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Scotland vs Finland match report

Date, kick-off time:
Wednesday, 6 September 1995, 20:00 (UTC+1:00)
National teams, score:
Scotland
1-0
Finland
Competition:
UEFA Euro 1996 Qualifying, Group 8
Referee:
Vasyl Melnychuk, Simferopol /
Ukraine
Attendance, venue:
35 018, Hampden Park, Glasgow
Goals:
1-0 (11') Scott Booth
Scotland national team line-up in match Nr.569
Managed by team manager Craig Brown
Player
Caps
Age
Club
Jim Leighton  
69
37
Hibernian FC, Edinburgh
Stewart McKimmie   89' 
35
32
Aberdeen FC, Aberdeen
89' Billy McKinlay  
13
26
Dundee United FC, Dundee
Tom Boyd  
29
29
Celtic FC, Glasgow
Colin Calderwood  
7
30
Tottenham Hotspur FC, London
Colin Hendry  
12
29
Blackburn Rovers FC, Blackburn
Tosh McKinlay  
2
30
Celtic FC, Glasgow
John Spencer   70' 
5
24
Chelsea FC, London
70' Ally McCoist  
48
32
Rangers FC, Glasgow
Scott Booth   82' 
8
23
Aberdeen FC, Aberdeen
82' Darren Jackson  
7
29
Hibernian FC, Edinburgh
Gary McAllister  Captain 
35
30
Leeds United AFC, Leeds
John Collins  
27
27
Celtic FC, Glasgow
Alan McLaren  
22
24
Rangers FC, Glasgow
Finland national team line-up in match Nr.541
Managed by head coach Jukka Ikäläinen
Player
Caps
Age
Club
Kari Laukkanen  
44
31
FinnPa, Helsinki
Kari Rissanen   30'
5
29
FinnPa, Helsinki
Kim Suominen  
28
25
VfB Mödling, Mödling
Erik Holmgren  
60
30
FinnPa, Helsinki
Markku Kanerva   33'
59
31
HJK, Helsinki
Janne Lindberg  
29
29
Greenock Morton FC, Greenock
Rami Nieminen   64' 
7
29
FC Jazz, Pori
64' Tommi Grönlund  
2
25
HJK, Helsinki
Marko Myyry  
54
27
SV Meppen, Meppen
Ari Hjelm  Captain 
94
33
HJK, Helsinki
Jari Litmanen  
42
24
AFC Ajax, Amsterdam
Petri Järvinen  
30
30
FinnPa, Helsinki
Historical data sources
The Courier and Advertiser (Dundee), №44346, 07 Sep 1995; Findmypast
Comments
Scotland vs Finland post-match head-to-head
WP
92.9
P
7
W
6
D
1
L
0
GF
17
GA
4
GF/P
2.429
GA/P
0.571
Av attendance
24 252
WP - winning percentage, P - played, W - wins, D - draws, L - losses, GF - goals for, GA - goals against, Av - average
Match stats
Scotland:
players - 14 (from 9 clubs)
goals - 1 (penalties - 0, hat-tricks - 0)
average age - 29.358 (born 1958-1971)
average caps - 22.786
cautions - 0, expulsions - 0
Finland:
players - 12 (from 7 clubs)
goals - 0 (penalties - 0, hat-tricks - 0)
average age - 29.116 (born 1962-1971)
average caps - 37.833
cautions - 2, expulsions - 0
Scotland national team matches
Previous match:
UEFA Euro 1996 Qualifying
Scotland vs Greece 1-0
Glasgow, Wednesday 16 August 1995
Next match:
Friendly International
Sweden vs Scotland 2-0
Solna, Wednesday 11 October 1995
Scotland results
Finland national team matches
Previous match:
UEFA Euro 1996 Qualifying
Finland vs Russia 0-6
Helsinki, Wednesday 16 August 1995
Next match:
Friendly International
Finland vs Turkey 0-0
Helsinki, Wednesday 4 October 1995
Finland results
Top Scotland goal scorers
1. Denis Law (1958 - 1972) - 30 goals
2. Kenny Dalglish (1972 - 1984) - 30 goals
3. Lawrie Reilly (1948 - 1956) - 23 goals
4. Hughie Gallacher (1925 - 1930) - 23 goals
... Scott Booth (1993 - 1995) - 4 goals
(correct as of September 6, 1995)
top Scotland goal scorers
Brief match report
Wed. 06 Sep 1995
Hampden Park, Glasgow
Scotland 1-0 Finland
Goals: Booth 11

Scotland: Leighton, McKimmie (Billy McKinlay 89), Boyd, Calderwood, Hendry, Tosh McKinlay, Spencer (McCoist 70), Booth (Jackson 82), McAllister (c), Collins, McLaren. Managed by Brown.

Finland: Laukkanen, Rissanen, Suominen, Holmgren, Kanerva, Lindberg, Nieminen (Grönlund 64), Myyry, Hjelm (c), Litmanen, Järvinen. Managed by Ikäläinen.
Booked: Rissanen 30, Kanerva 33.

Att: 35 018,
Ref: Melnychuk (Ukraine)

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