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Scotland
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)The Tartan Army[1][2]
AssociationScottish Football Association
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachScotland Alex McLeish
CaptainBarry Ferguson
Most capsKenny Dalglish (102)
Top scorerKenny Dalglish, Denis Law (30)
Home stadiumHampden Park
FIFA codeSCO
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current23
Highest14[3] (May 2007)
Lowest88[4] (March 2005)
First international
Scotland Scotland 0–0 England 
(Partick, Scotland; 30 November, 1872)
Biggest win
Scotland Scotland 11–0 Ireland 
(Glasgow, Scotland; 23 February, 1901)
Biggest defeat
 Uruguay 7–0 Scotland Scotland
(Basel, Switzerland; 19 June, 1954)
World Cup
Appearances8 (first in 1954)
Best resultRound 1, all
European Championship
Appearances2 (first in 1992)
Best resultRound 1, all

The Scotland national football team represents Scotland in international football and is controlled by the Scottish Football Association. Scotland are the joint oldest national football team in the world, alongside England, whom they played in the world's first international football match in 1872. Although part of the United Kingdom, Scotland maintains its own representative side that competes in all major professional tournaments, but does not compete at the Olympics as Scotland is not a member of the International Olympic Committee.

Some of Scotland's most famous results include defeating the World Cup holders England 3–2 at Wembley Stadium in 1967, and defeating tournament finalists the Netherlands 3–2 in the 1978 World Cup, with Archie Gemmill scoring a famous goal. More recently, in October 2006 Scotland defeated World Cup 2006 runners-up France 1–0. Scotland have competed at eight World Cup Finals, but have never progressed beyond the first round of the finals competition.

Traditionally England have been Scotland's fiercest rivals, though in recent times senior level fixtures between the teams have become uncommon. Scotland won the last encounter 1–0 in 1999.

History

Main article: History of the Scotland national football team

Scotland are the oldest national football team in the world, alongside England.[6] The two countries contested the first ever international football match, at Hamilton Crescent in Partick, Scotland on 30 November 1872.[7] The match ended in a goalless draw.[7] All eleven players who represented Scotland that day played for Glasgow amateur club Queen's Park.[6] Over the next forty years, Scotland played matches exclusively against the other three Home nations — England, Wales and a unified Ireland. The British Home Championship began in 1883, making these games competitive. The encounters against England were particularly fierce and a rivalry quickly developed.[8] Perhaps the best-remembered of Scotland's early matches was the 5–1 victory over England in 1928, which led that Scotland side to be nicknamed "The Wembley Wizards". Scotland won the British Home Championship, which was took place annually until 1984, outright on twenty-four occasions, and shared the title with another team seventeen times.[9][10]

In 1929, Scotland played their first match outside Britain and Ireland, 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 Austria and Italy in 1931.[11] The national team did not compete at the FIFA World Cup until the 1954 World Cup in Switzerland. Scotland suffered defeats against Austria and Uruguay, and failed to progress beyond the first round.[12] It was also in 1954 that Scotland appointed their first team manager, Andy Beattie, but he resigned before the game against Uruguay.[12][13]

Under the management of Ian McColl, Scotland enjoyed consecutive British Home Championship successes in 1962 and 1963.[10] Jock Stein, John Prentice and Malcolm MacDonald all had brief spells as manager before Bobby Brown was appointed in 1967.[14] Brown's first match as manager was a daunting encounter against newly crowned world champions England at Wembley Stadium. Despite being underdogs, Scotland emerged triumphant after a 3–2 victory,[15] with goals from Denis Law, Bobby Lennox and Jim McCalliog.[16] After the result, rapturous Scotland fans jovially heralded their team as the "Unofficial world champions". This joke ultimately led to the conception of the Unofficial Football World Championships.[17]

File:Jim Baxter Wembley.png
Jim Baxter celebrates victory at Wembley

After Tommy Docherty's brief spell as manager between 1971 and 1972, Willie Ormond was hired in 1973.[14] Ormond lost his first match in charge, but recovered to steer Scotland to their first World Cup finals in 16 years. At the finals in West Germany, Scotland were unbeaten but failed to progress beyond the group stages on goal difference after beating Zaire and drawing with Brazil and Yugoslavia.[18]

Scotland appointed Ally MacLeod as manager in 1977 with qualification for the 1978 World Cup in Argentina far from assured.[14] MacLeod made a strong start and won the 1977 British Home Championship, beating England at Wembley Stadium.[10] after the match Scotland fans infamously invaded the pitch, ripping up the turf and breaking a crossbar.[19] Scotland continued to play impressively under MacLeod and the team secured qualification for the World Cup with victories over Czechoslovakia and Wales.[20]

During the build-up to the World Cup, MacLeod fuelled the hopes of the nation by stating that Scotland would come home with a medal.[21] As the squad left for the finals in Argentina, they were given an enthusiastic send off as they were paraded around a packed Hampden Park.[22] Thousands more fans lined the route to Prestwick Airport as the team set off for South America.[21]

Scotland started their World Cup campaign against Peru and Iran. Despite taking the lead in both games, Scotland won neither; the group stage encounters ended in defeat against Peru and in a draw against Iran.[21] The disconsolate mood of the nation was reflected by footage of Ally MacLeod in the dugout with his head in his hands.[23] After taking a single point from their opening two games, Scotland had to defeat one of the tournament favourites, the Netherlands, by three clear goals to progress.[24] Despite the Dutch taking the lead, Scotland fought back to win 3–2 with goals from Kenny Dalglish and a double from Archie Gemmill,[21] the second of which is one of the most celebrated goals in Scotland's history; Gemmill beat three Dutch defenders before lifting the ball over goalkeeper Jan Jongbloed.[25] The victory was not sufficient to secure a place in the second round, and Scotland were eliminated on goal difference for the second successive World Cup.[24] MacLeod resigned as manager shorty after the tournament. Jock Stein was appointed as his replacement.[14]

File:Archie gemill1978.jpg
Archie Gemmill's famous goal

After failing to qualify for the 1980 European Championship,[26] Stein aimed to take Scotland to their third successive World Cup finals. Scotland qualified from a tough group including Sweden, Portugal, Israel and Northern Ireland, losing just one match in the process.[27] At the finals in Spain, Scotland, for the third successive World Cup, went out on goal difference.[28]

Scotland qualified for their fourth successive World Cup in 1986.[29] The squad went into their last qualification match against Wales, needing a point to reach the tournament in Mexico. With only nine minutes remaining and Wales leading, Scotland were awarded a penalty kick which was calmly scored by Davie Cooper.[30] However, as the players and fans celebrated, news began to circulate that Scotland manager Jock Stein had suffered a fatal heart attack.[30] After the death of Jock Stein, Alex Ferguson was handed the role of manager for the World Cup.[14] The Scottish players performed badly and were eliminated from the tournament with just one point from their three matches, losing to Denmark and Germany and drawing with Uruguay.[31]

Scotland made their UEFA European Championship debut at the 1992 European Championship.[32] Scotland qualified for the tournament by a narrow margin. A 1–0 defeat to Romania away from home left qualification dependent upon other results, but a 1–1 draw between Bulgaria and Romania in the final group match saw Scotland through.[33] Despite playing well in matches against the Netherlands and Germany the team was knocked out at the group stage.[33]

New manager Craig Brown successfully guided Scotland to the 1996 European Championship tournament where the team's first match was against the Dutch at Villa Park.[34] The game ended 0–0, raising morale ahead of a much anticipated game against England at Wembley Stadium. Scotland lost 2–0. with a Gary McAllister penalty miss adding to Scotland's woes. Scotland recovered to beat Switzerland 1–0 with Ally McCoist scoring but Scotland were once again knocked out on goal difference.[34]

Scotland were drawn against Brazil in the opening game of the 1998 World Cup,[35] taking to the field wearing kilts. John Collins equalised from the penalty spot to level the score 1–1 after Cesar Sampaio scored but a Tom Boyd own goal led to a defeat. Scotland went on to draw with Norway in Bordeaux with Craig Burley scoring.[36] However the final match against Morocco ended in defeat and the Scottish squad exited the tournament.[37] During the qualification for the 2000 European Championship, Scotland faced England in a two-legged playoff nicknamed the "Battle of Britain" by the media.[38] Scotland won the second match 1–0 but lost the tie on aggregate.[38]

The Scottish Football Association appointed former Germany manager Berti Vogts as the first foreigner to coach Scotland in 2002.[39] Under Vogts Scotland performed badly and suffered a series of defeats. Consequently the team dropped twenty-six places in the FIFA World Rankings.[40] In 2004 Vogts announced his resignation,[41] blaming the hostile media for his departure.[42] Former Rangers and Everton manager, Walter Smith was brought in as manager in the wake of Vogts' departure. Smith secured victories against Bulgaria, Norway, the Faroe Islands and most notably against France in a far more productive period,[43] with Scotland rising up the FIFA Rankings. The Scottish players also lifted their first trophy in years after winning the Kirin Cup in Japan.[44] Smith left the national side in early 2007 to return to club football,[45] and Alex McLeish was named as Scotland's twentieth manager.[46] McLeish's first match in charge was a 2008 European Championship qualifying match against Georgia which was won 2–1 by Scotland, making McLeish only the third Scotland manager to win his first match in charge.[47]

World Cup record

Scotland have played at eight World Cup Finals,[36] including five consecutive tournaments from 1974 to 1990. During the preparations for the 1928 Olympic Football Tournament, FIFA ruled that all its member associations must provide "broken-time" payments to cover the expenses of players from their country who participated. In response to what they considered to be unacceptable interference, the football associations of Scotland, England, Ireland and Wales held a meeting at which they agreed to resign from FIFA.[48] As a result, Scotland did not compete in the three interwar World Cup competitions. The Scottish Football Association did not rejoin FIFA as a permanent member until 1946.[49]

Scotland have competed at eight World Cup Finals, but have never progressed beyond the first round of the finals competition. They have missed out on progressing to the second round three times on goal difference: in 1974, when Brazil edged them out;[18] in 1978, when the Netherlands progressed;[24] and in 1982, when the USSR went through.[28] Although Scotland have played at eight finals tournaments, they have actually qualified on nine occasions. The Scottish Football Association declined to participate in 1950 as Scotland were not the British champions.[50]

Year Result Matches Wins Draws Losses GF[51] GA[52]
1930–1938 Did not enter
1950 Withdrew[50]
1954 Round 1 2 0 0 2 0 8
1958 Round 1 3 0 1 2 4 6
1962–1970 Did not qualify
1974 Round 1 3 1 2 0 3 1
1978 Round 1 3 1 1 1 5 6
1982 Round 1 3 1 1 1 8 8
1986 Round 1 3 0 1 2 1 3
1990 Round 1 3 1 0 2 2 3
1994 Did not qualify
1998 Round 1 3 0 1 2 2 6
2002 Did not qualify
2006 Did not qualify
Totals 23 4 7 12 25 41

European Championship record

Scotland have qualified for two European Championships but have failed to advance beyond the first round on both occasions,[53] most recently at the 1996 European Championship, where the Netherlands progressed on goal difference.[53] Qualification for the 2008 European Championship started in 2006. Although Scotland’s form has improved of late, expectation is low after being drawn in a so-called group of death.[54]

Year Result Matches Wins Draws Losses GF[51] GA[52]
1960–1964 Did not enter
1968–1988 Did not qualify
1992 Round 1 3 1 0 2 3 3
1996 Round 1 3 1 1 1 1 2
2000 Did not qualify
2004 Did not qualify
Totals 6 2 1 3 4 5

Stadium

Main article: Hampden Park
Hampden Park, Scotland's national football stadium

Scotland play the majority of their home matches at Hampden Park in Glasgow.[55] The current 52,000 capacity Hampden is one of several historic stadiums to bear the name,[56] and Hampden and its predecessors have hosted international matches since 1878. In its heyday, Hampden regularly attracted crowds of over 100,000. In 1937, 149,415 fans attended a match between Scotland and England.[56] Hampden is one of only two Scottish football stadiums to receive a UEFA 5-star rating.[57]

Some matches, particularly friendly games, are occasionally played at a venue belonging to a Scottish Premier League team. There have been a few instances where competitive qualifying matches have been played outside of Hampden: Celtic Park, Pittodrie, Ibrox Stadium and Rugby Park all hosted matches during the 1998 World Cup qualifying campaign.[58] Similarly, Scotland played 2000 European Championship qualifying matches at Tynecastle Stadium,[59] Pittodrie Stadium,[60] Celtic Park and Ibrox Stadium while Hampden was being refurbished. Scotland played the Faroe Islands in their first 2008 European Championship qualification match at Celtic Park, due to Hampden being hired out for a music concert on the same date.[61]

Colours

Scotland traditionally wear dark blue shirts with white shorts and dark blue socks, the colours of the Queens Park team who represented Scotland in the first international.[6] The shirt is embroidered with a crest based upon the lion rampant of the Royal Standard of Scotland. The current change kit is all white with a pastel blue saltire across the chest. Another style often used by Scotland comprises blue shirts, white shorts and red socks. Change colours vary, but are most commonly white or yellow shirts with blue shorts.[62] From 1994–96 a tartan kit was used.[63] The current version of the crest includes the Scottish flag and a background of thistles, representing the national flower of Scotland, in addition to the lion rampant.

Rosebery colours

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.[64] A former Prime Minister, Lord Rosebery was an influential figure in Scottish football, serving as honorary President of the Scottish Football Association and Edinburgh team Hearts. His colours were used most frequently in the first decade of the twentieth century, but were discontinued in 1909. The colours were briefly reprised in 1949, and were last 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".[64]

Supporters

Main article: Tartan Army
The Tartan Army in Milan, Italy

The Scottish team have become famous for their travelling support, known as the Tartan Army. The movement developed from attempts to distance supporting the national team from the hooliganism which was prevalent in British football in the 1970s.[65] Since then, the Tartan Army have won awards from UEFA for their combination of vocal support, friendly nature and charity work.[66][67] The Tartan Army have been awarded a Fair Play prize by the Belgian Olympic Committee,[68] were named as the best supporters during the 1992 European Championship,[68] and at the 1998 World Cup in France, were presented with a trophy for non-violence in sport and were voted by journalists to be the best supporters for their sense of fair play and sporting spirit.[69]

Allegations have been made against the Tartan Army that they carry a strong anti-English sentiment,[70] being open and highly vociferous in their support of England's opponents.[71] Tartan Army members say that many England fans express the same sentiments about the Scottish team.[72] Writers such as Ronald Kowalski attribute mild anti-English sentiment, where it exists, to a reaction to arrogance in the English media.[65]

Players

See also: List of Scotland international footballers

Current squad

The following players have all been called up to the squad in the 12 months to August 2007.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Craig Gordon (1982-12-31) December 31, 1982 (age 41) 24 0 England Sunderland
22 1GK Neil Alexander (1978-03-10) March 10, 1978 (age 46) 3 0 England Ipswich Town
22 1GK David Marshall (1985-03-05) March 5, 1985 (age 39) 3 0 England Norwich City
22 1GK Allan McGregor (1982-01-31) January 31, 1982 (age 42) 1 0 Scotland Rangers
25 2DF Christian Dailly (1973-10-23) October 23, 1973 (age 51) 65 6 England West Ham United
5 2DF David Weir (1970-05-10) May 10, 1970 (age 54) 56 1 Scotland Rangers
3 2DF Gary Naysmith (1978-11-16) November 16, 1978 (age 45) 36 1 England Sheffield United
4 2DF Steven Pressley (1973-10-11) October 11, 1973 (age 51) 32 0 Scotland Celtic
2 2DF Graham Alexander (1971-10-10) October 10, 1971 (age 53) 30 0 England Burnley
13 2DF Gary Caldwell (1982-04-12) April 12, 1982 (age 42) 25 2 Scotland Celtic
16 2DF Russell Anderson (1978-10-25) October 25, 1978 (age 46) 10 0 England Sunderland
14 2DF Stephen McManus (1982-09-10) September 10, 1982 (age 42) 6 1 Scotland Celtic
20 2DF Graeme Murty (1974-11-13) November 13, 1974 (age 50) 3 0 England Reading
20 2DF Kevin McNaughton (1982-08-28) August 28, 1982 (age 42) 3 0 England Cardiff City
20 2DF Alan Hutton (1984-11-30) November 30, 1984 (age 39) 2 0 Scotland Rangers
2DF Robbie Neilson (1980-06-19) June 19, 1980 (age 44) 1 0 Scotland Heart of Midlothian
21 2DF Jay McEveley (1985-11-02) November 2, 1985 (age 39) 1 0 England Derby County
2DF Christophe Berra (1985-01-31) January 31, 1985 (age 39) 0 0 Scotland Heart of Midlothian
6 3MF Barry Ferguson (c) (1978-02-02) February 2, 1978 (age 46) 39 2 Scotland Rangers
7 3MF Darren Fletcher (1984-02-01) February 1, 1984 (age 40) 30 4 England Manchester United
8 3MF Paul Hartley (1976-10-19) October 19, 1976 (age 48) 15 1 Scotland Celtic
17 3MF Scott Severin (1979-02-15) February 15, 1979 (age 45) 14 0 Scotland Aberdeen
17 3MF Nigel Quashie (1978-07-20) July 20, 1978 (age 46) 14 1 England West Ham United
11 3MF Lee McCulloch (1978-05-14) May 14, 1978 (age 46) 11 0 Scotland Rangers
17 3MF Gary Teale (1978-07-21) July 21, 1978 (age 46) 9 0 England Derby County
-- 3MF Stephen Pearson (1982-10-02) October 2, 1982 (age 42) 7 0 England Derby County
18 3MF Scott Brown (1985-06-25) June 25, 1985 (age 39) 4 0 Scotland Celtic
23 3MF Charlie Adam (1985-10-12) October 12, 1985 (age 39) 2 0 Scotland Rangers
-- 3MF Barry Robson (1978-11-07) November 7, 1978 (age 46) 1 0 Scotland Dundee United
-- 3MF James Morrison (1986-05-25) May 25, 1986 (age 38) 0 0 England West Bromwich Albion
9 4FW Kenny Miller (1979-12-23) December 23, 1979 (age 44) 32 9 England Derby County
15 4FW James McFadden (1983-04-14) April 14, 1983 (age 41) 33 11 England Everton
26 4FW Garry O'Connor (1983-05-07) May 7, 1983 (age 41) 13 4 England Birmingham City
10 4FW Kris Boyd (1983-08-18) August 18, 1983 (age 41) 11 7 Scotland Rangers
24 4FW Shaun Maloney (1983-01-24) January 24, 1983 (age 41) 6 1 England Aston Villa
19 4FW Craig Beattie (1984-01-16) January 16, 1984 (age 40) 5 1 England West Bromwich Albion
27 4FW Steven Naismith (1986-11-14) November 14, 1986 (age 37) 1 0 Scotland Rangers

Managers

From 1872–1954 and 1954–1958 the Scotland national team was appointed by a selection committee. Andy Beattie was manager for six matches in 1954 when Scotland competed at their first World Cup. After the tournament the selection committee resumed their duties, continuing until the appointment of Matt Busby in 1958.

Name Scotland career Played Won Drawn Lost Win %
Scotland Selection committee 1872–1954
1954–58 		254 148 48 58 58.27
Scotland Andy Beattie 1954 6 2 1 3 33.33
Scotland Dawson Walker[73] 1958 6 1 2 3 16.66
Scotland Matt Busby 1958 2 1 1 0 50.00
Scotland Andy Beattie 1959–60 11 4 3 4 36.36
Scotland Ian McColl 1960–65 28 17 3 8 60.71
Scotland Jock Stein 1965–66 7 3 1 3 42.86
Scotland John Prentice 1966 4 0 1 3 0.00
Scotland Malcolm MacDonald 1966–67 2 1 1 0 50.00
Scotland Bobby Brown 1967–71 28 9 8 11 32.14
Scotland Tommy Docherty 1971–72 12 7 2 3 58.33
Scotland Willie Ormond 1973–77 38 18 8 12 47.37
Scotland Ally MacLeod 1977–78 17 7 5 5 41.18
Scotland Jock Stein 1978–85 61 26 12 23 42.62
Scotland Alex Ferguson 1985–86 10 3 4 3 30.00
Scotland Andy Roxburgh 1986–93 62 23 19 20 37.10
Scotland Craig Brown 1993–2002 70 32 18 20 45.71
Germany Berti Vogts 2002–04 30 7 7 16 23.33
Scotland Tommy Burns[74] 2004 1 0 0 1 0.00
Scotland Walter Smith 2004–07 16 7 5 4 43.75
Scotland Alex McLeish 2007–Present 5 4 0 1 80.00
Totals 670 320 149 201 47.76

Records

Main article: Scotland national football team records

Kenny Dalglish holds the record for Scotland appearances, having played 102 times between 1971 and 1986. He is the only Scotland player to have reached 100 caps. Jim Leighton is second, having played 91 times, a record for appearances by a goalkeeper. Current Scotland manager Alex McLeish played for Scotland 77 times and is the third most capped player.[75]

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 number from 102 appearances. Hughie Gallacher holds the record for goals scored in one match; he scored five goals in a 7–3 defeat of Northern Ireland in February 1929.[76] Other notable strikers include, Ally McCoist, Mo Johnston, John Collins and Joe Jordan.

The largest margin of victory achieved by a Scotland side is 11–0 against Ireland in the 1901 British Home Championship.[77] The record defeat occurred during the 1954 World Cup, a 7–0 deficit against reigning world champions Uruguay.[78]

Scotland's 1937 British Home Championship match against England set a new 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 number of additional fans gained unauthorised entry. This attendance was surpassed 13 years later by the 1950 World Cup final, but remains a European record. [79]

United Kingdom team

Main article: United Kingdom national football team

Scotland, alongside England, Northern Ireland and Wales, has always preserved its own representative side that plays in all but one of the major professional tournaments. At the Olympic Games, the rules only permit the United Kingdom to compete.[80]

London's successful bid for the 2012 Summer Olympics, prompted suggestions that a combined UK team be created for the tournament. However, the Scottish Football Association has stated that it will not participate in such a team as doing so would threaten the independent status of the Scottish side.[81] In addition, it is feared that a unified team would have repercussions on the existence of the Scottish Football Association, and of Scotland's domestic league and cup competitions.

Despite the opposition of the Scottish Football Association and that of the Football Association of Wales, which also opposes a UK wide team,[82] the formation of a squad comprising players from England and Northern Ireland remains a possibility. In response, groups representing the supporters of all four national teams have stated their opposition to a UK team and have issued a joint statement in an attempt to prevent the amalgamation of their teams.[83]

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