Scotland national under-20 football team

The Scotland national under-20 football team, controlled by the Scottish Football Association, is Scotland's national under 20 football team and is considered to be a feeder team for the Scotland national football team. The team represents Scotland in international Under 20 competitions such as the FIFA U-20 World Cup.

Scotland Under-20

Association	Scottish Football Association
Head coach	Scot Gemmill (2017)
First colours Second colours
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Appearances	3 (first in 1983)
Best result	Quarter-finals (1983 and 1987)

History

Scotland reached the quarter-finals of the World Youth Championship on two occasions: in 1983, where they lost to eventual winners Poland; and in 1987, when tournament runners-up West Germany won on penalties. The team last played in a competitive tournament in the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup, which Scotland qualified for by finishing second in the 2006 UEFA European Under-19 Championship.

An under-20 team was selected for the 2017 Toulon Tournament, the first time since 1999 that Scotland had competed.^[1] Scotland registered a first ever win against Brazil at any level in the groups.^[2] The team finished with the bronze medal,^[3][4] which was the nation's first ever medal in the competition's 45-year history.^[5]

Competitive record

FIFA World Youth Championship / FIFA U-20 World Cup record

Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1977	did not qualify
1979
1981
1983	Quarter-final	4	2	0	2	4	3
1985	did not qualify
1987	Quarter-final	4	1	3	0	6	5
1989	did not qualify
1991
1993
1995
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005
2007	Group Stage	3	0	0	3	2	7
2009	did not qualify
2011
2013
2015
2017
2019
2023
2025
2027
Total	3/25	11	3	3	5	12	15

Other tournaments

Year	Competition	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA	Ref
2002	Milk Cup Elite Section	3rd place	3	2	0	1	6	3	[6][7][8][9]
2003	Milk Cup Elite Section	8th place	4	0	1	3	2	6	[10][11]
2017	Toulon Tournament	3rd place	5	3	0	2	8	7

Players

The following squad was selected for a friendly match against Slovakia on 23 May 2025.^[12]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1GK	Ruairidh Adams	(2004-07-10) 10 July 2004 (age 21)	0	0	Kelty Hearts
	1GK	Murray Johnson	(2004-11-13) 13 November 2004 (age 21)	0	0	Queen of the South
	1GK	Liam McFarlane	(2004-09-26) 26 September 2004 (age 21)	0	0	East Fife
	2DF	Connor Allan	(2004-01-10) 10 January 2004 (age 21)	0	0	Kelty Hearts
	2DF	Jeremiah Chilokoa-Mullen	(2004-06-17) 17 June 2004 (age 21)	0	0	Dunfermline Athletic
	2DF	Sam Cleall-Harding	(2006-03-26) 26 March 2006 (age 19)	0	0	Dundee United
	2DF	Adam Forrester	(2005-03-31) 31 March 2005 (age 20)	0	0	Heart of Midlothian
	2DF	Mitchel Frame	(2006-01-25) 25 January 2006 (age 19)	0	0	Celtic
	2DF	Luke Graham	(2004-02-11) 11 February 2004 (age 21)	0	0	Falkirk
	2DF	Jack Kingdon	(2005-11-16) 16 November 2005 (age 20)	0	0	Rochdale
	3MF	Findlay Curtis	(2006-10-01) 1 October 2006 (age 19)	0	0	Rangers
	3MF	Daniel Kelly	(2005-10-03) 3 October 2005 (age 20)	0	0	Millwall
	3MF	Harrison McMahon	(2006-01-29) 29 January 2006 (age 19)	0	0	Chelsea
	3MF	Dylan Reid	(2005-03-01) 1 March 2005 (age 20)	0	0	Crystal Palace
	3MF	Bailey Rice	(2006-10-04) 4 October 2006 (age 19)	0	0	Rangers
	3MF	David Watson	(2005-02-12) 12 February 2005 (age 20)	0	0	Kilmarnock
	4FW	Jevan Beattie	(2006-12-20) 20 December 2006 (age 19)	0	0	Sheffield United
	4FW	Adedire Mebude	(2004-05-28) 28 May 2004 (age 21)	0	0	Hamburger SV
	4FW	Ryan Oné	(2006-06-26) 26 June 2006 (age 19)	0	0	Sheffield United
	4FW	Miller Thomson	(2004-07-20) 20 July 2004 (age 21)	0	0	Falkirk
	4FW	Bobby Wales	(2005-06-23) 23 June 2005 (age 20)	0	0	Kilmarnock
	4FW	James Wilson	(2007-03-06) 6 March 2007 (age 18)	0	0	Heart of Midlothian

Past squads

• 1983 FIFA U-20 World Cup squad
• 1987 FIFA U-20 World Cup squad
• 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup squad