Today, on June 1st, the Ukraine national team in Glasgow will play a semi-final playoff match for the 2022 World Cup against the Scottish national team (kickoff at 9:45 PM).

Before this, our opponent has participated in playoffs of such scale four times: once in the qualification for the world cup and three times in the qualifications for European championships.

Statistics of Scotland national team's appearances in World Cup and Euro qualifiers

World Cup 1986 (Mexico). Qualification. Intercontinental playoff

November 20, 1985. Scotland — Australia — 2:0 (0:0)

Goals: Cooper (53), McKewen (59).

December 4, 1985. Australia — Scotland — 0:0

Euro 2000 (Belgium — Netherlands). Qualification. Playoff

November 13, 1999. Scotland — England — 0:2 (0:2)

Goals: Scholes (21, 42).

November 17, 1999. England — Scotland — 0:1 (0:1)

Goal: Hutchinson (39).

Euro 2004 (Portugal). Qualification. Playoff

November 15, 2003. Scotland — Netherlands — 1:0 (1:0)

Goal: McFadden (22).

November 19, 2003. Netherlands — Scotland — 6:0 (3:0)

Goals: Sneijder (14), Ooijer (32), van Nistelrooy (37, 51, 67), F. de Boer (65).

Euro 2020 (Europe). Qualification. Playoff. Path S

October 8, 2020. 1/2 final. Scotland — Israel — 0:0 (penalties — 5:3).

November 12, 2020. Final. Serbia — Scotland — 1:1 (penalties — 4:5).

Goals: Jovic (90) — Cristy (52).

Thus, the Scottish team successfully passed two playoff qualifiers (World Cup 1986 and Euro 2020), while in two it was eliminated (Euro 2000 and Euro 2004).