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".

Of the 2,720 goals scored at the 22 final tournaments of the World Cup, only 54 have been own goals. 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 matches with an own goal, nine have ended as wins for the team scoring the own goal, and eight have ended as draws. 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. 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, ended up doubling the previous record for number of own goals at a single tournament.

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
No. Player Time Representing Goal Final
score
Opponent Tournament Round Date FIFA
report
1. Manuel Rosas 51'  Mexico 0–2 0–3  Chile 1930, Uruguay Group stage July 16, 1930
2. Ernst Lörtscher 22'   Switzerland 0–2 4–2  Germany 1938, France Round of 16 (replay) June 9, 1938
3. Sven Jacobsson 19'  Sweden 1–1 1–5  Hungary Semi-finals June 16, 1938
4. Jimmy Dickinson 94'  England 4–4 4–4aet  Belgium 1954, Switzerland Group stage June 17, 1954
5. Raúl Cárdenas 46'  Mexico 0–2 2–3  France June 19, 1954
6. Ivica Horvat 9'  Yugoslavia 0–1 0–2  West Germany Quarter-finals June 27, 1954
7. Luis Cruz 59'  Uruguay 1–2 1–3  Austria 3rd place play-off July 3, 1954
8. Ivan Vutsov 17'  Bulgaria 0–1 0–3  Portugal 1966, England Group stage July 16, 1966
9. Ivan Davidov 43'  Bulgaria 1–1 1–3  Hungary July 20, 1966
10. Javier Guzmán 25'  Mexico 1–1 1–4  Italy 1970, Mexico Quarter-finals June 14, 1970
11. Colin Curran 58'  Australia 0–1 0–2  East Germany 1974, West Germany First group stage June 14, 1974
12. Roberto Perfumo 35'  Argentina 1–1 1–1  Italy June 19, 1974
13. Ruud Krol 78'  Netherlands 3–1 4–1  Bulgaria June 23, 1974
14. Andranik Eskandarian 43'  Iran 0–1 1–1  Scotland 1978, Argentina First group stage June 7, 1978
15. Ernie Brandts 18'  Netherlands 0–1 2–1  Italy Second group stage June 21, 1978
16. Berti Vogts 59'  West Germany 1–1 2–3  Austria
17. Jozef Barmoš 66'  Czechoslovakia 0–2 0–2  England 1982, Spain First group stage June 20, 1982
18. László Dajka 73'  Hungary 0–5 0–6  Soviet Union 1986, Mexico Group stage June 2, 1986
19. Cho Kwang-rae 82'  South Korea 1–3 2–3  Italy June 10, 1986
20. Andrés Escobar 35'  Colombia 0–1 1–2  United States 1994, United States Group stage June 22, 1994
21. Tom Boyd 74'  Scotland 1–2 1–2  Brazil 1998, France Group stage June 10, 1998
22. Youssef Chippo 45+1'  Morocco 1–1 2–2  Norway
23. Pierre Issa 77'  South Africa 0–2 0–3  France June 12, 1998
24. Andoni Zubizarreta 73'  Spain 2–2 2–3  Nigeria June 13, 1998
25. Siniša Mihajlović 72'  Yugoslavia 2–1 2–2  Germany June 21, 1998
26. Georgi Bachev 88'  Bulgaria 1–5 1–6  Spain June 24, 1998
27. Jorge Costa 29'  Portugal 0–2 2–3  United States 2002, South Korea / Japan Group stage June 5, 2002
28. Jeff Agoos 71'  United States 3–2 3–2  Portugal
29. Carles Puyol 10'  Spain 0–1 3–1  Paraguay June 7, 2002
30. Carlos Gamarra 3'  Paraguay 0–1 0–1  England 2006, Germany Group stage June 10, 2006
31. Cristian Zaccardo 27'  Italy 1–1 1–1  United States June 17, 2006
32. Brent Sancho 25'  Trinidad and Tobago 0–1 0–2  Paraguay June 20, 2006
33. Petit 60'  Portugal 0–2 1–3  Germany 3rd place play-off July 8, 2006
34. Daniel Agger 46'  Denmark 0–1 0–2  Netherlands 2010, South Africa Group stage June 14, 2010
35. Park Chu-young 17'  South Korea 0–1 1–4  Argentina June 17, 2010
36. Marcelo 11'  Brazil 0–1 3–1  Croatia 2014, Brazil Group stage June 12, 2014
37. Noel Valladares 48'  Honduras 0–2 0–3  France June 15, 2014
38. Sead Kolašinac 3'  Bosnia and Herzegovina 0–1 1–2  Argentina
39. John Boye 31'  Ghana 0–1 1–2  Portugal June 26, 2014
40. Joseph Yobo 90+2'  Nigeria 0–2 0–2  France Round of 16 June 30, 2014
41. Aziz Bouhaddouz 90+5'  Morocco 0–1 0–1  Iran 2018, Russia Group stage June 15, 2018
42. Aziz Behich 81'  Australia 1–2 1–2  France June 16, 2018
43. Oghenekaro Etebo 32'  Nigeria 0–1 0–2  Croatia
44. Thiago Cionek 37'  Poland 0–1 1–2  Senegal June 19, 2018
45. Ahmed Fathi 47'  Egypt 0–1 1–3  Russia
46. Denis Cheryshev 23'  Russia 0–2 0–3  Uruguay June 25, 2018
47. Edson Álvarez 74'  Mexico 0–3 0–3  Sweden June 27, 2018
48. Yann Sommer 90+3'   Switzerland 2–2 2–2  Costa Rica
49. Yassine Meriah 33'  Tunisia 0–1 2–1  Panama June 28, 2018
50. Sergei Ignashevich 12'  Russia 0–1 1–1aet  Spain Round of 16 July 1, 2018
51. Fernandinho 13'  Brazil 0–1 1–2  Belgium Quarter-finals July 6, 2018
52. Mario Mandžukić 18'  Croatia 0–1 2–4  France Final July 15, 2018
53. Nayef Aguerd 40'  Morocco 2–1 2–1  Canada 2022, Qatar Group stage December 1, 2022
54. Enzo Fernández 77'  Argentina 2–1 2–1  Australia Round of 16 December 3, 2022
Notes
  1. Russia won 4–3 on penalty kicks.

Statistics and notable own goals

Time
  • First ever own goal
  • Manuel Rosas, Mexico vs Chile, 1930
  • Fastest own goal
  • Sead Kolašinac, 3', Bosnia and Herzegovina vs Argentina, 2014
  • Latest regulation-time own goal
  • Aziz Bouhaddouz, 90+5', Morocco vs Iran, 2018
  • Only own goal during extra time
  • Jimmy Dickinson, 94', England vs Belgium, 1954
  • Only own goal to open scoring in a tournament
  • Marcelo, Brazil vs Croatia, 2014
  • Only match with two own goals
  • United States vs Portugal, 2002. Jorge Costa of Portugal scored for the United States, and Jeff Agoos of the United States scored for Portugal.
Tournament
  • Most own goals, tournament
  • 12 (2018)
  • Tournaments without own goals
  • 1934, 1950, 1958, 1962, 1990
  • Most own goals by a team in one tournament
  • 2,  Bulgaria (1966) and  Russia (2018)
  • Most own goals in favour of a team in one tournament
  • 2,  France (2014, 2018)
Teams
  • Most own goals by a team, overall
  • 4,  Mexico
  • Most own goals in favour of a team, overall
  • 6,  France
  • Most matches, never scoring an own goal
  • 73,  France
  • Most matches, never benefiting from an own goal
  • 60,  Mexico
  • Most matches, never scoring or benefiting from an own goal
  • 26,  Cameroon
  • Only team to have scored multiple own goals for the same opponent
  •  SFR Yugoslavia /  FR Yugoslavia scored two own goals for  West Germany /  Germany (1954, 1998)[citation needed]
  • Only pair of teams to have scored own goals for each other
  •  Portugal and  United States, in the same match in 2002
Players
  • Youngest player with an own goal
  • Manuel Rosas, age 18, Mexico vs Chile, 1930
  • Oldest player with an own goal
  • Sergei Ignashevich, age 38, Russia vs Spain, 2018
  • Players who have scored own goals and regular goals
    • Manuel Rosas of Mexico scored twice against Argentina in 1930
    • Ruud Krol of the Netherlands scored against Argentina in 1974
    • Ernie Brandts of the Netherlands scored against Austria and Italy in 1978
    • Siniša Mihajlović of Yugoslavia scored against Iran in 1998
    • Park Chu-young of South Korea scored against Nigeria in 2010
    • Carles Puyol of Spain scored against Germany in 2010
    • Fernandinho of Brazil scored against Cameroon in 2014
    • Denis Cheryshev of Russia scored twice against Saudi Arabia and once against Egypt and Croatia in 2018
    • Mario Mandžukić of Croatia scored twice against Cameroon in 2014, and once against Denmark, England and France in 2018
    • Enzo Fernández of Argentina scored against Mexico in 2022
  • Players to score for both teams in a match
  • Ernie Brandts, Netherlands vs Italy, 1978
  • Mario Mandžukić, Croatia vs France, 2018
Various
  • The own goal that Honduran goalkeeper Noel Valladares scored for France in 2014 was the first World Cup goal (of any kind) to be awarded with goal-line technology.
  •  Trinidad and Tobago has scored more own goals (one) than regular goals (zero).
  • It is believed that the murder of Colombian footballer Andrés Escobar in the immediate aftermath of the 1994 World Cup was a retaliation for his having scored an own goal which contributed to his team's elimination from the tournament.

By team

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