Germany vs Denmark facts

Germany and Denmark meet for the third UEFA Women's EURO tournament in succession as Group C continues in Basel.

Germany lead the group after Matchday 1 having defeated Poland 2-0, while Denmark suffered a narrow 0-1 loss to Sweden.

Germany will be through to the quarter-finals if they beat Denmark and Poland do not beat Sweden in the other Matchday 2 fixture in Group C.

Denmark will be unable to reach the quarter-finals if they lose to Germany and Sweden avoid defeat by Poland.

Previous meetings

Eventual runners-up Germany were 4-0 Matchday 1 victors in Brentford on their way to topping Group B at Women's EURO 2022. Lina Magull (21), Lea Schüller (57), Lena Lattwein (78) and Alexandra Popp (86) got the goals, Denmark's Kathrine Møller Kühl receiving a second yellow card late on.

En route to the final, Denmark had prevailed 2-1 at the quarter-final stage five years earlier in Rotterdam, second-half goals from Nadia Nadim and Theresa Eslund earning a comeback victory after Isabel Kerschowski had given Germany an early lead.

Denmark claimed third place in 1993 thanks to a 3-1 win in a third-place play-off in Italy. Germany gained revenge four years later in Norway with a 2-0 victory on Matchday 3 that booked their place in the semi-finals on their way to taking the title.

Germany won 2-1 after extra time in the quarter-finals of the 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup.

The two nations most recently exchanged home wins in the 2023/24 UEFA Women's Nations League, Denmark winning 2-0 in September 2023 before Germany claimed a 3-0 triumph in Rostock that December.

Form guide

Germany

Second-half goals from Jule Brand (52) and Schüller (66) earned three points for Germany in their Matchday 1 meeting with Poland in St.Gallen.

Germany reached a 12th finals – and a 12th in succession since their 1989 debut – by winning five of their six Group A4 fixtures (L1) in a section alongside Iceland, Austria and Poland.

Schüller was Germany's top scorer in qualifying with six goals.

The most decorated team in Women's EURO history, Germany were victorious on their first two entries, in 1989 and 1991, and then won six tournaments in a row starting with a 3-2 win on home turf against Sweden in 1995. They have beaten Norway in the final in four of their eight triumphs, including a 1-0 win in their most recent in 2013.

Since that 2013 success in Sweden, Germany were eliminated in the 2017 quarter-finals with that 1-2 defeat by Denmark before losing by the same scoreline to England after extra time in the 2022 final.

Germany did not concede a goal in the 2022 group stage, the second time they have achieved that after 2005. Only one other nation – England, also in 2022 – have matched that feat.

Former players Inka Grings and Birgit Prinz are the joint-top scorers in Women's EURO final tournament history on ten goals.

Two-time Women's World Cup winners – triumphing in successive tournaments in 2003 and 2007 – Germany were eliminated from the group stage in 2023, the first time they had not reached the knockout stages.

Germany finished third in both the 2023/24 Women's Nations League and the 2024 Olympic Games.

Christian Wück has been in charge since October 2024.

Denmark

Facing neighbours Sweden in Geneva on Matchday 1, the Danes fell behind in the 55th minute, Pernille Harder going closest to an equaliser for Denmark when her long-range effort struck the crossbar in the final ten minutes.

Denmark won four of their six qualifying games in Group A2, losing only to section winners Spain; they beat both Belgium and Czechia home and away.

With three goals apiece, Janni Thomsen and Amalie Vangsgaard were the Danes' top scorers in qualifying.

Denmark are featuring in Women's EURO for an 11th time, and eighth in a row since the introduction of a group stage in 1997. They have progressed to the knockout stages in three of those previous seven attempts, but lost two of their three games in 2022, a team coached by Lars Søndergaard finishing third in Group B behind Germany and Spain.

Under Nils Nielsen, Denmark achieved their best Women's EURO result in 2017 when they finished runners-up, losing 2-4 to hosts Netherlands in the Enschede final. They also finished third as hosts in 1991 and also in 1993, and have reached at least the semi-finals on six occasions overall.

Pernille Harder – Denmark's all-time top scorer – was on target in that 2017 final defeat.

Second behind England in Group D of the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup, Denmark lost 0-2 to Australia in the round of 16.

Head coach Andrée Jeglertz, who managed Finland in the 2013 finals, succeeded Søndergaard in September 2023.

Key facts

• Denmark have lost four of their last five UEFA Women's EURO final tournament matches (W1).

• Nadia Nadim is now level with record-holder Katrine Pedersen on 18 Women's EURO final tournament appearances for Denmark, one ahead of Katrine Veje.

• Germany have only lost four of their 47 Women's EURO matches (W37 D6).

• Germany have lost only one of their 22 group games at the tournament (W17 D4), a 0-1 defeat against Norway at Women's EURO 2013. They have won the last six, the most recent five without conceding a goal.