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Scotland did not compete in the first three World Cup competitions, in 1930, 1934 and 1938.Because of a dispute with FIFA over "broken-time" payments to players, the SFA, with the football associations of England, Ireland and Wales, withdrew from FIFA in 1928, [6] [7] and did not rejoin as a permanent member until 1946.
Statistics include official FIFA recognised matches, five matches from a 1967 overseas tour that were reclassified as full internationals in 2021, [13] and a match against a Hong Kong League XI played on 23 May 2002 that the Scottish Football Association includes in its statistical totals.
As of the 2022 FIFA World Cup, 80 national teams have competed at the finals of the FIFA World Cup. [1] Brazil is the only team to have appeared in all 22 tournaments to date, with Germany having participated in 20, Italy and Argentina in 18 and Mexico in 17. [2] Eight nations have won the tournament.
The same qualification rules were in place for the 1954 FIFA World Cup, and Scotland finished second in the British Home Championship. This time the SFA allowed the team to participate in the World Cup, but its "preparation was atrocious". [15] The SFA only sent 13 players to the finals, even though FIFA allowed 22-man squads. [16]
Poland have lost just two of their 12 meetings with Scotland in all competitions (W4 D6), losing friendly matches against them in June 1958 (1-2) and March 2014 (0-1). Scotland have lost just one ...
2026 FIFA World Cup qualification: 845 8 September 2025: TBD (A) Belarus – 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification: 846 9 October 2025: Hampden Park, Glasgow (H) Greece – 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification: 847 12 October 2025: Hampden Park, Glasgow (H) Belarus – 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification: 848 15 November 2025: TBD (A) Greece – 2026 ...
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This is a list of all own goals scored during FIFA Men's World Cup matches (not including qualification games).In 1997, FIFA published guidelines for classifying an own goal as "when a player plays the ball directly into his own net or when he redirects an opponent’s shot, cross or pass into his own goal", and excludes "shots that are on target (i.e. goal-bound) and touch a defender or ...