Scotland national futsal team

Scotland
Association	Scottish Football Association
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Gordon McGillivray
Captain	Kyle Ballingall
Most caps	34 Ben O'Hanlon
Top scorer	9 Connor McLaren
Home stadium	NPC Edinburgh
FIFA code	SCO
FIFA ranking	104 (4 April 2022)
Home colours	Away colours
First international
	England 5–1 Scotland ; (Rome, Italy; 16 July 1983)
Biggest win
	Northern Ireland 2-8 Scotland ; (Cardiff Wales; 4 December 2016)
Biggest defeat
	Sweden 13–0 Scotland ; (Skövde, Sweden; 15 January 2015)
FIFA World Cup
Appearances	0
European Championship
Appearances	0

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

FIFA Futsal World Cup

FIFA Futsal World Cup record								Qualification record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Outcome	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1989	Did not enter							Did not enter
1992
1996
2000
2004
2008
2012
2016
2021	Did not qualify							Group F 4th place	3	0	0	3	5	18
2024	Did not qualify							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

UEFA Futsal Euro record								Qualification record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Outcome	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1996	Did not enter							Did not enter
1999
2001
2003
2005
2007
2010
2012
2014
2016	Did not qualify							Group F 4th place	3	0	0	3	2	25
2018								Group A 4th place	3	0	0	3	4	23
2022								Group B 4th place	3	0	1	2	7	18
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

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

Players

Current squad

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)	Club
1	1GK	Benjamin O'Hanlon	(1993-04-30) 30 April 1993 (age 31)	Wessex Futsal Club
12	1GK	Robert Black	(2001-01-02) 2 January 2001 (age 23)	Dundee Futsal Club

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

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

Scotland Matches

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

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

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

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

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

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

[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.

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