Scotland national football team results (1920–1939)
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The Scotland national football team represents Scotland in international association football and is controlled by the Scottish Football Association. It is the joint-oldest national football team in the world, alongside England, Scotland's opponents in what is now recognised as the world's first international football match, which took place at Hamilton Crescent in Glasgow in November 1872.[1]
Between the resumption of international football after the
Scotland started to play matches against opposition from beyond the British Isles between the wars, playing ad-hoc friendly matches against Austria, Czechoslovakia, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway and Switzerland. The first FIFA World Cup was played in 1930, but none of the Home Nations, including Scotland, participated in the tournament before the Second World War. This was because their associations had been excluded from FIFA due to a disagreement regarding the status of amateur players.[4] The four associations, including Scotland, returned to the FIFA fold after the Second World War.[4]
Key
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Results
Scotland's score is shown first in each case.
Record by opponent
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | WPCT |
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Austria | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 0.00 |
Czechoslovakia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | +7 | 100.00 |
England | 20 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 35 | 27 | +8 | 55.00 |
France | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 100.00 |
Germany | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 50.00 |
Hungary | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 100.00 |
Ireland | 20 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 46 | 14 | +32 | 75.00 |
Italy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 0.00 |
Netherlands | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 100.00 |
Norway | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 100.00 |
Switzerland | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 100.00 |
Wales | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 42 | 33 | +9 | 50.00 |
Total | 75 | 46 | 12 | 17 | 160 | 95 | +65 | 61.33 |
British Home Championship record
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References
- ISBN 0-00-218049-9.
- ^ ISBN 0-85112-449-6.
- ^ a b "Hampden". Scottish Football Association. Archived from the original on 5 October 2012. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
149,415. Scotland v England, 1937 – All-time record gate for a European international match.
- ^ a b "The four British associations return to FIFA after the Second World War: 25th FIFA Congress in Luxembourg in 1946". FIFA. Archived from the original on 14 June 2010. Retrieved 20 February 2010.
- ^ Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 27 June 2012.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai Brown, Alan; Tossani, Gabriele (25 February 2011). "Scotland – International Matches 1921–1930". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 27 June 2012.
- British Pathé
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak Brown, Alan; Tossani, Gabriele (25 February 2011). "Scotland – International Matches 1931–1939". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 27 June 2012.
- ^ Reyes, Macario; Morrison, Neil (1 October 1999). "British Home Championship 1920-1939". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 30 August 2015.