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The history of the Scotland national football team dates back to the first ever international football match in 1872.Until the Second World War, Scotland mainly competed against the other Home Nations in the British Home Championship, with the most keenly contested fixture being the match with England.
The Scotland national football team [note 1] 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 .
The result, one of the biggest ever upsets in Scottish football, leads to the famous newspaper headline "Super Caley Go Ballistic Celtic Are Atrocious" by The Sun. [172] Elgin City and Peterhead are admitted to the Scottish Football League. [173] Tore André Flo joins Rangers from Chelsea for a transfer fee of £12 million, a Scottish record. [174]
Rank Name Caps Goals Scotland career Clubs [note 1]; 1 Kenny Dalglish: 102 30 1971–1986 Celtic, Liverpool: 2 Jim Leighton: 91 0 1982–1998 Aberdeen, Manchester United, Hibernian
Scotland did not compete in the first three World Cup competitions, in 1930, 1934 and 1938.Because of a dispute with FIFA over "broken-time" payments to players, the SFA, with the football associations of England, Ireland and Wales, withdrew from FIFA in 1928, [6] [7] and did not rejoin as a permanent member until 1946.
The early history of games like football in Scotland is uncertain, but it is possible that variations reached Scotland from France or England. [1]Games of "football" were played in Scotland in the Middle Ages, but medieval football bears little resemblance to association football (soccer).
A friendly match in Copenhagen on 9 October 1932 in which Denmark defeated the Scotland amateur team 3–1 (James Paul scored the Scottish goal) [67] [68] is regarded as a full international by the Danish Football Union, [69] [70] and consequently has sometimes been included in overviews of matches between the nations.
Each year Scotland played in the British Home Championship, a round-robin tournament also involving England, Wales and Ireland. [2] Of the 20 tournaments played during this period, Scotland won 7 outright and 4 jointly. [2] One of Scotland's most famous victories came in 1928, when the Wembley Wizards defeated their rivals England 5–1.