Scotland's biggest European success stories
Monday, November 30, 2015
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To mark Saint Andrew's Day, a day of national celebration in Scotland, UEFA.com singles out the nation's pioneers and stand-out performers in UEFA club competition.
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Most appearances by a Scottish player in the European Champion Clubs' Cup/UEFA Champions League (including qualifying)
68: Kenny Dalglish (Celtic, Liverpool)
66: Darren Fletcher (Manchester United)
51: Billy McNeill (Celtic)
49: Bobby Lennox (Celtic)
46: Jimmy Johnstone (Celtic)
45: Scott Brown (Celtic)
44: Barry Ferguson (Rangers)
43: Alan Hansen (Liverpool)
42: Graeme Souness (Liverpool, Rangers)
40: Richard Gough (Dundee United, Rangers)
Top-scoring Scottish players in the European Champion Clubs' Cup/UEFA Champions League (including qualifying)
18: Ally McCoist (Rangers, Kilmarnock)
14: Kenny Dalglish (Celtic, Liverpool)
14: Denis Law (Manchester United)
13: Willie Wallace (Celtic)
11: Jimmy Johnstone (Celtic)
10: Lou Macari (Celtic, Manchester United)
9: Tommy Gemmell (Celtic)
9: Henry Hood (Celtic)
9: Bobby Lennox (Celtic)
8: Alan Gilzean (Dundee)
8: Mo Johnston (Celtic, Rangers)
Most appearances by Scottish players in UEFA club competition*
82: Barry Ferguson (Rangers)
81: Kenny Dalglish (Celtic, Liverpool)
77: David Narey (Dundee United)
70: Paul Lambert (Saint Mirren, Motherwell, Dortmund, Celtic)
69: Scott Brown (Hibernian, Celtic)
69: Richard Gough (Dundee United, Rangers)
69: Billy McNeill (Celtic)
67: Darren Fletcher (Manchester United)
66: Eamonn Bannon (Heart of Midlothian, Dundee United)
64: Bobby Lennox (Celtic)
Top-scoring Scottish players in UEFA club competition*
23: John Wark (Ipswich Town, Liverpool)
22: Ally McCoist (Rangers, Kilmarnock)
21: Alan Gilzean (Dundee, Tottenham)
20: Kenny Dalglish (Celtic, Liverpool)
20: Denis Law (Manchester United)
20: Mark McGhee (Aberdeen, Hamburg, Celtic)
16: Jimmy Johnstone (Celtic)
15: Robbie Winters (Dundee United, Aberdeen, Brann)
14: Bobby Lennox (Celtic)
14: Ralph Milne (Dundee United)
First Scotsmen to play in a UEFA club competition final
Billy Ritchie, Bobby Shearer, Bill Paterson, Harold Davis, Eric Caldow, Jim Baxter, Davie Wilson, Ian McMillan, Bobby Hume, Ralph Brand, Alex Scott (Rangers 1-4agg Fiorentina, 1961 European Cup Winners' Cup)
First Scotsman to win in a UEFA club competition final
Bill Brown (Tottenham 5-1 Atlético Madrid, 1963 European Cup Winners' Cup)
First Scotsmen to win in a European Champion Clubs' Cup/UEFA Champions League final
Ronnie Simpson, Jim Craig, Billy McNeill, John Clark, Tommy Gemmell, Bobby Murdoch, Bertie Auld, Jimmy Johnstone, Willie Wallace, Stevie Chalmers, Bobby Lennox (Celtic 2-1 Inter Milan, 1967)
First Scotsman to win in a UEFA Champions League final
Paul Lambert (Borussia Dortmund 3-1 Juventus, 1997)
First Scotsman to win in a UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League final
Alan Gilzean (Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-3agg Tottenham, 1972)
First Scottish team to win the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
Rangers 3-2 Dinamo Moskva (1972)
*UEFA club competitions means European Champion Clubs' Cup/UEFA Champions League, UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League, European/South American Cup, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, UEFA Super Cup and UEFA Intertoto Cup