Euro 2024: Scotland squad, starting XI and tournament odds

England might be the favourites for Euro 2024, but Scotland will be fancying their chances at causing some upsets at this summer’s tournament, potentially even going all the way.

Scotland are 80/1 to win Euro 2024, behind the likes of England (11/4), France (10/3), Germany (5/1) and Spain and Portugal (both 8/1), who are the five favourites, but on their day, Steve Clarke’s side are incredibly hard to beat.

So, Ladbrokes takes you through what we think Scotland’s 23-man squad for Euro 2024 could look like, as well as how we expect Clarke to line-up his national team side for his games during this summer’s tournament.

It's now confirmed that countries will be able to take 26 man squads to Euro 2024, so below are the 26 people Scotland should take to the tournament.

• Goalkeepers - Craig Gordon, Angus Gunn, Liam Kelly
• Defenders - Andy Robertson, Kieran Tierney, Liam Cooper, Greg Taylor, Nathan Patterson, Grant Hanley, Ryan Porteous, Jack Hendry, Aaron Hickey, Scott McKenna, Aaron Hickey, John Souttar
• Midfielders - John McGinn, Ryan Christie, Scott McTominay, Billy Gilmour, Scott Armstrong, Elliot Anderson, Ryan Jack, Kenny McLean
• Attackers - Lydon Dykes, Che Adams, Lawrence Shankland

Lewis Ferguson will be a big miss for Scotland at Euro 2024, with the Bologna midfielder unavailable for the tournament after suffering a major knee injury last month. Hickey is another name who may miss out through injury, but the Brentford man hasn’t been officially ruled out yet, and could sneak in if he manages to feature in the Premier League over the next few weeks, and we think he could.

Anderson should have done enough over recent weeks for Newcastle to feature at Euro 2024, with the expansion of squads to 26 men being enough for McLean to get in. With Hanley hopeful to return from his knock by the time the squads are announced, he's included too.

Now we’ve got the 26-man squad out of the way, below is the starting XI that this writer thinks Clarke should pick for Scotland during this summer’s tournament, where Scotland play the first game against hosts Germany.

Scotland are expected to line-up with a three (or five) at the back system, so we won’t be deviating away from that, but the injury to Ferguson will mean that Clarke is without one of the players he’d have guaranteed a starting place in his line-up.

As usual, Tierney lines up as the left centre-back in a back three, with Robertson playing further forward in a wing-back role, a more advanced version of the job he’s asked to do for Liverpool in the Premier League.

The midfield three consists of McGinn, Gilmour and McTominay, the latter of whom is a top goal threat for his country, always popping up at the right time to put the ball in the back of the net for Scotland, as was seen during qualification.

Scotland are 80/1 to win Euro 2024, viewed by the bookies as having similar chances as Hungary, who are also at 80/1. They’re major long shots, but as noted, Scotland are known to be incredibly hard to play against, so could they go all the way and shock the world?

England are the favourites though, at 11/4, with France (10/3), Germany (5/1) and both Spain and Portugal (8/1) not far behind.

Before Euro 2024, Scotland play Gibraltar on June 3 and Finland on June 7, before starring in the tournament’s opening match against Germany on June 14, where they’ll be hoping to lay down a marker and shock the world with a huge win. 

Next up is Switzerland five days later, with Clarke’s men concluding their group phase games on June 23 against Hungary, but the Scotland faithful will be hoping that their tournament doesn’t end there.

Ladbrokes also looked at the betting odds for each of the countries competing in Euro 2024, starting with England at 3/1 and moving down to Georgia, who the bookies have priced at 500/1.

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All odds and markets are correct as of the date of publication.