scotland played brazil in world cup in 1974.
scotland played brazil in world cup in 1974.
when did scotland play brazil in world cup?
1974
bullet::::- the scottish women’s football association is formed, and scotland play their first ever official women's international, losing 3–2 to england in greenock.









































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bullet::::- the crowd of 122,714 that watches rangers win over celtic in the 1973 scottish cup final is the last attendance in excess of 100,000 at any match in britain.









































bullet::::- a 2–1 win over czechoslovakia at hampden park guarantees scotland a place at the 1974 world cup after finishing 1st in their qualifying group.









































section::::1970s.:1974.
timeline of scottish football
in qualifying for the 2018 fifa world cup, switzerland were drawn with portugal, hungary, faroe islands, latvia and andorra. the swiss began their qualifying group with a shock 2–0 win over european champions portugal, who had won the tournament less than two months prior to playing with them on 6 september. afterwards, they beat hungary 2–3, andorra 2–1, faroe islands 2–0, latvia 1–0 in the first five games, leading the group on maximum points. in the reverse fixtures, they beat faroe islands 2–0, andorra 3–0, latvia 3–0 and hungary 5–2, before facing portugal in the final group game, where they lost 2–0, meaning they would have to play in the play-offs; where they were ranked as the best second-placed team, and were drawn to play northern ireland. in the first leg, played on 9 november, they won 1–0 through a controversial penalty scored by ricardo rodríguez, and three days later played in the second leg, drawing 0–0 and advancing to the world cup finals in russia with a 1–0 aggregate win. before the world cup, switzerland were ranked 6th in the world ranking, even ranking higher than eventual world cup winners france.at the world cup, switzerland were drawn to play brazil, serbia and costa rica in group e. they began their campaign with a 1–1 draw with brazil, before beating serbia 2–1 through a late winning goal from xherdan shaqiri. the game with serbia sparked controversy for the celebrations performed by goalscorers xherdan shaqiri and granit xhaka (both ethnic albanians), along with stephan lichtsteiner as the trio performed a celebration where they crossed their hands to depict a double-headed eagle, the official emblem of albania, considered by many as an albanian nationalist symbol, however, they were not banned by fifa for this. their final group game was with costa rica; which they drew 2–2, with blerim džemaili and josip drmić scoring; thus finishing second in the group. they were drawn to play sweden in the round of sixteen; a fixture they lost 1–0, getting knocked out of the tournament.
switzerland national football team