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| Association | Scottish Football Association | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Head coach | Scot Gemmill (2017) | ||
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| FIFA U-20 World Cup | |||
| Appearances | 3 (first in 1983 ) | ||
| Best result | Quarter-finals (1983 and 1987) | ||
The Scotland national under-20 football team, controlled by the Scottish Football Association, is Scotland's national under 20 football team and is considered to be a feeder team for the Scotland national football team. The team represents Scotland in international Under 20 competitions such as the FIFA U-20 World Cup.
Scotland reached the quarter-finals of the World Youth Championship on two occasions: in 1983, where they lost to eventual winners Poland; and in 1987, when tournament runners-up West Germany won on penalties. The team last played in a competitive tournament in the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup, which Scotland qualified for by finishing second in the 2006 UEFA European Under-19 Championship.
An under-20 team was selected for the 2017 Toulon Tournament, the first time since 1999 Scotland competed. [1] Scotland registered a first ever win against Brazil at any level in the groups. [2] The team finished with the bronze medal, [3] [4] which was the nations first ever medal in the competitions 45 year history. [5]
| Year | Result | GP | W | D* | L | GS | GA | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 1977 | did not qualify | |||||||
 1979 | ||||||||
 1981 | ||||||||
 1983 | Quarter-final | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | |
 1985 | did not qualify | |||||||
 1987 | Quarter-final | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 5 | |
 1989 | did not qualify | |||||||
 1991 | ||||||||
| 1993 | ||||||||
 1995 | ||||||||
 1997 | ||||||||
 1999 | ||||||||
 2001 | ||||||||
 2003 | ||||||||
 2005 | ||||||||
 2007 | Group Stage | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
 2009 | did not qualify | |||||||
 2011 | ||||||||
 2013 | ||||||||
 2015 | ||||||||
 2017 | ||||||||
 2019 | ||||||||
| 2023 | ||||||||
| 2025 | to be determined | |||||||
| Total | 3/24 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 15 | |
| Year | Competition | Result | GP | W | D* | L | GS | GA | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 2002 | Milk Cup Elite Section | 3rd place | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | [6] [7] [8] [9] |
| 2003 | Milk Cup Elite Section | 8th place | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | [10] [11] |
 2017 | Toulon Tournament | 3rd place | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 |
The following squad was selected for a friendly match with Turkey under-20s in November 2018. [12]
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Cammy Gill | 7 April 1998 |  Dunfermline Athletic | |||
| GK | Robby McCrorie | 18 March 1998 | Rangers | |||
| DF | George Johnston | 1 September 1998 |  Liverpool | |||
| DF | Ross McCrorie | 18 March 1998 | Rangers | |||
| DF | Tom McIntyre | 6 November 1998 | Reading | |||
| DF | Calvin Miller | 9 January 1998 | Dundee (on loan from Celtic) | |||
| DF | Ryan Porteous | 25 March 1999 | Hibernian | |||
| DF | Iain Wilson | 15 December 1998 | Kilmarnock | |||
| MF | Lewis Ferguson | 24 August 1999 | Aberdeen | |||
| MF | Mikey Johnston | 19 April 1999 | Celtic | |||
| MF | Callumn Morrison | 5 July 1999 | Heart of Midlothian | |||
| MF | Harvey St Clair | 13 October 1998 |  Venezia | |||
| MF | David Turnbull | 10 July 1999 | Motherwell | |||
| FW | Bruce Anderson | 23 September 1998 | Aberdeen | |||
| FW | Ben House | 5 July 1999 | Reading | |||
| FW | Connor McLennan | 5 October 1999 | Aberdeen | |||
| FW | Fraser Preston | 5 March 1999 | Sheffield Wednesday | |||
| FW | Oli Shaw | 12 March 1998 | Hibernian | |||
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| Opponent | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 0.00 |
 Bahrain | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +0 | 0.00 |
| Colombia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +0 | 0.00 |
 Costa Rica | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 0.00 |
 East Germany | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 100.00 |
| Japan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 0.00 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 100.00 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 0.00 |
| Poland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 0.00 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 100.00 |
 West Germany | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +0 | 0.00 |
| Total | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 15 | −3 | 27.27 |
