Scotland women's national football team

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Scotland
Shirt badge/Association crest
Association Scottish Football Association
Confederation UEFA (Europe)
Head coach Anna Signeul
Captain Gemma Fay
Most caps Gemma Fay (191)
Top scorer Julie Fleeting (116)
FIFA code SCO
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 21 Steady (25 March 2016)
Highest 19[1] (March 2014)
Lowest 31[1] (March 2004)
First international
 Scotland 2–3 England 
(Greenock, Scotland; 18 November 1972)

The Scotland women's national football team represents Scotland in international women's football competitions. Since 1998, the team has been governed by the Scottish Football Association (SFA). Although Scotland never participated into an international competition such as UEFA Women's Euro nor FIFA Women's World Cup, it is currently ranked 20th in the FIFA Women's World Rankings.

History

Church documents recorded women playing football in Carstairs, Lanarkshire, in 1628.[2] Scotland first played a women's international match in May 1881.[2] Women's football struggled for recognition during this early period and was banned by the football authorities in 1921.[2] Club sides who were interested in using their grounds for women's football were subsequently denied permission by the Scottish Football Association (SFA).[2] The sport continued on an unofficial basis until the 1970s, when the ban was lifted.[2] In 1971 UEFA instructed its members to take control of women's football within their territories. The motion was passed 31–1, but Scotland was the only member to vote against it.[3] Football in Scotland has traditionally been seen as a working class and male preserve.[4]

Scotland's first official match, a 3–2 defeat to England, took place in November 1972. The team was managed by Rab Stewart. The 1921 ban on women's football was lifted in 1974. The SFA assumed direct responsibility for Scottish women's football in 1998.[4] Scotland have participated in most international competitions since the ban was removed, but have not qualified for a major tournament. The team's standing has improved significantly in recent years, reaching an all-time high of 19th place in the FIFA Women's World Rankings in March 2014.[1][5][6]

Record

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Scotland playing a 2015 World Cup qualifying match in Sweden

World Cup

World Cup finals
Year Result GP W D* L GF GA GD
China 1991 Did not enter - - - - - - -
Sweden 1995 Did not qualify - - - - - - -
United States 1999 Did not qualify - - - - - - -
United States 2003 Did not qualify - - - - - - -
China 2007 Did not qualify - - - - - - -
Germany 2011 Did not qualify - - - - - - -
Canada 2015 Did not qualify - - - - - - -
Total 0/7 - - - - - - -
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Olympics

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Main article: Great Britain women's Olympic football team

Though Scotland has not previously qualified for the Summer Olympics since the women's football tournament was added in 1996, because the United Kingdom was host to the 2012 Summer Olympics, the Great Britain women's Olympic football team was founded and featured two players from Scotland: Kim Little and Ifeoma Dieke.[7][8]

European Championship

  • European Competition for Women's Football:
  • UEFA Women's Championship:
    • 1991: Did not enter
    • 1993: Did not qualify
    • 1995: Did not qualify
    • 1997: Did not qualify
    • 2001: Did not qualify
    • 2005: Did not qualify
    • 2009: Did not qualify
    • 2013: Did not qualify

Unofficial competition

  • World Cup
    • 1970: Did not compete[9]
    • 1971: Did not compete[10]
    • 1978: Did not compete[11]
    • 1981: Did not compete[11]
    • 1984: Did not compete[11]
    • 1987: Did not compete[11]
  • European Competition

Other tournaments

Year Competition Result GP W D* L GS GA Ref
England 1976 Three Nations Championship 2nd 2 1 0 1 3 6
Italy 1979 European Competition Group 2 0 1 1 0 2 [14]
Bulgaria 1992 Varna Tournament 7th 3 2 0 1 5 2 [15]
Bulgaria 1999 Albena Cup 2nd 5 1 3 1 9 7 [16]
Bulgaria 2000 Albena Cup 5th 4 2 1 1 10 5 [17]
Northern Ireland 2000 Celt Cup 3rd 2 1 0 1 27 1 [18]
Netherlands 2000 Veenendal Tournament 3rd 2 0 1 1 3 5 [19]
Portugal 2002 Algarve Cup 10th 4 2 0 2 4 8 [20]
Italy 2006 Torneo Regione Molise 3rd 2 0 0 2 0 8 [21]
Cyprus 2008 Cyprus Cup 6th 3 0 0 3 3 5 [22]
Cyprus 2009 Cyprus Cup 7th 4 1 0 3 2 8
Cyprus 2010 Cyprus Cup 7th 4 1 0 3 3 10
Cyprus 2011 Cyprus Cup 4th 4 1 1 2 2 4
Cyprus 2012 Cyprus Cup 9th 4 2 0 2 6 8
Cyprus 2013 Cyprus Cup 5th 4 2 1 1 7 6
Brazil 2013 Brazilian Invitational 4th 4 0 0 4 4 10 [23]
Cyprus 2014 Cyprus Cup 4th 4 2 2 0 10 7
Cyprus 2015 Cyprus Cup 7th 4 2 0 2 7 7
Total 61 20 10 31 105 109
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Media coverage

Scotland women's internationals have been televised by BBC Alba and broadcast by BBC Radio Scotland.[24] BBC Radio Scotland presenter Tam Cowan was temporarily taken off the air in 2013, after he criticised the use of Fir Park for women's internationals in his Daily Record column.[25] In a November 2013 interview with The Independent newspaper, Laura Montgomery of Glasgow City FC suggested that media coverage of women's football in Scotland often reflected sexist and misogynist attitudes. This is due to a preponderance of "stupid male journalists", according to Montgomery.[26]

Stadium

Ravenscraig Stadium hosted the first official match played by the Scotland women's team, in November 1972.

The first official match played by the Scotland women's team was hosted by the Ravenscraig Stadium, an athletics facility in Greenock. The team now normally plays its home games at (men's) club stadiums. Venues used in recent years include Fir Park in Motherwell, Tynecastle Stadium in Edinburgh and St Mirren Park in Paisley.[25][27] Hampden Park in Glasgow is the traditional home of the men's national team and is described by the Scottish Football Association as the National Stadium.[28] A Scotland women's international was played at Hampden for the first time in October 2012, when it hosted the first leg of a European Championship qualifying playoff against Spain.[29] Earlier in 2012, Hampden had hosted matches in the Olympic women's football tournament.

Players

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Current squad

The following players were selected for the games against Iceland and Belarus in June 2016.[30]

As of 18 May 2016
0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Lee Alexander (1991-09-23) 23 September 1991 (age 33) 0 0 Sweden Mallbackens IF
1GK Gemma Fay (Captain) (1981-12-09) 9 December 1981 (age 42) 191 0 Scotland Glasgow City
1GK Shannon Lynn (1985-10-22) 22 October 1985 (age 39) 16 0 Sweden Vittsjö GIK
2DF Jennifer Beattie (1991-05-13) 13 May 1991 (age 33) 99 22 England Manchester City
2DF Rachel Corsie (1989-08-17) 17 August 1989 (age 35) 83 16 United States Seattle Reign
2DF Ifeoma Dieke (1981-02-25) 25 February 1981 (age 43) 109 0 Sweden Vittsjö GIK
2DF Emma Mitchell (1986-11-07) 7 November 1986 (age 38) 44 7 England Arsenal
2DF Joelle Murray (1986-11-07) 7 November 1986 (age 38) 36 1 Scotland Hibernian
2DF Kirsty Smith (1994-01-06) 6 January 1994 (age 30) 13 0 Scotland Hibernian
3MF Leanne Crichton (1987-08-06) 6 August 1987 (age 37) 38 3 England Notts County
3MF Erin Cuthbert (1998-07-19) 19 July 1998 (age 26) 0 0 Scotland Glasgow City
3MF Kim Little (1990-06-29) 29 June 1990 (age 34) 115 46 United States Seattle Reign
3MF Joanne Love (1985-12-06) 6 December 1985 (age 38) 168 12 Scotland Glasgow City
3MF Christie Murray (1990-05-03) 3 May 1990 (age 34) 41 3 Scotland Celtic
3MF Leanne Ross (1981-07-08) 8 July 1981 (age 43) 120 8 Scotland Glasgow City
3MF Caroline Weir (1995-06-20) 20 June 1995 (age 29) 26 5 England Liverpool
4FW Lizzie Arnot (1996-03-01) 1 March 1996 (age 28) 6 0 Scotland Hibernian
4FW Lisa Evans (1992-05-21) 21 May 1992 (age 32) 48 12 Germany FC Bayern Munich
4FW Zoe Ness (1996-03-24) 24 March 1996 (age 28) 0 0 Sweden Mallbackens IF
4FW Jane Ross (1989-09-18) 18 September 1989 (age 35) 92 44 England Manchester City

Recent players

The following players have been selected by Scotland in the past 12 months, but were not selected in the June 2016 squad, or withdrew from that squad due to injury or suspension.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
GK Megan Cunningham (1995-07-14) 14 July 1995 (age 29) 2 0 Scotland Celtic v.  Slovenia, 8 April 2016
DF Chloe Arthur (1995-01-21) 21 January 1995 (age 29) 6 0 England Bristol City v.  Slovenia, 8 April 2016
DF Nicola Docherty (1992-08-23) 23 August 1992 (age 32) 11 0 Scotland Glasgow City v.  Slovenia, 8 April 2016
DF Frankie Brown (1987-10-08) 8 October 1987 (age 37) 77 0 England Bristol City v.  Spain, 8 March 2016
DF Eilish McSorley (1993-04-24) 24 April 1993 (age 31) 20 0 Sweden Mallbackens IF v.  Macedonia, 27 October 2015
DF Heather Richards (1994-02-16) 16 February 1994 (age 30) 4 0 Scotland Hibernian v.  Slovenia, 22 September 2015
MF Hayley Lauder (1990-06-04) 4 June 1990 (age 34) 75 9 Scotland Glasgow City v.  Slovenia, 8 April 2016
FW Lana Clelland (1993-01-26) 26 January 1993 (age 31) 11 1 Italy UPC Tavagnacco v.  Slovenia, 8 April 2016

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Honoured players

The SFA operates a roll of honour for every male player who has made more than 50 appearances for Scotland.[31] However, female players are excluded from the list. The Scottish Football Museum operates a hall of fame based at Hampden Park, which is open to players and managers involved in Scottish football.[32] 2007 entrant Rose Reilly is the only woman to be inducted so far. Sportscotland operates the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame, which has inducted some footballers, also including Reilly.

Recent results and forthcoming fixtures

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2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification

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Main articles: 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 4 and 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA play-offs

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Playoff semi-final

25 October 2014
18:30
Scotland  1–2  Netherlands
Little Goal 49' (pen.) Report Martens Goal 10'
Melis Goal 23' (pen.)
Tynecastle Stadium, Edinburgh
Referee: Kateryna Monzul (Ukraine)

30 October 2014
19:00
Netherlands  2–0  Scotland
Martens Goal 51'
Melis Goal 77'		 Report
Sparta Stadion, Rotterdam
Referee: Esther Staubli (Switzerland)

Netherlands won 4–1 on aggregate and advanced to the playoff final.

UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying

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International tournaments and challenge matches

Coaching staff

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Anna Signeul in 2014

See also

References

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  9. ↑ Coppa del Mondo (Women) 1970 rsssf.com. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
  10. ↑ Mundial (Women) 1971 rsssf.com. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 Women's World Invitation Tournament - Overview (1978-1987) rsssf.com. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
  12. ↑ Coppa Europa per Nazioni (Women) 1969 rsssf.com. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
  13. ↑ Inofficial European Women Championship 1979 rsssf.com. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
  14. ↑ Unofficial European Championship 1979 rsssf.com. Retrieved 19 October 2013
  15. ↑ Varna Tournament 1992 rsssf.com. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
  16. ↑ Albena Cup 1999 rsssf.com. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
  17. ↑ Albena Cup 2000 rsssf.com. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
  18. ↑ Celt Cup 2000 rsssf.com. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
  19. ↑ Veenendaal Tournament 2000 rsssf.com. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
  20. ↑ Algarve Cup 2002 rsssf.com. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
  21. ↑ Torneo Regione Molise 2006 rsssf.com. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
  22. ↑ Cyprus Cup 2008 rsssf.com. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
  23. ↑ 2013 Brazil Invitational Tournament scottishfa.co.uk. 22 December 2013. Retrieved 11 March 2014.
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