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Mark Walker

The unwanted second-game tournament record that Scotland must banish vs Morocco

(Image: Martin Rickett)

History is against Scotland when they face Morocco - they have only won their second game once in 12 major tournaments.

Scotland face Morocco on Friday, but they tend not to perform well after the opening games in tournaments.

1954 World Cup, Switzerland: SCOTLAND 0-7 Uruguay (43,000)

Scotland's heaviest ever defeat in a tournament with Andy Beattie's side losing five second half goal in the heat of Basel.

SCOTLAND: Martin, Cunningham, Aird, Docherty, Davidson, Cowie, McKenzie, Fernie, Mochan, Brown, Ormond.

1958 World Cup, Sweden: SCOTLAND 2-3 Paraguay (11,665).

Goals from John Mudie and Bobby Collins in Norkopping are not enough to save the Scots against the South Americans.

SCOTLAND: Younger, Parker, Caldow, Turnbull, Evans, Cowie, Leggat, Murray, Mudie, Collins, Robertson, Fernie.

1974 World Cup: SCOTLAND 0-0 Brazil (62,000).

Billy Bremner agonisingly trundles an effort wide as Willie Ormond's Scots outplay the World Champions in Frankfurt.

SCOTLAND: Harvey, Jardine, Holton, Buchan, McGrain, Dalglish, Morgan, Hay, Bremner, Lorimer, Jordan.

1978 World Cup: SCOTLAND 1-1 Iran (7,938). Cordoba.

Ally MacLeod's dream turns into a nightmare despite Scotland being gifted the lead by a comical own goal from Andaranik Eskandarian in Cordoba.

SCOTLAND: Rough, Donnachie, Buchan, Forsyth, Burns, Gemmill, Macari, Hartford, Dalglish, Jordan, Robertson.

1982 World Cup: SCOTLAND 1-4 Brazil (47,379).

David Narey's 'toe poke' has the Tartan Army dreaming in Seville, but goals from Zico, Eder, Oscar and Falcao sends them back to reality.

SCOTLAND: Rough, Narey, Hansen, Miller, Gray, Strachan, Souness, Hartford, Robertson, Wark, Archibald.

1986 World Cup: SCOTLAND 1-2 West Germany (28,000).

Gordon Strachan's goal and iconic celebration gets Scotland off to a flier in Queretaro until Rudi Voller and Klaus Allofs win it for the eventual runners-up.

SCOTLAND: Leighton, Gough, Narey, Miller, Malpas, Strachan, Souness, Aitken, Nicol, Archibald, Bannon.


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1990 World Cup: SCOTLAND 2-1 Sweden (31,823).

Scotland produce their only ever win in a second game of a tournament thanks to a Stuart McCall goal and a penalty from Mo Johnston in Genoa.

SCOTLAND: Leighton, McPherson, McLeish, Levein, Malpas, McCall, Aitken, Fleck, Durie, MacLeod, Johnston.

1992 European Championship: SCOTLAND 0-2 Germany (17,638).

Scotland are excellent and are desperately unlucky against the Germans who win it with goals from Karl-Heinz Riedle and Stefan Effenberg

SCOTLAND: Goram, McKimmie, Gough, McPherson, Malpas, McCall, McAllister, McStay, McClair, Durie, McCoist.

1996 European Championship: England 2-0 SCOTLAND (76,864).

Alan Shearer gives England the lead at Wembley before Gary McAllister sees his penalty saved and Paul Gascoigne seals it for the Auld Enemy.

SCOTLAND: Goram, McKimmie, Calderwood, Hendry, Boyd, Spencer, McCall, McAllister, Collins, McKinlay, Durie.

1998 World Cup: SCOTLAND 1-1 Norway (30,236).

A Craig Burley lob cancels out a goal from Havard Flo seconds after the break in Bordeaux as the Scots rescue a point.

SCOTLAND: Leighton, Burley, Calderwood, Hendry, Boyd, Lambert, Collins, Dailly, Jackson, Gallacher, Durie.

2020 European Championships: England 0-0 SCOTLAND (22,500).

A reduced crowd due to Covid at Wembley saw Scotlnd more than hold their own against the hosts with Stephen O'Donnell and Lyndon Dykes going close.

SCOTLAND: Marshall, O'Donnell, Hanley, McTominay, Tierney, Gilmour, McGinn, McGregor, Robertson, Adams, Dykes.

2024 European Championships: SCOTLAND 1-1 Switzerland (42,711).

A deflected Scott McTominay opener sends the Tartan Army crazy in Cologne before Xherdan Shaqiri levelled.

SCOTLAND: Gunn, Ralston, Hendry, Hanley, Tierney, Gilmour, McGregor, Robertson, McTominay, McGinn, Adams.

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