Denmark national football team
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| Nickname(s) |
De Rød-Hvide (The Red and White) Danish Dynamite |
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| Association | Dansk Boldspil-Union (DBU) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach | Åge Hareide | |||||||||||||||||||
| Captain | Simon Kjær | |||||||||||||||||||
| Most caps | Peter Schmeichel (129) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Top scorer |
Poul Nielsen (52) Jon Dahl Tomasson (52) |
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| Home stadium | Telia Parken | |||||||||||||||||||
| FIFA code | DEN | |||||||||||||||||||
| FIFA ranking | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Current | 49  2 (9 February 2017)
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| Highest | 3 (May 1997, August 1997) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Lowest | 50 (October 2016) | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Current | 36 (24 February 2017) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Highest | 1 (June 1912, April 1920) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Lowest | 65 (May 1967) | |||||||||||||||||||
| First international | ||||||||||||||||||||
 Denmark 9–0 France B  (London, England; 19 October 1908) |
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Denmark 17–1 France A (London, England; 22 October 1908) |
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 Germany 8–0 Denmark (Breslau, Germany; 16 May 1937) |
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| World Cup | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Appearances | 4 (first in 1986) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Best result | Quarter finals, 1998 | |||||||||||||||||||
| European Championship | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Appearances | 8 (first in 1964) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Best result | Champions, 1992 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Confederations Cup | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Appearances | 1 (first in 1995) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Best result | Champions, 1995 | |||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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The Denmark national football team (Danish: Danmarks fodboldlandshold) represents Denmark in association football and is controlled by the Danish Football Association (DBU), the governing body for the football clubs which are organized under DBU. Denmark's home ground is Telia Parken in the Østerbro district of Copenhagen, and their head coach is Åge Hareide.
Denmark were the winners of the Football at the 1906 Intercalated Games and silver medalists at the 1908 and 1912 Olympics. However, as amateurs who prohibited their internationals from becoming professionals at foreign clubs, Denmark did not qualify for the World Cup until 1986, although they won another Olympic silver in 1960.
Since 1983, the team has continuously been visible as a solidly competitive side, with the triumph in the 1992 European Championships in Sweden as its most prominent victory, beating the European champions from Netherlands in the semifinal, and the World champions from Germany in the final. They also managed to win the 1995 Confederations Cup, defeating Argentina in the final. Their best FIFA World Cup result was achieved in 1998, where they narrowly lost 3–2 in a quarter-final against Brazil.
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