Denmark national team pays homage to female counterparts ahead of Euro 2025 | OneFootball

The men’s Danish national team has honoured their female counterparts ahead of the upcoming Euro 2025 by wearing a special kit to show their support.

Danish national team honours women before Euro 2025

When Denmark came up against Northern Ireland in an international friendly over the weekend they weren’t wearing their usual home kit.

As the men look to support their women’s team ahead of their upcoming Euro 2025 journey, they decided to don a special kit to show solidarity with their international counterparts.

The Danish Football Association (DBU) teamed up with kit sponsor Hummel in May to create a kit for the Denmark women to wear at this summer’s tournament.

That kit was then worn by Denmark during their 2-1 home win against Northern Ireland on June 7th.

The gesture from DBU aimed to show solidarity with the women as the country prepares to support the team at the Euros in Switzerland.

“We’re proud to let the Danish men’s national team play in the women’s EURO jersey. It’s a powerful symbol of unity and of the shared pride we feel for all our national teams.” said Birgitte Mabeck, Chief Commercial Officer at DBU.

“The Danish women’s national team has inspired the country with their performances, and this gesture sends a clear message: we stand shoulder to shoulder – across gender and across teams.”

Denmark have one of the toughest groups in this year’s tournament, with top contenders Germany and Sweden both in Group C along with Poland.

Denmark football standing as one

This isn’t the first time the men’s team has supported their women, as in 2024 it was announced that they would refuse a pay rise in order to correct the gender pay gap in international football.

The protests were immediately listened to by the players union, Spillerforeningen, with a compromise coming into place so that both teams are paid equal and fairly.

“The men’s team chose not to demand any changes in the conditions in their new agreement,” Spillerforeningen’s director, Michael Sahl Hansen, said. “It’s an extraordinary step to help improve the conditions of the women’s national teams. So, instead of looking for better conditions for themselves, the players thought about supporting the women’s team.

Following Euro 2024, the men’s team agreed to a 15% decrease in pay which allowed the Danish women’s side to be paid a whopping 50% extra per match played. The men’s under-21 team also got a pay rise by approximately 40%.