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This page details Scotland national football team records and statistics; the most capped players, the players with the most goals, and Scotland's match record by opponent and decade. Player records [ edit ]
More than 30 players have scored at least 200 domestic league goals in Scottish league football. This includes the appearances and goals of former players, in domestic league competitions only, specifically the Scottish Premier League (1998–2013), Scottish Football League (1890–2013) and Scottish Professional Football League (2013–present).
Jimmy McGrory, Celtic's all-time top goalscorer and the record scorer in British football history. Most goals in all competitions: Jimmy McGrory, 522. [104] Most League goals: Jimmy McGrory, 396. [84] Most Scottish Cup goals: Jimmy McGrory, 74. [85] Most League Cup goals: Bobby Lennox, 63. [86] Most European goals: Henrik Larsson, 35. [105]
McGrory is the all-time leading goalscorer in top-flight British football with a total of 550 goals in 547 competitive games. [93] [94] This total includes 6 goals that he scored in 6 Inter-League matches for the Scottish Football League XI. [95] McGrory is a legendary figure within Celtic's history.
Most top flight goals in a game: 8, Jimmy McGrory (Celtic 9 Dunfermline Athletic 0, 14 January 1928) Most top flight hat-tricks: 48, Jimmy McGrory; Appearances. Most top flight appearances: 626, Bob Ferrier (Motherwell) [13] Most consecutive appearances with a goal scored: 14, Evelyn Morrison (Falkirk, 1928–29) Goalkeepers
This is a progressive list of football players who have held or co-held the record for goals scored for the Scotland national football team. The list begins with Henry Renny-Tailyour and William Gibb, who both scored in the 4–2 defeat by England in March 1873.
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The Scottish Football Association operates a roll of honour for every player who has made more than 50 appearances for Scotland. [8] Kenny Dalglish holds the record for Scotland appearances, having played 102 times between 1971 and 1986. [8] Dalglish scored 30 goals for Scotland and shares the record for most goals scored with Denis Law.