Kenny Miller - Brazil vs Scotland Mar11 (cropped)

This article lists all the

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of the

Scotland national football team The Scotland national football team gd, Sgioba Ball-coise Nàiseanta na h-Alba sco, Scotland National Fitbaa Team represents Scotland in men's international Association football, football and is controlled by the Scottish Football Association. ...

. As of 16 November 2022, Scotland have played 816 officially recognised international matches and have had 155 different team captains. George Young captained Scotland most often, with 48. Four other players (

Billy Bremner William John Bremner (9 December 1942 – 7 December 1997) was a Scottish professional footballer and manager. Regarded as one of the game's great midfielders, he combined precision passing skills with tenacious tackling and physical stam ...

, Darren Fletcher,

Gary McAllister Gary McAllister MBE (born 25 December 1964) is a Scottish professional football coach and former player. McAllister played primarily as a midfielder in a career spanning over nineteen years. He started his career at local side Motherwell ...

and Andrew Robertson) have captained the team at least 30 times. The first captain of the Scotland team was Robert Gardner, who led the team in the first ever international match, against

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on 30 November 1872. He went on to captain Scotland on just one further occasion, the second international match, on 8 March 1873, against the same opposition.

List of captains

;Key

Statistics include official

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recognised matches, five matches from a 1967 overseas tour that were reclassified as full internationals in 2021, and a match against a Hong Kong League XI played on 23 May 2002 that the

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includes in its statistical totals.

Unofficial games

The above list considers captains selected for games officially recognised by

and the

. In addition to these, there have been a number of games played by Scotland teams on an unofficial basis, for example the "wartime internationals" during the

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. Some of the captains selected for these unofficial games are listed below. *

Jimmy Brownlie James Brownlie (15 May 1885 – 29 December 1973) was a Scottish footballer and manager, who played as a goalkeeper. Career Brownlie was born in Blantyre, Lanarkshire, and was an outstanding personality in Scottish football over many years, ...

* Jimmy Gordon * Tom Smith *

Matt Busby Sir Alexander Matthew Busby (26 May 1909 – 20 January 1994) was a Scottish football player and manager, who managed Manchester United between 1945 and 1969 and again for the second half of the 1970–71 season. He was the first manager of an ...

Bill Shankly William Shankly (2 September 1913 – 29 September 1981) was a Scottish football player and manager, who is best known for his time as manager of Liverpool. Shankly brought success to Liverpool, gaining promotion to the First Division and winnin ...

* Tommy Walker *

Jock Shaw John Shaw (29 November 1912 – 13 June 2000) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a defender, most famous for his time at Rangers, where he was captain between 1938 and 1950. Career Rangers signed Shaw, known as 'Tiger' for his ...

* George Young

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References

External links

Scotland captains by date
London Hearts Supporters' Club {{DEFAULTSORT:List Of Scotland National Football Team Captains

Captains Captain is a title, an appellative for the commanding officer of a military unit; the supreme leader of a navy ship, merchant ship, aeroplane, spacecraft, or other vessel; or the commander of a port, fire or police department, election precinct, e ...

Scotland Scotland (, ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to ...

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