Qualifying Round Group 1
| 1 | England |
| 2 | Northern Ireland |
| 3 | EIRE |
| 4 | Bulgaria |
| 5 | Denmark |
Qualifying Round Group 3
| 1 | Spain |
| 2 | Yugoslavia |
| 3 | Romania |
| 4 | Cyprus |
Qualifying Round Group 4
| 1 | Netherlands |
| 2 | Poland |
| 3 | DDR |
| 4 | Suisse |
| 5 | Iceland |
Qualifying Round Group 5
| 1 | Czechoslovakia |
| 2 | France |
| 3 | Sweden |
| 4 | Luxembourg |
Scotland EC Qualifiers 1980
| Date | Stadium | Home | Away | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EC Qualifiers |
Qualifying Round Group 2 |
20/09/1978 | Austria |
3 2 |
Scotland |
L |
|||
| EC Qualifiers |
Qualifying Round Group 2 |
25/10/1978 | Scotland |
3 2 |
Norway |
W |
|||
| EC Qualifiers |
Qualifying Round Group 2 |
29/11/1978 | Portugal |
1 0 |
Scotland |
L |
|||
| EC Qualifiers |
Qualifying Round Group 2 |
07/06/1979 | Norway |
0 4 |
Scotland |
W |
|||
| EC Qualifiers |
Qualifying Round Group 2 |
17/10/1979 | Scotland |
1 1 |
Austria |
D |
|||
| EC Qualifiers |
Qualifying Round Group 2 |
21/11/1979 | Belgique |
2 0 |
Scotland |
L |
|||
| EC Qualifiers |
Qualifying Round Group 2 |
19/12/1979 | Scotland |
1 3 |
Belgique |
L |
|||
| EC Qualifiers |
Qualifying Round Group 2 |
26/03/1980 | Scotland |
4 1 |
Portugal |
W |
Scotland WC Qualifiers 1980
| Date | Stadium | Home | Away | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WC Qualifiers |
WC Qualifiers Group 6 |
10/09/1980 | Sweden |
0 1 |
Scotland |
W |
|||
| WC Qualifiers |
WC Qualifiers Group 6 |
15/10/1980 | Scotland |
0 0 |
Portugal |
D |
