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The Scotland national football team have played international football longer than any other nation in the world along with England, whom they competed against in the world's first international football match at the West of Scotland Cricket Club, Partick, in 1872. The match ended 0-0.*, Match report
One of Scotland's most famous results occurred in 1967, when they defeated the then FIFA World Cup holders England 3-2 at Wembley Stadium. Some fans jovially claimed that this victory made Scotland the Unofficial World Champions.
In recent years, the Scottish team have become famous for their travelling support, known as the Tartan Army, who have won numerous awards from UEFA for their combination of rabid support and friendly nature.* , SFA website, Tartan Army Exhibition The Tartan Army and the roligans of Denmark are often considered amongst the world's best national team fans.
On May 13th 2006, Scotland won the Kirin Cup after beating Bulgaria 5-1 (with 2 goals each for Kris Boyd and Chris Burke on their debuts) and drawing 0-0 with Japan.*, BBC Sport, 2006-13-05
Traditionally England have been Scotland's fiercest rivals.
Stadium
Scotland play their competitive home matches at Hampden Park (capacity 52,000) in Glasgow. Friendly matches are occasionally played elsewhere, often at Hibernian's Easter Road ground and Aberdeen's Pittodrie Stadium, so fans from the East and North of Scotland can make it to games. Scotland are one of the few UEFA members who play most of their matches in a city other than the capital. There have been a few instances where FIFA World Cup qualifying matches have been played outwith Hampden. Celtic Park and Ibrox Stadium both hosted matches in the 1998 FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign, due to a renovation of Hampden. Scotland will also play the Faroe Islands in their first Euro 2008 qualifier at Celtic Park.
World Cup record
Scotland have managed to qualify for eight World Cups — including 5 consecutive tournaments from 1974 to 1990 — but have never progressed past the first round. 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 | Result | Wins | Losses | Draws | Goals Scored | Goals Against |
| 1930 | Did not enter | |||||
| 1934 | Did not enter | |||||
| 1938 | Did not enter | |||||
| 1950 | Withdrew | |||||
| 1954 | Round 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 1958 | Round 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 1962 | Did not qualify | |||||
| 1966 | Did not qualify | |||||
| 1970 | Did not qualify | |||||
| 1974 | Round 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 1978 | Round 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 1982 | Round 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 |
| 1986 | Round 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 1990 | Round 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 1994 | Did not qualify | |||||
| 1998 | Round 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 2002 | Did not qualify | |||||
| 2006 | Did not qualify | |||||
| Total | 4 | 12 | 7 | 25 | 41 |
European Championship record
| Year | Result | Wins | Losses | Draws | Goals Scored | Goals Against |
| 1960 | Did not qualify | |||||
| 1964 | Did not qualify | |||||
| 1968 | Did not qualify | |||||
| 1972 | Did not qualify | |||||
| 1976 | Did not qualify | |||||
| 1980 | Did not qualify | |||||
| 1984 | Did not qualify | |||||
| 1988 | Did not qualify | |||||
| 1992 | Round 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 1996 | Round 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2000 | Did not qualify | |||||
| 2004 | Did not qualify | |||||
| Total | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
Current Scotland squad
- Goalkeepers
- Defenders
- Midfielders
- Forwards
Managers
Scotland's first foreign manager, Berti Vogts, was in charge of the side from February 2002 until his resignation on November 1st, 2004. Tommy Burns was his assistant and took over on an interim basis. On December 2, 2004 former Rangers boss Walter Smith was named as Vogts’ successor. Despite a brief revival of fortunes under Smith, hopes of reaching the 2006 World Cup were dashed after suffering a disappointing defeat against Belarus.
List of Scotland Managers
Note that from 1872 - 1954 the Scotland national team was appointed by an SFA selection committee.- Andy Beattie 1954
- Dawson Walker 1958 ¹
- Matt Busby 1958
- Andy Beattie 1959-1960
- Ian McColl 1960-1965
- Jock Stein 1965-1966
- John Prentice 1966
- Malcolm MacDonald 1966-1967
- Bobby Brown 1967-1971
- Tommy Docherty 1971-1972
- Willie Ormond 1973-1977
- Ally McLeod 1977-1978
- Jock Stein 1978-1985
- Alex Ferguson 1985-1986
- Andy Roxburgh 1986-1993
- Craig Brown 1993-2001
- Berti Vogts 2002-2004
- Walter Smith 2004-Present
¹ - Matt Busby was officially the Scotland Manager, but Trainer Dawson Walker was left in charge of the players due to the tragedy of the Munich Air Disaster in February 1958, in which Busby was seriously injured
Management Records
Note that Matt Busby, Dawson Walker, John Prentice and Malcolm MacDonald are not included due to the fact that they were at the helm for a limited amount of time, therefore their Average Points would be unjust. The information is up-to-date as of 03/03/06 and Average Points are calculated by using 3 points for a win and one for a draw.| Rank | Manager | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Average Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SFA Select Committee | 233 | 142 | 41 | 50 | 66.8% |
| 2 | Ian McColl | 28 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 64.3% |
| 3 | Tommy Docherty | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60.0% |
| 4 | Craig Brown | 69 | 31 | 18 | 20 | 53.6% |
| 5 | Willie Ormond | 38 | 18 | 7 | 13 | 53.5% |
| 6 | Ally McLeod | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 51.0% |
| 7 | Jock Stein¹ | 68 | 30 | 13 | 25 | 50.5% |
| 8 | Walter Smith | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 48.5% |
| 9 | Bobby Brown | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 46.7% |
| 10 | Andy Roxburgh | 63 | 23 | 19 | 21 | 46.6% |
| 11 | Alex Ferguson | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 43.3% |
| 12 | Berti Vogts | 32 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 35.4% |
| 13 | Andy Beattie | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 35.2% |
- ¹ - Data includes both Jock Stein's periods as Manager (1965-1966 and 1978-1985)
Famous players
¹ The player has at least 50 Scottish caps and is inducted into the SFA International Roll of Honour
Fifa Ranking
Current Fifa Ranking
- 39 Republic of Ireland
- 40 Morocco
- 41 Scotland
- 42 Peru
- 43 Bosnia-Herzegovina
Current Fifa Ranking featuring UEFA members only
- 37 Bulgaria
- 39 Republic of Ireland
- 41 Scotland
- 43 Bosnia-Herzegovina
- 44 Slovakia
UK Team
It has been suggested for the 2012 London Olympics that a UK team be formed although so far the SFA has said it will refuse to participate in such a team. Because of the SFA's refusal the team may play with only players from the England and Nothern Ireland teams, although the Welsh FA are still considering their position. The SFA say that in participating in such a team may put pressure on them to to continue to participate in the UK team than maintaining four separate teams of the UK even though the head of FIFA Sepp Blatter has said this would not be the case.
See also
- Scottish football seasons
- List of Scotland national football team results
- Scotland national under-21 football team
- Scotland women's national football team
Notes
External links
- Scottish Football Association
- Profile of the national team of Scotland
- RSSSF Archive of results 1872-
- Archive of results 1872- (divided into competitions)
- Scotland's amazing football history
- Scotland records 1872-2001
- Scotland's supporters Tartan Army
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