Denmark League XI
| Nickname(s) | Ligalandsholdet (lit. "The league's national team") |
|---|---|
| Association | Danish Football Association (Dansk Boldspil-Union) |
| First international | |
| File:Flag of Denmark.svg League XI 3 - 1 FC Luzern File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg (Maspalomas, Spain; 1 February 1983) Against another national team File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates 3 - 1 League XI File:Flag of Denmark.svg (Dubai, United Arab Emirates; 24 February 1984) | |
| Biggest win | |
| File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates 0 - 5 League XI File:Flag of Denmark.svg (Dubai, United Arab Emirates; 9 February 1990) | |
| Biggest defeat | |
| File:Flag of El Salvador.svg El Salvador 3 - 0 League XI File:Flag of Denmark.svg (San Salvador, El Salvador; 3 February 1984) File:Flag of Denmark.svg League XI 0 - 3 Soviet Union File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg (Calcutta, India; 3 February 1987) | |
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The Denmark League XI is an unofficial national football team run by the Danish Football Association. The team generally consists of Danish players playing in the Danish Superliga or other leagues if their clubs agree to release them. It is only assembled in the start of the year, during the winter break in the Superliga. The matches of the League XI have generally not been recognised as official matches by the Danish FA, although FIFA recognised matches until 2007.[1]
History
A Danish Football Combination played the Scottish League XI in 1955.[2][3] Since 1983, the team has been assembled every year except 2005 (because of an early World Cup qualification match)[4] and 2011 (where no suitable trip could be arranged)[5] in January or February.[6] The League XI national team has played 84 matches throughout its existence, of which 51 were played in 1983-1999 and 33 in 2000-2018. No additional matches were played in 2019-2022.[7]
Players
The purpose of the league XI is to give the head coach an opportunity to evaluate the level of the best players of the Superliga, and to introduce new players into the atmosphere of the national team.[1]
Friendlies
| 17 January 2010 2010 King's Cup | Denmark League XI File:Flag of Denmark.svg | 3–1 | File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland | Thailand |
| 16:00 UTC+7 | Rieks File:Soccerball shade.svg 22' Rasmussen File:Soccerball shade.svg 48' Bech File:Soccerball shade.svg 60' |
Report | Peszko File:Soccerball shade.svg 26' | Stadium: 80th Birthday Anniversary Stadium, Nakhon Ratchasima |
| 20 January 2010 2010 King's Cup | Singapore File:Flag of Singapore.svg | 1–5 | File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark League XI | Thailand |
| 16:00 UTC+7 | Fazrul File:Soccerball shade.svg 84' | Report | Larsen File:Soccerball shade.svg 8' Poulsen File:Soccerball shade.svg 19' (pen.) Lekic File:Soccerball shade.svg 35' Thygesen File:Soccerball shade.svg 48' Rieks File:Soccerball shade.svg 80' |
Stadium: 80th Birthday Anniversary Stadium, Nakhon Ratchasima |
| 23 January 2010 2010 King's Cup | Thailand File:Flag of Thailand.svg | 0–3 | File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark League XI | Thailand |
| 18:45 UTC+7 | Report | Lekic File:Soccerball shade.svg 19' Absalonsen File:Soccerball shade.svg 37' Bernburg File:Soccerball shade.svg 86' |
Stadium: 80th Birthday Anniversary Stadium, Nakhon Ratchasima Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Mongkolchai Pechsri (Thailand) |
| 15 January 2012 2012 King's Cup | Denmark League XI File:Flag of Denmark.svg | 1–1 | File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway | Thailand |
| 16:10 | Makienok File:Soccerball shade.svg 70' | Report | Elyounoussi File:Soccerball shade.svg 79' | Stadium: Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok Attendance: 3,240 Referee: Mongkolchai Pechsri (Thailand) |
| 18 January 2012 2012 King's Cup | Denmark League XI File:Flag of Denmark.svg | 0–0 | File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea U-23 | Thailand |
| 16:10 | Report | Stadium: Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok Referee: Prathan Nasawang (Thailand) |
| 21 January 2012 2012 King's Cup | Thailand File:Flag of Thailand.svg | 1–3 | File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark League XI | Thailand |
| 19:00 | Sumanya Purisai File:Soccerball shade.svg 52' | Report | Makienok File:Soccerball shade.svg 10' Spelmann File:Soccerball shade.svg 43' Nielsen File:Soccerball shade.svg 92' |
Stadium: Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Yudai Yamamoto (Japan) |
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| 26 January 2013 | Canada File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg | 0–4 | File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark League XI | United States |
| Report | Andreas Cornelius File:Soccerball shade.svg 8', File:Soccerball shade.svg 35', File:Soccerball shade.svg 63' Kasper Lorentzen File:Soccerball shade.svg 11' |
Stadium: Veterans Kino Sports Complex Attendance: 3,082 Referee: Juan Guzman |
| 30 January 2013 | Mexico File:Flag of Mexico.svg | 1–1 | File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark League XI | United States |
| Marco Fabián File:Soccerball shade.svg 66' (pen.) | Report | Andreas Cornelius File:Soccerball shade.svg 83' (pen.) | Stadium: University of Phoenix Stadium Attendance: 43,345 Referee: Chris Penso |
| 11 January 2018 Friendly | Sweden File:Flag of Sweden.svg | 1–0 | File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark League XI | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates |
| 20:45 UTC+4 | G. Nilsson File:Soccerball shade.svg 90+3' | Report | Stadium: Zayed Sports City Stadium Referee: Antti Munukka (Finland) |
| 15 January 2018 Friendly | Jordan File:Flag of Jordan.svg | 3–2 | File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark League XI | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates |
| 17:00 UTC+4 | Report | Stadium: Zayed Sports City Stadium Attendance: 272 Referee: Adel Al Naqbi (United Arab Emirates) |
Since January 1983, the League XI national team has played 84 matches throughout its existence, of which 51 were played in 1983-1999 and 33 in 2000-2018. No additional matches were played in 2019-2022.[7]
Squad
This section needs to be updated. (June 2019) |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Staff writer. "Målsætninger til gavn for dansk fodbold". dbu.dk (in dansk). Danish FA. Retrieved 17 January 2010.
- ↑ "Wed 30 Nov 1955 Danish Football Combination 0 SFL 4".
- ↑ Danish Combination v Scottish League, 11 October 1955, 11v11.com
- ↑ Staff writer. "Ligalandsholdet 2005". dbu.dk (in dansk). Danish FA. Retrieved 17 January 2010.
- ↑ Behrendt, Lars. "Ingen Ligalandshold denne vinter". dbu.dk. Danish FA. Retrieved 15 April 2011.
- ↑ Staff writer. "Ligalandsholdets træningsture siden 1983". dbu.dk (in dansk). Danish FA. Retrieved 17 January 2010.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Landsholdsdatabasen (search for all results of matches played by "Ligalandsholdet")". Dansk Boldspil Union. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
External links
- The League XI national team 2010 Archived 2009-11-23 at the Wayback Machine at the Danish FA