Denmark national football team statistics
The Denmark national football team statistics show the accomplishments of the players and coaches of the Denmark national football team managers ever since the controlling organ of the team, the Danish Football Association (DBU), started registering official games at the 1908 Summer Olympics.
Most capped
As of 11 October 2015, players with 50 caps or more for Denmark are:
# | Name | Career | Caps | Goals |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Peter Schmeichel* | 1987–2001 | 129 | 1 |
2 | Dennis Rommedahl | 2000–2013 | 126 | 21 |
3 | Jon Dahl Tomasson | 1997–2010 | 112 | 52 |
4 | Thomas Helveg | 1994–2007 | 108 | 2 |
5 | Michael Laudrup | 1982–1998 | 104 | 37 |
6 | Morten Olsen | 1970–1989 | 102 | 4 |
Martin Jørgensen | 1998–2011 | 102 | 12 | |
8 | Thomas Sørensen | 1997–2012 | 101 | 0 |
9 | Christian Poulsen | 2001–2012 | 92 | 6 |
10 | John Sivebæk* | 1982–1992 | 87 | 1 |
11 | Jan Heintze | 1987–2002 | 86 | 4 |
12 | Lars Olsen* | 1986–1996 | 84 | 4 |
13 | Brian Laudrup* | 1987–1998 | 82 | 21 |
14 | Lars Jacobsen | 2006–2015 | 81 | 1 |
15 | Jesper Grønkjær | 1999–2010 | 80 | 5 |
16 | Kim Vilfort* | 1983–1996 | 77 | 14 |
17 | Per Røntved | 1970–1982 | 75 | 11 |
Daniel Agger | 2005–2016 | 75 | 12 | |
19 | Nicklas Bendtner | 2006–present | 72 | 29 |
20 | Jens Jørn Bertelsen | 1976–1987 | 69 | 2 |
Preben Elkjær Larsen | 1977–1988 | 69 | 38 | |
John Jensen* | 1987–1995 | 69 | 4 | |
23 | Søren Lerby | 1978–1989 | 67 | 10 |
24 | Brian Steen Nielsen | 1990–2002 | 66 | 3 |
René Henriksen | 1998–2004 | 66 | 0 | |
Ebbe Sand | 1998–2004 | 66 | 22 | |
Thomas Gravesen | 1998–2006 | 66 | 5 | |
28 | Henning Munk Jensen | 1966–1978 | 62 | 1 |
Flemming Povlsen* | 1987–1994 | 62 | 21 | |
Niclas Jensen | 1998–2008 | 62 | 0 | |
31 | Søren Busk | 1979–1988 | 61 | 2 |
Marc Rieper | 1990–1998 | 61 | 1 | |
33 | William Kvist | 2007–present | 60 | 2 |
34 | Bent Hansen | 1958–1965 | 58 | 1 |
35 | Jes Høgh | 1991–2000 | 57 | 1 |
36 | Allan Simonsen | 1972–1986 | 55 | 20 |
Christian Eriksen | 2010–present | 55 | 6 | |
Michael Krohn-Dehli | 2006–present | 55 | 6 | |
39 | Henning Enoksen | 1958–1966 | 54 | 29 |
Kent Nielsen* | 1983–1992 | 54 | 3 | |
Simon Kjær | 2009–present | 54 | 2 | |
42 | Martin Laursen | 2000–2008 | 53 | 2 |
43 | Frank Arnesen | 1977–1987 | 52 | 14 |
Daniel Jensen | 2002–2010 | 52 | 3 | |
45 | Ivan Nielsen | 1980–1989 | 51 | 0 |
46 | Poul Pedersen | 1953–1964 | 50 | 17 |
Ole Madsen | 1958–1969 | 50 | 42 |
Players still playing or available for selection are in bold. * denotes members of the 1992 European Championship-winning team.
Goalscorers
As of 11 October 2015, the goalscoring statistics are:
Most goals
As of 11 October 2015, players with 10 goals or more for Denmark are:
# | Player | Career | Goals | Caps | Pct. |
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1 | Poul "Tist" Nielsen | 1910–1925 | 52 | 38 | 1.368 |
Jon Dahl Tomasson | 1997–2010 | 52 | 112 | 0.464 | |
3 | Pauli Jørgensen | 1925-1939 | 44 | 47 | 0.936 |
4 | Ole Madsen | 1958-1969 | 42 | 50 | 0.84 |
5 | Preben Elkjær Larsen | 1977-1988 | 38 | 69 | 0.551 |
6 | Michael Laudrup | 1982–1998 | 37 | 104 | 0.356 |
7 | Henning Enoksen | 1958–1966 | 29 | 54 | 0.537 |
Nicklas Bendtner | 2006–present | 29 | 72 | 0.403 | |
9 | Michael Rohde | 1915-1931 | 22 | 40 | 0.55 |
Ebbe Sand | 1998–2004 | 22 | 66 | 0.333 | |
11 | Flemming Povlsen* | 1987–1994 | 21 | 62 | 0.339 |
Brian Laudrup* | 1987–1998 | 21 | 82 | 0.256 | |
Dennis Rommedahl | 2000–2013 | 21 | 126 | 0.184 | |
14 | Allan Simonsen | 1972–1986 | 20 | 55 | 0.364 |
15 | Jens Peter Hansen | 1949–1961 | 18 | 38 | 0.474 |
16 | Karl Aage Hansen | 1943-1948 | 17 | 22 | 0.773 |
Karl Aage Præst | 1945–1949 | 17 | 24 | 0.708 | |
Poul Pedersen | 1953–1964 | 17 | 50 | 0.34 | |
19 | Harald Nielsen | 1959–1960 | 15 | 14 | 1.071 |
Kaj Uldaler | 1927–1939 | 15 | 38 | 0.395 | |
21 | Frank Arnesen | 1977-1987 | 14 | 52 | 0.269 |
Kim Vilfort* | 1983–1996 | 14 | 77 | 0.182 | |
23 | Lars Elstrup* | 1988–1993 | 13 | 34 | 0.382 |
24 | Kaj Hansen | 1936-1946 | 12 | 27 | 0.444 |
Martin Jørgensen | 1998-2011 | 12 | 102 | 0.118 | |
Daniel Agger | 2005–2016 | 12 | 75 | 0.16 | |
26 | Søren Larsen | 2005–2010 | 11 | 20 | 0.55 |
Aage Rou Jensen | 1945–1957 | 11 | 30 | 0.367 | |
Kristen Nygaard | 1970–1979 | 11 | 36 | 0.306 | |
Per Røntved | 1970–1982 | 11 | 75 | 0.147 | |
30 | Lars Bastrup | 1975–1983 | 10 | 30 | 0.333 |
Helmuth Søbirk | 1935–1945 | 10 | 30 | 0.333 | |
Henry Hansen | 1922–1934 | 10 | 38 | 0.263 | |
Knud Lundberg | 1943–1956 | 10 | 39 | 0.256 | |
Søren Lerby | 1978–1989 | 10 | 67 | 0.149 | |
Players still playing or available for selection are in bold. * denotes members of the 1992 European Championship-winning team.
Highest coefficient
Only people with at least five goals have been included.
# | Player | Career | Goals/cap | Goals | Caps |
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1 | Poul "Tist" Nielsen | 1910–1925 | 1.37 | 52 | 38 |
2 | Erik Dyreborg | 1967 | 1.33 | 8 | 6 |
3 | John Hansen | 1948 | 1.25 | 10 | 8 |
4 | Kaj Christiansen | 1943–1948 | 1.20 | 6 | 5 |
Iver Schriver | 1971 | 1.20 | 6 | 5 | |
6 | Harald Nielsen | 1959–1960 | 1.07 | 15 | 14 |
7 | Pauli Jørgensen | 1925–1939 | 0.94 | 44 | 47 |
8 | Anthon Olsen | 1912–1927 | 0.88 | 14 | 16 |
9 | Ole Madsen | 1958–1969 | 0.84 | 42 | 50 |
10 | Sophus "Krølben" Nielsen | 1908–1919 | 0.80 | 16 | 20 |
Team captains
As of 18 June 2016, the ten players with the most caps as Danish team captains are:
# | Player | Captain years | Caps (Total) | Coefficient |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Lars Olsen* | 1987–1994 | 69 (84) | 82.1% |
2 | Morten Olsen | 1980–1989 | 50 (102) | 49.0% |
3 | Per Røntved | 1972–1982 | 38 (75) | 50.7% |
4 | Jon Dahl Tomasson | 2004–2010 | 36 (112) | 32.1% |
5 | Daniel Agger | 2005–2016 | 34 (75) | 45.3% |
6 | Peter Schmeichel* | 1996–2001 | 30 (129) | 23.3% |
7 | Ole Madsen | 1962–1969 | 28 (51) | 54.9% |
Michael Laudrup | 1994–1998 | 28 (104) | 25.7% | |
9 | Knud Lundberg | 1947–1956 | 27 (39) | 69.2% |
10 | Fritz Tarp | 1923–1934 | 26 (44) | 59.1% |
Players still playing or available for selection are in bold. * denotes members of the 1992 European Championship-winning team.
Cards
As of 29 March 2015, the caution and sending-off statistics are:
Cautions
# | Player | Career | Caps | Cautions |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Thomas Helveg | 1994–2008 | 108 | 15 |
Thomas Gravesen | 1998–2006 | 66 | 15 | |
3 | Preben Elkjær | 1977–1988 | 69 | 12 |
4 | Stig Tøfting | 1993–2002 | 41 | 10 |
Christian Poulsen | 2001–2012 | 92 | 10 | |
6 | John Jensen* | 1986–1995 | 69 | 9 |
Søren Lerby | 1978–1989 | 67 | 9 | |
Peter Schmeichel* | 1987–2001 | 129 | 9 | |
Daniel Jensen | 2002–2010 | 52 | 9 | |
10 | Jes Høgh | 1991–2000 | 57 | 7 |
Jon Dahl Tomasson | 1997–2010 | 112 | 7 |
Players still playing or available for selection are in bold. * denotes members of the 1992 European Championship-winning team.
Sending-offs
# | Player | Career | Caps | Sending-offs |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Morten Wieghorst | 1994–2004 | 30 | 2 |
2 | Frank Arnesen | 1977–1987 | 52 | 1 |
Klaus Berggreen | 1979–1988 | 46 | 1 | |
Per Frandsen | 1990–2003 | 23 | 1 | |
Thomas Gravesen | 1998–2003 | 66 | 1 | |
Miklos Molnar | 1990–2000 | 18 | 1 | |
Torben Nielsen | 1969–1972 | 26 | 1 | |
Ernst Nilsson | 1920–1937 | 40 | 1 | |
Niclas Jensen | 1998–2008 | 62 | 1 | |
Per Røntved | 1970–1982 | 75 | 1 | |
Jesper Grønkjær | 1999–2010 | 80 | 1 | |
Christian Poulsen | 2001–2012 | 92 | 1 |
Players still playing or available for selection are in bold. * denotes members of the 1992 European Championship-winning team.
Managers
As of 17 November 2010, the management statistics are:
Note that not all matches played by the Denmark national football team have had a manager assigned.
Name | Years | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | GF | GA | Win % |
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Charles Williams | 1908-1910 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 4 | 75.0% |
Axel Andersen Byrval | 1913-1915 1917-1918 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 68 | 12 | 87.5% |
Jack Carr (caretaker) | 1920 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0% |
Edward Magner (caretaker) | 1939 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 100.0% |
Sophus Nielsen (caretaker) | 1940 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0.0% |
J.D. Butler (caretaker) | 1946 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 50.0% |
Axel Bjerregaard & Ove Bøje (caretakers) | 1948 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 66.7% |
Robert Mountford (caretaker) | 1948 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 75.0% |
Axel Bjerregaard (caretaker) | 1952 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 66.7% |
Alf Young (caretaker) | 1956 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0% |
Lajos Szendrödi (caretaker) | 1956 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0% |
Arne Sørensen | 1956-1961 | 41 | 20 | 8 | 13 | 94 | 78 | 48.8% |
Poul Petersen | 1962-1966 | 47 | 17 | 8 | 22 | 85 | 94 | 36.2% |
Erik Hansen & Ernst Netuka (caretaker) | 1967 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 11 | 50.0% |
Erik Hansen & Henry From (caretaker) | 1968-1969 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 17 | 36.4% |
John Hansen & Henry From (caretaker) | 1969 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 55.6% |
Rudi Strittich | 1970-1975 | 61 | 20 | 11 | 30 | 80 | 102 | 32.8% |
Kurt "Nikkelaj" Nielsen | 1976-1979 | 31 | 13 | 6 | 12 | 55 | 45 | 41.9% |
Sepp Piontek | 1979-1990 | 115 | 52 | 24 | 39 | 167 | 123 | 45.2% |
Richard Møller Nielsen | 1987-1988 1990-1996 | 73 | 40 | 18 | 15 | 116 | 55 | 54.8% |
Bo Johansson | 1996-2000 | 40 | 17 | 9 | 14 | 51 | 43 | 42.5% |
Morten Olsen | 2000–2015 | 150 | 75 | 38 | 37 | 235 | 147 | 50.0% |
Åge Hareide | 2016–present | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
Managers total | 1908–present | 589 | 278 | 122 | 189 | 1104 | 776 | 47.2% |
no manager | various | 169 | 73 | 25 | 71 | 366 | 331 | 43.2% |
Grand total | 1908–present | 791 | 366 | 154 | 271 | 1470 | 1107 | 46.2% |
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 30 May 2014.
Decade | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Diff | %Won | %Drawn | %Lost | Average Points per game |
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1900s | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 3 | +23 | 67% | 0% | 33% | 2.00 |
1910s | 30 | 23 | 1 | 6 | 108 | 33 | +75 | 77% | 3% | 20% | 2.33 |
1920s | 40 | 17 | 9 | 14 | 75 | 61 | +14 | 43% | 23% | 35% | 1.50 |
1930s | 46 | 21 | 5 | 20 | 119 | 99 | +20 | 46% | 11% | 43% | 1.48 |
1940s | 42 | 21 | 7 | 14 | 105 | 76 | +29 | 50% | 17% | 33% | 1.67 |
1950s | 72 | 25 | 14 | 33 | 138 | 163 | -25 | 35% | 19% | 46% | 1.24 |
1960s | 91 | 40 | 13 | 38 | 195 | 160 | +35 | 44% | 14% | 42% | 1.46 |
1970s | 97 | 35 | 19 | 43 | 140 | 152 | -12 | 36% | 20% | 44% | 1.28 |
1980s | 115 | 56 | 22 | 37 | 187 | 119 | +68 | 49% | 19% | 32% | 1.65 |
1990s | 102 | 52 | 27 | 23 | 140 | 83 | +57 | 51% | 26% | 23% | 1.79 |
2000s | 109 | 54 | 30 | 25 | 171 | 98 | +73 | 50% | 28% | 23% | 1.76 |
2010s | 48 | 20 | 10 | 18 | 67 | 62 | +5 | 42% | 21% | 38% | 1.58 |
Total | 795 | 366 | 157 | 272 | 1471 | 1109 | +362 | 49% | 16% | 31% | 1.58 |
Footnotes
- ^ GF = Goals for
- ^ GA = Goals against
- ^ 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.
- ^ Last updated 30 June 2014.
- ^ 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).
External links
- (Danish) Landsholdsspillere med mere end 50 kampe at Danish Football Association
- (Danish) Palle "Banks" Jørgensen, "Landsholdets 681 profiler fra 1908 til i dag", TIPS-Bladet, 2002, ISBN 87-91264-01-4
- (Danish) Peders Fodboldstatistik
- (Danish) Haslunds fodboldsider