Craig Levein’s managerial record in full

Here is the complete breakdown of Craig Levein’s reign as Scotland boss, starting in March 2010

3 Mar 2010 Scotland 1 (Brown 62) Czech Republic 0

This Hampden friendly gave Craig Levein a dream start against future Euro 2012 qualifying opposition. However, the result glossed over a timid performance that enabled the visitors to dominate for large spells.

11 Aug 2010 Sweden 3 (Ibrahimovic 4, Bajrami 39, Toivonen 56) Scotland 0

Allan McGregor kept the score down in this friendly in Stockholm where the full scale of Levein’s task became evident.

3 Sept 2010 Lithuania 0 Scotland 0

The visitors would rue their failure to take more than a point from this Euro 2012 qualifying tie against uninspired hosts.

7 Sept 2010 Scotland 2 (Miller 63, McManus 90 + 6) Liechtenstein 1 (Frick 46) 1

Stephen McManus’ last-gasp header saved Scottish football from one of the most worst results in its history in this Euro 2012 qualifier.

8 Oct 2010 Czech Rep 1 (Hubnik 69) Scotland 0

Levein’s experiment with the 4-6-0 formation is still seen as an error of judgement. The visitors came with everyone behind the ball in hope of ensuring a stalemate, but the Czechs (and football) prevailed.

12 Oct 2010 Scotland 2 (Naismith 58, Pique og 66) Spain 3 (Villa pen 44, Iniesta 55, Llorente 79)

Pride was partially restored after the embarrassment of Prague, albeit with a return to the familiar feeling of “glorious failure”.

16 Nov 2010 Scotland 3 (Wilson 24, Commons 31, Mackie 45) Faroe Islands 0

An experimental Scottish side won for the third time in seven games under Levein in this international friendly at Pittodrie.

9 Feb 2011 Scotland 3 (Miller 19, McArthur 32, Commons 51) Northern Ireland 0

Victory always looked assured from Scotland’s first match in the inaugural Carling Nations Cup. It was, however, a depleted Northern Irish squad.

27 Mar 2011 Brazil 2 (Neymar 42, 77) Scotland 0

The glamour friendly at the Emirates Stadium produced the expected result, but the Tartan Army could still be proud of their commitment to the cause.

25 May 2011 Wales 1 (Earnshaw 36) Scotland 3 (Morrison 55, Miller 64, Berra 70)

Scotland recorded their second successive Carling Nations Cup victory with this come-from-behind win against Wales in Dublin. Similar to the Northern Ireland match, though, this was a full-strength side going against inexperienced opposition.

29 May 2011 Rep of Ireland 1 (Keane 23) Scotland 0

The final Carling Cup game acted as the final with both teams on six points, but it would be Giovanni Trapattoni’s men who would get their hands on the trophy.

10 Aug 2011 Scotland 2 (Kvist og 23, Snodgrass 38) Denmark 1 (Eriksen 32)

An impressive friendly victory thanks to a début winner from Robert Snodgrass as Levein’s men prepared for the resumption of Euro 2012 fixtures.

3 Sept 2011 Scotland 2 (Miller 44, D Fletcher 82) Czech Republic 2 (Plasil 78, Kadlec 90 pen)

A controversial encounter saw the home side relinquish two late leads and leave their qualification hopes all but dead. Czech Jan Rezek dived to win a 90th-minute penalty but the visitors had been the superior team.

6 Sept 2011 Scotland 1 (Naismith 50) Lithuania 0

Scotland kept their slim qualification hopes alive on a nervous night at Hampden. Steven Naismith’s second-half goal proved the winner as the Scots hung on for three points.

8 Oct 2011 Liechtenstein 0 Scotland 1 (Mackail-Smith 32)

Levein’s third and, to date, last competitive win as Scotland manager came from this turgid match in Vaduz. Mackail-Smith’s header was all that was required to send the race for a play-off place down to the final match.

11 Oct 2011 Spain 3 (Silva 6, 44), Villa (54) Scotland 1 (Goodwillie pen 66)

Scotland required a win or a Czech defeat, away to Lithuania, to reach the play-offs. They got neither.

11 Nov 2011 Cyprus 1 (Christofi 59) Scotland 2 (Miller 24, Mackie 55)

The travelling side emerged with a respectable victory from the first of four friendlies as the country prepared for their World Cup 2014 qualifying campaign.

29 Feb 2012 Slovenia 1 (Kirm 32) Scotland 1 (Berra 39)

Another commendable result. Again Scotland worked hard but couldn’t replicate the confident passing game they had produced the previous summer.

27 May 2012 United States 5 (Donovan 3, 60 65, Bradley 11, Jones 70) Scotland 1 (Cameron og 15)

Despite their manager stressing otherwise, the players appeared to be enjoying an end-of-season jolly in Jacksonville and promptly lay down to their American hosts. Ninety minutes of utter humiliation.

15 Aug 2012 Scotland 3 (Rhodes 29, Davidson og 62, McCormack 75) Australia 1 (Bresciano 17)

Confidence and pride was partially restored with a commanding win against the visiting Australians. Jordan Rhodes netted his first full international goal after being so prolific for the under-21s.

8 Sept 2012 Scotland 0 Serbia 0

A frustrating 90 minutes as Scotland could only secure a point from a World Cup qualifying fixture that everybody but the manager perceived as a must-win on the road to Brazil. Levein defied public opinion by leaving Rhodes on the bench until the final ten minutes.

11 Sept 2012 Scotland 1 (Miller 43) Macedonia 1 (Noveski 11)

Again, a home win was required, again the Scots came up short. Indeed, the Macedonians would ultimately feel unlucky that they didn’t take three points having created the better chances.

12 Oct 2012 Wales 2 (Bale 81 pen, 89) Scotland 1 (Morrison 27)

The return of Steven Fletcher to the international set-up gave the country a boost ahead of this crucial fixture, and there was controversy when he had a goal chalked off, but ten calamitous minutes at the end of the match saw man of the match Gareth Bale turn it around for Wales and put Levein in shock.

16 Oct 2012 Belgium 2 (Benteke 69, Kompany 71) Scotland 0

The Scots defended bravely but, given the one-way traffic towards Allan McGregor’s goal, there was a sense of inevitability about Christian Benteke’s and Vincent Kompany’s goals – much like there is now about Levein’s fate.