Scotland women's national under-23 football team

Scotland
Nickname(s)–
AssociationScottish Football Association
Head coachMichael McArdle
First international
 Scotland 0–3 Sweden 
(Avesta, Sweden; 15 July 2008)[1]
Biggest defeat
 Scotland 0–5 Germany 
(Falun, Sweden; 17 July 2008)
 Scotland 0–5 Switzerland 
(Ludvika, Sweden; 21 July 2008)

The Scotland women's under-23 national football team, controlled by the Scottish Football Association, is considered to be a feeder team for the Scotland women's national football team. As there is no competition organized by FIFA or UEFA for women at under-23 level, the team represents the country usually either in friendlies or invitational tournaments. Scotland fielded an under-23 team at the 2008 Nordic Cup, and has since played friendlies against Panama in 2022,[2][3] and against Australia[4] and the Netherlands in 2023.[5] They are due to play two friendlies against Denmark in 2024.[6]

  1. ^ "WOMEN'S U23 NORDIC TOURNAMENT: Sweden 3 Scotland 0". SFA. 15 July 2008. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
  2. ^ "Scotland to play first under-23 international against Panama in Spain". BBC Sport. 10 November 2022. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  3. ^ "Scotland U23 2-0 Panama U23: Abi Harrison & Jenna Clark secure victory in friendly". BBC Sport. 12 November 2022. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
  4. ^ "Scotland Women's under-23s squad confirmed". scottishfa.co.uk. 15 September 2023. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
  5. ^ "Scotland Women's under-23 squad confirmed for Netherlands friendly". scottishfa.co.uk. 23 November 2023. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
  6. ^ "Scotland Women's under-23s squad named for Denmark double-header". scottishfa.co.uk. 16 May 2024. Retrieved 16 May 2024.