Scotland national under-21 football team

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Scotland under-21

Association	Scottish Football Association
Head coach	Scot Gemmill[1]
Most caps	Christian Dailly (35)[2]
Top scorer	Scott Booth (8)[2] Jordan Rhodes (8)[2]
First colours Second colours
First international
Czechoslovakia 0 – 0 Scotland 12 October 1976
Biggest win
Scotland 5 – 0 Finland 6 September 1995[3]
Biggest defeat
England 6 – 0 Scotland 13 August 2013
UEFA U-21 Championship
Appearances	6 (first in 1980)
Best result	Semi-finalists (1982, 1992, 1996)

The Scotland national under-21 football team, controlled by the Scottish Football Association, is Scotland's national under 21 football team and is considered to be a feeder team for the Scotland national football team.

As a European under-21 team, Scotland compete in the UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship, which is usually held every other year. The team has qualified for the final stages of these Championships on six occasions, although not since 1996. There is no global tournament for under-21 national teams. Performance in the European Championship determines qualification for football at the Summer Olympics, which Scotland is unable to compete in.

Contents

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  1 History
  
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    1.1 Results summary
    
  
  


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  2 Head coaches
  


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  3 Players
  
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    3.1 Leading appearances
    
  
  
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    3.2 Leading goalscorers
    
  
  
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    3.3 Eligibility
    
  
  


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  4 Current squad
  
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    4.1 Recent call-ups
    
  
  
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    4.2 Past squads
    
  
  


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  5 Notes
  


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  6 References
  


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  7 External links
  

History

Scotland played under-23 international matches, mainly friendlies against England and Wales, from 1955 until 1975.^[4] Scotland first entered the UEFA competition for under-23 national teams in 1975–76. Scotland reached the quarter-finals, but were eliminated on a penalty shootout by the Netherlands. An under-21 team then came into existence, replacing the under-23 team, when UEFA reduced the age limit.^[5]

Scotland under-21s have reached the last four of the European tournament three times (1982, 1992 and 1996), while appearing in the quarter finals on three other occasions (1980, 1984 and 1988). The team qualified for the 1992 Summer Olympics and 1996 Summer Olympics, but were unable to compete due to Scotland not being independently represented in the International Olympic Committee.^[6] Similar to the full national side, however, the under-21 team has not qualified for a finals tournament since the late 1990s. The under-21 team reached the playoff round for the 2004 and 2011 tournaments, but lost to Croatia^[7] and Iceland^[8] respectively.

Results summary

Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1976	Quarter Final[a]	6	5	0	1	13	4
1978	Did not qualify	4	2	1	1	5	4
1980	Quarter Final	7	3	3	1	14	7
1982	Semi Final	8	3	3	2	9	6
1984	Quarter Final	8	5	2	1	14	10
1986	Did not qualify	4	1	1	2	1	4
1988	Quarter Final	6	3	1	2	7	4
1990	Did not qualify	6	1	1	4	7	13
1992	Semi Final	10	6	2	2	18	10
1994	Did not qualify	8	2	2	4	8	11
1996	Fourth place	12	8	0	4	21	10
1998	Did not qualify	10	2	1	7	10	20
2000		10	4	2	4	18	12
2002		6	2	2	2	6	6
2004		8	5	1	2	11	8
2006		10	1	3	6	6	17
2007		2	0	0	2	1	4
2009		8	5	1	2	17	6
2011		10	5	2	3	18	11
2013		8	3	4	1	16	9
2015		8	3	2	3	12	15
2017		10	2	2	6	8	17

*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided by a penalty shootout.

• Bronze background color indicates third or fourth-place finish (some competitions did not have a third place playoff match).

Head coaches

Billy Stark, head coach of the team from 2008 to 2014.

Archie Knox left his post as Scotland's National Youth Teams Coach on 30 August 2007 to take up a full-time with Bolton Wanderers as coaching co-ordinator, Maurice Malpas took temporary charge. In January 2008 the SFA appointed a new full-time coach in Billy Stark, who left his job as manager of Second Division side Queen's Park to take the position.^[9] Stark resigned from the position in November 2014.^[10]

Tenure	Head Coach/Manager
1975–1986	Andy Roxburgh
1986–1993	Craig Brown
1993–1998	Tommy Craig[11]
1998–2002	Alex Smith[11][12]
2002–2005	Rainer Bonhof[12][13]
2005–2006	Maurice Malpas (caretaker)[14]
2006–2007	Archie Knox[15]
2007–2008	Maurice Malpas (caretaker)[16]
2008–2014	Billy Stark[9][10]
2014–2015	Ricky Sbragia (caretaker)[10]
2015	Danny Lennon (caretaker)[17]
2015–2016	Ricky Sbragia[18]
2016–present	Scot Gemmill[1]

Players

Leading appearances

As of 17:09, 30 December 2017 (UTC)

Rank	Player	Club(s)	Period	U-21 Caps
1	Christian Dailly	Dundee United	1990–1996	35
2	Steven Pressley	Rangers, Coventry City, Dundee United	1993–1996	27
3	Paul Hanlon	Hibernian	2009–2012	23
=4	Craig Easton	Dundee United	1997–2001	22
=4	Gary Naysmith	Heart of Midlothian	1996–1999	22
6	Shaun Maloney	Celtic	2001–2005	21
=7	Stuart Armstrong	Dundee United	2010–2014	20
=7	Jamie McCunnie	Dundee United, Ross County, Dunfermline Athletic	2001–2005	20
=7	Jordan McGhee	Heart of Midlothian	2013–present	20
=10	Stevie Crawford	Raith Rovers	1994–1996	19
=10	Ryan Jack	Aberdeen	2011–2014	19
=10	Mark Wilson	Dundee United, Celtic	2004–2006	19

Note: Club(s) represents the permanent clubs during the player's time in the Under-21 team. Those players in bold are still eligible to play for the team at the moment.

Leading goalscorers

As of 17:01, 27 March 2017 (UTC)

Rank	Player	Club(s)	Period	U-21 Goals
=1	Scott Booth	Aberdeen	1990–1993	8
=1	Jordan Rhodes	Huddersfield Town	2011–2012	8
=3	Jamie Murphy	Motherwell	2008–2010	6
=3	Chris Maguire	Aberdeen	2008–2010	6
=3	Jim Hamilton	Dundee, Heart of Midlothian	1995–1997	6
=3	Mark Burchill	Celtic	1998–2001	6
=7	Gerry Creaney	Celtic	1990–1992	5
=7	Christian Dailly	Dundee United	1990–1996	5
=7	Steven Fletcher	Hibernian	2006–2008	5
=7	Simon Lynch	Celtic	2002–2003	5
=7	Shaun Maloney	Celtic	2001–2005	5
=7	Steven Naismith	Kilmarnock, Rangers	2005–2008	5
=7	Steven Thompson	Dundee United	1997–1999	5
=7	Tony Watt	Celtic	2012–2013	5

Note: Club(s) represents the permanent clubs during the player's time in the Under-21s. Those players in bold are still eligible to play for the team at the moment.

Eligibility

The team is for players born in the year 21 years before the starting year of each tournament.^[19] As each tournament normally takes two years to complete, players can continue to play for the under-21 team after their 22nd birthday.^[19] As long as they are eligible, players can play at any level, making it possible to play for the under-21s, senior side and then return to the under-21 side.^[19] It is now also possible to play for one country at youth level and another country at senior level (providing the player is eligible).^[5] For instance, Nigel Quashie played for England under-21s and Scotland.^[5] Until the late 1980s, teams were allowed to select some over-age players in the under-21 team,^[20][21][22] similar to the present arrangement in football at the Summer Olympics.^[23]

Current squad

The following players were selected for the 2018 Toulon Tournament.^[24][25]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1GK	Ross Doohan	(1998-03-29) 29 March 1998 (age 20)	0	0	Celtic
	1GK	Robby McCrorie	(1998-03-18) 18 March 1998 (age 20)	0	0	Rangers
	2DF	Chris Hamilton	(2001-06-13) 13 June 2001 (age 17)	0	0	Heart of Midlothian
	2DF	Daniel Harvie	(1998-07-14) 14 July 1998 (age 20)	0	0	Aberdeen
	2DF	Jason Kerr	(1997-02-06) 6 February 1997 (age 21)	0	0	St Johnstone
	2DF	Ryan Porteous	(1999-03-25) 25 March 1999 (age 19)	0	0	Hibernian
	2DF	Anthony Ralston	(1998-11-16) 16 November 1998 (age 19)	0	0	Celtic
	2DF	Greg Taylor	(1997-11-05) 5 November 1997 (age 20)	6	0	Kilmarnock
	2DF	Iain Wilson	(1998-12-15) 15 December 1998 (age 19)	0	0	Kilmarnock
	3MF	Liam Burt	(1999-02-01) 1 February 1999 (age 19)	2	0	Rangers
	3MF	Allan Campbell	(1998-07-04) 4 July 1998 (age 20)	2	0	Motherwell
	3MF	Billy Gilmour	(2001-06-11) 11 June 2001 (age 17)	0	0	Chelsea
	3MF	Fraser Hornby	(1999-09-13) 13 September 1999 (age 18)	0	0	Everton
	3MF	Glenn Middleton		0	0	Rangers
	3MF	Harvey St Clair		0	0	Venezia
	3MF	Elliot Watt		0	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers
	4FW	Oliver Burke[b]	(1997-04-07) 7 April 1997 (age 21)	0	0	West Bromwich Albion
	4FW	Michael Johnston	(1999-04-19) 19 April 1999 (age 19)	0	0	Celtic
	4FW	Craig Wighton	(1997-07-27) 27 July 1997 (age 21)	2	0	Dundee
	4FW	Scott Wright	(1997-08-08) 8 August 1997 (age 20)	2	0	Aberdeen

Recent call-ups

The following players have also been called up to the Scotland under-21 squad and remain eligible (current clubs shown).

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Josh Donaldson	(2000-05-05) 5 May 2000 (age 18)	0	0	Dundee United	Andorra, March 2018
GK	Ryan Fulton	(1996-05-23) 23 May 1996 (age 22)	9	0	Hamilton Academical	Andorra, March 2018
GK	Liam Kelly	(1996-01-23) 23 January 1996 (age 22)	2	0	Rangers	Ukraine, 6 September 2016
GK	Robbie Mutch	(1998-08-20) 20 August 1998 (age 19)	0	0	Falkirk	Slovakia, November 2016
GK	Jack Ruddy	(1997-12-27) 27 December 1997 (age 20)	1	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Latvia, November 2017
DF	Kyle Cameron	(1997-01-15) 15 January 1997 (age 21)	1	0	Newcastle United	Slovakia, November 2016
DF	Alex Iacovitti	(1997-09-02) 2 September 1997 (age 20)	3	0	Nottingham Forest	Estonia, March 2017
DF	Zak Jules	(1997-02-17) 17 February 1997 (age 21)	3	0	Shrewsbury Town	Estonia, 27 March 2017
DF	Calum MacDonald	(1997-12-18) 18 December 1997 (age 20)	1	0	Derby County	Slovakia, November 2016
DF	Jamie McCart	(1997-06-20) 20 June 1997 (age 21)	0	0	Celtic	Estonia, March 2017
DF	Ross McCrorie	(1998-03-18) 18 March 1998 (age 20)	5	0	Rangers	2018 Toulon Tournament
DF	Jordan McGhee	(1996-07-24) 24 July 1996 (age 22)	20	0	Falkirk	Estonia, March 2017
DF	Scott McKenna[b]	(1996-11-12) 12 November 1996 (age 21)	5	0	Aberdeen	Latvia, November 2017
DF	Calvin Miller	(1998-01-09) 9 January 1998 (age 20)	0	0	Celtic	Andorra, March 2018
DF	Jake Sheppard	(1997-05-30) 30 May 1997 (age 21)	2	0	Reading	Slovakia, November 2016
DF	Liam Smith	(1996-04-10) 10 April 1996 (age 22)	7	0	Heart of Midlothian	Andorra, March 2018
DF	John Souttar	(1996-09-25) 25 September 1996 (age 21)	10	0	Heart of Midlothian	Andorra, March 2018
DF	Ryan Williamson	(1996-03-14) 14 March 1996 (age 22)	4	1	Dunfermline Athletic	Latvia, November 2017
MF	Theo Archibald	(1998-03-05) 5 March 1998 (age 20)	1	0	Brentford	Latvia, November 2017
MF	Cammy Ballantyne	(1997-04-13) 13 April 1997 (age 21)	0	0	Dundee United	Estonia, March 2017
MF	Chris Cadden	(1996-09-19) 19 September 1996 (age 21)	6	1	Motherwell	Andorra, March 2018
MF	Greg Docherty	(1996-09-10) 10 September 1996 (age 21)	3	0	Rangers	Andorra, March 2018
MF	Alan Forrest	(1996-09-09) 9 September 1996 (age 21)	1	0	Ayr United	Slovakia, November 2016
MF	Adam Frizzell	(1998-01-22) 22 January 1998 (age 20)	0	0	Kilmarnock	Netherlands, September 2017
MF	Liam Henderson	(1996-04-25) 25 April 1996 (age 22)	8	0	Bari	Estonia, March 2017
MF	James Jones	(1996-02-13) 13 February 1996 (age 22)	3	0	Crewe Alexandra	Estonia, March 2017
MF	Kyle Magennis	(1998-08-26) 26 August 1998 (age 19)	0	0	St. Mirren	Andorra, March 2018
MF	Stevie Mallan	(1996-03-25) 25 March 1996 (age 22)	4	1	Barnsley	Andorra, March 2018
MF	Lewis Morgan	(1996-09-30) 30 September 1996 (age 21)	4	0	Celtic	Andorra, March 2018
MF	Aidan Nesbitt	(1997-02-05) 5 February 1997 (age 21)	2	0	Milton Keynes Dons	Slovakia, November 2016
MF	Ruben Sammut	(1997-09-26) 26 September 1997 (age 20)	3	0	Chelsea	Estonia, March 2017
MF	Craig Storie	(1996-01-13) 13 January 1996 (age 22)	2	0	Brechin City	Iceland, 5 October 2016
MF	Dom Thomas	(1996-02-14) 14 February 1996 (age 22)	1	0	Kilmarnock	Latvia, November 2017
MF	Joe Thomson	(1997-01-14) 14 January 1997 (age 21)	0	0	Celtic	Estonia, March 2017
FW	Eamonn Brophy	(1996-03-10) 10 March 1996 (age 22)	1	0	Kilmarnock	Andorra, March 2018
FW	Harry Cardwell	(1996-10-28) 28 October 1996 (age 21)	1	0	Grimsby Town	Switzerland, 18 November 2014
FW	Ryan Hardie	(1997-03-17) 17 March 1997 (age 21)	6	1	Rangers	Andorra, March 2018
FW	Jack Harper	(1996-02-28) 28 February 1996 (age 22)	0	0	Malaga CF	Estonia, March 2017
FW	Oliver McBurnie[b]	(1996-06-04) 4 June 1996 (age 22)	10	2	Swansea City	Latvia, November 2017
FW	Paul McMullan	(1996-02-25) 25 February 1996 (age 22)	0	0	Dundee United	Estonia, March 2017
FW	Robbie Muirhead	(1996-03-08) 8 March 1996 (age 22)	0	0	Milton Keynes Dons	Andorra, March 2018
FW	Jai Quitongo	(1997-09-14) 14 September 1997 (age 20)	1	0	Greenock Morton	Slovakia, November 2016

Past squads

• 1996 European Championship squad

Notes

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   ^ Under-23 competition.
   


2. 
   ^ ^abc Has played matches for the senior side.
   

References

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2. 
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   ^ "Alltime Club Records". www.fitbastats.com. Retrieved 13 October 2012. 
   


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   ^ ^abc Abrahall, Csaba (January 2007). "Age of ascent". When Saturday Comes. Retrieved 13 October 2012. 
   


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   ^ "Coach Billy Stark proud of Scotland U21s development". BBC Sport. BBC. 17 November 2010. Retrieved 13 October 2012. 
   


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   ^ ^ab "Billy Stark". www.scottishfa.co.uk. Scottish Football Association. Retrieved 26 May 2012. 
   


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    ^ ^abc "Scotland: Billy Stark 'steps down' as under-21 coach". BBC Sport. BBC. 4 November 2014. Retrieved 4 November 2014. 
    


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    ^ "Malpas considering career change". BBC Sport. BBC. 3 January 2008. Retrieved 26 May 2012. 
    


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    ^ "Danny Lennon in temporary charge of Scotland under-21s". BBC Sport. BBC. 18 February 2015. Retrieved 18 February 2015. 
    


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    ^ "Ricky Sbragia is new Scotland Under-21 head coach". BBC Sport. BBC. 12 August 2015. Retrieved 12 August 2015. 
    


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External links

• SFA (under 21s)


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  Uefa Under-21 website Contains full results archive


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  Complete U21 results and player statistics at FitbaStats
  


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  Complete U23 results and player statistics at FitbaStats
  

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