Scotland national under-21 football team

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
Czech Republic Czechoslovakia 0 – 0 Scotland Scotland
12 October 1976
Biggest win
Scotland Scotland 5 – 0 Finland Finland
6 September 1995[3]
Biggest defeat
England England 6 – 0 Scotland 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.

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
1976Quarter Final[lower-alpha 1]6501134
1978Did not qualify421154
1980Quarter Final7331147
1982Semi Final833296
1984Quarter Final85211410
1986Did not qualify411214
1988Quarter Final631274
1990Did not qualify6114713
1992Semi Final106221810
1994Did not qualify8224811
1996Fourth place128042110
1998Did not qualify102171020
2000104241812
2002622266
20048512118
200610136617
2007200214
20098512176
2011105231811
20138341169
201583231215
201710226817

*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]

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

Players

Leading appearances

As of 13 September 2018[2]
Rank Player Club(s) Period U-21 Caps
1Christian DaillyDundee United1990–199635
2Steven PressleyRangers, Coventry City, Dundee United1993–199627
3Paul HanlonHibernian2009–201223
=4Craig EastonDundee United1997–200122
=4Gary NaysmithHeart of Midlothian1996–199922
6Shaun MaloneyCeltic2001–200521
=7Stuart ArmstrongDundee United2010–201420
=7Jamie McCunnieDundee United, Ross County, Dunfermline Athletic2001–200520
=7Jordan McGheeHeart of Midlothian2013–present20
=10Stevie CrawfordRaith Rovers1994–199619
=10Ryan JackAberdeen2011–201419
=10Mark WilsonDundee United, Celtic2004–200619

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 13 September 2018[2]
Rank Player Club(s) Period U-21 Goals
=1Scott BoothAberdeen1990–19938
=1Jordan RhodesHuddersfield Town2011–20128
=3Jamie MurphyMotherwell2008–20106
=3Chris MaguireAberdeen2008–20106
=3Jim HamiltonDundee, Heart of Midlothian1995–19976
=3Mark BurchillCeltic1998–20016
=3Fraser HornbyEverton2018–6
=8Gerry CreaneyCeltic1990–19925
=8Christian DaillyDundee United1990–19965
=8Steven FletcherHibernian2006–20085
=8Simon LynchCeltic2002–20035
=8Shaun MaloneyCeltic2001–20055
=8Steven NaismithKilmarnock, Rangers2005–20085
=8Steven ThompsonDundee United1997–19995
=8Tony WattCeltic2012–20135

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 Euro 2019 qualifiers against Ukraine and England in October 2018.[24]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Ross Doohan (1998-03-29) 29 March 1998 3 0 Scotland Ayr United (on loan from Celtic)
1GK Ross Munro (2000-04-01) 1 April 2000 0 0 Scotland Ross County
1GK Robby McCrorie (1998-03-18) 18 March 1998 3 0 Scotland Rangers
2DF David Bates (1996-10-05) 5 October 1996 2 0 Germany Hamburg
2DF Ross McCrorie (1998-03-18) 18 March 1998 8 0 Scotland Rangers
2DF Tom McIntyre (1998-11-06) 6 November 1998 1 0 England Reading
2DF Ryan Porteous (1999-03-25) 25 March 1999 6 0 Scotland Hibernian
2DF Liam Smith (1996-04-10) 10 April 1996 10 0 Scotland Ayr United
2DF Greg Taylor (1997-11-05) 5 November 1997 12 0 Scotland Kilmarnock
2DF Ryan Williamson (1996-03-14) 14 March 1996 4 0 Scotland Dunfermline Athletic
3MF Chris Cadden[lower-alpha 2] (1996-09-19) 19 September 1996 10 1 Scotland Motherwell
3MF Allan Campbell (1998-07-04) 4 July 1998 11 0 Scotland Motherwell
3MF Billy Gilmour (2001-06-11) 11 June 2001 6 1 England Chelsea
3MF Michael Johnston (1999-04-19) 19 April 1999 6 1 Scotland Celtic
3MF Stevie Mallan (1996-03-25) 25 March 1996 8 1 Scotland Hibernian
3MF Lewis Morgan[lower-alpha 2] (1996-09-30) 30 September 1996 4 0 Scotland Celtic
3MF Elliot Watt (2000-03-11) 11 March 2000 0 0 England Wolverhampton Wanderers
4FW Eamonn Brophy (1996-03-10) 10 March 1996 1 0 Scotland Kilmarnock
4FW Fraser Hornby (1999-09-13) 13 September 1999 7 6 England Everton
4FW Glenn Middleton (2000-01-01) 1 January 2000 0 0 Scotland Rangers
4FW Oli Shaw (1998-03-12) 12 March 1998 1 0 Scotland Hibernian

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 Ryan Fulton (1996-05-23) 23 May 1996 11 0 Scotland Hamilton Academical  Ukraine, October 2018
GK Josh Donaldson (2000-05-05) 5 May 2000 0 0 Scotland Dundee United  Andorra, March 2018
GK Liam Kelly (1996-01-23) 23 January 1996 2 0 Scotland Livingston  Ukraine, 6 September 2016
GK Robbie Mutch (1998-08-20) 20 August 1998 0 0 Scotland Falkirk  Slovakia, November 2016
GK Jack Ruddy (1997-12-27) 27 December 1997 1 0 England Wolverhampton Wanderers  Latvia, November 2017
DF Kyle Cameron (1997-01-15) 15 January 1997 1 0 England Torquay United  Slovakia, November 2016
DF Chris Hamilton (2001-06-13) 13 June 2001 0 0 Scotland Heart of Midlothian 2018 Toulon Tournament
DF Daniel Harvie (1998-07-14) 14 July 1998 3 0 Scotland Ayr United 2018 Toulon Tournament
DF Alex Iacovitti (1997-09-02) 2 September 1997 3 0 England Nottingham Forest  Estonia, March 2017
DF Zak Jules (1997-02-17) 17 February 1997 3 0 England Shrewsbury Town  Estonia, 27 March 2017
DF Jason Kerr (1997-02-06) 6 February 1997 0 0 Scotland St Johnstone 2018 Toulon Tournament
DF Calum MacDonald (1997-12-18) 18 December 1997 1 0 England Derby County  Slovakia, November 2016
DF Jamie McCart (1997-06-20) 20 June 1997 0 0 Scotland Inverness Caledonian Thistle  Estonia, March 2017
DF Jordan McGhee (1996-07-24) 24 July 1996 20 0 Scotland Falkirk  Estonia, March 2017
DF Scott McKenna[lower-alpha 2] (1996-11-12) 12 November 1996 5 0 Scotland Aberdeen  Latvia, November 2017
DF Calvin Miller (1998-01-09) 9 January 1998 0 0 Scotland Dundee (on loan from Celtic)  Andorra, March 2018
DF Anthony Ralston (1998-11-16) 16 November 1998 0 0 Scotland Celtic 2018 Toulon Tournament
DF Jake Sheppard (1997-05-30) 30 May 1997 2 0 England Reading  Slovakia, November 2016
DF John Souttar[lower-alpha 2] (1996-09-25) 25 September 1996 10 0 Scotland Heart of Midlothian  Andorra, 6 September 2018
MF Theo Archibald (1998-03-05) 5 March 1998 1 0 England Forest Green Rovers (on loan from Brentford)  Latvia, November 2017
MF Cammy Ballantyne (1997-04-13) 13 April 1997 0 0 Scotland Dumbarton  Estonia, March 2017
MF Liam Burt (1999-02-01) 1 February 1999 2 0 Scotland Alloa Athletic (on loan from Rangers) 2018 Toulon Tournament
MF Greg Docherty (1996-09-10) 10 September 1996 3 0 England Shrewsbury Town (on loan from Rangers)  Andorra, March 2018
MF Lewis Ferguson (1999-08-24) 24 August 1999 2 0 Scotland Aberdeen  Netherlands, September 2018
MF Alan Forrest (1996-09-09) 9 September 1996 1 0 Scotland Ayr United  Slovakia, November 2016
MF Adam Frizzell (1998-01-22) 22 January 1998 0 0 Scotland Queen of the South (on loan from Kilmarnock)  Netherlands, September 2017
MF Liam Henderson (1996-04-25) 25 April 1996 8 0 Italy Hellas Verona  Estonia, March 2017
MF James Jones (1996-02-13) 13 February 1996 3 0 England Crewe Alexandra  Estonia, March 2017
MF Kyle Magennis (1998-08-26) 26 August 1998 1 0 Scotland St. Mirren  Netherlands, September 2018
MF Aidan Nesbitt (1997-02-05) 5 February 1997 2 0 England Milton Keynes Dons  Slovakia, November 2016
MF Ruben Sammut (1997-09-26) 26 September 1997 3 0 Scotland Falkirk (on loan from Chelsea)  Estonia, March 2017
MF Harvey St Clair (1998-10-13) 13 October 1998 3 0 Italy Venezia 2018 Toulon Tournament
MF Craig Storie (1996-01-13) 13 January 1996 2 0 Scotland Brechin City  Iceland, 5 October 2016
MF Dom Thomas (1996-02-14) 14 February 1996 1 0 Scotland Kilmarnock  Latvia, November 2017
MF Joe Thomson (1997-01-14) 14 January 1997 0 0 Scotland Dunfermline Athletic  Estonia, March 2017
MF Iain Wilson (1998-12-15) 15 December 1998 6 0 Scotland Kilmarnock  Netherlands, September 2018
FW Oliver Burke[lower-alpha 2] (1997-04-07) 7 April 1997 9 4 England West Bromwich Albion  Netherlands, September 2018
FW Harry Cardwell (1996-10-28) 28 October 1996 1 0 England Grimsby Town   Switzerland, 18 November 2014
FW Ryan Hardie (1997-03-17) 17 March 1997 6 1 Scotland Livingston (on loan from Rangers)  Andorra, March 2018
FW Jack Harper (1996-02-28) 28 February 1996 0 0 Spain Malaga  Estonia, March 2017
FW Oliver McBurnie[lower-alpha 2] (1996-06-04) 4 June 1996 10 2 Wales Swansea City  Latvia, November 2017
FW Paul McMullan (1996-02-25) 25 February 1996 0 0 Scotland Dundee United  Estonia, March 2017
FW Robbie Muirhead (1996-03-08) 8 March 1996 0 0 Scotland Dunfermline Athletic  Andorra, March 2018
FW Jai Quitongo (1997-09-14) 14 September 1997 1 0  Slovakia, November 2016
FW Frank Ross (1998-02-18) 18 February 1998 0 0 Scotland Aberdeen  Netherlands, September 2018
FW Craig Wighton (1997-07-27) 27 July 1997 2 0 Scotland Heart of Midlothian 2018 Toulon Tournament
FW Scott Wright (1997-08-08) 8 August 1997 5 0 Scotland Aberdeen  Andorra, 6 September 2018

Past squads

Notes

  1. ↑ Under-23 competition.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Has played matches for the senior side.

References

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