Denmark national football team records and statistics

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BoldCurrently available for selection. Correct as of 29 Juneww 2024.
PosPositions
GK Goalkeeper
DF Defender
MF Midfielder
FW Forward

Most appearances

Midfielder Christian Eriksen has made the most appearances for the national team with 144 matches since his debut in 2010. EriksenTottenham2016(cropped) 2.jpg
Midfielder Christian Eriksen has made the most appearances for the national team with 144 matches since his debut in 2010.
As of match played 10 June 2025 [1]
RankPlayerCareerCapsGoals
1 Christian Eriksen 2010–present14446
2 Simon Kjær 2009–20241325
3 Peter Schmeichel*1987–20011291
4 Dennis Rommedahl 2000–201312621
5 Kasper Schmeichel 2013–present1140
6 Jon Dahl Tomasson 1997–201011252
7 Thomas Helveg 1994–20071082
8 Michael Laudrup 1982–199810437
9 Morten Olsen 1970–19891024
Martin Jørgensen 1998–201112
11 Thomas Sørensen 1997–20121010
12 Christian Poulsen 2001–2012926
13 Pierre-Emile Højbjerg 2014–present8811
14 John Sivebæk*1982–1992871
15 Yussuf Poulsen 2014–present8614
Jan Heintze 1987–20024
17 Lars Olsen*1986–1996844
18 Brian Laudrup*1987–19988221
19 Lars Jacobsen 2006–2015811
Nicklas Bendtner 2006–201830
William Kvist 2007–20182
Thomas Delaney 2013–20248
23 Jesper Grønkjær 1999–2010805
24 Kim Vilfort*1983–19967714
25 Per Røntved 1970–19827511
Daniel Agger 2005–201612
* denotes winners of the 1992 European Championship.

Goalscorers

Top goalscorers

Forward Preben Elkjaer averaged the most goals in the modern era, scoring at least one goal every other match. Preben Elkjaer.jpg
Forward Preben Elkjær averaged the most goals in the modern era, scoring at least one goal every other match.
As of match played 10 June 2025

With 52 goals each, Poul "Tist" Nielsen and Jon Dahl Tomasson currently share the record for top goalscorer in Danish football history. The players with 10 goals or more for Denmark are: [2]

Contents

#PlayerPos.CareerGoalsCapsAvg.
1 Poul "Tist" Nielsen (list)FW1910–192552381.368
Jon Dahl Tomasson FW1997–2010521120.464
3 Pauli Jørgensen FW1925–193944470.936
Christian Eriksen MF2010–present461440.319
5 Ole Madsen FW1958–196942500.84
6 Preben Elkjær FW1977–198838690.551
7 Michael Laudrup MF1982–1998371040.356
8 Nicklas Bendtner FW2006–201730810.37
9 Henning Enoksen FW1958–196629540.537
10 Michael Rohde FW1915–193122400.55
Ebbe Sand FW1998–200422660.333
12 Flemming Povlsen*FW1987–199421620.339
Brian Laudrup*FW1987–199821820.256
Dennis Rommedahl FW2000–2013211260.167
15 Allan Simonsen FW1972–198620550.364
16 Jens Peter Hansen FW1949–196118380.474
17 Karl Aage Hansen FW1943–194817220.773
Karl Aage Præst FW1945–194917240.708
Poul Pedersen FW1953–196417500.34
20 Harald Nielsen FW1959–196015141.071
Kaj Uldaler FW1927–193915380.395
22 Frank Arnesen MF1977–198714520.269
Kim Vilfort*MF1983–199614770.182
Yussuf Poulsen FW2014–present14860.163
25 Lars Elstrup*FW1988–199313340.382
26 Kaj Hansen FW1936–194612270.444
Daniel Agger DF2005–201612750.16
Martin Jørgensen MF1998–2011121020.118
29 Søren Larsen FW2005–201011200.55
Aage Rou Jensen FW1945–195711300.367
Kristen Nygaard FW1970–197911360.306
Joakim Mæhle DF2020–present11520.212
Kasper Dolberg FW2016–present11550.2
Per Røntved DF1970–198211750.147
Pierre-Emile Højbjerg MF2014–present11880.125
36 Lars Bastrup FW1975–198310300.333
Helmuth Søbirk FW1935–194510300.333
Henry Hansen FW1922–193410380.263
Knud Lundberg FW1943–195610390.256
Søren Lerby MF1978–198910670.149
Martin Braithwaite FW2013–present10690.145
* denotes winners of the 1992 European Championship.

Highest goal average

Only people with at least five goals have been included.

RankPlayerCareerGoals/capGoalsCaps
1 Poul "Tist" Nielsen 1910–19251.375238
2 Erik Dyreborg 19671.3386
3 John Hansen 19481.25108
4 Kaj Christiansen 1943–19481.2065
Iver Schriver 19711.2065
6 Harald Nielsen 1959–19601.071514
7 Pauli Jørgensen 1925–19390.944447
8 Anthon Olsen 1912–19270.881416
9 Ole Madsen 1958–19690.844250
10 Sophus "Krølben" Nielsen 1908–19190.801620

Team captains

As of 29 June 2024

The ten players with the most caps as Danish team captains are:

RankPlayerCaptain yearsCaps (total)Percentage
1 Lars Olsen*1987–199469 (84)82.1%
2 Simon Kjær 2016–202467 (132)50.8%
3 Morten Olsen 1980–198950 (102)49%
4 Per Røntved 1972–198238 (75)50.7%
5 Jon Dahl Tomasson 2004–201036 (112)32.1%
6 Daniel Agger 2010–201634 (75)45.3%
7 Peter Schmeichel*1996–200130 (129)23.3%
8 Ole Madsen 1962–196928 (51)54.9%
Michael Laudrup 1994–199828 (104)25.7%
10 Knud Lundberg 1947–195627 (39)69.2%

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

Cards

As of 23 March 2025

Cautions

RankPlayerCareerCapsCautions
1 Thomas Helveg 1994–200810815
Thomas Gravesen 1998–20066615
3 Preben Elkjær 1977–19886912
4 Christian Poulsen 2001–20129211
Simon Kjær 2009–202413211
6 Stig Tøfting 1993–20024110
Pierre-Emile Højbjerg 2014–present8610
8 John Jensen*1986–1995699
Søren Lerby 1978–1989679
Peter Schmeichel*1987–20011299
Daniel Jensen 2002–2010529
William Kvist 2007–2018819
Joachim Andersen 2019–present419

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

Sending-offs

RankPlayerCareerCapsSending-offs
1 Morten Wieghorst 1994–2004302
2 Ernst Nilsson 1920–1937401
Torben Nielsen 1969–197226
Per Røntved 1970–198275
Frank Arnesen 1977–198752
Klaus Berggreen 1979–198846
Miklos Molnar 1990–200018
Per Frandsen 1990–200323
Thomas Gravesen 1998–200366
Niclas Jensen 1998–200862
Jesper Grønkjær 1999–201080
Christian Poulsen 2001–201292

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

Managers

As of 18 November 2024

The management statistics are:

Note that the Denmark national football team has not had a designated team manager for every match.
ManagerYearsMWDLGFGAWin %
Charles Williams 1908–1910430128475.0%
Axel Andersen Byrval 1913–1915
1917–1918
161411681287.5%
Jack Carr (caretaker)19201001010.0%
Edward Magner (caretaker)19392200113100.0%
Sophus Nielsen (caretaker)19402020440.0%
J.D. Butler (caretaker)194621014350.0%
Axel Bjerregaard & Ove Bøje (caretakers)1948320112266.7%
Robert Mountford (caretaker)19484301151175.0%
Axel Bjerregaard (caretaker)195232017666.7%
Alf Young (caretaker)19561001120.0%
Lajos Szendrödi (caretaker)19561010110.0%
Arne Sørensen 1956–19614120813947848.8%
Poul Petersen 1962–19664717822859436.2%
Erik Hansen & Ernst Netuka (caretaker)19678422291150.0%
Erik Hansen & Henry From (caretaker)1968–196911416211736.4%
John Hansen & Henry From (caretaker)19699513201255.6%
Rudi Strittich 1970–1975612011308010232.8%
Kurt "Nikkelaj" Nielsen 1976–19793113612554541.9%
Sepp Piontek 1979–199011552243916712345.2%
Richard Møller Nielsen 1987–1988
1990–1996
734018151165554.8%
Bo Johansson 1996–20004017914514342.5%
Morten Olsen 2000–201516680424425817848.2%
Åge Hareide 2016–20204221183812650.0%
John Jensen (caretaker) [a] 20181001030.0%
Kasper Hjulmand 2020–202455338141024660.0%
Lars Knudsen (caretaker)202442116350.0%
Brian Riemer 2024–Present2011120.0%
Managers total1908–present7433541622271,31588447.6%
no managervarious 16973257136633143.2%
Grand total1908–present9144281872991,6831,21846.83%
  1. 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 7 June 2025.

DecadePlayedWonDrawnLostForAgainstDiff%Won%Drawn%LostAverage Points
per match
1900s3201263+2367%0%33%2.00
1910s30231610833+7577%3%20%2.33
1920s40179147561+1443%23%35%1.50
1930s462152011999+2046%11%43%1.48
1940s422171410576+2950%17%33%1.67
1950s 72251433138163−2535%19%46%1.24
1960s 91401338195160+3544%14%42%1.46
1970s 97351943140152−1236%20%44%1.28
1980s 115562237187119+6849%19%32%1.65
1990s 10252272314083+5751%26%23%1.79
2000s 10954302517198+7350%28%23%1.76
2010s 106463030167113+5444%28%28%1.58
2020s 6437101710750+5758%16%27%1.73
Total9174301873001,6881,224+46447%20%33%1.40

Footnotes

  1. ^ GF = Goals for
  2. ^ GA = Goals against
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Last updated 30 June 2014.
  5. ^ 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

  1. "Landsholdsspillere (50 + kampe)" [National team players (50+ matches)] (in Danish). Danish Football Association. Retrieved 14 June 2025.
  2. DBU. "Flest mål". DBU (in Danish). Retrieved 14 June 2025.