Scotland under-19

Association	Scottish Football Association
Head coach	Billy Stark
Most caps	Paul Hanlon (10)
Top scorer	Alex MacDonald (7)
Home colours Away colours
First international
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Biggest win
Scotland 8 - 0 San Marino
Biggest defeat
Netherlands 5 - 0 Scotland
World Cup
Appearances	2 (First in 1983)
Best result	Quarter-finals (1983 and 1987)

The Scotland national under-19 football team, controlled by the Scottish Football Association, is Scotland's national football team for players of 19 years of age or under at the start of a European Under-19 Football Championship campaign.

[edit] European Championships

Scotland's best performance at a European Championship Finals came in 1982, when they won the tournament (although it was the under-18 tournament until 2002). Beating Czechoslovakia 3–1 in the final, the team was 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 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.

Scotland were also runners-up in 2006 when, under the guidance of manager Archie Gemmill and coach Tommy Wilson, they lost to Spain in the final. This performance guaranteed Scotland's participation at the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup (formerly the World Youth Championships), which will be their first appearance for 20 years.

For the 2007 tournament, Scotland qualifyed top of a group including Bosnia-Herzegovina, Estonia and Germany. The matches were played in early-October. Scotland won all three games which ensured qualification to the elite round of qualification along with Germany, which is the second (and final) qualifying round.

For the elite round of the 2009 tournament Scotland played Slovakia, Bosnia and England. Under the guidance of Billy Stark, the young Scots earned 2-1 and 3-0 vicotries against Slovakia and Bosnia respectively. However, they lost out to hosts, England, in the last game by 2-1.

[edit] History

Notes

• First qualifying round and Preliminary round are the same stage
• Elite round, Intermediary round and Second qualifying round are the same stage

[edit] Current squad

This is the squad that was selected for the games against Slovakia Under 19, Bosnia Under 19 and England Under 19 in May 2009.

No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club GK Michael Andrews 19 8 0 Falkirk GK Mark Ridgers 19 0 0 Hearts DF Callum Booth 18 6 0 Hibernian DF Jonathan Brown 24 April 1990 (1990-04-24) (age 19) 8 0 Hearts DF Ross Perry 7 February 1990 (1990-02-07) (age 19) 6 1 Rangers DF Paul Hanlon 20 January 1990 (1990-01-20) (age 19) 10 0 Hibernian DF Daniel Wilson 27 December 1991 (1991-12-27) (age 18) 6 0 Rangers MF Lee Currie 18 5 2 Hibernian MF John Fleck 24 August 1991 (1991-08-24) (age 18) 3 0 Rangers MF Jamie Ness 2 March 1991 (1991-03-02) (age 18) 6 1 Rangers MF Stephen Stirling 5 January 1990 (1990-01-05) (age 20) 9 5 Rangers MF Bradden Inman 10 December 1991 (1991-12-10) (age 18) 3 0 Newcastle United MF David Wotherspoon 16 January 1990 (1990-01-16) (age 19) 5 0 Hibernian MF James Forrest 7 July 1991 (1991-07-07) (age 18) 5 0 Celtic FW Leigh Griffiths 20 August 1990 (1990-08-20) (age 19) 6 0 Dundee FW Craig King 1 January 1991 (1991-01-01) (age 19) 2 0 Leicester City FW Alex MacDonald 14 April 1990 (1990-04-14) (age 19) 8 7 Burnley FW Johnny Russell 8 April 1990 (1990-04-08) (age 19) 10 2 Dundee United

[edit] External links

• Uefa Under-19 website Contains full results archive