One of the cities hosting the Group B group stage competition is Copenhagen. Unlike another host city in the same group that has hosted two World Series (2017 Russian Federation Cup and 2018 World Cup Russia), this European Championship is Copenhagen and the first time that Denmark has hosted a World Series. Copenhagen, the host city, will host three Group B matches and one Quarter-final (Group D from England, Scotland, Croatia and the Czech Republic will be group 2nd against Spain, Poland, Slovakia and Sweden in Group E 2).
In addition to football, Copenhagen and even its country Denmark also have many stories waiting for us to discover, today's football geography school, we follow the footsteps of the European Cup into Copenhagen and Denmark, learn about the city.
At this European Championship, Denmark's three group matches were played here. Denmark became one of the hosts.
Now known as The Parken Stadium in Copenhagen, it was formerly known as the Danish Sports Arena and is home to the Danish national team. The Danish Sports Arena served for the Danish national team until 14 November 1990, when its last match was the European Championship qualifiers, when Denmark's opponent was Yugoslavia, which had made Maradona's Argentina suffer so much at the 1990 World Cup.
The performance of the Danish athletic stadium was not perfect, and in the end, Denmark lost 2-0 to Yugoslavia and did not have the opportunity to directly qualify. Later, Yugoslavia was disqualified from the Civil War Cup, and Denmark, which was substituted, won the European Championship.
Substitute Denmark won the championship 2-0 Germany
Just after the closing performance with Yugoslavia, the stadium was remodeled under the auspices of the Danish Football Association. On 9 September 1992, the stadium was finally inaugurated, which is today's Parken Stadium. Later, after several renovations, the stadium could accommodate 42,305 fans (without the outbreak) to attend the game.
In addition to football, the court can also use the covered soundproof walls to hold handball and tennis matches.
COPENHAGEN – The capital of Denmark, built on a marginal island
Denmark, a country located in northern Europe, has a native area of only 43,000 square kilometers. Half of its native territory is located on the European continent, that is, the Jutland Peninsula bordering Germany, while the other half includes more than 400 islands, including Zealand and Fiying.
Composed of native Denmark
Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark and the country's largest city, is not on jutland, but on Zealand, the largest island in its east. Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark, is separated from Malmö, Sweden's third-largest city, across the Øresund Strait. Looking back at history, it is not difficult to find that Denmark and Sweden are precisely a pair of old enemies. So why did Denmark still have its capital here?
A bridge between Copenhagen and Malmö, Sweden
It all starts with the founding of Denmark. Speaking of pirate nicknames, I believe that what comes to mind in many people's minds must be the Swedish team. In fact, did you know that the descendants of the Vikings included Denmark in addition to Sweden, Norway, and Iceland (occupied by the Norwegians, and the Icelandic Songdo is the Norwegian name).
The Nordic inhabitants, the Vikings, were actually a branch of the Germanic peoples. The Nordic region has a high latitude and a long winter suitable for cultivating less land, but the area has more coastline and is also the confluence of cold and warm currents, suitable for marine fish growth. Thus, most of the early Vikings were not pirates, but fishermen.
The ancestors of the Danish, Swedish, Norwegian and Icelandic peoples, the Vikings
The wealth of the amber routes in the Baltic sea region was so overwhelming that some of the Vikings went on a path of plundering and expansion. Among them, the expansion to the east is the prototype of Sweden, the north is looking for land is Norway, and the southward expansion is Denmark.
The Vikings expanded, and to the south was Denmark
At that time, Danish territory included Jutland, southern Scandinavia, and many other islands, including Zealand. The original unified Denmark, by developing its maritime industry, used pirates to occupy land and population, and classified most of the plundered land into the kingdom. At its peak, all of England and northern France were Danish.
The central area of Denmark at that time was today's Zealand Island. Because it guards the Oresund Strait and is the main route in and out of the Baltic Sea, Denmark has its capital on Zealand. The capital of early Denmark was not Copenhagen, but Roskilde on Zealand.
The former capital of Denmark, Roskilde
Today's early Copenhagen was just a small fishing village on The island of Zealand that can't be named. The prosperity of the Amber Route has made the Oresund Strait between Zealand and Scandinavia increasingly important. In the 11th century, the Danes established commercial transit stations and settlements here, gradually transforming the area from a humble fishing village into a small town.
In the 12th century, the Danes built castles here to protect the passage of Danish ships, and a new city was born in the east of Zealand. The new city is called "Kbenhavn" (Copenhagen), which means "merchant's port".
Copenhagen
Later, in the war against the Hanseatic League in Northern Germany, Denmark gradually won the victory, squeezing out the Hanseatic League and becoming the hegemon of the Nordic region. Copenhagen's status gradually surpassed that of Roskilde.
In the late 15th century, with the recommendation of the Reformation, the Danish royal family converted to Protestantism, while Roskilde was the center of The Catholic Church in Denmark. In order to establish the authority of the royal family, the Catholic forces were isolated. In 1453, Denmark moved its capital from Roskilde to Copenhagen.
Copenhagen, once the capital of Denmark, is not on the border. In the 1660s, Denmark declared war on Sweden for nordic hegemony, and in the end, Denmark was defeated and ceded southern Scandinavia to Sweden. Since then, the Øresund Strait has changed from the inland sea of Denmark to a strait jointly owned by Sweden and Denmark.
Although Denmark, in the Great Northern War, Poland and Russia defeated Sweden, they failed to recover the territory of Scandinavia. Because Denmark and Sweden are no longer able to fight, economic development is the first priority. The Baltic region's ever-thriving industry and commerce has made Copenhagen increasingly stable.
Today, as european integration accelerates, the historical feud between Denmark and Sweden has long since been set aside. The successful construction of the Oresund Bridge in 2000, connecting Sweden's third largest city and Denmark's largest city, is a testimony to the friendship between the two countries.
Today, walking around Copenhagen, we mainly experience the fairytale atmosphere of the Kingdom of Denmark. The famous Danish fairy tale writer Hans Christian Andersen (born in Osseden, the capital of the island of Fienne) spent most of his time in Copenhagen, so most of Andersen's fairy tales can be found in Copenhagen.
Especially the mermaid princess story in "The Daughter of the Sea" has made many people sad. The statue of the mermaid, which stands in the shallow sea on the east side of Copenhagen's Langellini Promenade, became a symbol of Copenhagen and Denmark. She gazed at the sea, and the scene where the prince appeared made many people recall the story with a hint of sadness.
In addition to the Statue of the Little Mermaid, the city's numerous castles, royal palaces and ancient buildings make up the beauty of Copenhagen and Denmark.
In addition to the mainland, Denmark also has overseas territories
Copenhagen is the largest city in the entire Nordic region, but Denmark is the smallest of the five Nordic countries. Because Denmark only counts the part of the mainland area of 43,000 square kilometers, excluding the world's largest islands, Greenland and the Faroe Islands.
Relative location of the Faroe Islands (in the circle) and the Kingdom of Denmark (the red zone includes Greenland).
Because these two regional cups give them the status of autonomy, in addition to defense and diplomacy to the Kingdom of Denmark, enjoy a high degree of autonomy. These two regions are not counted in the land area of Denmark, the largest of which is in North America, with an area of 2.18 million square kilometers, equivalent to the area of 50 Denmark mainlands.
The dividing line between eastern Greenland and Iceland is the Strait of Denmark, illustrating the relationship between Greenland and Denmark
Although Greenland is large, its population is only 76,000. Greenland is located at a high latitude and has a very short time to play football all year round. As a result, today's Greenland region, although it has its own independent football association, is neither a member of FIFA nor a member of the Central and North American region. The only way for Greenlanders to compete in the World Series is to join the Danish national team. For example, Danish star Glenchard was born in Nuuk, the capital of Greenland.
Danish star Glenshire
Glenchard made a total of 80 appearances for the Danish national team, scoring five goals and representing the Danish national team at two European Championships (2000 Netherlands, Belgium and 2004 Portugal) and two World Cups (2002 World Cup In Korea and Japan and 2010 in South Africa).
The Faroe Islands did not join FIFA until 1988 and UEFA in 1990. Denmark once cut down World Cup winner Uruguay 6-1 in 1986 and wrote a fairy tale in 1992. The Faroe Islands' record pales in comparison. Not only did they lose big scores against Strong European teams such as Germany and Portugal, but even against Romania and the former Yugoslavia (the Yugoslav Federation of Serbia and Montenegro, non-Yugoslav Federation), they all lost 0-7.
It wasn't until Malta's 2-1 victory over the same fish belly team in the 1998 FIFA World Cup qualifiers in France that changed its embarrassing history of unwinned World Cups. Perhaps the most proud of them is the Euro 2016 qualifiers against Greece. Although they received the box lunch early, such a record is enough to make their fans proud.