| Federation
founded: 1873 |
| FIFA
member since: 1910 |
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WORLD
CUP HISTORY
|
| 1930 - Did not participate |
| 1934 - Did not participate |
| 1938 - Did not participate |
| 1950 - Qualified/withdrew |
| 1954 - First
round exit |
| 1958 - First
round exit |
| 1962 - Did not qualify |
| 1966 - Did not qualify |
| 1970 - Did not qualify |
| 1974 - First
round exit |
| 1978 - First
round exit |
| 1982 - First
round exit |
| 1986 - First
round exit |
| 1990 - First
round exit |
| 1994 - Did not qualify |
| 1998 - First
round exit |
| 2002 - Did not qualify |
| 2006 - Did not qualify |
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STATISTICS
|
| Played |
23
|
| Won |
4
|
| Drawn |
7
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| Lost |
12
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| Goals for |
25
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| Goals against |
41
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| Points |
19
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Scotland
are 28th on the all-time table.
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TEAM
RECORDS
|
Biggest
victory:
5-2 vs New
Zealand in 1982.
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Biggest
defeat:
0-7 vs Uruguay
in 1954.
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Overall
topscorer:
Joe Jordan,
4 goals.
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Most
appearances:
Jim Leighton,
9 matches.
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Hosted
the World Cup:
Never
|
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GREATEST
PLAYERS
|
 Kenny
Dalglish |
| Joe
Jordan |
|
1930 to 1938
SCOTLAND did not participate
in the qualifying rounds.
1950
(WCQ Group 1)
01.Oct 49 Northern Ireland 2-8 SCOTLAND
09.Nov 49 SCOTLAND 2-0 Wales
15.Apr 50 SCOTLAND 0-1 England
P W D L Gls Pts
1.England 3 3 0 0 14- 3 6
2.SCOTLAND 3 2 0 1 10- 3 4
3.Wales 3 0 1 2 1- 6 1
4.Northern Ireland 3 0 1 2 4-17 1
SCOTLAND qualified for Brazil 1950 but
then declined to go and withdrew.
1954
(WCQ Group 3)
03.Oct 53 Northern Ireland 1-3 SCOTLAND
04.Nov 53 SCOTLAND 3-3 Wales
03.Apr 54 SCOTLAND 2-4 England
P W D L Gls Pts
1.England 3 3 0 0 11- 4 6
2.SCOTLAND 3 1 1 1 8- 8 3
3.Northern Ireland 3 1 0 2 4- 7 2
4.Wales 3 0 1 2 5- 9 1
SCOTLAND qualified for Switzerland 1954.
1958
(UEFA Group 9)
08.May 57 SCOTLAND 4-2 Spain
19.May 57 Switzerland 1-2 SCOTLAND
26.May 57 Spain 4-1 SCOTLAND
06.Nov 57 SCOTLAND 3-2 Switzerland
P W D L Gls Pts
1.SCOTLAND 4 3 0 1 10- 9 6
2.Spain 4 2 1 1 12- 8 5
3.Switzerland 4 0 1 3 6-11 1
SCOTLAND qualified for Sweden 1958.
1962
(UEFA Group 8)
03.May 61 SCOTLAND 4-1 Rep. of Ireland
07.May 61 Rep. of Ireland 0-3 SCOTLAND
14.May 61 Czechoslovakia 4-0 SCOTLAND
26.Sep 61 SCOTLAND 3-2 Czechoslovakia
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Czechoslovakia 4 3 0 1 16- 5 6
SCOTLAND 4 3 0 1 10- 7 6
3.Rep. of Ireland 4 0 0 4 3-17 0
Play-off [in Brussels (BEL)]
29.Nov 61 Czechoslovakia 4-2 SCOTLAND
[aet]
SCOTLAND failed to qualify for Chile 1962.
1966
(UEFA Group 8)
21.Oct 64 SCOTLAND 3-1 Finland
23.May 65 Poland 1-1 SCOTLAND
27.May 65 Finland 1-2 SCOTLAND
13.Oct 65 SCOTLAND 1-2 Poland
09.Nov 65 SCOTLAND 1-0 Italy
07.Dec 65 Italy 3-0 SCOTLAND
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Italy 6 4 1 1 17- 3 9
2.SCOTLAND 6 3 1 2 8- 8 7
3.Poland 6 2 2 2 11-10 6
4.Finland 6 1 0 5 5-20 2
SCOTLAND failed to qualify for England 1966.
1970
(UEFA Group 7)
06.Nov 68 SCOTLAND 2-1 Austria
11.Dec 68 Cyprus 0-5 SCOTLAND
16.Apr 69 SCOTLAND 1-1 West Germany
17.May 69 SCOTLAND 8-0 Cyprus
22.Oct 69 West Germany 3-2 SCOTLAND
05.Nov 69 Austria 2-0 SCOTLAND
P W D L Gls Pts
1.West Germany 6 5 1 0 20- 3 11
2.SCOTLAND 6 3 1 2 18- 7 7
3.Austria 6 3 0 3 12- 7 6
4.Cyprus 6 0 0 6 2-35 0
SCOTLAND failed to qualify for Mexico 1970.
1974
(UEFA Group 8)
18.Oct 72 Denmark 1-4 SCOTLAND
15.Nov 72 SCOTLAND 2-0 Denmark
26.Sep 73 SCOTLAND 2-1 Czechoslovakia
17.Oct 73 Czechoslovakia 1-0 SCOTLAND
P W D L Gls Pts
1.SCOTLAND 4 3 0 1 8- 3 6
2.Czechoslovakia 4 2 1 1 9- 3 5
3.Denmark 4 0 1 3 2-13 1
SCOTLAND qualified for West Germany 1974.
1978
(UEFA Group 7)
13.Oct 76 Czechoslovakia 2-0 SCOTLAND
17.Nov 76 SCOTLAND 1-0 Wales
21.Sep 77 SCOTLAND 3-1 Czechoslovakia
12.Oct 77 Wales 0-2 SCOTLAND
P W D L Gls Pts
1.SCOTLAND 4 3 0 1 6- 3 6
2.Czechoslovakia 4 2 0 2 4- 6 4
3.Wales 4 1 0 3 3- 4 2
SCOTLAND qualified for Argentina 1978.
1982
(UEFA Group 6)
10.Sep 80 Sweden 0-1 SCOTLAND
15.Oct 80 SCOTLAND 0-0 Portugal
25.Feb 81 Israel 0-1 SCOTLAND
25.Mar 81 SCOTLAND 1-1 Northern Ireland
28.Apr 81 SCOTLAND 3-1 Israel
09.Sep 81 SCOTLAND 2-0 Sweden
14.Oct 81 Northern Ireland 0-0 SCOTLAND
18.Nov 81 Portugal 2-1 SCOTLAND
P W D L Gls Pts
1.SCOTLAND 8 4 3 1 9- 4 11
2.Northern Ireland 8 3 3 2 6- 3 9
3.Sweden 8 3 2 3 7- 8 8
4.Portugal 8 3 1 4 8-11 7
5.Israel 8 1 3 4 6-10 5
SCOTLAND qualified for Spain 1982.
1986
(UEFA Group 7)
17.Oct 84 SCOTLAND 3-0 Iceland
14.Nov 84 SCOTLAND 3-1 Spain
27.Feb 85 Spain 1-0 SCOTLAND
27.Mar 85 SCOTLAND 0-1 Wales
28.May 85 Iceland 0-1 SCOTLAND
10.Sep 85 Wales 1-1 SCOTLAND
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Spain 6 4 0 2 9- 8 8
2.SCOTLAND 6 3 1 2 8- 4 7
3.Wales 6 3 1 2 7- 6 7
4.Iceland 6 1 0 5 4-10 2
SCOTLAND required to play intercontinental
play-off with winner of Oceania for one spot
in the World Cup.
20.Nov 85 SCOTLAND 2-0 Australia
04.Dec 85 Australia 0-0 SCOTLAND
SCOTLAND qualified for Mexico 1986.
1990
(UEFA Group 5)
14.Sep 88 Norway 1-2 SCOTLAND
19.Oct 88 SCOTLAND 1-1 Yugoslavia
08.Feb 89 Cyprus 2-3 SCOTLAND
08.Mar 89 SCOTLAND 2-0 France
26.Apr 89 SCOTLAND 2-1 Cyprus
06.Sep 89 Yugoslavia 3-1 SCOTLAND
11.Oct 89 France 3-0 SCOTLAND
15.Nov 89 SCOTLAND 1-1 Norway
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Yugoslavia 8 6 2 0 16- 6 14
2.SCOTLAND 8 4 2 2 12-12 10
3.France 8 3 3 2 10- 7 9
4.Norway 8 2 2 4 10- 9 6
5.Cyprus 8 0 1 7 6-20 1
SCOTLAND qualified for Italy 1990.
1994
(UEFA Group 1)
09.Sep 92 Switzerland 3-1 SCOTLAND
14.Oct 92 SCOTLAND 0-0 Portugal
18.Nov 92 SCOTLAND 0-0 Italy
17.Feb 93 SCOTLAND 3-0 Malta
28.Apr 93 Portugal 5-0 SCOTLAND
19.May 93 Estonia 0-3 SCOTLAND
02.Jun 93 SCOTLAND 3-1 Estonia
08.Sep 93 SCOTLAND 1-1 Switzerland
13.Oct 93 Italy 3-1 SCOTLAND
17.Nov 93 Malta 0-2 SCOTLAND
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Italy 10 7 2 1 22- 7 16
2.Switzerland 10 6 3 1 23- 6 15
3.Portugal 10 6 2 2 18- 5 14
4.SCOTLAND 10 4 3 3 14-13 11
5.Malta 10 1 1 8 3-23 3
6.Estonia 10 0 1 9 1-27 1
SCOTLAND failed to qualify for USA 1994.
1998
(UEFA Group 4)
31.Aug 96 Austria 0-0 SCOTLAND
05.Oct 96 Latvia 0-2 SCOTLAND
10.Nov 96 SCOTLAND 1-0 Sweden
11.Feb 97 Estonia 0-0 SCOTLAND
29.Mar 97 SCOTLAND 2-0 Estonia
02.Apr 97 SCOTLAND 2-0 Austria
30.Apr 97 Sweden 2-1 SCOTLAND
08.Jun 97 Belarus 0-1 SCOTLAND
07.Sep 97 SCOTLAND 4-1 Belarus
11.Oct 97 SCOTLAND 2-0 Latvia
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Austria 10 8 1 1 17- 4 25
2.SCOTLAND 10 7 2 1 15- 3 23
3.Sweden 10 7 0 3 16- 9 21
4.Latvia 10 3 1 6 10-14 10
5.Estonia 10 1 1 8 4-16 4
6.Belarus 10 1 1 8 5-21 4
SCOTLAND qualified for France 1998.
2002
(UEFA Group 6)
02.Sep 00 Latvia 0-1 SCOTLAND
07.Oct 00 San Marino 0-2 SCOTLAND
11.Oct 00 Croatia 1-1 SCOTLAND
24.Mar 01 SCOTLAND 2-2 Belgium
28.Mar 01 SCOTLAND 4-0 San Marino
01.Sep 01 SCOTLAND 0-0 Croatia
05.Sep 01 Belgium 2-0 SCOTLAND
06.Oct 01 SCOTLAND 2-1 Latvia
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Croatia 8 5 3 0 15- 2 18
2.Belgium 8 5 2 1 25- 6 17
3.SCOTLAND 8 4 3 1 12- 6 15
4.Latvia 8 1 1 6 5-16 4
5.San Marino 8 0 1 7 3-30 1
SCOTLAND failed to qualify for Korea/Japan 2002.
2006
(UEFA Group 5)
08.Sep 04 SCOTLAND 0-0 Slovenia
09.Oct 04 SCOTLAND 0-1 Norway
13.Oct 04 Moldova 1-1 SCOTLAND
26.Mar 05 Italy 2-0 SCOTLAND
04.Jun 05 SCOTLAND 2-0 Moldova
08.Jun 05 Belarus 0-0 SCOTLAND
03.Sep 05 SCOTLAND 1-1 Italy
07.Sep 05 Norway 1-2 SCOTLAND
08.Oct 05 SCOTLAND 0-1 Belarus
12.Oct 05 Slovenia 0-3 SCOTLAND
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Italy 10 7 2 1 17- 8 23
2.Norway 10 5 3 2 12- 7 18
3.SCOTLAND 10 3 4 3 9- 7 13
4.Slovenia 10 3 3 4 10-13 12
5.Belarus 10 2 4 4 12-14 10
6.Moldova 10 1 2 7 5-16 5
SCOTLAND failed to qualify for Germany 2006.
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