Scotland national football team records and statistics

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

Most capped players

As of Scotland v Switzerland, 19 June 2024^[1]

Players in bold are still active with Scotland.

Top goalscorers

As of Scotland v Switzerland, 19 June 2024^[1]

Players in bold are still active with Scotland.

Hat-tricks

Table

Wartime internationals, not regarded as official matches, are not included in the list.

Date	Player	Opponent	Ref
2 March 1878	John McDougall	England	[3]
13 March 1880	George Ker	England	[3]
12 March 1881	John Smith	England	[4]
14 March 1885	Alex Higgins	Ireland	[4]
23 March 1885	Joseph Lindsay	Wales	[4]
20 March 1886	Charles Heggie	Ireland	[4]
24 March 1888	William Dickson	Ireland	[4]
9 March 1889	Willie Groves	Ireland	[4]
22 March 1890	William Paul	Wales	[4]
18 March 1893	John Barker	Wales	[5]
18 March 1893	Jake Madden	Wales	[5]
19 March 1898	James Gillespie	Wales	[5]
18 March 1899	Robert Smyth McColl	Wales	[5]
25 March 1899	Robert Smyth McColl	Ireland	[5]
7 April 1900	Robert Smyth McColl	England	[5]
23 February 1901	Sandy McMahon	Ireland	[6]
23 February 1901	RC Hamilton	Ireland	[6]
1 March 1902	RC Hamilton	Ireland	[6]
14 March 1908	Jimmy Quinn	Ireland	[6]
27 February 1926	Hughie Gallacher	Ireland	[7]
27 February 1928	Alex Jackson	England	[7]
27 October 1928	Hughie Gallacher	Wales	[7]
23 February 1929	Hughie Gallacher	Ireland	[7]
26 May 1929	Alec Cheyne	Norway	[7]
26 May 1932	Neil Dewar	France	[8]
1 October 1949	Henry Morris	Ireland	[9]
1 November 1950	Billy Steel	Northern Ireland	[9]
20 May 1951	George Hamilton	Belgium	[10]
30 April 1952	Lawrie Reilly	United States	[10]
8 May 1957	Jackie Mudie	Spain	[11]
7 October 1961	Alex Scott	Northern Ireland	[12]
7 November 1962	Denis Law	Northern Ireland	[12]
4 June 1963	Denis Law	Norway	[12]
7 November 1963	Denis Law	Norway	[12]
13 June 1967	Joe Harper	Canada Olympic Team	[13][14]
17 May 1969	Colin Stein	Cyprus	[15]
29 March 2015	Steven Fletcher	Gibraltar	[16]
11 October 2015	Steven Fletcher	Gibraltar	[17]
4 September 2016	Robert Snodgrass	Malta	[18]
20 November 2018	James Forrest	Israel	[19]
12 October 2019	John McGinn	San Marino	[20]

Team records

Head to head records

As of Scotland v Hungary, 23 June 2024

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	WPCT
Albania	2	2	0	0	6	0	+6	100.00
Argentina	4	1	1	2	3	5	−2	25.00
Armenia	2	2	0	0	6	1	+5	100.00
Australia	8	6	1	1	11	4	+7	75.00
Austria	23	7	8	8	30	37	−7	30.43
Belarus	4	2	1	1	5	2	+3	50.00
Belgium	20	4	3	13	21	41	−20	20.00
Bosnia and Herzegovina	2	2	0	0	3	1	+2	100.00
Brazil	10	0	2	8	3	16	−13	0.00
Bulgaria	6	3	3	0	10	4	+6	50.00
Canada	6	5	1	0	14	3	+11	83.33
Canada Olympic Team	1	1	0	0	7	2	+5	100.00
Chile	2	2	0	0	6	2	+4	100.00
Colombia	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	0.00
CIS	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	100.00
Costa Rica	2	0	0	2	0	2	−2	0.00
Croatia	6	2	3	1	6	5	+1	33.33
Cyprus	9	9	0	0	30	6	+24	100.00
Czech Republic	10	4	1	5	11	14	−3	40.00
Czechoslovakia	10	5	1	4	18	16	+2	50.00
Denmark	18	11	0	7	22	14	+8	61.11
East Germany	6	2	1	3	6	4	+2	33.33
Ecuador	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	100.00
Egypt	1	0	0	1	1	3	−2	0.00
England	116	41	26	49	175	206	−31	35.34
Estonia	8	6	2	0	13	3	+10	75.00
Faroe Islands	11	9	2	0	31	6	+25	81.82
Finland	9	6	3	0	20	7	+13	66.67
France	17	8	0	9	16	27	−11	47.06
Georgia	6	3	1	2	7	6	+1	50.00
Germany	10	2	2	6	10	17	−7	20.00
Gibraltar	3	3	0	0	14	1	+13	100.00
Greece	2	1	0	1	1	1	0	50.00
Hong Kong League XI	1	1	0	0	4	0	+4	100.00
Hungary	10	3	2	5	14	19	−5	30.00
Iceland	6	6	0	0	12	3	+9	100.00
Iran	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0.00
Ireland	55	43	6	6	185	47	+138	78.18
Israel	11	6	3	2	16	11	+5	54.55
Italy	11	1	2	8	4	19	−15	9.09
Japan	3	0	2	1	0	2	−2	0.00
Kazakhstan	2	1	0	1	3	4	−1	50.00
Latvia	4	4	0	0	7	1	+6	100.00
Liechtenstein	2	2	0	0	3	1	+2	100.00
Lithuania	10	6	3	1	14	4	+10	60.00
Luxembourg	5	4	1	0	12	1	+11	80.00
Malta	7	6	1	0	18	5	+13	85.71
Mexico	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	0.00
Moldova	4	3	1	0	6	1	+5	75.00
Morocco	1	0	0	1	0	3	−3	0.00
Netherlands	21	6	5	10	17	32	−15	28.57
New Zealand	2	1	1	0	6	3	+3	50.00
Nigeria	2	0	1	1	3	4	−1	0.00
North Macedonia	4	2	1	1	5	3	+2	50.00
Northern Ireland	41	20	11	10	73	35	+38	48.78
Norway	20	10	7	3	39	25	+14	50.00
Paraguay	1	0	0	1	2	3	−1	0.00
Peru	4	1	1	2	4	6	−2	25.00
Poland	11	2	6	3	14	15	−1	18.18
Portugal	15	4	3	8	14	21	−7	26.67
Qatar	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00
Republic of Ireland	13	5	3	5	14	13	+1	38.46
Romania	6	2	2	2	8	6	+2	33.33
Russia	4	0	2	2	2	7	−5	0.00
San Marino	8	8	0	0	27	0	+27	100.00
Saudi Arabia	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0.00
Serbia	3	0	2	1	1	3	−2	0.00
Slovakia	4	2	0	2	2	4	−2	50.00
Slovenia	5	2	3	0	7	3	+4	40.00
South Africa	2	1	0	1	1	2	−1	50.00
South Korea	1	0	0	1	1	4	−3	0.00
Soviet Union	4	0	1	3	2	6	−4	0.00
Spain	15	4	4	7	22	25	−3	26.67
Sweden	12	5	1	6	14	19	−5	41.67
Switzerland	17	8	4	5	27	25	+2	47.06
Trinidad and Tobago	1	1	0	0	4	1	+3	100.00
Turkey	2	0	0	2	3	6	−3	0.00
Ukraine	5	2	1	2	7	6	+1	40.00
United States	7	2	3	2	10	8	+2	28.57
Uruguay	4	1	1	2	4	10	−6	25.00
Wales	107	61	23	23	243	124	+119	57.01
West Germany	8	2	3	3	14	14	0	25.00
Yugoslavia	8	2	5	1	16	11	+5	25.00
Zaire	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100.00
Total	833	393	181	259	1423	1029	+394	47.18

Statistics include official FIFA recognised matches, five matches from a 1967 overseas tour that were reclassified as full internationals in 2021,^[13] and a match against a Hong Kong League XI played on 23 May 2002 that the Scottish Football Association includes in its statistical totals.^[21][22]

By period

As of Germany v Scotland, 14 June 2024

Statistics include official FIFA recognised matches, five matches from a 1967 overseas tour that were reclassified as full internationals in 2021,^[13] and a match against a Hong Kong League XI played on 23 May 2002 that the Scottish Football Association includes in its statistical totals.^[21][22]

Notes

References

This page was last edited on 23 June 2024, at 21:28