The Denmark national football team statistics show the accomplishments of the players and coaches of the Danish men's ever since the controlling organ of the team, the Danish Football Association (DBU), started registering official games at the 1908 Summer Olympics.

Key BoldCurrently available for selection. Correct as of 7 June 2026.PosPositionsGKGoalkeeperDFDefenderMFMidfielderFWForward

Most appearances

RankPlayerCareerCapsGoals1 Christian Eriksen 151 462 Simon Kjær 2009–2024 132 53 Peter Schmeichel* 1987–2001 129 14 Dennis Rommedahl 2000–2013 126 215 Kasper Schmeichel 2013–2025 120 06 Jon Dahl Tomasson 1997–2010 112 527 Thomas Helveg 1994–2007 108 28 Michael Laudrup 1982–1998 104 379 Morten Olsen 1970–1989 102 4Martin Jørgensen 1998–2011 1211 Thomas Sørensen 1997–2012 101 012 Pierre-Emile Højbjerg 2014–present 97 1113 Christian Poulsen 2001–2012 92 614 John Sivebæk* 1982–1992 87 115 Jan Heintze 1987–2002 86 4Yussuf Poulsen 2014–present 1417 Lars Olsen* 1986–1996 84 418 Brian Laudrup* 1987–1998 82 2119 Lars Jacobsen 2006–2015 81 1Nicklas Bendtner 2006–2018 30William Kvist 2007–2018 2Thomas Delaney 2013–2024 8Andreas Christensen 2015–present 424 Jesper Grønkjær 1999–2010 80 525 Kim Vilfort* 1983–1996 77 14

Goalscorers Top goalscorers

This is a list of players with 10 goals or more for Denmark. With 52 goals each, Poul "Tist" Nielsen and Jon Dahl Tomasson currently share the Danish men's goalscoring record. RankPlayerCareerGoalsCaps1 Poul "Tist" Nielsen (list) 1910–1925 52 38 Jon Dahl Tomasson 1997–2010 52 112 3 Christian Eriksen 46 151 4 Pauli Jørgensen 1925–1939 44 47 5 Ole Madsen 1958–1969 42 50 6 Preben Elkjær 1977–1988 38 69 7 Michael Laudrup 1982–1998 37 104 8 Nicklas Bendtner 2006–2017 30 81 9 Henning Enoksen 1958–1966 29 54 10 Michael Rohde 1915–1931 22 40 Ebbe Sand 1998–2004 22 66 12 Flemming Povlsen* 1987–1994 21 62 Brian Laudrup* 1987–1998 21 82 Dennis Rommedahl 2000–2013 21 126 15 Allan Simonsen 1972–1986 20 55 16 Jens Peter Hansen 1949–1961 18 38 17 Karl Aage Hansen 1943–1948 17 22 Karl Aage Præst 1945–1949 17 24 Poul Pedersen 1953–1964 17 50 20 Harald Nielsen 1959–1960 15 14 Kaj Uldaler 1927–1939 15 38 22 Frank Arnesen 1977–1987 14 52 Kim Vilfort* 1983–1996 14 77 Yussuf Poulsen 2014–present 14 86 25 Lars Elstrup* 1988–1993 13 34 2022–present 13 35 27 Kaj Hansen 1936–1946 12 27 Kasper Dolberg 2016–present 12 56 Joakim Mæhle 2020–present 12 59 Daniel Agger 2005–2016 12 75 Martin Jørgensen 1998–2011 12 102 32 Søren Larsen 2005–2010 11 20 Aage Rou Jensen 1945–1957 11 30 Kristen Nygaard 1970–1979 11 36 Per Røntved 1970–1982 11 75 Pierre-Emile Højbjerg 2014–present 11 97 37 Lars Bastrup 1975–1983 10 30 Helmuth Søbirk 1935–1945 10 30 Henry Hansen 1922–1934 10 38 Knud Lundberg 1943–1956 10 39 Søren Lerby 1978–1989 10 67 Martin Braithwaite 2013–present 10 69

Highest goal average Only people with at least five goals have been included. RankPlayerCareerGoals/capGoalsCaps 1Poul "Tist" Nielsen1910–19251.3752382Erik Dyreborg19671.33863John Hansen19481.251084Kaj Christiansen1943–19481.2065Iver Schriver19711.20656Harald Nielsen1959–19601.0715147Pauli Jørgensen1925–19390.9444478Anthon Olsen1912–19270.8814169Ole Madsen1958–19690.84425010Sophus "Krølben" Nielsen1908–19190.801620

Team captains

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

RankPlayerCaptain yearsCaps (total)Percentage1 Lars Olsen* 69 (84) 82.1%2 Simon Kjær 2016–2024 67 (132) 50.8%3 Morten Olsen 1980–1989 50 (102) 49%4 Per Røntved 1972–1982 38 (75) 50.7%5 Jon Dahl Tomasson 2004–2010 36 (112) 32.1%6 Daniel Agger 2010–2016 34 (75) 45.3%7 Peter Schmeichel* 1996–2001 30 (129) 23.3% 8 Ole Madsen 1962–1969 28 (51) 54.9% Michael Laudrup 1994–1998 28 (104) 25.7%10 Knud Lundberg 1947–1956 27 (39) 69.2% Players still playing or available for selection are in bold.

Cards

Cautions RankPlayerCareerCapsCautions1 Thomas Helveg 1994–2008 108 15Thomas Gravesen 1998–2006 663 Preben Elkjær 1977–1988 69 12Pierre-Emile Højbjerg 97Joachim Andersen 2019–present 516 Christian Poulsen 2001–2012 92 11Simon Kjær 2009–2024 1328 Stig Tøfting 1993–2002 41 109 John Jensen* 1986–1995 69 9Søren Lerby 1978–1989 67Peter Schmeichel* 1987–2001 129Daniel Jensen 2002–2010 52William Kvist 2007–2018 81 Players still playing or available for selection are in bold.

Sending-offs RankPlayerCareerCapsSending-offs1Morten Wieghorst 1994–2004 30 22 Ernst Nilsson 1920–1937 40 1Torben Nielsen 1969–1972 26Per Røntved 1970–1982 75Frank Arnesen 1977–1987 52Klaus Berggreen 1979–1988 46Miklos Molnar 1990–2000 18Per Frandsen 1990–2003 23Thomas Gravesen 1998–2003 66Niclas Jensen 1998–2008 62Jesper Grønkjær 1999–2010 80Christian Poulsen 2001–2012 92Rasmus Kristensen 34 Players still playing or available for selection are in bold.

Managers

The management statistics are:

Note that the Denmark national football team has not had a designated team manager for every match.

ManagerYearsWin %Charles Williams1908–1910430128475.0%Axel Andersen Byrval1913–19151917–1918161411681287.5%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 Sørensen1956–19614120813947848.8%Poul Petersen1962–19664717822859436.2%Erik Hansen & Ernst Netuka (caretaker)19678422291150.0%Erik Hansen & Henry From (caretaker)1968–196911416211736.4%John Hansen & Henry From (caretaker)19699513201255.6%Rudi Strittich1970–1975612011308010232.8%Kurt "Nikkelaj" Nielsen1976–19793113612554541.9%Sepp Piontek1979–199011552243916712345.2%Richard Møller Nielsen1990–1996734018151165554.8%Bo Johansson1996–20004017914514342.5%Morten Olsen2000–201516680424425817848.2%Åge Hareide2016–20204221183812650.0%John Jensen (caretaker)20181001030.0% Kasper Hjulmand 2020–2024 55 33 8 14 102 46 60.0% Lars Knudsen (caretaker) 2024 4 2 1 1 6 3 50.0% Brian Riemer 2024–present 16 8 5 3 35 18 50.0%Managers total 1908–present 757 362 166 229 1,349 900 47.8%no manager various 169 73 25 71 366 331 43.2% Grand total 1908–present 928 436 191 301 1,717 1,234 46.98%

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 2026.

DecadePlayedWonDrawnLostForAgainstDiff%Won%Drawn%LostAverage Points per match 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 106 46 30 30 167 113 +54 44% 28% 28% 1.58 2020s 75 43 14 18 143 67 +76 57% 19% 24% 1.91 Total 928 436 191 301 1,724 1,241 +483 47% 21% 32% 1.62

Footnotes GF = Goals for GA = Goals against Richard Møller Nielsen coached 8 matches in the 1988 Summer Olympics qualification 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).

References

External links Landsholdsspillere med mere end 50 kampe at Danish Football Association Palle "Banks" Jørgensen, "Landsholdets 681 profiler fra 1908 til i dag", TIPS-Bladet, 2002, Peders Fodboldstatistik Haslunds fodboldsider