Scotland national under-19 football team

Scotland Under-19

Association	Scottish Football Association
Head coach	Ricky Sbragia
Most caps	Callum Booth (13)
Top scorer	Alex MacDonald (7)
First colours Second colours
First international
-
Biggest win
Scotland 8 - 0 San Marino
Biggest defeat
Netherlands 5 - 0 Scotland
European Under-19 Championship
Appearances	19 (First in 1949)
Best result	Winners (1982)

The Scotland national under-19 football team is the national football team representing Scotland for players of 19 years of age or under at the start of a European Under-19 Football Championship campaign. The team, which is controlled by the Scottish Football Association, acts as a feeder team to the Scotland national football team.

History

Scotland's best performance at a European Championship Finals came in 1982, when they won the tournament (although it was the under-18 tournament until 2002). Beating Czechoslovakia 3–1 in the final, the team was managed by Andy Roxburgh and Walter Smith, who would both go on to manage the senior side. Scotland defeated rivals England in the qualifying round and finished top of Group 4, which also included the Netherlands. In the semi-finals, Scotland beat Poland 2–0.

Scotland reached the semi-finals of the 1978 tournament, where they lost on penalties to Yugoslavia. Scotland topped Group two - which included Germany and Italy - to qualify for the semi-final, having beaten Denmark in the qualifying round.

Scotland were also runners-up in 2006 when, under the guidance of manager Archie Gemmill and coach Tommy Wilson, they lost to Spain in the final. This performance guaranteed Scotland's participation at the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup (formerly the World Youth Championships), which was their first appearance for 20 years.

For the 2007 tournament, Scotland qualified top of a group including Bosnia-Herzegovina, Estonia and Germany. The matches were played in early-October. Scotland won all three games which ensured qualification to the elite round of qualification along with Germany, which is the second (and final) qualifying round.

For the elite round of the 2009 tournament Scotland played Slovakia, Bosnia and England. Under the guidance of Billy Stark, the young Scots earned 2-1 and 3-0 vicotries against Slovakia and Bosnia respectively. However, they lost out to hosts, England, in the last game by 2-1.

For the elite round of the 2010 tournament Scotland had a disappointing campaign. They got off to a bright start, beating Montenegro (4-0), however defeats to Belgium (1-2) and hosts Croatia (0-1) followed, and Scotland were eliminated.

Competitive record

European Championships

• 1948-1954 - FIFA Junior Tournament
• 1955-1980 - UEFA Junior Tournament
• 1981-2001 - UEFA European U-18 Championship
• 2002–present - UEFA European U-19 Championship

Year	Round	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1948	Did not enter
1949	6th place	2	0	0	2	2	4
1950	Did not enter
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
1956
1957
1958
1959
1960
1961
1962
1963	Third Place	5	3	0	2	12	6
1964	Fourth Place	5	3	0	2	10	7
1965	Group Stage	2	1	1	0	2	1
1966	Group Stage	3	1	2	0	4	3
1967	Qualification round	–	–	–	–	–	–
1968	Group Stage	3	2	0	1	6	2
1969	Fourth Place	5	2	1	2	5	5
1970	Third Place	5	3	1	1	11	4
1971	Qualification round	–	–	–	–	–	–
1972	Group Stage	3	2	0	1	6	4
1973	Group Stage	3	1	0	2	3	4
1974	Third Place	5	3	1	1	11	4
1975	Qualification round	-	-	-	-	-	-
1976	Withdrew
1977
1978	Fourth Place	5	2	2	1	5	5
1979	Group Stage	3	2	0	1	5	5
1980	Qualification round	–	–	–	–	–	–
1981	Group Stage	3	2	1	0	3	1
1982	Winners	5	4	1	0	11	2
1983	Group Stage	3	1	1	1	4	4
1984	Group Stage	3	1	1	1	4	5
1986	Fourth Place	3	1	0	2	1	2
1988	Qualification round	-	-	-	-	-	-
1990	Qualification round	–	–	–	–	–	–
1992	Qualification round	–	–	–	–	–	–
1993	Qualification round	–	–	–	–	–	–
1994	Qualification round	–	–	–	–	–	–
1995	Qualification round	–	–	–	–	–	–
1996	Qualification round	–	–	–	–	–	–
1997	Qualification round	–	–	–	–	–	–
1998	Qualification round	–	–	–	–	–	–
1999	Qualification round	–	–	–	–	–	–
2000	Qualification round	–	–	–	–	–	–
2001	Qualification round	-	-	-	-	-	-
2002	Preliminary round	-	-	-	-	-	-
2003	First qualifying round	-	-	-	-	-	-
2004	Second qualifying round	-	-	-	-	-	-
2005	Elite round	-	-	-	-	-	-
2006	Runners-up	5	2	1	2	7	10
2007	Elite round	-	-	-	-	-	-
2008	First qualifying round	-	-	-	-	-	-
2009	Elite round	-	-	-	-	-	-
2010	Elite round	-	-	-	-	-	-
2011	First qualifying round	-	-	-	-	-	-
2012	First qualifying round	-	-	-	-	-	-
2013	Elite round	-	-	-	-	-	-
2014	First qualifying round	-	-	-	-	-	-
2015	Elite round	-	-	-	-	-	-
2016	TBD	-	-	-	-	-	-
2017	TBD	-	-	-	-	-	-
2018	TBD	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	19/48	71	36	13	22	111	78

Notes

• First qualifying round and Preliminary round are the same stage
• Elite round, Intermediary round and Second qualifying round are the same stage
• Gold background indicates tournament win, Silver background colour indicates second place finish.
• Draws also include penalty shootouts, regardless of the outcome.

Current squad

The following players were named in the squad for the UEFA European Under-19 Championship elite round qualifiers against England, Montenegro and Ukraine in May 2014.^[1]

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club 1GK Ryan Fulton Liverpool 1GK Liam Kelly (1995-01-23) 23 January 1995 5 0 Rangers 2DF Stephen Hendrie (1995-01-08) 8 January 1995 5 0 Hamilton Academical 2DF Dominic Hyam Reading 2DF Scott McKenna 0 0 Aberdeen 2DF George McLennan (1995-12-10) 10 December 1995 0 0 Reading 2DF Ryan Sinnamon (1996-07-22) 22 July 1996 2 0 Rangers 2DF John Souttar (1996-09-25) 25 September 1996 8 1 Dundee United 3MF Liam Henderson (1996-04-25) 25 April 1996 6 0 Celtic 3MF Adam King (1995-10-11) 11 October 1995 4 1 Swansea City 3MF Jamie Lindsay (1995-10-11) 11 October 1995 3 0 Celtic 3MF Darren Petrie (1994-06-16) 16 June 1994 12 0 Dundee United 3MF Charlie Telfer (1995-07-04) 4 July 1995 2 0 Dundee United 4FW Harry Cardwell Reading 4FW Ryan Gauld (1995-12-16) 16 December 1995 10 2 Sporting CP 4FW Denny Johnstone Birmingham City 4FW Sam Nicholson (1995-01-20) 20 January 1995 6 0 Heart of Midlothian 4FW Cammy Smith (1995-08-24) 24 August 1995 7 1 Aberdeen

References

External links

• Uefa Under-19 website Contains full results archive