Denmark League XI

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Denmark League XI
Nickname(s) Ligalandsholdet (lit. "The league's national team")
Association Danish Football Association
(Dansk Boldspil-Union)
First international
Flag of Denmark.svg League XI 3 - 1 FC Luzern Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg
(Maspalomas, Spain; 1 February 1983)
Against another national team
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates 3 - 1 League XI Flag of Denmark.svg
(Dubai, United Arab Emirates; 24 February 1984)
Biggest win
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates 0 - 5 League XI Flag of Denmark.svg
(Dubai, United Arab Emirates; 9 February 1990)
Biggest defeat
Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador 3 - 0 League XI Flag of Denmark.svg
(San Salvador, El Salvador; 3 February 1984)
Flag of Denmark.svg League XI 0 - 3 Soviet Union  Flag of the Soviet Union.svg
(Calcutta, India; 3 February 1987)

The Denmark League XI is an unofficial national football team run by the Danish Football Association.

Contents

The team generally consists of Danish players playing in the Danish Superliga or other leagues if their clubs agree to release them. It is only assembled in the start of the year, during the winter break in the Superliga.

The matches of the League XI have generally not been recognised as official matches by the Danish FA, although FIFA recognised matches until 2007. [1]

History

A Danish Football Combination played the Scottish League XI in 1955. [2] [3] Since 1983, the team has been assembled every year except 2005 (because of an early World Cup qualification match) [4] and 2011 (where no suitable trip could be arranged) [5] in January or February. [6]

The League XI national team has played 84 matches throughout its existence, of which 51 were played in 1983-1999 and 33 in 2000-2018. No additional matches were played in 2019-2022. [7]

Players

The purpose of the league XI is to give the head coach an opportunity to evaluate the level of the best players of the Superliga, and to introduce new players into the atmosphere of the national team. [1]

Friendlies

17 January 2010 2010 King's Cup Denmark League XI Flag of Denmark.svg 3–1Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Thailand
16:00 UTC+7 Rieks Soccerball shade.svg22'
Rasmussen Soccerball shade.svg48'
Bech Soccerball shade.svg60'
Report Peszko Soccerball shade.svg26'Stadium: 80th Birthday Anniversary Stadium, Nakhon Ratchasima
20 January 2010 2010 King's Cup Singapore  Flag of Singapore.svg1–5 Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark League XI Thailand
16:00 UTC+7 Fazrul Soccerball shade.svg84' Report Larsen Soccerball shade.svg8'
Poulsen Soccerball shade.svg19' (pen.)
Lekic Soccerball shade.svg35'
Thygesen Soccerball shade.svg48'
Rieks Soccerball shade.svg80'
Stadium: 80th Birthday Anniversary Stadium, Nakhon Ratchasima
23 January 2010 2010 King's Cup Thailand  Flag of Thailand.svg0–3 Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark League XI Thailand
18:45 UTC+7 Report Lekic Soccerball shade.svg19'
Absalonsen Soccerball shade.svg37'
Bernburg Soccerball shade.svg86'
Stadium: 80th Birthday Anniversary Stadium, Nakhon Ratchasima
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Mongkolchai Pechsri (Thailand)
15 January 2012 2012 King's Cup Denmark League XI Flag of Denmark.svg 1–1Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Thailand
16:10 Makienok Soccerball shade.svg70' Report Elyounoussi Soccerball shade.svg79'Stadium: Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok
Attendance: 3,240
Referee: Mongkolchai Pechsri (Thailand)
18 January 2012 2012 King's Cup Denmark League XI Flag of Denmark.svg 0–0Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea U-23 Thailand
16:10 Report Stadium: Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok
Referee: Prathan Nasawang (Thailand)
21 January 2012 2012 King's Cup Thailand  Flag of Thailand.svg1–3 Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark League XI Thailand
19:00 Sumanya Purisai Soccerball shade.svg52' Report Makienok Soccerball shade.svg10'
Spelmann Soccerball shade.svg43'
Nielsen Soccerball shade.svg92'
Stadium: Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Yudai Yamamoto (Japan)
26 January 2013 Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg0–4 Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark League XI United States
Report Andreas Cornelius Soccerball shade.svg8', Soccerball shade.svg35', Soccerball shade.svg63'
Kasper Lorentzen Soccerball shade.svg11'
Stadium: Veterans Kino Sports Complex
Attendance: 3,082
Referee: Juan Guzman
30 January 2013 Mexico  Flag of Mexico.svg1–1 Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark League XI United States
Marco Fabián Soccerball shade.svg66' (pen.) Report Andreas Cornelius Soccerball shade.svg83' (pen.)Stadium: University of Phoenix Stadium
Attendance: 43,345
Referee: Chris Penso
11 January 2018 Friendly Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg1–0 Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark League XI Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
20:45 UTC+4 G. Nilsson Soccerball shade.svg90+3' Report Stadium: Zayed Sports City Stadium
Referee: Antti Munukka (Finland)
15 January 2018 Friendly Jordan  Flag of Jordan.svg3–2 Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark League XI Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
17:00 UTC+4 Report
Stadium: Zayed Sports City Stadium
Attendance: 272
Referee: Adel Al Naqbi (United Arab Emirates)

Since January 1983, the League XI national team has played 84 matches throughout its existence, of which 51 were played in 1983-1999 and 33 in 2000-2018. No additional matches were played in 2019-2022. [7]

Squad

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References

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  2. "Wed 30 Nov 1955 Danish Football Combination 0 SFL 4".
  3. Danish Combination v Scottish League, 11 October 1955, 11v11.com
  4. Staff writer. "Ligalandsholdet 2005". dbu.dk (in Danish). Danish FA. Retrieved 17 January 2010.
  5. Behrendt, Lars. "Ingen Ligalandshold denne vinter". dbu.dk. Danish FA. Retrieved 15 April 2011.
  6. Staff writer. "Ligalandsholdets træningsture siden 1983". dbu.dk (in Danish). Danish FA. Retrieved 17 January 2010.
  7. 1 2 "Landsholdsdatabasen (search for all results of matches played by "Ligalandsholdet")". Dansk Boldspil Union. Retrieved 12 June 2022.