Former Monaco boss Sebastien Pocognoli named the new Scotland manager

[p]The Scottish Football Association said the 39-year-old Belgian had signed an initial two-year contract and would lead [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/scotland/fZRU25WH/"]Scotland[/a] into the forthcoming UEFA Nations League campaign.[/p][p]Former [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/royale-union-sg/407h8Ird/"]Union Saint-Gilloise[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/monaco/2PIvr8o4/"]Monaco[/a] head coach Pocgnoli replaces [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/clarke-steve/KvuHIWAs/"]Clarke[/a], who resigned as Scotland boss following the team's group-stage elimination at the World Cup in June.[/p][p]Pocognoli, a former [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/belgium/GbB957na/"]Belgium[/a] international, led Union to the 2024/25 Belgian title in his first season as a head coach.[/p][embed guid="dc6cfea9-1499-423f-841d-f0b1b2267132" url="https://x.com/ScotlandNT/status/2089042207688831114?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet" social-type="twitter" /][p]He described his appointment as an "honour" and added on the SFA website: [b]"When I first heard of the interest, I was immediately excited about the opportunity.[/b][/p][p][b]"Scotland's supporters are famous for their passion - most recently at the World Cup in the USA - and I have experienced it myself as a player for Belgium when we played in 2013.[/b][/p][p][b]"Along with my coaching staff, I will do everything I can to give them a team to be proud of and build on the success that has been achieved already by my predecessor."[/b][/p]