Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Mutambo wenhabvu wepasi rose wokutanga wakazivikanwa zviri pamutemo wakaitwa pakati peScotland neEngland muna 1872. Nekufamba kwenguva, Scotland yakatanga kutamba nguva dzose nedzimwe nyika dzekumba zvakare, uyezve pagore negore nekugadzwa kweBritish Home Championship muna 1883. Scotland haina kukwikwidzana nenyika kubva kunze kweBritish Isles kusvika 1929 pavakatamba Norway muBergen, mushure maizvozvo vakatanga kukwikwidza mitambo yehukama yenguva dzose vachipesana nemamwe mativi eEurope. Scotland yakatanga kukwikwidza mumutambo mukuru pavakakwanisa kuenda kuFIFA World Cup ya1954. Vakakwanisa kupinda mimwe mitambo minomwe yeWorld Cup kubvira ipapo, kunyange zvazvo vakabuda muzvikwata nguva imwe neimwe. Scotland yakakwikwidzawo katatu kuEFAFA European Championships, muna 1992, 1996 uye muna 1996.
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