Soccer World Cup 2019 / Scotland

Football Women's World Cup 2019 : Scotland
Trainer	Shelley Kerr
captain	Rachel Corsie
Qualified as	Winner Europe Group 2
Tournament result	Preliminary round
Games tie	1
Games lost	2
Gates	5: 7

This article covers the Scottish women's national football team at the 2019 Women's World Cup in France . Scotland entered the finals for the first time and was the only European newcomer to France. After two defeats and a last-minute draw against Argentina, the Scottish women were bottom of the group and the only European team after the group stage.

qualification

After participating in a European Championship finals for the first time , national coach Anna Signeul - as previously announced - left the British island and became national coach in Finland. In addition, record national player and world record goalkeeper Gemma Fay as well as Ifeoma Dieke and Leanne Ross , who had also played over 100 games, ended their careers. The new national coach was the 59-time national player Shelley Kerr . Opponents in the qualification were for the first time Albania as well as Poland , Switzerland and Belarus . The group winners would qualify directly, the group runner-up would be qualified for the playoff games for another World Cup starting place if he were one of the four best runners-up in the group.

The Scottish team met Belarus in their first game and won 2-1 in Minsk after being 0-1 behind. In the first home game of the qualification, Albania were defeated 5-0 five days later. This was followed in April 2018 by the first ever defeat against Switzerland (0-1) and again five days later a 3-0 against Poland, although the goals were only scored after a yellow-red card for a Polish player. In June there were two narrow wins against Belarus (2: 1) and in Poland (3: 2), whereby the Scottish women were able to turn a deficit into a win - against the Polish women even a 0-2 deficit. Then it came to the decisive game against Switzerland, which had won all games up to then. In order to overtake the Swiss, the Scottish women needed at least a 2-0 to win the direct comparison, as the Swiss had the better overall goal difference and it was expected that both would win on the last match day in Poland and Albania. Erin Cuthbert put her team in the lead in the second minute and Kim Little increased four minutes later to 2-0 with her 50th international goal. But just a minute later, Switzerland was able to score the next goal. It remained, with which the Swiss women had won the direct comparison due to the away goals rule and were still in first place in the table. So the Scottish women were dependent on Polish rifle help on the last match day and of course had to win in Albania. Little brought her team into the lead in the 9th minute, but the Albanians managed to equalize with the half-time whistle. Jane Ross then scored the decisive goal in the 68th minute and since Switzerland only managed a goalless draw in Poland, the Scottish women passed her and qualified for a World Cup finals for the first time. Although the Swiss won the playoffs of the four best runners-up in the semi-finals against Belgium, they failed in the final against European champions Netherlands .

A total of 22 players were used, 16 of whom had already been in the EM squad , but only 14 of them were also used there. Seven players took part in all eight games, including the new goalkeeper Lee Alexander . The most goals for the Scottish team were scored by Erin Cuthbert and Jane Ross (4 each). A total of seven Scottish players scored in the qualification. The team also benefited from two own goals by opposing players, but also caused an own goal. Two players (Fiona Brown and Zoe Ness) scored their first international goals in qualifying.

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Scotland	8th	7th	0	1	019: 700	+12	21st
2.	Switzerland	8th	6th	1	1	021: 500	+16	19th
3.	Poland	8th	3	2	3	016:120	+4	11
4th	Albania	8th	1	1	6th	006:220	−16	04th
5.	Belarus	8th	1	0	7th	005:210	−16	03

October 19, 2017	Minsk	Belarus	-	Scotland	1: 2 (1: 1)	Ross , Kozyupa (own goal); Kharlanova
October 24, 2017	Paisley	Scotland	-	Albania	5: 0 (2: 0)	Brown , Emslie , Evans , Ross, Begolli (own goal)
04/05/2018	Schaffhausen	Switzerland	-	Scotland	1: 0 (1: 0)	Fat man
04/10/2018	Paisley	Scotland	-	Poland	3: 0 (0: 0)	Cuthbert , Emslie, Ness
07.06.2018	Falkirk	Scotland	-	Belarus	2: 1 (1: 1)	Cuthbert (2); Olkhovik
06/12/2018	Kielce	Poland	-	Scotland	2: 3 (1: 0)	Evans, Little , Ross; Jaszek , Howard (own goal)
08/30/2018	Paisley	Scotland	-	Switzerland	2: 1 (2: 1)	Cuthbert, Little
04.09.2018	Shkodra	Albania	-	Scotland	1: 2 (1: 1)	Little, Ross

preparation

After the successful qualification, the Scottish women only played one more game, which was lost in Paisley 0: 1 against world champions USA. In January 2019, the Scottish women lost in Murcia, Spain, against World Cup participants Norway 1: 3 and Iceland 1: 2. At the end of February / beginning of March, Scotland took part in the Algarve Cup , in which the Scottish women last participated in 2002. Opponents were again Iceland and Canada . After a 0-1 defeat against the North Americans, they took revenge for the defeat in January with a 4-1 win. As the best runner-up in the group, the Scottish women faced runner-up European champions Denmark in the game for fifth place . They were able to win 1-0 for the first time against the Danes, against whom there had previously been three draws and six defeats. On April 5th the Scottish women played in San Pedro del Pinatar against Chile (1: 1) and on April 8th they won 1-0 against Brazil at the same venue . On May 28, the Scottish women scored a 3-2 win against World Cup newcomers Jamaica in Glasgow .

Squad

On May 15th, the first Scottish women's World Cup squad was named.

No.	Player	birth date	debut	society	Country games	Country goals	Last use	World Cup 2019
								Sp.
goal
01	Lee Alexander	09/23/1991	2017	Glasgow City LFC	017th	00	05/28/2019	3		1
21st	Jenna Fife	December 01, 1995	2018	Hibernian Edinburgh LFC	004th	00	03/06/2019
12	Shannon Lynn	10/22/1985	2010	Vittsjö GIK	030th	00	04.03.2019
Defense
14th	Chloe Arthur	01/21/1995	2015	Birmingham City WFC	019th	00	03/06/2019	1
05	Jennifer Beattie	05/13/1991	2008	Manchester City WFC	124	22nd	05/28/2019	3	1	1
04th	Rachel Corsie	08/17/1989	2009	Utah Royals FC	109	16	05/28/2019	3		1
03	Nicola Docherty	08/23/1992	2011	Glasgow City LFC	019th	00	05/28/2019	2		1
15th	Sophie Howard	09/17/1993	2017	Reading FC Women	014th	01	05/28/2019	2
07th	Hayley Lauder	07/04/1990	2010	Glasgow City LFC	099	09	05/28/2019	1
17th	Joelle Murray	11/07/1986	2007	Hibernian Edinburgh LFC	048	01	03/06/2019
02	Kirsty Smith	01/06/1994	2014	Manchester United WFC	035	00	05/28/2019	3
midfield
23	Lizzie Arnot	03/01/1996	2015	Manchester United WFC	026th	02	05/28/2019	2
10	Leanne Crichton	08/06/1987	2006	Glasgow City LFC	064	03	04/08/2019
08th	Kim Little	06/29/1990	2007	Arsenal WFC	133	53	05/28/2019	3	1
06th	Joanne Love	December 06, 1985	2002	Glasgow City LFC	191	13	04/08/2019
16	Christie Murray	05/03/1990	2010	Liverpool FC Women	061	04th	05/28/2019	1
09	Caroline Weir	06/20/1995	2013	Manchester City WFC	063	08th	05/28/2019	3		1
attack
20th	Fiona Brown	March 31, 1995	2015	FC Rosengård	037	02	04/05/2019	1
19th	Lana Clelland	01/26/1993	2012	AC Florence	025th	03	05/28/2019	1	1
22nd	Erin Cuthbert	07/19/1998	2016	Chelsea FC Women	030th	10	05/28/2019	3	1	1
18th	Claire Emslie	03/08/1994	2013	Manchester City WFC	021st	03	05/28/2019	2	1
11	Lisa Evans	05/21/1992	2011	Arsenal WFC	078	17th	05/28/2019	3
13	Jane Ross	09/18/1989	2009	West Ham United WFC	127	58	05/28/2019	1
Coaching staff
Coach	Shelley Kerr	10/15/1969	2017	SFA	59	3		3
Remarks: ↑ Numbers according to the FIFA squad list ↑ As of May 2019 ↑ a b Status: May 28, 2019 ↑ a b As a player for Scotland

draw

Nice Paris Rennes

Scottish team venues

For the World Cup group draw that took place on December 8, 2018, Scotland was allocated Pot 2 due to its placement in the FIFA world rankings of December 7, 2018. The team was able to face world champions USA, Germany, neighboring England or hosts France in the group games. As in their first European Championship participation, the Scottish women were drawn to their southern neighbors, as well as Argentina and ex-world champions Japan.

England are the most frequent opponents of the Scottish team with 25 encounters, but so far there have only been two wins and one draw in 22 defeats, most recently in the first European Championship game with 0: 6. There were only two games against Japan, both of which were lost on neutral ground (0: 4 and 0: 2). The Scottish women have never played against the South Americans.

Group games

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	England	3	3	0	0	005: 100	+4	09
2.	Japan	3	1	1	1	002: 300	−1	04th
3.	Argentina	3	0	2	1	003: 400	−1	02
4th	Scotland	3	0	1	2	005: 700	−2	01

Sun., June 9, 2019 in Nice
England	-	Scotland	2: 1 (2: 0)
Friday, June 14, 2019 in Rennes
Japan	-	Scotland	2: 1 (2: 0)
Wed., June 19, 2019 in Paris
Scotland	-	Argentina	3: 3 (1: 0)

Awards

• Erin Cuthbert : Player of the game against Argentina

Individual evidence

1. ↑ scottishfa.co: Shelley Kerr named first SWNT squad
2. ↑ scottishfa.co: Shelley Kerr appointed SWNT head coach
3. ↑ scottishfa.co: "Kerr names historic SWNT squad for World Cup"
4. ↑ fifa.com: Pot allocation for World Cup draw according to the latest world rankings