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{{Short description|Overview of Scotland at the UEFA European Championship}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}}
The '''[[UEFA European Championship]]''' is the main [[Association football|football]] competition of the men's [[List of men's national association football teams|national football team]]s governed by [[UEFA]] (the Union of European Football Associations). Held every four years since [[1960 European Nations' Cup|1960]], in the even-numbered year between [[FIFA World Cup|World Cup]] tournaments, it was originally called the '''UEFA European Nations' Cup''', changing to the current name in [[UEFA Euro 1968|1968]]. Starting with the [[UEFA Euro 1996|1996 tournament]], specific championships are often referred to in the form “Euro XXXX”. Prior to entering the tournament all teams other than the host nations (which qualify automatically) compete in a qualifying process.

[[Scotland national football team|Scotland]] have participated in four UEFA European Championship finals: the [[UEFA Euro 1992|1992]], [[UEFA Euro 1996|1996]], [[UEFA Euro 2020|2020]] (played in 2021 due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Europe|COVID-19 pandemic]]) and [[UEFA Euro 2024|2024]] editions. They have played twelve matches, winning two, drawing three and losing seven. They have scored seven goals and conceded seventeen, failing to advance past the group stage so far.

==History==
===1960s===
Scotland first participated in the European Championships in 1968, after not entering the first two tournaments. The [[1966–67 British Home Championship|1966–67]] and [[1967–68 British Home Championship|1967–68]] editions of the [[British Home Championship]] formed the results of their qualifying group, with Scotland finishing a point behind group winners [[England national football team|England]]. Scotland's first qualifying match was a 1–1 draw in [[Cardiff]] against [[Wales national football team|Wales]] on 22 October 1966, with [[Denis Law]] scoring an 86th-minute equaliser for the Scots. Scotland's first win came against [[Northern Ireland national football team|Northern Ireland]] on 16 November 1966 at [[Hampden Park]] - they won 2–1. On 15 April 1967, Scotland became the first side to defeat England since their World Cup victory - a 3–2 win at [[Wembley Stadium (1923)|Wembley]] gave Scotland the [[1966–67 British Home Championship]] crown. Northern Ireland defeated Scotland 1–0 in Belfast on 21 October 1967, before a 3–2 victory against the Welsh on 22 November 1967. A 1–1 draw with England, on 24 February 1968, wasn't enough for Scotland to qualify from the group.

===1970s===
Scotland were drawn alongside [[Belgium national football team|Belgium]], [[Denmark national football team|Denmark]] and [[Portugal national football team|Portugal]] in the qualification phase of [[UEFA Euro 1972]]. Scotland won all their home matches, but lost all their away games to finish third in the group. A 1–0 defeat to Denmark in [[Copenhagen]] on 9 June 1971 saw Scotland eliminated from qualifying. Belgium won the group to progress to the play-offs.

[[UEFA Euro 1976 qualifying]] saw Scotland face Denmark, [[Romania national football team|Romania]] and [[Spain national football team|Spain]]. Scotland lost their opening match 2–1 to the Spaniards at Hampden, before drawing 1–1 in [[Valencia, Spain|Valencia]]. [[Gordon McQueen]] scored a late equaliser to win Scotland a point away in Romania, before [[Joe Harper]]'s goal saw Scotland beat Denmark 1–0 away from home. Scotland won the reverse fixture 3–1. Scotland's final match was at home to Romania, with Scotland requiring a two-goal win to win the group and qualify for the play-offs. Scotland took the lead through a [[Bruce Rioch]] goal, but Romania levelled the match with fifteen minutes to go to send Scotland out.

===1980s===
Scotland's qualifying group for Euro 1980 featured [[Austria national football team|Austria]], Belgium, [[Norway national football team|Norway]] and Portugal. Defeats against Austria and Portugal in their opening three matches removed any chance of qualification for Scotland, with two wins over Norway and a 4–1 victory over Portugal at Hampden being the only victories in a disappointing qualifying campaign for the Scots, who finished fourth.

Belgium, [[East Germany national football team|East Germany]] and [[Switzerland national football team|Switzerland]] were Scotland's opponents in qualifying for [[UEFA Euro 1984]]. An opening game win over East Germany was the only victory of the campaign for the Scots, with home draws against Belgium and Switzerland being the only other points obtained in the campaign. Scotland lost all of their away matches to finish bottom of the group.

Scotland faced Belgium, [[Bulgaria national football team|Bulgaria]], [[Luxembourg national football team|Luxembourg]] and the [[Republic of Ireland national football team|Republic of Ireland]] in qualifying for [[UEFA Euro 1988]]. Two 0–0 draws against Bulgaria and the Republic of Ireland was followed up with a 3–0 victory over minnows Luxembourg. Successive defeats against the Republic of Ireland (1–0) and Belgium (4–1) saw qualification fall out of reach, once again. Victories over Belgium (2–0) and Bulgaria (1–0) followed, before a disappointing 0–0 draw over Luxembourg, who obtained their first and only point of the campaign. The win against Bulgaria, who had only needed to draw the match to qualify, meant that Ireland qualified for their first major tournament.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2014/nov/11/republic-of-ireland-gary-mackay-scotland |title=How Gary Mackay became Ireland’s favourite Scotland player |newspaper=The Guardian |date=11 November 2014 |accessdate=26 March 2023 |first=Paul |last=Doyle}}</ref>

===1990s===
[[File:Scotland-holland euro 96.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Scotland played out a goalless draw against the [[Netherlands national football team|Netherlands]] during [[UEFA Euro 1996|Euro 1996]] at [[Villa Park]], [[Birmingham]]]]
Under the guidance of manager [[Andy Roxburgh]], Scotland qualified for the [[UEFA European Championship]] for the first time in [[UEFA Euro 1992|1992]].<ref name="sweden">{{cite web | title=1992 – Small but perfectly formed | url= http://www.uefa.com/competitions/euro/history/season=1992/intro.html | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070421035254/http://www.uefa.com/competitions/euro/history/season=1992/intro.html | archive-date= 21 April 2007 | publisher=UEFA | date=5 October 2003 | access-date=15 May 2007}}</ref> Scotland were drawn into a qualifying group of [[Bulgaria national football team|Bulgaria]], [[Romania national football team|Romania]], San Marino and Switzerland. A 1–0 defeat to Romania away from home left qualification dependent upon other results, but a 1–1 draw between Bulgaria and Romania in the final group match saw Scotland squeeze through as group winners by a single point.<ref name="euro92">{{cite web | title=European Championship 1992 | url= https://www.rsssf.org/tables/92e.html | publisher=Rec Sport Soccer Statistics Foundation | access-date=15 May 2007}}</ref> Scotland were drawn into a very difficult group, facing defending champions the [[Netherlands national football team|Netherlands]], the [[CIS national football team|CIS]] (the successor of the [[Soviet Union national football team|Soviet Union team]] defeated in the 1988 final), and [[Germany national football team|Germany]], World Cup holders and semi-finalists in 1988. Despite competing well in defeats against the Netherlands and Germany and a fine 3–0 win against the CIS, the team was knocked out at the group stage.<ref name="euro92" />

After Scotland failed to qualify for the [[1994 FIFA World Cup]], [[Andy Roxburgh]] was replaced by [[Craig Brown (footballer born 1940)|Craig Brown]] as Scotland manager.<ref name = "Brown highs and lows">{{cite web | title=Craig Brown's highs and lows |publisher=BBC |work=BBC Sport | date=7 October 2001 | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/scotland/1528293.stm | access-date=31 August 2008}}</ref> Brown successfully guided Scotland to the [[UEFA Euro 1996|1996 European Championship]] tournament, in second place behind [[Russia national football team|Russia]], in a qualifying group also featuring [[Greece national football team|Greece]], [[Faroe Islands national football team|Faroe Islands]], [[Finland national football team|Finland]] and San Marino.<ref name = "Brown highs and lows"/> The first game at the tournament against the [[Netherlands national football team|Netherlands]] ended 0–0, raising morale ahead of a much anticipated game against rivals [[England national football team|England]] at [[Wembley Stadium (1923)|Wembley Stadium]].<ref name = "Brown highs and lows"/> [[Gary McAllister]] missed a [[Penalty kick (association football)|penalty kick]] and a goal by [[Paul Gascoigne]] led to a 2–0 defeat. Scotland recovered to beat [[Switzerland national football team|Switzerland]] 1–0 with a goal by Ally McCoist. England taking a 4–0 lead in the other match briefly put both teams in a position to qualify, but a late goal for the Netherlands meant that Scotland were eliminated on goals scored.<ref name = "Brown highs and lows"/> The Netherlands and Scotland both had four points and a [[goal difference]] of minus one.<ref name=england96>{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/eng-intres95.html|title=England: International results 1995–1999 details|publisher=[[Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation|RSSSF]]|access-date=18 July 2010|date=14 March 2004|author=Barrie Courtney}}</ref>

===2000s===
Scotland finished second in their qualifying group for [[UEFA Euro 2000]]. The [[Czech Republic national football team|Czech Republic]] won the group, after winning all their matches. [[Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team|Bosnia and Herzegovina]], [[Estonia national football team|Estonia]] and [[Lithuania national football team|Lithuania]] all finished seven points behind Scotland, with the Faroe Islands bringing up the rear. Scotland were the third best second placed team, which qualified them for the play-offs. They were drawn against England. On 13 November 1999, England won the first leg 2–0 at Hampden Park, with [[Paul Scholes]] scoring both goals.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/special_report/1999/11/99/battle_of_britain/518724.stm|title=Scholes silences Scots|work=BBC Sport|date=15 November 1999|access-date=10 April 2018}}</ref> Four days later, Scotland won the return leg at Wembley.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/special_report/1999/11/99/battle_of_britain/525287.stm|title=England book Euro 2000 place|work=BBC Sport|date=19 November 1999|access-date=10 April 2018}}</ref> [[Don Hutchison]] scored the winner for Scotland in a 1–0 win, which wasn't enough to prevent England qualifying for Euro 2000.

Scotland, once again, finished second in their qualifying group in qualification for Euro 2004. This time Germany were the group winners, with Iceland, Lithuania and the Faroe Islands finishing behind Scotland. On 7 June 2003, Scotland drew 1–1 with the Germans at Hampden with [[Kenny Miller]] scoring the equaliser.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/internationals/scotland/2969534.stm|title=Scotland hold Germany|work=BBC Sport|date= 7 June 2003|access-date=10 April 2018}}</ref> The second-place finish saw Scotland progress to the play-offs, where they were drawn against the Netherlands. On 15 November 2003, Scotland won the first leg 1–0, via a [[James McFadden]] goal.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/internationals/scotland/3256987.stm|title=Scotland take first leg honours|work=BBC Sport|date=15 November 2003|access-date=10 April 2018}}</ref> However, the Dutch won 6–0, four days later, in [[Amsterdam]] to knock Scotland out of the competition.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/internationals/scotland/3275085.stm|title=Scotland thrashed by Dutch|work=BBC Sport|date=19 November 2003|access-date=10 April 2018}}</ref>

Scotland faced Italy and France, who had contested the [[2006 FIFA World Cup Final|2006 World Cup final]], in their qualifying group for [[UEFA Euro 2008]]. A 6–0 victory over the Faroe Islands started the campaign strongly,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/internationals/5292876.stm|title=Scotland 6-0 Faroe Islands|work=BBC Sport|date=2 September 2006|access-date=10 April 2018}}</ref> before defeating Lithuania 2–1 in [[Kaunas]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/internationals/5312354.stm|title=Lithuania 1-2 Scotland|date=6 September 2006|access-date=10 April 2018}}</ref> On 7 October 2006, Scotland moved to the top of their group with a surprise 1–0 victory over France at Hampden Park.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/internationals/5397614.stm|title=Scotland 1-0 France|work=BBC Sport|date=7 October 2006|access-date=10 April 2018}}</ref> Scotland were defeated 2–0 in Ukraine four days later to end Scotland's winning start to the campaign.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/internationals/6037129.stm|title=Ukraine 2-0 Scotland|work=BBC Sport|date=11 October 2006|access-date=10 April 2018}}</ref> On 24 March 2007, Scotland won 2–1 against Georgia with a late goal from [[Craig Beattie]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/internationals/6449543.stm|title=Scotland 2-1 Georgia|work=BBC Sport|date=24 March 2007|access-date=10 April 2018}}</ref> before falling 2–0 to World Champions Italy in [[Bari]].<ref name=Italy>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/internationals/6495949.stm|title=Italy 2-0 Scotland|work=BBC Sport|date=28 March 2007|access-date=10 April 2018}}</ref> Despite the defeat Scotland were level on points at the top of the qualifying group with France and Ukraine; Italy were two points behind.<ref name=Italy/> Victories over the Faroe Islands and Lithuania followed,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/internationals/6713997.stm|title=Faroe Islands 0-2 Scotland|work=BBC Sport|date=6 June 2007|access-date=10 April 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/internationals/6981599.stm|title=Scotland 3-1 Lithuania|work=BBC Sport|date=8 September 2007|access-date=10 April 2018}}</ref> before another 1–0 victory against the French, this time in Paris. [[James McFadden]] scored the winning goal.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/internationals/6986781.stm|title=France 0-1 Scotland|work=BBC Sport|date=12 September 2007|access-date=10 April 2018}}</ref> A 3–1 victory over Ukraine on 13 October 2007 saw Scotland strengthen their position at the top of the group,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/internationals/7032948.stm|title=Scotland 3-1 Ukraine|work=BBC Sport|date=13 October 2007|access-date=10 April 2018}}</ref> but a 2–0 defeat to a youthful Georgia side saw the campaign turn.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/internationals/7032632.stm|title=Georgia 2-0 Scotland|work=BBC Sport|date=17 October 2007|access-date=10 April 2018}}</ref> Scotland required a win over Italy in their final game to qualify for Euro 2008, but fell to a 2–1 defeat after a late Italian goal put the Scots out.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/internationals/7094455.stm|title=Scotland 1-2 Italy|work=BBC Sport|date=17 November 2007|access-date=10 April 2018}}</ref> Scotland finished their group in third place.

===2010s===
Scotland finished third in their [[UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying]] group, behind World and European Champions Spain and the Czech Republic. On 3 September 2011, a stoppage time Czech penalty saw them steal a point from Hampden Park, which ultimately proved vital for Scotland's qualification chances.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/scotland/14757862|title=Scotland 2-2 Czech Republic|work=BBC Sport|date=3 September 2011|access-date=10 April 2018}}</ref> Scotland would have finished second in the group and reached the play-offs, with victory in that match.

[[UEFA Euro 2016]] saw eight additional teams qualify for the finals than was previously the case. This meant that the top two from each qualifying group would qualify, with the third placed team entering the play-offs. Scotland's 1–0 defeat against Georgia was the pivotal game of the group.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/34063017|title=Georgia 1-0 Scotland|work=BBC Sport|date=4 September 2015|access-date=10 April 2018}}</ref> A stoppage time equaliser from Poland on 8 October saw Scotland eliminated.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/33543822|title=Scotland 2-2 Poland|work=BBC Sport|date=8 October 2015|access-date=10 April 2018}}</ref> Scotland finished fourth, behind Germany, Poland and the Republic of Ireland.

===2020s===
[[File:Hampden 2021 1.jpg|thumb|Teams line up for Scotland vs [[Croatia national football team|Croatia]] at [[UEFA Euro 2020]], in front of a limited capacity at Hampden]]
Scotland hosted three group games and a last 16 match during [[UEFA Euro 2020]], which was held at venues across Europe including Hampden Park, but was delayed for a year due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://stv.tv/sport/football/1403906-hampden-loses-out-on-hosting-opening-match-of-euro-2020/ |title=Hampden loses out on hosting opening match of Euro 2020 |first=Andy |last=Coyle |work=STV Sport |publisher=STV |date=7 December 2017 |access-date=15 June 2018}}</ref> The team qualified for the tournament via the [[UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying play-offs|playoffs]] (based on finishing top of their mini-group in the [[2018–19 UEFA Nations League]] – they were third, outside the automatic places, in the [[UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying]] group) by winning [[penalty shootout (association football)|penalty shootouts]] against [[Israel national football team|Israel]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/51955716 |title=Scotland 0&ndash;0 Israel |first=Scott |last=Mullen |website=BBC Sport |publisher=BBC |date=8 October 2020 |access-date=9 October 2020}}</ref> and [[Serbia national football team|Serbia]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/54819938|title=Scotland win shootout to end 23-year wait for a major tournament |website=BBC Sport |publisher=BBC |date=12 November 2020 |access-date=12 November 2020 }}</ref> Defeats by the [[Czech Republic national football team|Czech Republic]] and [[Croatia national football team|Croatia]] at Hampden, either side of a goalless draw with [[England national football team|England]] at [[Wembley Stadium|Wembley]]<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/football/2021/jun/18/england-scotland-euro-2020-match-report England frustrated by steely Scotland in Euro 2020 stalemate at Wembley], David Hytner, The Guardian, 18 June 2021</ref> (all played with a limited number of spectators present due to COVID-19 restrictions) meant that Scotland finished bottom of [[UEFA Euro 2020 Group D|Group D]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/51198439 |title=Croatia 3&ndash;1 Scotland |first=Scott |last=Mullen |website=BBC Sport |date=22 June 2021 |access-date=23 June 2021}}</ref>

A record-breaking winning run at the start of [[UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying|Euro 2024 qualifying]], of five consecutive matches, meant that Scotland qualified for [[UEFA Euro 2024|Euro 2024]] with two matches to spare.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/67092471 |title=Euro 2024: Scotland qualify for Germany finals thanks to Spain win in Norway |website=BBC Sport |date=15 October 2023 |accessdate=15 October 2023}}</ref>

==Statistics==
===Overall record===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;font-size:100%;"
|-
!style="background:#00008B; color:#FFFFFF;" rowspan="2"|Year
!style="background:#00008B; color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="9"|UEFA European Championship record
! style="width:1%;" rowspan="22"|
!style="background:#00008B; color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="7"|Qualification record
|-
!scope="col"|Round
!scope="col"|Position
!scope="col"|{{Tooltip|Pld|Games played}}
!scope="col"|{{Tooltip|W|Games won}}
!scope="col"|{{Tooltip|D|Games drawn}}
!scope="col"|{{Tooltip|L|Games lost}}
!scope="col"|{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}
!scope="col"|{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}
!scope="col"|Squad
!scope="col"|{{Tooltip|Pld|Games played}}
!scope="col"|{{Tooltip|W|Games won}}
!scope="col"|{{Tooltip|D|Games drawn}}
!scope="col"|{{Tooltip|L|Games lost}}
!scope="col"|{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}
!scope="col"|{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}
!scope="col"|Position
|- 
|[[1960 European Nations' Cup|1960]]||colspan=9 rowspan=2|''Did not enter'' ||colspan=7 rowspan=2|''Did not enter''
|-
|[[1964 European Nations' Cup|1964]]
|-
|[[UEFA Euro 1968|1968]]||colspan=9 rowspan=6|''Did not qualify'' ||6||3||2||1||10||8||[[UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying Group 8|2nd / 4]]
|-
|[[UEFA Euro 1972|1972]]||6||3||0||3||4||7||[[UEFA Euro 1972 qualifying Group 5|3rd / 4]]
|-
|[[UEFA Euro 1976|1976]]||6||2||3||1||8||6||[[UEFA Euro 1976 qualifying Group 4|3rd / 4]]
|-
|[[UEFA Euro 1980|1980]]||8||3||1||4||15||13||[[UEFA Euro 1980 qualifying Group 2|4th / 5]]
|-
|[[UEFA Euro 1984|1984]]||6||1||2||3||8||10||[[UEFA Euro 1984 qualifying Group 1|4th / 4]]
|-
|[[UEFA Euro 1988|1988]]||8||3||3||2||7||5||[[UEFA Euro 1988 qualifying Group 7|4th / 5]]
|-
|[[UEFA Euro 1992|1992]]||rowspan=2|Group stage||5th||3||1||0||2||3||3||[[UEFA Euro 1992 squads#Scotland|Squad]]||8||4||3||1||14||7||[[UEFA Euro 1992 qualifying Group 2|1st / 5]]
|-
|[[UEFA Euro 1996|1996]]||12th||3||1||1||1||1||2||[[UEFA Euro 1996 squads#Scotland|Squad]]||10||7||2||1||19||3||[[UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying Group 8|2nd / 6]]
|-
|[[UEFA Euro 2000|2000]]||colspan=9 rowspan=5|''Did not qualify''||12||6||3||3||16||12||[[UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying Group 9|2nd / 6]]<ref>Scotland lost in a [[UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying play-offs|play-off]] against [[England national football team|England]].</ref>
|-
|[[UEFA Euro 2004|2004]]||10||5||2||3||13||14||[[UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying Group 5|2nd / 5]]<ref>Scotland lost in a [[UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying play-offs|play-off]] against the [[Netherlands national football team|Netherlands]].</ref>
|-
|[[UEFA Euro 2008|2008]]||12||8||0||4||21||12||[[UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying Group B|3rd / 7]]
|-
|[[UEFA Euro 2012|2012]]||8||3||2||3||9||10||[[UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying Group I|3rd / 5]]
|-
|[[UEFA Euro 2016|2016]]||10||4||3||3||22||12||[[UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying Group D|4th / 6]]
|-
|style="border: 3px solid red"|[[UEFA Euro 2020|2020]]||rowspan=2|Group stage||22nd||3||0||1||2||1||5||[[UEFA Euro 2020 squads#Scotland|Squad]]||12||5||2||5||17||20||[[UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying Group I|3rd / 6]]<ref>Scotland qualified by winning [[UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying play-offs#Path C|play-offs]] against [[Israel national football team|Israel]] and [[Serbia national football team|Serbia]].</ref>
|- 
|[[UEFA Euro 2024|2024]]||24th||3||0||1||2||2||7||[[UEFA Euro 2024 squads#Scotland|Squad]]||8||5||2||1||17||8||[[UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying Group A|2nd / 5]]
|-
|style="border: 3px solid red"|[[UEFA Euro 2028|2028]]||colspan=9 rowspan=2|''To be determined''||colspan=7 rowspan=2|''To be determined''
|-
|[[UEFA Euro 2032|2032]]
|-
!style="background:#00008B; color:#FFFFFF;"|Total
!style="background:#00008B; color:#FFFFFF;"|Group stage
!style="background:#00008B; color:#FFFFFF;"|4/17
!style="background:#00008B; color:#FFFFFF;"|12
!style="background:#00008B; color:#FFFFFF;"|2
!style="background:#00008B; color:#FFFFFF;"|3
!style="background:#00008B; color:#FFFFFF;"|7
!style="background:#00008B; color:#FFFFFF;"|7
!style="background:#00008B; color:#FFFFFF;"|17
!style="background:#00008B; color:#FFFFFF;"|{{sortdash}}
!style="background:#00008B; color:#FFFFFF;"|{{sortdash}}
!style="background:#00008B; color:#FFFFFF;"|130
!style="background:#00008B; color:#FFFFFF;"|62
!style="background:#00008B; color:#FFFFFF;"|30
!style="background:#00008B; color:#FFFFFF;"|38
!style="background:#00008B; color:#FFFFFF;"|200
!style="background:#00008B; color:#FFFFFF;"|147
|}

===Matches played===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:left;"
|-
!Year<br />{{small|(manager)}}
!width=65|Round
!width=120|Opponent
!width=65|Score
!width=45|Result
!width=100|Venue
!Scotland scorers
|-
|rowspan="3" align=center|[[UEFA Euro 1992|1992]]<br />{{small|([[Andy Roxburgh|Roxburgh]])}}||rowspan="3"|[[UEFA Euro 1992 Group 2|Group stage]]||{{fb|NED}}||align=center|[[UEFA Euro 1992 Group 2#Netherlands vs Scotland|0–1]]||align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"|L||[[Gothenburg]]||{{sort dash}}
|-
|{{fb|GER}}||align=center|[[UEFA Euro 1992 Group 2#Scotland vs Germany|0–2]]||align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"|L||[[Norrköping]]||{{sort dash}}
|-
|{{fb|CIS}}||align=center|[[UEFA Euro 1992 Group 2#Scotland vs CIS|3–0]]||align=center bgcolor="#bbffbb"|W||[[Norrköping]]||[[Paul McStay]], [[Brian McClair]], [[Gary McAllister]]
|-
|rowspan="3" align=center|[[UEFA Euro 1996|1996]]<br />{{small|([[Craig Brown (footballer, born 1940)|Brown]])}}||rowspan="3"|[[UEFA Euro 1996 Group A|Group stage]]||{{fb|NED}}||align=center|[[UEFA Euro 1996 Group A#Netherlands vs Scotland|0–0]]||align=center bgcolor="#ffffbb"|D||[[Birmingham]]||{{sort dash}}
|-
|{{fb|ENG}}||align=center|[[UEFA Euro 1996 Group A#Scotland vs England|0–2]]||align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"|L||[[London]]||{{sort dash}}
|-
|{{fb|SUI}}||align=center|[[UEFA Euro 1996 Group A#Scotland vs Switzerland|1–0]]||align=center bgcolor="#bbffbb"|W||[[Birmingham]]||[[Ally McCoist]]
|-
|rowspan="3" align=center|[[UEFA Euro 2020|2020]]<br />{{small|(held in 2021)}}<br />{{small|([[Steve Clarke|Clarke]])}}||rowspan="3"|[[UEFA Euro 2020 Group D|Group stage]]||{{fb|CZE}}||align=center|[[UEFA Euro 2020 Group D#Scotland vs Czech Republic|0–2]]||align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"|L||[[Glasgow]]||{{sort dash}}
|-
|{{fb|ENG}}||align=center|[[UEFA Euro 2020 Group D#England vs Scotland|0–0]]||align=center bgcolor="#ffffbb"|D||[[London]]||{{sort dash}}
|-
|{{fb|CRO}}||align=center|[[UEFA Euro 2020 Group D#Croatia vs Scotland|1–3]]||align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"|L||[[Glasgow]]||[[Callum McGregor]]
|-
|rowspan="3" align=center|[[UEFA Euro 2024|2024]]<br />{{small|([[Steve Clarke|Clarke]])}}||rowspan="3"|[[UEFA Euro 2024 Group A|Group stage]]||{{fb|GER}}||align=center|[[UEFA Euro 2024 Group A#Germany vs Scotland|1–5]]||align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"|L||[[Munich]]||[[Antonio Rüdiger]] ([[Own goal#Association football|o.g.]])
|-
|{{fb|SUI}}||align=center|[[UEFA Euro 2024 Group A#Scotland vs Switzerland|1–1]]||align=center bgcolor="#ffffbb"|D||[[Cologne]]||[[Scott McTominay]]
|-
|{{fb|HUN}}||align=center|[[UEFA Euro 2024 Group A#Scotland vs Hungary|0–1]]||align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"|L||[[Stuttgart]]||{{sort dash}}
|}

===Head to head records===
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|+Final tournament head-to-head
!Opponent
!Pld
!W
!D
!L
!GF
!GA
!W%
!D%
!L%
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|CIS|1992}}||1||1||0||0||3||0||{{#expr: 1 / 1 * 100 round 2}}||{{#expr: 0 / 1 * 100 round 2}}||{{#expr: 0 / 1 * 100 round 2}}
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|CRO}}||1||0||0||1||1||3||{{#expr: 0 / 1 * 100 round 2}}||{{#expr: 0 / 1 * 100 round 2}}||{{#expr: 1 / 1 * 100 round 2}}
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|CZE}}||1||0||0||1||0||2||{{#expr: 0 / 1 * 100 round 2}}||{{#expr: 0 / 1 * 100 round 2}}||{{#expr: 1 / 1 * 100 round 2}}
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|ENG}}||2||0||1||1||0||2||{{#expr: 0 / 2 * 100 round 2}}||{{#expr: 1 / 2 * 100 round 2}}||{{#expr: 1 / 2 * 100 round 2}}
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|GER}}||2||0||0||2||1||7||{{#expr: 0 / 2 * 100 round 2}}||{{#expr: 0 / 2 * 100 round 2}}||{{#expr: 2 / 2 * 100 round 2}}
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|HUN}}||1||0||0||1||0||1||{{#expr: 0 / 1 * 100 round 2}}||{{#expr: 0 / 1 * 100 round 2}}||{{#expr: 1 / 1 * 100 round 2}}
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|NED}}||2||0||1||1||0||1||{{#expr: 0 / 2 * 100 round 2}}||{{#expr: 1 / 2 * 100 round 2}}||{{#expr: 1 / 2 * 100 round 2}}
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|SUI}}||2||1||1||0||2||1||{{#expr: 1 / 2 * 100 round 2}}||{{#expr: 1 / 2 * 100 round 2}}||{{#expr: 0 / 1 * 100 round 2}}
|}

====Qualifying====
{|class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align:center"
|+Qualifying head-to-head
!Opponent
!Pld
!W
!D
!L
!GF
!GA
!W%
!D%
!L%
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|AUT}}||2||0||1||1||3||4||{{#expr: 0 / 2 * 100 round 2}}||{{#expr: 1 / 2 * 100 round 2}}||{{#expr: 1 / 2 * 100 round 2}}
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|BEL}}||8||2||1||5||8||16||{{#expr: 2 / 8 * 100 round 2}}||{{#expr: 1 / 8 * 100 round 2}}||{{#expr: 5 / 8 * 100 round 2}}
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|BIH}}||2||2||0||0||3||1||{{#expr: 2 / 2 * 100 round 2}}||{{#expr: 0 / 2 * 100 round 2}}||{{#expr: 0 / 2 * 100 round 2}}
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|BUL}}||4||0||3||1||2||3||{{#expr: 0 / 4 * 100 round 2}}||{{#expr: 3 / 4 * 100 round 2}}||{{#expr: 1 / 4 * 100 round 2}}
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|CYP}}||2||2||0||0||6||0||{{#expr: 2 / 2 * 100 round 2}}||{{#expr: 0 / 2 * 100 round 2}}||{{#expr: 0 / 2 * 100 round 2}}
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|CZE}}||4||0||1||3||5||8||{{#expr: 0 / 4 * 100 round 2}}||{{#expr: 1 / 4 * 100 round 2}}||{{#expr: 3 / 4 * 100 round 2}}
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|DEN}}||4||3||0||1||5||2||{{#expr: 3 / 4 * 100 round 2}}||{{#expr: 0 / 4 * 100 round 2}}||{{#expr: 1 / 4 * 100 round 2}}
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|DDR}}||2||1||0||1||3||2||{{#expr: 1 / 2 * 100 round 2}}||{{#expr: 0 / 2 * 100 round 2}}||{{#expr: 1 / 2 * 100 round 2}}
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|ENG}}||4||2||1||1||5||5||{{#expr: 2 / 4 * 100 round 2}}||{{#expr: 1 / 4 * 100 round 2}}||{{#expr: 1 / 4 * 100 round 2}}
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|EST}}||2||1||1||0||3||2||{{#expr: 1 / 2 * 100 round 2}}||{{#expr: 1 / 2 * 100 round 2}}||{{#expr: 0 / 2 * 100 round 2}}
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|FRO}}||8||6||2||0||23||6||{{#expr: 6 / 8 * 100 round 2}}||{{#expr: 2 / 8 * 100 round 2}}||{{#expr: 0 / 8 * 100 round 2}}
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|FIN}}||2||2||0||0||3||0||{{#expr: 2 / 2 * 100 round 2}}||{{#expr: 0 / 2 * 100 round 2}}||{{#expr: 0 / 2 * 100 round 2}}
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|FRA}}||2||2||0||0||2||0||{{#expr: 2 / 2 * 100 round 2}}||{{#expr: 0 / 2 * 100 round 2}}||{{#expr: 0 / 2 * 100 round 2}}
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|GEO}}||6||3||1||2||7||6||{{#expr: 3 / 6 * 100 round 2}}||{{#expr: 1 / 6 * 100 round 2}}||{{#expr: 2 / 6 * 100 round 2}}
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|GER}}||4||0||1||3||5||8||{{#expr: 0 / 4 * 100 round 2}}||{{#expr: 1 / 4 * 100 round 2}}||{{#expr: 3 / 4 * 100 round 2}}
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|GIB}}||2||2||0||0||12||1||{{#expr: 2 / 2 * 100 round 2}}||{{#expr: 0 / 2 * 100 round 2}}||{{#expr: 0 / 2 * 100 round 2}}
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|GRE}}||2||1||0||1||1||1||{{#expr: 1 / 2 * 100 round 2}}||{{#expr: 0 / 2 * 100 round 2}}||{{#expr: 1 / 2 * 100 round 2}}
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|ISL}}||2||2||0||0||4||1||{{#expr: 2 / 2 * 100 round 2}}||{{#expr: 0 / 2 * 100 round 2}}||{{#expr: 0 / 2 * 100 round 2}}
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|ITA}}||2||0||0||2||1||4||{{#expr: 0 / 2 * 100 round 2}}||{{#expr: 0 / 2 * 100 round 2}}||{{#expr: 2 / 2 * 100 round 2}}
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|LIE}}||2||2||0||0||3||1||{{#expr: 2 / 2 * 100 round 2}}||{{#expr: 0 / 2 * 100 round 2}}||{{#expr: 0 / 2 * 100 round 2}}
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|LTU}}||8||5||2||1||10||3||{{#expr: 5 / 8 * 100 round 2}}||{{#expr: 2 / 8 * 100 round 2}}||{{#expr: 1 / 8 * 100 round 2}}
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|LUX}}||2||1||1||0||3||0||{{#expr: 1 / 2 * 100 round 2}}||{{#expr: 1 / 2 * 100 round 2}}||{{#expr: 0 / 2 * 100 round 2}}
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|NED}}||2||1||0||1||1||6||{{#expr: 1 / 2 * 100 round 2}}||{{#expr: 0 / 2 * 100 round 2}}||{{#expr: 1 / 2 * 100 round 2}}
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|NIR}}||2||1||0||1||3||1||{{#expr: 1 / 2 * 100 round 2}}||{{#expr: 0 / 2 * 100 round 2}}||{{#expr: 1 / 2 * 100 round 2}}
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|NOR}}||4||3||1||0||12||7||{{#expr: 3 / 4 * 100 round 2}}||{{#expr: 1 / 4 * 100 round 2}}||{{#expr: 0 / 4 * 100 round 2}}
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|POL}}||2||0||2||0||4||4||{{#expr: 0 / 2 * 100 round 2}}||{{#expr: 2 / 2 * 100 round 2}}||{{#expr: 0 / 2 * 100 round 2}}
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|POR}}||4||2||0||2||6||5||{{#expr: 2 / 4 * 100 round 2}}||{{#expr: 0 / 4 * 100 round 2}}||{{#expr: 2 / 4 * 100 round 2}}
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|IRL}}||4||1||2||1||2||2||{{#expr: 1 / 4 * 100 round 2}}||{{#expr: 2 / 4 * 100 round 2}}||{{#expr: 1 / 4 * 100 round 2}}
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|ROU}}||4||1||2||1||4||4||{{#expr: 1 / 4 * 100 round 2}}||{{#expr: 2 / 4 * 100 round 2}}||{{#expr: 1 / 4 * 100 round 2}}
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|RUS}}||2||0||2||0||1||1||{{#expr: 0 / 2 * 100 round 2}}||{{#expr: 2 / 2 * 100 round 2}}||{{#expr: 0 / 2 * 100 round 2}}
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|SMR}}||4||4||0||0||13||0||{{#expr: 4 / 4 * 100 round 2}}||{{#expr: 0 / 4 * 100 round 2}}||{{#expr: 0 / 4 * 100 round 2}}
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|ESP}}||6||1||1||4||7||11||{{#expr: 1 / 6 * 100 round 2}}||{{#expr: 1 / 6 * 100 round 2}}||{{#expr: 4 / 6 * 100 round 2}}
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|SUI}}||4||1||2||1||6||7||{{#expr: 1 / 4 * 100 round 2}}||{{#expr: 2 / 4 * 100 round 2}}||{{#expr: 1 / 4 * 100 round 2}}
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|UKR}}||2||1||0||1||3||3||{{#expr: 1 / 2  * 100 round 2}}||{{#expr: 0 / 2 * 100 round 2}}||{{#expr: 1 / 2  * 100 round 2}}
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|WAL}}||2||1||1||0||4||3||{{#expr: 1 / 2  * 100 round 2}}||{{#expr: 1 / 2 * 100 round 2}}||{{#expr: 0 / 2 * 100 round 2}}
|}

===Appearances===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: left;"
|-
!Rank
!Player
!Matches
!Years
|-
|rowspan=9 align=center|1
|[[Ché Adams]]|| rowspan="9" align="center" |6||2020, 2024
|-
|[[Andy Goram]]||1992, 1996
|-
|[[Grant Hanley]]||2020, 2024
|-
|[[Gary McAllister]]|| rowspan="2" |1992, 1996
|-
|[[Stuart McCall]]
|-
|[[John McGinn]]|| rowspan="4"|2020, 2024
|-
|[[Callum McGregor]]
|-
|[[Scott McTominay]]
|-
|[[Andrew Robertson]]
|-
|rowspan=3 align=center|10
|[[Gordon Durie]]||rowspan=3 align=center|5||1992, 1996
|-
|[[Stewart McKimmie]]||1992, 1996
|-
|[[Ally McCoist]]||1992, 1996
|-
|rowspan=8 align=center|13
|[[Stuart Armstrong]]|| rowspan="8" align="center" |4||2020, 2024
|-
|[[Tom Boyd (Scottish footballer)|Tom Boyd]]||1992, 1996
|-
|[[Ryan Christie]]||2020, 2024
|-
|[[Kevin Gallacher]]||1992, 1996
|-
|[[Billy Gilmour]]|| rowspan="4" |2020, 2024
|-
|[[Jack Hendry (footballer, born 1995)|Jack Hendry]]
|-
|[[Scott McKenna]]
|-
|[[Kieran Tierney]]
|}

===Goalscorers===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
! Player
! Goals
! [[UEFA Euro 1992|1992]]
! [[UEFA Euro 1996|1996]]
! [[UEFA Euro 2020|2020]]
! [[UEFA Euro 2024|2024]]
|-
| align="left"| {{sortname|Gary|McAllister}}
! 1
| 1 || || ||
|-
| align="left"| {{sortname|Brian|McClair}}
! 1
| 1 || || ||
|-
| align="left"| {{sortname|Ally|McCoist}}
! 1
| || 1 || ||
|-
| align="left"| {{sortname|Paul|McStay}}
! 1
| 1 || || ||
|-
| align="left"| {{sortname|Callum|McGregor}}
! 1
| || || 1 ||
|-
| align="left"| {{sortname|Scott|McTominay}}
! 1
| || || || 1
|-
| align="left"|{{sort|~|''[[Own goal#Association football|Own goals]]''}}<!--These are own goals scored by opponents for Scotland, not own goals scored by Scotland. This row should be placed last no matter how many own goals have been scored.-->
! 1
| || || || {{abbr|1|The own goal was scored by Antonio Rüdiger (Germany).}}
|- class="sortbottom"
! Total
! 7
! 3 !! 1 !! 1 !! 2
|}

==Squads==
{{see also|UEFA Euro 1992 squads|UEFA Euro 1996 squads|UEFA Euro 2020 squads|UEFA Euro 2024 squads}}
{{Scotland squad UEFA Euro 1992}}
{{Scotland squad UEFA Euro 1996}}
{{Scotland squad UEFA Euro 2020}}
{{Scotland squad UEFA Euro 2024}}

==See also==
* [[Scotland at the FIFA World Cup]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://www.scottishfa.co.uk/scotland/archive/scotland-at-major-tournaments/scotland-at-european-championships/ European Championship history] at [[Scottish Football Association]] website

{{Scotland national football team}}
{{UEFA Euro Countries}}

[[Category:Scotland at the UEFA European Championship| ]]
[[Category:Countries at the UEFA European Championship]]
[[Category:History of the Scotland national football team|European Championships record]]