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[19] 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. The players who are here now have the chance to make themselves almost undroppable. In the shield background there are 11 thistles, representing the national flower of Scotland, in addition to the lion rampant.

Players of Scotland national association football team, Lists of Scotland international footballers, Scotland amateur international footballers, Scotland under-21 international footballers, Scotland under-23 international footballers, England v Scotland representative footballers (1870–1872), Scotland women's international footballers, Scotland semi-pro international footballers, Scotland wartime international footballers, Scotland junior international footballers, Peter Campbell (Greenock Morton footballer), https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Category:Scotland_international_footballers&oldid=951353957, Association football players by national team, Template Large category TOC via CatAutoTOC on category with 1,201–2,000 pages, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 16 April 2020, at 19:18. [111][113][114] Third kits have been produced on two occasions. 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, Archie Gemmill 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. [2], After the narrow failure to qualify for Euro 2008, McLeish left to join Premier League club Birmingham City. The team have achieved some noteworthy results, such as beating the 1966 FIFA World Cup winners England 3–2 at Wembley Stadium in 1967. Rangers manager Steven Gerrard called Kemar Roofe's goal from halfway against Standard Liege the best he has ever seen. [81] The team failed to qualify automatically for UEFA Euro 2020, but a victory on penalties (in Scotland's first ever shootout) against Israel put Scotland into a playoff final against Serbia. [86] Scotland is due to host three group games and a last 16 match in UEFA Euro 2020, which is being held at venues across Europe.

[112] In 2016-17, Scotland wore pink shirts with black shorts and socks as the away kit; the kit was additionally used in a single home match against Slovakia due to both Slovakia kits clashing with the Scotland home kit, which featured white sleeves. The encounters against England were particularly fierce and a rivalry quickly developed.

Amber shirts, navy shorts and navy socks were used in 2005-06, as the alternative sky blue shirts were unsuitable when Scotland travelled to teams wearing any shade of blue shirt, while an all 'cherry red' kit was used a single time against Georgia in the Euro 2008 qualifiers in 2007. [72] Steven Fletcher scored the first hat-trick for Scotland since 1969 in the game with Gibraltar. [91] 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. [49] Scotland failed to qualify for the 2006 FIFA World Cup, finishing third in their group behind Italy and Norway. 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. Clarke has quickly moved on from the euphoria of the penalty shootout win over Israel which secured a play-off final away to Serbia next month. [note 1][9] 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". Celtic Park, Ibrox Stadium, Pittodrie Stadium and Rugby Park all hosted matches during the 1998 World Cup qualifying campaign,[93] while Tynecastle Stadium,[94] Pittodrie,[95] Celtic Park and Ibrox Stadium were used for Euro 2000 qualifying matches. Alex Ferguson was interim manager, following the death of Jock Stein. [20] Having defeated the world champions on their own turf, the Scotland fans hailed their team as the "unofficial world champions".

"We've just proven on Thursday night how valuable the Nations League has been as it's given us a second opportunity to qualify for Euro 2020," he added. [6] Scotland's first game was against Peru in Córdoba. Statistically the most successful manager was Alex McLeish, who won seven of the ten games during his first spell as manager. [75] On 11 November 2016, England beat Scotland 3–0 at Wembley. [78] In February 2018, Alex McLeish was appointed manager for the second time. [40] The first game against the Netherlands ended 0–0, raising morale ahead of a much anticipated game against England at Wembley. Scotland have never advanced beyond the first round of the finals competition – no country has qualified for as many World Cup finals without progressing past the first round. Welcome to the official Scotland Shop. [18], After Tommy Docherty's brief spell as manager, Willie Ormond was hired in 1973.

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 knocked out on goals scored. [77] A draw in Slovenia in the final game of the group ended Scottish hopes of a play-off position, and Strachan subsequently left his position by mutual consent. Every industry is affected by it.

The two countries contested the first official international football match, at Hamilton Crescent in Partick, Scotland, on 30 November 1872.. This run of success meant that Scotland would have regularly topped the Elo ratings, which were calculated in 1998, between 1876 and 1904. [22] The team was unbeaten but failed to progress beyond the group stages on goal difference. [36] Scotland were drawn in a group with Costa Rica, Sweden, and Brazil, but the Scots lost 1–0 to Costa Rica. Since 2005, the SFA have supported the use of Scottish Gaelic on the national team's strip in recognition of the language's status in Scotland. [40] This second successive failure to qualify prompted Craig Brown to resign from his position after the final qualifying match. [28], 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.
[100] An independent 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. [23], Scotland appointed Ally MacLeod as manager in 1977, with qualification for the 1978 World Cup in Argentina far from assured. This attendance was surpassed 13 years later by the decisive match of the 1950 FIFA World Cup, but remains a European record. View all fixtures and results for all Scotland national teams on the Scottish FA website. [38] A 1–0 defeat by 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. [39] 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. [7] Dalglish scored 30 goals for Scotland and shares the record for most goals scored with Denis Law. [79] The team won their group in the 2018–19 UEFA Nations League, but McLeish left in April 2019 after a poor start to UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying, including a 3–0 loss to 117th-ranked Kazakhstan. Buy Scotland football kits, memorabilia, posters and more from the Scotland shop. [96], Scotland's home matches are presently covered by the pay-TV broadcaster Sky Sports.

Scotland won their first two matches, but a 1–0 home defeat by England meant that the Scots finished as runners-up. Two spectacular goals by Teófilo Cubillas meant that the result was a 3–1 loss.
[15] Despite this self-imposed hardship in terms of players, the SFA dignitaries travelled in numbers, accompanied by their wives. [14][17], 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. [84] The SFA declined to participate in 1950 although they had qualified, as Scotland were not the British champions. Teams representing the two sides first competed at the Oval in five matches between 1870 and 1872. [6] In their qualifying group for UEFA Euro 2008, Scotland defeated 2006 World Cup runners-up France 1–0 in both fixtures. Another style often used by Scotland comprises blue shirts, white shorts and red socks, whilst a number of kits have used navy shorts and socks. Southampton midfielder Stuart Armstrong's positive test in the Scotland camp meant Celtic forward Ryan Christie and Arsenal full-back Kieran Tierney were forced to self-isolate after being in close proximity to him.

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