Scotland national under-21 football team

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Scotland under-21
Shirt badge/Association crest
Association Scottish Football Association
Head coach Ricky Sbragia
Most caps Christian Dailly (35)[1]
Top scorer Scott Booth (8)[1]
Jordan Rhodes (8)[1]
First colours
Second colours
First international
Czech Republic Czechoslovakia 0 – 0 Scotland Scotland
12 October 1976
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. The team usually plays their games at St. Mirren Park in Paisley however, they have recently played matches at Pittodrie Stadium in Aberdeen.

History

Scotland played under-23 international matches, mainly friendlies against England and Wales, from 1955 until 1975.[2] 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.[3]

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.[4] 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[5] and Iceland[6] respectively.

Year Result GP W D* L GS GA
1976 Quarter Final[note 1] 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

*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.[7] Stark resigned from the position in November 2014.[8]

Tenure Head Coach/Manager
1975–1986 Andy Roxburgh
1986–1993 Craig Brown
1993–1998 Tommy Craig[9]
1998–2002 Alex Smith[9][10]
2002–2005 Rainer Bonhof[10][11]
2005–2006 Maurice Malpas (caretaker)[12]
2006–2007 Archie Knox[13]
2007–2008 Maurice Malpas (caretaker)[14]
2008–2014 Billy Stark[7][8]
2014–2015 Ricky Sbragia (caretaker)[8]
2015 Danny Lennon (caretaker)[15]
2015–present Ricky Sbragia[16]

Players

Leading appearances

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
=9 Stevie Crawford Raith Rovers 1994–1996 19
=9 Ryan Jack Aberdeen 2011–2014 19
=9 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

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.[17] As each tournament normally takes two years to complete, players can continue to play for the under-21 team after their 22nd birthday.[17] For example, Theo Walcott (born March 1989) was eligible to play for England under-21s in the 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship.[17] 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.[17] It is now also possible to play for one country at youth level and another country at senior level (providing the player is eligible).[3] For instance, Nigel Quashie played for England under-21s and Scotland.[3] Until the late 1980s, teams were allowed to select some over-age players in the under-21 team,[18][19][20] similar to the present arrangement in football at the Summer Olympics.[21]

Current squad

The following players were selected to play Ukraine in November 2015.[22]

As of 9 November 2015
0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Ryan Fulton (1996-05-23) 23 May 1996 (age 28) 0 0 England Liverpool
1GK Jack Hamilton (1994-03-13) 13 March 1994 (age 30) 7 0 Scotland Heart of Midlothian
1GK Liam Kelly (1996-01-23) 23 January 1996 (age 28) 0 0 Scotland Rangers
2DF Stuart Findlay (1995-09-14) 14 September 1995 (age 28) 13 0 Scotland Kilmarnock (on loan from Celtic)
2DF Marcus Fraser (1994-06-23) 23 June 1994 (age 30) 5 0 Scotland Ross County
2DF Dominic Hyam (1995-12-20) 20 December 1995 (age 28) 3 0 England Reading
2DF Donald Love (1994-12-02) 2 December 1994 (age 29) 3 0 England Wigan Athletic (on loan from Manchester United)
2DF Callum McFadzean (1994-04-01) 1 April 1994 (age 30) 3 0 England Sheffield United
2DF Jordan McGhee (1996-07-24) 24 July 1996 (age 27) 14 0 Scotland Heart of Midlothian
2DF Callum Paterson (1994-10-13) 13 October 1994 (age 29) 12 2 Scotland Heart of Midlothian
2DF Andrew Robertson (1994-03-11) 11 March 1994 (age 30) 4 0 England Hull City
3MF Jay Fulton (1994-04-01) 1 April 1994 (age 30) 2 0 England Oldham Athletic (on loan from Swansea City)
3MF Liam Henderson (1996-04-25) 25 April 1996 (age 28) 1 0 Scotland Hibernian (on loan from Celtic)
3MF John McGinn (1994-10-18) 18 October 1994 (age 29) 9 0 Scotland Hibernian
3MF Craig Slater (1994-04-26) 26 April 1994 (age 30) 7 0 Scotland Kilmarnock
3MF John Souttar (1996-09-25) 25 September 1996 (age 27) 1 0 Scotland Dundee United
4FW Jason Cummings (1995-08-01) 1 August 1995 (age 28) 4 1 Scotland Hibernian
4FW Billy King (1994-05-12) 12 May 1994 (age 30) 5 1 Scotland Heart of Midlothian
4FW Stevie Mallan (1996-03-25) 25 March 1996 (age 28) 0 0 Scotland St. Mirren
4FW Oliver McBurnie (1996-06-04) 4 June 1996 (age 28) 1 0 Wales Swansea City
4FW Barrie McKay (1994-12-30) 30 December 1994 (age 29) 2 0 Scotland Rangers
4FW Sam Nicholson (1995-01-20) 20 January 1995 (age 29) 4 0 Scotland Heart of Midlothian
4FW Lawrence Shankland (1995-08-10) 10 August 1995 (age 28) 4 2 Scotland St. Mirren (on loan from 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 Jonathan Henly (1994-07-06) 6 July 1994 (age 30) 1 0 England Ipswich Town  Iceland, 13 October 2015
GK Mark Hurst (1995-10-21) 21 October 1995 (age 28) 0 0 Scotland Elgin City  Hungary, 26 March 2015
DF Stephen Kingsley (1994-07-23) 23 July 1994 (age 29) 3 0 England Crewe Alexandra (on loan from Swansea City)  Iceland, 13 October 2015
DF Stephen Hendrie (1995-01-08) 8 January 1995 (age 29) 3 0 England West Ham United  France, 10 October 2015
DF Mark O'Hara (1995-12-12) 12 December 1995 (age 28) 1 0 Scotland Kilmarnock  Hungary, 26 March 2015
DF Jason Naismith (1994-06-20) 20 June 1994 (age 30) 1 0 Scotland St. Mirren   Switzerland, 18 November 2014
DF Joe Chalmers (1994-01-03) 3 January 1994 (age 30) 1 0 Scotland Motherwell  Hungary, 5 March 2014
DF Jack Grimmer (1994-01-25) 25 January 1994 (age 30) 1 0 England Fulham  Hungary, 5 March 2014
MF Charlie Telfer (1995-07-04) 4 July 1995 (age 29) 1 0 Scotland Dundee United  Iceland, 13 October 2015
MF Cameron King (1995-09-10) 10 September 1995 (age 28) 1 1 England Norwich City  Northern Ireland, September 2015
MF Danny Handling (1994-02-06) 6 February 1994 (age 30) 3 0 Scotland Hibernian  Hungary, 26 March 2015
MF Adam King (1995-10-11) 11 October 1995 (age 28) 1 0 England Crewe Alexandra   Switzerland, 18 November 2014
MF Lewis Macleod (1994-06-16) 16 June 1994 (age 30) 8 2 England Brentford  Luxembourg, 8 September 2014
MF Sam Stanton (1994-04-19) 19 April 1994 (age 30) 1 0 Scotland Hibernian  Netherlands, 28 May 2014
MF John Herron (1994-02-01) 1 February 1994 (age 30) 2 0 England Blackpool  Georgia, 14 November 2013
MF Matthew Kennedy (1994-11-01) 1 November 1994 (age 29) 1 0 Wales Cardiff City  Georgia, 14 October 2013
FW Ryan Christie (1995-02-22) 22 February 1995 (age 29) 5 1 Scotland Inverness Caledonian Thistle (on loan from Celtic)  Ukraine, 13 November 2015
FW Ryan Fraser (1994-02-24) 24 February 1994 (age 30) 9 3 England Ipswich Town (on loan from Bournemouth)  Iceland, 13 October 2015
FW Ryan Gauld (1995-12-16) 16 December 1995 (age 28) 7 2 Portugal Sporting CP  Iceland, 13 October 2015
FW Declan McManus (1994-08-03) 3 August 1994 (age 29) 4 0 England Fleetwood Town  Iceland, 13 October 2015
FW Cammy Smith (1995-08-24) 24 August 1995 (age 28) 1 0 Scotland Aberdeen  Hungary, 26 March 2015
FW Harry Cardwell (1996-10-28) 28 October 1996 (age 27) 1 0 England Reading   Switzerland, 18 November 2014
FW Mark Beck (1994-02-02) 2 February 1994 (age 30) 0 0 England Yeovil Town  Georgia, 14 October 2013
FW Islam Feruz (1995-09-10) 10 September 1995 (age 28) 4 2 England Chelsea  England, 13 August 2013
FW Dale Carrick (1994-01-07) 7 January 1994 (age 30) 1 0 Scotland Kilmarnock  Canada, 15 October 2012

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Past squads

Notes

  1. ↑ Under-23 competition.

References

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