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The Scotland national under-16 football team represents Scotland in international football at the under-16 age level. It is controlled by the Scottish Football Association, the governing body for football in Scotland.

Scotland Under-16

Association	Scottish Football Association
Head coach	James Grady[1]
First colours Second colours
World Cup
Appearances	1
Best result	Runner-up (1989)
European Under-16 Championship
Appearances	9 (first in 1985)
Best result	First stage (9 occasions)
Medal record FIFA U-16 World Cup 1989 Scotland

Competitive record

FIFA U-16 World Championship record

For results since 1991, see Scotland national under-17 football team.

The Scotland under-16s' best tournament performance was as runners up in the 1989 FIFA U-16 World Championship under manager Craig Brown. Despite leading Saudi Arabia 2–0 in the final after goals from Ian Downie and Paul Dickov, the match finished 2–2 after extra time. Scotland lost the subsequent penalty shoot-out in front of over 50,000 fans at Hampden Park in Glasgow.[2][3] Some media commentators reported suspicions, which were shared by Craig Brown and former Scottish Football Association secretary Ernie Walker, that Saudi Arabia had fielded ineligible over-age players in the competition.[4][5][6]

Year	Round	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1985	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1987	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1989	Runners-up	6	3	2	1	8	3
Total	1/3	6	3	2	1	8	3

UEFA European U-16 Championship record

For results since 2002, see Scotland national under-17 football team.

Year	Round	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1982	Qualifying stage (quarter finals)	4	2	0	2	8	6
1984	Qualifying stage	4	1	1	2	4	9
1985	First stage	3	1	0	2	3	5
1986	First stage	3	2	0	1	6	2
1987	First stage	3	0	2	1	4	6
1988	Qualifying stage	2	0	1	1	1	2
1989	First stage	3	0	2	1	4	5
1990	First stage	3	0	1	2	2	9
1991	Qualifying stage	-	-	-	-	-	-
1992	First stage	3	2	0	1	6	2
1993	Qualifying stage	-	-	-	-	-	-
1994	Qualifying stage	-	-	-	-	-	-
1995	First stage	3	0	1	2	3	6
1996	Qualifying stage	-	-	-	-	-	-
1997	Qualifying stage	-	-	-	-	-	-
1998	First stage	3	0	2	1	1	3
1999	Qualifying stage	2	1	0	1	3	2
2000	Qualifying stage	-	-	-	-	-	-
2001	First stage	3	1	0	2	3	5
Total	9/19	27	6	8	13	32	43

Victory Shield

The Scotland under-16s compete in the Victory Shield tournament, which is contested annually. The competition is currently sponsored by Sky Sports. Scotland have won the Victory Shield outright on 17 occasions, most recently in 2013,[7] and were joint champions on a further 10 occasions, most recently in 2003.[8][9]

In the 2011 competition, which took place in March, Scotland finished as runners up to England, losing 2–1. They had only needed a draw to win the tournament.[10]

Nordic Cup

The Scotland under-16s also play in an occasional Nordic Cup competition with the under-16 teams of Scandinavian countries such as Norway, Sweden and Iceland.[11] The 2010 tournament also featured the under-16 sides of Finland, Faeroe Islands, Denmark and England.[12]

Other Tournaments

Year	Competition	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA	Ref
1979	Torneo Citta di Udine	Runners up	Full results unknown						[13]
1980	Dentyne Trophy	Winners	1	1	0	0	5	4	[14]
1995	Algarve Tournament	Runners up	3	1	1	1	7	3	[15]
1999	Malta Tournament	Winners	2	1	1	0	4	2	[16]
2000	Ballymena Tournament	Fifth Place	Full results unknown						[17]
2002	Ballymena Tournament	Sixth Place	Full results unknown						[17]
2003	Ballymena Tournament	Winners	4	3	1	0	6	3	[17]
2003	Three Nations Tournament	Runners up	2	1	0	1	1	3	[18]
2004	Ballymena Tournament	Third Place	4	2	1	1	8	4	[17]
2005	Ballymena Tournament	Third Place	4	3	0	1	7	4	[17]
2006	Aegean Cup	Eighth Place	3	0	0	3	2	12	[19]
2006	Ballymena Tournament	Seventh Place	4	0	1	3	0	7	[17]
2007	Ballymena Tournament	Fifth Place	4	1	3	0	5	3	[17]
2012	Star Way Tournament	Third Place	4	3	0	1	4	2	[20]
2013	Star Way Tournament	Fifth Place	4	2	1	1	6	5	[20]
2014	Aegean Cup	Seventh Place	3	0	2	1	2	5	[19]
2014	Friendly Tournament	Fourth Place	3	0	0	3	0	6	[21]
2017	Oriam Tournament	Winners	3	3	0	0	11	0	[22]

Friendly matches

In recent years, Scotland have played a two-leg international friendly match against an under-18 side picked by the football association of Jersey. The matches are used as a warm-up for competitive fixtures and have often taken place in Springfield Stadium in Jersey's Springfield Park. Despite the age gap and Jersey's home advantage, Scotland have won convincingly in some of these matches.[23][24] In other friendlies since 2008, Scotland have faced the under-16 teams of Malta, Kazakhstan, Guernsey Portugal and Spain.[25]

Players

Current squad

• The following players were called up for the 2019 Victory Shield tournament.[26]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
		Josh Adam				Celtic
		Matthew Anderson				Celtic
		Ben Andreucci				Leeds United
		Adedire Awokoya-Mebude				Rangers
		Adam Brooks				Celtic
		Ben Doak				Celtic
		Ryan Duncan				Aberdeen
		Harley Ewen				Rangers
		Kelsey Ewen				Rangers
		Callum Flatman				Heart of Midlothian
		Murray Johnson				Hibernian
		Tsoanelo Letsosa				Celtic
		Jack McConnell				Rangers
		Ben McPherson				Celtic
		Kristi Montgomery				Blackburn Rovers
		Jeremiah Mullen				Liverpool
		Kieran Offord				St Mirren
		Dylan Reid				St Mirren
		William Wandji				Middlesbrough
		Finn Yeats				Aberdeen

See also

• Football in Scotland
• Scotland national youth football team

References

External links

• FIFA under-16 World Cup archive at fifa.com
• UEFA under-16/17 European Championship archive at uefa.com
• Rec.Sports.Soccer Statistics Foundation UEFA Under-16 European Championship statistics

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