Scottish women's national football team

Scotland
Scotland
Alba [ ˈaləpə ] ( gäl. )

Association	Scottish Football Association
confederacy	UEFA
Technical sponsor	adidas
Head coach	Shelley Kerr
captain	Rachel Corsie
Record scorer	Julie Fleeting (116)
Record player	Gemma Fay (203)
Home stadium	Changing stages
FIFA code	SCO
FIFA rank	21. (1804 points) (as of August 14, 2020)
First jersey Second jersey
Balance sheet
342 games 141 wins 48 draws 153 losses
statistics
First international Scotland 2-3 England ( Greenock , Scotland ; November 18, 1972 )
Biggest win Scotland 17-0 Lithuania ( Glasgow , Scotland ; May 31, 1998 )
Biggest defeat England 8-0 Scotland ( Nuneaton , England ; 23 Jun 1973 )
Successes in tournaments
World Championship
Participation in the finals	1 ( First : 2019 )
Best results	Preliminary round 2019
European Championship
Participation in the finals	1 ( first : 2017 )
Best results	Preliminary round 2017
(As of November 8, 2019 )

The Scottish Women's National Football Team represents Scotland in international women's football . The national team is subordinate to the Scottish Football Association and was coached by the Swede Anna Signeul from 2005 to 2017 . Since then, the team has been coached by former international Shelley Kerr .

Scotland was one of the first countries to host women's internationals. 100 years after the first international match of the men between Scotland and England , the Scots met on 18 November 1972, England . England is also the most frequent opponent with 26 games, whereby the Scottish women could only win twice. All other games up to 2013 against the English women were lost. At the Cyprus Cup in 2013 , both drew for the first time (4: 4).

The Scottish selection was able to qualify for the first time in September 2016 for the European Championship finals that took place the following year. In general, Scottish women's football is living a wallflower existence. Hardly more than 1,000 spectators came to the national team's games in the first few years. Nevertheless, with Julie Fleeting ( Arsenal London ) one can boast a star known throughout Great Britain.

In qualifying for the 2011 World Cup , the team met Denmark , Greece , Bulgaria and Georgia . With only one point behind Denmark, we took second place. The decision to win the group was only made on the last day of the match in a direct encounter, with the Danes a draw being enough, while the Scottish women had to win. By 0-0, the Danes qualified as the last team for the playoffs, in which they failed. In 2018, the team qualified for the World Cup finals for the first time and prevailed against Switzerland, Poland, Albania and Belarus.

In the FIFA world rankings , Scotland climbed from 31st place in March 2004 to its best position ever in March 2014, 19th place. The team is currently in 22nd place.

Tournament balance sheet

World Championship

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1991  : did not participate 1995  : not qualified 1999  : not qualified 2003  : not qualified

2007  : not qualified 2011  : not qualified 2015  : not qualified 2019  : preliminary round

European Championship

1984  : not qualified 1987  : not qualified 1989  : withdrawn 1991  : did not participate 1993  : not qualified 1995  : not qualified

1997  : not qualified 2001  : not qualified 2005  : not qualified 2009  : not qualified 2013  : not qualified 2017  : preliminary round

Olympic games

1996  : did not take part as not an IOC member 2000  : did not take part as not an IOC member 2004  : did not take part as not an IOC member

2008  : did not take part as not an IOC member 2012  : Part of the British team 2016  : did not take part as not an IOC member

For the 2012 Olympic Games , the four British Football Associations had agreed that the FA should take over the roster for the automatically qualified host country (on behalf of the Olympic Committee of Great Britain and Northern Ireland). It was not yet clear whether players from other British associations would be nominated. Some Scottish players have expressed an interest in participating. On June 26th, Hope Powell , England women's national soccer team coach , named the British squad for the Olympic Games . Among them were Ifeoma Dieke and Kim Little , two Scottish players. In addition, Jane Ross was named as one of four reserve players.

Algarve Cup

The national team first took part in the Algarve Cup in 2002 and finished in 10th place.

Cyprus Cup

Scotland took part in this annual spring tournament in Cyprus from 2009 to 2015 and 2017 . The best ranking so far is fourth place, which was achieved in 2011 and 2014.

Pinatar Cup

In March 2020, the Scottish team won the first ever Pinatar Cup and thus a tournament for the first time.

Squad

The following players are in the squad for the Pinatar Cup .

No.	Surname	Date of birth	society	debut	Calls	Gates	Last use
	goal
01	Lee Alexander *	23 Sep 1991	Glasgow City LFC	2017	023	00	07.03.2020
21st	Jenna Fife *	0Dec. 1, 1995	Rangers FC	2018	005	00	March 4th, 2020
12	Shannon Lynn *	Oct 22, 1985	Vittsjö GIK	2010	031	00	03/10/2020
Defense
04th	Rachel Corsie *	Aug 17, 1989	Utah Royals FC	2009	116	16	03/10/2020
05	Nicola Docherty *	23 Aug 1992	Glasgow City LFC	2011	022nd	00	03/10/2020
25th	Hannah Godfrey	July 17, 1997	Tottenham Hotspur Women	2019	003	01	07.03.2020
15th	Sophie Howard *	17 Sep 1993	Reading FC Women	2017	018th	01	03/10/2020
07th	Hayley Lauder *	04th July 1990	Glasgow City LFC	2010	103	09	03/10/2020
03	Emma Mitchell	19 Sep 1992	Tottenham Hotspur Women	2011	062	07th	03/10/2020
04th	Amy Muir	07th Mar 2000	Hibernian Edinburgh LFC	2020	001	00	03/10/2020
02	Kirsty Smith *	0Jan. 6, 1994	Manchester United WFC	2014	040	00	March 4th, 2020
midfield
23	Lizzie Arnot *	01st Mar 1996	Manchester United WFC	2015	032	02	03/10/2020
06th	Rachael Boyle	Dec 20, 1991	Hibernian Edinburgh LFC	2010	034	00	03/10/2020
10	Leanne Crichton *	0Aug 6, 1987	Glasgow City LFC	2006	068	03	03/10/2020
20th	Lucy Graham	Oct 10, 1996	Everton FC	2017	006th	00	03/10/2020
24	Samantha Kerr	Apr 17, 1989	Glasgow City LFC	2020	001	00	March 4th, 2020
16	Christie Murray *	0May 3, 1990	Liverpool FC Women	2007	066	05	03/10/2020
09	Caroline Weir *	June 20, 1995	Manchester City WFC	2013	071	10	03/10/2020
attack
22nd	Erin Cuthbert *	July 19, 1998	Chelsea FC Women	2016	036	12	03/10/2020
18th	Claire Emslie *	0March 8 1994	Melbourne City FC	2013	029	07th	07.03.2020
11	Lisa Evans *	May 21, 1992	Arsenal WFC	2011	083	17th	11/08/2019
17th	Abbi Grant	Nov 12, 1995	Birmingham City	2018	007th	02	03/10/2020
13	Jane Ross *	Sep 18 1989	Manchester United WFC	2009	132	60	03/10/2020
19th	Martha Thomas	May 31, 1996	West Ham United	2020	002	02	03/10/2020

1. ↑ Numbers at the Pinatar Cup
2. ↑ Players marked with "*" were also in the World Cup squad
3. ↑ As of March 2020
4. ↑ ^{a b} as of March 10, 2020

In the last 12 months, the following were also deployed or appointed:

Player	Date of birth	society	debut	International matches	International goals	Last use
goal
Rachel Harrison	Oct 11, 1989	FC Spartans		000	00
Defense
Chloe Arthur *	Jan. 21, 1995	Birmingham City WFC	2015	021st	00	11/08/2019
Jennifer Beattie *	May 13, 1991	Arsenal FC	2008	128	23	08/30/2019
Frankie Brown	0Oct 8, 1987	Bristol City WFC	2008	096	00	03/06/2019
Rachel McLauchlan	0July 7, 1997	Glasgow City LFC	2016	007th	00	01/22/2018
Joelle Murray *	0Nov 7, 1986	Hibernian Edinburgh LFC	2007	048	01	03/06/2019
midfield
Kim Little *	June 29, 1990	Arsenal WFC	2007	137	59	08/30/2019
Joanne Love *	0Dec 6, 1985	Glasgow City LFC	2002	191	13	04/08/2019
attack
Fiona Brown *	31 Mar 1995	FC Rosengård	2015	039	02	06/19/2019
Lana Clelland *	Jan. 26, 1993	AC Florence	2012	026th	04th	06/14/2019
Kirsty Hanson	Apr 17, 1998	Manchester United	2019	001	00	11/08/2019
Abi Harrison	0Dec 7, 1997	Bristol City WFC	2018	003	00	03/06/2019
Zoe Ness	24 Mar 1996	Lewes FC	2018	009	01	08/30/2019

Record players

Games	Surname	position	Period
203	Gemma Fay	goal	1997-2017
191	Joanne Love	midfield	2002–
141	Pauline Hamill	Storm	1992-2010
137	Kim Little	Forward / midfield	2007–
133	Leanne Ross	midfield	2006-2017
132	Jane Ross	Storm	2009–
130	Megan Sneddon	midfield	2002-2014
128	Jennifer Beattie	Defense	2008–
123	Ifeoma Dieke	Defense	2004-2017
121	Julie Fleeting	Storm	1996–2011, 2015
117	Rhonda Jones	Defense	1998-2013
116	Rachel Corsie	Defense	2009–
104	Suzanne Grant	Storm	2000-2013
103	Hayley Lauder	Storm	2010–

As of March 10, 2020

Games against national teams from German-speaking countries

All results from a Scottish perspective.

Germany

date	place	Result	occasion
March 27, 2003	Potsdam	0: 5	European Championship qualification
May 2, 2004	Livingston	1: 3	European Championship qualification
October 20, 2005	Bayreuth	0: 4	World Cup qualification
September 23, 2006	Perth	0: 5	World Cup qualification
June 15, 2013	eat	0: 3

Switzerland

date	place	Result	occasion
July 1, 1978	Pescara	0-0	Tournament in Italy
August 19, 2004	Dingwall	6-0
April 26, 2006	Perth	1-0	World Cup qualification
August 26, 2006	Willisau	1: 1	World Cup qualification
June 8, 2010	train	1-0	Friendly match
August 21, 2011	Falkirk	5-0	Friendly match
5th April 2018	Schaffhausen	0: 1	World Cup qualification
August 30, 2018	Paisley	2: 1	World Cup qualification

Austria

date	place	Result	occasion
September 29, 2001	Leopoldsdorf	2: 1	World Cup qualification
May 5, 2002	Livingston	6-0	World Cup qualification
March 6, 2017	Nicosia	3: 1	Cyprus Cup 2017

See also

• List of internationals for the Scottish national football team
• Scottish national football team

Web links

• Official website of the Scottish Women's National Team
• Scotland on the FIFA website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ scottishfa.co: Corsie to lead Scotland Women's National Team
2. ↑ Women's world rankings. In: fifa.com. FIFA , August 14, 2020, accessed on August 14, 2020 (teams without a place and points are provisional because no more than five games have been played or the teams have been inactive for more than 18 months). 
3. ↑ Won one game on penalties.
4. ↑ Scotland in FIFA Women's World Ranking
5. ↑ FIFA.com: London 2012 Women's Olympic Football Tournament Qualification
6. ↑ FIFA.com: Great Britain (ENG)
7. ^ Thefa.com: Powell confirms the Olympic line-up
8. ↑ scottishfa.co: "Scotland squad named for Pinatar Cup"