Scottish National Football Team (U-21 Men)

Scotland
Scotland

Association	Scottish Football Association
confederacy	UEFA
Head coach	Billy Stark
Record scorer	Shaun Maloney (6)
Record player	Christian Dailly (34)
FIFA code	SCO
home Away
statistics
Biggest win Scotland 4-0 Slovenia
Biggest defeat Netherlands 4-0 Scotland
Successes in tournaments
European Championship
Participation in the finals	6 ( first : 1980 )
Best results	1992 (semi-finals) 1996 (4th place)
(Status: unknown)

The Scottish National Under-21 Football Team on September 5, 2009

The Scottish U-21 national football team is a national team of Scottish football players . It is subject to the SFA (Scottish Football Association) and represents it on U-21 level , in friendly matches against the national teams of other national organizations but also in the European Championship of the European continental federation UEFA and the Football World Cup of FIFA . Eligible to play are players who have not yet reached the age of 21 in the first qualifying game for a tournament.

Trainer

Between 2002 and 2005 the German Rainer Bonhof coached the Scottish U-21 team. He was succeeded by Archie Knox , who was a coach between 2006 and 2007. He resigned on August 30, 2007 to devote himself to his work as a training coordinator for the Bolton Wanderers . Maurice Malpas stepped in as an interim coach. In January 2008, Billy Stark was the new head coach, who left his post at Scottish third division FC Queen's Park .

time	Trainer
2002-2005	Rainer Bonhof
2006-2007	Archie Knox
August 2007-January 2008	Maurice Malpas (interim trainer)
from January 2008	Billy Stark

U-21 European Championships

The first European Under-21 Championship ever held was in 1978. The limit was lowered from 23 years to 21. Scotland could not qualify, however. In 1980, the Scottish U-21s took part in a European Championship for the first time. In the quarter-finals, which is also round 1, they lost against the English selection 1: 2 (0: 0, 1: 2). In 1982 they were defeated by Italy 0-1 and in 1984 Scotland won the first leg in round 1 against Yugoslavia 2-1, but then lost in the second leg 3-1 after extra time. In 1988 they failed again to England (0: 1, 0: 1). At the European Championships in 1992, the U-21 team eliminated Germany in the quarter-finals (1: 1, 4: 3), but then failed in the semi-finals to Sweden with 0: 1. The last time a Scottish U-21 team played was in Spain in 1996. In the quarter-finals they defeated Hungary 4-1, the semi-final they lost 2-1 to Spain and in the third place match they were defeated 0-1 by Italy. Since then, the Scottish U-21 selection has not been able to qualify for a European Championship. Scotland is currently qualifying for the 2009 European Championship in Sweden . Scotland is in group 6 alongside Finland, Denmark, Slovenia and Lithuania, the respective winners of the ten groups and the four best runners-up play-off games to get into the main round in 2009. With a 1-0 Losing on the last day of the qualification, Scotland was thrown back to 3rd place in Group 6 and could not qualify for the European Championship in Sweden.

• 1978 : not qualified
• 1980 : quarter-finals
• 1982 : quarter-finals
• 1984 : quarter-finals
• 1986 : not qualified
• 1988 : quarter-finals
• 1990 : not qualified
• 1992 : semi-finals
• 1994 : not qualified
• 1996 : 4th place
• 1998 : not qualified
• 2000 : not qualified
• 2002 : not qualified
• 2004 : not qualified
• 2006 : not qualified
• 2007 : not qualified
• 2009 : not qualified
• 2011 : not qualified
• 2013 : not qualified
• 2015 : not qualified
• 2017 : not qualified
• 2019 : not qualified

Note : Between 1978 and 1992, the final round of a U-21 European Championship was not played in one country, but instead was played back and forth in the respective participating nations.

See also

• Scottish national football team
• Scottish National Football Team (U-17 Juniors)
• Scottish National Football Team (U-20 men)

Web links

• Association website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ kicker.de ( Memento of the original from September 13, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. European Championship qualification U 21 - 2007/08