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The Guardian
14 hours ago
- Sport
- The Guardian
Women's Euro 2025 team guides: Denmark
This article is part of the Guardian's Euro 2025 Experts' Network, a cooperation between some of the best media organisations from the 16 countries who qualified. is running previews from two teams each day in the run-up to the tournament kicking off on 2 July. Everything was going fine for Denmark in the buildup. There weren't too many injury worries or key players retiring. Results had been decent – until the last Nations League game against Sweden. With everything to play for, Denmark not only lost the match that could have secured them a first-place finish in League A for the first time – they were demolished 6-1 by the side they are playing in their first game at Euro 2025. 'I've been part of this team for many years but I think this is the worst I've experienced,' the midfielder Sanne Troelsgaard told Aftonbladet after the game. 'We need to take a good look at ourselves.' That disappointment will cast a shadow over Denmark's hopes, but there is still optimism. Qualifying for the tournament was impressive, including getting close to a famous result in Spain: Andrée Jeglertz's side were 2-0 up after 72 minutes in Tenerife, but ultimately lost 3-2. The Czech Republic and Belgium posed few problems and with an attacking, possession-based style, hopes of a silver-summer a la 2017 have been reignited. 'Naturally, we dream of winning medals, and we will give everything to create an unforgettable red-and-white summer together with the Danish fans,' said the captain and star striker Pernille Harder. This will be the first, and only, major tournament under the Swedish head coach Jeglertz, and he has a few tactical puzzles to solve. Firstly, Denmark won't have played another match before heading to Switzerland, meaning that 6-1 defeat is the last outing before they face Sweden again. Secondly, question marks remain over the preferred starting XI – particularly the right-sided position in the back three, as well as the right wing-back role, both still up for grabs. Andrée Jeglertz has been in charge of Denmark since autumn 2023, when he replaced Lars Søndergaard after the last-16 exit from the World Cup. His contract runs out in the summer and he has made it clear he does not want to extend it. A return to club football beckons. Jakob Michelsen will take over after the tournament, inheriting a squad that Jeglertz has shaped to compete with – and on their day beat – the best. Born in Malmö, Jeglertz managed several top clubs in Sweden, including leading Umeå to a Champions League title in 2004. He also spent six years as head coach of Finland women. Pernille Harder will go down as one of the greatest players in Danish football history. The all-time top scorer is an icon and an inspiration for countless girls and boys across the country. 'She's a legend and it's a huge honour to be allowed to play alongside her,' the goalkeeper Maja Bay Østergaard has said. 'She's simply a world-class star.' Jeglertz agrees: 'She's not just a player, but a great role model … in everything she does,' he told Harder is an eight-time Danish player of the year, two-time Uefa Women's Player of the Year and twice a winner of The Guardian's Top 100. Sara Holmgaard has enjoyed a standout season at Everton, voted women's player of the season by her teammates. Scoring an Olimpico goal [direct from a corner] and setting up others, she's been a constant threat down the left. After such an impressive campaign it's no surprise that bigger clubs have taken noticeand made her a target this summer. And it's not just at club level where she's made her mark – Holmgaard has also cemented herself as Denmark's first-choice left wing-back, edging out Sofie Svava of Lyon. Sign up to Moving the Goalposts No topic is too small or too big for us to cover as we deliver a twice-weekly roundup of the wonderful world of women's football after newsletter promotion The Danish league is on the rise. The major broadcaster TV 2 has acquired the rights from next season, and some of the biggest clubs in the men's game, such as FC Copenhagen and FC Midtjylland, are slowly climbing up the divisions, helping to attract bigger crowds and more sponsors. Despite this, however, Fortuna Hjørring remained the team to beat in 2024-25, proving unstoppable and winning the double. While it remains largely semi-professional, with most of the best Danish players playing abroad, progress is being made. Brøndby, for example, became the first club to go fully professional last winter. Denmark have the quality to beat anyone, and their ambition is to advance from the group stage. But Sweden and Germany look stronger, and for that reason, the group stage will most likely mark the end of the road. The Denmark team guide was written by Sofie Engberg Munch for TV 2 Denmark.
The Guardian
04-06-2025
- Business
- The Guardian
Manchester City Women close to appointing Denmark manager Jeglertz
Manchester City are close to agreeing a deal to appoint the Denmark national team manager, Andrée Jeglertz, as their new women's head coach. It is understood that the proposed move would enable the Swedish coach to remain in charge of Denmark until the conclusion of the European Championship in Switzerland this summer, before taking over the Women's Super League side that finished fourth in the English top tier last season. A deal with Jeglertz is yet to be concluded fully but multiple sources have confirmed discussions are at an advanced stage and he has been City's first-choice candidate after an extensive search to replace Gareth Taylor, who was sacked in March. Nick Cushing was put in temporary charge of the team but he is not understood to have been in the frame for the long-term position. Jeglertz has been in charge of Denmark since 2023, having taken over after the World Cup that year, but on Tuesday there were reports in the Danish media that his likely successor has already been lined up by the Danish Football Association in anticipation of his exit after the European Championship this summer. His contract with the Danish FA is understood to expire after the tournament so no compensation nor release fee would be required. The 53-year-old has extensive experience coaching in the women's game and led the Swedish club Umeå to lift the women's European Cup – then known as the Uefa Women's Cup – in 2004 with a squad that included the Brazil legend Marta. City believe he suits their model for a technical style of play and that his coaching and tactical philosophies fit City Football Group's preferred profile. The search to replace Taylor was led by the women's team football director, Therese Sjögran, and the managing director, Charlotte O'Neill. It is their first major appointment since their respective arrivals in 2024 and 2023. In a lengthy managerial career that has stretched more than 22 years, Jeglertz has also managed the Swedish teams Djurgården and Linköping, as well as the Finland national team. As a player he was a defender, predominantly for Umeå and represented Sweden at youth international level. Sign up to Moving the Goalposts No topic is too small or too big for us to cover as we deliver a twice-weekly roundup of the wonderful world of women's football after newsletter promotion Before his sacking Taylor had been in charge for five years and it was understood that the club's decision to let the former Wales striker go was based on performances and a feeling that a change would improve the team's chances of achieving their aims of winning silverware. The club have won the WSL title once, in 2016, but have now endured three consecutive trophyless seasons.
