Progression of Scotland association football caps record

This is a progressive list of association footballers who have held or co-held the record for international caps for the Scotland national football team. The record is held by Kenny Dalglish with 102 caps. Dalglish is the only player to have appeared 100 or more times for Scotland, meaning that he is the only Scottish member of the FIFA Century Club.

Criteria

For the early decades, counts of caps were often considered unreliable. RSSSF and IFFHS have spent much effort trying to produce definitive lists of full international matches, and corresponding data on players' international caps and goals. Using this data, the following records can be retrospectively produced. At the time, these records may not have been recognised.

The list begins with Joseph Taylor and Billy MacKinnon, who both appeared in the first six official internationals played by Scotland.[1]

Record

PlayerCapDateOpponentScoreNotes
Joseph Taylor625 Mar 1876 Wales4–0Friendly[1]
Billy MacKinnon625 Mar 1876 Wales4–0Friendly[1]
Billy MacKinnon73 Mar 1877 England3–1Friendly[1]
Billy MacKinnon82 Mar 1878 England7–2Friendly[1]
Billy MacKinnon95 Apr 1879 England4–5Friendly[1]
Henry McNeil[a 1]912 Mar 1881 England6–1Friendly[2]
Henry McNeil1014 Mar 1881 Wales5–1Friendly[2]
Charles Campbell1025 Mar 1882 Wales5–0Friendly[2]
Charles Campbell1115 Mar 1884 England1–01884 British Home Championship[2]
Charles Campbell1221 Mar 1885 England1–11885 British Home Championship[2]
Charles Campbell1327 Mar 1886 England1–01886 British Home Championship[2]
Walter Arnott132 Apr 1892 England1–41892 British Home Championship[3]
Walter Arnott141 Apr 1893 England2–51893 British Home Championship[3]
Jock Drummond1421 Mar 1903 Ireland0–21903 British Home Championship[4]
John Tait Robertson1426 Mar 1904 Ireland1–11904 British Home Championship[4]
Alex Smith1426 Mar 1904 Ireland1–11904 British Home Championship[4]
John Tait Robertson159 Apr 1904 England0–11904 British Home Championship[4]
John Tait Robertson166 Mar 1905 Wales1–11905 British Home Championship[4]
Bobby Walker161 Apr 1905 England0–11905 British Home Championship[4]
Bobby Walker1717 Mar 1906 Ireland1–01906 British Home Championship[4]
Alex Smith177 Apr 1906 England2–11906 British Home Championship[4]
Alex Smith184 Mar 1907 Wales1–01907 British Home Championship[4]
Bobby Walker1816 Mar 1907 Ireland3–01907 British Home Championship[4]
Bobby Walker196 Apr 1907 England1–11907 British Home Championship[4]
Bobby Walker207 Mar 1908 Wales2–11908 British Home Championship[4]
Bobby Walker2114 Mar 1908 Ireland5–01908 British Home Championship[4]
Bobby Walker224 Apr 1908 England1–11908 British Home Championship[4]
Bobby Walker231 Mar 1909 Wales2–31909 British Home Championship[4]
Bobby Walker243 Apr 1909 England0–21909 British Home Championship[4]
Bobby Walker252 Mar 1912 Wales1–01912 British Home Championship[5]
Bobby Walker2616 Mar 1912 Ireland4–11912 British Home Championship[5]
Bobby Walker2723 Mar 1912 England1–11912 British Home Championship[5]
Bobby Walker283 Mar 1913 Wales0–01913 British Home Championship[5]
Bobby Walker295 Apr 1913 England0–11913 British Home Championship[5]
Alan Morton2931 Oct 1931 Wales3–21932 British Home Championship[6]
Alan Morton309 Apr 1932 England0–31932 British Home Championship[6]
Alan Morton318 May 1932 France3–1Friendly[6]
George Young315 Apr 1952 England1–21952 British Home Championship[7]
George Young3230 Apr 1952 United States6–0Friendly[7]
George Young3325 May 1952 Denmark2–1Friendly[7]
George Young3430 May 1952 Sweden1–3Friendly[7]
George Young3518 Oct 1952 Wales2–11953 British Home Championship[7]
George Young365 Nov 1952 Northern Ireland1–11953 British Home Championship[7]
George Young3718 Apr 1953 England2–21953 British Home Championship[7]
George Young386 May 1953 Sweden1–2Friendly[7]
George Young393 Oct 1953 Northern Ireland3–11954 British Home Championship[7]
George Young404 Nov 1953 Wales3–31954 British Home Championship[7]
George Young4116 Oct 1954 Wales1–01955 British Home Championship[7]
George Young423 Nov 1954 Northern Ireland2–21955 British Home Championship[7]
George Young434 May 1955 Portugal3–0Friendly[7]
George Young4415 May 1955 Yugoslavia2–2Friendly[7]
George Young458 Oct 1955 Northern Ireland1–21956 British Home Championship[7]
George Young469 Nov 1955 Wales2–01956 British Home Championship[7]
George Young4714 Apr 1956 England1–11956 British Home Championship[8]
George Young482 May 1956 Austria1–1Friendly[8]
George Young4920 Oct 1956 Wales2–21957 British Home Championship[8]
George Young507 Nov 1956 Northern Ireland1–01957 British Home Championship[8]
George Young5121 Nov 1956 Yugoslavia2–0Friendly[8]
George Young526 Apr 1957 England1–21957 British Home Championship[8]
George Young538 May 1957 Spain4–21958 FIFA World Cup qualification[8]
George Young[a 2][9][10]5419 May 1957  Switzerland2–11958 FIFA World Cup qualification[8]
Denis Law5411 May 1974 Northern Ireland1–21974 British Home Championship[11]
Denis Law5514 Jun 1974 Zaire2–01974 FIFA World Cup[11]
Kenny Dalglish553 Jun 1978 Peru1–31978 FIFA World Cup[12]
Kenny Dalglish567 Jun 1978 Iran1–11978 FIFA World Cup[12]
Kenny Dalglish5711 Jun 1978 Netherlands3–21978 FIFA World Cup[12]
Kenny Dalglish5820 Sep 1978 Austria2–3UEFA Euro 1980 qualifying[12]
Kenny Dalglish5925 Oct 1978 Norway3–2UEFA Euro 1980 qualifying[12]
Kenny Dalglish6029 Nov 1978 Portugal0–1UEFA Euro 1980 qualifying[12]
Kenny Dalglish6119 May 1979 Wales0–31979 British Home Championship[12]
Kenny Dalglish6222 May 1979 Northern Ireland1–01979 British Home Championship[12]
Kenny Dalglish6326 May 1979 England1–31979 British Home Championship[12]
Kenny Dalglish642 Jun 1979 Argentina1–3Friendly[12]
Kenny Dalglish657 Jun 1979 Norway4–0UEFA Euro 1980 qualifying[12]
Kenny Dalglish6612 Jun 1979 Peru1–1Friendly[12]
Kenny Dalglish6717 Oct 1979 Austria1–1UEFA Euro 1980 qualifying[12]
Kenny Dalglish6821 Nov 1979 Belgium0–2UEFA Euro 1980 qualifying[12]
Kenny Dalglish6919 Dec 1979 Belgium1–3UEFA Euro 1980 qualifying[12]
Kenny Dalglish7026 Mar 1980 Portugal4–1UEFA Euro 1980 qualifying[12]
Kenny Dalglish7116 May 1980 Northern Ireland0–11980 British Home Championship[12]
Kenny Dalglish7221 May 1980 Wales1–01980 British Home Championship[12]
Kenny Dalglish7324 May 1980 England0–21980 British Home Championship[12]
Kenny Dalglish7428 May 1980 Poland0–1Friendly[12]
Kenny Dalglish7531 May 1980 Hungary1–3Friendly[12]
Kenny Dalglish7610 Sep 1980 Sweden1–01982 FIFA World Cup qualification[12]
Kenny Dalglish7715 Oct 1980 Portugal0–01982 FIFA World Cup qualification[12]
Kenny Dalglish7825 Feb 1981 Israel1–01982 FIFA World Cup qualification[13]
Kenny Dalglish799 Sep 1981 Sweden2–01982 FIFA World Cup qualification[13]
Kenny Dalglish8014 Oct 1981 Northern Ireland0–01982 FIFA World Cup qualification[13]
Kenny Dalglish8118 Nov 1981 Portugal1–21982 FIFA World Cup qualification[13]
Kenny Dalglish8224 Feb 1982 Spain0–3Friendly[13]
Kenny Dalglish8323 Mar 1982 Netherlands2–1Friendly[13]
Kenny Dalglish8428 Apr 1982 Northern Ireland1–11982 British Home Championship[13]
Kenny Dalglish8524 May 1982 Wales1–01982 British Home Championship[13]
Kenny Dalglish8629 May 1982 England0–11982 British Home Championship[13]
Kenny Dalglish8715 Jun 1982 New Zealand5–21982 FIFA World Cup[13]
Kenny Dalglish8818 Jun 1982 Brazil1–41982 FIFA World Cup[13]
Kenny Dalglish8915 Dec 1982 Belgium2–3UEFA Euro 1984 qualifying[13]
Kenny Dalglish9030 Mar 1983  Switzerland2–2UEFA Euro 1984 qualifying[13]
Kenny Dalglish9121 Sep 1983 Uruguay2–0Friendly[13]
Kenny Dalglish9212 Oct 1983 Belgium1–1UEFA Euro 1984 qualifying[13]
Kenny Dalglish9316 Nov 1983 East Germany1–2UEFA Euro 1984 qualifying[13]
Kenny Dalglish9412 Sep 1984 Yugoslavia6–1Friendly[13]
Kenny Dalglish9517 Oct 1984 Iceland3–01986 FIFA World Cup qualification[13]
Kenny Dalglish9614 Nov 1984 Spain3–11986 FIFA World Cup qualification[13]
Kenny Dalglish9727 Mar 1985 Wales0–11986 FIFA World Cup qualification[13]
Kenny Dalglish9816 Oct 1985 East Germany0–0Friendly[13]
Kenny Dalglish9920 Nov 1985 Australia2–01986 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA–OFC play-off)[13]
Kenny Dalglish10026 Mar 1986 Romania3–0Friendly[14]
Kenny Dalglish10110 Sep 1986 Bulgaria0–0UEFA Euro 1988 qualifying[14]
Kenny Dalglish10212 Nov 1986 Luxembourg3–0UEFA Euro 1988 qualifying[14]

Notes:

  1. ↑ His surname is also spelt "McNiel".
  2. ↑ Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation gives Young a cap total of 54, because it includes his appearance as a substitute in the match played against Switzerland on 15 May 1946. The Scottish Football Association does not include this appearance in their records.

See also

References

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  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Brown, Alan; Tossani, Gabriele (18 July 2013). "Scotland - International Matches 1881-1890". www.rsssf.com. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
  3. 1 2 Brown, Alan; Tossani, Gabriele (18 July 2013). "Scotland - International Matches 1891-1900". www.rsssf.com. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
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  6. 1 2 3 Brown, Alan; Tossani, Gabriele (18 July 2013). "Scotland - International Matches 1931-1939". www.rsssf.com. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
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  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Brown, Alan; Tossani, Gabriele (18 July 2013). "Scotland - International Matches 1956-1960". www.rsssf.com. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
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  10. ↑ "George Young". www.scottishfa.co.uk. Scottish Football Association. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
  11. 1 2 Brown, Alan; Tossani, Gabriele (18 July 2013). "Scotland - International Matches 1971-1975". www.rsssf.com. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
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