Denmark women's national football team
| Nickname(s) | De rød-hvide (The Red and White) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Association | Dansk Boldspil-Union (DBU) | |||
| Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | |||
| Head coach | Andrée Jeglertz | |||
| Captain | Pernille Harder | |||
| Most caps | Katrine Pedersen (210) | |||
| Top scorer | Pernille Harder (78) | |||
| FIFA code | DEN | |||
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| FIFA ranking | ||||
| Current | 12 (12 June 2025) | |||
| 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 | 11 (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 governed 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.
A Danish national women's football team was not formally recognised by DBU until February 1972. The first official match was played against Sweden in Markusböle, Finland on 27 July 1974.
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. During the era before DBU recognised women's football as legitimate, various teams were assembled independently to compete for Denmark in unofficial competitions, including the 1969 Euros, 1970 Women's World Cup and the 1971 Women's World Cup. Denmark were runners-up at the 1969 Euros held in Italy, and won both the 1970 and 1971 World Cups held in Italy and Mexico, respectively. The 1971 final in Mexico had the highest ever recorded attendance of a women's sporting event, with 112,500 spectators.
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.