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Northern Ireland v Scotland

Northern Ireland and Scotland have met 96 times since 1884: Scotland lead 63–16.

16Northern Ireland wins

17draws

63Scotland wins

Goals: Northern Ireland 82, Scotland 258 · 96 meetings

The first meeting on record was on Saturday, 26 January 1884: Ireland 0–5 Scotland in Belfast.
The most recent was on Tuesday, 26 March 2024: Scotland 0–1 Northern Ireland (Friendly).
Northern Ireland's biggest win: Scotland 0–2 Ireland, 1903.
Scotland's biggest win: Scotland 11–0 Ireland, 1901.
92 of the 96 meetings were competitive matches and 4 were friendlies.

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Every meeting

2024
26 Mar	Scotland 0–1 Northern Ireland Friendly · Glasgow, Scotland	Northern Ireland
2015
25 Mar	Scotland 1–0 Northern Ireland Friendly · Glasgow, Scotland	Scotland
2011
9 Feb	Scotland 3–0 Northern Ireland Nations Cup · Dublin, Republic of Ireland (neutral)	Scotland
2008
20 Aug	Scotland 0–0 Northern Ireland Friendly · Glasgow, Scotland	Draw
1992
19 Feb	Scotland 1–0 Northern Ireland Friendly · Glasgow, Scotland	Scotland
1983
13 Dec	Northern Ireland 2–0 Scotland British Home Championship · Belfast, Northern Ireland	Northern Ireland
24 May	Scotland 0–0 Northern Ireland British Home Championship · Glasgow, Scotland	Draw
1982
28 Apr	Northern Ireland 1–1 Scotland British Home Championship · Belfast, Northern Ireland	Draw
1981
14 Oct	Northern Ireland 0–0 Scotland FIFA World Cup qualification · Belfast, Northern Ireland	Draw
19 May	Scotland 2–0 Northern Ireland British Home Championship · Glasgow, Scotland	Scotland
25 Mar	Scotland 1–1 Northern Ireland FIFA World Cup qualification · Glasgow, Scotland	Draw
1980
16 May	Northern Ireland 1–0 Scotland British Home Championship · Belfast, Northern Ireland	Northern Ireland
1979
22 May	Scotland 1–0 Northern Ireland British Home Championship · Glasgow, Scotland	Scotland
1978
13 May	Scotland 1–1 Northern Ireland British Home Championship · Glasgow, Scotland	Draw
1977
1 Jun	Scotland 3–0 Northern Ireland British Home Championship · Glasgow, Scotland	Scotland
1976
8 May	Scotland 3–0 Northern Ireland British Home Championship · Glasgow, Scotland	Scotland
1975
20 May	Scotland 3–0 Northern Ireland British Home Championship · Glasgow, Scotland	Scotland
1974
11 May	Scotland 0–1 Northern Ireland British Home Championship · Glasgow, Scotland	Northern Ireland
1973
16 May	Scotland 1–2 Northern Ireland British Home Championship · Glasgow, Scotland	Northern Ireland
1972
20 May	Scotland 2–0 Northern Ireland British Home Championship · Glasgow, Scotland	Scotland
1971
18 May	Scotland 0–1 Northern Ireland British Home Championship · Glasgow, Scotland	Northern Ireland
1970
18 Apr	Northern Ireland 0–1 Scotland British Home Championship · Belfast, Northern Ireland	Scotland
1969
6 May	Scotland 1–1 Northern Ireland British Home Championship · Glasgow, Scotland	Draw
1967
21 Oct	Northern Ireland 1–0 Scotland British Home Championship · Belfast, Northern Ireland	Northern Ireland
1966
16 Nov	Scotland 2–1 Northern Ireland British Home Championship · Glasgow, Scotland	Scotland
1965
2 Oct	Northern Ireland 3–2 Scotland British Home Championship · Belfast, Northern Ireland	Northern Ireland
1964
25 Nov	Scotland 3–2 Northern Ireland British Home Championship · Glasgow, Scotland	Scotland
1963
12 Oct	Northern Ireland 2–1 Scotland British Home Championship · Belfast, Northern Ireland	Northern Ireland
1962
7 Nov	Scotland 5–1 Northern Ireland British Home Championship · Glasgow, Scotland	Scotland
1961
7 Oct	Northern Ireland 1–6 Scotland British Home Championship · Belfast, Northern Ireland	Scotland
1960
9 Nov	Scotland 5–2 Northern Ireland British Home Championship · Glasgow, Scotland	Scotland
1959
3 Oct	Northern Ireland 0–4 Scotland British Home Championship · Belfast, Northern Ireland	Scotland
1958
5 Nov	Scotland 2–2 Northern Ireland British Home Championship · Glasgow, Scotland	Draw
1957
5 Oct	Northern Ireland 1–1 Scotland British Home Championship · Belfast, Northern Ireland	Draw
1956
7 Nov	Scotland 1–0 Northern Ireland British Home Championship · Glasgow, Scotland	Scotland
1955
8 Oct	Ireland 2–1 Scotland British Home Championship · Belfast, Northern Ireland	Northern Ireland
1954
3 Nov	Scotland 2–2 Ireland British Home Championship · Glasgow, Scotland	Draw
1953
3 Oct	Ireland 1–3 Scotland British Home Championship · Belfast, Northern Ireland	Scotland
1952
5 Nov	Scotland 1–1 Ireland British Home Championship · Glasgow, Scotland	Draw
1951
6 Oct	Ireland 0–3 Scotland British Home Championship · Belfast, Northern Ireland	Scotland
1950
1 Nov	Scotland 6–1 Ireland British Home Championship · Glasgow, Scotland	Scotland
1949
1 Oct	Ireland 2–8 Scotland FIFA World Cup qualification · Belfast, Northern Ireland	Scotland
1948
17 Nov	Scotland 3–2 Ireland British Home Championship · Glasgow, Scotland	Scotland
1947
4 Oct	Ireland 2–0 Scotland British Home Championship · Belfast, Northern Ireland	Northern Ireland
1946
27 Nov	Scotland 0–0 Ireland British Home Championship · Glasgow, Scotland	Draw
1938
8 Oct	Ireland 0–2 Scotland British Home Championship · Belfast, Northern Ireland	Scotland
1937
10 Nov	Scotland 1–1 Ireland British Home Championship · Aberdeen, Scotland	Draw
1936
31 Oct	Ireland 1–3 Scotland British Home Championship · Belfast, Northern Ireland	Scotland
1935
13 Nov	Scotland 2–1 Ireland British Home Championship · Edinburgh, Scotland	Scotland
1934
20 Oct	Ireland 2–1 Scotland British Home Championship · Belfast, Northern Ireland	Northern Ireland
1933
16 Sept	Scotland 1–2 Ireland British Home Championship · Glasgow, Scotland	Northern Ireland
1932
17 Sept	Ireland 0–4 Scotland British Home Championship · Belfast, Northern Ireland	Scotland
1931
19 Sept	Scotland 3–1 Ireland British Home Championship · Glasgow, Scotland	Scotland
21 Feb	Ireland 0–0 Scotland British Home Championship · Belfast, Northern Ireland	Draw
1930
22 Feb	Scotland 3–1 Ireland British Home Championship · Glasgow, Scotland	Scotland
1929
23 Feb	Ireland 3–7 Scotland British Home Championship · Belfast, Northern Ireland	Scotland
1928
25 Feb	Scotland 0–1 Ireland British Home Championship · Glasgow, Scotland	Northern Ireland
1927
26 Feb	Ireland 0–2 Scotland British Home Championship · Belfast, Northern Ireland	Scotland
1926
27 Feb	Scotland 4–0 Ireland British Home Championship · Glasgow, Scotland	Scotland
1925
28 Feb	Ireland 0–3 Scotland British Home Championship · Belfast, Northern Ireland	Scotland
1924
1 Mar	Scotland 2–0 Ireland British Home Championship · Glasgow, Scotland	Scotland
1923
3 Mar	Ireland 0–1 Scotland British Home Championship · Belfast, Northern Ireland	Scotland
1922
4 Mar	Scotland 2–1 Ireland British Home Championship · Glasgow, Scotland	Scotland
1921
26 Feb	Ireland 0–2 Scotland British Home Championship · Belfast, Ireland	Scotland
1920
13 Mar	Scotland 3–0 Ireland British Home Championship · Glasgow, Scotland	Scotland
1914
14 Mar	Ireland 1–1 Scotland British Home Championship · Belfast, Ireland	Draw
1913
15 Mar	Ireland 1–2 Scotland British Home Championship · Dublin, Ireland	Scotland
1912
16 Mar	Ireland 1–4 Scotland British Home Championship · Belfast, Ireland	Scotland
1911
18 Mar	Scotland 2–0 Ireland British Home Championship · Glasgow, Scotland	Scotland
1910
19 Mar	Ireland 1–0 Scotland British Home Championship · Belfast, Ireland	Northern Ireland
1909
15 Mar	Scotland 5–0 Ireland British Home Championship · Glasgow, Scotland	Scotland
1908
14 Mar	Ireland 0–5 Scotland British Home Championship · Dublin, Ireland	Scotland
1907
16 Mar	Scotland 3–0 Ireland British Home Championship · Glasgow, Scotland	Scotland
1906
17 Mar	Ireland 0–1 Scotland British Home Championship · Dublin, Ireland	Scotland
1905
18 Mar	Scotland 4–0 Ireland British Home Championship · Glasgow, Scotland	Scotland
1904
26 Mar	Ireland 1–1 Scotland British Home Championship · Dublin, Ireland	Draw
1903
21 Mar	Scotland 0–2 Ireland British Home Championship · Glasgow, Scotland	Northern Ireland
1902
1 Mar	Ireland 1–5 Scotland British Home Championship · Belfast, Ireland	Scotland
1901
23 Feb	Scotland 11–0 Ireland British Home Championship · Glasgow, Scotland	Scotland
1900
3 Mar	Ireland 0–3 Scotland British Home Championship · Belfast, Ireland	Scotland
1899
25 Mar	Scotland 9–1 Ireland British Home Championship · Glasgow, Scotland	Scotland
1898
26 Mar	Ireland 0–3 Scotland British Home Championship · Belfast, Ireland	Scotland
1897
27 Mar	Scotland 5–1 Ireland British Home Championship · Glasgow, Scotland	Scotland
1896
28 Mar	Ireland 3–3 Scotland British Home Championship · Belfast, Ireland	Draw
1895
30 Mar	Scotland 3–1 Ireland British Home Championship · Glasgow, Scotland	Scotland
1894
31 Mar	Ireland 1–2 Scotland British Home Championship · Belfast, Ireland	Scotland
1893
25 Mar	Scotland 6–1 Ireland British Home Championship · Glasgow, Scotland	Scotland
1892
19 Mar	Ireland 2–3 Scotland British Home Championship · Belfast, Ireland	Scotland
1891
28 Mar	Scotland 2–1 Ireland British Home Championship · Glasgow, Scotland	Scotland
1890
29 Mar	Ireland 1–4 Scotland British Home Championship · Belfast, Ireland	Scotland
1889
9 Mar	Scotland 7–0 Ireland British Home Championship · Glasgow, Scotland	Scotland
1888
24 Mar	Ireland 2–10 Scotland British Home Championship · Belfast, Ireland	Scotland
1887
19 Feb	Scotland 4–1 Ireland British Home Championship · Glasgow, Scotland	Scotland
1886
20 Mar	Ireland 2–7 Scotland British Home Championship · Belfast, Ireland	Scotland
1885
14 Mar	Scotland 8–2 Ireland British Home Championship · Glasgow, Scotland	Scotland
1884
26 Jan	Ireland 0–5 Scotland British Home Championship · Belfast, Ireland	Scotland

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Results from the open archives maintained by Mart Jürisoo (CC0), with recent results and fixtures from API-Football and some venues from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Penalty shoot-outs count as wins. Every source is listed on Sources & thanks.