ENGLAND v DENMARK

Yesterday, June 20th 2024, the fixture list for EURO 2024 showed Denmark playing England at 5pm. We had a Walking Football session at Penistone AFC that afternoon and the timetable was arranged to accommodate both our important activity and the big game. 

England's first international football match took place on March 8th 1873 at the Kennington Oval (yes the Cricket ground). It was against the auld enemy, Scotland, of course. Across the channel matches did not get sorted until 1908 when England went on tour to Austria, Hungary and Bohemia in June.

The first fixture between England and Denmark was played on the 9th October 1948 at Idraestparken in Copenhagen. The match, watched by 41,000 resulted in a 0-0 draw! The England team included Frank Swift, as captain in goal, Billy Wright, Stanley Matthews, Len Shackleton and Tommy Lawton. I hope you have heard of these very famous internationals? The others included L. Scott of Arsenal,  J. Aston (Man U), H. Cockburn (Man U), J. Hagan (Sheff U) and R. Langton (Blackburn R, Preston NE and Bolton W).

Below, the list of past matches between the two nations.

26 Sep 1948	Denmark v England	D	0-0	International Friendly
02 Oct 1955	Denmark v England	W	1-5	International Friendly
05 Dec 1956	England v Denmark	W	5-2	FIFA World Cup
15 May 1957	Denmark v England	W	1-4	FIFA World Cup
03 Jul 1966	Denmark v England	W	0-2	International Friendly
20 Sep 1978	Denmark v England	W	3-4	UEFA European Championship
12 Sep 1979	England v Denmark	W	1-0	UEFA European Championship
22 Sep 1982	Denmark v England	D	2-2	UEFA European Championship
21 Sep 1983	England v Denmark	L	0-1	UEFA European Championship
14 Sep 1988	England v Denmark	W	1-0	International Friendly
07 Jun 1989	Denmark v England	D	1-1	International Friendly
15 May 1990	England v Denmark	W	1-0	International Friendly
11 Jun 1992	Denmark v England	D	0-0	UEFA European Championship
09 Mar 1994	England v Denmark	W	1-0	International Friendly
15 Jun 2002	Denmark v England	W	0-3	FIFA World Cup
16 Nov 2003	England v Denmark	L	2-3	International Friendly
17 Aug 2005	Denmark v England	L	4-1	International Friendly
09 Feb 2011	Denmark v England	W	1-2	International Friendly
05 Mar 2014	England v Denmark	W	1-0	International Friendly
08 Sep 2020	Denmark v England	D	0-0	UEFA Nations League
14 Oct 2020	England v Denmark	L	0-1	UEFA Nations League
07 Jul 2021	England v Denmark	W	2-1	UEFA European Championship
20 Jun 2024	Denmark v England			UEFA European Championship

and the result was 1-1!! Thanks to Harry Kane. Not a match or result to get over excited about.
and FIFA Ranking of Denmark.

Current	21  (20 June 2024)
Highest	3 (May 1997, August 1997)
Lowest	51 (April 2017)
First international
Denmark 9–0 France B  (at London, England; 19 October 1908)
Biggest win
Denmark 17–1 France  (at London, England; 22 October 1908)
Biggest defeat
Germany 8–0 Denmark  (at Breslau, Germany; 16 May 1937)
World Cup
Appearances	6 (first in 1986)
Best result	Quarter-finals (1998)
European Championship
Appearances	10 (first in 1964)
Best result	Champions (1992)
CONMEBOL–UEFA Cup of Champions
Appearances	1 (first in 1993)
Best result	Runners-up (1993)
FIFA Confederations Cup
Appearances	1 (first in 1995)
Best result	Champions (1995)

In the first official football tournament at the 1908 Olympics, Denmark won a silver medal. Of course England have not won any Olympic medals...because the country enters the Olympics under the heading of Great Britain. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Britain_Olympic_football_team