Scotland national under-21 football team
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| Association | Scottish Football Association | ||
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| Head coach | Billy Stark | ||
| Captain | Paul Hanlon | ||
| Most caps | Christian Dailly (34) | ||
| Top scorer | Shaun Maloney, Chris Maguire, Simon Lynch and Jordan Rhodes (6) | ||
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 Luxembourg 1 – 5 Scotland  |
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 Netherlands 4 – 0 Scotland |
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| World Cup | |||
| Appearances | N/A (First in N/A) | ||
| Best result | N/A | ||
| UEFA U-21 Championship | |||
| Appearances | 6 (First in 1980) | ||
| Best result | Semi-finalists (three times) | ||
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.
The team is for players of 21 years of age or under at the start of a two-year European Under-21 Football Championship campaign. Therefore players can still be playing for the Under-21s at up to 23 years old. As long as they are eligible, players can play at any level, making it possible to for example play for the U-21s, senior side and again for the U-21s. It is now also possible to play for one country at youth level and another at senior level (providing the player is eligible). James McEveley is a current Scotland international and former England U-20 player.
As a European U21 team, Scotland compete for the European Championship, 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 Under-21 World Cup, although there is an Under-20 World Cup.
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[edit] Competition history
The team has enjoyed some success at continental level, at least relative to that of the full national side, which has only qualified twice for UEFA European Championship tournaments. Scotland have reached the last four of the tournament three times (1982, 1992 and 1996), while appearing in the quarter finals on three other occasions (1980, 1984 and 1988). The team's performance in 1992 and 1996 was sufficient to qualify for the Olympic Games in Barcelona and Atlanta, but they were unable to compete due to Scotland not being independently represented at the Olympic Games.[1]
| Year | Result |
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| 1978 | Did not qualify |
| 1980 | Quarter Final |
| 1982 | Semi Final |
| 1984 | Quarter Final |
| 1986 | Did not qualify |
| 1988 | Quarter Final |
| 1990 | Did not qualify |
| 1992 | Semi Final |
| 1994 | Did not qualify |
| 1996 | Semi final |
| 1998 | Did not qualify |
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| 2011 |
[edit] Head coaches
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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.
| Tenure | Head Coach/Manager |
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| 1975–1986 | Andy Roxburgh |
| 1986–1993 | Craig Brown |
| 1993–1998 | Tommy Craig |
| 1998–2002 | Alex Smith |
| 2002–2005 |  Rainer Bonhof |
| 2006–2007 | Archie Knox |
| 2007 | Maurice Malpas |
| 2008–present | Billy Stark |
[edit] Current squad
The following players were selected to play the Netherlands in February 2012.[2]
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[edit] Recent results and forthcoming fixtures
[edit] Friendlies
| 17 November 2010 19:30 UTC |
Scotland |
3 - 1 |  Northern Ireland |
Firhill Stadium, Glasgow, Scotland |
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| Griffiths, Hanlon, Ross | O'Kane |
| 24 March 2011 19:30 UTC |
Belgium  |
1 - 0 | Scotland |
Van de Wielestadion, Deinze, Belgium |
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| Ghanassy |
| 10 August 2011 16:00 BST |
Scotland |
3 - 0 |  Norway |
St. Mirren Park, Paisley, Scotland |
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| Cairney, Jack, Armstrong |
[edit] 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship
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| 5 September 2011 19:30 UTC |
Scotland |
0 - 0 |  Bulgaria |
St. Mirren Park, Paisley Attendance: 2,769 Referee: Kristo Tohver (Estonia) |
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| 6 October 2011 18:30 UTC |
Luxembourg |
1 - 5 | Scotland |
Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg Attendance: 320 Referee: Clayton Pisani (Malta) |
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Almeida  82' |
MacDonald 29' Rhodes 33', 43', 63'Hanlon 87' |
| 10 October 2011 19:30 UTC |
Scotland |
2 - 2 |  Austria |
St. Mirren Park, Paisley Attendance: 3,058 Referee: Ante Vucemilovic (Croatia) |
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| Rhodes 37', 64' |
Weimann 15' Alar 42' |
| 14 November 2011 17:30 UTC |
Netherlands |
1 – 2 | Scotland |
Stadion de Goffert, Nijmegen Referee: Vladimir Kazmenko (Russia) |
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| Maher 12' |
Report | Rhodes 2' Wotherspoon 55' |
| 29 February 2012 17:30 UTC |
Scotland |
v | Netherlands |
St. Mirren Park, Paisley |
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| 31 May 2012 |
Bulgaria |
v | Scotland |
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| 6 September 2012 |
Scotland |
v | Luxembourg |
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| 10 September 2012 |
Austria |
v | Scotland |
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[edit] Notes
- ^ on loan from Tottenham Hotspur
- ^ on loan from Dundee Utd
- ^ on loan from Rangers
- ^ on loan from Celtic
- ^ on loan from Liverpool
- ^ on loan from West Bromwich Albion
[edit] References
- ^ Gibbons, Glenn (5 February 2009). "Craig Brown battles to preserve Scottish football rights by opposing Team GB". The Scotsman. http://news.scotsman.com/world/Craig-Brown-battles-to-preserve.4948662.jp. Retrieved 31 July 2010.
- ^ "Gary Mackay-Steven gains Scotland Under-21 call-up". STV Edinburgh (STV Group). 20 February 2012. http://local.stv.tv/edinburgh/news/sport/298160-gary-mackay-steven-gains-scotland-under-21-call-up/. Retrieved 20 February 2012.
[edit] External links
- SFA (under 21s)
- Uefa Under-21 website Contains full results archive
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