DENMARK GROUP B Germany Portugal Netherlands
Denmark national team lineup
HIGHS AND LOWS From relaxing on the beaches of southern France to European Championship glory a few weeks later – the story of Denmark’s EURO ‘92 heroes is a tale unlikely to ever be repeated. Due to international sanctions, UEFA announced 10 days before the competition commenced that Yugoslavia were to be excluded and their place given to Denmark, who entered as the second-placed team in its qualifying group. Completely unprepared and
deprived of their best player in Michael Laudrup, who had fallen out with coach Richard Møller Nielsen, the Danes kicked-off with a 0-0 draw against England and appeared destined for an early exit when they lost to hosts Sweden.
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But a shock 2-1 win over
France teed up a semi- fi nal against Holland which fi nished in a 2-2 draw. Peter Schmeichel saved Marco van Basten’s spot kick in the shootout and then produced more stunning acts of defi ance in the fi nal against a German side who simply could not fi nd a way past the Manchester United stopper, before succumbing to goals from John Jensen and Kim Vilfort.
Aside from that landmark
success their record in this competition is not particularly auspicious, a fourth-placed fi nish in 1964 and a semi-fi nal appearance in 1984 aside. Indeed, at EURO 2000 they lost all three games and failed to score and fared only marginally better four years later.
AMAZING FACT Since winning the tournament in 1992 Denmark have won only two of 10 subsequent matches at the fi nals.
NICKNAME: De Rød-Hvide (The Red and Whites)
HOME STADIUM: Parken Stadium – Copenhagen
COLOURS/STRIP: Red shirts, white shorts, red socks
COACH: Morten Olsen, July 2000
CAPTAIN: Daniel Agger, August 2011
HIGHEST SCORER: Jon Dahl Tomasson (52), 1997-2010
MOST CAPPED PLAYER: Peter Schmeichel (129), 1987-2001
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