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). [1] Scotland qualified in the FIFA Women's World Cup for the first time in 2019, and qualified for their first UEFA Women's Euro in 2017.
This list includes all players who have made at least one appearance for the national team. The SFA maintains a Women's International Roll of Honour, which recognises players who have won 50 or more caps for the national team. [2]
* | Still active for the national team |
Caps | Appearances |
WC | Appearances at FIFA Women's World Cups |
EC | Appearances at UEFA Women's Championships |
Pos | Positions |
---|---|
GK | Goalkeeper |
DF | Defender |
MF | Midfielder |
FW | Forward |
Player | Ref [3] | Pos | Caps | Goals | First cap | Last cap | WC | EC | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gemma Fay | [4] | GK | 203 | 0 | 1998 | 2017 | — | 2017 | — |
Joanne Love | [5] | MF | 191 | 13 | 2002 | 2019 | 2019 | 2017 | — |
Rachel Corsie * | [6] | DF | 152 | 20 | 2009 | 2024 | 2019 | 2017 | — |
Jane Ross * | [7] | FW | 151 | 62 | 2009 | 2024 | 2019 | 2017 | — |
Jen Beattie | [8] | DF | 143 | 24 | 2008 | 2022 | 2019 | — | — |
Pauline Hamill | [9] | FW | 141 | 29 | 1992 | 2010 | — | — | — |
Kim Little | [10] | MF | 140 | 59 | 2007 | 2021 | 2019 | — | Played for Great Britain in the 2012 and 2020 Olympics. |
Leanne Ross | [11] | MF | 133 | 9 | 2006 | 2017 | — | 2017 | — |
Megan Sneddon | [12] | MF | 130 | 4 | 2002 | 2014 | — | — | — |
Ifeoma Dieke | [13] | DF | 123 | 0 | 2004 | 2017 | — | 2017 | Played for Great Britain in the 2012 Olympics. |
Julie Fleeting | [14] | FW | 121 | 116 | 1996 | 2015 | — | — | — |
Rhonda Jones | [15] | DF | 117 | 4 | 1998 | 2013 | — | — | — |
Lisa Evans * | [16] | FW | 109 | 17 | 2011 | 2024 | 2019 | 2017 | — |
Hayley Lauder * | [17] | MF | 106 | 9 | 2010 | 2024 | 2019 | 2017 | — |
Suzanne Grant | [18] | FW | 104 | 12 | 2000 | 2013 | — | — | — |
Caroline Weir * | [19] | MF | 102 | 17 | 2013 | 2023 | 2019 | 2017 | Played for Great Britain in the 2020 Olympics. |
Nicky Grant | [20] | MF | 98 | 7 | 1993 | 2006 | — | — | — |
Frankie Brown | [21] | DF | 96 | 0 | 2008 | 2019 | — | 2017 | — |
Michelle Barr | [20] [22] | DF | 87 | 1 | 1996 | — | — | — | |
Christie Harrison-Murray * | [23] | MF | 81 | 5 | 2010 | 2024 | 2019 | 2017 | — |
Emma Mukandi * | [24] | DF | 74 | 7 | 2011 | 2023 | — | — | — |
Julie Smith | [20] | DF | 73 | 0 | 1998 | — | — | — | |
Leanne Crichton | [25] | MF | 72 | 3 | 2006 | 2020 | 2019 | 2017 | — |
Stacey Cook | [20] [26] | MF | 67 | 10 | 2000 | 2008 | — | — | — |
Erin Cuthbert * | [27] | MF | 68 | 22 | 2016 | 2024 | 2019 | 2017 | — |
Pauline MacDonald | [ citation needed ] | DF | 65 | 0 | 1992 | 2003 | — | — | — |
Claire Emslie * | [28] | FW | 64 | 14 | 2013 | 2024 | 2019 | — | — |
Fiona Brown * | [29] | FW | 61 | 2 | 2015 | 2024 | 2019 | 2017 | — |
Shelley Kerr | [30] | DF | 59 | 3 | 1989 | 2008 | — | — | National team manager 2017–2020 |
Kirsty McBride | [31] | MF | 59 | 2 | 2003 | 2010 | — | — | — |
Nicola Docherty * | [32] | DF | 57 | 2 | 2011 | 2024 | 2019 | — | — |
Lee Gibson * | [33] | GK | 56 | 0 | 2017 | 2024 | 2019 | 2017 | — |
Amanda Burns | [20] [34] [1] | FW | 65 | 2 | 1999 | 2008 | — | — | — |
Kirsty Smith * | [35] | DF | 53 | 0 | 2014 | 2024 | 2019 | 2017 | — |
Sophie Howard * | [36] | DF | 50 | 4 | 2017 | 2024 | 2019 | 2017 | — |
Linda Brown | [20] | FW | 48 | 20 | 1983 | — | — | — | |
Joelle Murray | [37] | MF | 48 | 1 | 2007 | 2019 | 2019 | 2017 | — |
Debbie McWhinnie | [20] [1] | FW | 41 | 11 | 2004 | — | — | — | |
Rachael Boyle | [38] | MF | 43 | 0 | 2010 | 2021 | — | — | — |
Emma Fernon | [39] | DF | 42 | 1 | 2009 | 2014 | — | — | — |
Lana Clelland | [40] | FW | 40 | 5 | 2012 | 2022 | 2019 | 2017 | — |
Lizzie Arnot | [41] | FW | 39 | 3 | 2015 | 2022 | 2019 | — | — |
Mhairi Gilmour | [20] [1] | MF | 35 | 3 | 1996 | 2004 | — | — | — |
Margaret McGough | [42] | GK | 36 | 0 | 1974 | 1985 | |||
Martha Thomas * | [43] | FW | 36 | 19 | 2020 | 2024 | — | — | — |
Chloe Arthur | [44] | MF | 35 | 2 | 2015 | 2022 | 2019 | 2017 | — |
Julie Ferguson | [45] | DF | 35 | 0 | 2003 | 2009 | — | — | — |
Donna James | [20] [1] | FW | 33 | 4 | 2000 | 2003 | — | — | — |
Karen Penglase | [1] | DF | 34 | 3 | 1999 | 2002 | — | — | — |
Suzanne Mulvey | [20] [46] | FW | 32 | 4 | 2003 | 2014 | — | — | — |
Shannon Lynn | [47] | GK | 31 | 0 | 2010 | 2020 | 2019 | 2017 | — |
Kirsty Hanson * | [48] | FW | 30 | 3 | 2019 | 2024 | — | — | — |
Amy McDonald | [49] [1] | DF | 27 | 1 | 2005 | 2009 | — | — | — |
Samantha Kerr * | [50] | MF | 26 | 1 | 2020 | 2024 | — | — | — |
Claire Smith | [1] | DF | 19 | 4 | 1996 | 1998 | — | — | — |
Sheila Begbie | [51] | DF | 25 | 0 | 1972 | — | — | — | |
Lucy Hope | [52] | MF | 24 | 0 | 2017 | 2022 | — | — | — |
Rachel McLauchlan * | [53] | DF | 23 | 0 | 2016 | 2023 | — | 2017 | — |
Claire Johnstone | [20] [54] [1] | GK | 18 | 0 | 2000 | 2007 | — | — | — |
Eilish McSorley | [55] | DF | 20 | 0 | 2012 | 2015 | — | — | — |
Abi Harrison * | [56] | FW | 19 | 3 | 2018 | 2023 | — | — | — |
Lauren Davidson * | [57] | FW | 16 | 1 | 2021 | 2024 | — | — | — |
Christy Grimshaw * | [58] | MF | 16 | 2 | 2021 | 2023 | — | — | — |
Jenna Clark * | [59] | DF | 15 | 1 | 2021 | 2024 | — | — | — |
Julia Ralph Scott | [20] [1] | MF | 11 | 1 | 2000 | 2004 | — | — | — |
Natalie Ross | [60] | DF | 12 | 0 | 2008 | 2021 | — | — | — |
Hollie Thomson | [20] [61] | MF | 12 | 1 | 2006 | 2009 | — | — | — |
Diana Barry | [62] | FW | 11 | 0 | 2009 | 2011 | — | — | — |
Suzanne Lappin | [63] | MF | 11 | 3 | 2007 | 2014 | — | — | — |
Jamie-Lee Napier * | [64] | MF | 11 | 0 | 2023 | 2024 | — | — | — |
Zoe Ness | [65] | FW | 11 | 1 | 2018 | 2021 | — | — | — |
Suzanne Robertson | [20] [1] | DF | 11 | 0 | 2001 | 2005 | — | — | — |
Jenna Fife * | [66] | GK | 10 | 0 | 2018 | 2023 | 2019 | — | — |
Jayne Sommerville | [20] [67] [1] | DF | 11 | 0 | 2005 | 2007 | — | — | — |
Alana Bruce | [20] [1] | FW | 6 | 0 | 2000 | 2002 | — | — | — |
Lisa Robertson | [68] | MF | 8 | 0 | 2021 | 2022 | — | — | — |
Denise Brolly | [20] [69] [1] | MF | 39 | 2 | 2007 | — | — | — | |
Chelsea Cornet * | [70] | MF | 7 | 1 | 2023 | 2024 | — | — | — |
Abbi Grant | [71] | FW | 7 | 2 | 2018 | 2020 | — | — | — |
Kirsty Maclean * | [72] | MF | 7 | 0 | 2023 | 2024 | — | — | — |
Vaila Barsley | [73] | DF | 6 | 0 | 2017 | — | 2017 | — | |
Brogan Hay * | [74] | FW | 6 | 0 | 2022 | 2024 | — | — | — |
Kelly Clark * | [75] | DF | 5 | 1 | 2022 | 2023 | — | — | — |
Pamela Liddell | [20] [76] [1] | FW | 8 | 0 | 2005 | 2006 | — | — | — |
Sandy MacIver * | [77] | GK | 5 | 0 | 2023 | 2024 | — | — | — |
Rose Reilly | [ citation needed ] | FW | 5 | 2 | 1972 | 1975 | — | — | Also played for Italy. [78] |
Amy Rodgers * | [79] | MF | 5 | 0 | 2023 | 2024 | — | — | — |
Emily Thomson | [80] | FW | 5 | 1 | 2012 | 2013 | — | — | — |
Sarah Crilly | [81] | FW | 4 | 2 | 2012 | 2013 | — | — | — |
Hannah Godfrey | [82] | DF | 4 | 1 | 2019 | 2020 | — | — | — |
Alana Marshall | [83] | DF | 4 | 0 | 2011 | — | — | — | |
Jane McFarlane | [20] [1] | FW | 3 | 0 | 2003 | — | — | — | |
Edna Neillis | [ citation needed ] | FW | 4 | 5 | 1972 | 1975 | — | — | — |
Heather Richards | [84] | DF | 4 | 0 | 2014 | 2015 | — | — | — |
Emma Watson * | [85] | MF | 4 | 3 | 2023 | — | — | — | |
Michelle Sneddon | [86] [87] | FW | 3 | 2 | 1996 | — | — | — | |
Hayley Cunningham | [88] | FW | 3 | 0 | 2008 | — | — | — | |
Rebecca Dempster | [89] | DF | 3 | 0 | 2011 | 2012 | — | — | — |
Amy Gallacher * | [90] | FW | 3 | 0 | 2023 | — | — | — | |
Joanna Hutcheson | [91] | GK | 3 | 0 | 2008 | 2009 | — | — | — |
Marlene Pearson | [20] | FW | 3 | 0 | 2003 | — | — | — | |
Eartha Cumings * | [92] | GK | 2 | 0 | 2022 | 2024 | — | — | — |
Megan Cunningham | [93] | GK | 2 | 0 | 2015 | — | — | — | |
Leah Eddie * | [94] | DF | 2 | 0 | 2021 | 2022 | — | — | — |
Sarah Ewens * | [95] | FW | 2 | 0 | 2024 | — | — | — | |
Siobhan Hunter | [96] | DF | 2 | 0 | 2013 | — | — | — | |
Amy Muir * | [97] | DF | 2 | 0 | 2020 | 2023 | — | — | — |
Brianna Westrup | [98] | DF | 2 | 0 | 2021 | — | — | — | |
Jean Hunter | [ citation needed ] | DF | 1 | 1972 | — | — | — | ||
Rebecca McAllister | [99] | MF | 1 | 0 | 2022 | — | — | — | |
Marion Mount | [ citation needed ] | FW | 1 | 1972 | — | — | — | ||
Jenny Smith * | [100] | FW | 1 | 0 | 2023 | — | — | — | |
Mary Carr | [ citation needed ] | FW | 1972 | — | — | — | |||
June Hunter | [101] | DF | 1972 | — | — | — | |||
Lorraine Kennedy | [ citation needed ] | — | — | — | |||||
Margaret McAulay | [ citation needed ] | MF | 1972 | — | — | — | |||
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