Scotland national cerebral palsy football team


Scotland national cerebral palsy football team is the national cerebral football team for Scotland that represents the team in international competitions. At the 2015 IPCPF World Championships, Scotland finished 9th after defeating Canada in overtime.

Background

manages the national team. While Scotland was active in participating on the World Championship level by 2016, the country did not have a national championships to support national team player development.

Ranking

Scotland was ranked ninth in the world by the IFCPF in 2016. In November 2014, they were ranked seventh. In August 2013, the team was eighth. Scotland was ranked sixth in September 2012. The team was ranked seventh in July 2011.

Players

There have been a number of players for the Scottish squad.
NameNumberClassificationPositionYears activeRef
Thomas Brown11FT6Fielder2013
Craig Connell1FT7Goalkeeper2010, 2013
Michael Glynn2FT7Fielder2013
Connor Hay8FT82010
Martin Hickman9FT7Fielder2013
Keiran Martin2FT72010
Scott Martin12FT5Goalkeeper2013
Laurie McGinley10FT82010
Duncan McPherson5FT72010
Jamie Mitchell5FT7Fielder2013
Jonathan O'Hara3FT7Fielder2013
Graeme Paterson6FT72010
Jonathan Patterson10FT7Fielder2010, 2013
James Richmond8FT7Fielder2013
Mark Roberston7FT7Fielder2010, 2013
Jamie Trevit6, 3FT6Fielder2010, 2013
Scott Troup4FT8Fielder2010, 2013

Results

Scotland has participated in a number of international tournaments. The team was scheduled to participate in the 2016 IFCPF Qualification Tournament World Championships in Vejen, Denmark in early August. The tournament was part of the qualifying process for the 2017 IFCPF World Championships. Other teams scheduled to participate included Canada, Portugal, Iran, Northern Ireland, Australia, Venezuela, Japan, Republic of South Korea, Germany, Denmark, and Spain.
CompetitionLocationYearTotal TeamsResultRef
CPISRA World GamesNottingham, England201574
Euro Football 7-a-sideMaia, Portugal2014115
Intercontinental CupBarcelona, Spain201316
Ireland CP International TournamentIreland20134
Inverclyde, Largs ScotlandInverclyde, Scotland20102
CPISRA International ChampionshipsArnhem, Netherlands200911
Nations CupLilleshall, England20094

IFCPF World Championships

Scotland has participated in the IFCPF World Championships. At the 2011 CP-ISRA World Championship in Drenthe, Scotland defeated Canada 4 - 1.
World ChampionshipsLocationTotal TeamsResultRef
2015 IFCPF World ChampionshipsEngland159
2011 CPSIRA World ChampionshipsNetherlands166