(Match 662) 1st March 2006 (Friendly match) SCOTLAND - SWITZERLAND 1-3 (0-2) Referee: Bruno Coue (France) Crowd: 20.952, Hampden Park, Glasgow Goals: 0-1 Barnetta (20), 0-2 Gygax (40), 1-2 Miller (54), 1-3 Cabanas (68) SCOTLAND: (Manager: Walter Smith/10) Craig Gordon (15/Heart of Midlothian) - Gary Caldwell (18/Hibernian) David Weir (46/Everton) Andrew Webster (22/Heart of Midlothian) - Christian Dailly (61/West Ham United) Darren Fletcher (21/Manchester United) Barry Ferguson [c] (33/Rangers) Nigel Quashie (12/West Bromwich Albion) Graham Alexander (23/Preston North End) - Kenneth Miller (26/Wolverhampton Wanderers) James McFadden (25/Everton) Subs: Neil Alexander (1/Cardiff City) for Craig Gordon (HT) Gary Teale (1/Wigan Athletic) for Barry Ferguson (HT) Steven Caldwell (9/Sunderland) for David Weir (HT) SWITZERLAND: (Coach: Jakob Kuhn) Pascal Zuberbuhler (Fabio Coltorti HT) - Philipp Degen, Philippe Senderos (Boris Smiljanic 73), Stephane Grichting, Valon Behrami (Johan Djourou HT) - Tranquillo Barnetta, Johann Vogel [c] (Blerim Dzemaili 80), Ricardo Cabanas, Raphael Wicky (Johan Vonlanthen HT) - Daniel Gygax - Marco Streller (Mauro Lustrinelli 73).
(Match 663) 11th May 2006 (Kirin Cup) BULGARIA - SCOTLAND 1-5 (1-2) Referee: Toru Kamikawa (Japan) Crowd: 5.780, Kobe Wing Stadium, Kobe Goals: 0-1 Boyd (12), 1-1 Y.Todorov (26), 1-2 Boyd (43), 1-3 McFadden (69), 1-4 Burke (76), 1-5 Burke (88) BULGARIA: (Coach: Hristo Stoichkov) Stoyan Kolev (Nikolay Mihaylov 71) - Rosen Kirilov, Elin Topuzakov, Asen Karaslavov (Hristo Yanev 55), Lucio Wagner Freitas de Souza "Lucio Wagner" - Yordan Todorov, Dimitar Telkiyski, Stanislav Angelov, Martin Petrov [c] - Valeri Domovchiyski (Georgi Iliev 71), Svetoslav Todorov (Tsvetan Genkov 71). SCOTLAND: (Manager: Walter Smith/11) Neil Alexander (2/Cardiff City) - Gary Caldwell (19/Hibernian) David Weir [c] (47/Everton) Russell Anderson (8/Aberdeen) Graeme Murty (2/Reading) Gary Naysmith (29/Everton) - Gary Teale (2/Wigan Athletic) Darren Fletcher (22/Manchester United) Scott Severin (11/Aberdeen) Lee McCulloch (6/Wigan Athletic) - Kris Boyd (1/Rangers) Subs: James McFadden (26/Everton) for Kris Boyd (52) Gavin Rae (10/Rangers) for Scott Severin (69) Christopher Burke (1/Rangers) for Gary Teale (74) Ian Murray (5/Rangers) for Lee McCulloch (78) David McNamee (3/Livingston) for Graeme Murty (82)
(Match 664) 13th May 2006 (Kirin Cup) JAPAN - SCOTLAND 0-0 Referee: Eduardo Iturralde Gonzalez (Spain) Crowd: 58.648, Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama JAPAN: (Coach: Arthur Antunes Coimbra-ZICO) Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi - Akira Kaji, Yuji Nakazawa (Keisuke Tsuboi 50), Tsuneyasu Miyamoto [c], Alessandro Santos "Alex" - Mitsuo Ogasawara, Shinji Ono, Takashi Fukunishi, Yasuhito Endo (Hisato Sato 72) - Keiji Tamada, Tatsuhiko Kubo (Seiichiro Maki 62). SCOTLAND: (Manager: Walter Smith/12) Neil Alexander (3/Cardiff City) - Gary Caldwell (20/Hibernian) David Weir [c] (48/Everton) Russell Anderson (9/Aberdeen) Graeme Murty (3/Reading) Gary Naysmith (30/Everton) - Gary Teale (3/Wigan Athletic) Darren Fletcher (23/Manchester United) Scott Severin (12/Aberdeen) Lee McCulloch (7/Wigan Athletic) - James McFadden (27/Everton) Subs: Gavin Rae (11/Rangers) for Scott Severin (HT) Ian Murray (6/Rangers) for Gary Naysmith (HT) Kris Boyd (2/Rangers) for James McFadden (59) Christopher Burke (2/Rangers) for Gary Teale (59) Lee Miller (1/Dundee United) for Lee McCulloch (69) David McNamee (4/Livingston) for Graeme Murty (79) Notes: Scotland won the Kirin Cup. This was the second time they played in the tournament. The first dates back to 1995.
(Match 665) 2nd September 2006 (2008 European Championship Qualifying Group B) SCOTLAND - FAROE ISLANDS 6-0 (5-0) Referee: Igor Egorov (Russia) Crowd: 50.059, Celtic Park, Glasgow Goals: 1-0 Fletcher (7), 2-0 McFadden (10), 3-0 Boyd (24) penalty, 4-0 Miller (30) penalty, 5-0 Boyd (38), 6-0 O'Connor (86) SCOTLAND: (Manager: Walter Smith/13) Craig Gordon (16/Heart of Midlothian) - Christian Dailly (62/West Ham United) David Weir [c] (49/Everton) Steven Pressley (29/Heart of Midlothian) Gary Naysmith (31/Everton) - Darren Fletcher (24/Manchester United) Paul Hartley (8/Heart of Midlothian) Nigel Quashie (13/West Bromwich Albion) - Kenneth Miller (27/Celtic) Kris Boyd (3/Rangers) James McFadden (28/Everton) Subs: Gary Teale (4/Wigan Athletic) for Darren Fletcher (HT) Garry O'Connor (8/FK Lokomotiv Moskva) for Kenneth Miller (61) Scott Severin (13/Aberdeen) for Nigel Quashie (85) FAROE ISLANDS: (Coach: Jogvan Martin Olsen) Jakup Mikkelsen - Jakup a Borg, Oli Johannesen [c], Atli Danielsen, Janus Joensen - Julian Johnsson (Simun Samuelsen 75), Frodi Benjaminsen, Rogvi Jacobsen (Kari Nielsen 84), Pauli Hansen, Jonhard Frederiksberg (Hanus Thorleifsson 60) - Christian Hogni Jacobsen.
(Match 666) 6th September 2006 (2008 European Championship Qualifying Group B) LITHUANIA - SCOTLAND 1-2 (0-0) Referee: Vladimir Hrinak (Slovakia) Crowd: 7.500, S.Dariaus ir S.Gireno stadionas, Kaunas Goals: 0-1 Dailly (46), 0-2 Miller (63), 1-2 Miceika (85) LITHUANIA: (Coach: Algimantas Liubinskas) Zydrunas Karcemarskas - Marius Stankevicius, Andrius Skerla, Tomas Zvirgzdauskas, Rolandas Dziaukstas - Mindaugas Kalonas, Mantas Savenas (Tomas Tamosauskas 50), Tomas Danilevicius [c], Aidas Preiksaitis (Darius Miceika 81), Saulius Mikoliunas (Tadas Labukas 66) - Robertas Poskus. SCOTLAND: (Manager: Walter Smith/14) Craig Gordon (17/Heart of Midlothian) - David Weir [c] (50/Everton) Steven Pressley (30/Heart of Midlothian) Gary Caldwell (21/Celtic) - Christian Dailly (63/West Ham United) Darren Fletcher (25/Manchester United) Paul Hartley (9/Heart of Midlothian) Nigel Quashie (14/West Bromwich Albion) Gary Naysmith (32/Everton) - James McFadden (29/Everton) - Kenneth Miller (28/Celtic) Subs: Graham Alexander (24/Preston North End) for James McFadden (21) Kris Boyd (4/Rangers) for Nigel Quashie (43) Scott Severin (14/Aberdeen) for Paul Hartley (88) Notes: David Weir became the 25th player to reach 50 caps for Scotland.
(Match 667) 7th October 2006 (2008 European Championship Qualifying Group B) SCOTLAND - FRANCE 1-0 (0-0) Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland) Crowd: 50.456, Hampden Park, Glasgow Goal: 1-0 Caldwell (66) SCOTLAND: (Manager: Walter Smith/15) Craig Gordon (18/Heart of Midlothian) - Gary Caldwell (22/Celtic) Steven Pressley (31/Heart of Midlothian) David Weir (51/Everton) Graham Alexander (25/Preston North End) - Christian Dailly (64/West Ham United) - Darren Fletcher (26/Manchester United) Paul Hartley (10/Heart of Midlothian) Barry Ferguson [c] (34/Rangers) Lee McCulloch (8/Wigan Athletic) - James McFadden (30/Everton) Subs: Gary Teale (5/Wigan Athletic) for Lee McCulloch (58) Garry O'Connor (9/FK Lokomotiv Moskva) for James McFadden (73) FRANCE: (Coach: Raymond Domenech) Gregory Coupet - Willy Sagnol, Lilian Thuram, Jean-Alain Boumsong, Eric Abidal - Claude Makelele, Patrick Vieira [c] - Franck Ribery (Sylvain Wiltord 74), Thierry Henry, Florent Malouda - David Trezeguet (Louis Saha 62).
(Match 668) 11th October 2006 (2008 European Championship Qualifying Group B) UKRAINE - SCOTLAND 2-0 (0-0) Referee: Martin Hansson (Sweden) Crowd: 55.000, NSC Olimpiyskyi, Kyiv Goals: 1-0 Kucher (60), 2-0 Shevchenko (90) penalty UKRAINE: (Coach: Oleh Blochin) Oleksandr Shovkovskyi - Vyacheslav Sviderskyi, Oleksandr Kucher, Andriy Rusol, Andriy Nesmachnyi - Oleh Husiev (Artem Milevskyi 60), Anatoliy Tymoshchuk, Oleh Shelayev, Maksym Kalinichenko (Andriy Vorobey 78) - Andriy Voronin (Bohdan Shershun 90+3), Andriy Shevchenko [c]. SCOTLAND: (Manager: Walter Smith/16) Craig Gordon (19/Heart of Midlothian) - Robbie Neilson (1/Heart of Midlothian) Gary Caldwell (23/Celtic) David Weir (52/Everton) Steven Pressley (32/Heart of Midlothian) Graham Alexander (26/Preston North End) - Barry Ferguson [c] (35/Rangers) Darren Fletcher (27/Manchester United) Paul Hartley (11/Heart of Midlothian) James McFadden (31/Everton) - Kenneth Miller (29/Celtic) Subs: Kris Boyd (5/Rangers) for James McFadden (75) Stephen McManus (1/Celtic) for Robbie Neilson (90) Notes: Steven Pressley was sent off after 86 minutes. Ukrainian coach Oleh Blochin is the former USSR player who faced Scotland in 1982 (Oleg Blokhin - Match 452). His full name has two different spellings as per the notes on the overview page of "Scotland - International Results" at point 6.
(Match 669) 24th March 2007 (2008 European Championship Qualifying Group B) SCOTLAND - GEORGIA 2-1 (1-1) Referee: Nicolai Vollquartz (Denmark) Crowd: 50.850, Hampden Park, Glasgow Goals: 1-0 Boyd (11), 1-1 Arveladze (41), 2-1 Beattie (89) SCOTLAND: (Manager: Alexander McLeish/1) Craig Gordon (20/Heart of Midlothian) - Graham Alexander (27/Preston North End) David Weir (53/Rangers) Stephen McManus (2/Celtic) Gary Naysmith (33/Everton) - Gary Teale (6/Derby County) Barry Ferguson [c] (36/Rangers) Paul Hartley (12/Celtic) Lee McCulloch (9/Wigan Athletic) - Kenneth Miller (30/Celtic) Kris Boyd (6/Rangers) Subs: Scott Brown (2/Hibernian) for Gary Teale (60) Craig Beattie (3/Celtic) for Kris Boyd (76) Shaun Maloney (3/Aston Villa) for Kenneth Miller (90+2) GEORGIA: (Coach: Klaus Toppmoller) Giorgi Lomaia - Giorgi Shashiashvili, Lasha Salukvadze, Zurab Khizanishvili, Zaali Eliava - Vladimer Burduli (Davit Siradze 57), Zurab Menteshashvili (Gogita Gogua HT), Levan Tskitishvili (Davit Mujiri 90+2), Levan Kobiashvili [c] - Shota Arveladze, Giorgi Demetradze. Notes: On 29th January 2007 the Scottish FA appointed Alexander McLeish as Scotland's new manager to fill the vacancy caused by the unexpected resignation of Walter Smith on 10th January. During his international playing career McLeish won 77 caps for Scotland between 1980-1993.
(Match 670) 28th March 2007 (2008 European Championship Qualifying Group B) ITALY - SCOTLAND 2-0 (1-0) Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium) Crowd: 37.500, Stadio San Nicola, Bari Goals: 1-0 Toni (12), 2-0 Toni (70) ITALY: (Coach: Roberto Donadoni) Gianluigi Buffon - Massimo Oddo, Fabio Cannavaro [c], Marco Materazzi, Gianluca Zambrotta - Gennaro Gattuso, Daniele De Rossi - Mauro Camoranesi, Simone Perrotta (Andrea Pirlo 77), Antonio Di Natale (Alessandro Del Piero 66) - Luca Toni (Fabio Quagliarella 87). SCOTLAND: (Manager: Alexander McLeish/2) Craig Gordon (21/Heart of Midlothian) - Graham Alexander (28/Preston North End) Stephen McManus (3/Celtic) David Weir (54/Rangers) Gary Naysmith (34/Everton) - Gary Teale (7/Derby County) Scott Brown (3/Hibernian) Barry Ferguson [c] (37/Rangers) Paul Hartley (13/Celtic) Lee McCulloch (10/Wigan Athletic) - Kenneth Miller (31/Celtic) Subs: Shaun Maloney (4/Aston Villa) for Gary Teale (66) Kris Boyd (7/Rangers) for Lee McCulloch (81) Craig Beattie (4/Celtic) for Scott Brown (86)
(Match 671) 30th May 2007 (Friendly match) AUSTRIA - SCOTLAND 0-1 (0-0) Referee: Zsolt Szabo (Hungary) Crowd: 13.200, Gerhard Hanappi Stadion, Vienna Goal: 0-1 O'Connor (58) AUSTRIA: (Coach: Josef Hickersberger) Helge Payer - Joachim Standfest, Martin Hiden (Sebastian Prodl 88), Jurgen Patocka, Christian Fuchs (Markus Katzer 74) - Andreas Ivanschitz [c], Rene Aufhauser (Yuksel Sariyar 74), Jurgen Saumel, Christoph Leitgeb - Roland Linz, Mario Haas (Sanel Kuljic 59). SCOTLAND: (Manager: Alexander McLeish/3) Allan McGregor (1/Rangers) - Graham Alexander (29/Preston North End) David Weir (55/Rangers) Gary Caldwell (24/Celtic) Gary Naysmith (35/Everton) - Shaun Maloney (5/Aston Villa) Darren Fletcher (28/Manchester United) Barry Ferguson [c] (38/Rangers) Lee McCulloch (11/Wigan Athletic) - Garry O'Connor (10/FK Lokomotiv Moskva) Kris Boyd (8/Rangers) Subs: Craig Gordon (22/Heart of Milothian) for Allan McGregor (HT) Paul Hartley (14/Celtic) for Lee McCulloch (HT) Christian Dailly (65/West Ham United) for David Weir (HT) Charles Adam (1/Rangers) for Shaun Maloney (66) Alan Hutton (1/Rangers) for Graham Alexander (70) Stephen McManus (4/Celtic) for Garry O'Connor (86)
(Match 672) 6th June 2007 (2008 European Championship Qualifying Group B) FAROE ISLANDS - SCOTLAND 0-2 (0-2) Referee: Georgios Kasnaferis (Greece) Crowd: 4.100, Svangaskard, Toftir Goals: 0-1 Maloney (31), 0-2 O'Connor (35) FAROE ISLANDS: (Coach: Jogvan Martin Olsen) Jakup Mikkelsen - Atli Danielsen, Oli Johannesen [c] (Marni Djurhuus 36) (Simun Samuelsen 77), Jon Roi Jacobsen, Suni Olsen - Jakup a Borg (Andrew av Flotum 82), Frodi Benjaminsen, Mikkjal Thomassen, Christian Holst - Rogvi Jacobsen, Christian Hogni Jacobsen. SCOTLAND: (Manager: Alexander McLeish/4) Craig Gordon (23/Heart of Midlothian) - Graham Alexander (30/Preston North End) David Weir (56/Rangers) Stephen McManus (5/Celtic) Gary Naysmith (36/Everton) - Paul Hartley (15/Celtic) Darren Fletcher (29/Manchester United) Barry Ferguson [c] (39/Rangers) Shaun Maloney (6/Aston Villa) - Garry O'Connor (11/FK Lokomotiv Moskva) Krys Boyd (9/Rangers) Subs: Gary Teale (8/Derby County) for Darren Fletcher (68) Charles Adam (2/Rangers) for Shaun Maloney (77) Steven Naismith (1/Kilmarnock) for Kris Boyd (83)
(Match 673) 22nd August 2007 (Friendly match) SCOTLAND - SOUTH AFRICA 1-0 (0-0) Referee: Martin Atkinson (England) Crowd: 13.723, Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen Goal: 1-0 Boyd (71) SCOTLAND: (Manager: Alexander McLeish/5) Craig Gordon (24/Sunderland) - Alan Hutton (2/Rangers) Russell Anderson (10/Sunderland) Stephen McManus (6/Celtic) James McEveley (1/Derby County) - Scott Brown (4/Celtic) Gary Caldwell (25/Celtic) Darren Fletcher [c] (30/Manchester United) - James McFadden (32/Everton) Garry O'Connor (12/Birmingham City) Kenneth Miller (32/Celtic) Subs: Stephen Pearson (7/Derby County) for James McFadden (HT) Barry Robson (1/Dundee United) for Gary Caldwell (57) Craig Beattie (5/West Bromwich Albion) for Garry O'Connor (68) Kris Boyd (10/Rangers) for Kenneth Miller (68) Gary Teale (9/Derby County) for Scott Brown (72) SOUTH AFRICA: (Coach: Carlos Alberto Parreira) Rowen Fernandez - Cyril Nzama (Vuyo Mere 83), Aaron Mokoena [c], Benson Mhlongo, Bradley Carnell - Steven Pienaar, Papi Zothwane (Teko Modise 75), MacBeth Sibaya, Delron Buckley (Dillon Sheppard 75) - Siyabonga Nkosi (Thembinkosi Fanteni 75), Sibusiso Zuma (Siyabonga Nomvethe 12).
(Match 674) 8th September 2007 (2008 European Championship Qualifying Group B) SCOTLAND - LITHUANIA 3-1 (1-0) Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia) Crowd: 51.349, Hampden Park, Glasgow Goals: 1-0 Boyd (31), 1-1 Danilevicius (61) penalty, 2-1 McManus (77), 3-1 McFadden (83) SCOTLAND: (Manager: Alexander McLeish/6) Craig Gordon (25/Sunderland) - Alan Hutton (3/Rangers) David Weir (57/Rangers) Stephen McManus (7/Celtic) James McEveley (2/Derby County) - Gary Teale (10/Derby County) Scott Brown (5/Celtic) Darren Fletcher [c] (31/Manchester United) Lee McCulloch (12/Rangers) - Kris Boyd (11/Rangers) Garry O'Connor (13/Birmingham City) Subs: James McFadden (33/Everton) for Gary Teale (69) Craig Beattie (6/West Bromwich Albion) for Garry O'Connor (76) Shaun Maloney (7/Aston Villa) for Lee McCulloch (76) LITHUANIA: (Coach: Algimantas Liubinskas) Zydrunas Karcemarskas - Marius Stankevicius (Edgaras Jankauskas 56), Andrius Skerla, Tomas Zvirgzdauskas, Arunas Klimavicius, Deividas Semberas - Mindaugas Kalonas, Deividas Cesnauskis, Igoris Morinas (Saulius Mikoliunas HT) - Tomas Danilevicius [c], Andrius Velicka (Audrius Ksanavicius HT).
(Match 675) 12th September 2007 (2008 European Championship Qualifying Group B) FRANCE - SCOTLAND 0-1 (0-0) Referee: Konrad Plautz (Austria) Crowd: 43.342, Parc des Princes, Paris Goal: 0-1 McFadden (64) FRANCE: (Coach: Raymond Domenech) Mickael Landreau - Lassana Diarra, Lilian Thuram, Julien Escude, Eric Abidal (Karim Benzema 77) - Franck Ribery, Patrick Vieira [c] (Samir Nasri 69), Claude Makelele, Florent Malouda - Nicolas Anelka, David Trezeguet. SCOTLAND: (Manager: Alexander McLeish/7) Craig Gordon (26/Sunderland) - Alan Hutton (4/Rangers) David Weir (58/Rangers) Stephen McManus (8/Celtic) Graham Alexander (31/Burnley) - Paul Hartley (16/Celtic) - Scott Brown (6/Celtic) Barry Ferguson [c] (40/Rangers) Darren Fletcher (32/Manchester United) Lee McCulloch (13/Rangers) - James McFadden (34/Everton) Subs: Stephen Pearson (8/Derby County) for Darren Fletcher (26) Garry O'Connor (14/Birmingham City) for James McFadden (76)
(Match 676) 13th October 2007 (2008 European Championship Qualifying Group B) SCOTLAND - UKRAINE 3-1 (2-1) Referee: Pieter Vink (Netherlands) Crowd: 51.366, Hampden Park, Glasgow Goals: 1-0 Miller (4), 2-0 McCulloch (10), 2-1 Shevchenko (24), 3-1 McFadden (68) SCOTLAND: (Manager: Alexander McLeish/8) Craig Gordon (27/Sunderland) - Alan Hutton (5/Rangers) David Weir (59/Rangers) Stephen McManus (9/Celtic) Gary Naysmith (37/Sheffield United) - Scott Brown (7/Celtic) Barry Ferguson [c] (41/Rangers) Stephen Pearson (9/Derby County) Lee McCulloch (14/Rangers) - Kenneth Miller (33/Derby County) James McFadden (35/Everton) Subs: Christian Dailly (66/Southampton) for Lee McCulloch (60) Shaun Maloney (8/Aston Villa) for Scott Brown (76) Garry O'Connor (15/Birmingham City) for James McFadden (80) UKRAINE: (Coach: Oleh Blochin) Oleksandr Shovkovskyi - Volodymyr Yezerskyi, Oleksandr Kucher, Dmytro Chyhrynskyi, Andriy Nesmachnyi - Anatoliy Tymoshchuk (Oleh Shelayev 73) - Oleh Husiev (Ruslan Rotan HT), Andriy Voronin, Andriy Vorobey (Serhiy Nazarenko 62) - Oleksandr Hladkyi, Andriy Shevchenko [c]. Notes: On 21st September 2007 Christian Dailly (West Ham United) joined Southampton on a one-month loan deal.
(Match 677) 17th October 2007 (2008 European Championship Qualifying Group B) GEORGIA - SCOTLAND 2-0 (1-0) Referee: Knut Kircher (Germany) Crowd: 29.377, Boris Paichadze National Stadium, Tbilisi Goals: 1-0 Mchedlidze (16), 2-0 Siradze (64) GEORGIA: (Coach: Klaus Toppmoller) Giorgi Makaridze - Lasha Salukvadze, Zurab Khizanishvili [c], Malkhaz Asatiani, Giorgi Shashiashvili - Zurab Menteshashvili, Jaba Kankava, Davit Kvirkvelia - Levan Kenia (Ilia Kandelaki 79), Levan Mchedlidze (Aleksandre Kvakhadze 85) - Davit Siradze (Lasha Jakobia 89). SCOTLAND: (Manager: Alexander McLeish/9) Craig Gordon (28/Sunderland) - Graeme Murty (4/Reading) Stephen McManus (10/Celtic) David Weir (60/Rangers) Graham Alexander (32/Burnley) - Darren Fletcher (33/Manchester United) Barry Ferguson [c] (42/Rangers) Stephen Pearson (10/Derby County) Shaun Maloney (9/Aston Villa) - James McFadden (36/Everton) - Kenneth Miller (34/Derby County) Subs: Craig Beattie (7/West Bromwich Albion) for Kenneth Miller (66) Kris Boyd (12/Rangers) for Stephen Pearson (66)
(Match 678) 17th November 2007 (2008 European Championship Qualifying Group B) SCOTLAND - ITALY 1-2 (0-1) Referee: Manuel Enrique Mejuto Gonzalez (Spain) Crowd: 51.301, Hampden Park, Glasgow Goals: 0-1 Toni (2), 1-1 Ferguson (65), 1-2 Panucci (90+1) SCOTLAND: (Manager: Alexander McLeish/10) Craig Gordon (29/Sunderland) - Alan Hutton (6/Rangers) David Weir (61/Rangers) Stephen McManus (11/Celtic) Gary Naysmith (38/Sheffield United) - Paul Hartley (17/Celtic) - Darren Fletcher (34/Manchester United) Scott Brown (8/Celtic) Barry Ferguson [c] (43/Rangers) Lee McCulloch (15/Rangers) - James McFadden (37/Everton) Subs: Kenneth Miller (35/Derby County) for Scott Brown (74) Kris Boyd (13/Rangers) for Lee McCulloch (90+2) ITALY: (Coach: Roberto Donadoni) Gianluigi Buffon - Christian Panucci, Fabio Cannavaro [c], Andrea Barzagli, Gianluca Zambrotta - Gennaro Gattuso (Daniele De Rossi 87), Andrea Pirlo, Massimo Ambrosini - Mauro Camoranesi (Giorgio Chiellini 83), Antonio Di Natale (Vincenzo Iaquinta 68) - Luca Toni. Notes: Scotland failed to qualify for the 2008 European Championship Finals in Austria/Switzerland.
(Match 679) 26th March 2008 (Friendly match) SCOTLAND - CROATIA 1-1 (1-1) Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway) Crowd: 28.821, Hampden Park, Glasgow Goals: 0-1 Kranjcar (10), 1-1 Miller (30) SCOTLAND: (Coach: George Burley/1) Craig Gordon (30/Sunderland) - Alan Hutton (7/Tottenham Hotspur) Gary Caldwell (26/Celtic) Stephen McManus [c] (12/Celtic) Gary Naysmith (39/Sheffield United) - Steven Fletcher (1/Hibernian) Darren Fletcher (35/Manchester United) Scott Brown (9/Celtic) Paul Hartley (18/Celtic) Shaun Maloney (10/Aston Villa) - Kenneth Miller (36/Derby County) Subs: Gavin Rae (12/Cardiff City) for Steven Fletcher (HT) James McEveley (3/Derby County) for Gary Naysmith (62) Gary Teale (11/Plymouth Argyle) for Scott Brown (66) Russell Anderson (11/Plymouth Argyle) for Gary Caldwell (70) Kris Boyd (14/Rangers) for Shaun Maloney (72) Graham Alexander (33/Burnley) for Darren Fletcher (90) CROATIA: (Coach: Slaven Bilic) Stipe Pletikosa - Vedran Corluka (Dario Simic 85), Robert Kovac (Dario Knezevic 73), Josip Simunic, Danijel Pranjic - Darijo Srna (Jerko Leko 63), Niko Kovac [c] (Ognjen Vukojevic HT), Luka Modric, Niko Kranjcar - Mladen Petric (Ivan Klasnic 58), Ivica Olic (Igor Budan 57). Notes: On 24th January 2008 George Elder Burley was appointed by the Scottish FA as new national team coach. During his international playing career he won 11 caps for Scotland between 1979-1982. On 19th February 2008 Gary Teale (Derby County) joined Plymouth Argyle on loan until 5th May 2008. On 19th February 2008 Russell Anderson (Sunderland) joined Plymouth Argyle on a one-month loan deal, which was extended on 18th March until 6th May 2008.
(Match 680) 30th May 2008 (Friendly match) CZECH REPUBLIC - SCOTLAND 3-1 (0-0) Referee: Eric Braamhaar (Netherlands) Crowd: 11.314, AXA Arena, Prague Goals: 1-0 Sionko (60), 2-0 Kadlec (84), 2-1 Clarkson (85), 3-1 Sionko (90) CZECH REPUBLIC: (Coach: Karel Bruckner) Petr Cech - Zdenek Pospech (Tomas Sivok 74), Tomas Ujfalusi [c] (David Rozehnal HT), Radoslav Kovac, Marek Jankulovski (Michal Kadlec HT) - Jan Polak, Tomas Galasek - Libor Sionko, Marek Matejovsky (David Jarolim HT), Rudolf Skacel (Jaroslav Plasil HT) - Jan Koller (Vaclav Sverkos HT). SCOTLAND: (Coach: George Burley/2) Craig Gordon (31/Sunderland) - Kevin McNaughton (4/Cardiff City) Stephen McManus [c] (13/Celtic) Gary Caldwell (27/Celtic) Gary Naysmith (40/Sheffield United) - Darren Fletcher (36/Manchester United) Paul Hartley (19/Celtic) Gavin Rae (13/Cardiff City) Barry Robson (2/Celtic) James Morrison (1/West Bromwich Albion) - Kenneth Miller (37/Derby County) Subs: Christian Dailly (67/Rangers) for Stephen McManus (57) Shaun Maloney (11/Aston Villa) for James Morrison (68) David Clarkson (1/Motherwell) for Gavin Rae (71) Ross McCormack (1/Motherwell) for Barry Robson (82) Christophe Berra (1//Heart of Midlothian) for Kevin McNaughton (90)
(Match 681) 20th August 2008 (Friendly match) SCOTLAND - NORTHERN IRELAND 0-0 Referee: Nicolai Vollquartz (Denmark) Crowd: 28.072, Hampden Park, Glasgow SCOTLAND: (Coach: George Burley/3) Craig Gordon (32/Sunderland) - Graham Alexander (34/Burnley) David Weir (62/Rangers) Stephen McManus [c] (14/Celtic) Gary Naysmith (41/Sheffield United) - Scott Brown (10/Celtic) Darren Fletcher (37/Manchester United) Kevin Thomson (1/Rangers) James Morrison (2/West Bromwich Albion) - James McFadden (38/Birmingham City) Kenneth Miller (38/Rangers) Subs: Allan McGregor (2/Rangers) for Craig Gordon (HT) Barry Robson (3/Celtic) for Kevin Thomson (HT) Darren Barr (1/Falkirk) for Stephen McManus (HT) Kristian Commons (1/Derby County) for James Morrison (62) Michael Stewart (4/Heart of Midlothian) for Darren Fletcher (69) Christophe Berra (2/Heart of Midlothian) for David Weir (72) NORTHERN IRELAND: (Manager: Nigel Worthington) Maik Taylor - Christopher Baird, Stephen Craigan, Gareth McAuley (Michael Duff 76), Jonathan Evans - Ryan McGivern, Samuel Clingan (Michael O'Connor 58), Steven Davis, Christopher Brunt (Warren Feeney 55) - David Healy, Martin Paterson (Dean Shiels HT). Notes: Ryan McGivern was sent off after 57 minutes. Allan McGregor saved a 61st minute penalty kick from David Healy.
(Match 682) 6th September 2008 (2010 World Cup Qualifying Group 9) FYR MACEDONIA - SCOTLAND 1-0 (1-0) Referee: Pavel Kralovec (Czech Republic) Crowd: 9.000, Gradski stadion Skopje, Skopje Goal: 1-0 Naumoski (5) FYR MACEDONIA: (Coach: Srecko Katanec) Petar Milosevski - Nikolce Noveski, Igor Mitreski, Goce Sedloski [c] - Vlade Lazarevski, Vlatko Grozdanoski, Velice Sumulikoski, Robert Petrov (Boban Grncarov 79) - Goran Maznov, Ilco Naumoski (Vanco Trajanov 69) - Goran Pandev (Darko Tasevski 83). SCOTLAND: (Coach: George Burley/4) Craig Gordon (33/Sunderland) - Graham Alexander (35/Burnley) Gary Caldwell (28/Celtic) Stephen McManus [c] (15/Celtic) Gary Naysmith (42/Sheffield United) - Scott Brown (11/Celtic) Darren Fletcher (38/Manchester United) Paul Hartley (20/Celtic) Barry Robson (4/Celtic) - James McFadden (39/Birmingham City) Kenneth Miller (39/Rangers) Subs: Kristian Commons (2/Derby County) for Paul Hartley (66) Shaun Maloney (12/Celtic) for Barry Robson (76) Kris Boyd (15/Rangers) for Kenneth Miller (81)
(Match 683) 10th September 2008 (2010 World Cup Qualifying Group 9) ICELAND - SCOTLAND 1-2 (0-1) Referee: Serge Gumienny (Belgium) Crowd: 9.764, Laugardalsvollur, Reykjavik Goals: 0-1 Broadfoot (19), 0-2 McFadden (59), 1-2 Gudjohnsen (77) penalty ICELAND: (Coach: Olafur Johannesson) Kjartan Sturluson - Birkir Saevarsson (Veigar Gunnarsson 78), Kristjan Sigurdsson, Hermann Hreidarsson [c], Bjarni Eiriksson (Indridi Sigurdsson HT) - Gretar Steinsson, Aron Gunnarsson (Palmi Palmason 64), Stefan Gislason, Emil Hallfredsson - Eidur Gudjohnsen - Heidar Helguson. SCOTLAND: (Coach: George Burley/5) Craig Gordon (34/Sunderland) - Kirk Broadfoot (1/Rangers) Gary Caldwell (29/Celtic) Stephen McManus [c] (16/Celtic) Gary Naysmith (43/Sheffield United) - Darren Fletcher (39/Manchester United) Scott Brown (12/Celtic) Barry Robson (5/Celtic) - Kristian Commons (3/Derby County) James McFadden (40/Birmingham City) Shaun Maloney (13/Celtic) Subs: Kenneth Miller (40/Rangers) for Kristian Commons (62) Graham Alexander (36/Burnley) for Shaun Maloney (78) Paul Hartley (21/Celtic) for James McFadden (80) Notes: James McFadden had a 59th minute penalty kick saved by Kjartan Sturluson, but the Scottish forward pounced on the rebound and forced the loose ball over the line from close range doubling Scotland's lead. Stephen McManus was sent off after 76 minutes.
(Match 684) 11th October 2008 (2010 World Cup Qualifying Group 9) SCOTLAND - NORWAY 0-0 Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland) Crowd: 50.205, Hampden Park, Glasgow SCOTLAND: (Coach: George Burley/6) Craig Gordon (35/Sunderland) - Kirk Broadfoot (2/Rangers) Gary Caldwell (30/Celtic) David Weir (63/Rangers) Gary Naysmith (44/Sheffield United) - Scott Brown (13/Celtic) Darren Fletcher [c] (40/Manchester United) Barry Robson (6/Celtic) - James Morrison (3/West Bromwich Albion) James McFadden (41/Birmingham City) Shaun Maloney (14/Celtic) Subs: Christopher Iwelumo (1/Wolverhampton Wanderers) for James McFadden (56) Steven Fletcher (2/Hibernian) for James Morrison (56) NORWAY: (Coach: Age Hareide) Jon Knudsen - Jon Inge Hoiland, Kjetil Waehler, Brede Hangeland [c], John Arne Riise - Bjorn Helge Riise (Daniel Braaten 56), Fredrik Winsnes, Christian Grindheim, Fredrik Stromstad (Morten Gamst Pedersen 76) - Steffen Iversen - John Carew.
(Match 685) 19th November 2008 (Friendly match) SCOTLAND - ARGENTINA 0-1 (0-1) Referee: Felix Brych (Germany) Crowd: 32.492, Hampden Park, Glasgow Goal: 0-1 Rodriguez (8) SCOTLAND: (Coach: George Burley/7) Allan McGregor (3/Rangers) - Alan Hutton (8/Tottenham Hotspur) Gary Caldwell (31/Celtic) Stephen McManus (17/Celtic) Kirk Broadfoot (3/Rangers) - Scott Brown (14/Celtic) Paul Hartley (22/Celtic) Barry Ferguson [c] (44/Rangers) Kristian Commons (4/Derby County) - Christopher Iwelumo (2/Wolverhampton Wanderers) James McFadden (42/Birmingham City) Subs: Lee Miller (2/Aberdeen) for Christopher Iwelumo (HT) Shaun Maloney (15/Celtic) for Paul Hartley (59) Scott Robertson (1/Dundee United) for Barry Ferguson (59) David Clarkson (2/Motherwell) for James McFadden (67) Christophe Berra (3/Heart of Midlothian) for Stephen McManus (75) Graham Alexander (37/Burnley) for Scott Brown (83) ARGENTINA: (Coach: Diego Armando Maradona) Juan Pablo Carrizo - Javier Zanetti, Martin Demichelis, Gabriel Heinze, Emiliano Papa (Daniel "Cata" Diaz 86) - Maxi Rodriguez (Jose Ernesto Sosa 90+1), Fernando Gago, Javier Mascherano [c], Jonas Gutierrez (Lucho Gonzalez 71) - Carlos Tevez, Ezequiel Lavezzi (German Denis 75).
(Match 686) 28th March 2009 (2010 World Cup Qualifying Group 9) NETHERLANDS - SCOTLAND 3-0 (2-0) Referee: Laurent Duhamel (France) Crowd: 49.552, Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam Goals: 1-0 Huntelaar (30), 2-0 van Persie (45+1), 3-0 Kuijt (77) penalty NETHERLANDS: (Coach: Bert van Marwijk) Maarten Stekelenburg - Gregory van der Wiel, Andre Ooijer, Joris Mathijsen, Giovanni van Bronckhorst [c] - Mark van Bommel, Nigel de Jong (Stijn Schaars 80) - Dirk Kuijt, Robin van Persie (Wesley Sneijder 65), Arjen Robben - Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (Ibrahim Afellay 80). SCOTLAND: (Coach: George Burley/8) Allan McGregor (4/Rangers) - Graham Alexander (38/Burnley) Gary Caldwell (32/Celtic) Christophe Berra (4/Wolverhampton Wanderers) Gary Naysmith (45/Sheffield United) - Ross McCormack (2/Cardiff City) Scott Brown (15/Celtic) Barry Ferguson [c] (45/Rangers) Darren Fletcher (41/Manchester United) Gary Teale (12/Derby County) - Kenneth Miller (41/Rangers) Subs: Steven Fletcher (3/Hibernian) for Kenneth Miller (71) Alan Hutton (9/Tottenham Hotspur) for Graham Alexander (73) James Morrison (4/West Bromwich Albion) for Gary Teale (85)
(Match 687) 1st April 2009 (2010 World Cup Qualifying Group 9) SCOTLAND - ICELAND 2-1 (1-0) Referee: Thomas Einwaller (Austria) Crowd: 42.259, Hampden Park, Glasgow Goals: 1-0 McCormack (39), 1-1 I.Sigurdsson (54), 2-1 S.Fletcher (65) SCOTLAND: (Coach: George Burley/9) Craig Gordon (36/Sunderland) - Alan Hutton (10/Tottenham Hotspur) Gary Caldwell (33/Celtic) Stephen McManus [c] (18/Celtic) Gary Naysmith (46/Sheffield United) - Ross McCormack (3/Cardiff City) Darren Fletcher (42/Manchester United) Scott Brown (16/Celtic) James Morrison (5/West Bromwich Albion) - Kenneth Miller (42/Rangers) Steven Fletcher (4/Hibernian) Subs: Gary Teale (13/Derby County) for Steven Fletcher (78) Gavin Rae (14/Cardiff City) for James Morrison (90) ICELAND: (Coach: Olafur Johannesson) Gunnleifur Gunnleifsson - Gretar Steinsson, Hermann Hreidarsson [c], Kristjan Sigurdsson, Bjarni Eiriksson - Palmi Palmason, Aron Gunnarsson (Eggert Jonsson 70), Helgi Danielsson, Indridi Sigurdsson (Armann Bjornsson 81) - Eidur Gudjohnsen - Arnor Smarason.
(Match 688) 12th August 2009 (2010 World Cup Qualifying Group 9) NORWAY - SCOTLAND 4-0 (2-0) Referee: Alain Hamer (Luxembourg) Crowd: 24.493, Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo Goals: 1-0 J.A.Riise (35), 2-0 Pedersen (45), 3-0 Huseklepp (60), 4-0 Pedersen (90) NORWAY: (Coach: Egil Olsen) Jon Knudsen - Tom Hogli, Kjetil Waehler, Brede Hangeland [c], John Arne Riise - Bjorn Helge Riise (Per Ciljan Skjelbred 84), Christian Grindheim, Magne Hoseth, Morten Gamst Pedersen - John Carew (Thorstein Helstad 84), Erik Huseklepp (Steffen Iversen 76). SCOTLAND: (Coach: George Burley/10) David Marshall (3/Cardiff City) - Alan Hutton (11/Tottenham Hotspur) Gary Caldwell (34/Celtic) Steven Caldwell (10/Burnley) Callum Davidson (18/Preston North End) - Graham Alexander (39/Burnley) - Kristian Commons (5/Derby County) Scott Brown (17/Celtic) Darren Fletcher [c] (43/Manchester United) Ross McCormack (4/Cardiff City) - Kenneth Miller (43/Rangers) Subs: Christophe Berra (5/Wolverhampton Wanderers) for Ross McCormack (37) James McFadden (43/Birmingham City) for Steven Caldwell (48) Steven Whittaker (1/Rangers) for Christophe Berra (79) Notes: Gary Caldwell was sent off after 34 minutes.
(Match 689) 5th September 2009 (2010 World Cup Qualifying Group 9) SCOTLAND - FYR MACEDONIA 2-0 (0-0) Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany) Crowd: 50.214, Hampden Park, Glasgow Goals: 1-0 Brown (56), 2-0 McFadden (80) SCOTLAND: (Coach: George Burley/11) Craig Gordon (37/Sunderland) - Alan Hutton (12/Tottenham Hotspur) David Weir (64/Rangers) Stephen McManus (19/Celtic) Callum Davidson (19/Preston North End) - Darren Fletcher [c] (44/Manchester United) Graham Alexander (40/Burnley) Scott Brown (18/Celtic) - Steven Fletcher (5/Burnley) Kenneth Miller (44/Rangers) James McFadden (44/Birmingham City) Subs: Steven Whittaker (2/Rangers) for Callum Davidson (14) Shaun Maloney (16/Celtic) for Steven Fletcher (68) Paul Hartley (23/Bristol City) for Scott Brown (73) FYR MACEDONIA: (Coach: Mirsad Jonuz) Jane Nikoloski - Nikolce Noveski, Igor Mitreski, Goce Sedloski [c], Goran Popov - Aco Stojkov (Besart Ibraimi 80), Velice Sumulikoski, Filip Despotovski, Slavco Georgievski (Vlatko Grozdanoski 69), Ilco Naumoski (Darko Tasevski 64) - Goran Pandev.
(Match 690) 9th September 2009 (2010 World Cup Qualifying Group 9) SCOTLAND - NETHERLANDS 0-1 (0-0) Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark) Crowd: 51.230, Hampden Park, Glasgow Goal: 0-1 Elia (82) SCOTLAND: (Coach: George Burley/12) David Marshall (4/Cardiff City) - Alan Hutton (13/Tottenham Hotspur) David Weir (65/Rangers) Stephen McManus (20/Celtic) Steven Whittaker (3/Rangers) - Paul Hartley (24/Bristol City) - Steven Naismith (2/Rangers) Scott Brown (19/Celtic) Darren Fletcher [c] (45/Manchester United) Shaun Maloney (17/Celtic) - Kenneth Miller (45/Rangers) Subs: Kristian Commons (6/Derby County) for Paul Hartley (66) Garry O'Connor (16/Birmingham City) for Shaun Maloney (83) NETHERLANDS: (Coach: Bert van Marwijk) Michel Vorm - Gregory van der Wiel, Andre Ooijer, Joris Mathijsen, Giovanni van Bronckhorst [c] - Demy de Zeeuw, Wesley Sneijder (Rafael van der Vaart 77), Nigel de Jong - Dirk Kuijt, Robin van Persie (Klaas-Jan Huntelaar 84), Arjen Robben (Eljero Elia 72). Notes: Scotland failed to qualify for the 2010 World Cup Finals in South Africa.
(Match 691) 10th October 2009 (Friendly match) JAPAN - SCOTLAND 2-0 (0-0) Referee: Kim Sang-Woo (South Korea) Crowd: 61.285, Nissan Stadium, Yokohama Goals: 1-0 Berra (82) own goal, 2-0 Honda (90+1) JAPAN: (Coach: Takeshi Okada) Eiji Kawashima - Atsuto Uchida (Yuhei Tokunaga 65), Yuki Abe, Daiki Iwamasa, Yasuyuki Konno - Hideo Hashimoto (Yoshito Okubo 65), Junichi Inamoto [c] (Yuichi Komano 81) - Naohiro Ishikawa (Daisuke Matsui 65), Kengo Nakamura, Keisuke Honda - Ryoichi Maeda (Takayuki Morimoto 56). SCOTLAND: (Coach: George Burley/13) Craig Gordon (38/Sunderland) - Steven Whittaker (4/Rangers) Christophe Berra (6/Wolverhampton Wanderers) Stephen McManus [c] (21/Celtic) Lee Wallace (1/Heart of Midlothian) - Gary Caldwell (35/Celtic) - Ross Wallace (1/Preston North End) Charles Adam (3/Blackpool) Craig Conway (1/Dundee United) - Graham Dorrans (1/West Bromwich Albion) - Lee Miller (3/Aberdeen) Subs: Steven Fletcher (6/Burnley) for Lee Miller (HT) Don Cowie (1/Watford) for Ross Wallace (HT) Stephen Hughes (1/Norwich City) for Charles Adam (67) Derek Riordan (2/Hibernian) for Craig Conway (74)
(Match 692) 14th November 2009 (Friendly match) WALES - SCOTLAND 3-0 (3-0) Referee: Cyril Zimmermann (Switzerland) Crowd: 13.844, Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff Goals: 1-0 Edwards (17), 2-0 Church (32), 3-0 Ramsey (35) WALES: (Manager: John Benjamin Toshack) Wayne Hennessey - Samuel Ricketts, Craig Morgan, Lewin Nyatanga (Daniel Gabbidon 60), Gareth Bale - Aaron Ramsey (Joe Allen 56), Ashley Williams [c], David Edwards (David Cotterill 86), Joe Ledley (Andrew King 79) - Simon Church (Samuel Vokes HT), Chedwyn Evans (Robert Earnshaw HT). SCOTLAND: (Coach: George Burley/14) David Marshall (5/Cardiff City) - Alan Hutton (14/Tottenham Hotspur) Stephen McManus (22/Celtic) Gary Caldwell (36/Celtic) Daniel Fox (1/Celtic) - Don Cowie (2/Watford) Darren Fletcher [c] (46/Manchester United) Graham Dorrans (2/West Bromwich Albion) Steven Naismith (3/Rangers) - Kenneth Miller (46/Rangers) James McFadden (45/Birmingham City) Subs: Lee Wallace (2/Heart of Midlothian) for Daniel Fox (55) Steven Fletcher (7/Burnley) for Kenneth Miller (55) Ross McCormack (5/Cardiff City) for James McFadden (62) Kevin Kyle (10/Kilmarnock) for Steven Naismith (62) Barry Robson (7/Celtic) for Graham Dorrans (71) Derek Riordan (3/Hibernian) for Don Cowie (78)
(Match 693) 3rd March 2010 (Friendly match) SCOTLAND - CZECH REPUBLIC 1-0 (0-0) Referee: Fredy Fautrel (France) Crowd: 26.530, Hampden Park, Glasgow Goal: 1-0 Brown (62) SCOTLAND: (Coach: Craig Levein/1) Craig Gordon (39/Sunderland) - Alan Hutton (15/Sunderland) Gary Caldwell (37/Wigan Athletic) Andrew Webster (23/Dundee United) Lee Wallace (3/Heart of Midlothian) - Barry Robson (8/Middlesbrough) Scott Brown (20/Celtic) Kevin Thomson (2/Rangers) Darren Fletcher [c] (47/Manchester United) Graham Dorrans (3/West Bromwich Albion) - Kenneth Miller (47/Rangers) Subs: Paul Hartley (25/Bristol City) for Kevin Thomson (HT) Christophe Berra (7/Wolverhampton Wanderers) for Andrew Webster (HT) Kris Boyd (16/Rangers) for Kenneth Miller (63) Charles Adam (4/Blackpool) for Barry Robson (69) Steven Whittaker (5/Rangers) for Darren Fletcher (83) CZECH REPUBLIC: (Coach: Michal Bilek) Jaroslav Drobny - Ondrej Kusnir (Daniel Pudil 87), Tomas Sivok, Roman Hubnik, Michal Kadlec - Jaroslav Plasil (Jan Moravek 79), Mario Holek, Tomas Hubschman (Jan Rajnoch 79), Tomas Rosicky [c] (Rudolf Skacel 67) - Tomas Necid (Jan Blazek 67), Vaclav Sverkos (Michal Papadopulos 67). Notes: On 23rd December 2009 the Scottish FA appointed Craig William Levein as new national team coach. During his international playing career he was capped 16 times by Scotland between 1990-1994. On 15th July 2009 Andrew Webster (Rangers) joined Dundee United on loan until 31st May 2010. On 1st February 2010 Alan Hutton (Tottenham Hotspur) joined Sunderland on loan until 1st June 2010. After seven years in partnership with Diadora, the Scottish FA turned to Adidas. This was the first match for Scotland with the new supplier's home shirt.
(Match 694) 11th August 2010 (Friendly match) SWEDEN - SCOTLAND 3-0 (2-0) Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy) Crowd: 25.249, Raasunda, Solna Goals: 1-0 Ibrahimovic (4), 2-0 Bajrami (39), 3-0 Toivonen (56) SWEDEN: (Coach: Erik Hamren) Andreas Isaksson - Mikael Lustig (Sebastian Larsson HT), Olof Mellberg, Daniel Majstorovic, Behrang Safari - Anders Svensson (Oscar Wendt 73), Pontus Wernbloom (Kim Kallstrom HT) - Johan Elmander (Marcus Berg 78), Ola Toivonen, Emir Bajrami (Christian Wilhelmsson 64) - Zlatan Ibrahimovic [c] (Tobias Hysen 59). SCOTLAND: (Coach: Craig Levein/2) Allan McGregor (5/Rangers) - Kirk Broadfoot (4/Rangers) Garry Kenneth (1/Dundee United) Christophe Berra (8/Wolverhampton Wanderers) Lee Wallace (4/Heart of Midlothian) - Barry Robson (9/Middlesbrough) Darren Fletcher [c] (48/Manchester United) Kevin Thomson (3/Middlesbrough) Charles Adam (5/Blackpool) James McFadden (46/Birmingham City) - Steven Fletcher (8/Wolverhampton Wanderers) Subs: Scott Robertson (2/Dundee United) for Kevin Thomson (54) Kris Boyd (17/Middlesbrough) for Steven Fletcher (64) James Morrison (6/West Bromwich Albion) for Charles Adam (64) Steven Whittaker (6/Rangers) for Kirk Broadfoot (75) Christopher Iwelumo (3/Burnley) for Barry Robson (78)
(Match 695) 3rd September 2010 (2012 European Championship Qualifying Group I) LITHUANIA - SCOTLAND 0-0 Referee: Cuneyt Çakir (Turkey) Crowd: 6.539, S.Dariaus ir S.Gireno stadionas, Kaunas LITHUANIA: (Coach: Raimondas Zutautas) Zydrunas Karcemarskas - Ramunas Radavicius, Tadas Kijanskas, Andrius Skerla, Marius Stankevicius - Deividas Semberas, Mindaugas Panka, Edgaras Cesnauskis, Saulius Mikoliunas (Robertas Poskus 71) - Darvydas Sernas (Vytautas Luksa 80), Tomas Danilevicius [c] (Kestutis Ivaskevicius 90). SCOTLAND: (Coach: Craig Levein/3) Allan McGregor (6/Rangers) - Alan Hutton (16/Tottenham Hotspur) Stephen McManus (23/Middlesbrough) David Weir (66/Rangers) Steven Whittaker (7/Rangers) - Lee McCulloch (16/Rangers) - Barry Robson (10/Middlesbrough) Darren Fletcher [c] (49/Manchester United) Scott Brown (21/Celtic) Steven Naismith (4/Rangers) - Kenneth Miller (48/Rangers) Subs: James McFadden (47/Birmingham City) for Barry Robson (69) James Morrison (7/West Bromwich Albion) for Scott Brown (76) Christophe Berra (9/Wolverhampton Wanderers) for Steven Whittaker (90)
(Match 696) 7th September 2010 (2012 European Championship Qualifying Group I) SCOTLAND - LIECHTENSTEIN 2-1 (0-0) Referee: Viktor Shvetsov (Ukraine) Crowd: 37.050, Hampden Park, Glasgow Goals: 0-1 Frick (47), 1-1 Miller (63), 2-1 McManus (90+7) SCOTLAND: (Coach: Craig Levein/4) Allan McGregor (7/Rangers) - Alan Hutton (17/Tottenham Hotspur) David Weir (67/Rangers) Stephen McManus (24/Middlesbrough) Lee Wallace (5/Heart of Midlothian) - Scott Brown (22/Celtic) Darren Fletcher [c] (50/Manchester United) Lee McCulloch (17/Rangers) James McFadden (48/Birmingham City) - Kenneth Miller (49/Rangers) Kris Boyd (18/Middlesbrough) Subs: James Morrison (8/West Bromwich Albion) for James McFadden (HT) Barry Robson (11/Middlesbrough) for Lee Wallace (54) Steven Naismith (5/Rangers) for Kris Boyd (66) LIECHTENSTEIN: (Coach: Hans-Peter Zaugg) Peter Jehle - Yves Oehri, Martin Stocklasa, Michael Stocklasa, Martin Rechsteiner - Michele Polverino, Sandro Wieser (Ronny Buchel 71) - Philippe Erne, Mario Frick [c] (Fabio D'Elia 79), Franz Burgmeier - David Hasler (Nicolas Hasler 90+2). Notes: Darren Fletcher became the 26th player to reach 50 caps for Scotland.
(Match 697) 8th October 2010 (2012 European Championship Qualifying Group I) CZECH REPUBLIC - SCOTLAND 1-0 (0-0) Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia) Crowd: 14.922, Synot Tip Arena, Prague Goal: 1-0 Hubnik (69) CZECH REPUBLIC: (Coach: Michal Bilek) Petr Cech - Zdenek Pospech, Marek Suchy, Roman Hubnik, Michal Kadlec - Jan Polak, Tomas Hubschman, Jaroslav Plasil (Jan Rajnoch 90+4) - Tomas Rosicky [c] - Lukas Magera (Roman Bednar 59), Tomas Necid (Mario Holek 84). SCOTLAND: (Coach: Craig Levein/5) Allan McGregor (8/Rangers) - Alan Hutton (18/Tottenham Hotspur) David Weir (68/Rangers) Stephen McManus (25/Middlesbrough) Steven Whittaker (8/Rangers) - Gary Caldwell (38/Wigan Athletic) - James Mackie (1/Queens Park Rangers) James Morrison (9/West Bromwich Albion) Darren Fletcher [c] (51/Manchester United) Graham Dorrans (4/West Bromwich Albion) Steven Naismith (6/Rangers) - Subs: Kenneth Miller (50/Rangers) for Gary Caldwell (76) Christopher Iwelumo (4/Burnley) for James Mackie (76) Barry Robson (12/Middlesbrough) for James Morrison (84) Notes: Levein lined-up Scotland with a 4-6-0 formation with no strikers. Kenneth Miller became the 27th player to reach 50 caps for Scotland.
(Match 698) 12th October 2010 (2012 European Championship Qualifying Group I) SCOTLAND - SPAIN 2-3 (0-1) Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland) Crowd: 51.322, Hampden Park, Glasgow Goals: 0-1 Villa (44) penalty, 0-2 Iniesta (55), 1-2 Naismith (58), 2-2 Pique (66) own goal, 2-3 Llorente (79) SCOTLAND: (Coach: Craig Levein/6) Allan McGregor (9/Rangers) - Phillip Bardsley (1/Sunderland) Stephen McManus (26/Middlesbrough) David Weir (69/Rangers) Steven Whittaker (9/Rangers) - Graham Dorrans (5/West Bromwich Albion) Darren Fletcher [c] (52/Manchester United) Lee McCulloch (18/Rangers) James Morrison (10/West Bromwich Albion) Steven Naismith (7/Rangers) - Kenneth Miller (51/Rangers) Subs: Charles Adam (6/Blackpool) for Lee McCulloch (HT) James Mackie (2/Queens Park Rangers) for Graham Dorrans (80) Shaun Maloney (18/Celtic) for James Morrison (88) SPAIN: (Coach: Vicente del Bosque) Iker Casillas [c] - Sergio Ramos, Gerard Pique, Carles Puyol, Joan Capdevila - Xabi Alonso, Sergio Busquets (Carlos Marchena 90) - Santi Cazorla (Pablo Hernandez 70), Andres Iniesta, David Silva (Fernando Llorente 76) - David Villa. Notes: Steven Whittaker was sent off after 89 minutes.
(Match 699) 16th November 2010 (Friendly match) SCOTLAND - FAROE ISLANDS 3-0 (3-0) Referee: Pol van Boekel (Netherlands) Crowd: 10.873, Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen Goals: 1-0 Wilson (24), 2-0 Commons (31), 3-0 Mackie (45) SCOTLAND: (Coach: Craig Levein/7) Craig Gordon (40/Sunderland) - Phillip Bardsley (2/Sunderland) Steven Caldwell (11/Wigan Athletic) Daniel Wilson (1/Liverpool) Stephen Crainey (7/Blackpool) - Kristian Commons (7/Derby County) Barry Bannan (1/Aston Villa) Darren Fletcher [c] (53/Manchester United) Charles Adam (7/Blackpool) Shaun Maloney (19/Celtic) - James Mackie (3/Queens Park Rangers) Subs: James McArthur (1/Wigan Athletic) for Charles Adam (55) Garry Kenneth (2/Dundee United) for Daniel Wilson (61) Cameron Bell (1/Kilmarnock) for Craig Gordon (68) Craig Bryson (1/Kilmarnock) for Darren Fletcher (68) Steven Saunders (1/Motherwell) for Phillip Bardsley (71) David Goodwillie (1/Dundee United) for Kristian Commons (76) FAROE ISLANDS: (Coach: Brian Kerr) Gunnar Nielsen (Tordur Thomsen 68) - Jonas Tor Naes, Johan Davidsen, Erling Jacobsen, Atli Gregersen [c], Jann Ingi Petersen (Christian Mouritsen 60) - Daniel Udsen (Pol Johannus Justinussen 86), Bogi Lokin (Levi Hanssen 78), Joan Simun Edmundsson - Christian Holst (Rogvi Poulsen 56), Hjalgrim Elttor.
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