play-off position, and Strachan subsequently left his position by mutual consent. Alex McLeish In February 2018, Alex McLeish was appointed manager for the second time. The team won their group in the 2018–19 UEFA Nations League, guaranteeing a play-off position for UEFA Euro 2020, but McLeish left in April 2019. This followed a 3–0 loss to 117th-ranked Kazakhstan in the first match of the UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying group. 2020s Steve Clarke Steve Clarke was appointed Scotland manager in May 2019. The team failed to qualify automatically for UEFA Euro 2020, finishing a distant third behind Belgium and Russia. The team then entered the playoffs, where consecutive victories in penalty shootouts against Israel and Serbia put Scotland into their first major tournament since 1998. Defeats by the Czech Republic and Croatia, either side of a goalless draw with England, meant that Scotland finished bottom of Group D. Six consecutive wins later that year meant that Scotland finished second in Group F of 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification. This progressed the team into the play-offs, where they lost 3–1 to Ukraine in a semi-final at Hampden. Scotland won promotion to League A in their final match of the 2022–23 competition, a goalless draw against Ukraine in Kraków. See also List of Celtic F.C. international footballers List of Queen's Park F.C. international players List of Rangers F.C. international footballers References External links National Team archive of the Scottish Football Association Scotland section of www.londonhearts.com Scotland