2018 FIFA World Cup: Denmark
The Denmark national football team represents Denmark in all international competition. Controlled by Danish Football Association (DBU), Denmark made its first debut appearance in the FIFA World Cup in the year 1986 along with Canada and Iraq.
As of January 18, 2018, Denmark is in the 12th spot of FIFA ranking. For five times the Danish football team has appeared in the World Cup with showing their best performance in the 1998 FIFA World Cup hosted by France by reaching in the quarter finals.
Denmark's Morten Olsen (left) and Germany's Rudi Voeller (right) in the 1986 FIFA World Cup
Picture credit: fifa.com
Denmark qualified for the 2018 FIFA World Cup under the management/coaching of Age Hareide. The current Danish squad has 23 players who were called up for the qualification matches against Republic of Ireland. Feel free to check out the details of the players given below:
|
Jersey number |
Position |
Player |
Date of birth |
Goals |
|
1 |
Goalkeeper |
Kasper Schmeichel |
5 November 1986 |
0 |
|
16 |
Goalkeeper |
Jonas Lossl |
1 February 1989 |
0 |
|
22 |
Goalkeeper |
Frederik Rønnow |
4 August 1992 |
0 |
|
3 |
Defender |
Jannik Vestergaard |
3 August 1992 |
1 |
|
4 |
Defender |
Simon Kjær (captain) |
26 March 1989 |
3 |
|
5 |
Defender |
Peter Ankersen |
22 September 1990 |
1 |
|
6 |
Defender |
Andreas Christensen |
10 April 1996 |
1 |
|
12 |
Defender |
Andreas Bjelland |
11 July 1988 |
2 |
|
13 |
Defender |
Mathias Jørgensen |
23 April 1990 |
0 |
|
14 |
Defender |
Jonas Knudsen J |
16 September 1992 |
0 |
|
17 |
Defender |
Jens Larsen |
21 February 1991 |
1 |
|
2 |
Midfielder |
Mike Jensen |
19 February 1988 |
0 |
|
7 |
Midfielder |
William Kvist (vice-captain) |
24 February 1985 |
2 |
|
8 |
Midfielder |
Thomas Delaney |
3 September 1991 |
4 |
|
10 |
Midfielder |
Christian Eriksen |
14 February 1992 |
21 |
|
18 |
Midfielder |
Lukas Lerager |
12 July 1993 |
0 |
|
19 |
Midfielder |
Lasse Schone |
27 May 1986 |
3 |
|
23 |
Midfielder |
Pione Sisto |
4 February 1995 |
0 |
|
9 |
Forward |
Nicolai Jorgensen |
15 January 1991 |
8 |
|
11 |
Forward |
Nicklas Bendtner |
16 January 1988 |
30 |
|
15 |
Forward |
Martin Braithwaite |
5 June 1991 |
1 |
|
20 |
Forward |
Yussuf Poulsen |
15 June 1994 |
3 |
|
21 |
Forward |
Andreas Cornelius |
16 March 1993 |
4 |
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