Scotland national under-18 football team

Scotland's best performance at a European Championship Finals occurred in 1982, when they won the tournament.{{cite web|title=History – Scotland sweep to U18 triumph|url=https://www.uefa.com/under19/history/season=1982/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100514145715/http://www1.uefa.com/under19/history/season=1982/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=14 May 2010|website=UEFA|access-date=6 December 2017}}{{cite news|last=McCall|first=Chris|title=The forgotten Scotland team that won the Euros|url=https://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/the-forgotten-scotland-team-that-won-the-euros-1-3944884|access-date=22 May 2018|work=The Scotsman|date=11 November 2015}} The team was then managed by Andy Roxburgh and Walter Smith, who would both go on to manage the senior side. Scotland defeated rivals England in the qualifying round and finished top of Group 4, which also included the Netherlands. Scotland beat Poland 2–0 in the semi-finals and Czechoslovakia 3–1 in the final.

Scotland reached the semi-finals on seven other occasions. Scotland hosted the 1970 tournament, where they won a group containing Bulgaria, Sweden and Italy, but then lost 1–0 to Netherlands in the semi-final. In the 1978 tournament, hosted by Poland, Scotland topped a group containing Germany and Italy to qualify for the semi-final, where they lost on penalties to Yugoslavia.

The age group of the competition was adjusted upwards by one year for the 2002 tournament, with Scotland entering an under-19 team from then on. The Scotland under-18 team consequently fell into abeyance, aside from sporadic friendly matches including double-headers against Serbia in April 2012, Israel in April 2013 and the Czech Republic in October 2014.{{cite web|url=https://www.scottishfa.co.uk/scotland/scotland-squads/mens-under-18s/fixtures-results/|title=Scotland Under-18s: Fixtures and results|publisher=Scottish Football Association|access-date=23 November 2018}}

In 2018, recognising a gap in progression for the best players of the relevant age (several of whom were Performance School participants fast-tracked into the under-17s but not ready for the step up to under-19s), the SFA announced that the under-18 team would be re-established to offer more match experience as part of the same group.{{cite web |url=https://www.scottishfa.co.uk/news/scotland-to-introduce-under-18-national-side/|title=Scotland to introduce Under-18 national side |publisher=Scottish Football Association |date=23 August 2018|access-date=24 August 2018}}{{cite web |url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/scotland-introduce-under-18s-national-13131528|title=Scotland to introduce Under 18s national team as part of youth development plan |work=Daily Record |date=24 August 2018|access-date=24 August 2018}}

• 2018: Billy Stark{{cite web |url=https://www.scottishfa.co.uk/news/scotland-under-18-squad-announced-for-spain-based-friendly-double-header/?rid=19914|title=Scotland Under-18 squad announced for Spain-based friendly double-header |publisher=Scottish Football Association |date=26 September 2018|access-date=5 October 2018}}

{{Color box|gold|border=darkgray}} Champions  {{Color box|silver|border=darkgray}} Runners-up  {{Color box|#cc9966|border=darkgray}} Third place / semi finals   {{Color box|#9acdff|border=darkgray}} Fourth place  {{border|{{0|0000}}|width=2px|lh=15px|color=red}} Tournament held on home soil  

• 1948–1954 – FIFA Youth Tournament
• 1955–1980 – UEFA Youth Tournament
• 1981–2001 – UEFA European U-18 Championship

Notes

• First qualifying round and Preliminary round are the same stage
• Elite round, Intermediary round and Second qualifying round are the same stage
• Draws also include penalty shootouts, regardless of the outcome.

The following players were selected for two friendlies against Wales in March 2023.{{cite web |url=https://www.scottishfa.co.uk/news/billy-stark-names-under-18s-squad-for-wales-test |title=Billy Stark names Under-18s squad for Wales test |website=scottishfa.co.uk |date=7 March 2023 |accessdate=7 March 2023}}

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