Scotland national football team Scotland national football team The Scotland national football team represents Scotland in international football and is controlled by the Scottish Football Association. It competes in the three major professional tournaments, the FIFA World Cup, UEFA Nations League and the UEFA European Championship. Scotland, as a constituent country of the United Kingdom, is not a member of the International Olympic Committee and therefore the national team does not compete in the Olympic Games. The majority of Scotland's home matches are played at the national stadium, Hampden Park. Scotland is the joint oldest national football team in the world, alongside England, whom
Scotland national football team home stadium since 1999 and almost all competitive games. Some friendlies have been moved to smaller venues outside Glasgow, usually either Pittodrie or Easter Road in Edinburgh. Hampden was closed for a year due to its use as an athletics stadium in the 2014 Commonwealth Games. The lease that the SFA holds on Hampden is due to expire after UEFA Euro 2020. During the 2017–18 season, Celtic (Celtic Park), Rangers (Ibrox) and the Scottish Rugby Union (Murrayfield) made offers to become the regular home of the Scotland team. In September 2018, the SFA announced an agreement to purchase the ground from Queen's