| Association | Scottish Football Association | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Head coach | Billy Stark [1] | ||
| |||
| First international | |||
| – | |||
| UEFA European Under-18 Championship | |||
| Appearances | 18 (first in 1949 ) | ||
| Best result | Winners (1982) | ||
The Scotland national under-18 football team is the national football team representing Scotland for players of 18 years of age or under at the start of a denoted campaign. The team, which is controlled by the Scottish Football Association, acts as a feeder team to the Scotland national football team.
Scotland's best performance at a European Championship Finals occurred in 1982, when they won the tournament. [2] [3] The team was then managed by Andy Roxburgh and Walter Smith, who would both go on to manage the senior side. Scotland defeated rivals England in the qualifying round and finished top of Group 4, which also included the Netherlands. Scotland beat Poland 2–0 in the semi-finals and Czechoslovakia 3–1 in the final.
Scotland reached the semi-finals on seven other occasions. Scotland hosted the 1970 tournament, where they won a group containing Bulgaria, Sweden and Italy, but then lost 1–0 to Netherlands in the semi-final. In the 1978 tournament, hosted by Poland, Scotland topped a group containing Germany and Italy to qualify for the semi-final, where they lost on penalties to Yugoslavia.
The age group of the competition was adjusted upwards by one year for the 2002 tournament, with Scotland entering an under-19 team from then on. The Scotland under-18 team consequently fell into abeyance, aside from sporadic friendly matches including double-headers against Serbia in April 2012, Israel in April 2013 and the Czech Republic in October 2014. [4]
In 2018, recognising a gap in progression for the best players of the relevant age (several of whom were Performance School participants fast-tracked into the under-17s but not ready for the step up to under-19s), the SFA announced that the under-18 team would be re-established to offer more match experience as part of the same group. [5] [6]
Champions Runners-up Third place / semi finals Fourth place Tournament held on home soil
| Year | Round | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 1948 | did not enter | ||||||||
 1949 | 6th place | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||
 1950 | did not enter | ||||||||
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| 1963 | Third place | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 6 | ||
| 1964 | Fourth place | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | ||
| 1965 | Group stage | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
 1966 | Group stage | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | ||
 1967 | Qualification round | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 1968 | Group stage | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | ||
 1969 | Fourth place | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | ||
 1970 | Third place | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | ||
 1971 | Qualification round | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 1972 | Group stage | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | ||
| 1973 | Group stage | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||
 1974 | Third place | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | ||
 1975 | Qualification round | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 1976 | Withdrew | ||||||||
| 1977 | |||||||||
 1978 | Fourth place | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | ||
| 1979 | Group stage | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | ||
| 1980 | Qualification round | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 1981 | Group stage | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
 1982 | Champions | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | ||
| 1983 | Group stage | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | ||
 1984 | Group stage | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 1986 | Fourth place | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 1988 | Qualification round | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 1990 | Qualification round | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 1992 | Qualification round | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 1993 | Qualification round | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 1994 | Qualification round | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
 1995 | Qualification round | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 1996 | Qualification round | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
 1997 | Qualification round | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
 1998 | Qualification round | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 1999 | Qualification round | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 2000 | Qualification round | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 2001 | Qualification round | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| Since 2002 | See Scotland national under-19 football team | ||||||||
| Total | 18/50 | 66 | 34 | 12 | 20 | 104 | 68 | ||
Notes
| Year | Competition | Result | GP | W | D* | L | GS | GA | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | Atlantic Cup | 3rd | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | [7] |
| 1974 | Atlantic Cup | 3rd | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | [7] |
| 1976 | Cannes Tournament | 1st | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | [8] |
| 1977 | Cannes Tournament | 3rd | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | [8] |
| 1979 | Monaco Tournament | 3rd | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | [9] |
| 1979 | Atlantic Cup | 1st | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | [7] |
| 1980 | Monaco Tournament | 5th | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | [9] |
| 1981 | Cannes Tournament | 5th | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | [8] |
| 1982 | Monaco Tournament | 5th | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | [9] |
| 1984 | Four Nations Tournament | 4th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | [10] |
| 1985 | Cannes Tournament | 6th | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | [8] |
| 1985 | Four Nations Tournament | 1st | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | [10] |
| 1986 | Four Nations Tournament | 4th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | [10] |
| 1987 | Four Nations Tournament | 3rd | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | [10] |
| 1988 | Four Nations Tournament | 4th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | [10] |
| 1989 | Four Nations Tournament | 2nd | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | [10] |
| 1990 | Four Nations Tournament | 4th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | [10] |
| 1991 | Four Nations Tournament | 3rd | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | [10] |
| 1992 | Four Nations Tournament | 3rd | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | [10] |
| 1993 | Four Nations Tournament | 2nd | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | [10] |
| 1994 | Four Nations Tournament | 1st | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | [10] |
| 1995 | Four Nations Tournament | 3rd | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | [10] |
 1996 | Four Nations Tournament | 1st | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | [10] |
| 1997 | Four Nations Tournament | 1st | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | [10] |
| 1998 | Four Nations Tournament | 2nd | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | [10] |
| 1999 | Four Nations Tournament | 1st | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | [10] |
| 2000 | Four Nations Tournament | 1st | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | [10] |
| 2001 | Four Nations Tournament | 3rd | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | [10] |
| 2003 | Four Nations Tournament | 3rd | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | [10] |
 2004 | Slovakia Cup | 4th | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | [11] |
| 2004 | Four Nations Tournament | 2nd | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | [10] |
| 2007 | Limoges Tournament | 3rd | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | [12] |
The following players were selected for two friendlies against Wales in March 2023. [13]
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cameron Bruce | Queen's Park | |||||
| Cameron Cooper | Rangers | |||||
| Jack Dallimore | 28 November 2001 | Bolton Wanderers | ||||
| Julian Donnery | Barwell | |||||
| Johnny Emerson | Newcastle United | |||||
| Louis Jackson | Manchester United | |||||
| Daniel Kelly | Celtic | |||||
| Jack Kingdon | Manchester United | |||||
| Ethan Laidlaw | Hibernian | |||||
| Dylan Lobban | Aberdeen | |||||
| Benny Jackson Luyeye | Celtic | |||||
| Magnus Mackenzie | Celtic | |||||
| Noah McCann | Queen's Park Rangers | |||||
| Chris McGinn | Hamilton Academical | |||||
| George Morrison | 24 October 2005 | Fleetwood Town | ||||
| Dylan Reid | 1 March 2005 | Crystal Palace | ||||
| Mitchell Robertson | 16 October 2001 | Celtic | ||||
| Joshua Squires | Southampton | |||||
| Corey Thomson | Celtic | |||||
| Bobby Wales | Kilmarnock | |||||
| Woody Williamson | Ipswich Town | |||||
| Max Woodcock | Crewe Alexandra |
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