2017 European Women's Football Championship / Scotland

This article covers the Scottish national team at the 2017 European Women's Football Championship in the Netherlands . Scotland took part in the finals for the first time.

qualification

Jane Ross , Scottish qualifying top scorer

Scotland was drawn for the qualification in Group 1 and met Iceland and Belarus as well as Macedonia and Slovenia for the first time , against which the Scottish women started with a 3-0 qualification. The next four games were also won. But then they lost the home game against the Icelanders 4-0, with Jennifer Beattie making her 100th international match. After a 1-0 win in Belarus they won 2-1 in Iceland, which meant they were both tied, but the direct comparison went to the Icelanders with 5-2 goals. The Scottish women were also qualified for the finals as the best runner-up in the group and for the first time ever. The best Scottish goalscorer in the qualification was Jane Ross , who, like the Icelandic Harpa Þorsteinsdóttir and the Norwegian Ada Hegerberg , scored ten goals and was one of the top three goalscorers in the qualification, but needed more playing minutes than the Icelander.

table

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Iceland	8th	7th	0	1	034: 200	+32	21st
2.	Scotland	8th	7th	0	1	030: 700	+23	21st
3.	Slovenia	8th	3	0	5	021:190	+2	09
4th	Belarus	8th	3	0	5	010:200	−10	09
5.	North Macedonia	8th	0	0	8th	004:510	−47	00

09/22/2015	Ajdovščina	Slovenia	-	Scotland	00: 3 (0: 2)
23/10/2015	Motherwell	Scotland	-	Belarus	07: 0 (1: 0)
10/27/2015	Skopje	Macedonia	-	Scotland	01: 4 (1: 4)
11/29/2015	Paisley	Scotland	-	Macedonia	10: 0 (6: 0)
04/08/2016	Paisley	Scotland	-	Slovenia	03: 1 (2: 1)
06/03/2016	Falkirk	Scotland	-	Iceland	00: 4 (0: 1)
06/07/2016	Minsk	Belarus	-	Scotland	00: 1 (0: 1)
09/20/2016	Reykjavík	Iceland	-	Scotland	01: 2 (1: 1)

Squad

On May 30, a squad was named for immediate EM preparation. Kim Little could not be considered due to a torn cruciate ligament that she suffered during training. Players marked with "*" were also in the squad for the Cyprus Cup 2017 . Jennifer Beattie had to be replaced by Sophie Howard due to an injury ahead of the Romania game . On June 27th, 22 players were named for the European Championship finals.

No.	Surname	Date of birth	society	debut	Calls	Gates	Last use	EM 2017
								Sp.
goal
21st	Lee Alexander *	23 Sep 1991	Glasgow City LFC	-	000	00	-
01	Gemma Fay *	0Dec 9, 1981	UMF Stjarnan	1998	200	00	07/07/2017	3		1
12	Shannon Lynn *	Oct 22, 1985	Vittsjö GIK	2010	024	00	04/11/2017
Defense
02	Vaila Barsley	Sep 15 1987	Eskilstuna United	2017	004th	00	07/07/2017	2
17th	Frankie Brown *	0Oct 8, 1987	Bristol Academy WFC	2008	088	00	07/07/2017	2		1
14th	Rachel Corsie *	Aug 17, 1989	Seattle Reign FC	2009	088	16	06/13/2017	3		1
04th	Ifeoma Dieke *	Feb 25, 1981	Vittsjö GIK	2004	120	00	07/07/2017	3
15th	Sophie Howard	17 Sep 1993	TSG 1899 Hoffenheim	2017	003	00	07/07/2017
18th	Rachel McLauchlan *	0July 7, 1997	Hibernian Edinburgh LFC	2016	004th	00	07/07/2017	1
03	Joelle Murray *	0Nov 7, 1986	Hibernian Edinburgh LFC	2007	044	01	07/07/2017
20th	Kirsty Smith	0Jan. 6, 1994	Hibernian Edinburgh LFC	2014	023	00	06/09/2017	1
midfield
23	Chloe Arthur	Jan. 21, 1995	Bristol Academy WFC	2015	008th	00	07/07/2017	2
10	Leanne Crichton *	0Aug 6, 1987	Glasgow City LFC	2006	052	03	07/07/2017	3
08th	Erin Cuthbert *	July 19, 1998	Chelsea ladies	2016	009	02	07/07/2017	3	1
11	Lisa Evans *	May 21, 1992	Arsenal Ladies FC	2011	060	14th	06/13/2017	3
07th	Hayley Lauder *	04th July 1990	Glasgow City LFC	2010	085	09	07/07/2017	1
06th	Joanne Love *	0Dec 6, 1985	Glasgow City LFC	2002	177	13	06/13/2017	3
05	Leanne Ross *	0July 8, 1981	Glasgow City LFC	2006	132	09	07/07/2017	1
09	Caroline Weir *	June 20, 1995	Liverpool FC	2013	038	05	07/07/2017	3	1	1
attack
22nd	Fiona Brown *	31 Mar 1995	Eskilstuna United	2015	019th	00	07/07/2017	3
19th	Lana Clelland *	Jan. 26, 1993	UPC Tavagnacco	2012	015th	01	07/07/2017	3
16	Christie Murray *	0May 3, 1990	Doncaster Rovers Belles	2007	048	04th	07/07/2017
13	Jane Ross *	Sep 18 1989	Manchester City WFC	2009	106	50	07/07/2017	1
Coaching staff
Head coach	Anna Signeul	May 26, 1961		2005

1. ↑ Numbers at the final round ( Scotland squad ). Positions according to information from the Scottish Association, UEFA sometimes sorts the players differently.
2. ↑ As of July 16, 2017 ( Euro 2017 Tournament Preview )
3. ↑ ^{a b} Status after the game against Ireland on July 7, 2017

preparation

After the successful qualification, the Scottish women lost a home game against EM hosts Netherlands 7-0 and thus conceded their highest home defeat. On January 20 (2: 2) and January 23, the Scottish women played in Larnaka against European Championship participants Denmark . In March 2017, the team took part again in the Cyprus Cup 2017 , where in the group stage EM participants Austria (3: 1), New Zealand (3: 2) and South Korea (0: 2) as well as in the game for 5th place Wales (0 : 0, 6: 5 i. E.) the opponents were. On April 11th, the Scottish women played against Belgium in Leuven (0: 5). On June 9, the team played against Romania in Falkirk and won 2-0, with Jane Ross scoring her 50th international goal. On June 13, they lost 0-1 to Sweden in Växjö . The EM dress rehearsal against Ireland on July 7th , 12 days before their first EM final match , was 1-0 successful and brought goalkeeper Gemma Fay her 200th international appearance.

The accommodation in the Netherlands will be Kasteel Kerckebosch in Zeist .

European Championship finals

Deventer Rotterdam Utrecht Zeist

Venues and district (blue)

At the draw on November 8, 2016, Scotland was assigned to Pot 3. Scotland meets England in the first game in group D , then the Portuguese, who are also participating for the first time, and Spain . Against England and Spain the balance sheet is negative: in the previous 24 games against the southern neighbors there were only two wins and one draw, but 21 defeats and against the Spanish in five games two draws and three defeats. The playoff games were particularly dramatic in qualifying for the last European Championship finals in which the Spaniards only prevailed in stoppage time. The last win against England was on March 4, 2011 at the Cyprus Cup 2011 . Against Portugal, however, the balance sheet is positive: in ten games there were five wins, three draws and two defeats, the last of them on May 29, 1994, but with 2: 8 was clear.

The Scottish women started with a 6-0 defeat against their southern neighbors and thus the highest defeat in the history of the European Championship. The Scottish women also lost against Portugal, but due to the different results they still had the opportunity to reach the quarter-finals by winning two goals against Spain while the English women beat Portugal at the same time. The English and Scottish women won against Spain for the first time, but only 1-0. This was only enough for third place. After all, goalkeeper Gemma Fay was the world record holder again with her 203rd international match. With the game ended Anna Signeul's term of office , who had already announced before the final round that she would train the Finns in the future . Record national players Gemma Fay, Leanne Ross and Ifeoma Dieke also ended their international careers.

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	England	3	3	0	0	010: 100	+9	09
2.	Spain	3	1	0	2	002: 300	−1	03
3.	Scotland	3	1	0	2	002: 800	−6	03
4th	Portugal	3	1	0	2	003: 500	−2	03
Note: For places 2, 3 and 4 the direct comparison is decisive (see mode ).

Wednesday, July 19, 2017, 8:45 p.m. in Utrecht
England	-	Scotland	6: 0 (3: 0)	11, 26, 53 ′ Taylor , 32 ′ White , 87 ′ Nobbs 90 + 3 ′ Duggan
Sunday, July 23, 2017, 6 p.m. in Rotterdam
Scotland	-	Portugal	1: 2 (1: 1)	27 ′ Mendes , 68 ′ Cuthbert , 72 ′ Leite
Thursday, July 27, 2017, 8:45 p.m. in Deventer
Scotland	-	Spain	1: 0 (1: 0)	42 ′ Weir

Individual evidence

1. ↑ scottishfa.co: "SWNT trio join Euro 2017 preparations"
2. ↑ scottishfa.co: "SWNT squad announced for Cyprus Cup"
3. ↑ scottishfa.co: "Match Preview | Sweden v Scotland "
4. ↑ scottishfa.co: "Signeul announces historic Scotland squad"
5. ↑ Scotland comfortably overcome Romania
6. ↑ scottishfa.co: "Christie Murray scores winner in perfect Euro send-off"
7. ↑ uefa.com: "Where do the teams live at the women's EURO?"
8. ↑ uefa.com: "Women's EURO: Seeding list for the final draw"
9. ↑ dfb.de: Scottish woman Fay ahead of goal women world record
10. ↑ scottishfa.co: Scotland out of Euros despite heroic win