The new coach of the Scots became Alex McLeish.

On the appointment of McLeish informed the official twitter of the Scottish Football Association.

SCOTLAND | It's official - Alex McLeish is the new Scotland National Team Head Coach. Extraterrestrial pic. twitter. com / yeV3sKLELA - Scottish FA (@ScottishFA) February 16, 2018.

"It's a great honor to be a Scotland coach.

In Scottish football a lot of positive moments, the players are at the highest level and he is full of talent, "- said McLeish.

For Alex this is the second arrival in the national team. He headed "tartanovyh" in 2010, achieving with them 7 wins in 10 matches. Thus, he won 70% of his matches in charge of the team, which is a record for Scotland.

His second cadence McLeish will start the match against Costa Rica on March 23 at Hampden Park, and four days later will fight on the road with Hungary.