page_title: List of Scotland national football team captains
hierarchical_section_title: List of Scotland national football team captains
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context_page_description: As of 19 November 2019, Scotland have played 778 officially recognised international matches and have had 152 different team captains. George Young captained Scotland most often, with 48. Only three other players, Billy Bremner, Darren Fletcher and Gary McAllister, have captained the team more than 30 times.
  The first captain of the Scotland team was Robert Gardner, who led the team in the first ever international match, against England on 30 November 1872. He went on to captain Scotland on just one further occasion, the second international match, on 8 March 1873, against the same opposition.
context_section_description: This article lists all the  captains of the Scotland national football team. As of 19 November 2019, Scotland have played 778 officially recognised international matches and have had 152 different team captains. George Young captained Scotland most often, with 48. Only three other players, Billy Bremner, Darren Fletcher and Gary McAllister, have captained the team more than 30 times.
  The first captain of the Scotland team was Robert Gardner, who led the team in the first ever international match, against England on 30 November 1872. He went on to captain Scotland on just one further occasion, the second international match, on 8 March 1873, against the same opposition.
caption: Kenny Miller, playing for Scotland in a friendly against Brazil in March 2011. The yellow armband signifies that Miller was team captain.
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