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Scotland national futsal team

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Scotland
AssociationScottish Football Association
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachGordon McGillivray
CaptainKyle Ballingall
Most caps34 Ben O'Hanlon
Top scorer9 Connor McLaren
Home stadiumNPC Edinburgh
FIFA codeSCO
FIFA ranking104 (4 April 2022) [1]
Home colours
Away colours
First international
England 5–1 Scotland Scotland
(Rome, Italy; 16 July 1983)
Biggest win
Northern Ireland 2-8 Scotland Scotland
(Cardiff Wales; 4 December 2016)
Biggest defeat
Sweden 13–0 Scotland Scotland
(Skövde, Sweden; 15 January 2015)
FIFA World Cup
Appearances0
European Championship
Appearances0

The Scotland national futsal team represents Scotland in international futsal competitions such as the FIFA Futsal World Cup and the European Championships and is controlled by the Scottish Football Association.

The team played its first home match in April 2016, against Gibraltar.[2]

Competitive record

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FIFA Futsal World Cup

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FIFA Futsal World Cup record Qualification record
Year Round Pld W D L GF GA Outcome Pld W D L GF GA
Netherlands 1989 Did not enter Did not enter
Hong Kong 1992
Spain 1996
Guatemala 2000
Taiwan 2004
Brazil 2008
Thailand 2012
Colombia 2016
Lithuania 2021 Did not qualify Group F 4th place 3 0 0 3 5 18
Uzbekistan 2024 Group C 4th place 3 0 0 3 3 24
Total 0/10 0 0 0 0 0 0 2/10 6 0 0 6 8 42

UEFA Futsal Championship

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UEFA Futsal Euro record Qualification record
Year Round Pld W D L GF GA Outcome Pld W D L GF GA
Spain 1996 Did not enter Did not enter
Spain 1999
Russia 2001
Italy 2003
Czech Republic 2005
Portugal 2007
Hungary 2010
Croatia 2012
Belgium 2014
Serbia 2016 Did not qualify Group F 4th place 3 0 0 3 2 25
Slovenia 2018 Group A 4th place 3 0 0 3 4 23
Netherlands 2022 Group B 4th place 3 0 1 2 7 18
LatviaLithuania 2026 Group C 4th place 3 0 0 3 3 11
Total 0/13 0 0 0 0 0 0 4/13 12 0 1 11 16 77

Home Nations Futsal Championship

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Home Nations Futsal Championship Record
Year Round Position Pld W D L GS GA
Wales 2016 Group stage 3rd 3 1 0 2 10 16
Scotland 2017 Group stage 3rd 3 1 1 1 7 9
Northern Ireland 2018 Group stage 3rd 3 1 0 2 9 11
England 2019 Group stage 4th 3 0 1 2 7 13
Total 12 3 2 7 33 49

Players

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Current squad

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The following players were called up to the squad for the UEFA Futsal Euro 2026 qualifying matches against Malta, Switzerland and Gibraltar on 10, 11 and 13 April 2024 respectively.[3][4]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Benjamin O'Hanlon (1993-04-30) 30 April 1993 (age 31) England Wessex Futsal Club
12 1GK Robert Black (2001-01-02) 2 January 2001 (age 23) Scotland Dundee Futsal Club

2 2DF Kyle Ballingall (captain) (1995-10-12) 12 October 1995 (age 29) Scotland PYF Saltires
3 2DF Ross Cameron (2003-03-26) 26 March 2003 (age 21) Scotland PYF Saltires
4 2DF Mark Chisholm (1987-08-10) 10 August 1987 (age 37) England Bolton Futsal Club
5 2DF James Grant (1996-12-25) 25 December 1996 (age 27) England Maidenhead United Futsal

6 4FW Caleb Holness (2007-08-02) 2 August 2007 (age 17) Scotland Futsal Escocia
7 4FW Oscar Lucas (2002-08-18) 18 August 2002 (age 22) England Bolton Futsal Club
8 4FW Kai Lawless (2002-01-12) 12 January 2002 (age 22) England Bolton Futsal Club
9 4FW Gavin Ritchie (1999-10-23) 23 October 1999 (age 25) Scotland Ambassadors Futsal Glasgow
10 4FW Scott Smith (1995-07-12) 12 July 1995 (age 29) Scotland PYF Saltires
11 4FW Connor McLaren (1997-02-20) 20 February 1997 (age 27) Scotland PYF Saltires
14 4FW Adam Fairweather (2001-08-17) 17 August 2001 (age 23) Scotland Futsal Club 33
15 4FW Christopher Angus (1990-09-28) 28 September 1990 (age 34) Scotland Aberdeen Futsal Academy

 Scotland Matches

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Opponent H / A Date Competition Score Scorers Venue

 Israel

Away 14-01-2015 Euro 2016 Prelim Rd 1–6 Scott Lafferty Skvode, Sweden

 Sweden

Away 15-01-2015 Euro 2016 Prelim Rd 0–13 ---- Skvode, Sweden

 Armenia

Away 17-01-2015 Euro 2016 Prelim Rd 1–6 Garry Hay Skvode, Sweden
 Gibraltar Home 27-04-2016 Friendly 4–3 Sean Mushin ×2, Craig McLeish, Scott Mollison Bells Sports Centre, Perth, Scotland
 Gibraltar Home 28-04-2016 Friendly 4–2 Jack Guthrie ×2, Rhys Davis, Mark Caldow Bells Sports Centre, Perth, Scotland
 England Away 2-12-2016 Home Nations 0–9 ---- House of Sport, Cardiff, Wales
 Wales Away 3-12-2016 Home Nations 2–5 Craig McLeish, Dayle Robertson House of Sport, Cardiff, Wales
 Northern Ireland Away 4-12-2016 Home Nations 8–2 Craig McLeish ×3, Fraser Smith ×2, Jack Guthrie, Dayle Robertson, Jamie Forsyth House of Sport, Cardiff, Wales
  Switzerland Away 24-01-2017 Euro Futsal 2018 Prem Rd 2–6 Sean Muhsin, Rhys Davis Tbilisi, Georgia
 Georgia Away 25-01-2017 Euro Futsal 2018 Prem Rd 0–11 ---- Tbilisi, Georgia
 Israel Away 27-01-2017 Euro Futsal 2018 Prem Rd 2–6 Sean Muhsin, James Yates Tbilisi, Georgia
 Northern Ireland Home 1-12-2017 Home Nations 4–1 Ahmed Aloulou, Lee Cameron, Scott Smith, Kevin Hagan Edinburgh, Scotland
 Wales Home 2-12-2017 Home Nations 3–3 Scott Mollison ×2, Kevin Hagan Edinburgh, Scotland
 England Home 3-12-2017 Home Nations 0–5 ---- Edinburgh, Scotland
 Northern Ireland Away 22-06-2018 Friendly 6–8 Scott Mollison ×3, Ahmed Aloulou, Kyle Ballingall ×2, Joe Andrew, Neil Laurenson Newry L.C, Northern Ireland
 Northern Ireland Away 23-06-2018 Friendly 6–6 Joe Andrew ×2, Ahmed Aloulou ×2, Connor McLaren, Scott Mollison Newry L.C, Northern Ireland
 Gibraltar Away 27-10-2018 Friendly 3–0 Scott Smith, Kyle Ballingall, Connor Mclaren Gibraltar
 Gibraltar Away 28-10-2018 Friendly 4–1 Ryan Robb ×2, Connor Mclaren, Lee Cameron Gibraltar
 Northern Ireland Away 30-11-2018 Home Nations 2–6 Dayle Robertson ×2, Scott Smith ×2, Fraser Smith, Craig McLeish Nerwy, Northern Ireland
 England Away 01-12-2018 Home Nations 3–1 Craig McLeish Nerwy, Northern Ireland
 Wales Away 02-12-2018 Home Nations 6–2 Craig Holmes, Kyle Ballingall Nerwy, Northern Ireland
 Turkey Away 29-01-2019 FIFA 2020 World Cup Prem Rd 4–3 Connor McLaren ×2, James Yates Zenica City, Bosnia & Herzegovina
 Bosnia and Herzegovina Away 30-01-2019 FIFA 2020 World Cup Prem Rd 10–1 Brad Steedman Zenica City, Bosnia & Herzegovina
  Switzerland Away 01-02-2019 FIFA 2020 World Cup Prem Rd 4–1 Scott Smith Zenica City, Bosnia & Herzegovina
 England Away 29-11-2019 Home Nations 1-5 Connor McLaren St Georges Park, England
 Wales Away 30-11-2019 Home NAtions 3-3 Dayle Robertson, Ryan Robb, Ahmed Aloulou St Georges Park, England
 Northern Ireland Away 01-02-2019 Home Nations 3-5 Connor McLaren x2, Dayle Robertson St Georges Park, England
 Montenegro Away 29-01-2020 UEFA Euro 2022 Qual 9-2 A Aloulou, Dayle Robertson Herentals, Belgium
 Belgium Away 30-01-2020 UEFA Euro 2022 Qual 7-3 A Aloulou X 2, OWN GOAL Herentals, Belgium
 Armenia Away 01-02-2020 UEFA Euro 2022 Qual 2-2 Steedman, F Smith Herentals, Belgium
 Armenia Away 9-04-2022 World Cup 2022 Qual 0-11 none Varna Bulgaria
 Kosovo Away 10-04-2022 World Cup 2022 Qual 1-4 Steedman Varna Bulgaria
 Bulgaria Away 11-04-2022 World Cup 2022 Qual 2-9 Conor McLaren / Ryan Robb Varna Bulgaria
 Northern Ireland Home 07-10-2023 Friendly 1-2 K Brand DISC, DUNDEE
 Northern Ireland Home 08-10-2023 Friendly N N/A DISC, DUNDEE

 Scotland vs opponent

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Opponent Wins Draws Losses Goals
 Armenia 0 1 2 3–19
 Belgium 1 0 0 7–3
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 0 1 1–10
 England 0 0 4 2–22
 Gibraltar 4 0 0 15–6
 Georgia 0 0 1 0–11
 Israel 0 0 2 3–12
 Montenegro 1 0 0 9–2
 Northern Ireland 5 1 2 36–24
 Sweden 0 0 1 0–13
  Switzerland 0 0 2 3–10
 Turkey 0 0 1 3–4
 Wales 0 2 2 10–17
 Kosovo 0 0 1 1-4
 Bulgaria 0 0 1 2-9
15 Countries 11 4 22 84–178

Scotland Player Caps

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These players have all represented the Scotland national futsal team. (as of October 2023)

No Name Caps Official Caps (Euro's / FIFA)
1 Ben O'Hanlon 34 15
2 Scott Mollison 24 9
3 Fraser Smith 24 12
4 Ryan Robb 22 6
5 Craig McLeish 15 6
6 Dayle Robertson 20 8
7 James Yates 13 9
8 Jack Guthrie 11 3
9 Kyle Ballingall 22 9
10 Craig Holmes 10 3
11 Neil Laurenson 10 0
12 Kevin Hagan 9 0
13 Mark Caldow 9 6
14 Scott Smith 23 9
15 Gordon McGillivray 8 6
16 Andrew McCulloch 8 6
17 Scott Chaplain 8 3
18 Ross Chisholm 7 3
19 Martin Cassells 15 6
20 Richard Horlock 5 3
21 Sean Mushin 5 3
22 Rhys Davis 5 3
23 Brad Steedman 16 9
24 John McLean 4 3
25 Ahmed Aloulou 16 6
26 Lee Cameron 5 3
27 Conor McLaren 16 9
28 Paul McLaughlin 4 0
29 Alan Cunnigham 9 6
30 Graham Muir 3 3
31 Scott Lafftery 3 3
32 Garry Hay 3 3
33 James Grady 3 3
34 Adam Whitelaw 5 0
35 David Mennie 5 3
36 Jamie Forsyth 2 0
37 Connor Thomson 2 0
38 Laim Kelly 2 0
39 Joe Andrew 2 0
40 Paul Simpson 2 0
41 Youssef Aloulou 4 0
41 Daniel Mackenzie 4 3
41 Derryn Kesson 3 3
42 Darren Clarkson 11 6
43 Craig Rathey 1 0
44 Scott Ballingall 1 0
45 Kenny Hynd 1 0
46 Michael Connor 1 0
47 James Gunn 12 6
48 Josh Clark 12 6
49 Lewis Mckay 2 0
50 Mark Duigan 6 3
51 Louie Anderson 3 3
52 Robert Black 4 3
53 Grant Campbell 1 0
54 Cameron Taylor 1 0
55 Kairn Brand 1 0
56 Kai Lawless 1 0
57 Oscar Lucas 1 0
58 Chris Angus 1 0
59 Adam Binnie 1 0
60 Adam Fairweather 1 0
61 Lewis Mackie 1 0
62 Callum Husband 1 0

Scotland Player Goals

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These players have all scored for Scotland national futsal team. (as of 01-12-2019)

Name All Goals Euro Goals FIFA Goals
Scott Mollison 7 0 0
Craig McLeish 7 0 0
Ahmed Aloulou 8 3 0
Sean Mushin 4 2 0
Kyle Ballingall 4 0 0
Dayle Robertson 6 1 0
Scott Smith 5 0 1
Fraser Smith 4 1 0
Connor McLaren 9 0 3
Joe Andrew 3 0 0
Jack Guthrie 3 0 0
Kevin Hagan 2 0 0
Rhys Davis 2 1 0
Brad Steedman 2 1 1
Mark Caldow 1 0 0
James Yates 2 1 1
Jamie Forsyth 1 0 0
Gary Hay 1 1 0
Scott Lafferty 1 0 0
Lee Cameron 2 0 0
Ryan Robb 4 0 1
Craig Holmes 1 0 0
Neil Laurenson 1 0 0
Kairn Brand 1 0 0

Coaching staff

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Year Head coach Coaches Played Win Drawn Lost
2021–present Gordon McGillivray Ross Chisholm (Assist) / John Mclean (c) / Steve McLean (c) 6 0 1 5
2018 - 2021 Scott Chaplain Ross Chisholm (Assist) Gordon McGillivray (GK) / Gavin Beth (c) / Steve McLean (c) 13 4 2 7
2017 (Interim) Gerry McMonagle Ross Chisholm (Assist) / Gordon (GK) McGillivray / Steve McLean (C) 3 1 1 1
2014 - 2017 Mark Potter Gerry McMonagle (Assist) / Chris Smith (Assist) / Gordon McGillivray (GK) / Steve McLean (C) 11 3 0 8

References

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  1. ^ Futsal World Ranking
  2. ^ Lamont, Alasdair (26 April 2016). "Can futsal help Scottish football flourish?". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
  3. ^ "Scotland in EURO 2026 qualifying - how to watch the action LIVE". Scottish Futsal. 10 April 2024. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
  4. ^ "Scotland Squad". UEFA. Retrieved 5 May 2024.