List of Scotland international footballers (4–9 caps) explained

The Scotland national football team is the joint-oldest international football team, having played in the first official international match, a goalless draw on 30 November 1872 against England.[1] Since then, the team has established a long-standing rivalry with England, particularly in the annual British Home Championship, which Scotland won 24 times outright and shared a further 17 times.[2] The team has enjoyed less success in continental and global competition. Even though Scotland has participated in eight FIFA World Cup and three UEFA European Championship final tournaments, the team has never progressed beyond the first round of any major tournament.[3] [4]

Kenny Dalglish, the only man to have won more than 100 caps for Scotland, was the only Scottish player named in the FIFA 100.[5] Denis Law, 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.[6] The Scottish Football Association maintains a roll of honour for players who have won at least 50 caps.[7] This distinction was launched in March 1998, when 11 players had already achieved that mark.[7]

This list includes all players with between 4 and 9 appearances for the national team.

List of players

Key
Still active for the national team
Player!scope=col rowspan=2 class=unsortable
scope=col rowspan=2Capsscope=col rowspan=2Goals scope=col colspan=2Debutscope=col colspan=2Last or most recent match
scope=colDate scope=colOpponentscope=colDate scope=colOpponent
40
80
50
63
81
72
40
[8] 70
71
40
40
70
80
80
41
60
88
80
41
40
50
80
70
60
72
80
81
[9] 60
50
51
46
80
60
41
53
54
40
40
60
40
40
[10] 40
70
90
81
90
50
50
90
90
90
80
51
51
81
50
50
61
50
61
80
60
62
40
44
70
70
90
65
41
50
40
50
50
40
40
40
70
54
80Hong Kong League XI
90
50
73
81
70
40
53
60
60
40
60
60
40
54
57
80
71
53
51
80
41
41
50
71
72
81
50
40
[11] 40
40
90
40
81
80
60
[12] 83
65
62
[13] 41
[14] 92
70
60
[15] 60
50
80
510
61
95
50
86
50
70
73
51
71
41
50
92
95
40
70
[16] 41
60
74
60
50
[17] 91
51
60
52
50
40
40
73
50
54
70
40
42
60
41
60
[18] 76
83
91
40
44
50
41
[19] 91
40
50
91
66
62
60
40
50
40
53
[20] 95
80
80
50
60
50
61
80
90
70
60
51
40
53
50
40
62
70
62
80
50
40
52
50
[21] 40
80
91
90
94
71
50
52
40
[22] 40
40
61
90
94
50
50
90
60
40
72
60
50
50
50
60
40
40
91
40
40
50
41
60
70
[23] 40
[24] 41
81
41
50
50
90
70
61
40
[25] 90
53
70
[26] 60
43
61
42
60
50
[27] 61
51
60
41
50
40
40
40
85

See also

Footnotes

  1. Web site: The first international football match. BBC . Paul. Mitchell. 7 March 2009.
  2. Web site: British Home Championship Overview. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 1 October 1999. 3 March 2009.
  3. News: Eck: We'd Have Gone Far . Daily Record. Glasgow. 24 November 2007. 3 March 2009. Gary. Ralston.
  4. Web site: England 0-0 Scotland: Andy Robertson says 'make sure it's not a pointless result' . BBC Sport . 18 June 2021 . 19 June 2021.
  5. Web site: Pele's list of the greatest. BBC Sport . 4 March 2004. 3 March 2009.
  6. Web site: European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or"). Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 16 January 2009. 3 March 2009.
  7. Web site: International Roll of Honour. Scottish Football Association. 3 March 2009. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20080705043617/http://www.scottishfa.co.uk/scottish_football.cfm?curpageid=350. 5 July 2008.
  8. The Scottish FA profile attributes an appearance by Andy Beattie on 8 October 1938 to Bobby Beattie.
  9. Web site: Former Scotland players to be recognised with international caps including Sir Alex Ferguson . www.scottishfa.co.uk . Scottish Football Association . 9 October 2021 . 10 October 2021.
  10. The Scottish FA website merges the statistics of James Connor (active in the 1880s) and Jimmy Connor (active in the 1930s) into a single profile.
  11. The Scottish FA website merges the statistics of John Hunter (born 1878) and John Hunter (active in the 1870s) into a single profile.
  12. There is some uncertainty over the sixth Scotland goal in a 7–3 win over Ireland in 1929: both Hughie Gallacher, who had already scored four times, and Alex James went for the ball at the same point. Correspondence between Queen of the South FC and the Scottish Football Museum in 2016 favoured Gallacher, stating "Hughie himself was insistent that the goal was his, claiming that as he and Alex James (who was a good friend of his) were of a similar build (and of course in 1929 there were no numbers on the jerseys), it was easy for pressmen to make a mistake". James remains credited with the goal in some sources, including the Scottish Football Association website profiles, while the Scottish Football Hall of Fame include the contradictory statement that Gallacher's total was 23 goals but that he scored a record five in a match against Ireland.
  13. The Scottish FA website attributes the 1885 appearance by Hugh Wilson to Leitch Keir.
  14. Some sources attribute Kelly's first cap and goal in 1886 to John Lambie who had to withdraw from the team at short notice but was still included in match reports.
  15. The Scottish FA profile attributes an appearance by Sandy Kennedy on 25 March 1876 to Jack Kennedy.
  16. The Scottish FA website merges the statistics of Jack Marshall (born 1892) and John Marshall (active in the 1880s) into a single profile.
  17. The Scottish FA profile attributes an appearance by Bob McAuley on 31 October 1931 to James McAulay.
  18. The Scottish FA profile omits a goal scored by Jimmy McGrory on 28 March 1931.
  19. The Scottish FA profile attributes an appearance made by Tommy McLean on 16 October 1968 to George McLean.
  20. The Scottish FA website attributes the 1891 appearance by John McPherson (born 1867) to John McPherson (born 1868). Most sources credit a goal in the Ireland v Scotland fixture of 1890 to John McPherson (born 1868, but contemporary reports credit this to Gilbert Rankin (who also scored two other goals in the match).
  21. The Scottish Football Association archive credits the third Scotland goal in the 9–3 match to Davie Wilson, and footage from the match (Footage #1 – 2:05 and Footage #2 – 1:29) appears to confirm this; most sources (and the contemporary commentary on the footage) credit the goal to Pat Quinn.
  22. The Scottish FA website merges the statistics of Tommy Robertson (born 1876) and Thomas Robertson (born 1864) into a single profile.
  23. The Scottish FA website merges the statistics of John Thomson and Jock Thomson into a single profile.
  24. The Scottish FA website merges the statistics of William Thomson (Dumbarton FC player) and William Thomson (Dundee FC player) into a single profile.
  25. The Scottish FA website merges the statistics of John Walker and Jock Walker into a single profile.
  26. The Scottish FA profile attributes an appearance by Jimmy Watson (born 1924) on 4 October 1947 to Jimmy Watson (born 1877).
  27. The Scottish FA profile omits a goal scored by Andrew Wilson on 4 April 1908.

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