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Scotland
Nickname(s)	–
Association	Scottish Football Association
Head coach	Michael McArdle
First international
	Scotland 0–3 Sweden ; (Avesta, Sweden; 15 July 2008)
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]

History

The under-23 team is intended to bridge the gap in the step up from the under-19 team to the full national team. It would allow younger players a chance to remain in the national team set-up longer term and an opportunity to remain in the national team manager's plans and possibly provide the players with the most promise a pathway into the full national team eventually.^[7]

Tournaments

2008 Nordic Cup

Year	Competition	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA	Ref
2008	Nordic Cup	Fourth Place	4	0	0	4	0	15	^[8]

Results

15 July 2008 Nordic Cup	Scotland	0–3	Sweden	Avesta
19:00		Scottish FA	Edlund 37' Vaseghpanah 50' Stålhammar 59'	Stadium: Avesta Vallen

17 July 2008 Nordic Cup	Scotland	0–5	Germany	Falun
19:00		Scottish FA	Schmidt 14', 43' Kerschowski 24', 76' Hartel 83'	Stadium: Kopparvallen

19 July 2008 Nordic Cup	Scotland	0–2	Finland	Borlänge
16:00		Scottish FA	Sällström 12', 24'	Stadium: Domnarvsvallen

21 July 2008 Nordic Cup	Scotland	0–5	Switzerland	Ludvika
13:00		Scottish FA	Bachmann 42', 71' Dickenmann 49', 60' Brunner 90'	Stadium: Hillangens IP