Denmark Women's Euro 2025 squad has been confirmed.
As one of the most experienced Euro 2025 squads, they will be aiming to go one better than their second-place finish at the 2017 tournament.
Denmark don’t have the historic prestige of Sweden and Norway, but they did get to the knockout rounds at the last World Cup and have reached the semi-finals at two of the past three Euros, even contesting the final in 2017.
Escaping their group will be hard this time, however. Germany and Sweden are two of Europe’s giants. Add in a potential banana skin of Poland and Ewa Pajor, and it could be another tough outing.
Still, Denmark have a world-class forward of their own. With well over 70 international goals to her name, Pernille Harder is an opponent to be feared. WSL audiences never saw her brilliant best in three seasons at Chelsea, but the 32-year-old is over her injury problems and Bayern Munich have been reaping the benefits.
In the dugout, Andree Jeglertz was hired in the wake of the 2023 World Cup, returning to international management having guided Finland from 2010 to 2016. He has mainly coached clubs in his native Sweden, and took a Marta-inspired Umea all the way to European glory in 2004.
The Danes come into this tournament with expectations low but hopes high. Can they be one of the dark horses in Switzerland?
Denmark Women's Euros squad
Denmark Women Euro 2025 squad
This is the Denmark squad announced for this summer:
- GK: Maja Bay (Østergaard Växjö)
- GK: Alberte Vingum (HB Køge)
- GK: Kathrine Larsen (Sampdoria)
- DF: Emma Faerge (Fiorentina)
- DF: Frederikke Thogersen (Roma)
- DF: Isabella Obaze (Portland Thorns)
- DF: Katrine Veje (Crystal Palace)
- DF: Sanne Troelsgaard (Roma)
- DF: Sara Holmgaard (Everton)
- DF: Sara Thrige (PSV Eindhoven)
- DF: Stine Ballisager (Fiorentina)
- MF: Emma Snerle (Fiorentina)
- MF: Janni Thomsen (Utah Royals)
- MF: Josefine Hasbo (Gotham FC)
- MF: Karen Holmgaard (Everton)
- MF: Kathrine Kuhl (Roma)
- MF: Rikke Madsen (Everton)
- FW: Amalie Vangsgaard (Juventus)
- FW: Cornelia Kramer (Bayer Leverkusen)
- FW: Nadia Nadim (Hammarby)
- FW: Pernille Harder (Bayern Munich)
- FW: Signe Bruun (Real Madrid)
- FW: Sofie Bredgaard (Fiorentina)
Predicted line-up
3-4-3: Ostergaard; Troelsgaard, Ballisager, Veje; Thogersen, Snerle, Hasbo, S. Holmgaard; Thomsen, Bruun, Harder
Denmark fixtures and results
Euros qualifiers
5 April 2024: Czech Republic 1-3 Denmark, City Stadium, Uherske Hradiste, Czech Republic
9 April 2024: Denmark 4-2 Belgium, Viborg Stadion, Viborg, Denmark
31 May 2024: Denmark 0-2 Spain, Vejle Stadion, Vejle, Denmark
3 June 2024: Spain 3-2 Denmark, Heliodoro Rodríguez López, Tenerife, Spain
12 July 2024: Belgium 0-3 Denmark, Stayen, Sint-Truiden, Belgium
16 July 2024: Denmark 2-0 Czech Republic, Vejle Stadion, Vejle, Denmark
Friendlies
25 October 2024: Denmark 5-0 South Africa, Aalborg Portland Park, Denmark
29 October 2024: Netherlands 2-1 Denmark, Blue Water Arena, Netherlands
2 December 2024: Denmark 2-0 Iceland, Pinatar Arena, Denmark
Nations League
21 February 2025: Denmark 1-2 Sweden, Odense Stadium, Odense, Denmark
25 February 2025: Italy 1-3 Denmark, La Spezia, Italy
4 April 2025: Wales 1-2 Denmark, Cardiff, Wales
8 April 2025: Denmark 0-3 Italy, Herning, Denmark
30 May 2025: Denmark 1-0 Wales, Odense, Denmark
3 June 2025: Sweden 6-1 Denmark, Solna, Sweden
UEFA Euro 2025
4 July 2025: Denmark v Sweden, Geneva, Switzerland
8 July 2025: Germany v Denmark, Basel, Switzerland
12 July 2025: Denmark v Poland, Lucerne, Switzerland
Everything you need to know about Denmark
LESSON FROM QUALIFYING
The Danes won when they were supposed to, home and away to Belgium and the Czechs, and lost when a loss was expected, home and away against Spain. That comfortably secured automatic qualification – but dig deeper and there is evidence that Denmark can challenge the very best. They led 2-0 in Tenerife with less than 20 minutes to play, before losing in stoppage time. A little more belief and resilience could go a long way.
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STRENGTHS
The midfield is vibrant, young and exciting. Leading talents Emma Snerle (24), Josefine Hasbo (23) and Kathrine Kuhl (21) are hardly inexperienced, either, with some 120-plus outings between them. Hasbo, the box-to-box engine, is not yet a full-time footballer – she graduates from Harvard this year, in economics and psychology.
WEAKNESSES
Denmark are functional, organised and disciplined, but limited in their range of match-changing magic.
MOST LIKELY TO...
Look the part. Popular Danish kit suppliers Hummel rarely miss.
LEAST LIKELY TO...
Score many. Even with relative recent success, Denmark’s output at tournaments tends to be low. They’ve averaged a goal per game or less across each of their last five Euros and World Cup appearances.
WHAT THEY HOPE WILL HAPPEN
They upset the status quo by reaching the quarter-finals ahead of one of Group C’s behemoths. Dig a little deeper and there’s evidence that Denmark can challenge the best
WHAT WILL HAPPEN
They beat rank outsiders Poland on matchday three, though that could be too late if they’ve already lost to Sweden and Germany.
Denmark Manager: Andrée Jeglertz
Jeglertz took charge in 2023, following Denmark’s elimination at the round of 16 stage at the World Cup.
That brought the end the six-year spell of Lars Søndergaard, with Jeglertz the first non-Dane to lead the women’s national side.
The Swede was a professional player in his own right over a 13-year career, after coming through the ranks at hometown club Malmo. Having also previously managed Finland women, the greatest achievement of Jeglertz’s coaching career came in 2004, where he led Umeå IK to the UEFA Women’s Cup, the forerunner to the Champions League.
Denmark's star player
Pernille Harder
The former Chelsea star, and previous holder of the women’s transfer record, is still very much the star name in the Denmark squad.
Harder, 32, now plays for Bayern Munich, having left west London in 2023. A talented forward who is capable of playing centrally or on either wing, she has led the Denmark team for nearly a decade, having first been awarded the armband in 2016.
Denmark’s long-serving captain and all-time leading scorer is a two-time recipient of UEFA's Women’s Player of the Year award and has over 158 caps.
