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.

[edit] Most capped

Main article: List of Denmark international footballers

As of June 1, 2008, the ten players with the most caps for Denmark are:

#	Name	Career	Caps	Goals
1	Peter Schmeichel*	1987-2001	129	1
2	Thomas Helveg	1994-2008	108	2
3	Michael Laudrup	1982-1998	104	37
4	Morten Olsen	1970-1989	102	4
5	Jon Dahl Tomasson	1997-	99	51
6	John Sivebæk*	1982-1992	87	1
7	Jan Heintze	1987-2002	86	4
8	Martin Jørgensen	1998-	85	12
9	Lars Olsen*	1986-1996	84	4
10	Brian Laudrup*	1987-1998	82	21

Players still playing or available for selection are in bold. * denotes members of the 1992 European Championship-winning team.

As of June 1, 2008, the goalscoring statistics are:

#	Player	Career	Goals	Caps	Goals/cap
1	Poul "Tist" Nielsen	1910-1925	52	38	1.37
2	Jon Dahl Tomasson	1997-	51	99	0.52
3	Pauli Jørgensen	1925-1939	44	47	0.94
4	Ole Madsen	1958-1969	42	50	0.84
5	Preben Elkjær	1977-1988	38	69	0.55
6	Michael Laudrup	1982-1998	37	104	0.36
7	Henning Enoksen	1958-1966	29	54	0.54
8	Ebbe Sand	1998-2004	22	66	0.33
=	Michael Rohde	1915-1931	22	40	0.55
10	Brian Laudrup*	1987-1998	21	82	0.27
=	Flemming Povlsen*	1987-1994	21	62	0.34

Players still playing or available for selection are in bold. * denotes members of the 1992 European Championship-winning team.

Only people with at least five goals have been included.

#	Player	Career	Goals/cap	Goals	Caps
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
5	Harald Nielsen	1959-1960	1.07	15	14
6	Iver Schriver	1971	1.00	5	5
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

As of June 1, 2008, 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	Peter Schmeichel*	1996-2001	30 (129)	23.3%
5	Ole Madsen	1962-1969	28 (51)	54.9%
=	Michael Laudrup	1994-1998	28 (104)	25.7%
7	Knud Lundberg	1947-1956	27 (39)	69.2%
8	Fritz Tarp	1923-1934	26 (44)	59.1%
9	René Henriksen	2002-2004	25 (66)	37.9%
10	Henning Munk Jensen	1975-1978	24 (62)	38.7%

Players still playing or available for selection are in bold. * denotes members of the 1992 European Championship-winning team.

As of June 1, 2008, the caution and sending-off statistics are:

#	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
5	John Jensen*	1986-1995	69	9
=	Søren Lerby	1978-1989	67	9
=	Peter Schmeichel*	1987-2001	129	9
8	Jes Høgh	1991-2000	57	7
=	Christian Poulsen	2001-	56	7
=	Daniel Jensen	2002-	36	7

Players still playing or available for selection are in bold. * denotes members of the 1992 European Championship-winning team.

#	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
=	Per Røntved	1970-1982	75	1
=	Jesper Grønkjær	1999-	70	1
=	Niclas Jensen	1998-	62	1
=	Christian Poulsen	2001-	55	1

Players still playing or available for selection are in bold. * denotes members of the 1992 European Championship-winning team.

As of June 1, 2008, 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^[1]	GA^[2]	Win %
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%
John 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^[3] 1990-1996	73	40	18	15	116	55	54.8%
Bo Johansson	1996-2000	40	17	9	14	51	43	42.5%
Morten Olsen^[4]	2000-present	87	48	24	15	154	83	55.2%
Managers total	1908-present	561	266	116	179	1023	712	47.4%
no manager	various^[5]	169	73	25	71	366	331	43.2%
Grand total	1908-present	730	339	141	250	1389	1043	46.4%

Main article: List of Denmark national football team results

Note that Average points per game is calculated by using 3 points for a win and 1 point for a draw.

Decade	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Diff	%Won	%Drawn	%Lost	Average Points per game
1900s	3	2	0	1	26	3	+23	67%	0%	33%	2.0
1910s	30	23	1	6	108	33	+75	77%	3%	20%	2.3
1920s	40	17	9	14	75	61	+14	43%	23%	35%	1.5
1930s	46	21	5	20	119	99	+20	46%	11%	43%	1.5
1940s	42	21	7	14	105	76	+29	50%	17%	33%	1.7
1950s	72
1960s	91
1970s	97
1980s	115
1990s	102
2000s	90
Total	730

^ 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.
^ [6] Last updated June 1, 2008.
^ 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).