The Scotland national football team is the joint-oldest international football team, having played in the first official international match, a goalless draw on 30 November 1872 against England.[1] Since then, the team has established a long-standing rivalry with England, particularly in the annual British Home Championship, which Scotland won 24 times outright and shared a further 17 times.[2] The team has enjoyed less success in continental and global competition. Even though Scotland has participated in eight FIFA World Cup and three UEFA European Championship final tournaments,[3] the team has never progressed beyond the first round of any major tournament.[3][4]
Kenny Dalglish, the only man to have won more than 100 caps for Scotland, was the only Scottish player named in the FIFA 100.[5] Denis Law, who shares with Dalglish the record for the most goals scored for the national team, is the only Scottish player to have won the European Footballer of the Year award.[6] The Scottish Football Association maintains a roll of honour for players who have won at least 50 caps.[7] This distinction was launched in March 1998, when 11 players had already achieved that mark.[7]
This list includes all Scotland players who have made one appearance for the national team.
List of players
[edit]- Key
| * | Still active for the national team |
- As of Poland v Scotland, 18 November 2024
See also
[edit]- List of Scotland international footballers (2–3 caps)
- List of Scotland international footballers (4–9 caps)
- List of Scotland international footballers (10+ caps)
- Scotland national football team roll of honour (50+ caps)
Footnotes
[edit]- ^ The Scottish FA website attributes an appearance by Andy Beattie on 8 October 1938 to Bobby Beattie.
- ^ a b The Scottish FA website attributes appearances by Bob Brown and Robert Brown to Robert Brown.
- ^ The Scottish FA website merges the statistics of John Campbell (active in the 1880s) and John Campbell (born 1872) into a single profile.
- ^ The Scottish FA website merges the statistics of Peter Campbell (Morton FC, active in the 1890s) and Peter Campbell (Rangers FC, active in the 1870s) into a single profile.
- ^ The Scottish FA website merges the statistics of James Connor (active in the 1880s) and Jimmy Connor (active in the 1930s) into a single profile.
- ^ a b The Scottish FA website merges the statistics of James Gourlay (born 1860) and James Gourlay (born 1862) into a single profile.
- ^ a b The Scottish FA website merges the statistics of John Gow (born 1859) and John Gow (born 1869) into a single profile.
- ^ The Scottish FA website merges the statistics of James Hamilton (born 1901) and James Hamilton (active in the 1890s) into a single profile.
- ^ a b The Scottish FA website merges the statistics of Thomas Hamilton (born 1872) and Thomas Hamilton (born 1906) into a single profile.
- ^ The Scottish FA website merges the statistics of David Hill (born 1881) and David Hill (active in the 1880s) into a single profile.
- ^ The Scottish FA website merges the statistics of John Hunter (born 1878) and John Hunter (active in the 1870s) into a single profile.
- ^ The Scottish FA website merges the statistics of John Inglis (a goalkeeper, born 1857) and John Inglis (a forward, born 1859) into a single profile.
- ^ The Scottish FA website attributes an appearance by Sandy Kennedy on 25 March 1876 to Jack Kennedy.
- ^ The Scottish FA website attributes an appearance made by Tommy McLean on 16 October 1968 to George McLean.
- ^ The Scottish FA website attributes the 1891 appearance by John McPherson (born 1867) to John McPherson (born 1868).
- ^ a b The Scottish FA website merges the statistics of John Murray (born 1865) and John Murray (born 1874) into a single profile.
- ^ The Scottish FA website merges the statistics of William Paul and Willie Paul into a single profile.
- ^ The Scottish FA website merges the statistics of Tommy Robertson (born 1876) and Thomas Robertson (born 1864) into a single profile.
- ^ a b The Scottish FA website merges the statistics of Bertie Thomson and Robert Thomson into a single profile.
- ^ The Scottish FA website merges the statistics of Jock Thomson and John Thomson into a single profile.
- ^ The Scottish FA website merges the statistics of William Thomson (Dundee FC player) and William Thomson (Dumbarton FC player) into a single profile.
- ^ The Scottish FA website merges the statistics of Hugh Wilson and Leitch Keir into a single profile.
References
[edit]- ^ Mitchell, Paul. "The first international football match". BBC. Retrieved 7 March 2009.
- ^ "British Home Championship Overview". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 1 October 1999. Retrieved 3 March 2009.
- ^ a b Ralston, Gary (24 November 2007). "Eck: We'd Have Gone Far". Daily Record. Retrieved 3 March 2009.
- ^ "England 0-0 Scotland: Andy Robertson says 'make sure it's not a pointless result'". BBC Sport. 18 June 2021. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
- ^ "Pele's list of the greatest". BBC Sport. 4 March 2004. Retrieved 3 March 2009.
- ^ "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or")". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 16 January 2009. Retrieved 3 March 2009.
- ^ a b "International Roll of Honour". Scottish Football Association. Archived from the original on 5 July 2008. Retrieved 3 March 2009.
- ^ Walter Aitkenhead at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ George Allan at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Hennry Allan at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Frederick Anderson at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ George Anderson at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Harry Anderson at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Johnny Anderson at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Peter Andrews at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Jordan Archer at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Archie Baird at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Hugh Baird at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ William Baird at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Alexander Barbour at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Darren Barr at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Barney Battles at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Bobby Beattie at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Alex Bell at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Cammy Bell at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Mark Bell at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ David Black at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Ian Black at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Ian Black at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ John Blackburn at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Jimmy Blair at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ John Blair at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ William Blair at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ William Bowie at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ George Bowman at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Jimmy Boyd at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Tom Bradshaw at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Tom Brandon at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Thomas Breckenridge at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Des Bremner at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Bernard Breslin at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Dod Brewster at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Eamonn Brophy at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Jim Brown at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ John Brown at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ a b Robert Brown at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Sandy Brown at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ John Browning at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Bobbie Bruce at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Daniel Bruce at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ John Buchanan at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Peter Buchanan at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Robert Buchanan at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Francis Burns at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Matt Busby at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Paul Caddis at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ David Calderhead at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Patrick Callaghan at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ John Cameron at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ John Cameron at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Allan Campbell at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Harry Campbell at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Jimmy Campbell at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Jimmy Campbell at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ John Campbell at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Peter Campbell at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Peter Canero at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Stewart Chalmers at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ William Chalmers at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Thomas Chambers at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ George Chaplin at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Robert Christie at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Brown, Alan; Tossani, Gabriele (17 October 2019). "Scotland – International Matches 1891–1900". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 3 April 2020. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
- ^ Robert Clements at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ William Collier at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Tom Collins at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Alfie Conn at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ John Connolly at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ James Connor at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Billy Cowan at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Jim Craig at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Joe Craig at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Tommy Craig at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ John Cross at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Mick Cullen at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ David Cumming at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Warren Cummings at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Murray Davidson at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Stewart Davidson at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Johnny Deakin at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Archibald Devine at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ John Dick at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ William Dickson at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ a b John Divers at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Jimmy Dougal at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Neil Dougall at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Bobby Dougan at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Angus Douglas at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Barry Douglas at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Jimmy Douglas at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Peter Dowds at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Robert Downie at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Johnny Doyle at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Michael Dunbar at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Johnny Duncan at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Jimmy Duncanson at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Billy Dunlop at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ James Dunlop at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Dave Ellis at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ Jock Ewart at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Robert Findlay at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Stuart Findlay at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Charlie Fleming at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Robert Fleming at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Jim Forrest at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ James Fraser at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ John Fraser at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ William Fulton at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ John Fyfe at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Patrick Gallacher at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Paul Gallagher at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Mike Galloway at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Ian Gardiner at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Dave Gardner at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ William Gibb at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ John Gilchrist at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Michael Gilhooley at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ James Gillespie at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ John Gillespie at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ John Gilmour at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Stephen Glass at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Ronnie Glavin at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ James Gossland at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ John Goudie at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ a b James Gourlay at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Donald Gow at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ a b John Gow at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Alex Graham at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Johnny Graham at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Archie Gray at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Woodville Gray at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ David Haddow at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Gladstone Hamilton at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ James Hamilton at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ a b Thomas Hamilton at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Willie Hamilton at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Steven Hammell at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Paul Hanlon at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Andrew Hannah at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Jimmy Hannah at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Neil Harris at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Mike Haughney at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Charles Heggie at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ George Henderson at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Bob Hepburn at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Jock Hepburn at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Sandy Herd at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Alex Higgins at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ David Hill at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Bobby Hogg at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ James Hogg at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Stewart Houston at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ William Howden at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Hugh Howie at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Jimmy Howieson at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Billy Hughes at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Stephen Hughes at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Wilson Humphries at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ John Hunter at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Richard Hunter at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ James Hutton at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Dominic Hyam at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ John Inglis at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ James Irons at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Tom Jenkinson at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Bert Johnston at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ James Johnstone at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ John Johnstone at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Hugh Kelly at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Liam Kelly at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Liam Kelly at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Tommy Kelso at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Joe Kennaway at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Jack Kennedy at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ John Kennedy at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Sam Kennedy at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Peter Kerr at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ George Key at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ William Key at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Brown, Alan; Tossani, Gabriele (30 September 2021). "Scotland - International Matches 1921-1930". RSSSF. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
- ^ Jimmy Kinloch at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Lord Kinnaird at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ David Kinnear at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ W. Lamont at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Archibald Lang at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Jimmy Lawrence at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Denis Lawson at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Robert Leckie at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ David Lindsay at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Alec Linwood at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ John Little at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Alex Lochhead at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ James Logan at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Tommy Logan at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Jimmy Logie at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Hugh Long at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ William Longair at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Alex Low at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ James Low at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Tommy Low at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ James Lowe at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ James Lundie at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Jack Lyall at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ John Macaulay at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Alex MacDonald at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ John Macdonald at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Rab Macfarlane at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Angus MacKinnon at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Bobby Main at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ James Main at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Gordon Marshall at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ John Martis at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ David Mathers at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ William Maxwell at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Stevie May at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ J. McAdam at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Jamie McAllister at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Andrew McAtee at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Edward McBain at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Archie McCall at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Neil McCallum at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ William McCartney at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ William McColl at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ John McCorkindale at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Boby McCormick at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Ross McCrorie at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Jock McDougall at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Willie McFarlane at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ James McGhee at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Paul McGinn at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Jimmy McGowan at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Francis McGurk at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Hugh McHardy at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Tom McInnes at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ William McIntosh at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Hugh McIntyre at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ James McIntyre at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Barrie McKay at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Bobby McKay at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ John McKay at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Bobby McKean at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ James McKee at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Duncan McKenzie at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Tom McKillop at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Andy McLaren at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ David McLean at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ George McLean at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ William McLeod at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Jimmy McLuckie at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ John McMenemy at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ James McMillan at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Thomas McMillan at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Jock McNab at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ David McPherson at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ John McPherson at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ John McPherson at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Robert McPherson at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Danny McRorie at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ John McTavish at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Peter Meechan at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Alex Menzies at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Robert Middleton at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Archie Miller at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Charlie Miller at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ William Miller at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Willie Moir at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Henry Morris at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Tom Morrison at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Willie Muir at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ John Murdoch at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Frank Murphy at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ a b John Murray at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Steve Murray at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ George Mutch at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Robbie Neilson at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Tommy Niblo at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Jimmy Niven at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Phil O'Donnell at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Duncan Ogilvie at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ John O'Neil at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Frank O'Rourke at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ James Orr at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Robert Orrock at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ John Paterson at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Daniel Paton at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ William Paul at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Jackie Plenderleith at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ William Porteous at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Charlie Pringle at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Peter Pursell at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ James Raeside at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Calvin Ramsay at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Henry Renny-Tailyour at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Alex Rhind at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Andrew Richmond at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Archie Ritchie at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Billy Ritchie at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ John Ritchie at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ George Robertson at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Hugh Robertson at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Jimmy Robertson at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Peter Robertson at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Thomas Robertson at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Doug Rougvie at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ John Russell at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Eddie Rutherford at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Steven Saunders at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Bill Sawers at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Peter Scarff at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Erich Schaedler at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Jim Scott at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Matthew Scott at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Robert Scott at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ William Semple at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Andrew Shinnie at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Jackie Sinclair at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Leslie Skene at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Tom Sloan at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ James Smith at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ John Smith at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ George Somerville at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Jimmy Speirs at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Lewis Stevenson at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Andrew Stewart at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ David Stewart at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Duncan Stewart at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Willie Summers at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Scot Symon at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Tommy Tait at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Willie Taylor at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Paul Telfer at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Willie Telfer at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Alexander Thomson at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ a b Robert Thomson at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Charles Thomson at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ David Thomson at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Jock Thomson at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ William Thomson at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Tom Townsley at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Thomas Turner at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Duncan Urquhart at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Hugh Wales at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Frank Walker at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Jimmy Walker at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Ross Wallace at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Bobby Watson at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ James Watson at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Phil Watson at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ William Watson at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Tony Watt at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Willie Watt at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Willie Waugh at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ John Weir at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Alex Wilson at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ David Wilson at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ David Wilson at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Leitch Keir at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Mark Wilson at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Paul Wilson at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Robbie Winters at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Keith Wright at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Thomas Wyllie at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Benny Yorston at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Harry Yorston at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ James Young at the Scottish Football Association
External links
[edit]- Scottish FA Archive
- List of Players at Londonhearts.com