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This article lists all the captains of the Scotland national football team. As of June 2015, Scotland have played 737 officially recognised international matches and have had 146 different team captains. George Young captained Scotland most often, with 48. Only two other players, Billy Bremner and Gary McAllister, have captained the team more than 30 times.
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The first captain of the Scotland team was Robert Gardner, who led the team in the first ever international match, against England on 30 November 1872. He went on to captain England on just one further occasion, the second international match, on 8 March 1873, against the same opposition. The present regular team captain is Darren Fletcher.
List of captains
Statistics include official FIFA recognised matches only. The Scottish Football Association includes a match against a Hong Kong League XI played on 23 May 2002 in its statistical totals.
Unofficial games
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" played during the Second World War. Some of the captains selected for these unofficial games are listed below.