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The Scotland national football team [ note 1 ] represents Scotland in men ‘s international football and is controlled by the Scottish Football Association. It competes in the three major professional tournaments : the FIFA World Cup, UEFA Nations League and the UEFA European Championship. Scotland, as a nation of the United Kingdom, is not a penis of the International Olympic Committee, and consequently the national team does not compete in the Olympic Games. The majority of Scotland ‘s home matches are played at the national stadium, Hampden Park.
Scotland is the joint oldest home football team in the populace, aboard England, whom they played in the world ‘s first base external football meet in 1872. Scotland has a long-standing competition with England, [ 5 ] whom they played per annum from 1872 until 1989. The teams have met only eight times since then, most recently in a group match during Euro 2020 in June 2021. Scotland have qualified for the FIFA World Cup on eight occasions, and the UEFA European Championship three times, but have never progressed beyond the foremost group stage of a finals tournament. [ 6 ] The team have achieved some noteworthy results, such as beating the 1966 FIFA World Cup winners England 3–2 at Wembley Stadium in 1967. Archie Gemmill scored what has been described as one of the greatest World Cup goals ever in a 3–2 win during the 1978 World Cup against the Netherlands, who reached the final of the tournament. [ 7 ] In their qualify group for UEFA Euro 2008, Scotland defeated 2006 World Cup runner-up France 1–0 in both fixtures. Scotland supporters are jointly known as the Tartan Army. The Scottish Football Association operates a bun of respect for every player who has made more than 50 appearances for Scotland. [ 8 ] Kenny Dalglish holds the phonograph record for Scotland appearances, having played 102 times between 1971 and 1986. [ 8 ] Dalglish scored 30 goals for Scotland and shares the criminal record for most goals scored with Denis Law .
history [edit ]
early on history [edit ]
Scotland and England are the oldest national football teams in the global. [ 9 ] Teams representing the two sides beginning competed at the Oval in five matches between 1870 and 1872. The two countries contested the first official international football match, at Hamilton Crescent in Partick, Scotland, on 30 November 1872. The match ended in a scoreless draw. [ 9 ] All eleven players who represented Scotland that day played for Glasgow amateur clubhouse Queen ‘s Park. [ 9 ] Over the next forty years, Scotland played matches entirely against the early three Home Nations —England, Wales and Ireland. The british Home Championship began in 1883, making these games competitive. The encounters against England were particularly boisterous and a competition quickly developed. [ 5 ] Scotland lost barely two of their beginning 43 external matches. It was not until a 2–0 dwelling frustration by Ireland in 1903 that Scotland lost a catch to a team other than England. This range of success mean that Scotland would have regularly topped the Elo ratings, which were calculated in 1998, between 1876 and 1904. Scotland won the british Home Championship outright on 24 occasions, and shared the style 17 times with at least one other team. [ eminence 2 ] [ 10 ] A noteworthy victory for Scotland before the second World War was the 5–1 victory over England in 1928, which led to that Scotland side being known as the “ Wembley Wizards “. Scotland played their beginning match outside the british Isles in 1929, beating norway 7–3 in Bergen. [ 11 ] Scotland continued to contest regular friendly matches against european opposition and enjoyed wins against Germany and France before losing to the austrian “ Wunderteam “ and Italy in 1931. [ 11 ] Scotland, like the early Home Nations, did not enter the three FIFA World Cups held during the 1930s. This was because the four associations had been excluded from FIFA due to a disagreement regarding the condition of amateur players. [ 12 ] The four associations, including Scotland, returned to the FIFA fold after the second World War. [ 12 ] A match between a United Kingdom team and a “ Rest of the World ” team was played at Hampden Park in 1947 to celebrate this reconciliation. [ 12 ]
1950s [edit ]
The readmission of the Scottish Football Association to FIFA mean that Scotland were now eligible to enter the 1950 FIFA World Cup. FIFA advised that places would be awarded to the top two teams in the 1950 British Home Championship, but the SFA announced that Scotland would only attend the finals if Scotland won the contest. Scotland won their beginning two matches, but a 1–0 home frustration by England mean that the Scots finished as runner-up. This mean that the Scots had qualified by right for the World Cup, but had not met the demand of the SFA to win the Championship. The SFA stand by this announcement, despite pleas to the contrary by the Scotland players, supported by England captain Billy Wright and the other England players. [ 13 ] The SFA alternatively sent the Scots on a tour of North America. [ 14 ] The same reservation rules were in place for the 1954 FIFA World Cup, with the 1954 British Home Championship acting as a qualifying group. Scotland again finished second, but this time the SFA allowed a team to participate in the Finals, held in Switzerland. To quote the SFA web site, “ The formulation was atrocious ”. [ 15 ] The SFA alone sent 13 players to the finals, even though FIFA allowed 22-man squads. [ 16 ] Despite this self-imposed hardship in terms of players, the SFA dignitaries travelled in numbers, accompanied by their wives. [ 16 ] Scotland lost 1–0 against Austria in their first crippled in the finals, which prompted the team director Andy Beattie to resign hours before the game against Uruguay. [ 17 ] Uruguay were reigning champions and had never earlier lost a game at the World Cup finals, and they defeated Scotland 7–0. [ 15 ] [ 18 ] The 1958 FIFA World Cup finals saw Scotland draw their beginning game against Yugoslavia 1–1, but they then lost to Paraguay and France and went out at the beginning stage. [ 19 ] Matt Busby had been due to manage the team at the World Cup, but the hard injuries he suffered in the Munich air travel disaster meant that trainer Dawson Walker took charge of the team rather. [ 19 ]
1960s [edit ]
Under the management of Ian McColl, Scotland enjoyed straight british Home Championship successes in 1962 and 1963. [ 10 ] Jock Stein, John Prentice and Malky MacDonald all had brief spells as coach before Bobby Brown was appointed in 1967. [ 20 ] Brown ‘s first couple as director was against the newly crowned earth champions England at Wembley Stadium. Despite being underdog, Scotland won 3–2 thanks to goals from Denis Law, Bobby Lennox and Jim McCalliog. [ 21 ] Having defeated the world champions on their own turf, the Scotland fans hailed their team as the “ unofficial world champions “. [ 22 ] Despite this celebrated win, the Scots failed to qualify for any major competitions during the 1960s. [ 19 ]
1970s [edit ]
After Tommy Docherty ‘s brief go as coach, Willie Ormond was hired in 1973. [ 20 ] Ormond lost his beginning match in charge 5–0 to England, but recovered to steer Scotland to their foremost World Cup finals in 16 years in 1974. At the 1974 World Cup finals in West Germany, Scotland achieved their most impressive operation at a World Cup tournament. [ 23 ] The team was unbeaten but failed to progress beyond the group stages on goal dispute. [ 23 ] After beating Zaïre, they drew with both Brazil and Yugoslavia, and went out because they had beaten Zaïre by the smallest margin. [ 24 ] Scotland appointed Ally MacLeod as director in 1977, with reservation for the 1978 World Cup in Argentina far from assured. [ 20 ] The team made a strong start under MacLeod by winning the 1977 British Home Championship, largely thanks to a 2–1 victory over England at Wembley. [ 10 ] The Scotland fans invaded the pitch after the match, ripping up the turf and breaking a crossbar. [ 25 ] Scotland ‘s effective shape continued as they secured reservation for the World Cup with victories over Czechoslovakia and Wales. [ 26 ] During the build-up to the 1978 FIFA World Cup, MacLeod fuelled the hopes of the nation by stating that Scotland would come family with a decoration. [ 7 ] As the police squad left for the finals in Argentina, they were given an enthusiastic bon voyage as they were paraded around a compact Hampden Park. [ 27 ] Thousands more fans lined the route to Prestwick Airport as the team set off for South America. [ 7 ] Scotland ‘s first bet on was against Peru in Córdoba. Two spectacular goals by Teófilo Cubillas meant that the solution was a 3–1 loss. The moment plot was a very disappoint 1–1 draw against newcomers Iran. [ 7 ] The blue climate of the nation was reflected by footage of Ally MacLeod in the dugout canoe with his drumhead in his hands. [ 28 ] After taking a one point from their opening two games, Scotland had to defeat the Netherlands by three clear goals to progress. [ 29 ] Despite the dutch taking the lead, Scotland fought back to win 3–2 with a goal from Kenny Dalglish and two from Archie Gemmill, the moment of which is considered one of the greatest World Cup goals ever ; [ 7 ] Gemmill beat three Dutch defenders before lifting the musket ball over goalkeeper Jan Jongbloed into the net. [ 7 ] [ 30 ] The victory was not sufficient to secure a target in the second round, and Scotland were eliminated on goal difference for the second consecutive World Cup. [ 29 ]
1980s [edit ]
MacLeod resigned as coach shortly after the 1978 World Cup, and Jock Stein, who had won nine consecutive Scottish league titles and the european Cup as coach of Celtic, was appointed as his successor. [ 20 ] After failing to qualify for the 1980 european Championship, [ 26 ] Scotland qualified for the 1982 FIFA World Cup from a hood group including Sweden, Portugal, Israel and Northern Ireland, losing equitable one match in the process. [ 31 ] They beat New Zealand 5–2 in their inaugural game at the World Cup, but lost 4–1 to a Brazil team containing Sócrates, Zico, Eder and Falcão. [ 32 ] Scotland were again eliminated on goal difference, after a 2–2 draw with the Soviet Union. [ 32 ] Scotland qualified for the 1986 FIFA World Cup, their fourth in succession, in traumatic circumstances. The team went into their last qualification meet against Wales needing a point to progress to a qualifying playoff against Australia. With only nine minutes remaining and Wales leading 1–0, Scotland were awarded a penalty kick, which was sedately scored by Davie Cooper. [ 33 ] The 1–1 describe meant that Scotland progressed, but as the players and fans celebrated, Stein suffered a heart attack and died curtly afterwards. [ 33 ] His adjunct Alex Ferguson took over. [ 20 ] Scotland qualified by winning 2–0 against Australia in a two-leg playoff, but were eliminated from the tournament with just one point from their three matches, a scoreless pull with Uruguay following defeats by Denmark and West Germany. [ 34 ] In July 1986, Andy Roxburgh was the surprise appointment as the new director of Scotland. [ 35 ] Scotland did not succeed in qualifying for Euro 1988, but their 1–0 away win over Bulgaria in the final examination regular in November 1987 helped Ireland to a storm first-place finish and qualification for the finals in West Germany. [ 36 ]
1990s [edit ]
Scotland qualified for their fifth consecutive World Cup in 1990 by finishing second in their modification group, ahead of France. [ 37 ] Scotland were drawn in a group with Costa Rica, Sweden, and Brazil, but the Scots lost 1–0 to Costa Rica. [ 38 ] While they recovered to beat sweden 2–1 in their second game, they lost to Brazil in their third base match 1–0 and were again eliminated after the inaugural round. [ 38 ] By a pin down margin, Scotland qualified for the UEFA European Championship for the first time in 1992. [ 39 ] A 1–0 defeat by Romania away from dwelling left reservation subject upon other results, but a 1–1 tie between Bulgaria and Romania in the concluding group catch saw Scotland squeeze through. [ 40 ] Despite playing well in matches against the Netherlands and Germany and a very well succeed against the CIS, the team was knocked out at the group degree. [ 40 ] Scotland failed to qualify for the 1994 FIFA World Cup. The team finished fourthly in their modify group behind Italy, Switzerland and Portugal. When it became clear that Scotland could not qualify, Andy Roxburgh resigned from his situation as team director. [ 41 ]
New director Craig Brown successfully guided Scotland to the 1996 european Championship tournament. [ 41 ] The first game against the Netherlands ended 0–0, raising esprit de corps ahead of a much anticipated bet on against England at Wembley. [ 41 ] Gary McAllister missed a penalty kick, and a goal by Paul Gascoigne led to a 2–0 defeat. Scotland recovered to beat Switzerland 1–0 with a goal by Ally McCoist. England taking a 4–0 lead in the other match concisely put both teams in a position to qualify, but a late goal for the Netherlands think of that Scotland were knocked out on goals scored. [ 41 ] [ 42 ] Brown again guided Scotland to qualification for a major tournament in 1998, and Scotland were drawn against Brazil in the opening game of the 1998 World Cup. [ 43 ] John Collins equalised from the penalty spot to level the score at 1–1, but a Tom Boyd own goal led to a 2–1 kill. Scotland drew their next game 1–1 with Norway in Bordeaux, [ 44 ] but the final equal against Morocco ended in an embarrassing 3–0 kill. [ 41 ] During the reservation for the 2000 european Championship, Scotland faced England in a two-legged playoff nicknamed the “ Battle of Britain ” by the media. [ 45 ] Scotland won the second equal 1–0 with a goal by Don Hutchison, but lost the necktie 2–1 on aggregate. [ 45 ]
2000s [edit ]
Scotland failed to qualify for the 2002 FIFA World Cup, finishing third gear in their passing group behind Croatia and Belgium. [ 41 ] This second consecutive failure to qualify prompt Craig Brown to resign from his placement after the final modify match. [ 41 ] The SFA appointed former Germany coach Berti Vogts as Brown ‘s successor. [ 46 ] Scotland reached the reservation play-offs for Euro 2004, where they beat the Netherlands 1–0 at Hampden Park, but suffered a 6–0 kill in the tax return leg. Poor results in friendly matches and a bad start to the 2006 World Cup qualification caused the team to drop to a read broken of 77th in the FIFA World Rankings. [ 47 ] Vogts announced his resignation in 2004, [ 48 ] blaming the hostile media for his deviation. [ 49 ] Walter Smith, a early Rangers and Everton coach, was brought in to replace Vogts. Improved results meant that Scotland rose up the FIFA rankings and won the Kirin Cup, a friendly contest in Japan. [ 50 ] Scotland failed to qualify for the 2006 FIFA World Cup, finishing third in their group behind Italy and Norway. Smith left the national side in January 2007 to return to Rangers, with Scotland leading their euro 2008 qualification group. [ 51 ] New director Alex McLeish [ 52 ] guided Scotland to wins against Georgia, the Faroe Islands, Lithuania, France and Ukraine, but defeats by Georgia and Italy ended their chances of qualification for Euro 2008. [ 53 ] These improved results, particularly the wins against France, lifted Scotland into the circus tent 20 of the FIFA world rankings. [ 2 ] After the minute failure to qualify for Euro 2008, McLeish left to join Premier League club Birmingham City. [ 54 ] Southampton director George Burley was hired as the new coach, but he came in for criticism from the media after the team lost their first base modifier against Macedonia. [ 55 ] After Scotland lost their one-fourth match 3–0 to the Netherlands, [ 56 ] captain Barry Ferguson and goalkeeper Allan McGregor were excluded from the starting batting order for the adopt match against Iceland due to a “ gap of discipline ”. [ 57 ] Despite winning 2–1 against Iceland, [ 58 ] Scotland suffered a 4–0 kill by Norway in the follow modifier, which left Scotland effectively needing to win their last two games to have a realistic prospect of making the qualifying play-offs. [ 59 ] Scotland defeated Macedonia 2–0 in the first gear of those two games, [ 60 ] but were eliminated by a 1–0 passing to the Netherlands in the second game. [ 61 ] Burley was allowed to continue in his post after a review by the SFA board, [ 62 ] but a subsequent 3–0 friendly defeat by Wales led to his dismissal. [ 63 ]
2010s [edit ]
The SFA appointed Craig Levein as headway passenger car of the home team in December 2009. [ 64 ] In UEFA Euro 2012 qualify, Scotland were grouped with Lithuania, Liechtenstein, the Czech Republic and global champions Spain. [ 65 ] [ 66 ] They took merely four points from the first four games, leaving the team needing three wins from their remaining four games to have a realistic chance of progress. [ 66 ] They entirely managed two wins and a draw and were eliminated after a 3–1 kill by Spain in their last couple. [ 67 ] Levein left his put as head coach following a inadequate get down to 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification, having taken equitable two points from four games. [ 68 ] Gordon Strachan was appointed Scotland coach in January 2013, [ 69 ] but defeats in his foremost two competitive matches meant that Scotland were the first UEFA team to be eliminated from the 2014 World Cup. [ 70 ] Scotland finished their reservation segment by winning three of their last four matches, including two victories against Croatia. [ 71 ] [ 72 ] In UEFA Euro 2016 qualify, Scotland appeared to have a better chance of reservation as the finals tournament was expanded from 16 teams to 24. [ 73 ] After losing their open match in Germany, Scotland recorded home plate wins against Georgia, the Republic of Ireland and Gibraltar. [ 73 ] Steven Fletcher scored the first hat-trick for Scotland since 1969 in the game with Gibraltar. [ 74 ] Later in the group, Scotland produced an “ bland ” performance as they lost 1–0 in Georgia. [ 73 ] A home defeat by Germany and a late equalize finish by Poland eliminated Scotland from competition. [ 73 ] After a win against Gibraltar in the concluding qualifier, Strachan agreed a new shrink with the SFA. [ 75 ] In reservation for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, Scotland were drawn in the same group as England, facing their rivals in a competitive fastness for the first base meter since 1999. [ 76 ] On 11 November 2016, England beat Scotland 3–0 at Wembley. [ 77 ] The fall match saw Leigh Griffiths score two late free-kicks to give Scotland a 2–1 lead, but Harry Kane scored in add meter to force a 2–2 draw. [ 78 ] A draw in Slovenia in the concluding game of the group ended Scottish hopes of a play-off position, and Strachan subsequently left his status by common consent. [ 79 ] In February 2018, Alex McLeish was appointed coach for the second time. [ 80 ] The team won their group in the 2018–19 UEFA Nations League, but McLeish left in April 2019 after a poor get down to UEFA Euro 2020 qualify, including a 3–0 loss to 117th-ranked Kazakhstan. [ 81 ]
2020s [edit ]
Steve Clarke was appointed Scotland director in May 2019. [ 82 ] The team failed to qualify mechanically for UEFA Euro 2020, but back-to-back victories in penalty shootouts in the playoffs against Israel [ 83 ] and Serbia put Scotland into their first base major tournament since 1998. [ 84 ] Defeats by the Czech Republic and Croatia, either english of a scoreless draw with England, [ 85 ] meant that Scotland finished bottom of Group D. [ 86 ] Six consecutive wins later that year meant that Scotland finished second in Group F of 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification. [ 87 ] This progressed the team into the play-offs, where they were paired with Ukraine in a semi-final at Hampden. [ 87 ]
competitive phonograph record [edit ]
FIFA World Cup [edit ]
Scotland did not compete in the first three World Cup competitions, held in 1930, 1934 and 1938. FIFA ruled that all its member associations must provide “ broken-time ” payments to cover the expenses of players who participated in football at the 1928 Summer Olympics. In reception to what they considered to be impossible hindrance, the football associations of Scotland, England, Ireland and Wales held a suffer at which they agreed to resign from FIFA. [ 88 ] The Scottish Football Association did not rejoin FIFA as a permanent member until 1946. [ 89 ] The SFA declined to participate in 1950 although they had qualified, as Scotland were not the british champions. [ 90 ] Scotland have since qualified for eight finals tournaments, [ 44 ] including five consecutive tournaments from 1974 to 1990. Scotland have never advanced beyond the beginning round of the finals rival – no country has qualified for a many World Cup finals without progressing past the first round. They have missed out on progressing to the second round three times on goal dispute : in 1974, when Brazil edged them out ; [ 24 ] in 1978, when the Netherlands progressed ; [ 29 ] and in 1982, when the Soviet Union went through. [ 32 ]
| Year | Final Tournament | Qualification | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | |||||||||||||||
| 1930 | Did not enter[89] | Did not enter[89] | |||||||||||||
| 1934 | |||||||||||||||
| 1938 | |||||||||||||||
| 1950 | Qualified but withdrew[90] | 2nd | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | |||||||
| 1954 | Group Stage | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2nd | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | |
| 1958 | Group Stage | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1st | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 9 | |
| 1962 | Did not qualify | 2nd | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 11 | |||||||
| 1966 | 2nd | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | ||||||||
| 1970 | 2nd | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 7 | ||||||||
| 1974 | Group Stage | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1st | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | |
| 1978 | Group Stage | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1st | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | |
| 1982 | Group Stage | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 1st | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 4 | |
| 1986 | Group Stage | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2nd | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 4 | |
| 1990 | Group Stage | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2nd | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 12 | |
| 1994 | Did not qualify | 4th | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 13 | |||||||
| 1998 | Group Stage | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2nd | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 3 | |
| 2002 | Did not qualify | 3rd | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 6 | |||||||
| 2006 | 3rd | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 7 | ||||||||
| 2010 | 3rd | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | ||||||||
| 2014 | 4th | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 12 | ||||||||
| 2018 | 3rd | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 12 | ||||||||
| 2022 | To be determined | 2nd | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 7 | |||||||
| 2026 | To be determined | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 8/21 | 23 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 25 | 41 | — | 135 | 69 | 30 | 36 | 209 | 143 | |
Draws include smasher matches decided on penalty kicks ; correct as of 15 November 2021 after the match against Denmark .
UEFA european championship [edit ]
Scotland have qualified for three european Championships, but have failed to advance beyond the first round. Their most holocene engagement was at UEFA Euro 2020, in which Hampden Park besides hosted three group games and a final 16 match. [ 91 ]
| Year | Final Tournament | Qualification | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | |||||||||||||||
| 1960 | Did not enter | Did not enter | |||||||||||||
| 1964 | |||||||||||||||
| 1968 | Did not qualify | 2nd | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | |||||||
| 1972 | 3rd | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | ||||||||
| 1976 | 3rd | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | ||||||||
| 1980 | 4th | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 13 | ||||||||
| 1984 | 4th | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | ||||||||
| 1988 | 4th | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | ||||||||
| 1992 | Group Stage | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1st | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 7 | |
| 1996 | Group Stage | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2nd | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 3 | |
| 2000 | Did not qualify | 2nd | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 12 | |||||||
| 2004 | 2nd | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 14 | ||||||||
| 2008 | 3rd | 12 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 21 | 12 | ||||||||
| 2012 | 3rd | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | ||||||||
| 2016 | 4th | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 12 | ||||||||
| 2020 | Group Stage | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3rd | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 20 | |
| 2024 | To be determined | To be determined | |||||||||||||
| Totals | 3/16 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 10 | — | 122 | 57 | 28 | 37 | 183 | 139 | |
Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks ; correct as of 22 June 2021 after the match against Croatia .
UEFA Nations League [edit ]
When the UEFA Nations League was inaugurated in 2018–19, Scotland were allocated to League C. With a 3–2 win against Israel in their final match, Scotland won promotion to League B of the 2020–21 rival. [ 92 ]
| UEFA Nations League record | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Division | Group | Rank | |||||||
| 2018–19 | C | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 |  |
25th |
| 2020–21 | B | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 |  |
23rd |
| 2022–23 | B | To be determined | ||||||||
| Totals | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 23rd | |||
Draws include smasher matches decided on punishment kicks ; correct as of 18 November 2020 after the couple against Israel .
other honours [edit ]
stadium [edit ]
Hampden Park in Glasgow is the traditional home of the Scotland team and is described by the SFA as the National Stadium. [ 94 ] The present stadium is one of three stadiums to have used the name. Stadiums named Hampden Park have hosted international matches since 1878. The present locate was opened in 1903 and became the elementary home grind of the Scotland team from 1906. The attendance record of 149,415 was set by the Scotland volt England match in 1937. [ 95 ] Safety regulations reduced the capacity to 81,000 by 1977 and the stadium was wholly redeveloped during the 1990s, giving the present capacitance of 52,000. Hampden is rated as a class four ( elite ) stadium within the UEFA stadium categories, having previously held the five-star status under the honest-to-god denounce system. [ 96 ] Some friendly matches are played at smaller venues. Pittodrie Stadium in Aberdeen and Easter Road in Edinburgh were both used as venues during the 2012–13 season and, most recently, both in 2017. early stadiums were besides used while Hampden was being redeveloped during the 1990s. Celtic Park, Ibrox Stadium, Pittodrie Stadium and Rugby Park all hosted matches during the 1998 World Cup qualifying crusade, [ 97 ] while Tynecastle Stadium, [ 98 ] Pittodrie, [ 99 ] Celtic Park and Ibrox Stadium were used for Euro 2000 qualifying matches. Since the last renovation to Hampden was completed in 1999, Scotland have played most of their competitive matches there. The most late exception to this convention was in 2014, when Hampden was temporarily converted into an athletics stadium for the 2014 Commonwealth Games. [ 100 ]
Media coverage [edit ]
Scotland ‘s matches are soon covered by the pay-TV broadcaster Sky Sports. [ 101 ] [ 102 ] [ 103 ] The arrangements to show Scotland matches on pay-TV have been criticised by the scots Government, who have argued that qualifying matches should be included in the list of sporting events which can only be broadcast on free-to-air television. [ 101 ] [ 104 ] The SFA have argued that limiting the rights to free-to-air broadcasters would badly reduce the amount of tax income that they could generate. [ 105 ] An autonomous advisory panel recommended that qualifying matches played by all four Home Nations be added to the list, but UK Sports Minister Hugh Robertson deferred a decision until the completion of the digital switchover. [ 106 ] BBC Scotland, [ 101 ] [ 107 ] STV, Setanta Sports, [ 101 ] [ 108 ] Channel 5 [ 109 ] and BT Sport [ 110 ] are among other networks that have previously shown live fixtures. Sky Sports opted to show the Euro 2020 playoff against Serbia on their Pick transmit, which was available on Freeview. [ 103 ] [ 111 ] All matches are broadcast with full comment on BBC Radio Scotland and, when schedules allow, BBC Radio 5 Live besides. [ 107 ] [ 112 ]
Colours [edit ]
Scotland players, including Andrew Watson ( circus tent center ), wearing an atypical light blue-and-white hooped jersey in 1882 Scotland traditionally wear benighted amobarbital sodium shirts with white shorts and dark gloomy socks, the color of the Queen ‘s Park team who represented Scotland in the first international. [ 9 ] The blue Scotland shirt was earlier used in a February 1872 rugby international, with reports stating that “ the scots were easily distinct by their uniform of blue jerseys …. the jersey having the thistle embroidered ”. [ 113 ] The thistle had previously been worn to represent Scotland in the 1871 rugby international, but on brown shirts. [ 114 ] The shirt is embroidered with a crest based upon the lion rampant of the Royal Standard of Scotland .
Tartan-style kit with blue shorts worn at UEFA Euro 1996 Another manner much used by Scotland comprises gloomy shirts, white shorts and red socks, whilst a count of kits have used united states navy shorts and socks. [ 115 ] [ 116 ] Navy is routinely used as alternate color for the shorts and socks when Scotland faces a team who share the same discolor for these items, but when the home shirt is still appropriate. [ 117 ] Change colours vary, but are most normally white or yellow shirts with aristocratic shorts. [ 118 ] In 2016–17, Scotland wore pinko shirts with black shorts and socks as the away kit ; the kit was additionally used in a one base match against Slovakia due to both Slovakia kits clashing with the Scotland home plate kit, which featured egg white sleeves. [ 117 ] [ 119 ] [ 120 ] Third kits have been produced on two occasions. Amber shirts, navy shorts and united states navy socks were used in 2005–06, as the alternative flip blue shirts were unsuitable when Scotland travelled to teams wearing any shade of blue shirt, while an all ‘cherry red ‘ kit was used a one fourth dimension against Georgia in the Euro 2008 qualifiers in 2007. [ 115 ] [ 121 ] [ 122 ] From 1994 to 1996, a tartan kit was used ; this kit out was worn in all three of Scotland ‘s matches at UEFA Euro 1996. [ 123 ] [ 124 ] Scotland have not always played in dark blue ; on a number of occasions between 1881 and 1951 they played in the primrose and pink racing colours of Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery. [ 125 ] A former Prime Minister, Lord Rosebery was an influential human body in scottish football, serving as honorary President of the SFA and Edinburgh team Hearts. His tinge were used most frequently in the first ten of the twentieth century, but were discontinued in 1909. The color were briefly reprised in 1949, and were survive used against France in 1951. In 1900, when Scotland defeated England 4–1, Lord Rosebery remarked, “ I have never seen my colours so well sported since Ladas won the Derby “. [ 126 ] Rosebery colors were revived as a change kit out for the UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying matches. [ 127 ] [ 128 ] The current version of the crest is a annulet similar to the peak used from 1961 to 1988 enclosing a carapace, with “ Scotland ” written on the top and “ eastern time 1873 ” on the bottom. In the carapace background there are 11 thistles, representing the home flower of Scotland, in accession to the leo rampant. Since 2005, the SFA have supported the function of scots Gaelic on the national team ‘s strip in recognition of the linguistic process ‘s status in Scotland. [ 129 ]
Supporters [edit ]
Scotland fans are jointly known as the Tartan Army. During the 1970s, Scotland fans became known for their vandalism in England, particularly after they invaded the Wembley pitch and destroyed the goalposts after the England vanadium Scotland equal in 1977. [ 130 ] Since then, the Tartan Army have won awards from UEFA for their combination of vocal accompaniment, friendly nature and charity work. [ 131 ] [ 132 ] The Tartan Army have been awarded a Fair Play trophy by the belgian Olympic Committee [ 133 ] and were named as the best supporters during the 1992 european Championship. [ 133 ] The fans were besides presented with a trophy for non-violence in sport and were voted by journalists to be the best supporters for their sense of bonny play and sporting spirit at the 1998 World Cup in France. [ 134 ]
Coaching staff [edit ]
The function of a team coach was first established in May 1954, as Andy Beattie took charge of six matches before and during the 1954 FIFA World Cup. Until then the team had been picked by a SFA choice committee, and after the tournament the survival committee resumed control condition of the team until the appointment of Matt Busby in 1958. Busby was initially ineffective to assume his duties due to the serious injuries he sustained in the Munich breeze calamity. [ 19 ] twenty-four men have occupied the post since its origin, with Beattie, Jock Stein and Alex McLeish occupying it in two spells. Six of those managers held the post on a caretaker basis. Craig Brown held the military position for the longest to date ; a tenure of 9 years, comprising two major tournaments and a total of 71 matches. Beattie ( 1954 ), Dawson Walker ( 1958 ), Willie Ormond ( 1974 ), Ally MacLeod ( 1978 ), Jock Stein ( 1982 ), Alex Ferguson ( 1986 ), Andy Roxburgh ( 1990 and 1992 ) and Brown ( 1996 and 1998 ) have all managed the team at major competitions. Ian McColl, Ormond and MacLeod all won the british Home Championship outright. german coach Berti Vogts became the first alien coach of the team in 2002, but his clock time in accusation was by and large seen as a bankruptcy and the FIFA World Ranking declined to an all-time abject of 88 in March 2005. [ 47 ] [ 3 ] Walter Smith and Alex McLeish achieved better results, with the ranking improving to an all-time high of 13 in October 2007, [ 2 ] but both were entirely briefly in charge before returning to club management. George Burley and Craig Levein both had worse results with the team and were finally sacked. Results improved reasonably under Gordon Strachan, but he was unable to secure qualification for a tournament. After McLeish had a irregular enchantment as director, Steve Clarke was appointed in May 2019. [ 82 ] Clarke guided the team to qualification for Euro 2020, their first major rival since 1998. [ 84 ]
stream personnel [edit ]
- As of 29 September 2021
statistical criminal record [edit ]
statistically the most successful coach was Alex McLeish, who won seven of the ten games during his first enchantment as coach. discount managers who took charge of less than ten-spot games, the least successful coach was George Burley, with precisely three wins in 14 games .
| Name | Scotland career | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Win % | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Selection committee | 1872–1953 | 231 | 139 | 42 | 50 | 0 60.17 | 1.99 |
| 1954 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 33.33 | 1.17 | |
| Selection committee | 1954–1957 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 0 43.48 | 1.61 |
| [note 3] | 1958 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 16.67 | 0.83 |
| 1958 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 50.00 | 2 | |
| 1959–1960 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 25.00 | 1 | |
| 1960–1965 | 28 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 0 60.71 | 1.93 | |
| 1965–1966 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 42.86 | 1.43 | |
| 1966 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 00 0.00 | 0.25 | |
| [note 4] | 1966–1967 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 50.00 | 2 |
| 1967–1971 | 33 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 0 42.42 | 1.52 | |
| 1971–1972 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 58.33 | 1.92 | |
| 1973–1977 | 38 | 18
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8 | 12 | 0 47.37 | 1.63 | |
| 1977–1978 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 41.18 | 1.53 | |
| 1978–1985 | 61 | 26 | 12 | 23 | 0 42.62 | 1.48 | |
| [note 5] | 1985–1986 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 30.00 | 1.3 |
| 1986–1993 | 61 | 23 | 19 | 19 | 0 37.70 | 1.44 | |
| 1993–2002 | 71 | 32 | 18 | 21 | 0 45.07 | 1.61 | |
| 2002–2004 | 32 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 0 28.13 | 1.06 | |
| [note 4] | 2004 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 00 0.00 | 0 |
| 2004–2007 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 43.75 | 1.63 | |
| 2007 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 70.00 | 2.1 | |
| 2008–2009 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 0 21.43 | 0.86 | |
| 2009–2012 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 0 41.67 | 1.46 | |
| [note 4] | 2012 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | 3 |
| 2013–2017 | 40 | 19 | 9 | 12 | 0 47.50 | 1.65 | |
| [note 4] | 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 00 0.00 | 0 |
| 2018–2019 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 0 41.67 | 1.25 | |
| 2019–present | 31 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 0 48.39 | 1.68 | |
| Totals | 806 | 383 | 174 | 249 | 0 47.52 | 1.64 | |
end update : Scotland five Denmark, 15 November 2021. Statistics include official FIFA-recognised matches, five matches from the 1967 SFA go that were reclassified as full internationals in 2021, [ 137 ] and a catch against a Hong Kong League XI played on 23 May 2002 that the Scottish Football Association includes in its statistical totals. [ 138 ] [ 139 ]
Players [edit ]
current squad [edit ]
The follow players were called up for the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Moldova and Denmark in November 2021. [ 140 ] [ 141 ] [ 142 ] [ 143 ] [ 144 ] Caps and goals updated as of 15 November 2021, after the match against Denmark. Clubs correct as of 31 August 2021.
holocene call-ups [edit ]
The following players have besides been selected by Scotland in the past 12 months .
Honoured players [edit ]
The Scottish Football Association operates a roll of honor for every player who has made more than 50 appearances for Scotland. [ 8 ] As of September 2021 there are 33 members of this bankroll, [ 8 ] with Andy Robertson the most late addition to the list. The qualifying mark of 50 appearances means that many noteworthy Scotland players including Jim Baxter, Hughie Gallacher, John Greig, Jimmy Johnstone, Billy McNeill, Bobby Murdoch, Archie Gemmill and Lawrie Reilly are not on the roll of respect. The scots Football Museum operates a mansion of fame which is exposed to players and managers involved in scottish football. This means that membership is not restricted to people who have played for Scotland ; inductees include Brian Laudrup and Henrik Larsson, arsenic well as John McGovern who never played in Scotland or gained an international detonator. [ 145 ] Sportscotland operates the scots Sports Hall of Fame, which has inducted some footballers. [ 146 ]
Records [edit ]
Kenny Dalglish scored a joint record 30 goals in a record 102 international appearances for Scotland between 1971 and 1986. Kenny Dalglish holds the record for Scotland appearances, having played 102 times between 1971 and 1986. He is the entirely Scotland player to have reached 100 caps. [ 8 ] Jim Leighton is second, having played 91 times, a scots record for appearances by a goalkeeper. [ 8 ] The title of Scotland ‘s highest goalscorer is shared by two players. Denis Law scored 30 goals between 1958 and 1974, during which time he played for Scotland on 55 occasions. Kenny Dalglish scored an equal phone number from 102 appearances. Hughie Gallacher a well as being the third highest scorekeeper is besides the most prolific with his 24 goals coming from only 20 games ( averaging 1.2 goals per game ). [ 147 ] The largest margin of victory achieved by a Scotland slope is 11–0 against Ireland in the 1901 British Home Championship. [ 148 ] The record frustration occurred during the 1954 FIFA World Cup, a 7–0 deficit against reigning populace champions Uruguay. [ 149 ] Scotland ‘s 1937 british Home Championship peer against England set a newfangled world record for a football attendance. The Hampden Park crowd was officially recorded as 149,415, though the true figure is unknown as a large phone number of extra fans gained unauthorized entrance. This attendance was surpassed 13 years late by the decisive match of the 1950 FIFA World Cup, but remains a european record. [ 150 ] [ 151 ]
United Kingdom team [edit ]
Scotland has always participated by itself in most of the major football tournaments, such as the FIFA World Cup and the UEFA European Championship. At the Olympic Games the International Olympic Committee lease only permit a great Britain Olympic football team, representing the whole of the United Kingdom, to compete. [ 152 ] Teams of amateur players represented Great Britain at the Olympics from 1900 until 1972, but the FA stopped entering a team after then because the distinction between amateur and professional was abolished. The successful bid by London for the 2012 Summer Olympics prompted the FA to explore how a team could be entered. [ 153 ] The SFA responded by stating that it would not participate, as it feared that this would threaten the independent condition of the Scotland national team. [ 154 ] FIFA President Sepp Blatter denied this, [ 155 ] but the SFA expressed concern that a future President could take a different opinion. An agreement was reached in May 2009 whereby the FA would be permitted to organise a team using entirely England-qualified players, [ 156 ] but this was successfully challenged by the british Olympic Association. only english and welsh players were selected for the men ‘s police squad, [ 157 ] but two scots players were selected for the women ‘s team. [ 158 ]
Notes [edit ]
- ^Scottish Gaelic: Sgioba Ball-coise Nàiseanta na h-Alba
Scots: Scotland National Fitbaa Team - ^ The contest used neither finish dispute nor goal median to distinguish teams level on points, so the claim was shared alternatively .
- ^ Dawson Walker was left in consign of the players due to the Munich air catastrophe, in which official director Matt Busby was seriously injured .
- a b c d Served as director on a caretaker footing .
- ^ Alex Ferguson was interim director, following the death of Jock Stein .
References [edit ]
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