Scots to face Dutch in World Cup
Netherlands are the top seeds in Scotland's five-strong group for the 2010 World Cup qualifying campaign after Sunday's draw in South Africa.
The Scots will also face Norway, Iceland and Macedonia in Group 9.
Scotland manager Alex McLeish said: "I am philosophical about draws and think bring it on whoever we are playing.
Although the Scots lost 6-0 in their last game with Holland, McLeish stated: "We are a different team now and I don't think that'll happen again."
McLeish's side had been confirmed in the second group of seeds following a much-lauded European Championship qualifying campaign.
The Scots have risen to 14th in the world rankings after running close France and world champions Italy.
Europe has nine qualifying groups and the Scots have been drawn in the only one not to contain six teams.
Only the team finishing top automatically qualify for the finals, with the best eight runners-up facing play-offs for the remaining four places.
While the results against the team finishing bottom will not count in the other groups, all those in Scotland's group will as Group 9 does not contain a sixth seed.
Scotland's last meeting with the Netherlands was a 6-0 thrashing in Amsterdam in the second leg of a play-off for the Euro 2004 finals.
But the Dutch, who the Scots defeated 1-0 in the first leg, are not the force they once were and finished second in Euro 2008 qualifying Group G behind Romania.
Scotland have faced Norway, who finished third behind runaway winners Greece and Turkey in Group C, a number of times in recent years.
They were opponents in the 2006 World Cup qualifying campaign, when both matches resulted in away wins.
The sides finished 1-1 during the 1998 World Cup finals and the teams also met in qualifying for Italia 90.
Iceland were sixth in Euro 2008 Group F, which was won by Spain and contained Northern Ireland.
The Scots faced Iceland in qualifying for the 1986 World Cup and for Euro 2004, with the Scots winning all four matches, scoring eight goals and conceding just once.
Macedonia, who finished fifth in Group E, which was topped by Croatia and also contained England, will be facing Scotland for the first time.
