Scotland national football team

Scotland

Association	Scottish Football Association
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Gordon Strachan
Asst coach	Mark McGhee
Captain	Darren Fletcher
Most caps	Kenny Dalglish (102)
Top scorer	Kenny Dalglish (30) Denis Law (30)
Home stadium	Hampden Park
FIFA code	SCO
FIFA ranking	66
Highest FIFA ranking	13 (October 2007)
Lowest FIFA ranking	88 (March 2005)
Elo ranking	60
Highest Elo ranking	1 (1876–92,1904)
Lowest Elo ranking	64 (May 2005)
First colours Second colours
First international
Scotland 0–0 England  (Glasgow, Scotland; 30 November 1872)
Biggest win
Scotland 11–0 Ireland  (Glasgow, Scotland; 23 February 1901)
Biggest defeat
Uruguay 7–0 Scotland (Basel, Switzerland; 19 June 1954)
World Cup
Appearances	8 (First in 1954)
Best result	Round 1, all
European Championship
Appearances	2 (First in 1992)
Best result	Last 8, 1992

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. Scotland maintains its own national side that competes in all major professional tournaments. The majority of Scotland's home matches are held at the national stadium, Hampden Park, with friendly matches sometimes hosted at club stadiums.

Scotland have qualified for the FIFA World Cup on eight occasions and the UEFA European Football Championship twice, but have never progressed beyond the first group stage of a finals tournament. 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. In their qualifying group for UEFA Euro 2008, Scotland defeated 2006 World Cup runners-up France 1–0 in both fixtures. Scotland is not a member of the International Olympic Committee and do not compete in the Olympic Games.

Scotland's supporters are collectively known as the Tartan Army. Scotland has a longstanding rivalry with England, whom they played annually from 1872 until 1989. The last match between the sides was the second leg of a Euro 2000 qualifying play-off at Wembley Stadium in 1999, which Scotland won 1–0, although England won the tie 2–1 on aggregate.

History

Early history

Scotland and England are the oldest national football teams in the world. Teams representing the two sides first 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 goalless draw. All eleven players who represented Scotland that day played for Glasgow amateur club Queen's Park. Over the next forty years, Scotland played matches exclusively against the other three Home nations—England, Wales and Ireland. The British Home Championship began in 1883, making these games competitive. The encounters against England were particularly fierce and a rivalry quickly developed.

During these early years, defeats for Scotland were something of a rarity, losing just two of their first 43 international matches. It wasn't until a 2–0 home defeat by Ireland in 1903 that Scotland lost a match to a team other than England. This run of success meant that Scotland would have regularly topped the Elo ratings, which were calculated in 1997, between 1876 and 1904. Scotland won the British Home Championship outright on 24 occasions, and shared the title 17 times with at least one other team. 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 first match outside the British Isles in 1929, beating Norway 7–3 in Bergen. 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.

Scotland, like the other 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 status of amateur players. The four associations, including Scotland, returned to the FIFA fold after the Second World War. 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.

1950s

The readmission of the Scottish Football Association to FIFA meant 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 competition. Scotland won their first two matches, but a 1–0 home defeat by England meant that the Scots finished as runners-up. This meant 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 stood by this proclamation, despite pleas to the contrary by the Scotland players, supported by England captain Billy Wright and the other England players. The SFA instead sent the Scots on a tour of North America.

The same qualification 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 website, "The preparation was atrocious". The SFA only sent 13 players to the finals, even though FIFA allowed 22 man squads. Despite this self-imposed hardship in terms of players, the SFA dignitaries travelled in numbers, accompanied with their wives. Scotland lost 1–0 against Austria in their first game in the finals. This prompted the team manager Andy Beattie to resign hours before the game against Uruguay. Uruguay were reigning champions and had never before lost a game at the World Cup finals. The gulf in class was exposed in horrific fashion as Uruguay won 7–0.

The 1958 FIFA World Cup finals saw Scotland draw their first game against Yugoslavia 1–1, but they then lost to Paraguay and France and went out at the first stage. Matt Busby had been due to manage the team at the World Cup, but the severe injuries he suffered in the Munich air disaster meant that trainer Dawson Walker took charge of the team instead.

1960s

Under the management of Ian McColl, Scotland enjoyed consecutive British Home Championship successes in 1962 and 1963. Jock Stein, John Prentice and Malky MacDonald all had brief spells as manager before Bobby Brown was appointed in 1967. Brown's first match as manager was against the newly crowned world champions England at Wembley Stadium. Despite being underdogs, Scotland won 3–2 thanks to goals from Denis Law, Bobby Lennox and Jim McCalliog. Having defeated the world champions on their own turf, the Scotland fans hailed their team as the unofficial world champions. Despite this famous win, the Scots failed to qualify for any major competitions during the 1960s.

1970s

After Tommy Docherty's brief spell as manager, Willie Ormond was hired in 1973. Ormond lost his first match in charge 5–0 to England, but recovered to steer Scotland to their first World Cup finals in 16 years in 1974. At the 1974 World Cup finals in West Germany, Scotland achieved their most impressive performance at a World Cup tournament. The team was unbeaten but failed to progress beyond the group stages on goal difference. After beating Zaïre, they drew with both Brazil and Yugoslavia, and went out because they had beaten Zaïre by the smallest margin.

Scotland appointed Ally MacLeod as manager in 1977, with qualification for the 1978 World Cup in Argentina far from assured. 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. The Scotland fans invaded the pitch after the match, ripping up the turf and breaking a crossbar. Scotland's good form continued as they secured qualification for the World Cup with victories over Czechoslovakia and Wales.

During the build-up to the 1978 FIFA World Cup, MacLeod fuelled the hopes of the nation by stating that Scotland would come home with a medal. 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. Thousands more fans lined the route to Prestwick Airport as the team set off for South America. Scotland's first game was against Peru in Cordoba. Two spectacular goals by Teófilo Cubillas meant that the result was a 3–1 loss. The second game was a very disappointing 1–1 draw against Iran. The disconsolate mood of the nation was reflected by footage of Ally MacLeod in the dugout with his head in his hands.

After taking a single point from their opening two games, Scotland had to defeat the Netherlands by three clear goals to progress. 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 second of which is considered one of the greatest World Cup goals ever; Gemmill beat three Dutch defenders before lifting the ball over goalkeeper Jan Jongbloed into the net. The victory was not sufficient to secure a place in the second round, however, as Scotland were eliminated on goal difference for the second successive World Cup.

1980s

MacLeod resigned as manager shortly after the 1978 World Cup, and Jock Stein, who had won nine consecutive Scottish league titles and the European Cup as manager of Celtic, was appointed as his successor. After failing to qualify for the 1980 European Championship, Scotland qualified for the 1982 FIFA World Cup from a tough group including Sweden, Portugal, Israel and Northern Ireland, losing just one match in the process. They beat New Zealand 5–2 in their first game at the World Cup, but lost 4–1 to a Brazil team containing Socrates, Zico, Eder and Falcão. Scotland were again eliminated on goal difference, after a 2–2 draw with the Soviet Union.

Scotland qualified for the 1986 FIFA World Cup, their fourth in succession, in traumatic circumstances. The squad went into their last qualification match 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 calmly scored by Davie Cooper. The 1–1 draw meant that Scotland progressed, but as the players and fans celebrated, national coach Jock Stein suffered a heart attack and died shortly afterwards. His assistant Alex Ferguson took over. 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 goalless draw with Uruguay following defeats by Denmark and West Germany.

1990s

Scotland qualified for their fifth consecutive World Cup in 1990 by finishing second in their qualifying group, ahead of France. Scotland were drawn in a group with Costa Rica, Sweden, and Brazil, but the Scots lost 1–0 to Costa Rica. While they recovered to beat Sweden 2–1 in their second game, they lost to Brazil in their third match 1–0 and were once again eliminated after the first round.

By a narrow margin, Scotland qualified for the UEFA European Football Championship for the first time in 1992. 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 squeeze through. Despite playing well in matches against the Netherlands and Germany and a fine win against the CIS, the team was knocked out at the group stage. Scotland failed to qualify, however, for the 1994 FIFA World Cup. The team finished fourth in their qualifying group behind Italy, Switzerland and Portugal. When it became clear that Scotland could not qualify, Andy Roxburgh resigned from his position as team manager.

New manager Craig Brown successfully guided Scotland to the 1996 European Championship tournament. The first game against the Netherlands ended 0–0, raising morale ahead of a much anticipated game against England at Wembley Stadium. 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. England taking a 4–0 lead in the other match briefly put both teams in a position to qualify, but a late goal for the Netherlands meant that Scotland were once again knocked out on goal difference.

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. 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 defeat. Scotland drew their next game 1–1 with Norway in Bordeaux, but the final match against Morocco ended in an embarrassing 3–0 defeat.

During the qualification for the 2000 European Championship, Scotland faced England in a two-legged playoff nicknamed the "Battle of Britain" by the media. Scotland won the second match 1–0, but lost the tie 2–1 on aggregate.

2000s

Scotland failed to qualify for the 2002 FIFA World Cup, finishing third in their qualifying group behind Croatia and Belgium. This second successive failure to qualify prompted Craig Brown to resign from his position after the final qualifying match. The SFA appointed former Germany manager Berti Vogts as Brown's successor. Scotland reached the qualification play-offs for Euro 2004. Scotland beat Netherlands 1–0 at Hampden Park, but suffered a 6–0 defeat in the return leg. Poor results in friendly matches and a bad start to the 2006 World Cup qualification caused the team to drop to a record low in the FIFA World Rankings. Vogts announced his resignation in 2004, blaming the hostile media for his departure.

Walter Smith, a former Rangers and Everton manager, was brought in to replace Vogts. Improved results meant that Scotland rose up the FIFA rankings and won the Kirin Cup, a friendly competition in Japan. Scotland failed to qualify for the 2006 FIFA World Cup, however, 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. Alex McLeish was named as Smith's successor and Scotland's twentieth manager. McLeish guided Scotland to wins against Georgia, Faroe Islands, Lithuania, France and Ukraine, but defeats to Georgia and Italy ended their chances of qualification for Euro 2008. These improved results, particularly the wins against France, lifted Scotland into the top 20 in the FIFA rankings for the first time since their conception in the mid-1990s.

After the narrow failure to qualify for Euro 2008, McLeish left to join Premier League club Birmingham City. Southampton manager George Burley was hired as the new manager, but he came in for criticism from the media after the team lost their first qualifier against Macedonia. After Scotland lost their fourth match 3–0 to the Netherlands, captain Barry Ferguson and goalkeeper Allan McGregor were excluded from the starting lineup for the following match against Iceland due to a "breach of discipline". Despite winning 2–1 against Iceland, Scotland suffered a terrible 4–0 defeat by Norway in the following qualifier, which left Scotland effectively needing to win their last two games to have a realistic chance of making the qualifying play-offs. Scotland defeated Macedonia 2–0 in the first of those two games, but were eliminated by a 1–0 loss to the Netherlands in the second game. Burley was allowed to continue in his post after a review by the SFA board, but a subsequent 3–0 friendly defeat by Wales led to the SFA sacking Burley.

2010s

The SFA appointed Craig Levein as head coach of the national team in December 2009. In UEFA Euro 2012 qualification, Scotland were grouped with Lithuania, Liechtenstein, Czech Republic and world champions Spain. They took just four points from the first four games, leaving the team needing three wins from their remaining four games to have a realistic chance of progression. They only managed two wins and a draw and were eliminated after a 3–1 defeat by Spain in their last match. Levein left his position as head coach following a poor start to 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification, having taken just two points from four games. Gordon Strachan was appointed Scotland manager in January 2013, but defeats in his first two competitive matches meant that Scotland were the first UEFA team to be eliminated. This meant Scotland have now failed to qualify for four successive World Cups.

FIFA World Cup record

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 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. The Scottish Football Association did not rejoin FIFA as a permanent member until 1946. The Scottish Football Association declined to participate in 1950 although they had qualified, as Scotland were not the British champions.

Scotland have since qualified for eight finals tournaments, including five consecutive tournaments from 1974 to 1990. Scotland have never advanced 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; in 1978, when the Netherlands progressed; and in 1982, when the USSR went through.

Year	Round	Position	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	GF	GA
1930	Did not enter
1934
1938
1950	Withdrew
1954	Round 1	15	2	0	0	2	0	8
1958	Round 1	14	3	0	1	2	4	6
1962	Did not qualify
1966
1970
1974	Round 1	9	3	1	2	0	3	1
1978	Round 1	11	3	1	1	1	5	6
1982	Round 1	15	3	1	1	1	8	8
1986	Round 1	19	3	0	1	2	1	3
1990	Round 1	19	3	1	0	2	2	3
1994	Did not qualify
1998	Round 1	27	3	0	1	2	2	6
2002	Did not qualify
2006
2010
2014
Totals	8/19		23	4	7	12	25	41

2014 FIFA World Cup Qualification

Scotland were drawn alongside Croatia, Serbia, Belgium, Macedonia and Wales in UEFA Group A of 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts   Belgium 6 5 1 0 11 1 +10 16   Croatia 6 5 1 0 10 3 +7 16   Serbia 6 2 1 3 8 7 +1 7  Wales 6 2 0 4 6 14 −8 6   Macedonia 6 1 1 4 3 7 −4 4  Scotland 6 0 2 4 3 9 −6 2

Belgium  — 1–1 1–0 2–0 7 Jun 15 Oct Croatia  11 Oct — 1–0 7 Jun 2–0 2–0 Macedonia  0–2 1–2 — 10 Sep 1–0 6 Sep Scotland  6 Sep 15 Oct 1–1 — 0–0 1–2 Serbia  0–3 6 Sep 15 Oct 2–0 — 6–1 Wales  0–2 1–2 11 Oct 2–1 10 Sep —

European Championship record

Scotland have qualified for two European Championships, but have failed to advance beyond the first round on both occasions. Their most recent participation was at the 1996 European Championship, where the Netherlands progressed instead of Scotland on goals scored.

Year	Round	Position	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	GF	GA
1960	Did not enter
1964
1968	Did not qualify
1972
1976
1980
1984
1988
1992	Round 1	5	3	1	0	2	3	3
1996	Round 1	11	3	1	1	1	1	2
2000	Did not qualify
2004
2008
2012
Totals	2/14		6	2	1	3	4	5

Euro 2012 Qualification

Scotland were drawn in Group I, alongside the reigning world champions Spain, Czech Republic, Lithuania and Liechtenstein.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts   Spain 8 8 0 0 26 6 +20 24   Czech Republic 8 4 1 3 12 8 +4 13  Scotland 8 3 2 3 9 10 −1 11   Lithuania 8 1 2 5 4 13 −9 5   Liechtenstein 8 1 1 6 3 17 −14 4

Czech Republic  — 2–0 0–1 1–0 0–2 Liechtenstein  0–2 — 2–0 0–1 0–4 Lithuania  1–4 0–0 — 0–0 1–3 Scotland  2–2 2–1 1–0 — 2–3 Spain  2–1 6–0 3–1 3–1 —

Other honours

• British Home Championship
  • Winners (24): 1884, 1885, 1887, 1889, 1894, 1896, 1897, 1900, 1902, 1910, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1929, 1935, 1936, 1946, 1949, 1951, 1962, 1963, 1967, 1976, 1977
  • Shared (17): 1886, 1890, 1903, 1906, 1908, 1912, 1927, 1931, 1935, 1939, 1953, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1970, 1972, 1974

• Rous Cup
  • Winners (1): 1985

• Kirin Cup
  • Winners (1): 2006

• FA Centenary Trophy
  • Winners (1): 1963

Stadium

Hampden Park in Glasgow is the traditional home of the Scotland team and is described by the Scottish Football Association as the National Stadium. 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 site was opened in 1903 and became the primary home ground of the Scotland team from 1906, as it has hosted every match against England since then. The attendance record of 149,415 was set by the Scotland v England match in 1937. Safety regulations reduced the capacity to 81,000 by 1977 and the stadium was completely redeveloped during the 1990s, giving the present capacity of 52,000. Hampden is rated as a category four (elite) stadium within the UEFA stadium categories, having previously held the 5–star status under the old rating system.

Some friendly matches are played at smaller venues. Pittodrie Stadium in Aberdeen and Easter Road Stadium in Edinburgh were both used as venues during the 2012–13 season. Other stadiums were also used while Hampden was being redeveloped during the 1990s. Celtic Park, Pittodrie Stadium, Ibrox Stadium and Rugby Park all hosted matches during the 1998 World Cup qualifying campaign, while Tynecastle Stadium, Pittodrie, Celtic Park and Ibrox were used for Euro 2000 qualifying matches. Since the last redevelopment to Hampden was completed in 1999, Scotland have played all but one of their competitive matches there. The exception to this rule was when Celtic Park hosted the Euro 2008 qualification match against the Faroe Islands, due to a Robbie Williams concert staged at Hampden on the same date.

Colours

Rosebery colours

Scotland traditionally wear dark blue shirts with white shorts and dark blue socks, the colours of the Queen's Park team who represented Scotland in the first international. The blue Scotland shirt was earlier used in a February 1872 rugby international, with reports stating that "the scotch were easily distinguishable by their uniform of blue jerseys.... the jerseys having the thistle embroidered". The thistle had previously been worn to represent Scotland in the 1871 rugby international, but on brown shirts. The shirt is embroidered with a crest based upon the lion rampant of the Royal Standard of Scotland. 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. From 1994–96 a tartan kit was used. The current version of the crest is a roundel similar to the crest used from 1961 to 1988 enclosing a shield, with "Scotland" written on the top and "Est 1873" on the bottom. In the shield background there are 11 thistles, representing the national flower of Scotland, in addition to the lion rampant.

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. 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".

Since 2005, the SFA have supported the use of Scots Gaelic on the national team's strip in recognition of the language's revival in Scotland.

Supporters

Scotland fans are collectively known as the Tartan Army. During the 1970s, Scotland fans became known for their hooliganism, particularly after they invaded the Wembley pitch and destroyed the goalposts after the England v Scotland match in 1977. Since then, the Tartan Army have won awards from UEFA for their combination of vocal support, friendly nature and charity work. The Tartan Army have been awarded a Fair Play prize by the Belgian Olympic Committee and were named as the best supporters during the 1992 European Championship. The fans were also 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 at the 1998 World Cup in France.

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up to the squad to play Wales and Serbia in March 2013.

As of 22:08, 26 March 2013 (UTC)

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club 1 GK Matt Gilks (1982-07-04) 4 July 1982 2 0 Blackpool 1 GK David Marshall (1985-03-05) 5 March 1985 6 0 Cardiff City 1 GK Allan McGregor (1982-01-31) 31 January 1982 28 0 Beşiktaş 2 DF Christophe Berra (1985-01-31) 31 January 1985 27 2 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2 DF Paul Caddis (1988-04-19) 19 April 1988 0 0 Birmingham City 2 DF Gary Caldwell (1982-04-12) 12 April 1982 55 2 Wigan Athletic 2 DF Grant Hanley (1991-11-20) 20 November 1991 6 1 Blackburn Rovers 2 DF Alan Hutton (1984-11-30) 30 November 1984 31 0 Real Mallorca 2 DF Charlie Mulgrew (1986-03-06) 6 March 1986 6 1 Celtic 2 DF Andy Webster (1982-04-23) 23 April 1982 28 1 Heart of Midlothian 2 DF Steven Whittaker (1984-06-17) 17 June 1984 17 0 Norwich City 3 MF Charlie Adam (1985-12-10) 10 December 1985 23 0 Stoke City 3 MF Barry Bannan (1989-12-01) 1 December 1989 11 0 Aston Villa 3 MF Liam Bridcutt (1989-05-08) 8 May 1989 1 0 Brighton & Hove Albion 3 MF Chris Burke (1983-12-02) 2 December 1983 5 2 Birmingham City 3 MF Graham Dorrans (1987-05-05) 5 May 1987 9 0 West Bromwich Albion 3 MF Gary Mackay-Steven (1990-08-31) 31 August 1990 0 0 Dundee United 3 MF James McArthur (1987-10-07) 7 October 1987 11 1 Wigan Athletic 4 FW George Boyd (1985-10-02) 2 October 1985 1 0 Hull City 3 MF Shaun Maloney (1983-01-24) 24 January 1983 27 1 Wigan Athletic 4 FW Kenny Miller (1979-12-23) 23 December 1979 68 17 Vancouver Whitecaps 4 FW Steven Naismith (1986-09-14) 14 September 1986 21 2 Everton 4 FW Jordan Rhodes (1990-02-05) 5 February 1990 8 3 Blackburn Rovers Recent players The following players have been selected by Scotland in the past 12 months, but were not selected in the squad in March 2013, or withdrew from that squad due to injury or suspension. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up GK Cammy Bell (1986-09-18) 18 September 1986 1 0 Kilmarnock v.   Luxembourg, November 2012 GK Craig Samson (1984-04-01) 1 April 1984 0 0 St. Mirren v.   Luxembourg, November 2012 GK Craig Gordon (1982-12-31) 31 December 1982 40 0 Unattached v.   United States, May 2012 DF Danny Fox (1986-05-29) 29 May 1986 4 0 Southampton v.  Wales, March 2013 DF Russell Martin (1986-01-04) 4 January 1986 4 0 Norwich City v.  Wales, March 2013 DF Phil Bardsley (1985-06-28) 28 June 1985 12 0 Sunderland v.   Estonia, February 2013 DF Lee Wallace (1987-08-01) 1 August 1987 6 0 Rangers v.   Estonia, February 2013 DF Paul Dixon (1986-11-22) 22 November 1986 3 0 Huddersfield Town v.   Luxembourg, November 2012 DF Richard Foster (1985-07-31) 31 July 1985 0 0 Bristol City v.   Macedonia, September 2012 DF Gary MacKenzie (1985-10-15) 15 October 1985 0 0 Milton Keynes Dons v.   Macedonia, September 2012 MF Kris Commons (1983-08-30) 30 August 1983 12 2 Celtic v.  Wales, March 2013 MF James Morrison (1986-05-25) 25 May 1986 26 2 West Bromwich Albion v.  Wales, March 2013 MF James Forrest (1991-07-07) 7 July 1991 7 0 Celtic v.  Wales, March 2013 MF Robert Snodgrass (1987-09-07) 7 September 1987 9 1 Norwich City v.  Wales, March 2013 MF Scott Brown (1985-06-25) 25 June 1985 30 2 Celtic v.   Estonia, February 2013 FW Matt Phillips (1991-03-13) 13 March 1991 2 0 Blackpool v.   Estonia, February 2013 MF Darren Barr (1985-03-17) 17 March 1985 1 0 Heart of Midlothian v.   Luxembourg, November 2012 MF Murray Davidson (1988-03-07) 7 March 1988 1 0 St Johnstone v.   Luxembourg, November 2012 MF Darren Fletcher (1984-02-01) 1 February 1984 61 5 Manchester United v.   Luxembourg, November 2012 MF Liam Kelly (1990-02-10) 10 February 1990 1 0 Bristol City v.   Luxembourg, November 2012 MF Don Cowie (1983-02-15) 15 February 1983 10 0 Cardiff City v.   Belgium, October 2012 MF Ian Black (1985-03-14) 14 March 1985 1 0 Rangers v.   Australia, August 2012 MF Craig Bryson (1986-11-06) 6 November 1986 1 0 Derby County v.   United States, May 2012 FW Steven Fletcher (1987-03-26) 26 March 1987 12 1 Sunderland v.  Wales, March 2013 FW Ross McCormack (1986-08-18) 18 August 1986 8 2 Leeds United v.  Wales, March 2013 FW Jamie Mackie (1985-09-22) 22 September 1985 9 2 Queens Park Rangers v.   Estonia, February 2013 FW Leigh Griffiths (1990-08-20) 20 August 1990 1 0 Hibernian v.   Luxembourg, November 2012 FW Andrew Shinnie (1989-07-17) 17 July 1989 1 0 Inverness Caledonian Thistle v.   Luxembourg, November 2012 FW David Goodwillie (1989-03-28) 28 March 1989 3 1 Blackburn Rovers v.   Australia, August 2012 FW Craig Mackail-Smith (1984-02-25) 25 February 1984 7 1 Brighton & Hove Albion v.   United States, May 2012 FW Johnny Russell (1990-04-08) 8 April 1990 0 0 Dundee United v.   United States, May 2012 Honoured players The Scottish Football Association operates a roll of honour for every player who has made more than 50 appearances for Scotland. As of October 2012 there are 28 members of this roll, with Gary Caldwell the most recent addition to the list. The qualifying mark of 50 appearances means that many notable Scotland players including Jim Baxter, Hughie Gallacher, John Greig, Jimmy Johnstone, Billy McNeill, Bobby Murdoch and Lawrie Reilly are not on the roll of honour. The Scottish Football Museum operates a hall of fame which is open 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. At the most recent induction ceremony, Willie Maley, David Meiklejohn, Jimmy Delaney, Alan Gilzean, Bertie Auld, Mo Johnston, Paul Lambert and Steve Archibald were added to its membership. Sportscotland operates the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame, which has inducted some footballers. Managers From 1872 to 1953, and 1954 to 1957, 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. Busby was initially unable to assume his duties due to the serious injuries he sustained in the Munich air disaster. Statistically the most successful manager was Alex McLeish, who won seven of the ten games he took charge of. Discounting managers who took charge of less than ten games, the least successful manager was George Burley, with just three wins in 14 games. Name Scotland career Played Won Drawn Lost Win % Selection committee 1872–1953 7002229000000000000229 7002137000000000000137 700141000000000000041 700151000000000000051 700159830000000000059.83 Beattie, Andy Andy Beattie 1954 70006000000000000006 70002000000000000002 70001000000000000001 70003000000000000003 700133330000000000033.33 Selection committee 1954–1957 700123000000000000023 700110000000000000010 70007000000000000007 70006000000000000006 700143480000009999943.48 Walker, Dawson Dawson Walker 1958 70006000000000000006 70001000000000000001 70002000000000000002 70003000000000000003 700116670000000000016.67 Busby, Matt Matt Busby 1958 70002000000000000002 70001000000000000001 70001000000000000001 50000000000000000000 700150000000000000050.00 Beattie, Andy Andy Beattie 1959–1960 700112000000000000012 70003000000000000003 70003000000000000003 70006000000000000006 700125000000000000025.00 McColl, Ian Ian McColl 1960–1965 700128000000000000028 700117000000000000017 70003000000000000003 70008000000000000008 700160710000000000060.71 Stein, Jock Jock Stein 1965–1966 70007000000000000007 70003000000000000003 70001000000000000001 70003000000000000003 700142860000000000042.86 Prentice, John John Prentice 1966 70004000000000000004 50000000000000000000 70001000000000000001 70003000000000000003 &050000000000000000000.00 MacDonald, Malcolm Malcolm MacDonald 1966–1967 70002000000000000002 70001000000000000001 70001000000000000001 50000000000000000000 700150000000000000050.00 Brown, Bobby Bobby Brown 1967–1971 700128000000000000028 70009000000000000009 70008000000000000008 700111000000000000011 700132140000000000032.14 Docherty, Tommy Tommy Docherty 1971–1972 700112000000000000012 70007000000000000007 70002000000000000002 70003000000000000003 700158330000000000058.33 Ormond, Willie Willie Ormond 1973–1977 700138000000000000038 700118000000000000018 70008000000000000008 700112000000000000012 700147370000000000047.37 MacLeod, Ally Ally MacLeod 1977–1978 700117000000000000017 70007000000000000007 70005000000000000005 70005000000000000005 700141180000000000041.18 Stein, Jock Jock Stein 1978–1985 700161000000000000061 700126000000000000026 700112000000000000012 700123000000000000023 700142620999990000042.62 Ferguson, AlexAlex Ferguson 1985–1986 700110000000000000010 70003000000000000003 70004000000000000004 70003000000000000003 700130000000000000030.00 Roxburgh, Andy Andy Roxburgh 1986–1993 700161000000000000061 700123000000000000023 700119000000000000019 700119000000000000019 700137700000000000037.70 Brown, Craig Craig Brown 1993–2002 700171000000000000071 700132000000000000032 700118000000000000018 700121000000000000021 700145070000000000045.07 Vogts, Berti Berti Vogts 2002–2004 700131000000000000031 70008000000000000008 70007000000000000007 700116000000000000016 700125810000000000025.81 Burns, Tommy Tommy Burns 2004 70001000000000000001 50000000000000000000 50000000000000000000 70001000000000000001 &050000000000000000000.00 Smith, Walter Walter Smith 2004–2007 700116000000000000016 70007000000000000007 70005000000000000005 70004000000000000004 700143750000000000043.75 McLeish, Alex Alex McLeish 2007 700110000000000000010 70007000000000000007 50000000000000000000 70003000000000000003 700170000000000000070.00 Burley, George George Burley 2008–2009 700114000000000000014 70003000000000000003 70003000000000000003 70008000000000000008 700121430000000000021.43 Levein, Craig Craig Levein 2009–2012 700124000000000000024 700110000000000000010 70005000000000000005 70009000000000000009 700141670000000000041.67 Stark, Billy Billy Stark 2012 70001000000000000001 70001000000000000001 50000000000000000000 50000000000000000000 7002100000000000000100.000 Strachan, Gordon Gordon Strachan 2013– 70003000000000000003 70001000000000000001 50000000000000000000 70002000000000000002 700133330000000000033.33 Totals 717 337 157 223 47 Last updated: Serbia 2–0 Scotland on 26 March 2013. Statistics include official FIFA-recognised matches only. 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. Former Scotland manager Alex McLeish played for Scotland 77 times and is the third most capped player. 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 as well as being the third highest scorer is also the most prolific with his 23 goals coming from only 20 games (averaging 1.15 goals per game). Other notable strikers include, Lawrie Reilly, Ally McCoist, Mo Johnston and Joe Jordan. The largest margin of victory achieved by a Scotland side is 11–0 against Ireland in the 1901 British Home Championship. The record defeat occurred during the 1954 FIFA World Cup, a 7–0 deficit against reigning world champions Uruguay. 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 decisive match of the 1950 FIFA World Cup, but remains a European record. United Kingdom team Scotland has always participated by itself in most of the major tournaments, such as the FIFA World Cup and the UEFA European Championship. At the Olympic Games, however, the International Olympic Committee charter only permit a Great Britain Olympic football team, representing the whole of the United Kingdom, to compete. 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. The SFA responded by stating that it would not participate, as it feared this would threaten the independent status of the Scotland national team. FIFA President Sepp Blatter denied this, but the SFA expressed concern that a future President could take a different view. An agreement was reached in May 2009 whereby the FA would be permitted to organise a team using only England-qualified players, but this was successfully challenged by the British Olympic Association. Only English and Welsh players were selected for the men's squad, but two Scotland players were selected for the women's team.