Denmark 1980s squad
Every player who appeared for Denmark in the 1980s — 73 in all, with their career international caps and goals.
Peter Schmeichel racked up the most caps of anyone here — 129 in all. Preben Elkjær leads the scoring with 38. The squad breaks down as 5 goalkeepers, 17 defenders, 26 midfielders and 25 forwards — enough depth to fill any formation in the game.
| Player | Pos | Caps | Goals | Legend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Laudrup | MF | 104 | 37 | 88 |
| Peter Schmeichel | GK | 129 | — | 88 |
| Morten Olsen | DF | 102 | 4 | 88 |
| Preben Elkjær | FW | 69 | 38 | 87 |
| Kim Vilfort | MF | 77 | 14 | 87 |
| John Sivebæk | DF | 87 | 1 | 87 |
| Jan Heintze | DF | 86 | 4 | 87 |
| Lars Olsen | DF | 84 | 4 | 87 |
| Søren Lerby | MF | 67 | 10 | 86 |
| Per Røntved | DF | 75 | 11 | 85 |
| Flemming Povlsen | FW | 62 | 21 | 85 |
| Frank Arnesen | MF | 52 | 14 | 84 |
| Brian Laudrup | FW | 82 | 21 | 84 |
| Allan Simonsen | FW | 55 | 20 | 84 |
| John Jensen | MF | 69 | 4 | 83 |
| Søren Busk | DF | 61 | 2 | 83 |
| Jens Jørn Bertelsen | MF | 69 | 2 | 82 |
| Kent Nielsen | DF | 54 | 3 | 81 |
| Ivan Nielsen | DF | 51 | 0 | 80 |
| Klaus Berggreen | MF | 46 | 5 | 80 |
| Lars Elstrup | FW | 34 | 13 | 80 |
| Jesper Olsen | MF | 43 | 5 | 80 |
| Henrik Larsen | MF | 39 | 5 | 78 |
| Lars Bastrup | FW | 30 | 10 | 78 |
| Ole Qvist | GK | 39 | — | 78 |
| Ole Rasmussen | MF | 41 | 1 | 77 |
| Bent Christensen Arensøe | FW | 26 | 8 | 77 |
| Jan Bartram | MF | 32 | 5 | 76 |
| Benny Nielsen | FW | 28 | 7 | 76 |
| Henning Jensen | FW | 21 | 9 | 76 |
| Troels Rasmussen | GK | 35 | — | 76 |
| Jan Mølby | MF | 33 | 2 | 75 |
| John Lauridsen | MF | 27 | 3 | 74 |
| Henrik Andersen | DF | 30 | 2 | 73 |
| Ole Kjær | GK | 26 | — | 73 |
| John Eriksen | FW | 17 | 6 | 72 |
| Claus Nielsen | FW | 14 | 8 | 71 |
| Sten Ziegler | MF | 25 | 1 | 71 |
| Bjarne Goldbæk | MF | 28 | 0 | 71 |
| Allan Hansen | FW | 16 | 3 | 68 |
| Bjørn Kristensen | DF | 20 | 2 | 67 |
| Per Frimann | MF | 17 | 1 | 67 |
| Kenneth Brylle Larsen | FW | 16 | 2 | 67 |
| Kim Christofte | DF | 19 | 1 | 67 |
| Jan Sørensen | FW | 11 | 3 | 66 |
| Peter Rasmussen | FW | 13 | 2 | 66 |
| Mark Strudal | FW | 9 | 3 | 65 |
| Pierre Larsen | MF | 17 | 0 | 65 |
| Michael Manniche | FW | 11 | 2 | 65 |
| Flemming Christensen | FW | 11 | 2 | 65 |
| Johnny Mølby | MF | 16 | 0 | 64 |
| Bjarne Pettersson | FW | 7 | 3 | 63 |
| Johnny Hansen | DF/MF | 12 | 0 | 62 |
| Lars Høgh | GK | 8 | — | 61 |
| Henrik Risom | DF | 9 | 0 | 59 |
| Henrik Eigenbrod | DF | 9 | 2 | 59 |
| Brian Chrøis | MF | 7 | 1 | 59 |
| Ole Skouboe | MF | 6 | 0 | 56 |
| Jens Kolding | MF | 6 | 0 | 56 |
| Bjarne Jensen | DF | 4 | 0 | 53 |
| Bent Christensen | MF | 4 | 0 | 53 |
| Keld Bordinggaard | MF | 4 | 0 | 53 |
| Søren Skov | FW | 3 | 0 | 52 |
| Lars Lunde | FW | 3 | 0 | 52 |
| Torben Christensen | MF | 3 | 0 | 51 |
| Michael Schäfer | MF | 3 | 0 | 51 |
| Steen Thychosen | FW | 2 | 0 | 50 |
| Ole Rasmussen | DF | 2 | 0 | 49 |
| Tommy Christensen | FW | 1 | 0 | 47 |
| Henrik Jensen | FW | 1 | 0 | 47 |
| John Stampe | DF | 1 | 0 | 46 |
| Vilhelm Munk Nielsen | FW | — | — | 44 |
| John Helt | MF | — | — | 44 |
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