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Second World Cup appearance
Reached the second round of the 1986 World Cup in Mexico
Winner of the European Championships in 1992
Semifinalists of the European championships in 1964 and 1984
Complete First-Round Schedule
| Pos. |
Name |
Age |
Club |
| GK | Peter Kjor
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32
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Silkeborg
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| GK |
Mogens Krogh
|
34
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Brondby
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| GK |
Peter Schmeichel
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34
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Manchester United
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| D |
Michael Schjonberg
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31
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Kaiserslautern
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| D |
Jan Heintze
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34
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Bayer Leverkusen
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| D |
Marc Rieper
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29
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Celtic
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| D |
Jacob Laursen
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26
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Derby County
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| D |
Jes Hogh
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31
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Fenerbahce
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| D |
Soeren Colding
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25
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Brondby
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| D |
Rene Henriksen
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27
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Akademisk
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| M |
Martin Joergensen
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22
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Udinese
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| M |
Michael Laudrup
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33
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Ajax Amsterdam
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| M |
Allan Nielsen
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26
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Tottenham Hotspur
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| M |
Per Frandsen
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28
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Bolton Wanderers
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| M |
Morten Wieghorst
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27
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Celtic
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| M |
Bjarne Goldbak
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29
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FC Copenhagen
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| M |
Thomas Helveg
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26
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Udinese
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| M |
Stig Tofting
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28
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Duisburg
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| F |
Ebbe Sand
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22
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Brondby
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| F |
Peter Moeller
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26
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PSV Eindhoven
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| F |
Miklos Molnar
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28
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Sevilla
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| F |
Brian Laudrup
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29
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Rangers
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| Won |
Lost |
Tied |
GF |
GA |
|
1
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2
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0
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1
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5
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| How Qualified:
First place in UEFA Group 1
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| Date | Result |
| UEFA Group 1 |
| Oct. 11, 1997 | Greece 0, Denmark 0 |
| Sept. 10, 1997 | Denmark 3, Croatia 1 |
| Aug. 20, 1997 | Bosnia-Herzegovina 3, Denmark 0 |
| June 8, 1997 | Denmark 2, Bosnia-Herzegovina 0 |
| April 30, 1997 | Denmark 4, Slovenia 0 |
| March 29, 1997 | Croatia 1, Denmark 1 |
| Oct. 9, 1996 | Denmark 2, Greece 1 |
| Sept. 1, 1996 | Slovenia 0, Denmark 2 |
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Knight-Ridder/Tribune
Location:
Northern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea and the North Sea,
on a peninsula north of Germany
Population:
5.2 million (1995 estimate)
Capital:
Copenhagen
Comparative area:
Slightly more than twice the size of Massachusetts
Religions:
Evangelical Lutheran 91 percent, other Protestant and Roman
Catholic 2 percent, other 7 percent (1988)
Landscape:
Low and flat to gently rolling plains; small kingdom almost
surrounded by water; consists of a peninsula and 482 nearby islands;
Greenland, off the northeastern coast of Canada, is a province of Denmark
even though it lies 1,300 miles away
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