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.[4][5]
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.[6][7]
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.[8] The Danes surprisingly won against the 22-year reigning champions of Europe and qualified to the semifinals, with a 2–1 win.[9] Denmark defeated Austria 3–0 on penalties to reach the final for the first time, after the match finished goalless.[10] 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.[11]
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 unofficial Women's World Cup tournaments in 1970 and 1971. Denmark won both tournaments, the first ever Danish football team to win the World Cup. The final of the 1971 Women's World Cup was played at Estadio Azteca in Coyoacán, Mexico, in front of a crowd of 112,500, the record attendance for any women's sporting event.[6][12][7]
Denmark were in Group D with England, China and Haiti.[13] 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.[14]
The women’s national team does not currently have its own home grounds. From 2015 until 2024, the team played at Energi Viborg Arena, located in Viborg, which has a maximum capacity of 10,000. Since the agreement between the Danish Football Association and Viborg Municipality expired in the summer of 2024, the women’s team has been playing matches at various venues around the country.[15]
24 players were called up for the 2025 Nations League matches on 30 May and 3 June against Wales and Sweden, respectively.[20] On 29 May, Emma Færge withdrew due to injury and Caroline Pleidrup was called up as substitute. On 30 May, Nadia Nadim was called up as temporary substitute for Signe Bruun, who was unavailable against Wales due to injury; on 3 June it was confirmed that Bruun was ready for the match against Sweden and rejoined the squad in Nadim's place.
Caps and goals are current as of the 3 June 2025 match against Sweden.[21]
The following list of active players were not called up for the latest match of the national team, but were called up for an A-level match within the last 12 months.
^From Euro 2025 onwards a new qualifying format was introduced, linked to the Women's Nations League where teams are divided into leagues with promotion/relegation between the leagues at the end of each cycle.
(12 June 2025)[3]
Denmark 1–0 Sweden 
United States 7–0 Denmark 
Czech Republic 
South Africa 
Netherlands 
Iceland 
Poland 
Silver medalists.
Lyon
1991
2015
2019
2023
2027
2035
2004
2020
1987
2025
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2024
2025
