The Scotland national football team is the joint-oldest international football team, having played in the first official international match, a goalless draw on 30 November 1872 against England. Since then, the team has established a long-standing rivalry with England, particularly in the annual British Home Championship, which Scotland won 24 times outright and shared a further 17 times. The team has enjoyed less success in continental and global competition. Although Scotland has participated in eight FIFA World Cup and three UEFA European Championship final tournaments, the team has never progressed beyond the first round of any major tournament.
Kenny Dalglish and Andy Robertson are the only men to have won more than 100 caps for Scotland, and Dalglish was the only Scottish player named in the FIFA 100. Denis Law, who shares with Dalglish the record for the most goals scored for the national team, is the only Scottish player to have won the European Footballer of the Year award. The Scottish Football Association maintains a roll of honour for players who have won at least 50 caps. This distinction was launched in March 1998, when 11 players had already achieved that mark.
This list includes all Scotland players who have made between 2 and 3 appearances for the national team.
List of players
Key *Still active for the national team
+ Scotland national football team players with 2 to 3 capsPlayerCapsGoals DebutLast or most recent match Date OpponentDate Opponent30302121The Scottish FA profile for Neil Alexander omits an appearance against Switzerland on 1 March 2006.30322220203030303020313224203032302030203231*20332030202120212220202030The Scottish FA website attributes appearances by Bob Brown (born 1870) and Robert Brown (born 1860) to Robert Brown (born 1856).20302031222020332020The Scottish FA website merges the statistics of Peter Campbell (Morton FC, active in the 1890s) and Peter Campbell (Rangers FC, active in the 1870s) into a single profile.2330312121203120202030303030303020202020203020213430302130*20313120203120202233*203020202120212130203031202020203420The Scottish FA website merges the statistics of James Hamilton (born 1901) and James Hamilton (active in the 1890s) into a single profile.3320203420The Scottish FA website merges the statistics of David Hill (born 1881) and David Hill (active in the 1880s) into a single profile.31302020303032203231202121The Scottish FA website merges the statistics of John Inglis (a goalkeeper, born 1857) and John Inglis (a forward, born 1859) into a single profile.20203030213120*30202020302120Some sources attribute a cap and goal in 1886 to Lambie, who had to withdraw from the team at short notice but was still included in match reports – his replacement, who scored, was James Kelly.202222302030213030202031222025202021302020303030The Scottish FA profile attributes an appearance by Bob McAuley on 31 October 1931 to James McAulay.20302030202020*202020302020202020202020303120203020202020The Scottish FA website attributes both appearances by John McPherson (born 1863) to John McPherson (born 1868).Cap confusion resolved - Scotland's two John McPhersons in 1890, Andy Mitchell, Scottish Sport History, 6 January 202520 2020The Scottish FA profile for Gary McSwegan omits an appearance against Bosnia & Herzegovina on 5 October 1999.212020322030303230202130302020313122202022203032The Scottish FA attributes two of Willie Orr's appearances to Ronald Orr.2121303130203030202032The Scottish FA website merges the statistics of Willie Paul and William Paul into a single profile.3520302032Most sources credit a goal in the Ireland v Scotland fixture of 1890 to John McPherson, but contemporary reports credit this to Gilbert Rankin (who scored two other goals in the match).232030313020203020202120202021The Scottish FA website merges the statistics of Jimmy Simpson (born 1908) and Jimmy Connor (born 1873) into a single profile.3030202030202120203032203020213020213020302020303020202021*3021302020312030The Scottish FA profile attributes an appearance by Jimmy Watson (born 1924) on 4 October 1947 to Jimmy Watson (born 1877).20*30The Scottish FA website merges the statistics of John White and Jock White into a single profile.20202020*20202020302020
See also List of Scotland international footballers with one cap List of Scotland international footballers (4–9 caps) List of Scotland international footballers (10+ caps) Scotland national football team roll of honour (50+ caps)
Footnotes
References
External links Scottish FA Archive List of Players at Londonhearts.com