 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Scotland yakatora chikamu mumutambo wavo wekutanga mukuru wepasi rose pavakakwanisa kuenda ku1954 FIFA World Cup muSwitzerland, uyezve muna 1958 kuWorld Cup muSweden, vachikundikana kufambira mberi kubva padanho rekutanga mumitambo miviri. Mushure mekushaiwa zvibereko mumakore ekuma1960, Scotland yakakwanisa kuenda ku1974 FIFA World Cup kuWest Germany, uko timu yakanga isina kurohwa asi yakatadza kufambira mberi nekuda kwekusiyana kwezvinangwa. Rutivi rwenyika rwakakwanirisawo nokuda kwe 1978 FIFA World Cup muArgentina, pakati pechiziviso chisina kumboitika nechivimbo. Vakatadza kukunda mumitambo yavo miviri yokutanga, uye kukunda Netherlands kwakanga kusina kukwana kudzivisa kumwe kubuda munharaunda yokutanga. Chikwata chenyika chakakwanisa kuenda kumakwikwi matatu akatevera eWorld Cup muna 1982, 1986 na1990, asiwo chakabuda mumutambo wekutanga mune imwe neimwe. Scotland yakakwanisa kuenda kumagumo eUEFA European Championship kekutanga muna 1992, uye yakadzokorora chiitiko cheEuro 1996muEngland. Imwe nhangemutange huru yakasvikwa apo vakatora chikamu mu 1998 FIFA World Cup muFrance, asi ipapo vakaenda makore anopfuura 20 vasina kukodzera kumakwikwi makuru. Scotland yakazopedzisira yapedza nhambo iyi isina kubudirira payakakwanisa kuenda kumakwikwi eEURO 2020 ayo akanonoka nekuda kweCovid-19. 