Scotland kick off the World Cup qualifying campaign with an away double header against Denmark and Belarus.
Steve Clarke – who looks set to become Scotland’s longest serving boss, in terms of matches, during this campaign – has already led the nation to back to back European Championships, but he knows that the holy grail of a World Cup return would constitute the biggest achievement of his career.
There have been a couple of enforced changes since the squad was initially announced. Right back Anthony Ralston did not join up with the squad, while Kieran Tierney had a knock that did not improve, causing his withdrawal.
In their place, Clarke has drafted in Sassuolo left-back Josh Doig, who made his Scotland debut against Liechtenstein in June.
The squad is also boosted by the returns of