Denmark national under-17 football team

Denmark Under-17
Shirt badge/Association crest
AssociationDanish Football Association
(Dansk Boldspil-Union)
ConfederationUEFA
Head coachSøren Hermansen
Most capsTom Christensen (37)
Top scorerViktor Fischer (20)
FIFA codeDEN
First colours
Second colours
First international
 Denmark 3–1 Sweden 
(Tårnby, Denmark; 5 September 1964)
Biggest win
 Liechtenstein 0–11 Denmark 
(Csákvár, Hungary; 3 October 2016)
Biggest defeat
 Portugal 7–0 Denmark 
(Aveiro, Portugal; 10 March 1996)
World Cup
Appearances1 (first in 2011)
Best resultGroup stage (2011)
European Championship
Appearances17 (first in 1986)
Best resultRunners-up (1994)

The Denmark national under-17 football team represents Denmark in international football at this age level and is controlled by the Danish Football Association, the governing body for football in Denmark. It was founded in 1964 as an under-16 team. In 2001, it was changed to an under-17 team.

Competitive record

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

Under-16 era

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Edition Round MP W D* L GF GA
China 1985 Did not qualify
Canada 1987
Scotland 1989

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

Under-17 era

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Edition Round MP W D* L GF GA
Italy 1991 to Nigeria 2009 did not qualify
Mexico 2011 Group stage 3 0 1 2 3 8
United Arab Emirates 2013 to Qatar 2025 did not qualify

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

Under-16 era

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Edition Round MP W D* L GF GA
Italy 1982 did not qualify
West Germany 1984
Hungary 1985
Greece 1986 Group phase 3 1 1 1 4 3
France 1987 Group phase 3 0 2 1 2 3
Spain 1988 did not qualify
Denmark 1989 Group phase 3 1 0 2 10 9
East Germany 1990 Group phase 3 2 0 1 10 3
Switzerland 1991 Group phase 3 0 1 2 3 7
Cyprus 1992 Group phase 3 1 0 2 2 4
Turkey 1993 Did not qualify
Republic of Ireland 1994 Runners-up 6 3 1 2 15 13
Belgium 1995 did not qualify
Austria 1996
Germany 1997
Scotland 1998 Quarterfinals 4 1 2 1 2 3
Czech Republic 1999 Group phase 3 1 0 2 2 2
Israel 2000 Group phase 3 1 0 2 7 7
England 2001 did not qualify

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

Under-17 era

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Edition Round MP W D* L GF GA
Denmark 2002 Quarterfinals 4 1 3 0 12 6
Portugal 2003 Group phase 3 1 0 2 4 5
France 2004 did not qualify
Italy 2005
Luxembourg 2006
Belgium 2007
Turkey 2008
Germany 2009
Liechtenstein 2010
Serbia 2011 Semifinals 4 3 0 1 6 4
Slovenia 2012 did not qualify
Slovakia 2013
Malta 2014
Bulgaria 2015
Azerbaijan 2016 Group phase 3 1 1 1 2 3
Croatia 2017 did not qualify
England 2018 Group phase 3 0 0 3 2 5
Republic of Ireland 2019 did not qualify
Estonia 2020 Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic[1][2]
Cyprus 2021
Israel 2022 Quarterfinals 4 2 0 2 9 6
Hungary 2023 did not qualify
Cyprus 2024 Semifinals 5 1 2 2 5 8
Albania 2025 did not qualify

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


Players

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Current squad

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No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Andreas Søndenbroe (2008-03-16) 16 March 2008 (age 17) 7 0 Denmark FC Nordsjælland
1GK Tobias Elnegaard (2008-07-02) 2 July 2008 (age 16) 4 0 Denmark OB

2DF Lucas Bryde (2008-02-01) 1 February 2008 (age 17) 10 0 Denmark OB
2DF Johan Hvistendahl (2008-02-03) 3 February 2008 (age 17) 9 0 Denmark AaB
2DF Adam Amrani (2008-10-09) 9 October 2008 (age 16) 7 0 Denmark OB
2DF Villads Rutkjær (2008-10-04) 4 October 2008 (age 16) 6 0 Denmark FC Nordsjælland
2DF Aske Christensen (2008-02-04) 4 February 2008 (age 17) 5 0 Denmark FC København
2DF William Møller (2008-01-09) 9 January 2008 (age 17) 5 0 Denmark Silkeborg IF
2DF William Nørløv (2008-01-31) 31 January 2008 (age 17) 3 0 Denmark FC København

3MF Ali Al-Najar (2008-01-23) 23 January 2008 (age 17) 10 0 Denmark Brøndby IF
3MF Malthe Mortensen (2008-01-31) 31 January 2008 (age 17) 10 0 Denmark AaB
3MF Sander Larsen (2008-09-06) 6 September 2008 (age 16) 9 2 Denmark Brøndby IF
3MF Adam Fuglsang (2008-05-18) 18 May 2008 (age 16) 6 0 Denmark AGF
3MF Tristan Panduro (2008-01-10) 10 January 2008 (age 17) 5 0 Denmark FC København
3MF Viggo Poulsen (2008-04-07) 7 April 2008 (age 16) 3 0 Denmark Brøndby IF

4FW Malik Pimpong (2008-01-01) 1 January 2008 (age 17) 10 4 Denmark FC Midtjylland
4FW Mark Ian Steffensen (2008-02-07) 7 February 2008 (age 17) 10 2 Denmark AGF
4FW William Faber (2008-07-16) 16 July 2008 (age 16) 10 0 Denmark FC Nordsjælland
4FW Julius Lucena (2008-03-05) 5 March 2008 (age 17) 9 0 Denmark Esbjerg fB
4FW Jacob Ambæk (2008-03-28) 28 March 2008 (age 17) 7 4 Denmark Brøndby IF

Head coaches

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "U17 finals in Estonia cancelled". UEFA. 18 March 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
  2. ^ "2020/21 Under-17 EURO cancelled". UEFA. 18 December 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
  3. ^ "U17-landsholdet - trup" (in Danish). Dansk Boldspil-Union. Retrieved 13 March 2025.