Molnar	1990–2000	18	1
	Torben Nielsen	1969–1972	26	1
	Ernst Nilsson	1920–1937	40	1
	Niclas Jensen	1998–2008	62	1
	Per Røntved	1970–1982	75	1
	Jesper Grønkjær	1999–2010	80	1
	Christian Poulsen	2001–2012	92	1

Players still playing or available for selection are in bold. * denotes members of the 1992 European Championship-winning team.

Managers[]

As of 31 March 2021, the management statistics are:

Note that not all matches played by the Denmark national football team have had a manager assigned.

Name	Years	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF^[1]	GA^[2]	Win %
Charles Williams	1908–1910	4	3	0	1	28	4	75.0%
Axel Andersen Byrval	1913–1915 1917–1918	16	14	1	1	68	12	87.5%
Jack Carr (caretaker)	1920	1	0	0	1	0	1	0.0%
Edward Magner (caretaker)	1939	2	2	0	0	11	3	100.0%
Sophus Nielsen (caretaker)	1940	2	0	2	0	4	4	0.0%
(caretaker)	1946	2	1	0	1	4	3	50.0%
& (caretakers)	1948	3	2	0	1	12	2	66.7%
Robert Mountford (caretaker)	1948	4	3	0	1	15	11	75.0%
(caretaker)	1952	3	2	0	1	7	6	66.7%
Alf Young (caretaker)	1956	1	0	0	1	1	2	0.0%
Lajos Szendrödi (caretaker)	1956	1	0	1	0	1	1	0.0%
Arne Sørensen	1956–1961	41	20	8	13	94	78	48.8%
Poul Petersen	1962–1966	47	17	8	22	85	94	36.2%
& (caretaker)	1967	8	4	2	2	29	11	50.0%
& Henry From (caretaker)	1968–1969	11	4	1	6	21	17	36.4%
John Hansen & Henry From (caretaker)	1969	9	5	1	3	20	12	55.6%
Rudi Strittich	1970–1975	61	20	11	30	80	102	32.8%
Kurt "Nikkelaj" Nielsen	1976–1979	31	13	6	12	55	45	41.9%
Sepp Piontek	1979–1990	115	52	24	39	167	123	45.2%
Richard Møller Nielsen	1987–1988^[3] 1990–1996	73	40	18	15	116	55	54.8%
Bo Johansson	1996–2000	40	17	9	14	51	43	42.5%
Morten Olsen	2000–2015	166	80	42	44	258	178	48.2%
Åge Hareide	2016–2020	42	21	18	3	81	26	50.0%
John Jensen (caretaker)^[a]	2018	1	0	0	1	0	3	0%
Kasper Hjulmand	2020–present	11	8	1	2	28	7	72.7%
Managers total	1908–present	645	305	140	202	1233	834	47.3%
no manager	various^[4]	169	73	25	71	366	331	43.2%
Grand total	1908–present	814	378	165	273	1599	1165	46.4%

^ Caretaker manager for Denmark's replacement squad in a friendly match against Slovakia.

Matches[]

Note that Average points per game is calculated by using 3 points for a win and 1 point for a draw. Up to date as of 22 September 2021.

Decade	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Diff	%Won	%Drawn	%Lost	Average Points per game
1900s	3	2	0	1	26	3	+23	67%	0%	33%	2.00
1910s	30	23	1	6	108	33	+75	77%	3%	20%	2.33
1920s	40	17	9	14	75	61	+14	43%	23%	35%	1.50
1930s	46	21	5	20	119	99	+20	46%	11%	43%	1.48
1940s	42	21	7	14	105	76	+29	50%	17%	33%	1.67
1950s	72	25	14	33	138	163	-25	35%	19%	46%	1.24
1960s	91	40	13	38	195	160	+35	44%	14%	42%	1.46
1970s	97	35	19	43	140	152	-12	36%	20%	44%	1.28
1980s	115	56	22	37	187	119	+68	49%	19%	32%	1.65
1990s	102	52	27	23	140	83	+57	51%	26%	23%	1.79
2000s	109	54	30	25	171	98	+73	50%	28%	23%	1.76
2010s	106	46	30	30	167	113	+54	44%	28%	28%	1.58
2020s	22	15	2	5	51	13	+38	68%	9%	23%	2.14
Total	875	407	179	289	1622	1173	+449	47%	20%	33%	1.6

Footnotes[]

^ GF = Goals for
^ GA = Goals against
^ Richard Møller Nielsen coached 8 games in the 1988 Summer Olympics qualifications campaign, winning 6, drawing 1 and losing 1, with the combined score 25-3.
^ [5] Last updated 30 June 2014.
^ In all 169 matches, played through 1911-12 (5 matches), 1916 (4), 1919-20 (6), 1920-38 (77), 1939 (4), 1940-45 (12), 1946-47 (10), 1948-52 (24), 1952-56 (24), 1957 (1), 1959 (1) and 1961 (1).

References[]

^ "Flest kampe" (in Danish). DBU. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
^ "Flest kampe" (in Danish). DBU. Retrieved 12 January 2022.

External links[]

(in Danish) Landsholdsspillere med mere end 50 kampe at Danish Football Association
(in Danish) Palle "Banks" Jørgensen, "Landsholdets 681 profiler fra 1908 til i dag", TIPS-Bladet, 2002, ISBN 87-91264-01-4
(in Danish) Peders Fodboldstatistik
(in Danish) Haslunds fodboldsider

[3] Caretaker manager for Denmark's replacement squad in a friendly match against Slovakia.

[1] "Flest kampe" (in Danish). DBU. Retrieved 20 November 2019.

[2] "Flest kampe" (in Danish). DBU. Retrieved 12 January 2022.

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