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Best finals record:
Winners 1992
Qualification record:
Qualified through play-offs
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Peter Schmeichel
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Coach: Bo Johansson
Squad: Peter Schmeichel, Peter Kjaer, Thomas Sorensen, Rene Henriksen, Michael Schonberg, Soren Colding, Jan Heintze, Jes Hogh, Stig Tofting, Thomas Helveg, Martin Jorgensen, Allan Nielsen, Brian Steen Nielsen, Bjarne Goldbaek, Jesper Gronkjaer,
Jon Dahl Tomasson, Ebbe Sand, Martin Laursen, Morten Bisgaard, Miklos Molnar, Thomas Gravesen, Mikkel Beck.
Prospects
Denmark will always be remembered for their fairytale win at Euro 92 when, as late replacements for Yugoslavia, they stunned the footballing world when they beat Germany 2-0 in the final at Gothenburg.
However that victory remains their only major success on the international stage and they were bitterly disappointing in Euro 96 where as defending champions they failed to progress past the group stages.
Swede Bo Johansson took over the coaching duties from Richard Moller Nielsen after the tournament in England and the Danes put on a good display in the 1998 World Cup.
They came through the same group with hosts France and thumped Nigeria in the second round before going down fighting 3-2 to eventual finalists Brazil in the last eight.
However following the World Cup Johansson has had to completely rebuild his team.
Both Michael Laudrup and younger brother Brian, for so long the backbone of the national side, retired from the international game and injuries also forced Celtic's Marc Rieper and Ole Tobiasen of Ajax out of the picture.
And prospects for the immediate future looked bleak when the Danes took just two points from their opening four qualifying games for Euro 2000 and were twice beaten 2-1 in Copenhagen by Wales and Italy.
However gradually the old guard - which included Peter Schmeichel, PSV Eindhoven's Jan Heintze and Chelsea's Jes Hogh at the back, Thomas Helveg of AC Milan, Allan Nielsen of Tottenham and Udinese's Martin Jorgensen in midfield - began to gel with the younger players such as Jesper Gronkjaer of Ajax and the Danes started to turn things around.
However they still went to Naples in September needing a victory to stand any chance of making the finals.
Things did not look good when they were two goals down after just 34 minutes and with news of Switzerland leading Wales 2-0, it looked certain that they would finish Group One in third place and miss out.
However in true fairytale fashion the Danes fought back to turn the game on its head and win 3-2 with goals from Jorgensen, Morten Wieghorst and Jon Dahl Tomasson.
That dramatic victory secured a place in the play-offs on goal difference and the Danes did not need a second invitation as they thumped Israel 8-0 on aggregate.
Always renowned as a fine passing side, the one thing that the Danes could be criticised for is their lack of a proven goalscorer since the retirement of Prebyn Elkjaer at the end of the 1980s.
Yet one man who could well prove himself a worthy successor is Dahl Tomasson, who netted an astonishing six goals in the last five qualifiers.
Tomasson had a brief spell in the English Premiership with Newcastle where he failed to settle, but since his transfer to Dutch giants Feyenoord he has been finding the net regularly and playing in the European Champions' League.
With so many of the squad playing top-flight football across Europe, the players will be used to the quality of the opposition they are going to face in this summer's finals.
Should all the units come together and if Tomasson can bring the best out of Ebbe Sand, then the Danes could well be a force to be reckoned with in this summer's finals.