Denmark national under-21 football team

The Denmark national under-21 football team has played since 1976 and is controlled by the Danish Football Association. Before 1976, the age limit was 23 years.

UEFA European U-21 Championship

 * *Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
 * ''**Gold background colour indicates that the tournament was won.
 * ***Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship play-offs
 The four play-off winners qualify for the final tournament.

All times are CEST (UTC+2), as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).



Current squad
The following players were called up for the exhibition game against on 6 June 2024.

Caps and goals updated as of June 3, 2024, after the match against .

Most appearances
Because of the age restriction, a player can't be in the team for very long and the most promising young players spend little time with the under-21 team before making their senior national team debut.

Note: Club(s) represents the permanent clubs during the player's time in the under-21 national team. Players in bold have played at least one game for the senior Danish national team.

Most goals
Note: Club(s) represents the permanent clubs represented in the games in which the player's scored for the under-21 national team. Players in bold have played at least one game for the senior Danish national team.

Managers

 * 1959–1966 Ivan Jessen
 * 1967–1967 Erik Dennung
 * 1968–1969 Ejnar Olsen
 * 1970–1970 Henry From
 * 1971–1973 Kaj Christensen
 * 1974–1974 Ejnar Olsen
 * 1976–1980 Tommy Troelsen
 * 1980–1989 Richard Møller Nielsen
 * 1989–1992 Viggo Jensen
 * 1992–1999 Jan B. Poulsen
 * 2000–2006 Flemming Serritslev
 * 2006–2011 Keld Bordinggaard
 * 2011–2013 Morten Wieghorst
 * 2013–2015 Jess Thorup
 * 2015–2019 Niels Frederiksen
 * 2019–2021 Albert Capellas
 * 2021–2023 Jesper Sørensen
 * 2023–present Steffen Højer