2022 World Cup Team Profile: Denmark

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JAKARTA - The Danish national football team has always impressed the football world with its attractive appearance. After qualifying for the Qatar 2022 World Cup, the football world can't wait to see what this team has in store.

The Danish national team has produced some of the world's best footballers, such as Cristian Eriksen and Peter Schmeichel. This article will cover team details, including roster, world rankings, and more.

Profile overview

There is a lot of information about the talented Danish national team, but here is a brief summary of the team profile:

Full Name: Denmark National Football Team Nickname: De Rod-Hvide (Red and White, Dynamite Association: Dansk Boldspil-Union (DBU) Confederation: UEFA (Europe) Head coach: Kasper Hjulmand Captain: Simon Kjaer Most appearances: Peter Schmeichel ( 129) Top scorers: Poul “Tist” Nielsen, Jon Dahl Tomasson (52) Home stadium: Parken Stadium FIFA code: DEN World Cup appearances: 6 (first in 1986) Best World Cup result: Quarter-finals (1998) Nickname

Team Dynamite is the nickname of the Danish national football team.

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Here are some of the outstanding achievements that the Danish national team has bagged in its history:

European Champion 91/92 Confederations Cup 94/95 Team captain

The current captain of the Danish national team is AC Milan defender Simon Kjaer. The 33-year-old recently received an award from the UEFA President for his actions when his international team-mate, Christian Eriksen, collapsed in the opening match of UEFA Euro 2020. Unfortunately, Kjaer suffered an injury and missed the second half of the Serie A season.

Player name: Simon Thorup Kjaer Nickname: The Vikings, The Danish Wall Age: 33 (as of June 2022) Date of birth: 26 March 1989 Place of birth: Horsens, Denmark Wife: Elina Gollert Jersey number: 24 Current club: AC Milan Former Club: Atalanta Playing position: Central defender Optional foot: Right Player's height: 1.91 meters Net worth: 19 million US dollars Salary: 1.35 million US dollars Coach

The current coach of the Danish national team is Kasper Hjulmand. He is a former member of the Danish national team. Prior to his appointment in 2020, he served as manager of Nordsjaelland FC.

Full name: Kasper Hjulmand Age: 50 (as of May 2022) Date of birth: April 9, 1972 Place of birth: Aalborg, Denmark Previous position: Defender Top player

Christian Eriksen

While still a member of the Denmark U-19 national team, Eriksen was approached by many top European clubs such as Chelsea, Barcelona, ​​Real Madrid, Manchester United and Milan, but he ended up choosing Ajax.

Ajax signed him for two and a half years at the end of 2008, and since then he has played for the club's senior team, scoring 25 goals in 113 games. Eriksen's next stop was Tottenham, although many people were surprised by this decision.

Before leaving Tottenham, he was one of the team's most important players and started the seven seasons he played. Inter Milan then signed Eriksen at the start of the 2020-21 season and he helped Antonio Conte's men to the Scudetto. Currently, Eriksen has been a Brentford FC player since the middle of the 2021/2022 season.

Peter Schmeichel

With Brondby, the most famous Danish club, Schmeichel started his playing career in 1987. He is best known for his "Star Jump" method of saving goals. Schmeichel was signed by Manchester United for 558,600 US dollars at the end of the 1990-91 season after brilliant performances for FC Copenhagen, and four consecutive Danish league titles attracted the interest of many elite clubs.

His eight-year career at Manchester United saw him make over 300 appearances. After two seasons in Portugal, Schmeichel returned to England to play for Aston Villa and Manchester City, before joining Sporting Lisbon.

Schmeichel was Denmark's main goalkeeper for 14 years and has a record for his country of 129 appearances. In 2003, the 39-year-old goalkeeper retired from football. Now, the position of goalkeeper for Team Dynamite is held by his son, Kasper

2022 World Cup provisional squad

Goalkeeper

Kasper Schmeichel Frederik Ronnow Daniel Iversen

defender

Andreas Christensen Joachim Andersen Jannik Vestergaard Victor Nelsson Andreas Maxso Mads Pedersen Joakim Maehle Rasmus Kristensen Alexander Bah

Midfielder

Christian Norgaard Thomas Delaney Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg Philip Billing Mathias Jensend Casper Nielsen Christian Eriksen Jesper Lindstrom Striker Jacob Bruun Larsen Andreas Skov Olsen Yussuf Poulsen Kasper Dolberg Jonas Wind Andreas Cornelius FIFA Rankings

Denmark is currently ranked 10th in FIFA with 1665.47 points. Their recent outstanding performance greatly influenced this ranking. Team Dynamite's highest FIFA ranking was 3 in May 1997 and August 1997, while the lowest was 51 in April 2017.

Denmark at the World Cup

The Danish national team, who advanced to the last 16 of the 2018 World Cup, will be competing in their sixth World Cup in Qatar. Team Dynamite will be competing in their second consecutive World Cup for the second time in history. Denmark last competed in back-to-back World Cups in 1998 and 2002.

Denmark at the 2022 World Cup

The Danish national team is ranked first in the European zone World Cup qualifying Group F and qualified for Qatar. They won the group consisting of Scotland, Israel, Austria, Faroe Islands and Moldova with 27 points from ten matches played.

This clearly shows that the Danish team is in the mood to make history. With such a talented squad at their disposal, anything is possible.

In Qatar, Team Dynamite occupies Group D with France, Australia and Tunisa. Here is their group fixture schedule:

Tuesday, 22 November 2022France vs Australia: 20:00 WIB Wednesday, 23 November 2022Denmark vs Tunisia: 02:00 WIB Saturday, 26 November 2022France vs Denmark: 17:00 WIBTunisia vs Australia: 23:00 WIB Wednesday, 30 November 2022Tunisia vs France: 22:00 WST Australia vs Denmark: 22.00 WIB