What made their achievement even more amazing is - during the tournament, they played all the traditional big guns in European football (except Italy) England, France, Holland, Germany, and the host Sweden. You can't get a tougher path than that to the title!
Great video! Brings back some dear memories - yes, I'm from Denmark. ;) And boy, did I get to see the matches! I was 16 at the time. My father got tickets for the final group stage game against France, for me, my brother and him. We thought it would be fun to see some live football, even though Denmark would most likely loose. So we went, and what a game it was! We were standing right in the corner where Elstrup scored the winner. Magnificent! On the way home from the game (it was a package deal, where we drove in a bus there and back), the company immediately put up tickets for sale for the semi-final, at a pretty high price (around 5.000 DKR - app. 670 Euros in 1992). I jumped on it, and got a football crazy friend to join as well. So I was at the stadium again for the semifinal against Holland, and needless to say it was a fantastic game. We were standing right in the middle of a lot of Swedes, who were all cheering for Denmark. What a night! As luck would have it, we were again able to buy tickets for the final, on the way home on the bus. Of course we did, even though I ended up blowing my entire savings on those two games. I wouldn't have missed it for the world! And so, I was back at the stadium for the final - it was played in Gothenburg, which is quite a long drive from Copenhagen. I'll never forget that night. Pure euphoria. And what I'll remember even more, is when we arrived back in Copenhagen very early the next morning, it looked like there had been a civil war. Garbage, flags, bottles EVERYWHERE. People sleeping on the sidewalk etc. One TINY regret I might have, is that I didn't get to experience Copenhagen that night, but I'm still plenty happy (and proud) to be one of the relatively few Danes who got to see the final in person. :D
Thank you for sharing - So wonderful!! I' was also 16 at that time and I live in Australia and watched every match on Euro '92. Denmark were fabulous and dynamic. I was so happy for them. Congratulations.
@@daschyt2225 I was 16 too at the time and watched most of the matches in the middle of the night from my parents home in Melbourne, Australia. I was so happy for the Danes and it was my first time watching the European Championships. The good old days when you could watch soccer for free on SBS. 😊
Schmeichel was a total beast.. I once saw him, while still playing for Brøndby, throw the ball from the edge of the box, all the way down to the other end, bouncing once inside the box where the opponents goalkeeper punched it out of play. My shoulder hurts just thinking about that stunt.
It doesnt matter how you win history only remembers winners. Ultra defensive or not. Those saves Schmeichal made were unreal in this video. all Danes should be very proud
Thank you for creating this. I got goosebumps when you showed the footage from the semifinal against the Netherlands. One of Denmark's key players, Henrik Larsen, received an awful knee injury in that game. But it was such a thriller. I remember when Marco Van Basten, a superstar, had his penalty saved. And the Dutch keeper tried to psych Kim Christofte by going up to him while he was placing the ball. And Christofte was like zero fucks given and casually scored the penalty. Emotions were insane. When you're a country that size, you never expect to win.
92 was awesome. As a Dane I still remember - all the games and just how crazy it was. Denmark had a good showing in 98 WC as well (losing to Brazil in quarters). 96 EU Denmark got sent home without losing a game (3 draws).
Don't forget about the 86-gang. Those guys had soccer in their heart. With the fat bastard Preben Elkjaer at top. He could at the same day score 2 againt what ever team, and then drink you under the table at evening. And you got Jan Mølby as midfielder. Has someone see that lazy bastard run at all? But it doesn't matter because he could pass. And to add to the team you would have the danish brothers of Maradona and Pele, or their real name Laudrup To see Michael Laudrup play soccer for a teen boy was a little bit homoerotic
98 was a bit overrated though. Only one good game against an african team! Even though Nigeria had a team of stars, african nations just never faire well at the world cup. Not until Morocco in 2022 anyways. Then we started well against Brazil, but it was obvious they would end up winning the game. Brazil just had an extra gear than the danes, sadly. But fair play to our danish boys for being almost legendary upon one good performance! :D 84 and 86 Denmark was amazing however. Far better than 1992 or 1998. Imagine how big a football nation tiny Denmark would be, if we hadn't waited until the 1970s to let our professionals from all over the continent participate on the national team.
As a dane i'm impressed, this was well put together! It brought back good memories. I had just turned 9 when they won, and i'll never forget that summer. Seing the tactics of the squad again, Richard Møller Nielsen was more ahead of his time than many have given him credit for. Richard Møller Nielsens tactics, Worlds best goalkeeper Peter Schemichel, the driblings of Brian Laudrup, low expectations, opponents totally underestimating Denmark... Add that with a little danish DYNAMITE and what do you get? CHAMPIONS of Europe 92
I remeber winning the finale and Jump in my passola with My Friend ,and did drive 5 km not sober, and then we meet the cops in the way . And they did just put down the Windows in the var and did tell fuck IT we won ,and did not see you 2 drunk in the same mopet and we did laugh and keept driving
worked in a DSB kiosk back in the 90s. I remember one day Richard Møller Nielsen came in and i asked him if i could give him a hug haha. He said yes and we embraced. What a lovely man and much taller in real life than on TV. Rest in peace champ!
Fed historie ! 3-4 uger efter finalen bad min chef mig om at køre ud på en adresse i Odense og hjælpe min kollega Lars med at sætte glas-væv op og male et køkken. Lars havde Igen sovet for længe, så jeg måtte jo hellere bare ringe på.. Richard åbner døren og siger `god morgen. Kom indenfor` med hans smittende smil på ansigtet. What a lovely man indeed. En ægte Champ.
Wonderful documentary - Thank you. I watched every single match of these Euros - it was wonderful! Denmark had a great team and played with unity & class. I remember Henrik Anderson being the only defender able to manage & nullify Ruud Gullit. Congratulations Denmark!!
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Great documetary - thank you. On 26. june 1992 i went crazy in the 78. minute. Can't exactly remember what I did, but I noticed my girlfriend crying, and I asked her why? "Because I saw how happy you are".... I'll never forget that - today I´m 53 years old, but I´ll never forget 1992 - best year of my life!
There's a decent feature film about this entire thing. The Summer of '92. Should be on Netflix right now in many regions including the US and the UK. I recommend giving it a watch.
Being from former Yugoslavia, that was a low blow for that Yugoslavian generation not to be allowed to play. Even with the break up they had plenty of players. In any case, I'm glad that Denmark won over others :)
Im danish and have several bosnian friends, from former yugoslavia! and ive apologized to them several times for my country to reach its greatest achievement only cuz yugoslavian disqualification. theyve forgiven it
@@elnikaco im croat and our players have huge role in yugoslavin qualifying on that euro. You dont have apologize for nothing im glad that you won that EURO . If it wasnt for schmeichel and his saves against greece in 97' we wouldnt go on wc 98' and won bronze medal.
I remember having several friends from former Yugoslavia that were devastated at their team not being able to compete in the Euros. That team was incredible and surely would’ve gone far in the competition. Yet another example of how the US and NATO ruin everything.
This is the only game, I have watched full time. I was visiting a friend, that saw it and I haven't regretted being "forced" to see this magnificent game. Now 30 years later, I still haven't seen a match from start to finish. But from time to time I watch this, though not complete, just the highlights of the game.
Great video! I'm from Denmark, born in 1995 so unfortunately I didn't get to experience any of it when it happened. But My dad showed me the whole final match of the tournament, and oh boy did Peter Schmeichel save Denmark from losing that match! I only have 1 complain: In the final, Germany were having a corner, and Schmeichel catched a very high ball with 1 hand! 1 hand. I have never seen anyone do that before or after. That save should have made it in this video!
In qualifying for the 1994 World Cup they only conceded 2 goals and kept 10 clean sheets out of 12 games in a group that contained Spain and the Republic of Ireland and finished on the same points and goal difference as the latter but the Irish scored more goals and went to the USA.
Danish Dynamite (80's) and the 92' team are, I guess, widely considered as the Golden generation of Danish football but it seems we have a new generation of "Golden players" 2021. I was 33 back in 1992 and I remember the final like it was played yesterday, and the best part of it all was that it was the Germans we took down. (They have never forgotten it!)
The world cup match that you said was between Northern Ireland and Egypt was in fact between the Republic of Ireland and Egypt and the rule change had nothing to do with the Irish goalkeeper, Bonner. It was common practice until the rule change to pass back to the goalkeeper in order to create space further up the pitch and the rule change was supposed to make defenders pass the ball forward and to speed up the game.
I remember just how euphoric Denmark was.. it was insane, looking back at it, it was one of the few times I really felt like "this is my country and everyone in it is fucking awesome" Never been a huge football fan, but in the summer of 92' every dane was
Thank's for telling our story. I watched the semis on vacation in Cyprus along with some very drunk Dutch tourist, After we won there was free drinks on nearly every bar if you were from Denmark. Watched the final at my grandparents who lived close to central Copenhagen, After the final the trains that we're heading for Copenhagen we're jam packed (Had to wait 90 minutes for one with enough room) :) . Had a great party with a bunch of complete strangers.
Been following Germany as Fan since 1988...the loss against Denmark never felt to me like a tragedy. We still made it to the final...and there is - in my opinion - no shame loosing these crazy, unpredictable big tournaments finals....we ended up getting the trophy in freaking ENGLAND a couple years later...
GREAT documentary on danish football history… also shows that the danes were the first team in the world to have a “multicultural” team in the world… The 1986 team was a true force to behold.. All the players came from the top teams of the top 5 leagues in Europe…. 🇩🇰💪🏼
Thank you for this great trip down the memory lane :) I was 18 back in 1992. This year, my only child is 18. I was into Flemming Povlsen, my daughter's into Yussuf Poulsen - we agreed from the beginning that this would be a great year to get another win - I mean, why else would they postpone it so she got to be 18? 😆🇩🇰🇩🇰🇩🇰🇩🇰
Thank you for this video, what a great story! I can remember watching the final game on the couch of my grandparents as an 8-year old boy. However, there is one little thing if have to point out @21:15 - the competitors in that 1990 group stage were in fact Egypt and the Republic of Ireland, not Northern Ireland.
Tennis is enjoyable even if it is a single game because it takes stamina to play for how many hours. But yes, I agree with your point that team sports are more exciting than individual sports.
There where multiple stories when Laudrup was coach in Spain, some of the players got asked “who is the best player on the training ground”, they always replied Laudrup. Him and Peter Schmeichel are probably the only Danish players that will ever reach deity level.
@@Gnamzy Schmeichel is arguable the best goalkeeper ever. Laudrup was one of the best ever, in his position. They’re in the same league as Maradona, Pele, Alan Shearer, Ronaldo, Zidane, Platini, Paul Breutner, Maldini and Messi and C. Ronaldo today. That’s not saying Preben and Allen wasn’t good. They were top class. I’m speaking deity level, where as these players were out of this world, like they weren’t mere mortals playing football but gods. Hence “deity”. Not undermining the others by any stretch.
He was set to get the Hall of Fame in Danish football in 2012, but a rule said he had to be there and he was in Finland to receive the Captains Ball on the same day. His Tommy son accepted the Hall of fame on behalf of his father who passed a week after it was announced he would be in the Hall of Fame 2014. Sadly Tommy passed in 2023 (61yo). I have meet Richard a few times, when he visited his old club (Trainer) Svendborg FC, he would always have time to greet people and he remembered you. He really loved the game and enjoyed coming to the matches, he is a proud Funen Beech (Fynsk bøgetræ), remembered with the RMN square in Odense and a tribune named after him, honorary member of Svendborg F.C. A legend around these parts.
Denmark did not allowed professionals to play for the national team before 1972 and did really first get fully fletched professionals in 1979 when the german Sepp Piontek became manager and proffessional football was introduced in the danish leauge. First appearence in a major championship finals was EURO 1984 in France. Qualified for 8 EUROS and 6 World Cups since 1979, 8 times advanced to the knockout phase and winner of EURO 1992, which then was followed up by winning FIFA Confederations Cup in 1995. Most prominent players : Michael Laudrup, Peter Schmeichel, Brian Laudrup, Allan Simonsen, Preben Elkjær Larsen, Morten Olsen, Henning Jensen and Christian Eriksen. All time topscorer : Jon Dahl Tomasson, 52 goals in 112 games. Btw - This is quite simple the best video about this triumph.
Also, because they were the 1992 UEFA Euros champions, they would get to play the 1994 Confederations Cup (called the King Fahd Cup back then) winning it for the first and only time so far against the reigning Confederation Cup champions Argentina.
Great video - you are right the half Brøndby Team and Schmeichels ever best match was the key to the championship. By the way Denmark in fact played better than Yugoslavia in the defeat in the groupstage. The last matches Denmark played a lot of passes to the goalkeeper who could pick the ball with the hands - so thats why the present rule not to pick up the ball from your own team-mates was introduced!
It was a surreal Summer in Denmark. Especially the knock out rounds.. But, I remember we all had been talking about a breakthrough for the Danish national team prior to the tournament, so I guess we knew we could do it.
Excellent video. I knew very little of the details surrounding this team. Not the most exciting squad ever but they earned it. They took advantage of an incredible opportunity. Too bad Michael Laudrup didn't rejoin the team--assuming that somehow that his inclusion would not have altered the team's result adversely.
Michael Laudrup has told in a documentary, that he declined the offer to play in the tournament as respect of the players, who actually played in the qualification - He didn't earned the spot.
@@bananaempijama Richard actually kept in touch with Michael Laudrup and visited him many times in Barcelona, there was no bad blood between them. Remember Michael returned to the danish national team under Richard after, he more or less was frozen out by Barcelona. He has told, he didn't had the mindset to be frontfigure on two teams with very different styles of football, and he had to step up in Barcelona at that time in his carrier, so he had to choose his employer over the national team - There was no choice.
Michael had no confident in coach Ricardo who before the last qualification match vs Jugoslavia asked Jan Mølby, Brian Laudrup and Michael Laudrup how they should do the tactics maybe without Mølby on the pitch.
There are some really sick narratives going on inside and around the squad, literally one of the players daughter lost her battle to cancer, big player breakthroughs, the best Danish player ever dips on because he doesn’t believe in the coach, and much more.
Henrik Andersen with that ridiculous injury the semi finals as well. Seeing him looking down at his completely ruined knee just screaming is something I'll never forget. Even Ruud Gullit was almost panicking to get medical crew on the pitch as fast as possible.
That Yugoslavia squad was insane, and only getting better. The hypothetical 1994 Yugoslavia World Cup squad is the strongest in football history. A shame we never saw that.
Ah,yes. 1992. The biggest fairytale of football along with ours. Congratulations Denmark! Best wishes from Greece. Now go and win the damn thing! 🇩🇰🇩🇰🇩🇰🇩🇰🇩🇰🇩🇰🇩🇰🇩🇰🇩🇰🇩🇰🇩🇰🇩🇰🇩🇰🇩🇰🇩🇰🇩🇰🇩🇰🇩🇰🇩🇰🇩🇰🇩🇰🇩🇰🇩🇰
It was a killer team put together by Richard Møller Nielsen. Filled with absolute murderers who would die on the pitch, and with strokes of genius especially from Laudrup and Schmeichel, but also other players.
As a half/half I was happy (and sad) either way. In 2014 I was German :). In Euro 2021 Germany just lost to England, and Denmark beat Wales 4-0 to go through to the QF. Looks like I'm Danish again today.
I watched all their matches - the last one with a guy from Germany, who had been cheering on Denmark through the match against the Netherlands, since he didn’t want his national team to meet the Netherlands in the final… 😏 He left the room after the final without a word and never mentioned it again 😂
Richard Møller Nielsen will always be remembered as a sturdy visionary. He is what any team needs. The eagle eye he had for the play and the organization and hope he instilled in them was legendary. I see Antonio Contes to be of the same caliber but Contes is different in the sense that he sees them as chess players having a cause to play for, while Nielsen played for a cause thus clearing out the weakness in the defense structure.
It is like today, denmark was going into the semifinal and it was first time i since they won in 1992. But like in 1992 it was without their best player Eriksen
I have to correct you on something. Richard Møller Nielsen was from the same Island as me. (Fyn) and the biggest reason that dbu wouldt hire him at first. Is because he spoke funny. He spoke with a heavy accent and he came with some ridiculius statement. F.eks about he's mothers korset.. so because he was a kinda "wierd" man. They wouldt hire him at first :)
I strongly disagree. Considering the "cards" he had available, he managed what no-one thought was possible. Look at the sides they were facing in the euros! I just was the 92 euros again as a 30 years celebration, and I still get the chills when I see the France, Netherlands, and German line up. Some part of me still refuse to believe, that we won those games and I found myself whispering " we are done for. Richard coached the team to two titles and a badass display at the world cup.
@@nikolajhansen9029 I believe I stated that he was the 'perfect man for the job' so I don't get the long-winded defence. He did what I think no other coach could have done in a similar position.
I am happy, mainly for the memories of the team that I gave my support to for EURO 92. Denmark in 92 had copied the Ireland team (then the 6th ranked team in the world), in some respects. The Jack Charlton team had implemented a high pressing game, later adapted by Klopp and Guardiola. In those days nobody had tiki taka, so the ball would be moved wide and a hell of a lot of running by the full backs would overload in midfield and eventually lead to a shooting opportunity. Some teams knew how to deal with that so balls into channels for forwards and a high press midfield often led to fouls and corners and the Ireland team killed people are corners. This Danish team gave roles to Laudrup like John Aldridge. The midfield featured Paul McGrath who was a great player, and he could be the sweeper when needed.
Imagine how bad yugoslav players felt, winning fair and square, traveling to Sweden then getting kicked out because of politics. And to put salt in the wound, the team you defeated in qualifications winning the tournament, damn! Thats a horror story
That year Richard Møller Nielsen didn't even win best danish manager by the Danish football federation but he did however win best manager in the world. Shows how much bias there was in Denmark against out best ever manager
I remember when I watched this Euros when I was a kid, maybe 8-9 years old. I knew a lot of the rules in the game so I was sad when the Powerhouse, Denmark, had been out of the Euros but when the final happened I was so confused and my father was confused to (R.I.P Father 1959-2013) The final ended and Me and my Father was happy that the POWERHOUSE, Denmark, won the whole Euros. It felt like 5 years ago!
I still love the team of 84 and 86 more than the 92 team.... some of the players from the 92 team was already around in 86 (Sivebæk played , Henrik Andersen played, Kent Nielsen was reserve). So only Brian Laudrup and Peter Schmeichel would have had a shot at the start 11 at the 84 and 86 and likely only Peter Schmeichel starting at those teams. I am a bit of a football romantic... it does matter how you win :-)
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"Denmark won the Euro 1992, all without their best player"
2021 vibes. Stay well Eriksen
And a Schmeichel between the posts
And a Poulsen up front
Illuminati confirmed :P
1992 (1+9+9+2=21) Euro21
@@dsj82 it’s called Euro 20 not Euro 21
"Attack wins you games, defence wins you titles" - Sir Alex Ferguson
Games win you titles 🤦🏿♂️
He never said that, that ginger was lucky to win anything
Greece of 2004 meticulously taking notes
And unlimited unrivalled budget at that time which man utd had
That was a basketball quote first
What made their achievement even more amazing is - during the tournament, they played all the traditional big guns in European football (except Italy) England, France, Holland, Germany, and the host Sweden. You can't get a tougher path than that to the title!
So nice you repeated what We were told in the video.
Great video! Brings back some dear memories - yes, I'm from Denmark. ;) And boy, did I get to see the matches! I was 16 at the time. My father got tickets for the final group stage game against France, for me, my brother and him. We thought it would be fun to see some live football, even though Denmark would most likely loose.
So we went, and what a game it was! We were standing right in the corner where Elstrup scored the winner. Magnificent!
On the way home from the game (it was a package deal, where we drove in a bus there and back), the company immediately put up tickets for sale for the semi-final, at a pretty high price (around 5.000 DKR - app. 670 Euros in 1992). I jumped on it, and got a football crazy friend to join as well.
So I was at the stadium again for the semifinal against Holland, and needless to say it was a fantastic game. We were standing right in the middle of a lot of Swedes, who were all cheering for Denmark. What a night!
As luck would have it, we were again able to buy tickets for the final, on the way home on the bus. Of course we did, even though I ended up blowing my entire savings on those two games. I wouldn't have missed it for the world!
And so, I was back at the stadium for the final - it was played in Gothenburg, which is quite a long drive from Copenhagen. I'll never forget that night. Pure euphoria. And what I'll remember even more, is when we arrived back in Copenhagen very early the next morning, it looked like there had been a civil war. Garbage, flags, bottles EVERYWHERE. People sleeping on the sidewalk etc.
One TINY regret I might have, is that I didn't get to experience Copenhagen that night, but I'm still plenty happy (and proud) to be one of the relatively few Danes who got to see the final in person. :D
luv ur story¤ syns godt om historien, fedt!
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Thank you for sharing - So wonderful!! I' was also 16 at that time and I live in Australia and watched every match on Euro '92. Denmark were fabulous and dynamic. I was so happy for them. Congratulations.
Im really happy for you! Iwas not born at that time but the closest experience i have is the movie "Sommeren 92"(Im also from Denmark)
@@daschyt2225 I was 16 too at the time and watched most of the matches in the middle of the night from my parents home in Melbourne, Australia. I was so happy for the Danes and it was my first time watching the European Championships. The good old days when you could watch soccer for free on SBS. 😊
28 years ago, we were the champions
28 years later, we are in the semis and will face England
Go Denmark we are all with you
@B Denmark would've been a great opponent
They lost because of a dive from Sterling :/
*29 years
Schmeichel was a total beast.. I once saw him, while still playing for Brøndby, throw the ball from the edge of the box, all the way down to the other end, bouncing once inside the box where the opponents goalkeeper punched it out of play. My shoulder hurts just thinking about that stunt.
Schmeichal the real King of Denmark
¤Schmeichel bro, plz just check ur spelling w google!
At least Google
Bruh
Its laudrup
Which one 😂😂🇩🇰
@@fleximan7746 The one spelled PREBEN ELKJAER 😍
It doesnt matter how you win history only remembers winners. Ultra defensive or not. Those saves Schmeichal made were unreal in this video. all Danes should be very proud
unless you succeed unfairly like South Korea 2002 but this was definitely not the case so go Denmark!
We are!
Thank you for creating this. I got goosebumps when you showed the footage from the semifinal against the Netherlands. One of Denmark's key players, Henrik Larsen, received an awful knee injury in that game. But it was such a thriller. I remember when Marco Van Basten, a superstar, had his penalty saved. And the Dutch keeper tried to psych Kim Christofte by going up to him while he was placing the ball. And Christofte was like zero fucks given and casually scored the penalty. Emotions were insane. When you're a country that size, you never expect to win.
It was left back Henrik Andersen, that got the horrific knee injury, he retired a few years later
undskyld j r sswagpisser men dit bidrag t samtalen her gav mig tårer i øjnene, åhr d r smukt skrevet!
And it wat Flemming Poulsen who got psycked by Van Breukelen, the keeper.
Danish here, with lots of football interest. You really nailed this topic, well done!
92 was awesome. As a Dane I still remember - all the games and just how crazy it was. Denmark had a good showing in 98 WC as well (losing to Brazil in quarters). 96 EU Denmark got sent home without losing a game (3 draws).
Euro 96 they had bad luck
Don't forget about the 86-gang. Those guys had soccer in their heart. With the fat bastard Preben Elkjaer at top. He could at the same day score 2 againt what ever team, and then drink you under the table at evening. And you got Jan Mølby as midfielder. Has someone see that lazy bastard run at all? But it doesn't matter because he could pass. And to add to the team you would have the danish brothers of Maradona and Pele, or their real name Laudrup
To see Michael Laudrup play soccer for a teen boy was a little bit homoerotic
98 was a bit overrated though. Only one good game against an african team! Even though Nigeria had a team of stars, african nations just never faire well at the world cup. Not until Morocco in 2022 anyways. Then we started well against Brazil, but it was obvious they would end up winning the game. Brazil just had an extra gear than the danes, sadly. But fair play to our danish boys for being almost legendary upon one good performance! :D
84 and 86 Denmark was amazing however. Far better than 1992 or 1998. Imagine how big a football nation tiny Denmark would be, if we hadn't waited until the 1970s to let our professionals from all over the continent participate on the national team.
As a dane i'm impressed, this was well put together! It brought back good memories. I had just turned 9 when they won, and i'll never forget that summer.
Seing the tactics of the squad again, Richard Møller Nielsen was more ahead of his time than many have given him credit for.
Richard Møller Nielsens tactics, Worlds best goalkeeper Peter Schemichel, the driblings of Brian Laudrup, low expectations, opponents totally underestimating Denmark... Add that with a little danish DYNAMITE and what do you get?
CHAMPIONS of Europe 92
Thanks! The story is incredible!
@@FootballIconic Very well researched, scripted, and edited, Tinashe. Many thanks!
I remeber winning the finale and Jump in my passola with My Friend ,and did drive 5 km not sober, and then we meet the cops in the way . And they did just put down the Windows in the var and did tell fuck IT we won ,and did not see you 2 drunk in the same mopet and we did laugh and keept driving
worked in a DSB kiosk back in the 90s. I remember one day Richard Møller Nielsen came in and i asked him if i could give him a hug haha. He said yes and we embraced. What a lovely man and much taller in real life than on TV. Rest in peace champ!
Fed historie !
3-4 uger efter finalen bad min chef mig om at køre ud på en adresse i Odense og hjælpe min kollega Lars med at sætte glas-væv op og male et køkken. Lars havde Igen sovet for længe, så jeg måtte jo hellere bare ringe på..
Richard åbner døren og siger `god morgen. Kom indenfor` med hans smittende smil på ansigtet.
What a lovely man indeed.
En ægte Champ.
@@elCaxi1971 Fedt!
Had to see this to recover from that game. Have a great recovery Chris
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@@davidnguyen6823 Det gør vi i hvert fald min ven!
Wonderful documentary - Thank you.
I watched every single match of these Euros - it was wonderful! Denmark had a great team and played with unity & class. I remember Henrik Anderson being the only defender able to manage & nullify Ruud Gullit. Congratulations Denmark!!
Thank you for telling our story! This video gave me absolute goosebumps, and that's not only because of the topic. Great work man!
Cheers!
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Great documetary - thank you.
On 26. june 1992 i went crazy in the 78. minute. Can't exactly remember what I did, but I noticed my girlfriend crying, and I asked her why? "Because I saw how happy you are".... I'll never forget that - today I´m 53 years old, but I´ll never forget 1992 - best year of my life!
I love that lord Bendtner made it in 😂
All hail Lord Nicklas!
long live the king
There's a decent feature film about this entire thing. The Summer of '92. Should be on Netflix right now in many regions including the US and the UK.
I recommend giving it a watch.
I remember watching them and being captivated by their beautiful football. I've never forgotten them.
Being from former Yugoslavia, that was a low blow for that Yugoslavian generation not to be allowed to play. Even with the break up they had plenty of players.
In any case, I'm glad that Denmark won over others :)
Im danish and have several bosnian friends, from former yugoslavia! and ive apologized to them several times for my country to reach its greatest achievement only cuz yugoslavian disqualification. theyve forgiven it
@@elnikaco im croat and our players have huge role in yugoslavin qualifying on that euro. You dont have apologize for nothing im glad that you won that EURO . If it wasnt for schmeichel and his saves against greece in 97' we wouldnt go on wc 98' and won bronze medal.
I remember having several friends from former Yugoslavia that were devastated at their team not being able to compete in the Euros. That team was incredible and surely would’ve gone far in the competition. Yet another example of how the US and NATO ruin everything.
@@alancantu2557 in what universe was the breakup of yugoslavia us and nato’s fault. i mean damn gimme some of the drugs you’re taking
@@alancantu2557 Well. The team that qualified, Yugoslavia didn't EXIST in 1992! All the Croats were left out of the team they announced for the Euro!
This is the only game, I have watched full time. I was visiting a friend, that saw it and I haven't regretted being "forced" to see this magnificent game.
Now 30 years later, I still haven't seen a match from start to finish. But from time to time I watch this, though not complete, just the highlights of the game.
Great video! I'm from Denmark, born in 1995 so unfortunately I didn't get to experience any of it when it happened. But My dad showed me the whole final match of the tournament, and oh boy did Peter Schmeichel save Denmark from losing that match! I only have 1 complain: In the final, Germany were having a corner, and Schmeichel catched a very high ball with 1 hand! 1 hand. I have never seen anyone do that before or after. That save should have made it in this video!
Even Schmeichel says that Denmark had never seen anything befere like Michael Laudrup. The best Scandinavian player ever, including Zlatan.
In qualifying for the 1994 World Cup they only conceded 2 goals and kept 10 clean sheets out of 12 games in a group that contained Spain and the Republic of Ireland and finished on the same points and goal difference as the latter but the Irish scored more goals and went to the USA.
A great point that I did not mention. Sadly another reason that many disregard Richard Moller Nielsen's achievements.
Danish Dynamite (80's) and the 92' team are, I guess, widely considered as the Golden generation of Danish football but it seems we have a new generation of "Golden players" 2021. I was 33 back in 1992 and I remember the final like it was played yesterday, and the best part of it all was that it was the Germans we took down. (They have never forgotten it!)
We made up for it in 1996...I actually was happy we made it to the finals. Because I'm the finals it's not only talent and tactics...
The world cup match that you said was between Northern Ireland and Egypt was in fact between the Republic of Ireland and Egypt and the rule change had nothing to do with the Irish goalkeeper, Bonner. It was common practice until the rule change to pass back to the goalkeeper in order to create space further up the pitch and the rule change was supposed to make defenders pass the ball forward and to speed up the game.
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I remember just how euphoric Denmark was.. it was insane, looking back at it, it was one of the few times I really felt like "this is my country and everyone in it is fucking awesome" Never been a huge football fan, but in the summer of 92' every dane was
Great video. Denmark vs Netherlands is the best soccer match Ive ever witnessed, to this day :)
Thanks for educating us, that was a very well told story!
Thank's for telling our story. I watched the semis on vacation in Cyprus along with some very drunk Dutch tourist, After we won there was free drinks on nearly every bar if you were from Denmark. Watched the final at my grandparents who lived close to central Copenhagen, After the final the trains that we're heading for Copenhagen we're jam packed (Had to wait 90 minutes for one with enough room) :) . Had a great party with a bunch of complete strangers.
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Been following Germany as Fan since 1988...the loss against Denmark never felt to me like a tragedy. We still made it to the final...and there is - in my opinion - no shame loosing these crazy, unpredictable big tournaments finals....we ended up getting the trophy in freaking ENGLAND a couple years later...
GREAT documentary on danish football history… also shows that the danes were the first team in the world to have a “multicultural” team in the world…
The 1986 team was a true force to behold..
All the players came from the top teams of the top 5 leagues in Europe…. 🇩🇰💪🏼
Thank you for this great trip down the memory lane :)
I was 18 back in 1992. This year, my only child is 18. I was into Flemming Povlsen, my daughter's into Yussuf Poulsen - we agreed from the beginning that this would be a great year to get another win - I mean, why else would they postpone it so she got to be 18? 😆🇩🇰🇩🇰🇩🇰🇩🇰
That’s cool well even though they did not win they got pretty far making it to the semi finals
Thank you for this video, what a great story! I can remember watching the final game on the couch of my grandparents as an 8-year old boy.
However, there is one little thing if have to point out @21:15 - the competitors in that 1990 group stage were in fact Egypt and the Republic of Ireland, not Northern Ireland.
You need to do one on how Leicester went from nearly being relegated to prem champions
True it was becuz of Jamie Vardy
@@trishadassarma3412 and N'golo Kante
@@lexkanyima2195 AND MAHREZ
@@trishadassarma3412 Honestly Schmeichel too.
Also involving a Schmeichel.
If one day another Schmeichel made another underdog miracle I won't be surprised
I remember '92 EC as it were yesterday! What a party. I was 42 then.
Also WC Mexico '86.
This was the beginning of the underdogs
Must say the team or competition videos are more enjoyable than single player ones
Tennis is enjoyable even if it is a single game because it takes stamina to play for how many hours. But yes, I agree with your point that team sports are more exciting than individual sports.
@@scorpioninpink theyre saying the videos featuring full teams is more entertaining than those only highlighting a single player?
There where multiple stories when Laudrup was coach in Spain, some of the players got asked “who is the best player on the training ground”, they always replied Laudrup. Him and Peter Schmeichel are probably the only Danish players that will ever reach deity level.
Feel like you’re underrating Elkjær and Simonsen
@@Gnamzy they are great, but when you talk about the great danish players, Michael and Peter are definitely the first players that comes to mind
j gætter på a crist eriksen og yussuf poulsen ogs gør d, undskyld hvis j r for optimistisk!
@@Gnamzy Schmeichel is arguable the best goalkeeper ever. Laudrup was one of the best ever, in his position. They’re in the same league as Maradona, Pele, Alan Shearer, Ronaldo, Zidane, Platini, Paul Breutner, Maldini and Messi and C. Ronaldo today.
That’s not saying Preben and Allen wasn’t good. They were top class. I’m speaking deity level, where as these players were out of this world, like they weren’t mere mortals playing football but gods. Hence “deity”. Not undermining the others by any stretch.
@@Christian_Bagger just saying that if you go to Italy and mention Elkjær you might think He actually is a deity
1992 was a year of some crazy upsets in the sporting world.
Very significant
This is such a great channel. Pray for Christian
as someone with absolutely no interest in football, this was a fascinating video!
He was set to get the Hall of Fame in Danish football in 2012, but a rule said he had to be there and he was in Finland to receive the Captains Ball on the same day. His Tommy son accepted the Hall of fame on behalf of his father who passed a week after it was announced he would be in the Hall of Fame 2014. Sadly Tommy passed in 2023 (61yo). I have meet Richard a few times, when he visited his old club (Trainer) Svendborg FC, he would always have time to greet people and he remembered you. He really loved the game and enjoyed coming to the matches, he is a proud Funen Beech (Fynsk bøgetræ), remembered with the RMN square in Odense and a tribune named after him, honorary member of Svendborg F.C. A legend around these parts.
"Football royalty" **shows Lord Bendtner**
This is the way
thank you sooo much for making this video
Denmark did not allowed professionals to play for the national team before 1972 and did
really first get fully fletched professionals in 1979 when the german Sepp Piontek became
manager and proffessional football was introduced in the danish leauge. First appearence
in a major championship finals was EURO 1984 in France. Qualified for 8 EUROS and 6
World Cups since 1979, 8 times advanced to the knockout phase and winner of EURO 1992,
which then was followed up by winning FIFA Confederations Cup in 1995.
Most prominent players : Michael Laudrup, Peter Schmeichel, Brian Laudrup, Allan
Simonsen, Preben Elkjær Larsen, Morten Olsen, Henning Jensen and Christian Eriksen.
All time topscorer : Jon Dahl Tomasson, 52 goals in 112 games.
Btw - This is quite simple the best video about this triumph.
The way you said Papin’s name was incredibly soothing... ( 16:36 )
Hahahaha, thanks!
Also, because they were the 1992 UEFA Euros champions, they would get to play the 1994 Confederations Cup (called the King Fahd Cup back then) winning it for the first and only time so far against the reigning Confederation Cup champions Argentina.
Denmark was also in the Finalissimo final in 1993 But lost against Argentina on penalties
Brian Laudrup isn't just a little brother he's a legend WATP
I was 1 years old when this happened. My dad is still bringing this up, lol.
where are you from?
11:13 - dude; this article just makes it THAT MUCH MORE IMPRESSIVE what they accomplished!!!!!
So glad for the Video :) it is my favourit national football story of all times :)
It makes me want to puke. They did not deserve to even be there.
Great video - you are right the half Brøndby Team and Schmeichels ever best match was the key to the championship. By the way Denmark in fact played better than Yugoslavia in the defeat in the groupstage. The last matches Denmark played a lot of passes to the goalkeeper who could pick the ball with the hands - so thats why the present rule not to pick up the ball from your own team-mates was introduced!
imagine not qualifying for the euros with a 6-1-1 record! :o
I was 20 way back then and tipped them to win, I didn't place a wager.
It was a great competition, some really fantastic games
It was a surreal Summer in Denmark. Especially the knock out rounds..
But, I remember we all had been talking about a breakthrough for the Danish national team prior to the tournament, so I guess we knew we could do it.
And they're going to go all the way again!
soon you will have to make a 2021 version of this
Italy will win
This didn’t age well..
@@ShitinWithNoBathroom it did not fuck my danish life
@@MrObame But they have won many hearts.
Excellent video. I knew very little of the details surrounding this team. Not the most exciting squad ever but they earned it. They took advantage of an incredible opportunity. Too bad Michael Laudrup didn't rejoin the team--assuming that somehow that his inclusion would not have altered the team's result adversely.
I don't think he would have maybe fit in the group atmosphere
The main reason why Denmark won the Euros in 92 is because 8 out of 11 players in the starting XI either played or had played together at Brøndby IF.
Loved every second of it, makes me cry off joy
Michael Laudrup has told in a documentary, that he declined the offer to play in the tournament as respect of the players, who actually played in the qualification - He didn't earned the spot.
Nah i know he was pissed as he didn't play
@@jackskellington684 If you ever have listening or seen Michael Laudrup. You know, that is not, who he is.
I read he had troubles with Richard and he gave that excuse.
@@bananaempijama Richard actually kept in touch with Michael Laudrup and visited him many times in Barcelona, there was no bad blood between them. Remember Michael returned to the danish national team under Richard after, he more or less was frozen out by Barcelona. He has told, he didn't had the mindset to be frontfigure on two teams with very different styles of football, and he had to step up in Barcelona at that time in his carrier, so he had to choose his employer over the national team - There was no choice.
Michael had no confident in coach Ricardo who before the last qualification match vs Jugoslavia asked Jan Mølby, Brian Laudrup and Michael Laudrup how they should do the tactics maybe without Mølby on the pitch.
There are some really sick narratives going on inside and around the squad, literally one of the players daughter lost her battle to cancer, big player breakthroughs, the best Danish player ever dips on because he doesn’t believe in the coach, and much more.
Henrik Andersen with that ridiculous injury the semi finals as well. Seeing him looking down at his completely ruined knee just screaming is something I'll never forget. Even Ruud Gullit was almost panicking to get medical crew on the pitch as fast as possible.
That Yugoslavia squad was insane, and only getting better. The hypothetical 1994 Yugoslavia World Cup squad is the strongest in football history. A shame we never saw that.
Piontek got Simonsen; Ballon'd'or winner of 1977. To start off with. And a few other notables.
Ah,yes. 1992. The biggest fairytale of football along with ours. Congratulations Denmark! Best wishes from Greece. Now go and win the damn thing! 🇩🇰🇩🇰🇩🇰🇩🇰🇩🇰🇩🇰🇩🇰🇩🇰🇩🇰🇩🇰🇩🇰🇩🇰🇩🇰🇩🇰🇩🇰🇩🇰🇩🇰🇩🇰🇩🇰🇩🇰🇩🇰🇩🇰🇩🇰
It was a killer team put together by Richard Møller Nielsen. Filled with absolute murderers who would die on the pitch, and with strokes of genius especially from Laudrup and Schmeichel, but also other players.
Excellent video!
Hope for a repeat this year!
Right before Denmark vs Finland lol
Whaaat no way👀 100% not planned👀
very interesting videos, subscribed
Now it's the same thing, they lost their best player (Stay well Eriksen) and they're still in the semis
Good luck Danemark!
Although i Think Preben Elkjær is the best dane to ever play football. I Think your pronounciation is spot on, for a foreigner.
What is the upload schedule? This is amazing content
Happy Birthday Michael Laudrup! One of the Goats
As a half/half I was happy (and sad) either way. In 2014 I was German :). In Euro 2021 Germany just lost to England, and Denmark beat Wales 4-0 to go through to the QF. Looks like I'm Danish again today.
Interesting. Just read a book about Michael Laudrup, which also talks a bit about Euro 92. Fascinating story!
i loved that it happened. it proves that anybody can win a big tournament.
I watched all their matches - the last one with a guy from Germany, who had been cheering on Denmark through the match against the Netherlands, since he didn’t want his national team to meet the Netherlands in the final… 😏 He left the room after the final without a word and never mentioned it again 😂
Richard Møller Nielsen will always be remembered as a sturdy visionary. He is what any team needs. The eagle eye he had for the play and the organization and hope he instilled in them was legendary. I see Antonio Contes to be of the same caliber but Contes is different in the sense that he sees them as chess players having a cause to play for, while Nielsen played for a cause thus clearing out the weakness in the defense structure.
You should do a story about another scandinavian team like when Sweden came third. Place at the 94 FIFA world cup
It is like today, denmark was going into the semifinal and it was first time i since they won in 1992. But like in 1992 it was without their best player Eriksen
Recuerdo muy bien ésa final, fue invitado Dinamarca de último momento, la final VS. Alemania y ganó. Aún no lo quiero creer.
Gracias. Saludos.
I have to correct you on something. Richard Møller Nielsen was from the same Island as me. (Fyn) and the biggest reason that dbu wouldt hire him at first. Is because he spoke funny. He spoke with a heavy accent and he came with some ridiculius statement. F.eks about he's mothers korset.. so because he was a kinda "wierd" man. They wouldt hire him at first :)
Richard Møller Nielsen was not the worlds greatest coach.
But he was the perfect man for the job at Euro 92.
That can't be overstated.
I strongly disagree. Considering the "cards" he had available, he managed what no-one thought was possible. Look at the sides they were facing in the euros! I just was the 92 euros again as a 30 years celebration, and I still get the chills when I see the France, Netherlands, and German line up. Some part of me still refuse to believe, that we won those games and I found myself whispering " we are done for.
Richard coached the team to two titles and a badass display at the world cup.
@@nikolajhansen9029 I believe I stated that he was the 'perfect man for the job' so I don't get the long-winded defence. He did what I think no other coach could have done in a similar position.
I am happy, mainly for the memories of the team that I gave my support to for EURO 92. Denmark in 92 had copied the Ireland team (then the 6th ranked team in the world), in some respects. The Jack Charlton team had implemented a high pressing game, later adapted by Klopp and Guardiola. In those days nobody had tiki taka, so the ball would be moved wide and a hell of a lot of running by the full backs would overload in midfield and eventually lead to a shooting opportunity. Some teams knew how to deal with that so balls into channels for forwards and a high press midfield often led to fouls and corners and the Ireland team killed people are corners. This Danish team gave roles to Laudrup like John Aldridge. The midfield featured Paul McGrath who was a great player, and he could be the sweeper when needed.
Your video are legit, not the biggest fan of football
But i have a suggestion, what about a video about Foggia of Zeman?
Hmm. Will look into it! Thanks!
It was the first time Michael Laudrup wasn't play for Denmark and see what happend....
Nice work :-)
Imagine how bad yugoslav players felt, winning fair and square, traveling to Sweden then getting kicked out because of politics. And to put salt in the wound, the team you defeated in qualifications winning the tournament, damn! Thats a horror story
Yes and no, their team where already at a extremely painful crossroad where members of their families where literaly shooting at each other
I hit the like button 1 second in cos it just has to be done
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How the actual hell did you comment 13 hours ago!? The video literally got uploaded like 48 minuites ago
@@Squid_out_water I'm part of the matrix
That year Richard Møller Nielsen didn't even win best danish manager by the Danish football federation but he did however win best manager in the world. Shows how much bias there was in Denmark against out best ever manager
So sad
I remember when I watched this Euros when I was a kid, maybe 8-9 years old. I knew a lot of the rules in the game so I was sad when the Powerhouse, Denmark, had been out of the Euros but when the final happened I was so confused and my father was confused to (R.I.P Father 1959-2013) The final ended and Me and my Father was happy that the POWERHOUSE, Denmark, won the whole Euros. It felt like 5 years ago!
I still love the team of 84 and 86 more than the 92 team.... some of the players from the 92 team was already around in 86 (Sivebæk played , Henrik Andersen played, Kent Nielsen was reserve). So only Brian Laudrup and Peter Schmeichel would have had a shot at the start 11 at the 84 and 86 and likely only Peter Schmeichel starting at those teams. I am a bit of a football romantic... it does matter how you win :-)
Schmeichel was been in the national team for 5 years by this point. And it's a fairy tale
Schmeichel was left out of the 1986 World Cup,...............
And they're gonna win 🏆 again this year
The should have allowed Yugoslavia one last chance as a "whole" country to participate.
Summer of 92 movie captures this story very well