The years following the Second World War which included the withdrawl from the 1950 World Cup Finals, Scotland playing in their first World Cup Finals, and The Munich Air Disaster that included the then Scotland Manager Matt Busby.
Famous Matches:
09/04/1949 England 1-3 Scotland
27/05/1950 France 0-1 Scotland
08/05/1957 Scotland 4-2 Spain
22/05/1957 W. Germany 1-3 Scotland
08/06/1958 Yugoslavia 1-1 Scotland
The decade during which Scotland failed to quallfy for any World Cup Finals. They were successful against England though as they defeated the Auld Enemy four times, including 1967 when they were World Champions.
Famous Matches:
14/04/1962 Scotland 2-0 England
06/04/1963 England 1-2 Scotland
13/06/1963 Spain 2-6 Scotland
09/11/1965 Scotland 1-0 Italy
15/04/1967 England 2-3 Scotland
The decade during which Scotland gained many fans after the 1974 World Cup Finals, and suffered heartbreak in Argentina '78. There were also some famous victories over England.
Famous Matches:
26/09/1973 Scotland 2-1 Czechoslovakia
14/06/1974 Zaire 0-2 Scotland
15/05/1976 Scotland 2-1 England
04/06/1977 England 1-2 Scotland
11/06/1978 Scotland 3-2 Holland
A period during which Scotland qualified for the 1982 and 1986 World Cup Finals. Tragedy also occured, with he death of Jock Stein.
Famous Matches:
23/05/1981 England 0-1 Scotland
15/06/1982 Scotland 5-2 New Zealand
14/11/1984 Scotland 3-1 Spain
25/05/1985 Scotland 1-0 England
08/06/1986 W. Germany 2-1 Scotland
An era during which Scotland qualified for the 1990 World Cup Finals, and also qualified for the European Championship finals for the first time in 1992.
Famous Matches:
08/03/1989 Scotland 2-0 France
15/11/1989 Scotland 1-1 Norway
28/03/1990 Scotland 1-0 Argentina
16/06/1990 Sweden 1-2 Scotland
18/06/1992 Scotland 3-0 CIS
The era of arguably the greatest ever Scotland manager, who took Scotland to the Euro '96 Finals, followed by France '98. He was not as successful in the following two tournaments, but he did defeat England at Wembley in a Euro 2000 Play-Off.
Famous Matches:
16/08/1995 Scotland 1-0 Greece
18/06/1996 Scotland 1-0 Switzerland
02/04/1997 Scotland 2-0 Austria
10/06/1998 Brazil 2-1 Scotland
17/11/1999 England 0-1 Scotland
A dark time for Scotland when they dropped to 86 in the World Rankings under a foreign manager. The only high point in this era was a 1-0 victory over Holland in the Play-Offs.
Famous Matches:
07/06/2003 Scotland 1-1 Germany
11/10/2003 Scotland 1-0 Lithuania
15/11/2003 Scotland 1-0 Holland
A renaissance period which saw Scotland recover from the brink of death to rise as high as 13th in the world. This included the Euro 2008 campaign in which Scotland defeated France home and away, and came so close to qualification.
Famous Matches:
07/09/2005 Norway 1-2 Scotland
02/09/2006 Scotland 6-0 Faroe Is.
07/10/2006 Scotland 1-0 France
12/09/2007 France 0-1 Scotland
13/10/2007 Scotland 3-1 Ukraine
A period full of controversy, from managerial appointments to players quitting, to players receiving lifetime bans. To make things worse, the results were poor on the pitch as Scotland failed to qualify for the World Cup 2010 and Euro 2012 Finals.
Famous Matches:
12/10/2010 Scotland 2-3 Spain
09/02/2011 Scotland 3-0 N. Ireland
25/05/2011 Wales 1-3 Scotland
03/09/2011 Scotland 2-2 Czech Rep.
A period where Scotland rose from 78th in the world to as high as 22nd in April 2014. This also contained Euro 2016 qualification, where Scotland came close to qualification in the "Group of Death", and World Cup 2018 qualification where Scotland were 1 goal away from the play-offs.
Famous Matches:
07/06/2013 Croatia 0-1 Scotland
15/10/2013 Scotland 2-0 Croatia
14/11/2014 Scotland 1-0 Rep. Ireland
08/10/2015 Scotland 2-2 Poland
10/06/2017 Scotland 2-2 England
The years where Scotland went through a renaissance, when Alex McLeish was appointed for a second time, before Steve Clarke took charge. This included the inaugral UEFA Nations League, where Scotland gained promotion and qualification to the Euro 2020 playoffs. From which they qualified for their first finals in 23 years. They missed out on World Cup qualification via the play-offs the following year, but qualified for the Euro 2024 finals.
Famous Matches:
08/10/2020 Scotland 0-0 Israel (5-3 pens)
12/11/2020 Serbia 1-1 Scotland (4-5 pens)
15/11/2021 Scotland 2-0 Denmark
28/03/2023 Scotland 2-0 Spain
17/06/2023 Norway 1-2 Scotland