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Scotland under-21

Association	Scottish Football Association
Head coach	Scot Gemmill
Most caps	Christian Dailly (35)
Top scorer	Scott Booth (8) Jordan Rhodes (8)
First colours Second colours
First international
Czechoslovakia 0 – 0 Scotland 12 October 1976
Biggest win
Scotland 5 – 0 Finland 6 September 1995
Biggest defeat
England 6 – 0 Scotland 13 August 2013
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.

History

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

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. 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 and Iceland respectively.

Results summary

*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

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. Stark resigned from the position in November 2014.

Players

Leading appearances

As of 17:09, 30 December 2017 (UTC)

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

As of 17:01, 27 March 2017 (UTC)

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. As each tournament normally takes two years to complete, players can continue to play for the under-21 team after their 22nd birthday. 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. It is now also possible to play for one country at youth level and another country at senior level (providing the player is eligible). For instance, Nigel Quashie played for England under-21s and Scotland. Until the late 1980s, teams were allowed to select some over-age players in the under-21 team, similar to the present arrangement in football at the Summer Olympics.

Current squad

The following players were selected to play Ukraine and Latvia in November 2017.

As of 11:00, 22 November 2017 (UTC)

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1GK	Ross Doohan	(1998-03-29) 29 March 1998 (age 26)	0	0	Greenock Morton (on loan from Celtic)
	1GK	Ryan Fulton	(1996-05-23) 23 May 1996 (age 28)	9	0	Hamilton Academical
	1GK	Robby McCrorie		0	0	Berwick Rangers (on loan from Rangers)
	1GK	Jack Ruddy	(1997-12-27) 27 December 1997 (age 27)	1	0	Oldham Athletic (on loan from Wolverhampton Wanderers)
	2DF	Jason Kerr	(1997-02-06) 6 February 1997 (age 27)	0	0	Queen of the South (on loan from St Johnstone)
	2DF	Ross McCrorie	(1998-03-18) 18 March 1998 (age 26)	5	0	Rangers
	2DF	Scott McKenna	(1996-11-12) 12 November 1996 (age 28)	5	0	Aberdeen
	2DF	Calvin Miller	(1998-01-09) 9 January 1998 (age 26)	0	0	Celtic
	2DF	Liam Smith	(1996-04-10) 10 April 1996 (age 28)	7	0	St Mirren (on loan from Heart of Midlothian)
	2DF	John Souttar	(1996-09-25) 25 September 1996 (age 28)	10	0	Heart of Midlothian
	2DF	Greg Taylor	(1997-11-05) 5 November 1997 (age 27)	6	0	Kilmarnock
	2DF	Ryan Williamson	(1996-03-14) 14 March 1996 (age 28)	4	1	Dunfermline Athletic
	3MF	Theo Archibald	(1998-03-05) 5 March 1998 (age 26)	1	0	Brentford
	3MF	Chris Cadden	(1996-09-19) 19 September 1996 (age 28)	6	1	Motherwell
	3MF	Allan Campbell	(1998-07-04) 4 July 1998 (age 26)	2	0	Motherwell
	3MF	Greg Docherty	(1996-09-10) 10 September 1996 (age 28)	3	0	Hamilton Academical
	3MF	Kyle Magennis	(1998-08-26) 26 August 1998 (age 26)	0	0	St. Mirren
	3MF	Stephen Mallan	(1996-03-25) 25 March 1996 (age 28)	4	1	Barnsley
	3MF	Lewis Morgan	(1996-09-30) 30 September 1996 (age 28)	4	0	St. Mirren
	3MF	Dom Thomas	(1996-02-14) 14 February 1996 (age 28)	1	0	Kilmarnock
	4FW	Ryan Hardie	(1997-03-17) 17 March 1997 (age 27)	6	1	Rangers
	4FW	Oliver McBurnie	(1996-06-04) 4 June 1996 (age 28)	10	2	Swansea City
	4FW	Scott Wright	(1997-08-08) 8 August 1997 (age 27)	2	0	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	Robbie Mutch	(1998-08-20) 20 August 1998 (age 26)	0	0	Falkirk	Slovakia, November 2016
GK	Liam Kelly	(1996-01-23) 23 January 1996 (age 28)	2	0	Rangers	Ukraine, 6 September 2016
DF	Anthony Ralston	(1998-11-16) 16 November 1998 (age 26)	0	0	Celtic	Netherlands, September 2017
DF	Alex Iacovitti	(1997-09-02) 2 September 1997 (age 27)	3	0	Forest Green Rovers (on loan from Nottingham Forest)	Estonia, March 2017
DF	Jamie McCart	(1997-06-20) 20 June 1997 (age 27)	0	0	St Mirren (on loan from Celtic)	Estonia, March 2017
DF	Jordan McGhee	(1996-07-24) 24 July 1996 (age 28)	20	0	Falkirk	Estonia, March 2017
DF	Kyle Cameron	(1997-01-15) 15 January 1997 (age 27)	1	0	Newcastle United	Slovakia, November 2016
DF	Zak Jules	(1997-02-17) 17 February 1997 (age 27)	3	0	Shrewsbury Town	Estonia, 27 March 2017
DF	Calum MacDonald	(1997-12-18) 18 December 1997 (age 27)	1	0	Derby County	Slovakia, November 2016
DF	Jake Sheppard	(1997-05-30) 30 May 1997 (age 27)	2	0	Reading	Slovakia, November 2016
MF	Michael Johnston	(1999-04-19) 19 April 1999 (age 25)	0	0	Celtic	Latvia, October 2017
MF	Adam Frizzell	(1998-01-22) 22 January 1998 (age 26)	0	0	Kilmarnock	Netherlands, September 2017
MF	Iain Wilson	(1998-12-15) 15 December 1998 (age 26)	0	0	Kilmarnock	Netherlands, September 2017
MF	Cammy Ballantyne	(1997-04-13) 13 April 1997 (age 27)	0	0	Dundee United	Estonia, March 2017
MF	Liam Henderson	(1996-04-25) 25 April 1996 (age 28)	8	0	Bari	Estonia, March 2017
MF	James Jones	(1996-02-13) 13 February 1996 (age 28)	3	0	Crewe Alexandra	Estonia, March 2017
MF	Ruben Sammut	(1997-09-26) 26 September 1997 (age 27)	3	0	Chelsea	Estonia, March 2017
MF	Joe Thomson	(1997-01-14) 14 January 1997 (age 27)	0	0	Celtic	Estonia, March 2017
MF	Alan Forrest	(1996-09-09) 9 September 1996 (age 28)	1	0	Ayr United	Slovakia, November 2016
MF	Aidan Nesbitt	(1997-02-05) 5 February 1997 (age 27)	2	0	Milton Keynes Dons	Slovakia, November 2016
MF	Liam Burt	(1999-02-01) 1 February 1999 (age 25)	2	0	Rangers	Iceland, 5 October 2016
MF	Craig Storie	(1996-01-13) 13 January 1996 (age 28)	2	0	Aberdeen	Iceland, 5 October 2016
FW	Oliver Burke	(1997-04-07) 7 April 1997 (age 27)	0	0	West Bromwich Albion	Latvia, October 2017
FW	Jack Harper	(1996-02-28) 28 February 1996 (age 28)	0	0	Malaga CF	Estonia, March 2017
FW	Paul McMullan	(1996-02-25) 25 February 1996 (age 28)	0	0	Dundee United	Estonia, March 2017
FW	Craig Wighton	(1997-07-27) 27 July 1997 (age 27)	2	0	Dundee	Estonia, March 2017
FW	Eamonn Brophy	(1996-03-10) 10 March 1996 (age 28)	1	0	Kilmarnock	Slovakia, November 2016
FW	Jai Quitongo	(1997-09-14) 14 September 1997 (age 27)	1	0	Greenock Morton	Slovakia, November 2016
FW	Harry Cardwell	(1996-10-28) 28 October 1996 (age 28)	1	0	Grimsby Town	Switzerland, 18 November 2014

Past squads

• 1996 European Championship squad

Notes

1. Under-23 competition.

References

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External links

• SFA (under 21s)
• Uefa Under-21 website Contains full results archive
• Complete U21 results at FitbaStats

• European national under-21 association football teams
• Scotland national football team
• National sports teams of Scotland