The Scotland Men's National Team extends their heartfelt gratitude to the loyal and passionate supporters of Scotland for their unwavering dedication and support following the successful qualification for EURO 2024
After earning consecutive UEFA EURO qualifying spots, the Scotland Men's National players raised a toast to the country's supporters, with Steve Clarke pushing his players to close off Group A strongly.
Without kicking a ball, Spain eliminated Ståle Solbakken's team by defeating Norway 1-0 in Oslo, securing Scotland's berth in Germany.
Scotland's spot in the tournament finals next summer was secured with five straight group wins, and the head coach thanked both the players and the supporters for bolstering the Hampden Park stronghold.
"I want to thank the players for their hard work in earning spots in consecutive tournaments. Although I doubt they will completely understand the significance of their accomplishment just yet, it is amazing and a credit to their hard work that they were able to qualify for consecutive EUROS after more than 20 years.
"I express my gratitude to my backroom team for their assistance and, most importantly, to the supporters who have once again filled Hampden Park to the brim and elevated it to a level of terror." They were crucial to our triumph both at home and away, and now they can look forward to planning their trip to Germany, though I'm sure many of them had already done so before today.
"We want to be serial qualifiers again, and our achievement in making it to consecutive EURO finals after EURO 2020 is evidence of our improvement. We'll toast with a glass tonight, but tomorrow we have to get back to work in order to be ready for our friendly match against France.
"Next month, we'll focus on Georgia and Norway, hoping to finish with as many points as possible."
Captain Andy Robertson expressed his joy at qualifying and feels the team can improve on EURO 2020, which was Scotland's first major men's event in over 20 years, as the team gets ready to fly to Lille for Tuesday's friendly against France.
"With two games left, this team has qualified for EURO 2024, which is a fantastic accomplishment. The first mission was completed when we set a goal for ourselves to automatically qualify through the play-offs the next time, which is what we did last time.
"We want to build on our previous experience from EURO 2020 and surpass our previous tournament performance next summer. It was a great experience."
"We have a huge fan base. We appreciate their significant contribution to our triumph and eagerly anticipate their tens of thousands arrival in Germany.