The Scotland World Cup Squad
A look at all nine Scotland World Cup Squads in history
On Tuesday, Steve Clarke revealed his 26-man Scotland squad for the 2026 World Cup. It was largely as expected, with the injury to Tommy Conway making room for one of Scotland’s in-form strikers, Ross Stewart.
Lennon Miller can feel unfortunate to miss out, especially given Scotland have taken what is arguably an unnecessary three right-backs. It’s great to see another teenager, Findlay Curtis, making the squad after a stellar few months at Kilmarnock. He may prove to be a vital outlet as a late substitute, given the lack of width in the squad.
I had a brief chat with Andy and Calum on the Hampden Roar podcast half an hour after the squad was announced. It is available wherever you get your podcasts.
While only 15 of this 26-man squad were in Germany for the last tournament, Gannon-Doak, Stewart, Hirst and Curtis are the only real new players. Gordon, Souttar, Patterson, Hickey, Hyam, Ferguson and Dykes are the other seven who made this squad but did not make the Euro 2024 squad, primarily due to injury.
Now, a look at the Scottish World Cup squads throughout history, covering
Clubs supplying the most Scotland World Cup players
Leagues supplying the most Scotland World Cup players
Scotland World Cup squad members playing abroad
World Cup squad members from other nations playing in Scotland
Clubs Supplying Scotland
This will be Scotland’s ninth FIFA World Cup squad, and the first in 28 years. Across those nine tournaments, there have been 202 Scotland World Cup squad selections, made up of 165 different players.
That total includes thirty Scotsmen who have been named in more than one World Cup squad. Only one of those 30 made four Scotland World Cup squads, while five players made three squads. The remaining 24 made exactly two Scotland World Cup squads.
For this article, I’ve teamed up with ‘Boot & Ball’ to promote their Scotland national team playing cards.
They would make a great Father’s Day gift, which is exactly only one month away.
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