Scotland will begin their European Championship qualifying campaign with an away game against Lithuania on Friday, September 3, the Scottish Football Association confirmed today.
New national team boss Craig Levein and SFA chief executive Gordon Smith met with representatives from Scotland"s Group I rivals in Madrid on Friday to finalise the fixture schedule.
Levein will face four double-headers during the campaign, with the Lithuania away game followed by Liechtenstein at home on Tuesday, September 7.
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The next double-header comes against Czech Republic (away) and Spain (home) onFriday, October 8 and Tuesday, October 12, respectively.
Scotland will then face almost 11 months without a competitive matchuntil hosting the Czech Republic and Lithuania on Saturday, September3, 2011, and Tuesday, September 6, respectively.
The final double-header is away from home, at Liechtenstein on Saturday, October 8, and Spain three days later.
New Scotland manager Craig Levein admitted he would rather have played Lithuania at home first, but this appears to have been his only real bugbear over the result of the meeting.
"I am relatively pleased with the outcome," he said.
"We went in with certain objectives that we wanted to achieve and with the exception of one compromise, I consider it a good result."
Dates for Scotland"s European Championship Group I qualifying campaign:
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2010
Friday, September 3: Lithuania (away)
Tuesday, September 7: Liechtenstein (home)
Friday, October 8: Czech Republic (away)
Tuesday, October 12: Spain (home)
2011
Saturday September 3: Czech Republic (home)
Tuesday, September 6: Lithuania (home)
Saturday, October 8: Liechtenstein (away)
Tuesday, October 11: Spain (away)
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