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Previous appearances in finals: 3
Nicknames:
Danish Dynamite
Olsen-Banden (The Olsen Gang)
Olsens Elleve (Olsen's Eleven)
Best performance: Quarter-finals in 1998
Coach: Morten Olsen since 2000. As a central defender he won more than 100 caps. After hanging up his boots he went on to coach Danish club Brondby, Germans Cologne and Ajax Amsterdam.
Captain: Jon Dahl Tomasson
Key players:
Nicklas Bendtner
Age: 21
Position: Forward
Club: Arsenal
FIFA World Cup Qualifier appearances (2010): 9
Goals: 3
Bendtner was a regular goal-scorer for Arsenal last season and was also on target three times in World Cup qualifying. Voted 2009 Danish Player of the Year.
Christian Poulsen
Age: 29
Position: Midfielder
Club: Juventus
FIFA World Cup Finals appearances (2002): 3
FIFA World Cup Qualifier appearances (2006, 2010): 22
Goals: 4
Plays an important role as the only Denmark midfielder with a clear defensive role. His work rate allows the team to keep their attacking 4-3-3 shape.
Daniel Agger
Age: 24
Position: Defender
Club: Liverpool
FIFA World Cup Qualifier appearances (2006, 2010): 10
Goals: 2
Probably Denmark`s best defender. Left-footed and good with his head but he has suffered a series of injuries recently.
FIFA world ranking May 2010: 26
How they qualified: Denmark finished top of Group One with six wins, three draws and one defeat, evoking memories of the Euro 1992-winning team. The campaign included 1-0 victories home and away against arch-rivals Sweden and a 3-2 win in Portugal.
Prospects: The Danes surprised many with their strength in qualifying despite being dogged by injuries. They have enough fire-power and talent to get past the group stages.
Danish defender Daniel Agger is deadly in the air. (AFP)
Nicknames:
Danish Dynamite
Olsen-Banden (The Olsen Gang)
Olsens Elleve (Olsen's Eleven)
Best performance: Quarter-finals in 1998
Coach: Morten Olsen since 2000. As a central defender he won more than 100 caps. After hanging up his boots he went on to coach Danish club Brondby, Germans Cologne and Ajax Amsterdam.
Captain: Jon Dahl Tomasson
Key players:
Nicklas Bendtner
Age: 21
Position: Forward
Club: Arsenal
FIFA World Cup Qualifier appearances (2010): 9
Goals: 3
Bendtner was a regular goal-scorer for Arsenal last season and was also on target three times in World Cup qualifying. Voted 2009 Danish Player of the Year.
Christian Poulsen
Age: 29
Position: Midfielder
Club: Juventus
FIFA World Cup Finals appearances (2002): 3
FIFA World Cup Qualifier appearances (2006, 2010): 22
Goals: 4
Plays an important role as the only Denmark midfielder with a clear defensive role. His work rate allows the team to keep their attacking 4-3-3 shape.
Daniel Agger
Age: 24
Position: Defender
Club: Liverpool
FIFA World Cup Qualifier appearances (2006, 2010): 10
Goals: 2
Probably Denmark`s best defender. Left-footed and good with his head but he has suffered a series of injuries recently.
FIFA world ranking May 2010: 26
How they qualified: Denmark finished top of Group One with six wins, three draws and one defeat, evoking memories of the Euro 1992-winning team. The campaign included 1-0 victories home and away against arch-rivals Sweden and a 3-2 win in Portugal.
Prospects: The Danes surprised many with their strength in qualifying despite being dogged by injuries. They have enough fire-power and talent to get past the group stages.
Danish defender Daniel Agger is deadly in the air. (AFP)
