football in Denmark

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| union = Danish Football Association

| country = Denmark

| sport = association football

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| nationalteam = Men's national team, Women's national team

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| first = {{start date and age|1876}}

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• FIFA World Cup
• FIFA Women's World Cup
• UEFA European Championship
• UEFA Women's Championship

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League:
Superligaen
Danish 1st Division
Danish 2nd Division
Danish 3rd Division
Danish Women's League
Kvinde 1. division
Cups:
Danish Cup
Danish Women's Cup
Danish Super Cup

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• FIFA Club World Cup
• UEFA Champions League
• UEFA Women's Champions League
• UEFA Europa League
• UEFA Europa Conference League
• UEFA Super Cup

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File:Copenhagen Stadium (Europa League).jpg is the largest football stadium by capacity in Denmark.]]

Association football ({{langx|da|fodbold}}) is the most popular sport in Denmark, with 331,693 players and 1,647 clubs registered ({{as of|2016|lc=y}}){{cite web|title=Medlemstal 1910-2016|url=http://www.dbu.dk//oevrigt_indhold/om_dbu/dbus-historie/medlemstal|work=dbu.dk|publisher=Danish FA|access-date=8 April 2017|archive-date=9 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170409023601/http://www.dbu.dk//oevrigt_indhold/om_dbu/dbus-historie/medlemstal|url-status=dead}}{{cite journal |last1=Agerskov |first1=Ulla |last2=Bisgaard |first2=Margrethe Pihl |title=Fodbold er Danmarks nationalsport |journal=Statistical Yearbook 2012 |date=June 2012 |volume=116 |page=80 |url=https://www.dst.dk/pukora/epub/upload/16252/saa2012.pdf |access-date=16 February 2024 |publisher=Danmarks Statistik |language=da |issn=0070-3567}} under the Danish FA. The game was introduced into Denmark by British sailors.{{cite web|last=Wilson |first=Jonathan |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2014/mar/04/england-football-rivalry-denmark-fifa |title=England renew continent's oldest football rivalry with visit of Denmark | Jonathan Wilson | Football |publisher=theguardian.com |date=2008-11-27 |access-date=2014-03-05}} Kjøbenhavns Boldklub is the oldest club outside of the United Kingdom, having been founded on 26 April 1876.{{cite web |url=http://www.dbukoebenhavn.dk/oevrigt_indhold/DBUK_Historie/Klubbernes%20historie/Klubber%20I-N/KB |title=KB |website=www.dbukoebenhavn.dk |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150817115543/http://www.dbukoebenhavn.dk/oevrigt_indhold/DBUK_Historie/Klubbernes%20historie/Klubber%20I-N/KB |archive-date=2015-08-17}}A club called "Spa FC" (in Belgium) would have existed at the same time of the F.A. foundation (in 1863). The club would be established by British tourists in the thermal city. {{cite web |url=https://www.sparealites.be/naissance-du-football-en-1863-a-spa#:~:text=Un%20club%20de%20football%20aurait,%C3%A9crit%20%C3%A0%20Spa%20cette%20ann%C3%A9e. |title=Naissance du football en 1863 à Spa ?|website=www.sparealite.be |date=2014-09-16}}

Denmark hosted the 1984 European Competition for Women's Football, the 1991 UEFA Women's Euro, the 1994 European Cup Winners' Cup final, the 2000 UEFA Cup Final, the 2003 UEFA Women's Cup Final, as well as three group stage matches and a round of 16 match of the UEFA Euro 2020.