List of Scotland national football team captains

This article lists all the captains of the men's Scotland national football team.

As of 18 November 2024, Scotland have played 839 officially recognised international matches and have had 156 different team captains.

[1] Four other players (George Young, Billy Bremner, Darren Fletcher and Gary McAllister) have captained the team at least 30 times.

[2][9] The above list considers captains selected for games officially recognised by FIFA and the Scottish Football Association.

In addition to these, there have been a number of games played by Scotland teams on an unofficial basis, for example the "wartime internationals" during the Second World War.

Kenny Miller , playing for Scotland in a friendly against Brazil in March 2011. The yellow armband signifies that Miller was team captain.
Andrew Watson (top centre) captained Scotland twice in his three appearances for the national team.
James Cowan captained Scotland just once, in April 1898. This was a common occurrence in his era, as Scotland only played three matches (in the British Home Championship ) each season until 1928–29 .
Scotland captain Billy Bremner (left) and Netherlands captain Johan Cruyff exchange pennants before an international match in 1971.
Roy Aitken captained Scotland 27 times, which included the 1990 FIFA World Cup campaign.
Christian Dailly captained Scotland in a match against the Hong Kong League XI on 20 May 2002. [ 2 ] Although the match is included by the Scottish Football Association in its statistical totals, it was not recognised as a full international by FIFA . [ 2 ] [ 3 ]
Darren Fletcher became the youngest player to captain Scotland in over a century when he first led the team, in a friendly against Estonia in May 2004. [ 4 ]