List of FIFA World Cup own goals

This is a list of all own goals scored during FIFA Men's World Cup matches (not including qualification games). In 1997, FIFA published guidelines for classifying an own goal as "when a player plays the ball directly into his own net or when he redirects an opponent’s shot, cross or pass into his own goal", and excludes "shots that are on target (i.e. goal-bound) and touch a defender or rebound from the goal frame and bounce off a defender or goalkeeper".[1]

Of the 2,720 goals scored at the 22 final tournaments of the World Cup,[2] only 54 have been own goals.[3][4] No player has scored multiple own goals. Mexico's players have scored own goals on four occasions each, while France has benefited on six occasions from opponents scoring own goals. Of the 53[n 1] matches with an own goal, nine have ended as wins for the team scoring the own goal, and eight have ended as draws.[n 2] All but 13 own goals have been scored in the first stages of the tournament.

Following the 1994 murder of Colombian Andrés Escobar by a fan who was angry that Escobar's own goal had led to their country's early exit from that year's World Cup, own goals at the tournament have been subject to intense scrutiny, to stave off accusations of collusion.[5] The 2018 World Cup, dubbed by The Washington Post as "among the cruelest in history" based on own goals mid-way through the group stages,[6] ended up doubling the previous record for number of own goals at a single tournament.[7]

List

Key
Player's team won the match
Player's team drew the match (a penalty shootout is recorded as a draw regardless of shootout results)
Own goals scored at the FIFA World Cup tournaments[1]
No.PlayerTimeRepresentingGoalFinal
score
OpponentTournamentRoundDateFIFA
report
1.Manuel Rosas51'  Mexico0–20–3  Chile1930, UruguayGroup stageJuly 16, 1930[report 1]
2.Ernst Lörtscher22'   Switzerland0–24–2  Germany1938, FranceRound of 16 (replay)June 9, 1938[report 2]
3.Sven Jacobsson19'  Sweden1–11–5  HungarySemi-finalsJune 16, 1938[report 3]
4.Jimmy Dickinson94'  England4–44–4aet  Belgium1954, SwitzerlandGroup stageJune 17, 1954[report 4]
5.Raúl Cárdenas46'  Mexico0–22–3  FranceJune 19, 1954[report 5]
6.Ivica Horvat9'  Yugoslavia0–10–2  West GermanyQuarter-finalsJune 27, 1954[report 6]
7.Luis Cruz59'  Uruguay1–21–3  Austria3rd place play-offJuly 3, 1954[report 7]
8.Ivan Vutsov17'  Bulgaria0–10–3  Portugal1966, EnglandGroup stageJuly 16, 1966[report 8]
9.Ivan Davidov43'  Bulgaria1–11–3  HungaryJuly 20, 1966[report 9]
10.Javier Guzmán25'  Mexico1–11–4  Italy1970, MexicoQuarter-finalsJune 14, 1970[report 10]
11.Colin Curran58'  Australia0–10–2  East Germany1974, West GermanyFirst group stageJune 14, 1974[report 11]
12.Roberto Perfumo35'  Argentina1–11–1  ItalyJune 19, 1974[report 12]
13.Ruud Krol78'  Netherlands3–14–1  BulgariaJune 23, 1974[report 13]
14.Andranik Eskandarian43'  Iran0–11–1  Scotland1978, ArgentinaFirst group stageJune 7, 1978[report 14]
15.Ernie Brandts18'  Netherlands0–12–1  ItalySecond group stageJune 21, 1978[report 15]
16.Berti Vogts59'  West Germany1–12–3  Austria[report 16]
17.Jozef Barmoš66'  Czechoslovakia0–20–2  England1982, SpainFirst group stageJune 20, 1982[report 17]
18.László Dajka73'  Hungary0–50–6  Soviet Union1986, MexicoGroup stageJune 2, 1986[report 18]
19.Cho Kwang-rae82'  South Korea1–32–3  ItalyJune 10, 1986[report 19]
20.Andrés Escobar35'  Colombia0–11–2  United States1994, United StatesGroup stageJune 22, 1994[report 20]
21.Tom Boyd74'  Scotland1–21–2  Brazil1998, FranceGroup stageJune 10, 1998[report 21]
22.Youssef Chippo45+1'  Morocco1–12–2  Norway[report 22]
23.Pierre Issa77'  South Africa0–20–3  FranceJune 12, 1998[report 23]
24.Andoni Zubizarreta73'  Spain2–22–3  NigeriaJune 13, 1998[report 24]
25.Siniša Mihajlović72'  Yugoslavia2–12–2  GermanyJune 21, 1998[report 25]
26.Georgi Bachev88'  Bulgaria1–51–6  SpainJune 24, 1998[report 26]
27.Jorge Costa29'  Portugal0–22–3  United States2002, South Korea / JapanGroup stageJune 5, 2002[report 27]
28.Jeff Agoos71'  United States3–23–2  Portugal
29.Carles Puyol10'  Spain0–13–1  ParaguayJune 7, 2002[report 28]
30.Carlos Gamarra3'  Paraguay0–10–1  England2006, GermanyGroup stageJune 10, 2006[report 29]
31.Cristian Zaccardo27'  Italy1–11–1  United StatesJune 17, 2006[report 30]
32.Brent Sancho25'  Trinidad and Tobago0–10–2  ParaguayJune 20, 2006[report 31]
33.Petit60'  Portugal0–21–3  Germany3rd place play-offJuly 8, 2006[report 32]
34.Daniel Agger46'  Denmark0–10–2  Netherlands2010, South AfricaGroup stageJune 14, 2010[report 33]
35.Park Chu-young17'  South Korea0–11–4  ArgentinaJune 17, 2010[report 34]
36.Marcelo11'  Brazil0–13–1  Croatia2014, BrazilGroup stageJune 12, 2014[report 35]
37.Noel Valladares48'  Honduras0–20–3  FranceJune 15, 2014[report 36]
38.Sead Kolašinac3'  Bosnia and Herzegovina0–11–2  Argentina[report 37]
39.John Boye31'  Ghana0–11–2  PortugalJune 26, 2014[report 38]
40.Joseph Yobo90+2'  Nigeria0–20–2  FranceRound of 16June 30, 2014[report 39]
41.Aziz Bouhaddouz90+5'  Morocco0–10–1  Iran2018, RussiaGroup stageJune 15, 2018[report 40]
42.Aziz Behich81'  Australia1–21–2  FranceJune 16, 2018[report 41]
43.Oghenekaro Etebo32'  Nigeria0–10–2  Croatia[report 42]
44.Thiago Cionek37'  Poland0–11–2  SenegalJune 19, 2018[report 43]
45.Ahmed Fathi47'  Egypt0–11–3  Russia[report 44]
46.Denis Cheryshev23'  Russia0–20–3  UruguayJune 25, 2018[report 45]
47.Edson Álvarez74'  Mexico0–30–3  SwedenJune 27, 2018[report 46]
48.Yann Sommer90+3'   Switzerland2–22–2  Costa Rica[report 47]
49.Yassine Meriah33'  Tunisia0–12–1  PanamaJune 28, 2018[report 48]
50.Sergei Ignashevich12'  Russia0–11–1aet[a]  SpainRound of 16July 1, 2018[report 49]
51.Fernandinho13'  Brazil0–11–2  BelgiumQuarter-finalsJuly 6, 2018[report 50]
52.Mario Mandžukić18'  Croatia0–12–4  FranceFinalJuly 15, 2018[report 51]
53.Nayef Aguerd40'  Morocco2–12–1  Canada2022, QatarGroup stageDecember 1, 2022[report 52]
54.Enzo Fernández77'  Argentina2–12–1  AustraliaRound of 16December 3, 2022[report 53]
Notes

Statistics and notable own goals

Time
  • First ever own goal
  • Fastest own goal
  • Latest regulation-time own goal
  • Only own goal to open scoring in a tournament
  • Only match with two own goals
Tournament
  • Most own goals, tournament
  • Fewest own goals, tournament
  • Most own goals by a team in one tournament
  • Most own goals in favour of a team in one tournament
Teams
  • Most own goals by a team, overall
  • Most own goals in favour of a team, overall
  • Most matches, never scoring an own goal
  • Most matches, never benefiting from an own goal
  • Most matches, never scoring or benefiting from an own goal
  • Only team to have scored multiple own goals for the same opponent
  • Only pair of teams to have scored own goals for each other
Players
  • Youngest player with an own goal
  • Oldest player with an own goal
Various

By team

See also

Notes

References

Reports