The Scotland national football team represents Scotland in international football and is controlled by the Scottish Football Association. Scotland are the joint oldest national football team in the world, alongside England, who they played in the world's first international football match in 1872.
Although a constituent country of the United Kingdom, Scotland maintains its own national side that competes in all major professional tournaments, with the exception of the Olympics as Scotland is not a member of the International Olympic Committee.
Some of Scotland's most famous results include defeating the World Cup holders England 3–2 at Wembley Stadium in 1967, and defeating tournament finalists the Netherlands 3–2 in the 1978 World Cup, with Archie Gemmill scoring a famous goal. In 2006 and 2007 Scotland enjoyed home and away victories against France, defeating the World Cup finalists 1–0 on both occasions.
Traditionally England have been Scotland's fiercest rivals, though in recent times senior level fixtures between the teams have become uncommon, with the last match in 1999, which Scotland won 1-0.
