Swimming national side
Denmark U21
National team · Denmark
«Denmark U21»
Vejle Stadion, holding just over 11,000, is the closest thing this side has to a settled home.
Denmark have never lifted the UEFA European Under-21 Championship. The closest they came was 1992, a semi-final run in the tournament's early years, and again in 2015, when Sweden beat them 4–1 at that stage in Prague — a defeat that still frames the rivalry between the two youth sides. Quarter-final exits followed in 1978, 1986, 2021 and 2025, along with one as an under-23 side back in 1972.
The gold medal from 1992 belongs to a different competition. Playing as an under-23 team at the Barcelona Olympics, Denmark beat Spain 3–2 in the final, a result the age-group programme has not matched at either tournament since.
Squads at this level turn over fast, but the names that came through it read like a roll call of the senior team's better years: Thomas Kahlenberg, Peter Møller, and more recently Pierre-Emile Højbjerg, Andreas Christensen and Yussuf Poulsen all wore the shirt on their way up. Marcus Ingvartsen remains the group's leading scorer with 17 goals, and Jonas Kamper holds the appearance record with 39 caps — a mark that says less about any one tournament than about how long he kept getting picked.
Latest results
Fixtures and results| 28 Sep | UEFA U21 Championship - Qualification |
Belarus U21
H
|
2:0 | W |
| 31 Mar | UEFA U21 Championship - Qualification |
Wales U21
H
|
4:0 | W |
| 18 Nov 2025 | UEFA U21 Championship - Qualification |
Belarus U21
A
|
1:0 | W |
| 14 Nov 2025 | Friendlies |
Usa U21
H
|
1:1 | D |
| 14 Oct 2025 | UEFA U21 Championship - Qualification |
Belgium U21
A
|
0:2 | L |
| 10 Oct 2025 | UEFA U21 Championship - Qualification |
Austria U21
H
|
1:1 | D |
Standing
UEFA U21 Championship - QualificationGroup stage · Group I
| # | Team | M | W | D | L | Goals | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Belgium U21
|
6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12:2 | 13 |
| 2 |
 Denmark U21
|
6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14:5 | 13 |
| 3 |
Austria U21
|
6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7:7 | 10 |
| 4 |
Wales U21
|
6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6:20 | 6 |
| 5 |
Belarus U21
|
8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7:12 | 4 |
Team statistics
matches counted in total: 39| Metric | Total | Home | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matches | 39 | 19 | 20 |
| Scored | 74 | 42 | 32 |
| Conceded | 38 | 18 | 20 |
| Scored per game | 1.9 | 2.2 | 1.6 |
| Conceded per game | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.0 |
| Difference | +36 | +24 | +12 |
Fixtures of Denmark U21
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2 Oct · 17:00
Austria U21
A
UEFA U21 Championship - Qualification
-
28 Sep
Belarus U21
H
2:0
W
-
31 Mar
Wales U21
H
4:0
W
-
18 Nov
Belarus U21
A
1:0
W
-
14 Nov
Usa U21
H
1:1
D
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14 Oct
Belgium U21
A
0:2
L
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10 Oct
Austria U21
H
1:1
D
-
8 Sep
Wales U21
A
6:2
W
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22 Jun
France U21
H
2:3
L
Honours of Denmark U21
- Olympic Gold Medal 1992 1
- UEFA European Under-21 Championship Semi-finals 1992, 2015 2