Back منتخب الدنمارك لكرة القدم للسيدات Arabic Seleición femenina de fútbol de Dinamarca AST Dánská ženská fotbalová reprezentace Czech Danmarks kvindefodboldlandshold Danish Dänische Fußballnationalmannschaft der Frauen German Dana virina nacia teamo de futbalo Esperanto Selección femenina de fútbol de Dinamarca Spanish تیم ملی فوتبال زنان دانمارک Persian Tanskan naisten jalkapallomaajoukkue Finnish Équipe du Danemark féminine de football French
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| Nickname(s) | De rød-hvide (The Red and White) | ||
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| Association | Dansk Boldspil-Union (DBU) | ||
| Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | ||
| Head coach | Andrée Jeglertz | ||
| Captain | Pernille Harder | ||
| Most caps | Katrine Pedersen (210)[1] | ||
| Top scorer | Pernille Harder (76)[2] | ||
| FIFA code | DEN | ||
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| FIFA ranking | |||
| Current | 12  1 (16 August 2024)[3] | ||
| Highest | 6 (March – June 2007; March – June 2009) | ||
| Lowest | 20 (June – August 2016) | ||
| First international | |||
 Denmark 1–0 Sweden  (Markusböle, Finland; 27 July 1974) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
Denmark 15–0 Georgia  (Vejle, Denmark; 24 October 2009) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
 United States 7–0 Denmark (Orlando, United States; 24 February 1995) | |||
| World Cup | |||
| Appearances | 5 (first in 1991) | ||
| Best result | Quarter-finals (1991, 1995) | ||
| European Championship | |||
| Appearances | 10 (first in 1984) | ||
| Best result | Runners-up (2017) | ||
The Denmark women's national football team (Danish: Danmarks kvindefodboldlandshold) represents Denmark and Greenland in international women's football. The team is controlled by the Danish Football Association (DBU) and competes as a member of UEFA in various international football tournaments such as the FIFA Women's World Cup, UEFA Women's Euro, the Summer Olympics, the Algarve Cup, and, since 2023, the new UEFA Women's Nations League.
Denmark have qualified four times for the FIFA Women's World Cup and nine times for the UEFA Women's Championship, reaching the final in 2017.
At the UEFA Women's Euro 2017 in Netherlands, Denmark was drawn into Group A with Netherlands, Norway and Belgium. They secured a 1–0 victories over Belgium and Norway, but lost 1–0 to Netherlands. Despite that they managed to advance as runners-up in the group, to the quarter-finals against Germany.[4] The Danes surprisingly won against the 22-year reigning champions of Europe and qualified to the semifinals, with a 2–1 win.[5] Denmark defeated Austria 3–0 on penalties to reach the final for the first time, after the match finished goalless.[6] In the final the team met Netherlands at the De Grolsch Veste, Enschede, standing in front of a crowd of 28,182 spectators. The Dutch team defeated Denmark, by a 4–2 victory and claimed their first UEFA Euro title.[7]
In March 2007, Denmark was ranked sixth in the FIFA Women's World Rankings, reaching the highest ranking since it was introduced. The worst ranking so far was a 20th place finish in June 2016.
- ^ "Denmark – Caps". Archived from the original on 12 September 2017. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
- ^ Denmark – Goals
- ^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 16 August 2024. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
- ^ UEFA.com. "Season 2017 Matches | UEFA Women's EURO". UEFA.com. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
- ^ "Women's Euro 2017 highlights: Denmark stun holders Germany to reach semis". BBC Sport. 31 July 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
- ^ "Women's Euro 2017 semi-final: Denmark defeat Austria on penalties". BBC Sport. 3 August 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
- ^ "Dutch delight: how the Netherlands won Women's EURO". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 6 August 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2022.