Is Scottish Football Better At Club Football Or International Football?

Is Scottish Football Better At Club Football Or International Football?

This article is about the male game. 

What do Scotland have the greatest history in? Club or international football?

Here is the club level argument.  

Scottish clubs have won 3 European Trophies. 

Plus Scottish clubs have reached finals of the UEFA Cup, European Cup ,and Cup Winners Cup on various other occasions. The Scottish clubs have beaten most of the biggest clubs in Europe over two legs, or in individual games.

Scottish sides have beaten famous sides such as Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, Liverpool, Hamburg, AC Milan, Inter Milan, Everton, Man Utd, Ajax, Porto, Sporting Lisbon, Anderlecht, Monaco, Roma, Lazio, Copenhagen, Wrexham, and Sevilla. 

Added to that, Scotland has produced some of the greatest teams in European football. 

But Scottish clubs have not won a European trophy since 1983.

Yet Scotland is the smallest nation to have produced a European Cup winning team in Glasgow Celtic. 

Although, on a side note, Scottish clubs have won the Scottish Challenge Cup since it invited teams from other countries to take part. 

On the international level argument. 

Scotland played the first every international football match. That was against England in 1872. 

Scotland dominated football in the 19th century. And were the best team in the World in the early days of football. 

Scotland have beaten Argentina, Germany, Italy, Spain, Portugal, the Czech Republic, France, the USA, England, Wales, Ireland, Belgium, the Ukraine, Zaire, Uruguay, South Africa, Qatar, the Netherlands and Canada, 

Wales record defeat is to Scotland. 

Ireland as a united football nation in the 19th Century were beaten heavily by Scotland. 

The record home defeat for England is against Scotland. 

Yet on the other hand since World War Two Scotland's main achievement has been to qualify for major trophies. They have not won or reached the semi finals of the World Cup, or European Championship. 

Conclusion

I would say Scotland were a great international team in the early days of international football. 

While at club level Scotland had good teams in the 19th century and early 20th century, but there were no official European trophies. 

Scotland did better at international football in the early days. 

But their club record has been better since World War Two. 

Scotland need to do well at both club and international football.