Blue Samurai Dismember Dismal Denmark.

June 25th, 2010 by KidGooner

Group E concluded with the Netherlands topping the group with Japan finishing runners-up after Denmark lost a must-win game that see’s them eliminated and failing to progress from the World Cup group stages for the first time in their history. Denmark and Japan clashed in Rustenburg tonight with Morten Olsen’s Denmark side needing all three [...]

Denmark Tame The Indomitable Lions

June 22nd, 2010 by KidGooner

Denmark bounced back from their Netherlands defeat with a narrow 2-1 victory over Cameroon which eliminates the African nation from the tournament but keep’s alive the Dane’s chances of progressing from the group stages. Both teams approached the game knowing a win was the only option and Paul Le Guen’s Cameroon lead the chase for [...]

Denmark Fail To Impress In Group E Curtain-Raiser

June 14th, 2010 by KidGooner

Soccer City hosted Denmark and The Netherlands in the opening game of Group E with the Netherlands being many people’s outside bet to go all the way in the tournament. Although much was not expected of Denmark in the build-up, for 45 minutes Denmark had looked equal to Netherlands attacking qualities and were unlucky not [...]

Preview: Denmark -vs- The Netherlands

June 14th, 2010 by KidGooner

Morten Olsen’s Denmark side will kick-off their World Cup campaign in Soccer City, Johannesburg with a tricky encounter against the in-form Netherlands who approach the tie unbeaten in their previous nineteen matches, an impressive run which stretches back to September 08′. Whilst Denmark do not approach the encounter with form on their side having suffered consecutive defeats to Australia and South [...]

World Cup Pedigree Of The Great Danes.

June 1st, 2010 by KidGooner

After 28 long years of failed qualifying campaigns to the World Cup, stretching back to 1958, Denmark qualified for Mexico 86′ and equipped with the rock-solid Morten Olsen, the creativity of Michael Laudrup and the goal-scoring prowess of Preben Elkjær Larsen, the World Cup debutants would go on to exceed all expecations set for them [...]

3 Great Danes & a Golden Boot Winner?

May 31st, 2010 by KidGooner

  Nicklas Bendtner In a tournament where we’ll be treated the brilliance of names like Leo Messi, Robin Van Persie, Fernando Torres and Wayne Rooney – Nicklas Bendtner has claimed he hopes to be leaving South Africa having beat the above names to the illustrious Golden Boot award. Bendtner, 22, is no stranger to the odd, [...]

Official Denmark World Cup 2010 away shirt

March 8th, 2010 by leewilson

European nation Denmark have revealed their new official away shirt that they will wear at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. The team were drawn into a tricky looking group with Portugal and rivals Sweden guaranteed to provide tough opposition. However, early slip ups from these two teams allowed the Danes to establish themselves at the [...]

Denmark’s World Cup draw preview

January 12th, 2010 by leewilson

GROUP E Netherlands Denmark Japan Cameroon   After an impressive qualification campaign that saw them finish ahead of Portugal and Sweden, Denmark have been handed a relatively tricky World Cup group stage. Netherlands are likely to be the overwhelming favourites whilst Japan are the rank underdogs having never won a World Cup match outside of [...]

Denmark reveal 2010 World Cup shirt

November 18th, 2009 by leewilson

The Denmark national team has revealed their new 2010 World Cup shirt that they will be wearing throughout the tournament in South Africa next June. Stay on top of the latest Danish shirt releases here. The team were drawn into a tricky looking group with Portugal and rivals Sweden guaranteed to provide tough opposition. However, early slip [...]

How Denmark qualified for the 2010 World Cup

October 28th, 2009 by leewilson

When you look at the teams that have qualified for the World Cup, it is normally fairly easy to pick out the potential winners and the no hopers. However, Denmark are one of the few teams that automatically come under neither category. Since they burst onto the world scene in 1992 with their European Championships [...]