The Denmark national under-21 football team has played since 1976 and is controlled by the Danish Football Association. Before 1976, the age limit was 23 years. Tournament record UEFA European U-21 Championship *Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks. **Gold background colour indicates that the tournament was won.***Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.Summer Olympics UEFA European Under-21 Championship 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship play-offs The four play-off winners qualify for the final tournament. All times are CEST (UTC+2), as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses). |} Recent results and forthcoming fixtures 2021 Results in 2021 2022 Results in 2022 Current squad The following players were called up for the 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification play-offs games against Croatia on 23 and 27 September 2022.Caps and goals as of 14 September 2022 after the games against Kazakhstan, Scotland and TurkeyMost appearances Because of the age restriction, a player can't be in the team for very long and the most promising young players spend little time with the under-21 team before making their senior national team debut. Note: Club(s) represents the permanent clubs during the player's time in the under-21 national team. Players in bold have played at least one game for the senior Danish national team. Most goals Note: Club(s)'' represents the permanent clubs represented in the games in which the player's scored for the under-21 national team. Players in bold have played at least one game for the senior Danish national team. Managers 1959–1966: Ivan Jessen 1967–1967: Erik Dennung 1968–1969: Ejnar Olsen 1970–1970: Henry From 1971–1973: Kaj Christensen 1974–1974: Ejnar Olsen 1976–1980: Tommy Troelsen 1980–1989: Richard Møller Nielsen 1989–1992: Viggo Jensen 1992–1999: Jan B. Poulsen 2000–2006: Flemming Serritslev 2006–2011: Keld Bordinggaard 2011–2013: Morten Wieghorst 2013–2015: Jess Thorup 2015–2019: Niels Frederiksen 2019–2021: Albert Capellas 2021–2023: Jesper Sørensen 2023–: Steffen Højer See also European Under-21 Football Championship 2006 Denmark national under-17 football team Denmark national football team References External links UEFA Under-21 website DBU Under-21 website European national under-21 association football teams under-21