Scotland women's national football team

Scotland
Association Scottish Football Association
Confederation UEFA (Europe)
Head coach Shelley Kerr
Captain Rachel Corsie[1]
Most caps Gemma Fay (203)[2]
Top scorer Julie Fleeting (116)
FIFA code SCO
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 19 Increase 2 (28 September 2018)
Highest 19[3] (March 2014; September 2018)
Lowest 31[3] (March 2004)
First international
 Scotland 2–3 England 
(Greenock, Scotland; 18 November 1972)
Biggest win
 Scotland 17–0 Lithuania 
(Glasgow, Scotland; 30 May 1998)[4]
Biggest defeat
 England 8–0 Scotland 
(Nuneaton, England; 23 June 1973)
World Cup
Appearances 1 (first in 2019)
European Championship
Appearances 1 (first in 2017)
Best result Group stage (2017)

The Scotland women's national football team represents Scotland in international women's football competitions. Since 1998, the team has been governed by the Scottish Football Association (SFA). Scotland qualified in the FIFA Women's World Cup for the first time in 2019, and qualified for their first UEFA Women's Euro in 2017. The team is currently ranked 19th in the FIFA Women's World Rankings.

History

Church documents recorded women playing football in Carstairs, Lanarkshire, in 1628.[5] Scotland first played a women's international match in May 1881.[5] Women's football struggled for recognition during this early period and was banned by the football authorities in 1921.[5] Club sides who were interested in using their grounds for women's football were subsequently denied permission by the Scottish Football Association (SFA).[5] The sport continued on an unofficial basis until the 1970s, when the ban was lifted.[5] In 1971 UEFA instructed its members to take control of women's football within their territories. The motion was passed 31–1, but Scotland was the only member to vote against it.[6] Football in Scotland has traditionally been seen as a working class and male preserve.[7]

Scotland's first official match, a 3–2 defeat to England, took place in November 1972. The team was managed by Rab Stewart. The 1921 ban on women's football was lifted in 1974. The SFA assumed direct responsibility for Scottish women's football in 1998.[7] Scotland have participated in most international competitions since the ban was removed. The team's standing has improved significantly in recent years, reaching an all-time high of 19th place in the FIFA Women's World Rankings in March 2014.[3][8][9] They reached their first major tournament finals when they qualified for UEFA Women's Euro 2017.[10] The team followed this up by qualifying for their first World Cup finals tournament in 2019.[11]

Record

Scotland playing a 2015 World Cup qualifying match in Sweden

World Cup

Year Final Tournament Qualification
Round Pld W D L F A Round Pld W D L F A
1991Did not enter
1995Did not qualifyGroup – 4th[12]6006322
1999Unable to qualify[13]
2003
2007Did not qualifyGroup – 3rd8224420
2011Group – 2nd8611245
2015Play-offs128043812
2019QualifiedGroup – 1st8701197
Total1/800000042233168866
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Olympics

At the Olympic Games the International Olympic Committee charter only permit a Great Britain team, representing the whole of the United Kingdom, to compete.[14] As London was host to the 2012 Summer Olympics, a Great Britain team was entered and two Scotland players (Kim Little and Ifeoma Dieke) were selected for the squad.[15][16] In June 2013, the (English) Football Association indicated that they would be prepared to run women's teams at future Olympic tournaments subject to one of the home nations meeting the qualification criteria (i.e. being one of the top three European nations at the Women's World Cup).[17]

Following objections from the Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish football associations, and a commitment from FIFA that they would not allow entry of a British team unless all four Home Nations agreed, the Football Association said they would not seek entry into the 2016 Summer Olympics tournament.[18] The third-place finish England secured at the 2015 World Cup would have qualified Great Britain for the Olympics,[19] but a team was not entered. An agreement was reached between the four associations ahead of the 2020 Summer Olympics, with qualification depending on England's performance in the 2019 World Cup.[20]

European Championship

Year Final Tournament Qualification
Round Pld W D L F A Round Pld W D L F A
1984Did not qualifyGroup – 2nd631298
1987Group – 2nd64022410
1989Group – Withdrew
1991Did not enter
1993Did not qualifyGroup – 3rd401315
1995Group – 4th6006322
1997Unable to qualify[21]
2001
2005Did not qualifyGroup – 3rd84041916
2009Play-offs104151911
2013Play-offs105232416
2017Group – 3rd310228Group – 2nd8701307
Totals1/12310228582752612995

Unofficial competition

  • World Cup
    • 1970: Did not compete[22]
    • 1971: Did not compete[23]
    • 1978: Did not compete[24]
    • 1981: Did not compete[24]
    • 1984: Did not compete[24]
    • 1987: Did not compete[24]
  • European Competition

Other tournaments

Year Competition Result GP W D* L GS GA Ref
England 1976Three Nations Championship2nd210136
Italy 1979European CompetitionGroup201102[27]
Bulgaria 1992Varna Tournament7th320152[28]
Bulgaria 1999Albena Cup2nd513197[29]
Bulgaria 2000Albena Cup5th4211105[30]
Northern Ireland 2000Celt Cup3rd2101271[31]
Netherlands 2000Veenendal Tournament3rd201135[32]
Portugal 2002Algarve Cup10th420248[33]
Italy 2006Torneo Regione Molise3rd200208[34]
Cyprus 2008Cyprus Cup6th410355[35]
Cyprus 2009Cyprus Cup7th410328
Cyprus 2010Cyprus Cup7th4103310
Cyprus 2011Cyprus Cup4th411224
Cyprus 2012Cyprus Cup9th420268
Cyprus 2013Cyprus Cup5th421176
Brazil 2013Brazilian Invitational4th4004410[36]
Cyprus 2014Cyprus Cup4th4220107
Cyprus 2015Cyprus Cup7th420277
Cyprus 2017Cyprus Cup5th421165
Total66231132113114
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Media coverage

Scotland women's internationals have been televised by BBC Alba and broadcast by BBC Radio Scotland.[37] BBC Radio Scotland presenter Tam Cowan was temporarily taken off the air in 2013, after he criticised the use of Fir Park for women's internationals in his Daily Record column.[38] In a November 2013 interview with The Independent newspaper, Laura Montgomery of Glasgow City FC suggested that media coverage of women's football in Scotland often reflected sexist and misogynist attitudes. This is due to a preponderance of "stupid male journalists", according to Montgomery.[39]

Stadium

Ravenscraig Stadium hosted the first official match played by the Scotland women's team, in November 1972.

The first official match played by the Scotland women's team was hosted by the Ravenscraig Stadium, an athletics facility in Greenock. The team now normally plays its home games at (men's) club stadiums. Venues used in recent years include Fir Park in Motherwell, Tynecastle Stadium in Edinburgh and St Mirren Park in Paisley.[38][40] Hampden Park in Glasgow is the traditional home of the men's national team and is described by the Scottish Football Association as the National Stadium.[41] A Scotland women's international was played at Hampden for the first time in October 2012, when it hosted the first leg of a European Championship qualifying playoff against Spain.[42] Earlier in 2012, Hampden had hosted matches in the Olympic women's football tournament.

Team

Current squad

The following players were named for 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification matches against Switzerland and Albania in August and September 2018.[43]

Caps and goals are current as of 14 June 2018.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Lee Alexander (1991-09-23) 23 September 1991 10 0 Scotland Glasgow City
1GK Jenna Fife (1995-12-01) 1 December 1995 2 0 Scotland Hibernian
1GK Shannon Lynn (1985-10-22) 22 October 1985 27 0 Sweden Vittsjö
2DF Chloe Arthur (1995-01-21) 21 January 1995 14 0 England Birmingham City
2DF Jennifer Beattie (1991-05-13) 13 May 1991 115 22 England Manchester City
2DF Frankie Brown (1987-10-08) 8 October 1987 92 0 England Bristol City
2DF Rachel Corsie (captain) (1989-08-17) 17 August 1989 100 16 United States Utah Royals
2DF Sophie Howard (1993-09-17) 17 September 1993 10 0 England Reading
2DF Emma Mitchell (1992-09-19) 19 September 1992 57 7 England Arsenal
2DF Kirsty Smith (1994-01-06) 6 January 1994 29 0 England Manchester United
3MF Lizzie Arnot (1996-03-01) 1 March 1996 15 0 England Manchester United
3MF Leanne Crichton (1987-08-06) 6 August 1987 58 3 Scotland Glasgow City
3MF Kim Little (vice-captain) (1990-06-29) 29 June 1990 125 49 England Arsenal
3MF Joanne Love (1985-12-06) 6 December 1985 185 13 Scotland Glasgow City
3MF Christie Murray (1990-05-03) 3 May 1990 55 4 England Liverpool
3MF Caroline Weir (1995-06-20) 20 June 1995 52 6 England Manchester City
4FW Fiona Brown (1995-03-31) 31 March 1995 31 2 Sweden Rosengård
4FW Lana Clelland (1993-01-26) 26 January 1993 21 2 Italy Fiorentina
4FW Erin Cuthbert (1998-07-19) 19 July 1998 21 6 England Chelsea
4FW Claire Emslie (1994-03-08) 8 March 1994 12 3 England Manchester City
4FW Lisa Evans (1992-05-21) 21 May 1992 73 17 England Arsenal
4FW Zoe Ness (1996-03-24) 24 March 1996 3 1 England Durham
4FW Jane Ross (1989-09-18) 18 September 1989 118 56 England West Ham United

Recent players

The following players have been selected by Scotland within the past 12 months.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
GK Megan Cunningham (1995-07-14) 14 July 1995 2 0 Scotland Celtic v.  Hungary, 14 September 2017
DF Rachel McLauchlan (1997-07-07) 7 July 1997 3 0 Scotland Hibernian v.  New Zealand, 6 March 2018
DF Joelle Murray (1986-11-07) 7 November 1986 45 1 Scotland Hibernian v.  Russia, 22 January 2018
DF Rachael Small (1991-12-20) 20 December 1991 29 0 Scotland Hibernian v.  Russia, 22 January 2018
DF Vaila Barsley (1987-09-15) 15 September 1987 6 0 Sweden Eskilstuna United v.  Hungary, 14 September 2017
MF Hayley Lauder (1990-06-04) 4 June 1990 92 9 Scotland Glasgow City v.  Poland, June 2018
MF Lucy Graham (1996-10-10) 10 October 1996 1 0 England Bristol City v.  Albania, 24 October 2017
FW Abbi Grant (1995-12-11) 11 December 1995 0 0 Scotland Glasgow City v.  Poland, 10 April 2018
FW Abi Harrison (1997-12-07) 7 December 1997 1 0 Scotland Hibernian v.  Russia, 22 January 2018

Notes:

  • PRE = Preliminary squad

Honoured players

The SFA operates a roll of honour for every male player who has made more than 50 appearances for Scotland.[44] However, female players are excluded from the list. The Scottish Football Museum operates a hall of fame based at Hampden Park, which is open to players and managers involved in Scottish football.[45] 2007 entrant Rose Reilly is the only woman to be inducted so far. Sportscotland operates the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame, which has inducted some footballers, also including Reilly.

Recent results and forthcoming fixtures

UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Iceland 8 7 0 1 34 2 +32 21[lower-alpha 1] Final tournament
2  Scotland 8 7 0 1 30 7 +23 21[lower-alpha 1]
3  Slovenia 8 3 0 5 21 19 +2 9[lower-alpha 2]
4  Belarus 8 3 0 5 10 20 −10 9[lower-alpha 2]
5  Macedonia 8 0 0 8 4 51 −47 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Head-to-head results: Scotland 0–4 Iceland, Iceland 1–2 Scotland.
  2. 1 2 Head-to-head results: Slovenia 3–0 Belarus, Belarus 2–0 Slovenia.

UEFA Women's Euro 2017

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  England 3 3 0 0 10 1 +9 9 Knockout stage
2  Spain 3 1 0 2 2 3 −1 3[lower-alpha 1]
3  Scotland 3 1 0 2 2 8 −6 3[lower-alpha 1]
4  Portugal 3 1 0 2 3 5 −2 3[lower-alpha 1]
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. 1 2 3 Head-to-head records:
    • Spain: 3 pts (1 W, 0 D, 1 L), +1 GD (2 GF, 1 GA)
    • Scotland: 3 pts (1 W, 0 D, 1 L), 0 GD (2 GF, 2 GA)
    • Portugal: 3 pts (1 W, 0 D, 1 L), −1 GD (2 GF, 3 GA)

2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Scotland 8 7 0 1 19 7 +12 21 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup
2   Switzerland 8 6 1 1 21 5 +16 19 Play-offs
3  Poland 8 3 2 3 16 12 +4 11
4  Albania 8 1 1 6 6 22 −16 4
5  Belarus 8 1 0 7 5 21 −16 3
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Coaching staff

See also

References

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  2. ↑ "Scotland captain Fay announces international retirement". Scottish Football Association. 22 August 2017. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
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  12. ↑ The European Championship acted as a qualification tournament for the World Cup.
  13. ↑ Scotland were in "Class B" of European qualification and were therefore unable to earn qualification for the World Cup finals.
  14. ↑ Bell, Dan (21 May 2007). "Salmond aims for Scottish Olympic gold". The Guardian. London: Guardian News and Media Limited. Retrieved 4 September 2011.
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  21. ↑ Scotland were in "Class B" of European qualification and were therefore unable to earn qualification for the European Championship finals.
  22. ↑ Coppa del Mondo (Women) 1970 rsssf.com. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
  23. ↑ Mundial (Women) 1971 rsssf.com. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
  24. 1 2 3 4 Women's World Invitation Tournament - Overview (1978-1987) rsssf.com. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
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  32. ↑ Veenendaal Tournament 2000 rsssf.com. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
  33. ↑ Algarve Cup 2002 rsssf.com. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
  34. ↑ Torneo Regione Molise 2006 rsssf.com. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
  35. ↑ Cyprus Cup 2008 rsssf.com. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
  36. ↑ 2013 Brazil Invitational Tournament scottishfa.co.uk. 22 December 2013. Retrieved 11 March 2014.
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