UEFA Euro Team Watch – Denmark

 Denmark are placed in "group of death" in Euro 2012. Currently 9th in the World FIFA ranking, they can be considered a big threat for any other side in this Euro. A lot of surprising results are expected from this Danish side. Every Danish fan would want to buy Euro ticket for this Euro.

Group B opponents - Netherlands, Germany, Portugal

Past Records in Euro

Denmark had an impressive Euro 1964, where they finished fourth in the competition.

In 1984, they were called “Danish Dynamite”, but still they were unable to proceed to the final of Euro losing in the semis to Spain.

At Euro 1988, success was expected for the Danish side, but they lost all their group games to be eliminated from the competition.

Euro 1992 proved to be lucky for Denmark. They were not able to qualify for that Euro placed just below Yugoslovakia. But due to the Yugoslov war, Yugoslovakia were excluded from the competition and hence Denmark got through to the finals. The defensive tactics of the manager won them the championship beating Germany in the final. It was their first international trophy.

 However, they could not defend the title in 1996 European championship, producing a lackluster performance to be eliminated in the group stage.

Euro 2000 was again a disappointment for the Danish side as they were unable to repeat the performance of the qualifiers. They lost all 3 group games to be eliminated.

The Euro 2004 will also be remembered for an incident in the game with Italy, where Italian star Francesco Totti was caught on camera spitting on Danish player Christian Poulsen; and then subsequently the joint elimination of Italy by Denmark and Sweden in the last group stage match, when the two teams drew 2–2 following a Swedish goal in the 89th minute, making for the exact and famous result that would see the Italians eliminated.

Euro 2008

Denmark failed to qualify for Euro 2008, which got the team heavily criticized.

Euro 2012

Road to Qualification

Denmark finished top of the table in the qualifiers ahead of their group-mates Portugal. They had 6 wins out of the eight games played.

                                                                   Probable Line-up

Sørensen

Jacobsen – Agger (c) – Kjær - Poulsen

Zimling - Kvist

Eriksen

Rommedahl – Bendtner - Kahlenberg

Most capped Players

Dennis Rommedahl – 114 caps (21 goals)

Thomas Sørensen – 100 caps (0 goals)

Christian Poulsen – 90 caps (6 goals)

Top Goalscorers

Dennis Rommedahl – 21 goals

Nicklas Bendtner – 17 goals

Christian Poulsen – 6 goals

Man To Watch

                                                                Christian Eriksen

Christian Dannemann Eriksen is a young player and is one of the hottest prospects in this Euro. Though not much experienced, he can prove himself as a playmaker in the heart of Danish midfield. Emerging through the Ajax youth academy, he is already compared to the likes of Wesley Sneijder and Rafael van der Vaart. He became the youngest Danish player ever to score a goal in European qualification on June 24, 2011, scoring against Iceland. He was named Danish Football Player of the Year on November 7, 2011.