Denmark women's national football team
| Nickname(s) | De rød-hvide (The Red and Whites) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Association | Dansk Boldspil-Union (DBU) | |||
| Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | |||
| Head coach | Jakob Michelsen | |||
| Captain | Pernille Harder | |||
| Most caps | Katrine Pedersen (210) | |||
| Top scorer | Pernille Harder (82) | |||
| FIFA code | DEN | |||
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| FIFA ranking | ||||
| Current | 14 (11 December 2025) | |||
| Highest | 6 (March – June 2007; March – June 2009) | |||
| Lowest | 20 (June – August 2016) | |||
| First international | ||||
| Denmark 1–0 Sweden (Markusböle, Finland; 27 July 1974) | ||||
| Biggest win | ||||
| Denmark 15–0 Georgia (Vejle, Denmark; 24 October 2009) | ||||
| Biggest defeat | ||||
| United States 7–0 Denmark (Orlando, United States; 24 February 1995) | ||||
| World Cup | ||||
| Appearances | 5 (first in 1991) | |||
| Best result | Quarter-finals (1991, 1995) | |||
| European Championship | ||||
| Appearances | 11 (first in 1984) | |||
| Best result | Runners-up (2017) | |||
The Denmark women's national football team (Danish: Danmarks kvindefodboldlandshold) represents Denmark and Greenland in international women's football. The team is governed by the Danish Football Association (DBU) and competes as a member of UEFA in various international football tournaments such as the FIFA Women's World Cup, UEFA Women's Euro, the Summer Olympics, the Algarve Cup, and, since 2023, the new UEFA Women's Nations League.
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. 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.
Denmark have qualified five times for the FIFA Women's World Cup and eleven times for the UEFA Women's Championship. The team's greatest official accomplishment to date was winning silver at the UEFA Women's Euro 2017, where they lost to the Netherlands. In the UEFA Women's Euro 2013, Denmark beat France to reach the semi-finals, where they lost on penalties to Norway.
In March 2007, Denmark was ranked sixth in the FIFA Women's World Rankings, reaching the highest ranking since it was introduced. The lowest ranking so far was a 20th-place finish in June 2016.