Scotland national under-16 football team

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Scotland Under-16
Shirt badge/Association crest
Association Scottish Football Association
Head coach Netherlands Dean Gorré
First colours
Second colours
World Cup
Appearances 1
Best result Runner-up (1989)
European Under-16 Championship
Appearances 9 (First in 1985)
Best result First stage (9 occasions)

The Scotland national under-16 football team represents Scotland in international football at the under-16 age level. It is controlled by the Scottish Football Association, the governing body for football in Scotland. The coach is Dean Gorré.[1]

The Scotland under-16s' best tournament performance was as runners up in the 1989 FIFA U-16 World Championship under manager Craig Brown. Despite leading Saudi Arabia 2–0 in the final after goals from Ian Downie and Paul Dickov, the match finished 2–2 after extra time. Scotland lost the subsequent penalty shoot-out in front of over 50,000 fans at Hampden Park in Glasgow.[2][3] Some media commentators reported suspicions, which were shared by Craig Brown and former Scottish Football Association secretary Ernie Walker, that Saudi Arabia had fielded ineligible over-age players in the competition.[4][5][6]


Competitive record

FIFA U-16 World Cup Championship record

Year Round GP W D L GS GA
China 1985 Did not qualify - - - - - -
Canada 1987 Did not qualify - - - - - -
Scotland 1989 Runners Up 6 3 2 1 8 3
Total 1/3 6 3 2 1 8 3

UEFA European U-16 Championship record

Year Round GP W D L GS GA
Italy 1982 Qualifying stage (quarter finals) 4 2 0 2 8 6
West Germany 1984 Qualifying stage 4 1 1 2 4 9
Hungary 1985 First stage 3 1 0 2 3 5
Greece 1986 First stage 3 2 0 1 6 2
France 1987 First stage 3 0 2 1 4 6
Spain 1988 Qualifying stage 2 0 1 1 1 2
Denmark 1989 First stage 3 0 2 1 4 5
East Germany 1990 First stage 3 0 1 2 2 9
Switzerland 1991 Qualifying stage - - - - - -
Cyprus 1992 First stage 3 2 0 1 6 2
Turkey 1993 Qualifying stage - - - - - -
Republic of Ireland 1994 Qualifying stage - - - - - -
Belgium 1995 First stage 3 0 1 2 3 6
Austria 1996 Qualifying stage - - - - - -
Germany 1997 Qualifying stage - - - - - -
Scotland 1998 First stage 3 0 2 1 1 3
Czech Republic 1999 Qualifying stage 2 1 0 1 3 2
Israel 2000 Qualifying stage - - - - - -
England 2001 First stage 3 1 0 2 3 5
Total 9/19 27 6 8 13 32 43

Victory Shield

The Scotland under-16s compete in the Victory Shield tournament, which is contested annually. The competition is currently sponsored by Sky Sports. Scotland have won the Victory Shield outright on 17 occasions, most recently in 2013,[7] and were joint champions on a further 10 occasions, most recently in 2003.[8][9]

In the 2011 competition, which took place in March, Scotland finished as runners up to England, losing 2–1. They had only needed a draw to win the tournament.[10]

Nordic Cup

The Scotland under-16s also play in an occasional Nordic Cup competition with the under-16 teams of Scandinavian countries such as Norway, Sweden and Iceland.[11] The 2010 tournament also featured the under-16 sides of Finland, Faeroe Islands, Denmark and England.[12]

Friendly matches

In recent years, Scotland have played a two-leg international friendly match against an under-18 side picked by the football association of Jersey. The matches are used as a warm-up for competitive fixtures and have often taken place in Springfield Stadium in Jersey's Springfield Park. Despite the age gap and Jersey's home advantage, Scotland have won convincingly in some of these matches.[13][14] In other friendlies since 2008, Scotland have faced the under-16 teams of Malta, Kazakhstan, Guernsey Portugal and Spain.[15]

Players

Current squad

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Robby McCrorie (1998-03-18) 18 March 1998 (age 26) 6 0 Scotland Rangers
1GK Conor Cullen (1997-02-20) 20 February 1997 (age 27) 0 0 Scotland Celtic
2DF Jack Breslin (1997-04-06) 6 April 1997 (age 27) 5 0 Scotland Celtic
2DF Adam Hodge (1997-01-31) 31 January 1997 (age 27) 0 0 Scotland Kilmarnock
2DF Michael Kelly (1997-11-03) 3 November 1997 (age 26) 9 0 Scotland Aberdeen
2DF Aidan McIlduff (1997-04-20) 20 April 1997 (age 27) 2 0 Scotland Celtic
2DF Richie Petrie (1997-02-20) 20 February 1997 (age 27) 7 0 Scotland Aberdeen
2DF Sam Wardrop (1997-10-20) 20 October 1997 (age 26) 5 1 Scotland Celtic
3MF Steven Boyd (1997-04-12) 12 April 1997 (age 27) 7 1 Scotland Celtic
3MF Ross Finnie (1997-09-20) 20 September 1997 (age 26) 3 0 England Wolverhampton Wanderers
3MF Greg Kiltie (1997-01-18) 18 January 1997 (age 27) 5 1 Scotland Kilmarnock
3MF Aidan Nesbitt (1997-02-05) 5 February 1997 (age 27) 7 0 Scotland Celtic
3MF Aaron Scott (1997-07-01) 1 July 1997 (age 26) 7 0 Scotland Heart of Midlothian
3MF Joe Thomson (1997-01-14) 14 January 1997 (age 27) 4 0 Scotland Celtic
4FW Calvin Miller (1998-01-09) 9 January 1998 (age 26) 6 1 Scotland Celtic
4FW Joseph James (1998-10-28) 28 October 1998 (age 25) 4 6 Scotland Dundee United

See also

References

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