Scotland

Team Snapshot

Country

Scotland

FIFA Code

SCO

Confederation

UEFA

Group

C

Area

Scotland

Coach

Steve Clarke

Captain

Andy Robertson

Founded

1873

Home Venue

—

First international

0–0; (Partick, Scotland; 30 November 1872);

Biggest win

11–0; (Glasgow, Scotland; 23 February 1901)

Biggest defeat

7–0; (Basel, Switzerland; 19 June 1954)

Regional competition

European Championship

Regional appearances

4

Best regional result

Group stage (1992, 1996, 2020, 2024)

Team Storyline

The Scotland national football team represents Scotland in men's international football and is controlled by the Scottish Football Association. They compete in three major professional tournaments: the FIFA World Cup, UEFA Nations League, and the UEFA European Championship. Scotland, as a country of the United Kingdom, are not a member of the International Olympic Committee, and therefore the national team does not compete in the Olympic Games. The majority of Scotland's home matches are played at the national stadium, Hampden Park. 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 has a long-standing rivalry with England, whom they played annually from 1872 until 1989. The teams have met only nine times since then, most recently in a friendly in September 2023. Scotland have qualified for the FIFA World Cup on nine occasions, and the UEFA European Championship four times, but they 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 supporters are collectively known as the Tartan Army. The Scottish Football Association operates a roll of honour for every player who has made more than 50 appearances for Scotland. Kenny Dalglish holds the record for Scotland appearances, having played 102 times between 1971 and 1986. Dalglish scored 30 goals for Scotland and shares the record for most goals scored with Denis Law.

Website

http://www.scottishfa.co.uk

Address

Hampden Park Glasgow G42 9AY

Group Opponents

Haiti, Morocco, Brazil

Fixtures

• at Haiti
  Sat June 13 · 21:00 UTC-4 · Boston (Foxborough)
• vs Morocco
  Fri June 19 · 18:00 UTC-4 · Boston (Foxborough)
• vs Brazil
  Wed June 24 · 18:00 UTC-4 · Miami (Miami Gardens)