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.

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PlayerPosCapsGoalsLegend
Michael LaudrupMF1043788
Peter SchmeichelGK129—88
Morten OlsenDF102487
Preben ElkjærFW693887
Kim VilfortMF771487
John SivebækDF87187
Jan HeintzeDF86487
Lars OlsenDF84487
Søren LerbyMF671086
Per RøntvedDF751185
Flemming PovlsenFW622185
Brian LaudrupFW822184
Frank ArnesenMF521484
Allan SimonsenFW552084
John JensenMF69483
Søren BuskDF61283
Jens Jørn BertelsenMF69282
Kent NielsenDF54381
Ivan NielsenDF51080
Klaus BerggreenMF46580
Lars ElstrupFW341380
Jesper OlsenMF43579
Henrik LarsenMF39578
Lars BastrupFW301078
Ole QvistGK39—77
Bent Christensen ArensøeFW26877
Ole RasmussenMF41177
Jan BartramMF32576
Benny NielsenFW28776
Henning JensenFW21976
Troels RasmussenGK35—76
Jan MølbyMF33275
John LauridsenMF27373
Henrik AndersenDF30273
Ole KjærGK26—73
John EriksenFW17672
Claus NielsenFW14871
Sten ZieglerMF25171
Bjarne GoldbækMF28071
Allan HansenFW16368
Bjørn KristensenDF20267
Kenneth Brylle LarsenFW16267
Per FrimannMF17167
Kim ChristofteDF19167
Jan SørensenFW11366
Peter RasmussenFW13266
Mark StrudalFW9365
Pierre LarsenMF17065
Michael MannicheFW11265
Flemming ChristensenFW11265
Johnny MølbyMF16064
Bjarne PetterssonFW7363
Johnny HansenDF/MF12061
Lars HøghGK8—61
Henrik RisomDF9059
Henrik EigenbrodDF9259
Brian ChrøisMF7158
Jens KoldingMF6056
Ole SkouboeMF6056
Bjarne JensenDF4053
Keld BordinggaardMF4052
Bent ChristensenMF4052
Søren SkovFW3052
Lars LundeFW3052
Torben ChristensenMF3051
Michael SchäferMF3051
Steen ThychosenFW2049
Ole RasmussenDF2049
Henrik JensenFW1047
Tommy ChristensenFW1047
John StampeDF1046
Vilhelm Munk NielsenFW——44
John HeltMF——44

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