History of the Scotland national football team History of the Scotland national football team The history of the Scotland national football team dates back to the first ever international football match in 1872. Until the Second World War, Scotland mainly competed against the other Home Nations in the British Home Championship, with the most keenly contested fixture being the match with England. The Scottish Football Association, which governs the team, joined the international governing body FIFA in 1910, but along with the other Home Nations withdrew from FIFA in 1928. This meant that Scotland did not participate in the World Cups of 1930, 1934 or 1938. The
Gibraltar national football team results hosted a couple of Gibraltar's international friendly matches, as well. These are the official results of the national football team after being accepted into UEFA. Matches played by the team before obtaining UEFA membership are not considered official matches and are not included. A list of unofficial matches played by Gibraltar can be found here. Gibraltar's first team has competed in one league tournament, two qualifying tournaments and a number of friendlies, and their record against each team faced in these competitions is listed below. Since their first official match against Slovakia in November 2013 Gibraltar have faced a total