Scotland national football team results (unofficial matches)

From 1870 to the present day, the Scotland national football team have played various matches that are not accorded the status of official (FIFA) internationals by the governing body, the Scottish Football Association.^[1][2] These include early matches against England prior to the first-ever official international in 1872,^[3] wartime fixtures between 1914–1919 and 1939–1946 when official competitions were suspended,^[4] overseas tour matches played by a Scotland XI of varying strength and status,^[5] and others as specified.

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 784–849) Unofficial matches

While some of the tour matches (involving players under consideration for the national team, some having already been capped at full level) could be seen as similar in status to those played by the Scotland B team, they have not been recorded officially as such.

List of Matches

1870s–1910s

1870–1872 England v Scotland matches

Further information: England v Scotland representative football matches (1870–72)

The selection of the Scottish XI were players drawn from living and working in and around London area. Some of the players' Scottish links were tenuous and in some cases non-existent.^[6]

Names of note included Alexander Morten, who played in the first match, Arnold Kirke-Smith, who played in two matches, and William Lindsay, who played in all five matches, of the Scotland representative team were all in fact later capped by the official England national team.^[6]

England  v  Scotland

5 March 1870 International Friendly	England	1–1	Scotland	London
15:15	Baker 89'	Report 1 Report 2	Crawford 75'	Stadium: The Oval Cricket Ground Attendance: 500

England  v  Scotland

19 November 1870 International Friendly	England	1–0	Scotland	London
15:00	Walker 10'	Report 1 Report 2		Stadium: The Oval Cricket Ground Attendance: 650 Referee: M.P. Betts / A. Morton

England  v  Scotland

25 February 1871 International Friendly[a]	England	1–1	Scotland	London
15:30	Walker	Report 1 Report 2	Nepean 15'	Stadium: The Oval Cricket Ground Attendance: >500 Referee: C.M. Tebbut / R. Barker / W. Wallace

1. F McLean (alternatively Maclean, McClew or McClean) of the Scotland XI was discovered to be a pseudonym for Frederick Chappell who had no Scottish connections. He was capped by England in the first official international.^[6]

England  v  Scotland

18 November 1871 International Friendly	England	2–1	Scotland	London
15:00	Walker	Report 1 Report 2	Tailyour	Stadium: The Oval Cricket Ground Attendance: >600 Referee: A. Stair / G. Kennedy

England  v  Scotland

24 February 1872 International Friendly	England	1–0	Scotland	London
15:25	Clegg	Report 1 Report 2		Stadium: The Oval Cricket Ground Attendance: <1000 Referee: A. Morten

1880

In 1880, a Scottish tour of Canada and The United States was suggested. Several preparatory matches were played, mostly against club sides and including a mini-tour of northern England, with the potential traveling squad referred to as the 'Scotch Canadians'. However, the tour itself never went ahead after the death of its main organiser, SFA secretary William Dick.^[7][8] Four matches are detailed below:

A match was scheduled with Morton on May 22,^[9] but was cancelled because the Greenock Academy directors refused them permission to use Academy Park.^[10]

Rangers v  Scotland

1 January 1880[11] Friendly	Rangers	2–3	Scotland	Kinning Park
				Stadium: Kinning Park Attendance: 1,500 Referee: J. A. Allan

Tyne and District v  Scotland

2 January 1880[12] Friendly	Tyne and District	0–5	Scotland	Newcastle
				Attendance: 2000

Blackburn Rovers v  Scotland

3 January 1880[13] Friendly	Blackburn Rovers	1–8	Scotland	Blackburn
				Stadium: Alexandra Meadows[14] Attendance: 3000

Darwen v  Scotland

7 February 1880[15] Friendly	Darwen	3–7	Scotland
				Attendance: 6000

Manchester Wanderers v  Scotland

9 February 1880[16] Friendly

Manchester Wanderers

1–8

Scotland

Manchester Cricket Club

Nottingham Forest v  Scotland

10 February 1880[17] Friendly	Nottingham Forest	0–2	Scotland	West Bridgford
				Stadium: Trent Bridge Attendance: 6,000

Scottish Counties v  Scotland

14 February 1880[18] Friendly	Scottish Counties	2–2	Scotland	Kinning Park
	Beveridge 30' T. Patterson 86'		Ker Smith 88'	Stadium: Kinning Park

Ayrshire v  Scotland

21 February 1880[19] Friendly[a]	Ayrshire	1–3	Scotland	Kilmarnock
				Stadium: Rugby Park

1. Trial match for the Ayshire FA XI ahead of its match with Lancashire FA XI on February 28.^[20]

Heart of Midlothian v  Scotland

13 March 1880[21][22] Friendly	Heart of Midlothian	1–5	Scotland	Edinburgh
	C. Nelson		Campbell J. Galloway W. Struthers T. Masterton (o.g.)	Stadium: Powderhall Attendance: 500

Abercorn/St Mirren XI v  Scotland

20 March 1880[23] Friendly	Abercorn/St Mirren XI	1–8	Scotland	Paisley
				Stadium: Thistle Park

Hibernian v  Scotland

17 April 1880[24] Friendly	Hibernian	0–3	Scotland	Leith
			Kay 30' Ferguson Smith	Stadium: Hibernian Park Attendance: 5,000

Johnstone XI v  Scotland

23 June 1880[25] Friendly

Johnstone XI

3–7

Scotland

1888

Aberdeen XI v  Scotland

21 April 1888 Friendly[26][27]	Aberdeen XI	1–6	Scotland	Aberdeen
				Stadium: The Chanonry Attendance: 4,000

Motherwell v  Scotland

24 April 1888 Friendly[28]	Motherwell	1–2	Scotland	Motherwell
				Stadium: Roman Road Park Attendance: 5,000

Scotland  v  Canada

19 September 1888 International Friendly[a]	Scotland	4–0	Canada	Glasgow
	McCall Berry	Report		Stadium: Kelvingrove Park Attendance: 6,000

1. Part of a Canadian tour of the United Kingdom, and coinciding with the 1888 International Exhibition in Glasgow.^[6][29][30]

1891

Scotland  v Corinthian FC

21 March 1891 Friendly[a]	Scotland	9–2	Corinthian FC	Glasgow
	Sellar 35' 40' Watt 41' 44' 89' Baird 50' 53' Rankin	Report	Clarke 12' Currey 20'	Stadium: Hampden Park (II) Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Bishop

1. Warm-up prior to match against England, organised by Queen's Park officials. Played on same day as a Scotland v Wales fixture.^[31][6]

Scotland  v Canadian-Americans

3 October 1891 International Friendly[a]	Scotland	5–1	Canadian-Americans	Govan
	Hamilton 37' 78' McCreadie 47' Bell 85'	Report	Bell	Stadium: Ibrox Park Attendance: 4,000 Referee: J. Reid

1. Part of a tour of the United Kingdom, organised by the Western Football Association in Canada but also involving several players from the United States.^[32][33][6]

1900

• A testimonial match for Everton's Scottish player Willie Muir in September 1900 was played between 'Englishmen' and 'Scotchmen' based at Merseyside clubs; the Scots won 2–1.^[34]

1901

• An exhibition match with Germany was scheduled for 28 September 1901 as part of the Glasgow International Exhibition,^[35] but was cancelled due to a disagreement over funds; the visiting German team lost 12–0 to England's amateur team a few days earlier.^[36]

1902

Scotland  v  England

5 April 1902 International Friendly[a]	Scotland	1–1	England	Govan
15:30	Brown 25'	Report 1 Report 2	Settle 44'	Stadium: Ibrox Park Attendance: 68,114 Referee: J. Torrans

1. This was scheduled as a full international and was the title decider in the 1901–02 British Home Championship. A capacity crowd was in attendance. During the first half, a new wooden stand collapsed, killing 25 and injuring 500. The match was played to a conclusion to mitigate any further crowd panic, but was not recorded as a full international fixture. The official match was replayed in England a month later.^[37][38]

Ireland  v  Scotland

9 August 1902 International Friendly[a]	Ireland	0–3	Scotland	Belfast
15:30		Report 1 Report 2	Speedie 30' Campbell 40' McDermott 60'	Stadium: Balmoral Showgrounds Attendance: 3,000 Referee: J. Torrans

1. Benefit match for the 1902 Ibrox disaster relief fund - also coinciding with the Coronation of Edward VII and Alexandra.^[39][40][38]

• A testimonial match for Liverpool's Scottish player William Goldie in November 1902 was played between an 'England Select XI ' and a 'Scotland Select XI' drawn from players at Merseyside clubs; the Scots won 4–0.^[41]

1913

• A testimonial match for Rangers and Scotland winger Alec Smith was played in January 1913 between Rangers and an 'International XI' including the retired RS McColl, but this featured Wales international Billy Meredith.^[42]

1914

• A testimonial match for Partick Thistle and Scotland player Alex Raisbeck was played in January 1914 between Partick and an 'International XI' team, but this included England international Jack Parkinson and several other players who had never played for Scotland.^[43]

World War I

See also: List of Scotland wartime international footballers

By the end of the first year of fighting during World War I, most official football tournaments were suspended (a notable exception was the Scottish Football League Division One). International matches took place very occasionally during the duration of the war itself (July 1914 to November 1918) with Scotland only playing two, both military benefit matches against England. Following the Allied victory, regular sports events began to return, and Scotland played in two Victory International matches against Ireland followed by two against England in Spring 1919. Established competitions and fully recognised international matches resumed in the 1919–20 season.

1915

A fundraising match for the Belgian Refugee Relief Fund was played between an 'International XI' and an 'Edinburgh XI' in April 1915; the internationals included England's Joseph Hodkinson, Billy Meredith of Wales and William Crone who had played for the Irish League (Bobby Walker and Peter Nellies of Hearts also switched sides pre-match to cover for call-offs).^[44][45]

England  v  Scotland

13 May 1916 International Friendly	England	4–3	Scotland	Liverpool
	Smith 7' Hampton 20' Abrams 41' Mosscrop 84'	Report	Scott 40' J. Reid 46' Galt 52'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 22,000

Scotland  v  England

8 June 1918 International Friendly[a]	Scotland	2–0	England	Glasgow
	Archibald McLean	Report		Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 45,000

1. Fundraising benefit match for the Sir Douglas Haig Base Hospitals. Jimmy McMullan played for England after squad members had to pull out at short notice.^[46][47][48]

Scotland  v  Ireland

22 March 1919 Victory International[38]	Scotland	2–1	Ireland	Glasgow
	Wilson (pen.)	Report 1 Report 2	Halligan	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 50,000 Referee: A. A. Jackson

Ireland  v  Scotland

19 April 1919 Victory International[38]	Ireland	0–0	Scotland	Belfast
	Rollo	Report 1 Report 2		Stadium: Windsor Park Attendance: 44,000 Referee: W. Cowan

England  v  Scotland

26 April 1919 Victory International[38]	England	2–2	Scotland	Liverpool
	Turnbull Puddefoot 75'	Report 1 Report 2	Wright 2' Bowie	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 45,000 Referee: A. Warner

Scotland  v  England

3 May 1919 Victory International[38]	Scotland	3–4	England	Glasgow
	Wilson 50' (pen.), 87' Morton 65'	Report 1 Report 2	Grimsdell 20', 35' Puddefoot 37', 67'	Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 80,000 Referee: A. A. Jackson

1920s–1940s

1920

• A Testimonial match for Partick Thistle and Scotland player Jimmy McMullan was played in April 1920 between Partick and an 'International Select' team.^[49]

Rangers v  Scotland

3 May 1920 Testimonial[a]	Rangers	1–0	Scotland	Glasgow
	Laird	Report		Stadium: Ibrox Park Attendance: 10,000 Referee: A. A. Jackson

1. Benefit match for Rangers and Scotland player Jimmy Gordon.^[50] Match went ahead as scheduled despite the death of the club's manager William Wilton a day earlier.^[51]

1921 Tour of USA and Canada

A Scotland XI tour of Canada and the USA was organised by Glasgow club Third Lanark and the Dominion of Canada Football Association. Some local publications of the time listed the visitors as 'Third Lanark', others as 'Scotland'.^{[5][52][53][54][55]}

• Squad:

Alec Bennett (Albion Rovers) Craig Brown (Motherwell) Jimmy Brownlie (Third Lanark) Willie Bulloch (Partick Thistle) Jimmy Gordon (Dunfermline Athletic) John Low (Dunfermline Athletic) Tom Maxwell (Dunfermline Athletic) Willie McAndrew (Third Lanark)

Neil McBain (Ayr United) Charlie McCormack (Third Lanark) Jimmy McMenemy (Partick Thistle) Bobby Orr (Third Lanark) Willie Rankin (Motherwell) James Scott (Dumbarton) Doug Thomson (Aberdeen) Andy Wilson (Dunfermline Athletic)

• 25 matches were played, with 24 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats. 1 match is detailed below:

Canada  v  Scotland

9 July 1921 International Friendly	Canada	0–1	Scotland	Montreal
		Report 1 Report 2	Rankin	Stadium: Alexander Park Attendance: 6,000 Referee: B. Dean

1923

• Third Lanark undertook another summer tour in 1923, this time to South America (eight matches),^[56] and again guest players from other clubs were invited, the most high-profile being Hughie Ferguson,^[57] but although apparently some attempt was made to portray this as a 'Scotland team',^[57] this was much less prevalent than for the 1921 tour and only one of the players had been capped at full level (Robert Orrock who played in one match ten years earlier).

1927

• A testimonial match for Bradford City defender Willie Watson was played in April 1927 between Bradford and a 'Scottish Internationals' team, but this included Ireland international Bert Manderson and several other players who had never played for Scotland.^[58]

1927 Tour of USA and Canada

A Scotland XI tour of North America was organised by the SFA in 1927.^[59][60][5]

• Squad:

Sandy Archibald (Rangers) Danny Blair (Clyde) Jock Buchanan (Morton) Willie Cook (Dundee) Tully Craig (Rangers) Andy Cunningham (Rangers) Patsy Gallacher (Falkirk) Tom Hamilton (Rangers) John Hunter (Falkirk)

Adam McLean (Celtic) Jimmy McStay (Celtic) Willie McStay (Celtic) Tom Morrison (St Mirren) Tommy Muirhead (Rangers) Jimmy Munro (St Johnstone) Tom Scott (Falkirk) Jimmy Simpson (Dundee United) Andy Swallow (St Johnstone)

• 20 matches were played, with 19 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat. 3 matches are detailed below:

Ontario All-Stars v  Scotland

28 May 1927 Friendly	Ontario All-Stars	3–2	Scotland	Toronto
	Graham Faulkner		Gallacher McLean	Referee: W. Mitchell

Hakoah Vienna v  Scotland

29 June 1927 Friendly	Hakoah Vienna	1–4	Scotland	Winnipeg
	Grünwald		Muirhead Munro Cunningham	Attendance: 12,000 Referee: S. McMahon

Ontario All-Stars v  Scotland

10 July 1927 Friendly	Ontario All-Stars	0–10	Scotland	Toronto
			Munro McLean Cunningham Hunter	Attendance: 12,000 Referee: A. McNeilly

1929

Main article: Scotland national football team 1920–1939 results

Norway  v  Scotland

28 May 1929 International Friendly[a]	Norway	0–4	Scotland	Oslo
		Report 1 Report 2	Fleming Rankin Nisbet	Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion Attendance: 8,000

1. This match was played two days after another in Bergen, a 7–3 win for Scotland^[61] which is considered official by the SFA but not by the Norwegian Football Federation.^[62] Neither body considers the 4–0 match to be official.^[63]

• A friendly match between Scotland and the Netherlands in June 1929 was retrospectively considered not to be official by the Royal Dutch Football Association due to their disapproval of professionalism in the sport–all the Scotland players were professionals.^[64][65] The SFA regards it as official.^[66]

1932

• A friendly match in Copenhagen on 9 October 1932 in which Denmark defeated the Scotland amateur team 3–1 (James Paul scored the Scottish goal)^[67][68] is regarded as a full international by the Danish Football Union,^[69][70] and consequently has sometimes been included in overviews of matches between the nations.^[71]

1935 Tour of USA and Canada

A Scotland XI tour of North America was organised by the SFA in 1935.^{[5][72][73][74][75]}

• Squad:

Andrew Anderson (Heart of Midlothian) George Cummings (Partick Thistle) Bob Donnelly (Partick Thistle) Dally Duncan (Derby County) Alex Ferguson (St Johnstone) Bob Fraser (Aberdeen Hughie Gallacher (Derby County) Bobby Main (Rangers) Whitey McDonald (Rangers)[a]

Davie Meiklejohn (Rangers) Willie Miller (Partick Thistle) Willie Mills (Aberdeen) Tom Smith (Kilmarnock) William Stevenson (Clyde) Tommy Walker (Heart of Midlothian) Dave Wilson (Hamilton Academical)[b] Peter Wilson (Celtic)

1. McDonald was an Irish international who earned two caps between 1930–32.^[76]
2. Wilson was of English nationality.^[76]

• 13 matches were played, with 13 wins, 0 draws and 0 defeats. 2 matches are detailed below:

United States ^[a] v  Scotland

19 May 1935 International Friendly[b]	United States [c]	1–5	Scotland	New York City
	McEwan	Report 1 Report 2	Mills Duncan Meiklejohn	Stadium: Polo Grounds Attendance: 22,970

1. Playing as Eastern USA All-Stars.
2. Regarded as a full international by the United States Soccer Federation.^[77][63]
3. Playing as Eastern USA All-Stars.

United States ^[a] v  Scotland

9 June 1935 International Friendly[b]	United States [c]	1–4	Scotland	Roseville, Newark, New Jersey
	Moorhouse	Report 1 Report 2	Gallacher Mills Duncan Meiklejohn	Stadium: Newark Schools Stadium Attendance: 8,436

1. Playing as Eastern USA All-Stars.
2. Regarded as a full international by the United States Soccer Federation.^[77][63]
3. Playing as Eastern USA All-Stars.

1935

^[a]England  v  Scotland^[b]

8 May 1935 International Friendly[c]	[d]England	0–1	Scotland[e]	London
		Report 1 Report 2	Mutch 79'	Stadium: Arsenal Stadium Attendance: 8,944

Scotland  v  England

21 August 1935 International Friendly[c]	Scotland	4–2	England	Glasgow
	Delaney 8' Armstrong 30' Walker 44' (pen.)	Report 1 Report 2	Gurney 82' Westwood 87'	Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 56,300 Referee: W. Webb

1. Selection of players with London-based clubs.
2. Selection of 'Anglo-Scots' playing for English Football League clubs–the Scottish touring squad bound for North America sailed from Southampton on the same day.
3. King's Silver Jubilee Trust Fund International.^[78][79][63]
4. Selection of players with London-based clubs.
5. Selection of 'Anglo-Scots' playing for English Football League clubs–the Scottish touring squad bound for North America sailed from Southampton on the same day.

1939 Tour of USA and Canada

A Scotland XI tour of North America was organised by the SFA in 1939.^{[5][80][81][82]}

• Squad:

Bobby Bolt (Falkirk) Jimmy Carabine (Third Lanark) Jimmy Caskie (St Johnstone) Jerry Dawson (Rangers) Jimmy Dykes (Heart of Midlothian) Ben Ellis (Motherwell)[a] Archie Garrett (Heart of Midlothian) John Gillies (Clyde) Dougie Gray (Rangers)

George Hamilton (Aberdeen) Jack Jones (Third Lanark) Willie Lyon (Celtic)[b] Doug McAvoy (Kilmarnock) Malky MacDonald (Celtic) Tommy McIntyre (Hibernian) Tommy McKenzie (Motherwell) Sandy McNab (West Bromwich Albion)

1. Ellis was a Welsh international who earned six caps between 1931–36.^[83]
2. Lyon was of English nationality.^[83]

• 14 matches were played, with 13 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats. 2 matches are detailed below:

United States ^[a] v  Scotland

21 May 1939 International Friendly[83]	United States [b]	1–1	Scotland	New York City
	Nemchik	Report	Garrett	Stadium: Polo Grounds Attendance: 25,072

1. Playing as Eastern USA All-Stars.
2. Playing as Eastern USA All-Stars.

United States ^[a] v  Scotland

18 June 1939 International Friendly[83]	United States [a]	2–4 (aet)	Scotland	New York City
	Boyle Altemose	Report	Carabine Gillies	Stadium: Polo Grounds Attendance: 15,196

1. Playing as American Soccer League Stars.

World War II

See also: List of Scotland wartime international footballers

Official football tournaments were suspended soon after the outbreak of World War II in Autumn 1939. International matches took place occasionally during the duration of the war itself, with Scotland playing against England 15 times, a team representing the Republic of Ireland once, and various branches of the British armed forces who could call on strong squads of professional players called into service.^[84] In addition, there were six 'Army Internationals' nominally between Scotland and England, but with the players selected from members of the military stationed in each country regardless of their heritage (the 'Army in England' team won five of these, with one draw).^[84][48]

When the conflict ended in May 1945 with an Allied victory, regular sports events began to return, and Scotland participated in, and won, the 1945–46 British Victory Home Championship. Two further Victory International matches in 1946 against Belgium^[85][86] and Switzerland^[87][88] are considered to have full international status.^[89] All established competitions and fully recognised international matches resumed in the 1946–47 season, the outset of which included one further unofficial England v Scotland match to raise funds for those affected by the Burnden Park disaster earlier that year.^[90]

England  v  Scotland

2 December 1939 International Friendly[a]	England	2–1	Scotland	Newcastle-upon-Tyne
	Clifton Lawton Carter	Report 1 Report 2	Dodds	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 15,000 Referee: H. Nattrass

1. After two English players were injured in a traffic accident on their way to the match, two players from the local club Newcastle United who had been in the crowd as spectators appeared for England, including Tommy Pearson, a Scot who later also appeared for his native country.^[46][83]

Scotland  v British Army

16 March 1940 Friendly[91][92]	Scotland	2–2	British Army	Galashiels
	Anderson 65' Gillies 75'	Report	Martin Miller	Stadium: Galabank Attendance: 7,000

British Army v  Scotland

20 April 1940 Friendly[93][94]	British Army	1–5	Scotland	Berwick-upon-Tweed
	Carrigan	Report	Gilmour Wallace	Stadium: Shielfield Park

Scotland  v British Army

24 April 1940 Friendly[95]	Scotland	4–1	British Army	Edinburgh
	Walker McCulloch		Compton	Stadium: Tynecastle Park Attendance: 7,650 Referee: R. B. Carruthers

Ireland (FAI)  v  Scotland

28 April 1940 International Friendly[a]	Ireland (FAI)	2–3	Scotland	Dublin
	Bradshaw Dunne	Report	McKennan Gillick Dewar	Stadium: Dalymount Park Attendance: 21,630 Referee: P. Snape

1. 'Representative XI' match organised between the Football Association of Ireland and the Glasgow FA, drawing Scotland's players from clubs in the city. Had some characteristics of an inter-league fixture (a contemporary highlights video^[96] makes reference to Scotland's 'revenge' for defeat the previous year, which was a win for the League of Ireland XI over the Scottish Football League XI in 1939)^[97] but documentation shows it was not organised as such.^[98][99]

Scotland  v  England

11 May 1940 International Friendly[83]	Scotland	1–1	England	Glasgow
	Dougal	Report 1 Report 2	Welsh	Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 75,000 Referee: W. Webb

Scotland  v British Army

14 December 1940 Friendly[100][101]	Scotland	4–2	British Army	Kirkcaldy
	Milne 15' Brown 55' Gilmartin 70' McIntosh	Report	McCartney 75' Stevenson 76'	Stadium: Stark's Park Attendance: 7,000

Scotland  v British Army

25 January 1941 Friendly[102][103]	Scotland	1–0	British Army	Dundee
	Flavell	Report		Stadium: Dens Park Attendance: 4,000

England  v  Scotland

8 February 1941 International Friendly[83]	England	2–3	Scotland	Newcastle-upon-Tyne
	Birkett 7' Lawton 41'	Report 1 Report 2	Bacuzzi 17' (o.g.) Wallace 45', 67'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 25,000 Referee: T. Thompson

Scotland ^[a] v Scottish Command

19 April 1941 Friendly[104]	Scotland [b]	2–1	Scottish Command	Aberdeen
	Mills 17' Wallace pen' (80)	Report	Yorston 38'	Stadium: Linksfield Stadium Attendance: 8,000 Referee: W. Jeffrey

1. Stanley Matthews guested for Scotland.^[104]
2. Stanley Matthews guested for Scotland.^[104]

Scotland  v  England

3 May 1941 International Friendly[83]	Scotland	1–3	England	Glasgow
	Venters 10'	Report 1 Report 2	Welsh 44' 87' Goulden	Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 78,000 Referee: P. Craigmyle

Scotland  v British Army

17 May 1941 Friendly[105]	Scotland	5–0	British Army	Methil
	Wallace Stead Mills	Report		Stadium: Bayview Park

Scotland  v British Army

20 September 1941 Friendly[106][107]	Scotland	1–2	British Army	Dumfries
	Walker pen'	Report	Hagan Birkett	Stadium: Palmerston Park Attendance: 9,000

England  v  Scotland

4 October 1941 International Friendly[83]	England	2–0	Scotland	London
	Welsh Hagan	Report 1 Report 2		Stadium: Wembley Attendance: 65,000 Referee: F.S. Milner

England  v  Scotland

17 January 1942 International Friendly[83]	England	3–0	Scotland	London
	Lawton Hagan	https://www.londonhearts.com/scotlandunoff/games/19420117.html Report 1 Report 2		Stadium: Wembley Attendance: 64,000 Referee: W.E. Ross Gower

Scotland  v  England

18 April 1942 International Friendly[83]	Scotland	5–4	England	Glasgow
	Liddell Dodds Shankly	Report 1 Report 2	Lawton Hagan	Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 91,000 Referee: R. Calder

Scotland  v British Army

19 September 1942 Friendly[108][109]	Scotland	1–3	British Army	Dumfries
	Walker	Report	Lewis 15' 29' Mullen 40'	Stadium: Palmerston Park Attendance: 8,000

England  v  Scotland

10 October 1942 International Friendly[83]	England	0–0	Scotland	London
		Report 1 Report 2		Stadium: Wembley Attendance: 75,000 Referee: P. Stevens

Royal Air Force v  Scotland

5 December 1942 Friendly[110]	Royal Air Force	4–0	Scotland	Newcastle upon Tyne
	Carter			Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 40,000

Scotland  v  England

17 April 1943 International Friendly[83][111]	Scotland	0–4	England	Glasgow
		Report 1 Report 2	Carter 3' 10' Westcott D. Compton	Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 137,363 Referee: P. Craigmyle

England  v  Scotland

16 October 1943 International Friendly[83][112]	England	8–0	Scotland	Manchester
	Lawton Carter Hagan Matthews	Report 1 Report 2		Stadium: Maine Road Attendance: 60,000

Scotland  v Royal Air Force

6 November 1943 Friendly[113]	Scotland	1–2	Royal Air Force	Glasgow
	Fagan		Carter Drake	Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 50,000

England  v  Scotland

19 February 1944 International Friendly[83]	England	6–2	Scotland	London
	Hagan 37' Macaulay 48' (o.g.) Lawton Carter Mercer	Report 1 Report 2	Dodds 38'	Stadium: Wembley Attendance: 80,000

Scotland  v  England

22 April 1944 International Friendly[83]	Scotland	2–3	England	Glasgow
	Caskie 19' Dodds 66'	Report 1 Report 2	Lawton 22' 34' Carter 37'	Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 132,835

England  v  Scotland

14 October 1944 International Friendly[83]	England	6–2	Scotland	London
	Lawton 56' Carter 37' Goulden L. Smith	Report 1 Report 2	Milne 3' Walker	Stadium: Wembley Attendance: 90,000 Referee: G. Reader

Royal Air Force v  Scotland

25 November 1944 Friendly	Royal Air Force	1–7	Scotland	Sheffield
	Mortensen 87'	Report	Liddell 26' 75' Fagan 36' Black 40' 50' Dodds 55' Busby 80' (pen.)	Stadium: Hillsborough Attendance: 40,172 Referee: A. W. Cutts

Belgium  v  Scotland^[a]

6 January 1945 International Friendly[83][114]	Belgium	2–3	Scotland[a]	Brussels
	Buyle 20' Coppens 60'		Black 21' Fagan 70'	Stadium: Edmond Machtens Stadium Attendance: 25,000

Flanders v  Scotland^[a]

7 January 1945 International Friendly	Flanders	6–4	Scotland[a]	Bruges
	Vaillant Vogt Echeman Chaves		Black pen' Dodds	Attendance: 25,000

1. An SFA-approved 'Scottish Services' team of serving Armed Forces personnel.^{[83][114][115]}

England  v  Scotland

3 February 1945 International Friendly[83]	England	3–2	Scotland	Birmingham
	Brown Mortensen	Report 1 Report 2	Delaney Dodds	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 65,800 Referee: T. Smith

Scotland  v  England

14 April 1945 International Friendly[83]	Scotland	1–6	England	Glasgow
	L. Johnston 38'	Report 1 Report 2	Carter 29' Lawton Brown L. Smith (pen.)	Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 134,479 Referee: J.S. Cox

Combined Services v  Scotland

17 November 1945 Friendly[113]	Combined Services	2–4	Scotland	Celle
	Westcott Lewis		Delaney Walker	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 12,000

Combined Services v  Scotland

18 November 1945 Friendly[113][117]	Combined Services	1–1	Scotland	Hamburg
	Westcott 64'	Report	Garth 10'	Stadium: Bahrenfeld Attendance: 35,000

British Victory Home Championship

Scotland  v  Wales

10 November 1945 BVHC[83]	Scotland	2–0	Wales	Glasgow
	Waddell 14' Dodds 66'	Report 1 Report 2		Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 92,323 Referee: M.C. Dale

Ireland  v  Scotland

2 February 1946 BVHC[118]	Ireland	2–3	Scotland	Belfast
	Walsh 18', 43'	Report 1 Report 2	Liddell 19', 79' Hamilton 56'	Stadium: Windsor Park Attendance: 53,000 Referee: D. Maxwell

Scotland  v  England

13 April 1946 BVHC[118]	Scotland	1–0	England	Glasgow
	Delaney 90'	Report 1 Report 2		Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 139,642 Referee: P. Craigmyle

1946

England  v  Scotland

24 August 1946 International Friendly[a]	England	2–2	Scotland	Manchester
	Welsh 45' (pen.)	Report 1 Report 2	Thornton 89'	Stadium: Maine Road Attendance: 70,000 Referee: G. Dutton

1. Fundraising match for the Burnden Park disaster.^[118][119]

1947

• On 10 May 1947, a Great Britain XI played a Europe XI at Hampden Park to commemorate the Home Nations rejoining FIFA. The GB team, which won the match 6–1 in front of over 130,000, wore the dark blue of Scotland to acknowledge the venue, but only three Scottish players were involved.^{[120][121][122]}

BAOR v  Scotland

28 May 1947 Friendly[123]	BAOR	4–3	Scotland	Hamburg
	Thompson Dutchman Lee	Report	Young Pearson	Attendance: 30,000

1949

Scotland  v British Army

23 February 1949 Friendly[124]	Scotland	7–1	British Army	Edinburgh
	Turnbull Mason Ormond Willie Thornton	Report	Johnstone McPhail	Stadium: Tynecastle Park Attendance: 20,224

1949 Tour of USA and Canada

A Scotland XI tour of North America was organised by the SFA in 1949.^{[5][125][126][127][128]}

• Squad:

George Aitken (East Fife) Jimmy Brown (Heart of Midlothian) Sammy Cox (Rangers) Bobby Evans (Celtic) Jock Govan (Hibernian) Billy Houliston (Queen of the South) Johnny MacKenzie (Partick Thistle) Tommy Orr (Morton)

Willie Redpath (Motherwell) Lawrie Reilly (Hibernian) Billy Steel (Derby County) Willie Telfer (St Mirren) Willie Thornton (Rangers) Willie Waddell (Rangers) Willie Woodburn (Rangers) George Young (Rangers)

• 9 matches were played, with 8 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat. 3 matches are detailed below:

Belfast Celtic v  Scotland

29 May 1949 Friendly[129]	Belfast Celtic	2–0	Scotland	Randalls Island, New York City
	Campbell 27'	Report		Stadium: Triborough Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: F. Coggins

United States ^[a] v  Scotland

30 May 1949 International Friendly[118]	United States [b]	1–4	Scotland	Randalls Island, New York City
		Report	Evans Thornton Steel Houliston	Stadium: Triborough Stadium Referee: J. Stevenson

1. Playing as American Soccer League Stars.
2. Playing as American Soccer League Stars.

United States  v  Scotland

19 June 1949 International Friendly[118][a]	United States	0–4	Scotland	Randalls Island, New York City
		Report 1 Report 2	Waddell Steel	Stadium: Aarhus Stadion Attendance: 17,000 Referee: S. Galin

1. Regarded as a full international by the United States Soccer Federation.^[77]

1950s–1970s

1952

British Army v  Scotland

3 March 1952 Friendly[130]	British Army	1–3	Scotland	Newcastle upon Tyne
	Parry 4'	Report	McMillan 30' 55'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 13,890

1953

Scotland  v British Army

2 March 1953 Friendly[131][132]	Scotland	2–1	British Army	Glasgow
	Johnstone 6' Davidson 72' (pen.)	Report	Hooper 85'	Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 15,000 Referee: W. Brittle

Scotland  v Sunderland

30 April 1953 Testimonial[a]	Scotland	5–0	Sunderland	Glasgow
	Liddell 17' McPhail 59' 67' 73' Wright 80'	Report		Stadium: Cathkin Park Attendance: 13,860

1. Benefit match for Third Lanark and Scotland player Jimmy Mason.^[133][134]

British Army v  Scotland

18 November 1953 Friendly[135]	British Army	2–3	Scotland	Liverpool
	Quixall 47' Simpson 68'	Report	Fernie 7' Reilly 71' Baird 83' (pen.)	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 8,208

1954

Kilmarnock v  Scotland

16 November 1954 Friendly[136]	Kilmarnock	0–2	Scotland	Kilmarnock
		Report	McMillan 39' Leggat 62'	Stadium: Rugby Park Referee: R. Davidson

Hibernian v  Scotland

22 November 1954 Friendly[137]	Hibernian	0–3	Scotland	Edinburgh
	Turnbull	Report	Johnstone 10' Bauld 32' Wardhaugh	Stadium: Easter Road Referee: C.E. Faultless

Falkirk v  Scotland

30 November 1954 Friendly[138][139]	Falkirk	4–4	Scotland	Falkirk
	McCrae 49' 89' Parker pen' (82) Morrison 84'	Report	Johnstone 4' Reilly 52' Ring 75' 78'	Stadium: Brockville Park Referee: G. Mitchell

1955

Scotland B v  Scotland

21 February 1955 Friendly[140][a]	Scotland B	3–2	Scotland	Edinburgh
	Davidson Gemmell	Report	Buckley	Stadium: Easter Road Attendance: 7,000 Referee: I. C. Inglis

1. This was a trial preceding a scheduled 'B international' between Scotland and England due to be played in Glasgow a few weeks later, however that match was cancelled due to weather conditions.^[141]

Scotland  v British Army

7 December 1955 Friendly[142]	Scotland	3–1	British Army	Rutherglen
	Reilly 34' Henderson 35' Collins 55'	Report	Dunmore 61'	Stadium: Shawfield Stadium Attendance: 16,000 Referee: J. Mowat

1956

Scotland  v  South Africa^[a]

12 March 1956 International Friendly[118][143][144]	Scotland	2–1	South Africa[b]	Glasgow
	Reilly Collins		Hubbard 83' (pen.)	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 60,000 Referee: J. Mowat

1. This was an 'Anglo-African' team of players from South Africa who were based at clubs in the United Kingdom, including two Rangers players, Johnny Hubbard and Don Kitchenbrand. As Scotland did not select any Rangers players, many of the crowd at Ibrox opted to cheer for South Africa on the night. It was a warm-up for Scotland's 1955–56 British Home Championship decider against England a few weeks later; reports indicated the most impressive player was South Africa's defender John Hewie,^[143] who was eligible for Scotland and made his debut in the England match,^[144] along with Scottish goalscorer Graham Leggat who had also played at Ibrox.
2. This was an 'Anglo-African' team of players from South Africa who were based at clubs in the United Kingdom, including two Rangers players, Johnny Hubbard and Don Kitchenbrand. As Scotland did not select any Rangers players, many of the crowd at Ibrox opted to cheer for South Africa on the night. It was a warm-up for Scotland's 1955–56 British Home Championship decider against England a few weeks later; reports indicated the most impressive player was South Africa's defender John Hewie,^[143] who was eligible for Scotland and made his debut in the England match,^[144] along with Scottish goalscorer Graham Leggat who had also played at Ibrox.

Ireland-Wales v England-Scotland

14 May 1956 [a]	Ireland-Wales	3–3	England-Scotland	Dublin, Ireland
	J P Dunne Allchurch 2	[148]	Thompson Langton Allen	Stadium: Dalymount Park Referee: J Scully

1. Belgrove F.C. exhibition match. Three Scots were involved: Allan Brown, Willie Cunningham and Tommy Docherty.^{[145][146][147]}

1958

Scottish League XI v  Scotland

3 February 1958 Friendly[149][a]	Scottish League XI	2–3	Scotland	Edinburgh
	Murray 8' Young 53' Mackay	Report	Mudie 18' Currie 48' Imlach 63'	Stadium: Easter Road Attendance: 45,436 Referee: G. Mitchell

Rangers v  Scotland

17 February 1958 Friendly[150][151][a]	Rangers	1–1	Scotland	Glasgow
	Murray 5'	Report	Mudie 17'	Stadium: Ibrox Park Attendance: 60,000 Referee: R. Davidson

Heart of Midlothian v  Scotland

3 March 1958 Friendly[152][a]	Heart of Midlothian	3–2	Scotland	Edinburgh
19:30	Young 38' Hamilton 55' Mackay 89'	Report	Ormond 57' Collins 66'	Stadium: Tynecastle Park Attendance: 29,000 Referee: J. H. Phillips

IFK Eskilstuna v  Scotland

5 June 1958 Friendly[153][a]	IFK Eskilstuna	0–2	Scotland	Eskilstuna
		Report	Mudie 42', 76'	Stadium: Tunavallen

1. Warm-up match for the 1958 FIFA World Cup.

Scotland  v British Army

12 November 1958 Friendly[154]	Scotland	1–1	British Army	Edinburgh
	Law 4'	Report	Hitchens 32'	Stadium: Tynecastle Park Attendance: 11,000 Referee: J. Bissett

Hibernian v  Scotland^[a]

15 December 1958 Testimonial[b]	Hibernian	9–3	Scotland[c]	Edinburgh
	Ormond Turnbull Baker 53' Fox 74' Preston Smith	Report	Johnstone 1', 55' (pen.) Mudie	Stadium: Easter Road Attendance: 6,500 Referee: J. Bissett

1. This was an 'International Select' XI featuring ten Scottish internationals (136 caps between them) and Celtic player Bertie Peacock of Northern Ireland.^[155]
2. Benefit match for Hibernian and Scotland player Lawrie Reilly.^[156] As he had retired through injury and was no longer registered as a player, Reilly was not permitted to feature for Hibs or the Scotland team.^[157]
3. This was an 'International Select' XI featuring ten Scottish internationals (136 caps between them) and Celtic player Bertie Peacock of Northern Ireland.^[158]

1959

Scottish League XI v  Scotland

16 March 1959 Friendly[159][160]	Scottish League XI	6–5	Scotland	Glasgow
	White 13', 19', 60' Kerr 55', 65', 82'	Report	Colrain 20', 49', 73' Mackay 34', 38'	Stadium: Ibrox Park Attendance: 40,000 Referee: T. Wharton

Jutland v  Scotland

24 May 1959 International Friendly[118][161][162]	Jutland	3–3	Scotland	Aarhus
	Kjær 62' Nielsen 65' Pedersen 76' (pen.)	Report 1 Report 2	Law 24' Kerr 26' Auld 75'	Stadium: Aarhus Stadion Attendance: 6,000 Referee: C.F. Jørgensen

1960

Scottish League XI v  Scotland

1 February 1960 Friendly[163][164]	Scottish League XI	2–2	Scotland	Glasgow
	Cousin 48' Scott 70'	Report	Law 31', 84'	Stadium: Ibrox Park Attendance: 40,000 Referee: J. H. Phillips

1961

Scottish League XI v  Scotland

30 January 1961 Friendly[165][164]	Scottish League XI	1–4	Scotland	Glasgow
	McCann 9'	Report	Brand 19' Herd 49' Hilley 59'	Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 24,000 Referee: T. Wharton

1962

Scotland  v Scottish League XI

5 February 1962 Friendly[166][164]	Scotland	2–2	Scottish League XI	Glasgow
	Gilzean 19'	Report	Carroll 31' Quinn 85'	Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 8,164 Referee: T. Wharton

1963

• Scotland's friendly against Austria in 1963 was abandoned by the referee on 79 minutes due to violent play, particularly by the Austrians;^[167] however caps were awarded and it is recognised as a full international by FIFA.^[168]

1964

Scottish League XI v  Scotland

24 February 1964 Friendly[169][164]	Scottish League XI	1–3	Scotland	Glasgow
	McParland 12'	Report	McBride 21', 41' McIlroy 82'	Stadium: Ibrox Park Attendance: 16,660 Referee: J. H. Phillips

Tottenham Hotspur v  Scotland

11 November 1964 Friendly[a]	Tottenham Hotspur	2–6	Scotland	London
	T. White 9' Marchi 75'		Wilson 11' Gilzean 63' 82' Martin 75' 79' Wallace 80'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 29,375 Referee: L. Callaghan

1. Posthumous benefit for John White, the Tottenham and Scotland player killed by lightning. Postponed from original date the previous day due to fog.^[170] Alan Gilzean's performance induced Tottenham to sign him from Dundee a short time later.^[171][164]

1966

Leicester City v  Scotland

2 May 1966 Testimonial[a]	Leicester City	1–1	Scotland	Leicester
	Dougan 16'	Report	Penman 60'	Stadium: Filbert Street Attendance: 8,020 Referee: J. Finney

1. Benefit match for Alex Dowdells, Celtic, Leicester City and Scotland trainer.^{[170][172][164]}

1967 Tour

A Scotland XI tour of Israel, Hong Kong, Australia, New Zealand and Canada was organised by the SFA in 1967.^{[5][173][174]} In October 2021, the SFA announced that some of the tour matches (against Australia, Canada and Israel) would be reclassified as full internationals.^[175] This meant that some players who had not otherwise played for Scotland were belatedly awarded international caps, including Alex Ferguson.^[175]

Two further planned tour matches were scrapped, against a Chinese XI because of rioting in Hong Kong^[176] and a second match with Israel due to escalation of what became the Arab-Israeli Six-Day War.^[177]

• Squad:

Alan Anderson (Heart of Midlothian) Willie Callaghan (Dunfermline Athletic) Eddie Colquhoun (West Bromwich Albion) Jim Cruickshank (Heart of Midlothian) Alex Ferguson (Dunfermline Athletic) Doug Fraser (West Bromwich Albion) Joe Harper (Huddersfield Town) Harry Hood (Clyde) Bobby Hope (West Bromwich Albion) Jim McCalliog (Sheffield Wednesday)

Jackie McGrory (Kilmarnock) Tommy McLean (Kilmarnock) Willie Morgan (Burnley) Andy Penman (Rangers) Harry Thomson (Burnley) Hugh Tinney (Bury) Jim Townsend (St Johnstone) Ian Ure (Arsenal) John Woodward (Arsenal)

• Nine matches were played during the tour, all of which were won. Following a reassessment by the SFA, five of the games are now classified as full internationals. Details of the other four matches are given below:

Hong Kong  v  Scotland

25 May 1967 Friendly match[170][178]	Hong Kong	1–4	Scotland	Hong Kong Island
	Wills 8'	Report 1 Report 2	Ferguson 26', 32' Hood 59' W. Callaghan 81'	Stadium: Hong Kong Stadium Attendance: 7,000

New Zealand Under-23s  v  Scotland

5 June 1967 Friendly match[170][179]	New Zealand Under-23s	2–7	Scotland	Wellington
	Burgess 10' Thomas 88'	Report 1 Report 2	McLean 11' (pen.) Harper 35', 78', 89' McCalliog 60', 70' Lake 80' (o.g.)	Stadium: Hutt Recreation Ground Attendance: 5,000 Referee: A. Williams

Auckland XI v  Scotland

8 June 1967 Friendly match[170]	Auckland XI	0–4	Scotland	Auckland
			Ferguson 27', 33', 40' Penman 74'	Stadium: Newmarket Park Attendance: 15,000 Referee: R. McDonald

Vancouver All-Stars v  Scotland

10 June 1967 Friendly match[170]	Vancouver All-Stars	1–4	Scotland	Vancouver
	Hazeldine ??'		McCalliog 8', ??' Ferguson 13' McLean 44' (pen.)	Stadium: Empire Stadium Attendance: 4,379 Referee: J. Morris

1971

Scotland  v Celtic/Rangers Select

27 January 1971 Friendly[a]	Scotland	2–1	Celtic/Rangers Select	Glasgow
20:00	Gemmill 10' Lorimer 84'	Report	Best 29'	Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 81,405 Referee: W. Anderson

1. Fundraising match for those affected by the 1971 Ibrox disaster. Also served as a warm-up for a Euro 72 qualifying match a week later. The 'Celtic/Rangers Select' also featured guest players George Best, Peter Bonetti, and Bobby Charlton, while Scotland selected two Rangers players and three from Celtic.

1972

• Partick Thistle went on a tour of Southeast Asia in summer 1972, including matches against Selangor FA, an Indonesian XI and Lokomotiv Plovdiv of Bulgaria, which were falsely promoted as 'Scotland vs Malaysia / Indonesia / Bulgaria' by the local organisers to attract spectators, and large crowds did attend.^{[180][181][182]}

1976

Great Britain XI  v  Scotland

22 March 1976 Testimonial[a]	Great Britain XI	3–2	Scotland	London
	Perryman Greaves Ball		Hunter Lorimer	Stadium: Craven Cottage

1. Benefit match for Fulham and Tottenham player Alan Mullery. Due to call-offs, Scotland's squad included two Italian players and two English internationals (Terry Cooper and Norman Hunter).^[183][184]

1977

Coventry City v  Scotland

22 November 1977 Testimonial[a]	Coventry City	7–5	Scotland	Coventry
	Cross Channon Powell Yorath		McDonald Stein Wallace Johnston	Stadium: Highfield Road Attendance: 7,833

1. Benefit match for Coventry City player Mick Coop. Scotland's squad was largely players with Coventry connections.^[185][186]

1978

Rangers v  Scotland

16 April 1978 Testimonial[a]	Rangers	5–0	Scotland	Glasgow
	Johnstone 1' Greig 60', 80' Russell 63', 74'			Stadium: Ibrox Park Attendance: 65,000 Referee: I. Foote

1. Benefit match for Rangers and Scotland player John Greig, also serving as a warm-up game for the upcoming 1978 FIFA World Cup; Scotland's squad was the World Cup pool.^{[187][183][188]}

Highland League XI v  Scotland

19 April 1978 Friendly[a]	Highland League XI	2–2	Scotland	Inverness
	Urquhart 43' Mackintosh 65'	Report	Sneddon 78' Cramond 90'	Stadium: Kingsmills Park Attendance: 4,301 Referee: W. P. Knowles

1. Warm-up game for the upcoming 1978 FIFA World Cup; Scotland's squad was the World Cup pool.^[189][183]

Middlesbrough v  Scotland

9 May 1978 Testimonial[a]	Middlesbrough	5–5	Scotland	Middlesbrough
	Ashcroft Cummins Armstrong			Stadium: Ayresome Park

1. Benefit match for Middlesbrough player Willie Maddren, also serving as a warm-up game for the upcoming 1978 FIFA World Cup; Scotland's squad was the World Cup pool.^{[190][186][191]}

1980s–present

^[192]

1982

Scotland  v Celtic

9 May 1982 Testimonial[a]	Scotland	3–8	Celtic	Glasgow
	K. Burns 27' Brazil 69' Park 75'	Report	McAdam 8' 72' Crainie 14' Provan 25' 65' MacLeod 39' Garner 44' Halpin 80'	Stadium: Firhill Stadium Attendance: 14,000 Referee: A. Ferguson

1. Testimonial for Partick Thistle and Scotland player Alan Rough.^[193][194]

G.D. Torralta v  Scotland

9 June 1982 Friendly[a]	G.D. Torralta	1–9	Scotland	Portimão
	Sergio		Souness 5' Evans 12' Archibald 20' 46' Dalglish 63' Sturrock	Stadium: Estádio Municipal

G.D. Torralta v  Scotland

10 June 1982 Friendly[a]	G.D. Torralta	0–7	Scotland	Portimão
	Sergio		Brazil Jordan 75' Robertson 55' (pen.) 72' Hartford 66'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal

1. Warm-up match ahead of the 1982 FIFA World Cup.^[195][196]

1986

• A benefit match for former Scotland captain George Young was played in May 1986 between 'Young's XI' which contained several current internationals and wore the Scotland kit, and 'Don Revie's XI' which wore the England kit.^[197]

Los Angeles Heat v  Scotland

30 May 1986 Friendly[a]	Los Angeles Heat	0–3	Scotland	Los Angeles
			Nicholas Strachan Nicol

Hollywood Kickers v  Scotland

1 June 1986 Friendly[a]	Hollywood Kickers	0–4	Scotland	Los Angeles
			Bannon Sharp McAvennie McStay

1. Warm-up match ahead of the 1986 FIFA World Cup.^[198]

1990

Scotland  v Scottish League XI

18 August 1990 Friendly[a]	Scotland	0–1	Scottish League XI	Glasgow
			Gillhaus 12' (pen.)	Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 15,085 Referee: J. McCluskey

1. Match to commemorate the centenary of the Scottish Football League.^[199][200]

1996

Main article: One team in Tallinn

No caps were awarded to Scottish players who were on the field for the scheduled match against Estonia during 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification on 9 October 1996, when a scheduling dispute over floodlights led to Scotland turning up at an earlier time and kicking off against no opposition, while Estonia insisted on adhering to the original later time.^[201][202] All records for this fixture relate to the rearranged match played in Monaco on 11 February 1997.^{[203][204][205]}

2002

Scotland  v Dundee United

30 April 2002 Friendly[a]	Scotland	2–0	Dundee United	Stirling
	Dalglish Dobie			Stadium: Forthbank Stadium Attendance: 0

1. Squad examination played behind closed doors (no paying spectators).^[206]

• Caps were awarded by the SFA for a match in May 2002 between the Hong Kong League XI and Scotland as part of the HKSAR Reunification Cup, although it was not a full FIFA international.^[207][208]

2004

• A friendly match on 3 September 2004 against Spain in Valencia was abandoned on 59 minutes due to floodlight failure;^[209] however caps were awarded and FIFA recognise it as a full international.^[207]

See also

• Category:England v Scotland representative footballers (1870–1872)
• List of Scotland wartime international footballers
• Scotland national football B team#Results and fixtures