Sunday, February 5, 2023

Top 75 Scottish Soccer Teams Of All Time.

This Is My List of the Most Successful Scottish Soccer / Football Teams of All time.  I have used the historical achievement of each team.

  1. Glasgow Celtic – 1966-74: Jock Stein led Celtic to a 9 in a row of league titles, and a European Cup, and another European Cup final spot.
  2. Scotland late 19th Century and Early 20th Century. Dominated the home nations with long unbeaten runs, and massive victories against England, Wales and Ireland.
  3. Fergie’s Aberdeen 1978-86. A European Cup Winners Cup, European Super Cup, 4 League titles, 4 SFA Cups and 1 Scottish League Cup.
  4. Glasgow City 14 in a row. 2007-21. 14 Scottish women’s league titles in a row.
  5. Glasgow Rangers 1988-97. Under Souness and Walter Smith. Nine in a row league titles.  First British team in Champions League Group stages.
  6. Glasgow Rangers 1920’s-30’s. A period of domination for Rangers who won the majority of titles in this period, and had one of the strongest sides in Europe.
  7. Glasgow Celtic second 9 in a row. Under Neil Lennon and Brendan Rodgers, the Glasgow Celtic managed 9 in a row of league titles and in one season under Rodgers lost no games in domestic football.
  8. Scotland 1974 World Cup Team. Scotland drew with Brazil and Yugoslavia, and beat Zaire. Scotland went out in a tough group.
  9. Queen’s Park 19th Century. The Glasgow side won 10 Scottish Cups, in the 19th century.
  10. Glasgow Rangers 1972. Rangers won a European Cup Winners Cup in 1972.
  11. Martin O’Neill’s Glasgow Celtic 2000-05. Domestic success plus a UEFA Cup final place in 2003.
  12. Scot Symon’s Glasgow Rangers 1954-67. Scottish domestic trophies and the first Scottish side to reach a European final. Reaching the Cup Winners Cup final in 1961 and 1967.
  13. Walter Smith’s second Glasgow Rangers spell 2007-11. Domestic success, plus a UEFA Cup Final place in 2008.  
  14. Jim McLeans’s Dundee United 1971-93. Part of the New Firm, Dundee United won domestic trophies, had consistent high league placings, and had European success with a UEFA Cup Final in 1987, and wins against Barcelona and Monaco.
  15. Hibernian Famous Five. Late Forties- Early Fifties.  Hibernian's forward line of Gordon Smith, Bobby Johnstone, Lawrie Reilly, Eddie Turnbull and Willie Ormond led Hibs to post war success, with 3 league titles.
  16.  Scotland 1982 World Cup Team. Scotland performed well in the 1982 World Cup missing our narrowly on the second phase.
  17.  Scotland Wembley Wizards. Scotland beat England 5-1 in 1928.
  18.  Scotland 2019 Women’s World Cup side. Scotland qualified for their first women’s World Cup, but exited at the group stage.
  19.  Scotland 1996 European Championship side. Scotland managed a draw against the Netherlands and a win against Switzerland and narrowly missed out on goal difference on the quarter finals.
  20.  Scotland 1992 European Championships. Scotland managed a respectable series of results in a tough group.
  21.  Scotland 1978 World Cup Team. The team had a defeat to Peru, a draw against a Iran, but managed an impressive win against the Netherlands to narrowly miss out on the second phase.
  22.  Scotland 1958 World Cup. Scotland knocked out Spain to qualify. But could only manage two defeats and a draw in the group stage.
  23.  Scotland 1986 World Cup. Scotland managed narrow defeats to West Germany and Denmark before a 0-0 draw with Uruguay.
  24.  Scotland 2017 Women’s European Championship. The first time Scotland qualified for a women’s European Championship. But Scotland managed one win against Spain and defeats to England and Portugal.
  25.  Scotland 2020 European Championship. The Scotland side drew with England but lost the other two games.
  26.  Scotland 1954 World Cup. Scotland qualified for a first World Cup. But suffered a humiliating defeat to reigning champions Uruguay 7-0.
  27.  Dumbarton 1890-92. Dumbarton won the first two Scottish titles in history.
  28.  Van Bronkhurst’s Glasgow Rangers. Limited domestic success. But they did manage to reach the Europa League final, where they narrowly lost on penalties to E Frankfurt.
  29.  Heart of Midlothian under Tommy Walker. He led Hearts as manager to two league titles, 1 Scottish Cup, and 4 Scottish League Cups.
  30.  Celtic 1890’s Plenty of domestic success in the early years of Scottish football.
  31.  Dundee 1960’s lots of high placings, and a league title, in a golden era of strong Scottish club sides.
  32.  Kilmarnock 1960’s Lots of domestic success including a league title.
  33.  Heart of Midlothian 1890’s. Two league titles in the early years of the Scottish League. Plus they won two Scottish Cups.
  34.  Scotland 1982 UEFA European Under-18 Championship Champions. Scotland lifted a major European title in the age group.  
  35.  Scotland 1988 World Youth Cup. Scotland lost a home held championships to Saudi Arabia in the final.
  36.  Renton lifted the Club World Championship in 1888, and won two Scottish Cups.
  37.  Vale of Leven won 3 consecutive Scottish Cups in the 1870’s.
  38.  Glasgow Celtic 1906-10. Another period of consecutive titles for Celtic.
  39.  Glasgow Celtic 1914-17. Yet another period of consecutive titles for Glasgow Celtic.
  40.  Glasgow Celtic 1980’s. Celtic had plenty of domestic success in the eighties with league titles, and domestic cups.
  41.  Aberdeen 1950’s A domestic title, and Scottish League Cup, was a relative success for Aberdeen FC.  
  42.  Motherwell 1930’s. One league title, and consistent high league placings, showed one of the golden era’s in Motherwell’s history.
  43.  Callum Davidson’s St Johnstone. Led the team to a domestic cup double with a Scottish Cup and Scottish League Cup in 2021.  
  44.  East Fife 1938, despite being a second tier team, East Fife won the Scottish Cup in 1938.
  45.  Scott Symon’s East Fife. East Fife won two Scottish League Cups under his management.
  46.  Alex Smith and Jocky Scott’s Aberdeen. Under the partnership Aberdeen managed consistent second places and won the cup double in 1989-90.
  47.  Hibernian 1903. Hibernian lifted their first league title.
  48.  Third Lanark title winning year. In the early 20th century Third Lanark became the third Glasgow based side to win a title.
  49.  Hearts late eighties. Hearts narrowly missed out on a double in 1986. But managed consistent high league placings.
  50.  Aberdeen 1940’s. Aberdeen lifted the Southern League Cup, and Scottish Cup in the forties.
  51.  Aberdeen late sixties, early seventies. Aberdeen, managed to be a challenger to a great Glasgow Celtic side. Aberdeen won the Scottish Cup in 1970.
  52.  Dunfermline Athletic. 1960’s. A super team with two Scottish Cup Final wins, and decent league performances.
  53.  McInnes’s Aberdeen. Aberdeen won the League Cup and had consistent high placings with a strong side.
  54.  Motherwell 1990’s A Scottish Cup trophy, and some consistent high league placings.
  55.  Dundee United 1960’s. Dundee United emerged as a growing force in the sixties with two of their famous four victories against Barcelona.
  56.  Greenock Morton 1917-22, Some decent league placings, and a Scottish Cup, in a golden era for the club.
  57.  Airdrieonians managed four Scottish League runner-up spots and a Scottish Cup,
  58.  Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2000’s. One Scottish Cup, a league cup finalist place, and some high placings in the league.
  59.  Hibernian 1970’s. Good placings in the league, and some impressive European performances.
  60.  Arbroath 1885. Arbroath won 36-0 against Bon Accord in 1885.
  61.  Stewarton Thistle seventies. In the seventies. the women’s side reached two FA Cup finals, and won a league title and Scottish Cup.
  62.  Hibernian Women 2000’s. They won 3 Scottish league titles, 4 Scottish Cups, and two league cups.
  63.  Cambuslang Rangers. 3 Scottish Junior Cups in the seventies.
  64.  Glasgow Celtic Youth side early 2010’s. The team won 4 consecutive  Scottish Youth Cups from 2010-2013.
  65.  Clachnacuddin 1900’s. The team won 6 Scottish Highland league titles in the decade.
  66.  Huntly 1990’s The side dominated the Highland League in the 1990’s.
  67.  First Scotland women’s international team 1881. With a game played against England. The first women’s international was won by Scotland.
  68.  Auchinleck Talbot 2010’s. The club won 5 junior cups in this era.  
  69.  Berwick Rangers 1967. Berwick won 1-0 against a great Glasgow Rangers side in 1967.
  70.  Darvel defeated Aberdeen 1-0 in the Scottish Cup in 2023. A massive upset.
  71.  Elgin City 1960’s The side reached the Scottish Cup quarter final, and won 7 Scottish Highland League titles in the decade.
  72.  Eyemouth United managed to reached the Scottish Cup quarter final in 1960, despite being a non-league side.
  73.  Glasgow Rangers Women’s side 2022. The side became the first team, other than Glasgow City, to win the Scottish title since 2007,
  74.  St Mirren 1980’s. St Mirren stayed consistently in the Premier, and won an Anglo-Scottish Cup and the Scottish Cup.
  75.  Clyde 1950’s. Clyde won two Scottish Cup in the 1950’s.

 

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