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| Association | Scottish Football Association | ||
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| Head coach | Scot Gemmill (2017) | ||
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| FIFA U-20 World Cup | |||
| Appearances | 3 (first in1983) | ||
| Best result | Quarter-finals (1983 and1987) | ||
TheScotland national under-20 football team, controlled by theScottish Football Association, isScotland's national under 20 football team and is considered to be a feeder team for theScotland national football team. The team represents Scotland in international Under 20 competitions such as theFIFA U-20 World Cup.
Scotland reached the quarter-finals of theWorld Youth Championship on two occasions: in 1983, where they lost to eventual winnersPoland; and in 1987, when tournament runners-upWest Germany won on penalties. The team last played in a competitive tournament in the2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup, which Scotland qualified for by finishing second in the2006 UEFA European Under-19 Championship.
An under-20 team was selected for the2017 Toulon Tournament, the first time since 1999 that Scotland had competed.[1] Scotland registered a first ever win againstBrazil at any level in the groups.[2] The team finished with thebronze medal,[3][4] which was the nation's first ever medal in the competition's 45-year history.[5]
| 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 | |
| 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 |
The following squad was selected for a friendly match againstSlovakia 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 18) | 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 | |
The following table shows Scotland's head-to-head record in theFIFA U-20 World Cup.
| Opponent | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 000.00 |
 Bahrain | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +0 | 000.00 |
| Colombia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +0 | 000.00 |
 Costa Rica | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 000.00 |
 East Germany | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 100.00 |
| Germany | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +0 | 000.00 |
| Japan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 000.00 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 100.00 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 000.00 |
| Poland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 000.00 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 100.00 |
| Total | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 15 | −3 | 027.27 |
