UEFA Womens Nations League | 02/21 17:00 | 1 | Denmark Women vs Sweden Women | - | View | |
UEFA Womens Nations League | 02/25 17:00 | 2 | Italy Women vs Denmark Women | - | View | |
UEFA Womens Nations League | 04/04 17:00 | 3 | Wales Women vs Denmark Women | - | View | |
UEFA Womens Nations League | 04/08 17:00 | 4 | Denmark Women vs Italy Women | - | View | |
UEFA Womens Nations League | 05/30 17:00 | 5 | Denmark Women vs Wales Women | - | View | |
UEFA Womens Nations League | 06/03 17:00 | 6 | Sweden Women vs Denmark Women | - | View |
Total | Home | Away | |
---|---|---|---|
Matches played | 10 | 7 | 3 |
Wins | 6 | 4 | 2 |
Draws | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Losses | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Goals for | 23 | 15 | 8 |
Goals against | 11 | 7 | 4 |
Clean sheets | 4 | 3 | 1 |
Failed to score | 1 | 1 | 0 |
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. The Danes surprisingly won against the 22-year reigning champions of Europe and qualified to the semifinals, with a 2–1 win. Denmark defeated Austria 3–0 on penalties to reach the final for the first time, after the match finished goalless. 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.
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 were one of the earliest pioneers of women's football competing in the 1971 Women's World Cup.
Denmark were in Group D with England, China and Haiti. They lost to England and defeated China and Haiti to finish second in the group. They were eliminated in the Round of 16 when they lost 2-0 to Australia.