2020–21 in Scottish football

The 2020–21 season is the 124th season of competitive football in Scotland. The domestic season began on 1 August 2020 with the first round of matches in the 2020–21 Scottish Premiership. The start of all other domestic competitions were delayed until at least October 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, and games are being played behind closed doors due to Scottish Government restrictions.

Football in Scotland

Season	2020–21
← 2019–20 2021–22 →

2020–21 in Scottish football
Premiership champions
Championship champions
League 1 champions
League 2 champions
Scottish Cup winners
League Cup winners
Challenge Cup winners
Tournament cancelled[1]
Youth Cup winners
Teams in Europe
Celtic, Rangers, Motherwell, Aberdeen
Scotland national team
2020–21 UEFA Nations League B 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification

Transfer deals

Due to the effects of the coronavirus pandemic on the football calendar, the summer window for transfers in Scotland ran from 14 July to 5 October.[2] Those dates used the full 12-week period permitted by FIFA, and the governing bodies also authorised clubs outside the Premiership to make loan signings during October 2020.[3]

League competitions

Scottish Premiership

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation[lower-alpha 1]
1	Rangers (W)	28	24	4	0	68	8	+60	76	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
2	Celtic (X)	26	16	7	3	57	21	+36	55	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
3	Hibernian (X)	28	14	7	7	39	26	+13	49	Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round
4	Aberdeen	27	12	8	7	31	28	+3	44
5	Livingston	27	11	6	10	35	31	+4	39
6	St Mirren	25	9	5	11	26	28	−2	32
7	Dundee United	28	7	10	11	23	38	−15	31
8	St Johnstone	28	7	9	12	27	37	−10	30
9	Motherwell	26	6	7	13	24	39	−15	25
10	Kilmarnock	27	7	3	17	26	39	−13	24
11	Ross County	28	6	5	17	21	53	−32	23	Qualification for the Premiership play-off final
12	Hamilton Academical	26	5	5	16	23	52	−29	20	Relegation to the Championship

Updated to match(es) played on 7 February 2021. Source: BBC SPFL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-Head points; 5) Head-to-Head goal difference; 6) Play-off (only if deciding champion, UEFA competitions qualification, second stage group allocation or relegation).[4]
(W) Assured a place of the top 6 group and the Europa Conference League; (X) Assured a place of the top 6 group.
Notes:

1. Teams play each other three times (33 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).

Scottish Championship

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Heart of Midlothian	15	12	0	3	41	17	+24	36	Promotion to the Premiership
2	Raith Rovers	14	7	3	4	29	22	+7	24	Qualification for the Premiership play-off semi-final
3	Dunfermline Athletic	15	6	6	3	24	17	+7	24	Qualification for the Premiership play-off quarter-final
4	Dundee	13	5	5	3	24	24	0	20
5	Ayr United	14	4	5	5	20	18	+2	17
6	Greenock Morton	15	4	5	6	13	19	−6	17
7	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	11	3	5	3	18	15	+3	14
8	Arbroath	15	3	5	7	12	19	−7	14
9	Queen of the South	14	4	2	8	20	32	−12	14	Qualification for the Championship play-offs
10	Alloa Athletic	14	3	2	9	15	33	−18	11	Relegation to League One

Updated to match(es) played on 6 February 2021. Source: SPFL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-to head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Play-off (only for deciding promotion, play-off participation and relegation).[5]

Scottish League One

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Falkirk	11	6	3	2	18	8	+10	21	Promotion to the Championship
2	Cove Rangers	11	6	1	4	15	9	+6	19	Qualification for the Championship play-offs
3	Montrose	11	5	3	3	19	15	+4	18
4	Airdrieonians	10	5	1	4	17	11	+6	16
5	Partick Thistle	10	4	3	3	9	6	+3	15
6	East Fife	9	4	1	4	12	13	−1	13
7	Peterhead	11	4	1	6	10	13	−3	13
8	Dumbarton	9	3	2	4	5	10	−5	11
9	Clyde	8	3	0	5	9	19	−10	9	Qualification for the League One play-offs
10	Forfar Athletic	10	1	3	6	5	15	−10	6	Relegation to League Two

Updated to match(es) played on 2 January 2021. Source: SPFL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-to head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Play-off (only for deciding promotion, play-off participation and relegation).[6]

Scottish League Two

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Queen's Park	9	7	2	0	18	5	+13	23	Promotion to League One
2	Elgin City	9	6	0	3	18	9	+9	18	Qualification for the League One play-offs
3	Stranraer	10	5	3	2	19	11	+8	18
4	Stirling Albion	9	5	3	1	16	8	+8	18
5	Edinburgh City	9	4	1	4	20	13	+7	13
6	Stenhousemuir	9	3	3	3	14	14	0	12
7	Annan Athletic	10	2	2	6	9	15	−6	8
8	Cowdenbeath	8	2	1	5	6	15	−9	7
9	Albion Rovers	8	2	0	6	9	20	−11	6
10	Brechin City	9	1	1	7	5	24	−19	4	Qualification for the League Two play-off final

Updated to match(es) played on 2 January 2021. Source: SPFL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-to head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Play-off (only for deciding promotion, play-off participation and relegation).[7]

Level 5

Highland Football League Pos Team Pld Pts 1 Brora Rangers 3 9 2 Fraserburgh 3 9 3 Buckie Thistle 2 6 4 Formartine United 2 6 5 Inverurie Loco Works 2 6 6 Keith 2 3 7 Rothes 2 3 8 Huntly 3 2 9 Lossiemouth 2 1 10 Deveronvale 3 1 11 Strathspey Thistle 0 0 12 Clachnacuddin 1 0 13 Nairn County 2 0 14 Wick Academy 2 0 15 Fort William 1 0 16 Turriff United 2 0 Updated to match(es) played on 2 January 2021. Source: Highland Football League BBC Sport Soccerway

Lowland Football League Pos Team Pld Pts 1 Kelty Hearts 13 36 2 BSC Glasgow 13 30 3 East Kilbride 12 29 4 Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic 12 29 5 East Stirlingshire 12 26 6 University of Stirling 15 22 7 Gala Fairydean Rovers 12 22 8 Bo'ness United 10 18 9 The Spartans 12 18 10 Civil Service Strollers 14 17 11 Berwick Rangers 13 16 12 Caledonian Braves 14 13 13 Cumbernauld Colts 14 11 14 Gretna 2008 11 10 15 Dalbeattie Star 10 5 16 Edinburgh University 15 5 17 Vale of Leithen 12 0 Updated to match(es) played on 5 January 2021. Source: SLFL BBC Sport Soccerway

Level 6

East of Scotland Football League Pos Team Pld Pts 1 Tranent Juniors 12 28 2 Jeanfield Swifts 9 23 3 Linlithgow Rose 11 22 4 Musselburgh Athletic 11 22 5 Camelon Juniors 10 20 6 Lothian Thistle Hutchison Vale 10 19 7 Penicuik Athletic 8 16 8 Dundonald Bluebell 8 16 9 Newtongrange Star 12 16 10 Broxburn Athletic 11 16 11 Sauchie Juniors 11 15 12 Hill of Beath Hawthorn 10 15 13 Tynecastle 11 14 14 Dunbar United 13 11 15 Crossgates Primrose 11 10 16 Blackburn United 12 3 17 Inverkeithing Hillfield Swifts 10 3 18 Whitehill Welfare 10 1 Updated to match(es) played on 29 December 2020. Source: East of Scotland Football League

South of Scotland Football League Pos Team Pld Pts 1 Stranraer reserves 11 26 2 Threave Rovers 7 18 3 St Cuthbert Wanderers 7 16 4 Newton Stewart 9 15 5 Nithsdale Wanderers 8 15 6 Abbey Vale 8 14 7 Upper Annandale 9 12 8 Wigtown & Bladnoch 8 12 9 Caledonian Braves reserves 6 10 10 Lochar Thistle 11 10 11 Lochmaben 8 6 12 Mid-Annandale 7 4 13 Heston Rovers 10 4 14 Creetown 7 4 Updated to match(es) played on 19 December 2020. Source: South of Scotland Football League

West of Scotland Football League Pos Team Pld Pts 1 Clydebank 7 19 2 Troon 7 16 3 Kilwinning Rangers 7 15 4 Irvine Meadow XI 7 13 5 Darvel 5 12 6 Largs Thistle 7 11 7 Blantyre Victoria 7 10 8 Hurlford United 7 10 9 Rossvale 9 9 10 Beith Juniors 5 7 11 Kirkintilloch Rob Roy 7 6 12 Bonnyton Thistle 8 6 13 Rutherglen Glencairn 6 3 14 Cumbernauld United 7 0 15 Benburb 0 0 Updated to match(es) played on 29 December 2020. Source: West of Scotland Football League

Honours

Cup honours

Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Match report
2020–21 Scottish Cup
2020–21 League Cup
2020–21 Challenge Cup	Tournament cancelled[1]
2020–21 South Challenge Cup
2020–21 Youth Cup
2020–21 Junior Cup

Senior

Level	Competition	Winner
5	Highland League
	Lowland League
6	East of Scotland League Premier Division
	South of Scotland League
	West of Scotland League Premier Division
6 (TBC)	North Caledonian League Division One
7	East of Scotland League First Division
	West of Scotland League Tier 7
	North Caledonian League Division Two

Junior

East Region

Division	Winner
East Region Premiership North
East Region Premiership South

North Region

Division	Winner
Aberdeen North
Aberdeen South
Banff and Buchan
West

PFA Scotland awards

Award	Winner	Team
Players' Player of the Year
Young Player of the Year
Manager of the Year
Championship Player
League One Player
League Two Player

SFWA awards

Award	Winner	Team
Footballer of the Year
Young Player of the Year
Manager of the Year

Scottish clubs in Europe

Summary

Due to scheduling pressures caused by the coronavirus pandemic, qualifying rounds were played over just one tie instead of the usual two-leg format.[8]

Club	Competitions	Started round	Final round	Coef.
Celtic	UEFA Champions League	First qualifying round	Second qualifying round	8.0
	UEFA Europa League	Third qualifying round	Group stage
Rangers	UEFA Europa League	Second qualifying round		14.5*
Motherwell	UEFA Europa League	First qualifying round	Third qualifying round	3.0
Aberdeen	UEFA Europa League	First qualifying round	Third qualifying round	3.5
Total				29.0*
Average				7.250*

* Season in progress

Celtic

UEFA Champions League

Celtic entered the 2020–21 UEFA Champions League in the first qualifying round.

18 August 2020 QR1	Celtic	6–0	KR	Glasgow
19:45 BST	Elyounoussi  6', 90+1' Adalsteinsson  17' (o.g.) Jullien  31' Taylor  46' Édouard  72'	BBC Sport		Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: None Referee: Sebastian Gishamer (Austria)

26 August 2020 QR2	Celtic	1–2	Ferencváros	Glasgow
19:45 BST	Christie  53'	BBC Sport	Siger  7' Nguen  75'	Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: None Referee: Allard Lindhout (Netherlands)

UEFA Europa League

Having lost in the second qualifying round of the Champions League, Celtic entered the Europa League in its third round of qualifying.[9]

Qualifying

24 September 2020 QR3	Riga	0–1	Celtic	Riga
18:00 BST		BBC Sport	Elyounoussi  90'	Stadium: Skonto Stadium Attendance: None Referee: Fábio Veríssimo

1 October 2020 PO	FK Sarajevo	0–1	Celtic	Zenica
19:00 BST		BBC Sport	Édouard  70'	Stadium: Bilino Polje Stadium Attendance: None Referee: Benoît Bastien (France)

Group stage

22 October 2020 Group H	Celtic	1–3	Milan	Glasgow
20:00 BST	Elyounoussi  76'	BBC Sport	Kruniclć  14' Brahim  42' Hauge  90+2'	Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: None Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)

29 October 2020 Group H	Lille	2–2	Celtic	Villeneuve-d'Ascq
17:55 GMT	Çelik  67' Ikoné  75'	BBC Sport	Elyounoussi  28', 32'	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Referee: Aleksandar Stavrev (North Macedonia)

5 November 2020 Group H	Celtic	1–4	Sparta Prague	Glasgow
20:00 GMT	Griffiths  65'	BBC Sport	Julis  26', 45', 76' Krejci  90'	Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: None Referee: István Kovács (Romania)

26 November 2020 Group H	Sparta Prague	4–1	Celtic	Prague
17:55 GMT	Hancko  26' Juliš  38', 80' Plavšić  90+4'	BBC Sport	Édouard  15'	Stadium: Stadion Letná Referee: Tobias Stieler (Germany)

3 December 2020 Group H	Milan	4–2	Celtic	Milan
17:55 GMT	Çalhanoğlu  24' Castillejo  26' Hauge  50' Brahim  82'	BBC Sport	Rogic  7' Édouard  14'	Stadium: San Siro Referee: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea

10 December 2020 Group H	Celtic	3–2	Lille	Glasgow
20:00 GMT	Jullien  21' McGregor  28' (pen.) Turnbull  75'	BBC Sport	Ikoné  24' Weah  71'	Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: None Referee: Fábio Veríssimo (Portugal)

Rangers

UEFA Europa League

Rangers entered the UEFA Europa League in the second round of qualifying.

Qualifying

17 September 2020 QR2	Lincoln Red Imps	0–5	Rangers	Gibraltar
16:00 BST		BBC Sport	Tavernier  21' Goldson  45+4' Morelos  67', 88' Defoe  84'	Stadium: Victoria Stadium Attendance: None Referee: Iwan Griffith (Wales)

24 September 2020 QR3	Willem II	0–4	Rangers	Tilburg
20:00 BST		BBC Sport	Tavernier  22' (pen.) Kent  25' Helander  55' Goldson  71'	Stadium: Koning Willem II Stadion Attendance: None Referee: Maurizio Mariani

1 October 2020 PO	Rangers	2–1	Galatasaray	Glasgow
19:45 BST	Arfield  52' Tavernier  59'	BBC Sport	Marcão  87'	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: None Referee: Andris Treimanis (Latvia)

Group stage

22 October 2020 Group H	Standard Liège	0–2	Rangers	Liège
17:55 BST		BBC Sport	Tavernier  19' (pen.) Roofe  90+2'	Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Referee: Jakob Kehlet (Denmark)

29 October 2020 Group H	Rangers	1–0	Lech Poznań	Glasgow
20:00 GMT	Morelos  68'	BBC Sport		Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: None Referee: Kristo Tohver (Estonia)

5 November 2020 Group H	Benfica	3–3	Rangers	Lisbon
17:55 GMT	Goldson  1' (o.g.) Silva Núñez  90+1'	BBC Sport	Gonçalves  24' (o.g.) Kamara  25' Morelos  51'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano (Spain)

26 November 2020 Group H	Rangers	2–2	Benfica	Glasgow
20:00 GMT	Arfield  7' Roofe  69'	BBC Sport	Tavernier  78' (o.g.) Pizzi  81'	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: None Referee: Radu Petrescu (Romania)

3 December 2020 Group H	Rangers	3–2	Standard Liège	Glasgow
20:00 GMT	Goldson  39' Tavernier  45+1' (pen.) Arfield  63'	BBC Sport	Lestienne  6' Cop  40'	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: None Referee: Bojan Pandzic

10 December 2020 Group H	Lech Poznań	0–2	Rangers	Poznań
17:55 GMT		BBC Sport	Itten  31' Hagi  72'	Stadium: Stadion Miejski Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez (Spain)

Knockout Stage

18 February 2021 Last 32	Royal Antwerp	–	Rangers	Antwerp
				Stadium: Bosuilstadion

25 February 2021 Last 32	Rangers	– (– agg.)	Royal Antwerp	Glasgow
				Stadium: Ibrox Stadium

Motherwell

UEFA Europa League

Motherwell entered the UEFA Europa League at the first qualifying round.[10]

27 August 2020 QR1	Motherwell	5–1	Glentoran	Motherwell
19:45 BST	Lang  58' O'Donnell  72' Polworth  75' Watt  78' Long  87'	BBC Sport	McDaid  90' (pen.)	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: None Referee: Bram van Driessche (Belgium)

17 September 2020 QR2	Coleraine	2–2 (a.e.t.) (0–3 p)	Motherwell	Coleraine
19:30 BST	Doherty  49' (pen.), 90' (pen.)	BBC Sport	Lang  16' Watt  37'	Stadium: The Showgrounds Attendance: None Referee: Antti Munukka (Finland)
	Penalties
	Parkhill Kane McConaghie		O'Hara Watt O'Donnell

24 September 2020 QR3	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	3–0	Motherwell	Jerusalem
18:30 BST	Vitor  43' Josué  71' (pen.) Acolatse  82'	BBC Sport		Stadium: Teddy Stadium Attendance: None Referee: Serhiy Boyko (Ukraine)

Aberdeen

UEFA Europa League

Aberdeen entered the UEFA Europa League in the first qualifying round as fourth place finishers in the 2019–20 Scottish Premiership,[10] as the 2019–20 Scottish Cup was not completed by the UEFA deadline.

27 August 2020 QR1	Aberdeen	6–0	NSÍ Runavík	Aberdeen
19:45 BST	Ferguson  36' Main  42' Hedges  50', 59', 87' (pen.) Hayes  63'			Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium Attendance: None Referee: Ivar Orri Kristjansson (Iceland)

17 September 2020 QR2	Viking	0–2	Aberdeen	Stavanger
19:30 BST		BBC Sport	McCrorie  44' Hedges  78'	Stadium: Viking Stadion Attendance: None Referee: Filip Glova (Slovakia)

24 September 2020 QR3	Sporting CP	1–0	Aberdeen	Lisbon
20:00 BST	Tomas  7'	BBC Sport		Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: None Referee: Nikola Dabanovic (Montenegro)

Scotland national team

The Scotland national team qualified for their first major tournament in over two decades (since the 1998 World Cup) by winning through the Euro 2020 play-offs, defeating Israel and Serbia in penalty shootouts.[11]

4 September 2020 2020–21 Nations League B	Scotland	1–1	Israel	Glasgow
	Christie  45' (pen.)	BBC Sport	Zahavi  73'	Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: None Referee: Slavko Vincic

7 September 2020 2020–21 Nations League B	Czech Republic	1–2	Scotland	Olomouc
	Pešek  11'	BBC Sport	Dykes  27' Christie  52' (pen.)	Stadium: Andrův stadion Attendance: None Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük

8 October 2020[12] Euro 2020 play-offs	Scotland	0–0 (a.e.t.) (5–3 p)	Israel	Glasgow
		BBC Sport		Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: None Referee: Ovidiu Hategan (Romania)
	Penalties
	McGinn McGregor McTominay Shankland McLean		Zahavi Bitton Weissman Abu Fani

11 October 2020 2020–21 Nations League B	Scotland	1–0	Slovakia	Glasgow
	Dykes  54'	BBC Sport		Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: None Referee: Davide Massa (Italy)

14 October 2020 2020–21 Nations League B	Scotland	1–0	Czech Republic	Glasgow
	Fraser  6'	BBC Sport		Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: None Referee: Felix Zwayer (Germany)

12 November 2020 Euro 2020 play-offs	Serbia	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p)	Scotland	Belgrade
	Jovic  90'	BBC Sport	Christie  52'	Stadium: Red Star Stadium Attendance: None Referee: Antonio Miguel Mateu Lahoz
	Penalties
	Tadic Jovic Gudelj Katai Mitrovic		Griffiths McGregor McTominay McBurnie McLean

15 November 2020 2020–21 Nations League B	Slovakia	1–0	Scotland	Trnava
	Gregus  31'	BBC Sport		Stadium: Anton Malatinský Stadium Attendance: None Referee: István Kovács (Romania)

18 November 2020 2020–21 Nations League B	Israel	1–0	Scotland	Netanya
	Solomon  44'	BBC Sport		Stadium: Netanya Stadium Attendance: None Referee: Pawel Raczkowski (Poland)

25 March 2021 World Cup qualification

Scotland

v

Austria

28 March 2021 World Cup qualification

Israel

v

Scotland

31 March 2021 World Cup qualification

Scotland

v

Faroe Islands

14 June 2021 Euro 2020	Scotland	v	Czech Republic	Glasgow
				Stadium: Hampden Park

18 June 2021 Euro 2020	England	v	Scotland	London
				Stadium: Wembley Stadium

22 June 2021 Euro 2020	Scotland	v	Croatia	Glasgow
				Stadium: Hampden Park

Women's football

Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the 2020 women's season was declared null and void in July 2020.[13] A new season started in October 2020 and is scheduled to end in June 2021.[13]

League and Cup honours

Division	Winner
2020 SWPL 1	Null and void[13]
2020–21 SWPL 1
2020 SWPL 2	Null and void[13]
2020–21 SWPL 2
2020 SWF Championship (North)	Null and void[13]
2020–21 SWF Championship (North)
2020 SWF Championship (South)	Null and void[13]
2020–21 SWF Championship (South)

Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Match report
Scottish Women's Cup	Not contested in 2020 or 2020–21[14]
Scottish Women's Premier League Cup
SWFL First Division Cup
SWFL Second Division Cup

SWPL awards

Award	Winner	Team
Players' Player of the Year
Player of the Year
Manager of the Year
Young Player of the Year

Scottish Women's Premier League

SWPL 1

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SWPL 2

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Glasgow City

Glasgow City entered the 2020–21 UEFA Women's Champions League in the first qualifying round.

4 November 2020 QR1	Glasgow City	0–0 (a.e.t.) (6–5 p)	Peamount United	Cumbernauld
		BBC Sport		Stadium: Broadwood Stadium
	Penalties
	Ross Howat Crichton Fulton Love McLauchlan Wyne		Lynch McEvoy O'Gorman Ryan-Doyle Duggan Walsh O'Callaghan

18 November 2020 QR2	Valur	1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p)	Glasgow City	Reykjavik
	Edvardsdottir  80'	BBC Sport	Crichton  51'	Stadium: Hlíðarendi
	Penalties
	Jónsdóttir Gísladóttir Jensen Eiríksdóttir Halldórsdóttir Eiríksdóttir		Crichton Fulton Love Wade Shine Wyne

9 December 2020 Last 32	Sparta Prague	2–1	Glasgow City	Chomutov
14:00 GMT	Martínková  34' Dlasková  41'	BBC Sport	Wojcik  51'	Stadium: Letní Stadion Referee: Eszter Urban (Hungary)

16 December 2020 Last 32	Glasgow City	0–1 (1–3 agg.)	Sparta Prague	Cumbernauld
19:00 GMT		BBC Sport	Martínková  7'	Stadium: Broadwood Stadium Referee: Silvia Domingos (Portugal)

Scotland women's national team

23 October 2020[15][16] Euro 2021 qualifying	Scotland	3–0	Albania	Edinburgh
19:30 BST	Corsie  37' Weir  76', 90' (pen.)	BBC Sport		Stadium: Tynecastle Park Attendance: None Referee: Graziella Pirriatore (Italy)

27 October 2020[15][16] Euro 2021 qualifying	Finland	1–0	Scotland	Helsinki
16:15 GMT	Summanen  49'	BBC Sport		Stadium: Bolt Arena Referee: Esther Staubli (Switzerland)

27 November 2020[15][16] Euro 2021 qualifying	Portugal	1–0	Scotland	Lisbon
19:00 GMT	Borges  69'	BBC Sport		Stadium: Estádio do Restelo Referee: Ivana Martinčić (Croatia)

1 December 2020[15][16] Euro 2021 qualifying	Scotland	0–1	Finland	Edinburgh
19:30 GMT		BBC Sport	Rantanen  90+5'	Stadium: Easter Road Attendance: None Referee: Katalin Kulcsár (Hungary)

19 February 2021[15][16] Euro 2021 qualifying	Cyprus	–	Scotland	Larnaca
				Stadium: AEK Arena

23 February 2021[15][16][17] Euro 2021 qualifying	Scotland	–	Portugal	Larnaca
				Stadium: Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium

Deaths

• 13 July: Pat Quinn, 84, Albion Rovers, Motherwell, Hibernian, East Fife and Scotland forward; East Fife manager.[18]
• c.13 July: Eddie Beaton, 88, Greenock Morton, Berwick Rangers, Stranraer and Dumbarton forward.[19]
• 21 July: Hugh McLaughlin, 75, St Mirren, Third Lanark and Queen of the South midfielder.[20]
• 24 July: David Hagen, 47, Rangers, Hearts, Falkirk, Livingston, Clyde and Peterhead midfielder.[21]
• 4 August: Willie Hunter, 80, Motherwell, Hibernian and Scotland forward; Queen of the South and Inverness Caledonian manager.[22]
• 13 August: Jackie Wren, 84, Hibernian, Stirling Albion and Berwick Rangers goalkeeper.[23]
• 14 August: Tom Forsyth, 71, Motherwell, Rangers and Scotland defender; Dunfermline Athletic manager.[24]
• 24 August: Pat McCluskey, 68, Celtic, Dumbarton, Airdrieonians and Queen of the South defender and midfielder.[25]
• September: Archie Irvine, 74, Airdrieonians midfielder.[26]
• 19 October: Jim Townsend, 75, Heart of Midlothian, St Johnstone and Greenock Morton midfielder.[27]
• 23 October: Ebbe Skovdahl, 75, Aberdeen manager.[28]
• 24 October: Kevin McCarra, 62, journalist.[29]
• 31 October: Marius Žaliūkas, 36, Heart of Midlothian and Rangers defender.[30]
• 4 November: Matt Tees, 81, Airdrieonians forward.[31]
• 15 November: Campbell Forsyth, 86, St Mirren, Kilmarnock and Scotland goalkeeper.[32]
• 3 December: Bobby Wishart, 87, Aberdeen, Dundee, Airdrie and Raith Rovers forward.[33]
• 12 December: John McSeveney, 89, Hamilton Academical winger.[34]
• December: Joe Frickleton, East Stirlingshire wing half.[35]
• 24 December: Davie Sneddon, 84, Dundee, Kilmarnock and Raith Rovers inside forward; Kilmarnock and Stranraer manager.[36]
• 26 December: Chic McLelland, 63, Aberdeen, Motherwell, Dundee and Montrose defender; Montrose manager.[37]
• 26 December: Jim McLean, 83, Hamilton Academical, Clyde, Dundee and Kilmarnock inside forward; Dundee United manager and chairman.[38]
• 31 December: Tommy Docherty, 92, Celtic and Scotland right half; Scotland manager.[39]
• 24 January: Jóhannes Eðvaldsson, 70, Celtic and Motherwell defender.[40]
• 24 January: Barrie Mitchell, 73, Dunfermline Athletic, Aberdeen and Morton forward.[41]
• 26 January: Jozef Vengloš, 84, Celtic manager.[42]
• 28 January: Eddie Connachan, 85, Dunfermline Athletic, Falkirk and Scotland goalkeeper.[43]
• January: John Grant, 89, Hibernian, Raith Rovers and Scotland defender.[44]

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