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- The Denmark national football team (Danish: Danmarks fodboldlandshold) represents Denmark in men's international football competition.
- It is controlled by the Danish Football Association (DBU), the governing body for the football clubs which are organised under DBU.
- Denmark's home stadium is Parken Stadium in the Østerbro district of Copenhagen; their head coach is Kasper Hjulmand.
- Denmark were the winners of the Football at the 1906 Intercalated Games and silver medalists at the 1908 and 1912 Olympics.
- However, as amateurs who prohibited their internationals from becoming professionals at foreign clubs, Denmark did not qualify for the FIFA World Cup until 1986, although they won another Olympic silver in 1960.
- Denmark has remained competitive in international tournaments.
- Triumph in the 1992 European Championship in Sweden marked the team's most prominent victory, defeating defending champions the Netherlands in the semi-final and world champions Germany in the final.
- They also won the 1995 King Fahd Cup, defeating Argentina in the final.
- Their best World Cup result was achieved in 1998, where they narrowly lost 3–2 in a quarter-final against Brazil.
- Denmark also made the round of 16 in 1986, 2002 and 2018.
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