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Denmark Olympic football team
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| Association | Danish Football Association (Dansk Boldspil-Union) | ||
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| Head coach | Steffen Højer | ||
| Most caps | Jonas Kamper (39) | ||
| Top scorer | Marcus Ingvartsen (17) | ||
| Home stadium | Vejle Stadium[1] | ||
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| First international | |||
 Denmark 0–2 Norway  (Holstebro, Denmark; 25 August 1976) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
Denmark 9–0 Luxembourg  (Farum, Denmark; 11 October 2002) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
 Bulgaria 6–0 Denmark (Sofia, Bulgaria; 25 April 1989) | |||
| Olympic Games | |||
| Appearances | 2 (first in 1992) | ||
| Best result | Quarter-finals (2016) | ||
| UEFA U-21 Championship | |||
| Appearances | 9 (first in 1978) | ||
| Best result | Semi-finals (1992, 2015) | ||
The Denmark national under-21 football team has played since 1976 and is controlled by the Danish Football Association. Before 1976, the age limit was 23 years.
Tournament record
UEFA European U-21 Championship
| UEFA European Under-21 Championship record | Qualification record | ||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | GD | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | |
| 1978 | Quarter-finals | 5th | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | +5 | |
| 1980 | did not qualify | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | −1 | |||||||||
| 1982 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1984 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 16 | −10 | ||||||||||
| 1986 | Quarter-finals | 7th | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | +4 | |
| 1988 | did not qualify | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | +1 | |||||||||
| 1990 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 14 | −5 | ||||||||||
| 1992 | Semi-finals | 4th | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 4 | +17 | |
 1994
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did not qualify | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 9 | +3 | |||||||||
 1996
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10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 31 | 15 | +16 | ||||||||||
 1998
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8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 9 | +7 | ||||||||||
 2000
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8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 13 | −2 | ||||||||||
 2002
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10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 12 | +6 | ||||||||||
 2004
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10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 4 | +21 | ||||||||||
 2006
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Group stage | 8th | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 12 | +18 | |
 2007
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did not qualify | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | |||||||||
 2009
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8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 4 | +9 | ||||||||||
| 2011
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Group stage | 6th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | Qualified as hosts | |||||||
 2013
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did not qualify | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 8 | +11 | |||||||||
 2015
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Semi-finals | 3rd | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 37 | 9 | +28 | |
 2017
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Group stage | 7th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 3 | +21 | |
  2019
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Group stage | 6th | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 8 | +22 | |
  2021
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Quarter-finals | 5th | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 9 | +12 | |
 2023
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Did not qualify | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 9 | +6 | |||||||||
| Total | 0 titles | 9/23 | 28 | 11 | 5 | 12 | 42 | 42 | 0 | 176 | 103 | 45 | 39 | 376 | 186 | +190 | |
- *Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
- **Gold background colour indicates that the tournament was won.
- ***Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.
Summer Olympics
| Year | Round | GP | W | D* | L | GS | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Until 1988 | See Denmark national football team | ||||||
| Barcelona 1992 |
Group stage | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
 Atlanta 1996 |
did not qualify | ||||||
 Sydney 2000
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 Athens 2004
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 Beijing 2008
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 London 2012
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 Rio de Janeiro 2016 |
Quarter-finals | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
 Tokyo 2020 |
did not qualify | ||||||
| Paris 2024
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| Total | 2/7 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
