List of FIFA World Cup own goals


This is a list of all own goals scored during FIFA Men's World Cup matches. 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 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

No.PlayerTimeRepresentingGoalFinal
score		OpponentTournamentRoundDateFIFA
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1.Manuel Rosas51'0–20–31930, Uruguay
2.Ernst Lörtscher22'0–21938, France
3.Sven Jacobsson19'1–11–51938, France
4.Jimmy Dickinson94'4–41954, Switzerland
5.Raúl Cárdenas46'0–22–31954, Switzerland
6.Ivica Horvat9'0–10–21954, Switzerland
7.Luis Cruz59'1–21–31954, Switzerland
8.Ivan Vutsov17'0–10–31966, England
9.Ivan Davidov43'1–11–31966, England
10.Javier Guzmán25'1–11–41970, Mexico
11.Colin Curran58'0–10–21974, West Germany
12.Roberto Perfumo35'1–11974, West Germany
13.Ruud Krol78'3–11974, West Germany
14.Andranik Eskandarian43'0–11978, Argentina
15.Ernie Brandts18'0–11978, Argentina
16.Berti Vogts59'1–12–31978, Argentina
17.Jozef Barmoš66'0–20–21982, Spain
18.László Dajka73'0–50–61986, Mexico
19.Cho Kwang-rae82'1–32–31986, Mexico
20.Andrés Escobar35'0–11–21994, United States
21.Tom Boyd74'1–21–21998, France
22.Youssef Chippo45+1'1–11998, France
23.Pierre Issa77'0–20–31998, France
24.Andoni Zubizarreta73'2–22–31998, France
25.Siniša Mihajlović72'2–11998, France
26.Georgi Bachev88'1–51–61998, France
27.Jorge Costa29'0–22–32002, South Korea / Japan
28.Jeff Agoos71'3–22002, South Korea / Japan
29.Carles Puyol10'0–12002, South Korea / Japan
30.Carlos Gamarra3'0–10–12006, Germany
31.Cristian Zaccardo27'1–12006, Germany
32.Brent Sancho25'0–10–22006, Germany
33.Petit60'0–21–32006, Germany
34.Daniel Agger46'0–10–22010, South Africa
35.Park Chu-young17'0–11–42010, South Africa
36.Marcelo11'0–12014, Brazil
37.Noel Valladares48'0–20–32014, Brazil
38.Sead Kolašinac3'0–11–22014, Brazil
39.John Boye31'0–11–22014, Brazil
40.Joseph Yobo90+2'0–20–22014, Brazil
41.Aziz Bouhaddouz90+5'0–10–12018, Russia
42.Aziz Behich81'1–21–22018, Russia
43.Oghenekaro Etebo32'0–10–22018, Russia
44.Thiago Cionek37'0–11–22018, Russia
45.Ahmed Fathi47'0–11–32018, Russia
46.Denis Cheryshev23'0–20–32018, Russia
47.Edson Álvarez74'0–30–32018, Russia
48.Yann Sommer90+3'2–22018, Russia
49.Yassine Meriah33'0–12018, Russia
50.Sergei Ignashevich12'0–12018, Russia
51.Fernandinho13'0–11–22018, Russia
52.Mario Mandžukić18'0–12–42018, Russia
53.Nayef Aguerd40'2–12022, Qatar
54.Enzo Fernández77'2–12022, Qatar

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Statistics and notable own goals

;TimeFirst ever own goalFastest own goalLatest regulation-time own goalOnly own goal during extra timeOnly own goal to open scoring in a tournamentOnly own goal in a final matchOnly match with two own goals
;TournamentMost own goals, tournamentTournaments without own goalsMost own goals by a team in one tournamentMost own goals in favour of a team in one tournament
;TeamsMost own goals by a team, overallMost own goals in favour of a team, overallMost matches, never scoring an own goalMost matches, never benefiting from an own goalMost matches, never scoring or benefiting from an own goalOnly team to have scored multiple own goals for the same opponentOnly pair of teams to have scored own goals for each other
;PlayersYoungest player with an own goalOldest player with an own goalPlayers who have scored own goals and regular goals
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