Scotland football team

The Scotland football team is the national football team of Scotland. It is currently managed by former Kilmarnock manager Steve Clarke who took over from Alex McLeish in May 2019

Scotland

Association	Scottish Football Association
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Vacant
Captain	Andrew Robertson
Most caps	Kenny Dalglish (102)
Top scorer	Kenny Dalglish (30) Denis Law (30)
Home stadium	Hampden Park
FIFA code	SCO
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FIFA ranking
Current
Highest	13 (October 2007)
Lowest	88 (March 2005)
First international
Scotland 0–0 England (Partick, Scotland; 30 November 1872)
Biggest win
Scotland 11–0 Ireland (Glasgow, Scotland; 23 February 1901)
Biggest defeat
Uruguay 7–0 Scotland (Basel, Switzerland; 19 June 1954)
World Cup
Appearances	8 (first in 1954)
Best result	9th, 1974
European Championship
Appearances	2 (first in 1992)
Best result	Last 8, 1992

Scotland has the joint oldest national football team in the world as they played England in the first ever international football match in 1872.

Stadium

Hampden Park in Glasgow is the home of the Scotland national team and is described by the Scottish Football Association as the National Stadium. The stadium, which can hold 52,000 people, is one of several stadiums to have used the name. Hampden and its predecessors have hosted international matches since 1878. A record of 149,415 people was set by the Scotland v England match in 1937. Hampden is one of only two Scottish football stadiums to receive a UEFA 5–star rating.

Since the last redevelopment to Hampden was completed in 1999, Scotland have played all but one of their competitive matches there. Only when Celtic Park hosted the first Euro 2008 qualification match against the Faroe Islands. Celtic Park was used because the fixtures were decided by a random draw and Hampden had already been booked for a Robbie Williams concert on the same date.

Scotland Football Team Media

• Matt Busby 1957.jpg

  Matt Busby was due to manage Scotland at the 1958 FIFA World Cup, but was unable due to his injuries from the Munich air disaster.

• Selección Escocesa 1972.jpg

  The national football team of Scotland in 1972

• Bundesarchiv Bild 183-N0614-0028, Fußball-WM, Zaire - Schottland 0-2.jpg

  Billy Bremner (right) playing for Scotland against Zaire at the Westfalenstadion in the 1974 FIFA World Cup

• Alex Ferguson.jpg

  Alex Ferguson (pictured) briefly served as Scotland's manager after the sudden death of Jock Stein in 1985.

• Scotland-holland euro 96.jpg

  Scotland against the Netherlands at Villa Park during Euro 1996

• Berti Vogts cropped.jpg

  Berti Vogts, the only foreigner to coach Scotland to date

• Strachan Gordon.jpg

  Gordon Strachan was appointed Scotland manager in January 2013.

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  Scotland v. Croatia at UEFA Euro 2020

• Hampden Park, Glasgow.jpg

  Hampden Park, the traditional home of the Scotland national football team

• Andrew Watson Footballer.jpg

  Scotland players, including Andrew Watson (top centre), wearing an atypical light blue-and-white hooped jersey in 1882