Steve Clarke resigns as Scottish coach after World Cup elimination

[p]The 62-year-old ‌ends a seven-year reign in ‌which he led [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/scotland/fZRU25WH/"]Scotland[/a] to their first ‌men's World Cup in 28 years, in ‌addition to back-to-back European Championship qualifications.[/p][p]Scotland finished third in Group C but were ‌not among the top eight third-placed ⁠teams to ‌progress to the knockout rounds. They faced [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/haiti/nk4v10Z1/"]Haiti[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/morocco/IDKYO3R8/"]​Morocco[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/brazil/I9l9aqLq/"]Brazil[/a] in the group.[/p][p]"[b]The country's most successful national ​coach has called time on his seven years in charge following confirmation of ⁠Scotland's exit from ​the 2026 FIFA World Cup,[/b]" the Scottish FA said in a statement.[/p][embed guid="64a8de5d-0d4e-412e-a8a3-b119d216709f" url="https://x.com/ScotlandNT/status/2071013206240493811?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]In May, Clarke signed a new contract to ‌remain in charge until the 2030 World Cup and was also set to lead Scotland at Euro 2028, which will be co-hosted by Britain and Ireland.[/p][p]"[b]The most emotional part of this goodbye is for my players, without whom we wouldn't have had any of the ‌memories that we've accumulated from 2019 ​until now,[/b]" Clarke said.[/p][p]"[b]They deserve all ‌the praise and adulation that they receive and it was truly an honour to be called their Gaffer.[/b][/p][p]"[b]Thanks for having me and good luck ⁠to my ⁠successor.[/b]"[/p]