The

Scotland national football team The Scotland national football team represents Scotland in men's international Association football, football and is controlled by the Scottish Football Association. They compete in three major professional tournaments: the FIFA World Cup, UEFA ...

is the joint-oldest international

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team, having played in the first official international match, a goalless draw on 30 November 1872 against

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. Since then, the team has established a long-standing rivalry with England, particularly in the annual

British Home Championship The British Home Championship (historically known as the British International Championship or simply the International Championship) was an annual football competition contested between the United Kingdom's four national teams: England, Scotlan ...

, which Scotland won 24 times outright and shared a further 17 times. The team has enjoyed less success in continental and global competition. Even though Scotland has participated in eight

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and three

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final tournaments, the team has never progressed beyond the first round of any major tournament.

Kenny Dalglish Sir Kenneth Mathieson Dalglish (born 4 March 1951) is a Scottish former association football, football player and manager (association football), manager. He is regarded as one of the greatest players of all time as well as one of Celtic's, Liv ...

, the only man to have won more than 100 caps for Scotland, was the only Scottish player named in the

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Denis Law Denis Law (24 February 1940 – 17 January 2025) was a Scottish footballer who played as a forward. His career as a football player began at Second Division Huddersfield Town in 1956. After four years at Huddersfield, he was signed by Manchest ...

, who shares with Dalglish the record for the most goals scored for the national team, is the only Scottish player to have won the European Footballer of the Year award. The

Scottish Football Association The Scottish Football Association (; also known as the Scottish FA and the SFA) is the governing body of football in Scotland and has the ultimate responsibility for the control and development of football in Scotland. Members of the SFA incl ...

maintains a roll of honour for players who have won at least 50 caps. This distinction was launched in March 1998, when 11 players had already achieved that mark. This list includes all players with between 4 and 9 appearances for the national team.

List of players

;Key

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References

External links

Scottish FA Archive

at Londonhearts.com {{DEFAULTSORT:List of Scotland international footballers (4 - 9 caps) Association football player non-biographical articles

List of players

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