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Scotland's biggest European success stories

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.

Most appearances by a Scottish player in the European Champion Clubs' Cup/UEFA Champions League ©Getty Images

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)

Ally McCoist pictured at Rangers in 1992
Ally McCoist pictured at Rangers in 1992©Getty Images

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)

John Wark: a 1981 UEFA Cup winner with Ipswich
John Wark: a 1981 UEFA Cup winner with Ipswich©Getty Images

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)

Highlights: Celtic's 1967 Lisbon Lions

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