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Scotland World Cup history

Scotland have appeared in 8 men's World Cup tournaments from 1954 to 1998.

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Overall record

Titles0
Finals0
Appearances8
Best finishGroup stage

2026 qualification

How did they qualify?

Route
UEFA Group C winners
Qualified
18 November 2025
Goals for per game
2.17
Goals against per game
1.17

Source: 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification

Record

Tournament match record

Matches

23

W-D-L

4-7-12

Goals

25-41Goal difference -16

Goals per game

1.09

Timeline

Tournament-by-tournament performance

YearHostPerformanceMatchesGoalsGPG
1998FranceGroup stage32-60.67
1990ItalyGroup stage32-30.67
1986MexicoGroup stage31-30.33
1982SpainGroup stage38-82.67
1978ArgentinaGroup stage35-61.67
1974West GermanyGroup stage33-11
1958SwedenGroup stage34-61.33
1954SwitzerlandGroup stage20-80
Historical data source

Summary statistics generated from the Fjelstul World Cup Database by Joshua C. Fjelstul, Ph.D.. © 2023 Joshua C. Fjelstul, Ph.D.. Licensed under CC-BY-SA 4.0. Summary statistics generated from the original CSV dataset. Women's tournaments are excluded from this first release.

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