Denmark national under-17 football team

Denmark Under-17

Association	Danish Football Association (Dansk Boldspil-Union)
Confederation	UEFA
Head coach	Thomas Frank
Most caps	Tom Christensen (37)
Top scorer	Jeppe Tengbjerg (21)
FIFA code	DEN
Home colours Away colours
First international
Denmark 3–1 Sweden (Tårnby, Denmark; 5 September 1964)
Biggest win
Denmark 8–0 Lithuania (Warsaw, Poland; 5 September 1999)
Biggest defeat
Portugal 7–0 Denmark (Aveiro, Portugal; 10 March 1996)

The Denmark national under-17 football team was founded in 1964 as a under-16 team. In 2001, it was changed to a under-17 team.

Competitive record

The Danish under-17 squad will make its World Cup debut at the 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Mexico.

UEFA European Under-16 and Under-17 Football Championship

Under-16 era

Edition	Round	MP	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1982	Did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–
1984	Did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–
1985	Did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–
1986	Group phase	3	1	1	1	4	3
1987	Group phase	3	0	2	1	2	3
1988	Did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–
1989	Group phase	3	1	0	2	10	9
1990	Group phase	3	2	0	1	10	3
1991	Group phase	3	0	1	2	3	7
1992	Group phase	3	1	0	2	2	4
1993	Did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–
1994	Runners-up	6	3	1	2	15	13
1995	Did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–
1996	Did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–
1997	Did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–
1998	Quarterfinals	4	1	2	1	2	3
1999	Group phase	3	1	0	2	2	2
2000	Group phase	3	1	0	2	7	7
2001	Did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–

*Draws also include penalty shootouts, regardless of the outcome.

Under-17 era

Edition	Round	MP	W	D*	L	GF	GA
2002	Quarterfinals	4	1	3	0	12	6
2003	Group phase	3	1	0	2	4	5
2004	Did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–
2005	Did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–
2006	Did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–
2007	Did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–
2008	Did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–
2009	Did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–
2010	Did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–
2011	Semifinals	4	3	0	1	6	4

*Draws also include penalty shootouts, regardless of the outcome.

Players

Squad selected for the 2011 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship in Serbia. Caps/goals correct as of May 9, 2011 after the third group match against France

0#0 Pos. Player Date of Birth (Age) Caps Goals Club 1 GK Oliver Korch 18 June 1994 (1994-06-18) (age 17) 15 0 FC Midtjylland 2 DF Mads Aaquist 31 December 1994 (1994-12-31) (age 16) 13 0 F.C. København 3 DF Frederik Holst (Captain) 24 September 1994 (1994-09-24) (age 17) 26 2 Brøndby IF 4 DF Nicolai Johannesen 22 May 1994 (1994-05-22) (age 17) 18 1 Lyngby BK 5 DF Riza Durmisi 8 January 1994 (1994-01-08) (age 17) 23 1 Brøndby IF 6 MF Patrick Olsen 23 April 1994 (1994-04-23) (age 17) 18 0 Brøndby IF 7 MF Christian Nørgaard 10 March 1994 (1994-03-10) (age 17) 17 3 Lyngby BK 9 FW Kenneth Zohore 31 January 1994 (1994-01-31) (age 17) 19 11 F.C. København 20 FW Viktor Fischer 9 June 1994 (1994-06-09) (age 17) 25 19 Ajax 11 FW Danny Amankwaa 30 January 1994 (1994-01-30) (age 17) 20 4 F.C. København 12 DF Patrick Jensen 4 April 1994 (1994-04-04) (age 17) 7 0 Vejle BK 13 MF Pierre-Emil Højbjerg 5 August 1995 (1995-08-05) (age 16) 3 0 Brøndby IF 14 DF Derrick Nissen 29 March 1994 (1994-03-29) (age 17) 9 0 Vejle BK 15 FW Lee Rochester Sørensen 30 April 1994 (1994-04-30) (age 17) 2 0 HB Køge 16 GK Christian Schultz 13 May 1994 (1994-05-13) (age 17) 4 0 Silkeborg IF 17 FW Yussuf Poulsen 16 June 1994 (1994-06-16) (age 17) 14 2 Lyngby BK 18 DF Lucas Andersen 17 November 1994 (1994-11-17) (age 16) 2 0 AaB GK Thomas Hagelskjær 4 February 1995 (1995-02-04) (age 16) 2 0 AGF GK Alexander Nybo 12 April 1995 (1995-04-12) (age 16) 1 0

Head coaches

• 1971: Max Rasmussen
• 1972: Bent Dahl
• 1973–1979: Hardy Gynild
• 1980–1981: Kaj Christensen
• 1982: Hans Brun Larsen
• 1983: Per Simonsen
• 1984–1987: Kim Splidsboel
• 1987–1996: Poul Erik Bech
• 1996–2006: Hans Brun Larsen
• 2006–2008: Glen Riddersholm
• 2008–present: Thomas Frank

See also

• Denmark national football team
• Denmark national under-21 football team
• Denmark national under-19 football team