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The Scotland national under-21 football team, controlled by the Scottish Football Association, is Scotland's national under 21 football team and is considered to be a feeder team for the Scotland national football team.
The team is for players of 21 years of age or under at the start of a two-year European Under-21 Football Championship campaign, so players can still be playing for the Under-21s at up to 23 years old. As long as they are eligible, players can play at any level, making it possible to for example play for the U-21s, senior side and again then for the U-21s. It is also possible to play for one country at youth level and another at senior level (providing the player is eligible). Jay McEveley is a current Scotland international and former England U-20 player.
Their best ever performance at a European Championship Finals came in the 1992 championship when, under the management of Craig Brown, they reached the semi-finals.
[edit] Head coach
Archie Knox left his post as Scotland's National Youth Teams Coach on 30 August 2007 to take up a full time with Bolton Wanderers as coaching co-ordinator, Maurice Malpas took temporary charge.In early January 2008 the SFA appointed a new full time coach in Billy Stark, He left his job with Second Division side Queen's Park to take this poistion.
The most recent Scotland U-21 Squad is shown below:
[edit] Current Squad
Squad correct as of 1 February 2008
*Please note some players play for their national senior squads as well as under-21's
| No. |
Pos. |
Player |
DoB (Age) |
Caps |
Goals |
Club |
|
GK |
Jamie MacDonald |
April 17, 1986 (1986-04-17) (age 22) |
4 |
0 |
 Queen of the South (on loan from Hearts) |
|
GK |
Euan McLean |
January 9, 1986 (1986-01-09) (age 22) |
1 |
0 |
Dundee United |
|
GK |
Greg Fleming |
September 27, 1986 (1986-09-27) (age 21) |
0 |
0 |
Gretna |
|
GK |
Chris Smith |
March 5, 1986 (1986-03-05) (age 22) |
0 |
0 |
St Mirren |
|
DF |
Kevin McCann |
September 11, 1987 (1987-09-11) (age 20) |
2 |
0 |
Hibernian |
|
DF |
Lee Wallace |
August 21, 1987 (1987-08-21) (age 20) |
3 |
0 |
Hearts |
|
DF |
Jamie Hamill |
July 29, 1986 (1986-07-29) (age 21) |
4 |
1 |
Kilmarnock |
|
DF |
Garry Kenneth |
June 21, 1987 (1987-06-21) (age 20) |
4 |
0 |
Dundee Utd |
|
DF |
Mark Reynolds |
May 7, 1987 (1987-05-07) (age 21) |
4 |
0 |
Motherwell |
|
DF |
Charles Mulgrew |
March 6, 1986 (1986-03-06) (age 22) |
3 |
2 |
 Southend Utd (on loan from Wolves) |
|
DF |
Paul Dixon |
November 22, 1986 (1986-11-22) (age 21) |
0 |
0 |
Dundee |
|
DF |
Scott Cuthbert |
June 15, 1987 (1987-06-15) (age 20) |
4 |
0 |
Celtic |
|
DF |
Lewis Stevenson |
January 5, 1988 (1988-01-05) (age 20) |
4 |
0 |
Hibernian |
|
DF |
Andrew Considine |
April 1, 1987 (1987-04-01) (age 21) |
1 |
0 |
Aberdeen |
|
DF |
Marc Fitzpatrick |
May 11, 1986 (1986-05-11) (age 22) |
2 |
0 |
Motherwell |
|
DF |
Thomas Scobbie |
March 31, 1988 (1988-03-31) (age 20) |
1 |
0 |
Falkirk |
|
DF |
Paul Caddis |
April 19, 1988 (1988-04-19) (age 20) |
0 |
0 |
Celtic |
|
MF |
James McArthur |
October 7, 1987 (1987-10-07) (age 20) |
1 |
0 |
Hamilton Academical |
|
MF |
Rocco Quinn |
September 7, 1986 (1986-09-07) (age 21) |
2 |
0 |
Celtic |
|
MF |
Greg Cameron |
April 10, 1988 (1988-04-10) (age 20) |
1 |
0 |
St Johnstone (on loan from Dundee Utd) |
|
MF |
Scott Arfield |
November 1, 1988 (1988-11-01) (age 19) |
1 |
0 |
Falkirk |
|
MF |
Kevin McDonald |
November 4, 1988 (1988-11-04) (age 19) |
1 |
0 |
Dundee |
|
MF |
David Robertson |
September 23, 1986 (1986-09-23) (age 21) |
2 |
0 |
Dundee United |
|
FW |
Ross McCormack |
August 18, 1986 (1986-08-18) (age 21) |
4 |
2 |
Motherwell |
|
FW |
Steven Fletcher |
March 26, 1987 (1987-03-26) (age 21) |
4 |
4 |
Hibernian (also plays for Seniors) |
|
FW |
Steven Naismith (c) |
September 14, 1986 (1986-09-14) (age 21) |
4 |
1 |
Rangers (also plays for Seniors) |
|
FW |
Ross Campbell |
July 3, 1987 (1987-07-03) (age 20) |
2 |
0 |
Hibernian |
|
FW |
Calum Elliot |
March 30, 1987 (1987-03-30) (age 21) |
0 |
0 |
Hearts |
|
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