Scotland national football team results (1940–1959)

This article lists the results for the Scotland national football team between 1940 and 1959. Scotland did not play any official matches between 1940 and 1945 because competitive football was suspended for the duration of the Second World War. Several unofficial internationals, some known as Victory Internationals, were played during this time.

Scotland national football team results
1872–1914 (matches 1–113) 1920–39 (matches 114–188) 1940–59 (matches 189–274) 1960–79 (matches 275–432) 1980–99 (matches 433–611) 2000–19 (matches 612–783) 2020–present (matches 784–839) Unofficial matches

Key

Key to matches Att. = Match attendance (H) = Home ground (A) = Away ground (N) = Neutral ground

Key to record by opponent Pld = Games played W = Games won D = Games drawn L = Games lost GF = Goals for GA = Goals against

Results

Scotland's score is shown first in each case.

Match number	Date	Venue	Opponents	Score	Competition	Scotland scorers	Att.	Ref.
189	23 January 1946	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Belgium	2–2	Friendly	Jimmy Delaney (2)	48,830	[1]
190	15 May 1946	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Switzerland	3–1	Friendly	Billy Liddell (2), Jimmy Delaney	111,899	[1]
191	19 October 1946	Racecourse Ground, Wrexham (A)	Wales	1–3	British Home Championship	Willie Waddell	29,568	[1]
192	27 November 1946	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Ireland	0–0	British Home Championship		98,776	[1]
193	12 April 1947	Wembley Stadium, London (A)	England	1–1	British Home Championship	Andy McLaren	98,200	[1]
194	18 May 1947	Stade Heysel, Brussels (A)	Belgium	1–2	Friendly	Billy Steel	51,161	[1]
195	24 May 1947	Stade Municipal, Luxembourg (A)	Luxembourg	6–0	Friendly	Bobby Flavell (2), Billy Steel (2), Andy McLaren (2)	4,000	[1]
196	4 October 1947	Windsor Park, Belfast (A)	Ireland	0–2	British Home Championship		52,000	[1]
197	12 November 1947	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Wales	1–2	British Home Championship	Andy McLaren	88,000	[1]
198	10 April 1948	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	England	0–2	British Home Championship		135,376	[1]
199	28 April 1948	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Belgium	2–0	Friendly	Bobby Combe, Davie Duncan	70,000	[1]
200	17 May 1948	Wankdorf Stadion, Bern (A)	Switzerland	1–2	Friendly	Leslie Johnston	30,000	[1]
201	23 May 1948	Stade Olympique, Colombes (A)	France	0–3	Friendly		46,032	[1]
202	23 October 1948	Ninian Park, Cardiff (A)	Wales	3–1	British Home Championship	Lawrie Reilly, Willie Waddell (2)	59,911	[1]
203	17 November 1948	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Ireland	3–2	British Home Championship	Billy Houliston (2), Jimmy Mason	93,000	[1]
204	9 April 1949	Wembley Stadium, London (A)	England	3–1	British Home Championship	Jimmy Mason, Billy Steel, Lawrie Reilly	98,188	[1]
205	27 April 1949	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	France	2–0	Friendly	Billy Steel (2)	125,683	[1]
206	1 October 1949	Windsor Park, Belfast (A)	Ireland	8–2	British Home Championship[note 1]	Henry Morris (3), Willie Waddell (2), Billy Steel, Lawrie Reilly, Jimmy Mason	50,000	[1]
207	9 November 1949	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Wales	2–0	British Home Championship[note 1]	John McPhail, Alec Linwood	73,782	[1]
208	15 April 1950	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	England	0–1	British Home Championship[note 1]		133,300	[1]
209	26 April 1950	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Switzerland	3–1	Friendly	Willie Bauld, Bobby Campbell, Allan Brown	123,751	[1]
210	21 May 1950	Estádio Nacional, Lisbon (A)	Portugal	2–2	Friendly	Willie Bauld, Allan Brown	68,000	[1]
211	27 May 1950	Stade Olympique, Colombes (A)	France	1–0	Friendly	Allan Brown	35,568	[1]
212	21 October 1950	Ninian Park, Cardiff (A)	Wales	3–1	British Home Championship	Lawrie Reilly (2), Billy Liddell	60,000	[1]
213	1 November 1950	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Northern Ireland	6–1	British Home Championship	John McPhail (2), Billy Steel (4)	83,142	[1]
214	13 December 1950	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Austria	0–1	Friendly		68,000	[1]
215	14 April 1951	Wembley Stadium, London (A)	England	3–2	British Home Championship	Bobby Johnstone, Lawrie Reilly, Billy Liddell	98,000	[2]
216	12 May 1951	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Denmark	3–1	Friendly	Billy Steel, Lawrie Reilly, Bobby Mitchell	75,690	[2]
217	16 May 1951	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	France	1–0	Friendly	Lawrie Reilly	75,394	[2]
218	20 May 1951	Stade Heysel, Brussels (A)	Belgium	5–0	Friendly	George Hamilton (3), Jimmy Mason, Willie Waddell	55,135	[2]
219	27 May 1951	Praterstadion, Vienna (A)	Austria	0–4	Friendly		65,000	[2]
220	6 October 1951	Windsor Park, Belfast (A)	Northern Ireland	3–0	British Home Championship	Tommy Orr, Bobby Johnstone (2)	56,946	[2]
221	14 November 1951	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Wales	0–1	British Home Championship		71,272	[2]
222	5 April 1952	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	England	1–2	British Home Championship	Lawrie Reilly	134,504	[2]
223	30 April 1952	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	United States	6–0	Friendly	Lawrie Reilly (3), Ian McMillan (2), Own goal	107,765	[2]
224	25 May 1952	Idrætsparken, Copenhagen (A)	Denmark	2–1	Friendly	Willie Thornton, Lawrie Reilly	39,000	[2]
225	30 May 1952	Råsunda Stadion, Solna (A)	Sweden	1–3	Friendly	Billy Liddell	32,122	[2]
226	18 October 1952	Ninian Park, Cardiff (A)	Wales	2–1	British Home Championship	Allan Brown, Billy Liddell	60,000	[2]
227	3 November 1952	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Northern Ireland	1–1	British Home Championship	Lawrie Reilly	65,057	[2]
228	18 April 1953	Wembley Stadium, London (A)	England	2–2	British Home Championship	Lawrie Reilly (2)	97,000	[2]
229	6 May 1953	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Sweden	1–2	Friendly	Bobby Johnstone	83,800	[2]
230	3 October 1953	Windsor Park, Belfast (A)	Northern Ireland	3–1	British Home Championship[note 2]	Charlie Fleming (2), Jackie Henderson	58,248	[2]
231	4 November 1953	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Wales	3–3	British Home Championship[note 2]	Allan Brown, Bobby Johnstone, Lawrie Reilly	71,378	[2]
232	3 April 1954	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	England	2–4	British Home Championship[note 2]	Allan Brown, Willie Ormond	134,544	[2]
233	5 May 1954	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Norway	1–0	Friendly	George Hamilton	25,897	[2]
234	19 May 1954	Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo (A)	Norway	1–1	Friendly	John Mackenzie	23,849	[2]
235	25 May 1954	Olympic Stadium, Helsinki (A)	Finland	2–1	Friendly	Willie Ormond, Bobby Johnstone	21,685	[2]
236	16 June 1954	Hardturm, Zürich (N)	Austria	0–1	World Cup		25,000	[2]
237	19 June 1954	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel (N)	Uruguay	0–7	World Cup		34,000	[2]
238	16 October 1954	Ninian Park, Cardiff (A)	Wales	1–0	British Home Championship	Paddy Buckley	53,000	[2]
239	3 November 1954	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Northern Ireland	2–2	British Home Championship	Jimmy Davidson, Bobby Johnstone	46,200	[2]
240	8 December 1954	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Hungary	2–4	Friendly	Tommy Ring, Bobby Johnstone	113,146	[2]
241	2 April 1955	Wembley Stadium, London (A)	England	2–7	British Home Championship	Lawrie Reilly, Tommy Docherty	96,847	[2]
242	4 May 1955	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Portugal	3–0	Friendly	Tommy Gemmell, Billy Liddell, Lawrie Reilly	20,858	[2]
243	15 May 1955	Stadion JNA, Belgrade (A)	Yugoslavia	2–2	Friendly	Lawrie Reilly, Gordon Smith	20,000	[2]
244	19 May 1955	Praterstadion, Vienna (A)	Austria	4–1	Friendly	Archie Robertson, Gordon Smith, Billy Liddell, Lawrie Reilly	65,000	[2]
245	29 May 1955	Nepstadion, Budapest (A)	Hungary	1–3	Friendly	Gordon Smith	102,000	[2]
246	8 October 1955	Windsor Park, Belfast (A)	Northern Ireland	1–2	British Home Championship	Lawrie Reilly	48,000	[2]
247	9 November 1955	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Wales	2–0	British Home Championship	Bobby Johnstone (2)	53,887	[2]
248	14 April 1956	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	England	1–1	British Home Championship	Graham Leggat	132,817	[3]
249	2 May 1956	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Austria	1–1	Friendly	Alfie Conn, Sr.	80,509	[3]
250	20 October 1956	Ninian Park, Cardiff (A)	Wales	2–2	British Home Championship	Willie Fernie, Lawrie Reilly	60,000	[3]
251	7 November 1956	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Northern Ireland	1–0	British Home Championship	Alex Scott	62,035	[3]
252	21 November 1956	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Yugoslavia	2–0	Friendly	Jackie Mudie, Sammy Baird	55,500	[3]
253	6 April 1957	Wembley Stadium, London (A)	England	1–2	British Home Championship	Tommy Ring	97,520	[3]
254	8 May 1957	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Spain	4–2	World Cup qualification	Jackie Mudie (3), John Hewie	88,890	[3]
255	19 May 1957	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel (A)	Switzerland	2–1	World Cup qualification	Jackie Mudie, Bobby Collins	48,000	[3]
256	22 May 1957	Neckarstadion, Stuttgart (A)	West Germany	3–1	Friendly	Bobby Collins (2), Jackie Mudie	76,000	[3]
257	26 May 1957	Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid (A)	Spain	1–4	World Cup qualification	Gordon Smith	90,000	[3]
258	5 October 1957	Windsor Park, Belfast (A)	Northern Ireland	1–1	British Home Championship	Graham Leggat	50,000	[3]
259	6 November 1957	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Switzerland	3–2	World Cup qualification	Archie Robertson, Jackie Mudie, Alex Scott	58,811	[3]
260	13 November 1957	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Wales	1–1	British Home Championship	Bobby Collins	42,918	[3]
261	19 April 1958	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	England	0–4	British Home Championship		127,874	[3]
262	7 May 1958	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Hungary	1–1	Friendly	Jackie Mudie	54,900	[3]
263	1 June 1958	Dziesieciolecia Stadion, Warsaw (A)	Poland	2–1	Friendly	Bobby Collins (2)	70,000	[3]
264	8 June 1958	Arosvallen, Västerås (N)	Yugoslavia	1–1	World Cup	Jimmy Murray	9,591	[3]
265	11 June 1958	Idrottsparken, Norrköping (N)	Paraguay	2–3	World Cup	Jackie Mudie, Bobby Collins	11,665	[3]
266	15 June 1958	Eyravallen, Örebro (N)	France	1–2	World Cup	Sammy Baird	13,554	[3]
267	18 October 1958	Ninian Park, Cardiff (A)	Wales	3–0	British Home Championship	Graham Leggat, Denis Law, Bobby Collins	59,162	[3]
268	5 November 1958	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Northern Ireland	2–2	British Home Championship	David Herd, Bobby Collins	72,732	[3]
269	11 April 1959	Wembley Stadium, London (A)	England	0–1	British Home Championship		98,329	[3]
270	6 May 1959	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	West Germany	3–2	Friendly	John White, Andy Weir, Graham Leggat	103,415	[3]
271	27 May 1959	Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam (A)	Netherlands	2–1	Friendly	Bobby Collins, Graham Leggat	55,000	[3]
272	3 June 1959	Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon (A)	Portugal	0–1	Friendly		30,000	[3]
273	3 October 1959	Windsor Park, Belfast (A)	Northern Ireland	4–0	British Home Championship	Graham Leggat, John Hewie, John White, George Mulhall	59,000	[3]
274	4 November 1959	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Wales	1–1	British Home Championship	Graham Leggat	55,813	[3]

Record by opponent

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	WPCT
Austria	5	1	1	3	5	8	−3	20.00
Belgium	4	2	1	1	10	4	+6	50.00
Denmark	2	2	0	0	5	2	+3	100.00
England	13	2	3	8	16	30	−14	15.38
Finland	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	100.00
France	5	3	0	2	5	5	0	60.00
Hungary	3	0	1	2	4	8	−4	0.00
Ireland	4	2	1	1	11	6	+5	50.00
Luxembourg	1	1	0	0	6	0	+6	100.00
Netherlands	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	100.00
Northern Ireland	10	5	4	1	24	10	+14	50.00
Norway	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	50.00
Paraguay	1	0	0	1	2	3	−1	0.00
Poland	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	100.00
Portugal	3	1	1	1	5	3	+2	33.33
Spain	2	1	0	1	5	6	−1	50.00
Sweden	2	0	0	2	2	5	−3	0.00
Switzerland	5	4	0	1	12	7	+5	80.00
United States	1	1	0	0	6	0	+6	100.00
Uruguay	1	0	0	1	0	7	−7	0.00
Wales	14	7	4	3	25	16	+9	50.00
West Germany	2	2	0	0	6	3	+3	100.00
Yugoslavia	3	1	2	0	5	3	+2	33.33
Total	86	39	19	28	162	130	+32	45.35

Source: Results

British Home Championship record by season

Year	Placing
1946–47	3rd (joint)
1947–48	4th
1948–49	1st
1949–50	2nd
1950–51	1st
1951–52	3rd
1952–53	1st (joint)
1953–54	2nd
1954–55	2nd
1955–56	1st (joint)
1956–57	2nd
1957–58	3rd (joint)
1958–59	3rd
1959–60	1st (joint)

Notes

1. The 1950 British Home Championship also served as a 1950 FIFA World Cup qualification group. Scotland finished second in Group 1 and qualified for the 1950 FIFA World Cup. The Scottish Football Association (SFA) had declared, however, that it would only send the team to the World Cup if they had won the British Championship. Despite protests from some players that Scotland should participate in the World Cup, the SFA adhered to its position and withdrew the team from the tournament.
2. The 1954 British Home Championship also served as a 1954 FIFA World Cup qualification group. Scotland finished second in UEFA Group 3 and qualified for the 1954 FIFA World Cup.

References

1. Brown, Alan; Tossani, Gabriele (18 July 2013). "Scotland - International Matches 1946-1950". RSSSF. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
2. Brown, Alan; Tossani, Gabriele (26 September 2013). "Scotland - International Matches 1951-1955". RSSSF. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
3. Brown, Alan; Tossani, Gabriele (23 January 2014). "Scotland - International Matches 1956-1960". RSSSF. Retrieved 3 February 2014.

External links

• RSSSF: Scotland - International Results
• Scottish FA: National Team Archive