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England men · International friendly

Denmark
v England⁠

4–1

Full time

Denmark v England finished 4–1.

England
Rooney 87'
Denmark
Rommedahl 60', Dahl Tomasson 63', Gravgaard 67', Larsen 90+2'
Date
Wednesday 17 August 2005 · England in 2005
Kick-off
19:00 UK
Venue
Parken Stadion, Copenhagen
Competition
International friendly

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England

Starting XI

Substitutes

Denmark

Starting XI

  • No. 1, Thomas Sorensen GK
  • No. 10, Jon Dahl Tomasson FW Off in the 64'
  • No. 20, Martin Jorgensen FW Off in the 46'
  • Per Nielsen D Off in the 46'
  • Brian Priske D
  • No. 2, Christian Poulsen M Off in the 87'
  • No. 5, Daniel Agger D
  • No. 8, Claus Jensen M Off in the 75'
  • No. 16, Thomas Gravesen M
  • No. 22, Jesper Gronkjaer M Off in the 46'
  • No. 33, Niclas Jensen D

Substitutes

  • Michael Gravgaard On in the 46'
  • No. 10, Thomas Kahlenberg On in the 46'
  • No. 19, Dennis Rommedahl On in the 46'
  • No. 9, Soren Larsen On in the 64'
  • No. 10, Kenneth Perez On in the 75'
  • No. 20, Daniel Jensen On in the 87'
  • Jesper Christiansen (not used)
  • Allan K Jepsen (not used)
  • No. 4, Thomas Gaardsoe (not used)
  • No. 12, Kasper Bogelund (not used)
  • No. 12, Morten Skoubo (not used)

Referee: Tom Henning Ovrebo.

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 5 meetings before this one

1990 – 2003

Official meetings since 1948

England v Denmark stats

Full head-to-head

Meetings23In our results database
England wins13England perspective
Draws6Level at full time
Denmark wins4Denmark victories

England have scored 39 goals to Denmark's 22 across these meetings.

Individual fixture records

Who has scored most?

England · Fixture leader

5

Taylor

5 goals against Denmark in matches we hold scorer data for.

Denmark · Fixture leader

2

O.B. Nielsen

Denmark's leading scorer against England in matches we hold scorer data for.

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