The Scotland national under-20 football team, controlled by the Scottish Football Association, is Scotland's national under 20 football team and is considered to be a feeder team for the Scotland national football team. The team represents Scotland in international Under 20 competitions such as the FIFA U-20 World Cup.
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Association | Scottish Football Association | ||
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Head coach | Scot Gemmill (2017) | ||
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FIFA U-20 World Cup | |||
Appearances | 3 (first in 1983) | ||
Best result | Quarter-finals (1983 and 1987) |
History
editScotland reached the quarter-finals of the World Youth Championship on two occasions: in 1983, where they lost to eventual winners Poland; and in 1987, when tournament runners-up West Germany won on penalties. The team last played in a competitive tournament in the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup, which Scotland qualified for by finishing second in the 2006 UEFA European Under-19 Championship.
An under-20 team was selected for the 2017 Toulon Tournament, the first time since 1999 Scotland competed.[1] Scotland registered a first ever win against Brazil at any level in the groups.[2] The team finished with the bronze medal,[3][4] which was the nations first ever medal in the competitions 45 year history.[5]
Competitive record
editFIFA World Youth Championship / FIFA U-20 World Cup record
editYear | Result | GP | W | D* | L | GS | GA | |
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1977 | did not qualify | |||||||
1979 | ||||||||
1981 | ||||||||
1983 | Quarter-final | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | |
1985 | did not qualify | |||||||
1987 | Quarter-final | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 5 | |
1989 | did not qualify | |||||||
1991 | ||||||||
1993 | ||||||||
1995 | ||||||||
1997 | ||||||||
1999 | ||||||||
2001 | ||||||||
2003 | ||||||||
2005 | ||||||||
2007 | Group Stage | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
2009 | did not qualify | |||||||
2011 | ||||||||
2013 | ||||||||
2015 | ||||||||
2017 | ||||||||
2019 | ||||||||
2023 | ||||||||
2025 | to be determined | |||||||
Total | 3/24 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 15 |
Other tournaments
editYear | Competition | Result | GP | W | D* | L | GS | GA | Ref |
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2002 | Milk Cup Elite Section | 3rd place | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | [6][7][8][9] |
2003 | Milk Cup Elite Section | 8th place | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | [10][11] |
2017 | Toulon Tournament | 3rd place | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 |
Squad
editThe following squad was selected for a friendly match with Turkey under-20s in November 2018.[12]
No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
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GK | Cammy Gill | 7 April 1998 | Dunfermline Athletic | |||
GK | Robby McCrorie | 18 March 1998 | Rangers | |||
DF | George Johnston | 1 September 1998 | Liverpool | |||
DF | Ross McCrorie | 18 March 1998 | Rangers | |||
DF | Tom McIntyre | 6 November 1998 | Reading | |||
DF | Calvin Miller | 9 January 1998 | Dundee (on loan from Celtic) | |||
DF | Ryan Porteous | 25 March 1999 | Hibernian | |||
DF | Iain Wilson | 15 December 1998 | Kilmarnock | |||
MF | Lewis Ferguson | 24 August 1999 | Aberdeen | |||
MF | Mikey Johnston | 19 April 1999 | Celtic | |||
MF | Callumn Morrison | 5 July 1999 | Heart of Midlothian | |||
MF | Harvey St Clair | 13 October 1998 | Venezia | |||
MF | David Turnbull | 10 July 1999 | Motherwell | |||
FW | Bruce Anderson | 23 September 1998 | Aberdeen | |||
FW | Ben House | 5 July 1999 | Reading | |||
FW | Connor McLennan | 5 October 1999 | Aberdeen | |||
FW | Fraser Preston | 5 March 1999 | Sheffield Wednesday | |||
FW | Oli Shaw | 12 March 1998 | Hibernian |
Past squads
editReferences
edit- ^ "Scotland squad for Toulon announced". Scottish FA. 17 May 2017. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
- ^ "Scotland U20 1-0 Brazil U20: Young Scots make history". The Scotsman. 3 June 2017. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
- ^ "Scotland finish third at Toulon Tournament with 3-0 win". Scottish FA. 10 June 2017. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
- ^ "Scotland U-20s beat Czech Republic to seal third-place finish". BBC Sport. BBC. 10 June 2017. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
- ^ "JULES AND HOLSGROVE TAKE BRONZE WITH SCOTLAND IN TOULON". Reading FC. 11 June 2017. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
- ^ "2002 Milk Cup (Northern Ireland)". RSSSF. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
- ^ "NEWS IN BRIEF". 22 July 2002. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
"NEWS IN BRIEF". 24 July 2002. Retrieved 6 July 2022. Herald Scotland. - ^ "NI lose opener". 24 July 2002. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
"Penalty pain for United". 25 July 2002. Retrieved 6 July 2022. BBC Sport. - ^ "Scotland v Republic of Ireland, 23 July 2002 (U20 NI Milk Cup)". 11 v 11. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
- ^ "2003 Milk Cup (Northern Ireland)". RSSSF. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
- ^ "NI defeat Wales". BBC Sport. 21 July 2003. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
- ^ "Gemmill names Scotland Under-20 squad for Turkey friendly". Scottish FA. 5 November 2018. Retrieved 5 November 2018.