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National team · Scotland
Scotland's clearest mark on the international game came in the British Home Championship, the annual contest with England, Wales and Northern Ireland that ran for most of the twentieth century. Scotland won it outright 24 times and shared the title a further 17 times, a record built over decades of fixtures rather than settled in a single final.
The rivalry with England goes back further than that competition. The two sides met at Hamilton Crescent on 30 November 1872 and drew 0-0, the first international football match in history. A 3-2 win over England at Wembley in 1967 was celebrated at the time as making Scotland, half-jokingly, "unofficial world champions". Eleven years later, Archie Gemmill scored a goal against the Netherlands in a 3-2 win at the 1978 World Cup that is still the country's best-remembered piece of individual skill.
Home games are played at Hampden Park in Glasgow, which holds 51,866. Kenny Dalglish set the appearance record with 102 caps and shares the scoring record, 30 goals, with Denis Law. Silverware has occasionally come from further afield too: Scotland won the Kirin Cup in Japan in 2006.
None of it has carried the side past the group stage of a major tournament. Nine World Cups and four European Championships have all ended at that first hurdle, and qualification failed outright for 2014, 2016 and 2018. The heaviest defeat at a Euros came as recently as 2024, a 1-5 loss to Germany.
Latest results
All matches| 24 Jun | World Cup |
Brazil
H
|
0:3 | L |
| 19 Jun | World Cup |
Morocco
H
|
0:1 | L |
| 14 Jun | World Cup |
Haiti
A
|
1:0 | W |
| 6 Jun | Friendlies |
Bolivia
A
|
4:0 | W |
| 30 May | Friendlies |
Curaçao
H
|
4:1 | W |
| 31 Mar | Friendlies |
Ivory Coast
H
|
0:1 | L |
Standing
Euro Championship - QualificationGroup stage · Group A
| # | Team | M | W | D | L | Goals | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Spain
|
8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 25:5 | 21 |
| 2 |
Scotland
|
8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 17:8 | 17 |
| 3 |
 Norway
|
8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14:12 | 11 |
| 4 |
 Georgia
|
8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12:18 | 8 |
| 5 |
 Cyprus
|
8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3:28 | 0 |
Team statistics
matches counted: 73| Metric | Total | Home | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matches | 73 | 37 | 36 |
| Scored | 103 | 55 | 48 |
| Conceded | 89 | 43 | 46 |
| Scored per game | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.3 |
| Conceded per game | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.3 |
| Difference | +14 | +12 | +2 |
Key players
by appearances over the last year
F. Curtis
Forward
6 Matches
Scott Fraser McKenna
Defender
6 Matches
Angus Gunn
Goalkeeper
6 Matches
Andrew Henry Robertson
Defender
6 Matches
Scott Francis McTominay
Forward
6 Matches
Ché Zach Everton Fred Adams
Forward
6 Matches
Ryan Christie
Midfielder
6 Matches
Jack William Hendry
Defender
6 Matches
Squad of Scotland
by appearances over the last year| Number | Player | Position | Age | Matches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | F. Curtis |
Forward | 20 | 6 | |
| 26 | Scott Fraser McKenna |
Defender | 6 | ||
| 1 | Angus Gunn |
Goalkeeper | 6 | ||
| 3 | Andrew Henry Robertson |
Defender | 6 | ||
| 4 | Scott Francis McTominay |
Forward | 6 | ||
| 10 | Ché Zach Everton Fred Adams |
Forward | 6 | ||
| 11 | Ryan Christie |
Midfielder | 6 | ||
| 13 | Jack William Hendry |
Defender | 6 | ||
| 19 |  Lewis Ferguson |
Midfielder | 6 | ||
| 24 |  Anthony Ralston |
Defender | 6 | ||
| 15 |  John Souttar |
Defender | 6 | ||
| 22 |  Nathan Patterson |
Defender | 6 | ||
| 7 |  John McGinn |
Midfielder | 6 | ||
| 18 |  George Hirst |
Forward | 6 | ||
| 9 |  Lyndon John Dykes |
Forward | 6 | ||
| 12 |  |
 Liam Kelly |
Goalkeeper | 30 | 6 |
| 6 |  Kieran Tierney |
Defender | 29 | 6 | |
| 23 |  Kenneth McLean |
Midfielder | 6 | ||
| 16 |  Dominic John Hyam |
Defender | 6 | ||
| 5 |  Grant Hanley |
Defender | 5 | ||
| 21 |  Craig Gordon |
Goalkeeper | 4 | ||
| 20 | |
 Lawrence Shankland |
Forward | 31 | 4 |
| 2 |  Aaron Buchanan Hickey |
Defender | 4 | ||
| 17 |  Ben Gannon Doak |
Midfielder | 4 | ||
| 8 |  Tyler Fletcher |
Midfielder | 4 | ||
| 14 |  Ross Stewart |
Forward | 4 | ||
| 21 |  Scott Bain |
Goalkeeper | 34 | 2 | |
| 14 |  Lennon Miller |
Midfielder | 2 | ||
| 20 |  Tommy Daniel John Conway |
Forward | 2 | ||
| 8 |  Billy Clifford Gilmour |
Midfielder | 2 | ||
| 22 |  Ross McCrorie |
Midfielder | 28 | 2 | |
| 24 |  Andy Irving |
Midfielder | 1 | ||
| 22 |  Max Johnston |
Defender | 1 |
Fixtures of Scotland
Honours of Scotland
- British Home Championship 1884, 1885, 1886, 1887, 1889, 1890, 1894, 1896, 1897, 1900, 1902, 1903, 1906, 1908, 1910, 1912, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1929, 1931, 1935, 1939, 1949, 1951, 1953, 1956, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1977 40
- Kirin Cup Soccer 2006 1