Denmark vs Serbia facts

Denmark will aim to continue their recent dominance against Serbia in the final round of UEFA EURO 2024 Group C games at the Munich Football Arena.

The Danes have drawn both of their first two games 1-1, against Slovenia in Stuttgart and England in Frankfurt, while Serbia also rescued a 1-1 draw on Matchday 2 thanks to a 95th-minute Luka Jović strike against Slovenia in Munich having gone down 1-0 to England in Gelsenkirchen in their first fixture.

Denmark will be through to the round of 16 if they beat Serbia. If Denmark and Slovenia both draw, the latter against England, they will be split for second and third place by overall goal difference, then overall goals scored, then disciplinary points, then European Qualifiers rankings, similarly first and second place if Denmark and Slovenia both win (or Denmark and England, if Denmark win and England draw), or third and fourth place if Denmark and Slovenia both lose. Denmark will be unable to reach the round of 16 if they lose and Slovenia avoid defeat.

Serbia will be through to the round of 16 if they beat Denmark and Slovenia do not beat England; if Serbia and Slovenia win, Serbia will be third behind England on head-to-head record. If Serbia draw and Slovenia lose they will be split for third and fourth place by overall goal difference, then overall goals scored, then disciplinary points, then European Qualifiers rankings. Serbia will be unable to reach the round of 16 if they lose, or if they draw and Slovenia avoid defeat.

Previous meetings

Matches 10
Denmark wins 5
Serbia wins 5
Draws 0
Denmark goals 19
Serbia goals 17

Although the sides have five wins each in the games between the countries, Denmark have won the last four – and also triumphed in the sole previous meeting at a UEFA European Championship.

Goals from Joakim Mæhle (15), Jesper Lindstrøm (53) and Christian Eriksen (57) gave Kasper Hjulmand's Danes a 3-0 win in their most recent meeting with Serbia, in a friendly at Parken in Copenhagen on 29 March 2022.

The Scandinavian side also won 3-1 away and 2-0 at home in EURO 2016 qualifying. Zoran Tošić gave Serbia a fourth-minute lead in Belgrade on 14 November 2014 but a Nicklas Bendtner double (60, 85) either side of Simon Kjær's 62nd-minute effort, gave Morten Olsen's Danes the win.

Yussuf Poulsen (13) and Jakob Poulsen (87) found the net as Denmark won 2-0 in Copenhagen on 13 June 2015.

Denmark had won 2-1 in Belgrade in qualifying for EURO '92, Bent Christensen scoring both goals, after late strikes from Mehmed Baždarević (77) and Robert Jarni (84) had given Yugoslavia a 2-0 victory in Copenhagen in November 1990.

Yugoslavia finished a point clear of Denmark in qualifying Group 4 to reach the finals, but were suspended from the tournament after the outbreak of war in Yugoslavia, meaning Denmark took their place in Sweden – and went on to win the competition.

Denmark had won 5-0 against Yugoslavia in Lyon at the 1984 European Championship, still the joint biggest victory at a final tournament. Frank Arnesen scored twice (8, 69pen) with Klaus Berggreen (16), Preben Elkjær (82) and substitute John Lauridsen (84) rounding off an emphatic win.

That was Denmark's first win against Yugoslavia, who had been victorious in the first four matches between the sides, scoring 13 goals in the process.

EURO facts

Denmark

Denmark are making their tenth EURO appearance, and a second in succession. They have missed only two of the last 11 tournaments, a run stretching back to 1984.

Hjulmand's experienced squad reached the last four at EURO 2020, their best showing at any finals since they famously won the competition in 1992.

Denmark progressed from Group B at EURO 2020 despite losing their first two fixtures, against Finland (0-1) and Belgium (1-2). A 4-1 win against Russia on Matchday 3 took them through as section runners-up behind the Belgians and they went on to beat Wales 4-0 and Czechia 2-1 before losing 2-1 after extra time to England in the semi-finals.

The Danes reached EURO 2024 as Group H winners, finishing level with runners-up Slovenia on 22 points (W7 D1 L2). Surprisingly beaten 3-2 in Kazakhstan early on, they won six of their next seven qualifiers, booking their place with a 2-1 home win against Slovenia in their penultimate fixture.

This is Denmark's first game at the Munich Football Arena. They lost 2-0 to Germany in a March 1996 friendly at the Olympiastadion in Munich.

Serbia

Serbia last appeared at a EURO as part of Yugoslavia in 2000 when, having finished second behind Spain in their section, they lost 6-1 to co-hosts the Netherlands in the quarter-finals.

Yugoslavia were runners-up against the Soviet Union (1-2 aet) and Italy (1-1 aet, 0-2 replay) in the European Championship finals of 1960 and 1968 respectively.

Serbia's EURO 2020 qualifying campaign ended in a 5-4 penalties loss to Scotland after a goalless draw in their play-off final. Third in Group B behind Ukraine and holders Portugal, a side coached by Ljubiša Tumbaković had beaten Norway 2-1 after extra time in their play-off semi-final before defeat by Scotland.

Now under Dragan Stojković, Serbia successfully negotiated EURO 2024 qualifying, ending Group G as runners-up to Hungary with 14 points, four behind the section winners. Their record was W4 D2 L2, a finals place secured by a 2-2 draw at home to Bulgaria in their last game.

Serbia's Matchday 2 fixture against Slovenia was also played at the Munich Football Arena. Serbia & Montenegro were beaten 3-2 by Ivory Coast at the stadium in the group stage of the 2006 FIFA World Cup, their sole previous game at the ground. Yugoslavia had won 1-0 in a May 1973 friendly against West Germany at the Olympiastadion in Munich.

Links and trivia

Denmark forward Jonas Wind scored a late Panenka penalty in Belgrade to earn Copenhagen a 1-1 draw at Crvena zvezda in the 2019/20 UEFA Champions League third qualifying round. He played 120 minutes of the Parken return, another 1-1 draw, and also scored Copenhagen's first penalty in the shoot-out but then missed a decisive second kick as the Serbian side prevailed 7-6 on spot kicks.

Simon Kjær and Jović were AC Milan team-mates in 2023/24.