The
Scotland national under-21 football team, controlled by the
Scottish Football AssociationThe Scottish Football Association 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 include clubs in Scotland, affiliated national associations as well as local associations...
, is
ScotlandScotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
's national under 21 football team and is considered to be a feeder team for the
Scotland national football teamThe Scotland national football team represents Scotland in international football and is controlled by the Scottish Football Association. Scotland are the joint oldest national football team in the world, alongside England, whom they played in the world's first international football match in 1872...
.
The team is for players of 21 years of age or under at the start of a two-year European Under-21 Football Championship campaign. Therefore players can still be playing for the Under-21s at up to 23 years old. As long as they are eligible, players can play at any level, making it possible to for example play for the U-21s, senior side and again for the U-21s.
The
Scotland national under-21 football team, controlled by the
Scottish Football AssociationThe Scottish Football Association 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 include clubs in Scotland, affiliated national associations as well as local associations...
, is
ScotlandScotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
's national under 21 football team and is considered to be a feeder team for the
Scotland national football teamThe Scotland national football team represents Scotland in international football and is controlled by the Scottish Football Association. Scotland are the joint oldest national football team in the world, alongside England, whom they played in the world's first international football match in 1872...
.
The team is for players of 21 years of age or under at the start of a two-year European Under-21 Football Championship campaign. Therefore players can still be playing for the Under-21s at up to 23 years old. As long as they are eligible, players can play at any level, making it possible to for example play for the U-21s, senior side and again for the U-21s. It is now also possible to play for one country at youth level and another at senior level (providing the player is eligible).
James McEveleyJames Michael "Jay" McEveley is an English-born Scottish football player who currently plays for Derby County, as a defender.-Blackburn Rovers:...
is a current
ScotlandThe Scotland national football team represents Scotland in international football and is controlled by the Scottish Football Association. Scotland are the joint oldest national football team in the world, alongside England, whom they played in the world's first international football match in 1872...
international and former
England U-20The England national under-20 football team represents England in international football at this age level and is controlled by The Football Association, the governing body for football in England...
player.
As a European U21 team, Scotland compete for the European Championship, held every other year. The team has qualified for the final stages of these Championships on six occasions, although not since
1996The UEFA U-21 Championship 1996, which spanned two years , had 44 entrants. After the quarter-finals stage, Spain were chosen as the hosts of the final stages, comprising of four matches in total....
. There is no Under-21 World Cup, although there is an
Under-20 World CupThe FIFA U-20 World Cup, until 2005 known as the FIFA World Youth Championship, is the world championship of football for male players under the age of 20 and is organized by Fédération Internationale de Football Association...
.
Competition History
The team has enjoyed some success at continental level, at least relative to that of the full national side, which has only qualified twice for UEFA European Championship tournaments. Scotland have reached the last four of the tournament three times (1982, 1992 and 1996), while appearing in the quarter finals on three other occasions (1980, 1984 and 1988). The team's performance in 1992 and 1996 was sufficient to qualify for the
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in Barcelona and Atlanta, but they were unable to compete due to Scotland not being independently represented at the Olympic Games.
| Year | Progress |
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| 1978 The UEFA U-21 Championship 1978, which spanned two years had 24 entrants. Yugoslavia U-21s won the competition.The 24 national teams were divided into eight groups. The group winners played off against each other on a two-legged home-and-away basis until the winner was decided...
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Did not qualify |
| 1980 The UEFA U-21 Championship 1980, which spanned two years had 25 entrants. Cyprus and the Netherlands competed in the competition for the first time. 1978 entrants Austria did not enter. Due to 'irregularities', Turkey's first two matches were awarded to their opponents...
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Quarter Final |
| 1982 The UEFA U-21 Championship 1982, which spanned two years , had 26 entrants. West Germany competed in the competition for the first time. England U-21s won the competition....
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Semi Final |
| 1984 The UEFA U-21 Championship 1984, which spanned two years , had 30 entrants. Albania, Iceland and Wales competed in the competition for the first time. England U-21s won the competition for the second time running....
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Quarter Final |
| Year | Progress |
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| 1986 The UEFA U-21 Championship 1986, which spanned two years , had 29 entrants. Spain U-21s won the competition after a penalty shootout, the first in the U-21 competition's history....
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Did not qualify |
| 1988 The UEFA U-21 Championship 1988, which spanned two years , had 30 entrants. The Republic of Ireland competed for the first time. France U-21s won the competition....
|
Quarter Final |
| 1990 The UEFA U-21 Championship 1990, which spanned two years , had 30 entrants. San Marino competed for the first time. USSR U-21s won the competition....
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Did not qualify |
| 1992 The UEFA U-21 Championship 1992, which spanned two years , had 32 entrants.Malta and Israel competed for the first time. This was also the first appearance of the unified Germany team.Italy U-21s won the competition....
|
Semi Final |
| Year | Progress |
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| 1994 The UEFA U-21 Championship 1994, which spanned two years , had 32 entrants. After the quarter-finals stage, France were chosen as the first hosts of the final stages, comprising of four matches in total....
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Did not qualify |
| 1996 The UEFA U-21 Championship 1996, which spanned two years , had 44 entrants. After the quarter-finals stage, Spain were chosen as the hosts of the final stages, comprising of four matches in total....
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Fourth place |
| 1998 The UEFA U-21 Championship 1998, which spanned two years , had 46 entrants. Before the quarter-finals stage, Romania were chosen as the hosts of the final stages, comprising of four matches in total....
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Did not qualify |
| 2000 The UEFA U-21 Championship 2000, which spanned two years , had 47 entrants. Northern Ireland competed for the first time. For the first time a finals tournament with two groups of four teams was held, with one of those teams, Slovakia, having been chosen as the hosts.Italy U-21s won the...
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Did not qualify |
| Year | Progress |
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| 2002 The UEFA U-21 Championship 2002, which spanned two years , had 47 entrants. Of the teams to reach the final eight, Switzerland were chosen as the hosts.Czech Republic U-21s won the competition for the first time....
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Did not qualify |
| 2004 The UEFA U-21 Championship 2004, which spanned two years , had 48 entrants. Of the teams to reach the final eight, Germany were chosen as the hosts....
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Did not qualify |
| 2006 The qualifying groups for the UEFA U-21 Championship 2006, where possible, matched the 7- and 6-team World Cup 2006 qualifying groups of the senior European teams. The exceptions were where Andorra, Faroe Islands, Liechtenstein, and Northern Ireland were involved; none of whom entered an under-21...
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Did not qualify |
| 2007 Qualifying for the UEFA U-21 Championship 2007 began in May 2006.Netherlands qualify as hosts and are exempt from qualifying. Of UEFA's 52 member countries, only the Faroe Islands chose not compete...
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Did not qualify |
| Year | Progress |
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| 2009 The 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Championship started on 31 May 2007 with a qualifying competition and finishes on 15 October 2008, before the final tournament on 15–23 June 2009....
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Did not qualify |
| 2011 The 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Championship starts on 27 March 2009 with a qualifying competition and finishes on 13 October 2010, before the final tournament on 12–25 June 2011....
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In progress |
Head coaches
Archie KnoxArchibald "Archie" Knox is a Scottish football manager and former player, and is now a coach. His most recent job was working as a coach at until their new manager terminated his contract...
left his post as Scotland's National Youth Teams Coach on 30 August 2007 to take up a full time with Bolton Wanderers as coaching co-ordinator,
Maurice MalpasMaurice Daniel Robert Malpas is the assistant manager at Inverness Caledonian Thistle having joined the club on 27 January 2009 along with their new manager Terry Butcher. He spent his entire professional playing career with Dundee United.-Playing career:He won 55 caps for Scotland and...
took temporary charge. In January 2008 the SFA appointed a new full time coach in
Billy StarkBilly Stark is a former Scottish footballer and current Scottish youth teams national coach.Born in Glasgow, Stark made his professional debut in 1975 in nearby Paisley for St. Mirren. Two years later he won his first honour, a First Division Championship medal. After 255 games for St. Mirren,...
, who left his job as
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Second DivisionThe Scottish Football League Second Division is the second highest division of the Scottish Football League and the third highest overall in the Scottish football league system....
side
Queen's ParkQueen's Park Football Club are an association football club based in Glasgow, Scotland. The club are currently the only amateur club in the Scottish League; their amateur status is reflected by their motto, Ludere Causa Ludendi - to play for the sake of playing.Queen's Park are the oldest football...
to take the poistion.
| Tenure | Head Coach/Manager |
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| 2002–2005 |
GER Rainer Bonhof Rainer Bonhof is a former German footballer. He was a defensive midfielder or wing-back.-Biography:...
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| 2007 |
SCO Maurice Malpas Maurice Daniel Robert Malpas is the assistant manager at Inverness Caledonian Thistle having joined the club on 27 January 2009 along with their new manager Terry Butcher. He spent his entire professional playing career with Dundee United.-Playing career:He won 55 caps for Scotland and...
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| 2006–2007 |
SCO Archie Knox Archibald "Archie" Knox is a Scottish football manager and former player, and is now a coach. His most recent job was working as a coach at until their new manager terminated his contract...
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| 2008–present |
SCO Billy Stark Billy Stark is a former Scottish footballer and current Scottish youth teams national coach.Born in Glasgow, Stark made his professional debut in 1975 in nearby Paisley for St. Mirren. Two years later he won his first honour, a First Division Championship medal. After 255 games for St. Mirren,...
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Current squad
The following players were selected for to play
BelarusThe Belarus national under-21 football team is the national under-21 football team of Belarus and is controlled by the Football Federation of Belarus. The team competes in the European Under-21 Football Championship, held every two years. They qualified for the 2009 edition, defeating Turkey in the...
on 10 October 2009.
2011 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship
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