Scotland Men's National Team are set to compete on the world stage this summer and the Scotland eSports side will be looking to join them by achieving their own success as the FIFAe Nations League gets underway this week.

Scotland got our campaign underway on Tuesday evening, marking a return to eSports competition, and we kicked off with group matches against Portugal, Lithuania, Belgium and Georgia. 

A win over Lithuania, a draw with Belgium and two defeats to Portugal and Georgia were enough for Scotland to safely navigate the group stage and reach the knock-out round which starts on Wednesday. 

Meet the Team 

Competing for Scotland in the 2v2 format are experienced eSports players Adam Ryan, Gary 'Big Stuff' McInnes, with coach Marc Marley also working with the side. 

Ryan has represented the likes of Bournemouth, Brentford, Rangers and Watford, while McInnes was part of the Scotland side who won a silver medal at the eSports Championships at the Commonwealth Games. 

Both of them, along with Marley, were part of the Scotland side who reached the finals of the FIFA eNations Cup in 2022 in Copenhagen, where they defeated the host nation in one of the group matches.

HOW CAN YOU WATCH?

All games will be available to watch on our Scotland National Team Twitch Channel.

Format 

During the the FIFA eNations League Phase, teams gather points in all matches over the three match weeks. The first match week takes place this week, with a second match week scheduled for May and a third for June / July. 

The matches are played on the console game, eFootball, with games played as 2v2 remote (each player on separate consoles.)

Points are available for every game at this stage and the sides which gather the most points in these three match weeks progress to the Continental Championships, which will take place between July and September.

This continental Championship will narrow down the European representation that will head to Saudi Arabia for this year's FIFAe Finals.

Pre-tournament thoughts

Scotland's Adam Ryan: "I was involved with the Scotland set-up previously and it's fantastic to be involved again this time around.

"My personal favourite memory of representing Scotland is when we beat England, they were round number one in the world at the time, so that's my personal highlight.

"But I think everybody else would say that  qualifying for Denmark was the pinnacle, because that was a great experience being there, and seeing Scotland amongst the best ranked teams.

"When you look at the big nations, the likes of Spain, Germany, Italy, England, we've had results against a lot them, so there have been loads of good memories, and we've definitely punched above our weight.

"Obviously the last time we competed in Denmark it was a different game, and that's the game I'm most familiar with, as opposed to eFootball which this competition will be played on, so it's been a bit of getting used to.

"We're not putting too much pressure on ourselves for that reason, but we've had good results in some warm-up matches that we've played, so we're looking forward to it."