Scotland national under-19 football team

The Scotland national under-19 football team is the national football team representing Scotland for players of 19 years of age or under at the start of a European Under-19 Football Championship campaign. The team, which is controlled by the Scottish Football Association, acts as a feeder team to the Scotland national football team.

Until 2001, the European youth championship was competed for by under-18 teams. The best performance by a Scotland under-18 team was in 1982, when they won the tournament. Beating Czechoslovakia 3–1 in the final, 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. In the semi-finals, Scotland beat Poland 2–0. Scotland also reached the semi-finals of the 1978 tournament, where they lost on penalties to Yugoslavia. Scotland topped Group two – which included Germany and Italy – to qualify for the semi-final, having beaten Denmark in the qualifying round.

During the period of the under-19 format, Scotland qualified for the finals tournament in 2006 when, under the guidance of manager Archie Gemmill and coach Tommy Wilson, they lost 2–1 to Spain in the final.^[1] This performance guaranteed Scotland's participation at the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup (formerly the World Youth Championships), representing their first appearance for 20 years.

Since 2006, Scotland have not progressed past the elite qualification round of the European under-19 tournaments.

• Archie Gemmill (2005–2009)^[2]
• Billy Stark (2009–2012)
• Ricky Sbragia (2012–2015)
• Scot Gemmill (2015–2016)^[3][4]
• Ricky Sbragia (2016–2017)
• Donald Park (2017–2018)^[5]
• Billy Stark (2018–2024)^[6][7]
• Neil MacFarlane (2024–present)^[8]

  Champions    Runners-up    Third place / semi finals     Fourth place  0000 Tournament held on home soil  

Notes

• First qualifying round and Preliminary round are the same stage
• Elite round, Intermediary round and Second qualifying round are the same stage
• Draws also include penalty shootouts, regardless of the outcome.

The following players were selected for the 2026 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification matches against Latvia, Lithuania and England on 12, 15 and 18 November 2025; respectively.^[15]

Caps and goals updated as of 18 November 2025, after the match against England.

The following players had also been called up within the last twelve months, and remain eligible for selection.

• Uefa Under-19 website Contains full results archive