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Football player Bruce Rioch

Bruce David Rioch

Bruce Rioch

Born on 6 September 1947 (age 76)

National team appearances of Bruce Rioch

Team	Period	Caps	Capt.	Sub. in	Sub. off	Goals	Pen.	Goals/ Caps
Scotland	1975 - 1978	24	10		8	6	1	0.250
Total:		24	10		8	6	1	0.250

Player stats by club

Clubs of footballer	Period	Caps	Capt.	Sub. off	Goals	Pen.	Goals/ Caps
Derby County FC, Derby	13 May 1975 - 17 Nov 1976	14		4	6	1	0.429
Everton FC, Liverpool	28 May 1977 - 21 Sep 1977	6	6	2
Derby County FC, Derby	13 May 1978 - 11 Jun 1978	4	4	2

Player stats by competition

Competition

Played

Capt.

Sub. off

Goals

Pen.

Goals/ Caps

British Championship (BC)

0.273

European Championship qualifiers (QE)

0.500

World Cup qualifiers (QW)

World Cup final tournament (WC)

Friendly matches and other tournaments

0.250

Total:

0.250

Career highlights

Match date	Opponent team	Event	Age
13 May 1975	Portugal	debut	27 years 8 months 7 days
17 May 1975	Wales	first goal	27 years 8 months 11 days
28 May 1977	Wales	first cap as captain	29 years 8 months 22 days
11 Jun 1978	Netherlands	last appearance	30 years 9 months 5 days

Record of Bruce Rioch's goals by opponent team

Opponent team	Goals	Pen.	Matches with goals	Matches by goals in a match				Goals/Matches with goals	Caps	Goals/Caps
Opponent team	Goals	Pen.	Matches with goals	1	2	3	>3	Goals/Matches with goals	Caps	Goals/Caps
Wales	2		2	2				1.000	4	0.500
Finland	1		1	1				1.000	1	1.000
Romania	1		1	1				1.000	2	0.500
Denmark	1		1	1				1.000	2	0.500
England	1	1	1	1				1.000	4	0.250
(+) other teams									11
Total:	6	1	6	6	0	0	0	1.000	24	0.250

Record of national team matches played by Bruce Rioch

National team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Winning Percentage
Scotland national football team	24	14	5	5	45	27	68.8

Bruce Rioch's international caps

as player of Derby County FC, Derby:

debut age - 27 years 8 months 7 days

13 May 1975 20:00 (+1:00)

Glasgow, Hampden Park

1-0

Scotland vs Portugal

Friendly International

age when scoring first goal - 27 years 8 months 11 days

17 May 1975 15:00 (+1:00)

Cardiff, Ninian Park

2-2

Wales vs Scotland

British Championship 1975

1х

20 May 1975 20:00 (+1:00)

Glasgow, Hampden Park

3-0

Scotland vs Northern Ireland

British Championship 1975

24 May 1975 15:00 (+1:00)

London, British Empire Exhibition Stadium (Wembley)

5-1

England vs Scotland

British Championship 1975

1(1p.)х

01 Jun 1975 17:30 (+2:00)

Bucharest, Stadionul 23 August

1-1

Romania vs Scotland

UEFA Euro 1976 Qualifying, Group 4

03 Sep 1975 19:00 (+1:00)

Copenhagen, Københavns Idrætspark

0-1

Denmark vs Scotland

UEFA Euro 1976 Qualifying, Group 4

29 Oct 1975 20:00

Glasgow, Hampden Park

3-1

Scotland vs Denmark

UEFA Euro 1976 Qualifying, Group 4

1х

17 Dec 1975 20:00

Glasgow, Hampden Park

1-1

Scotland vs Romania

UEFA Euro 1976 Qualifying, Group 4

1х

06 May 1976 19:30 (+1:00)

Glasgow, Hampden Park

3-1

Scotland vs Wales

British Championship 1976

1х

08 May 1976 15:00 (+1:00)

Glasgow, Hampden Park

3-0

Scotland vs Northern Ireland

British Championship 1976

15 May 1976 15:00 (+1:00)

Glasgow, Hampden Park

2-1

Scotland vs England

British Championship 1976

08 Sep 1976 20:00 (+1:00)

Glasgow, Hampden Park

6-0

Scotland vs Finland

Friendly International

1х

13 Oct 1976 17:00 (+1:00)

Prague, Letenský Stadion (Sparty)

2-0

Czechoslovakia vs Scotland

1978 FIFA World Cup Qualification, Group 7

17 Nov 1976 20:00

Glasgow, Hampden Park

1-0

Scotland vs Wales

1978 FIFA World Cup Qualification, Group 7

as player of Everton FC, Liverpool:

28 May 1977 15:00 (+1:00)

Wrexham, The Racecourse

0-0

Wales vs Scotland

British Championship 1977

01 Jun 1977 20:00 (+1:00)

Glasgow, Hampden Park

3-0

Scotland vs Northern Ireland

British Championship 1977

04 Jun 1977 15:00 (+1:00)

London, British Empire Exhibition Stadium (Wembley)

1-2

England vs Scotland

British Championship 1977

15 Jun 1977

Ñuñoa, Estadio Nacional de Chile

2-4

Chile vs Scotland

Friendly International

23 Jun 1977 21:00 (+3:00)

Rio de Janeiro, Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho (Maracanã)

2-0

Brazil vs Scotland

Friendly International

21 Sep 1977 20:00 (+1:00)

Glasgow, Hampden Park

3-1

Scotland vs Czechoslovakia

1978 FIFA World Cup Qualification, Group 7

as player of Derby County FC, Derby:

13 May 1978 15:00 (+1:00)

Glasgow, Hampden Park

1-1

Scotland vs Northern Ireland

British Championship 1978

20 May 1978 15:00 (+1:00)

Glasgow, Hampden Park

0-1

Scotland vs England

British Championship 1978

03 Jun 1978 16:45 (+3:00)

Córdoba, Estadio Chateau Carreras

3-1

Peru vs Scotland

1978 FIFA World Cup Final Tournament, Group 4

11 Jun 1978 16:45 (+3:00)

Mendoza, Estadio Ciudad de Mendoza

2-3

Netherlands vs Scotland

1978 FIFA World Cup Final Tournament, Group 4

Comments

Scotland upcoming fixtures

Friendly International

Gibraltar vs Scotland

Loulé, Monday 3 June 2024

Friendly International

Scotland vs Finland

Glasgow, Friday 7 June 2024

UEFA Euro 2024

Germany vs Scotland

Munich, Friday 14 June 2024

UEFA Euro 2024

Scotland vs Switzerland

Cologne, Wednesday 19 June 2024

Scotland football fixtures

Bruce Rioch's most often teammates

Kenny Dalglish (1975 - 1978) - 23 games
Danny McGrain (1975 - 1977) - 19 games
Archie Gemmill (1975 - 1978) - 17 games
Alan Rough (1976 - 1978) - 16 games
Asa Hartford (1975 - 1978) - 14 games
Don Masson (1976 - 1978) - 14 games
Willie Donachie (1975 - 1978) - 14 games
Tom Forsyth (1976 - 1978) - 14 games

Scotland players born on 19 April

Willie Watson (1873) - 1 cap
Willie Moir (1922) - 1 cap
Gordon Marshall (1964) - 1 cap
Paul Caddis (1988) - 1 cap