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 over 3,000 goals scored at the 23 final tournaments of the World Cup, only 68 have been own goals. Mexico and Morocco have each scored own goals on four occasions, while France has benefited on six occasions from opponents scoring own goals. Of the 67One match had two own goals. matches with an own goal, ten have ended as wins for the team scoring the own goal, and eleven have ended as draws.As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws. All but 15 own goals have been scored in the first stages of the tournament.

The only player to score multiple own goals is Mohamed Hany of Egypt. He scored for both Belgium and Australia in 2026.

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, with twelve.

The 2026 tournament holds the record of most own goals, with 14.

List

Key Player's team won the match Player's team drew the match (a penalty shoot-out is recorded as a draw regardless of shoot-out results)

+Own goals scored at the FIFA World Cup tournaments No. Player Time Representing Goal Finalscore Opponent Tournament Round Date FIFAreport 1. Manuel Rosas 51' 0–2 0–3 1930, Uruguay 2. Ernst Lörtscher 22' 0–2 1938, France 3. Sven Jacobsson 19' 1–1 1–5 4. Jimmy Dickinson 94' 4–4 1954, Switzerland 5. Raúl Cárdenas 46' 0–2 2–3 6. Ivica Horvat 9' 0–1 0–2 7. Luis Cruz 59' 1–2 1–3 8. Ivan Vutsov 17' 0–1 0–3 1966, England 9. Ivan Davidov 43' 1–1 1–3 10. Javier Guzmán 25' 1–1 1–4 1970, Mexico 11. Colin Curran 58' 0–1 0–2 1974, West Germany 12. Roberto Perfumo 35' 1–1 13. Ruud Krol 78' 3–1 14. Andranik Eskandarian 43' 0–1 1978, Argentina 15. Ernie Brandts 18' 0–1 16. Berti Vogts 59' 1–1 2–3 17. Jozef Barmoš 66' 0–2 0–2 1982, Spain 18. László Dajka 73' 0–5 0–6 1986, Mexico 19. Cho Kwang-rae 82' 1–3 2–3 20. Andrés Escobar 35' 0–1 1–2 1994, United States 21. Tom Boyd 74' 1–2 1–2 1998, France 22. Youssef Chippo 45+1' 1–1 23. Pierre Issa 77' 0–2 0–3 24. Andoni Zubizarreta 73' 2–2 2–3 25. Siniša Mihajlović 72' 2–1 26. Georgi Bachev 88' 1–5 1–6 27. Jorge Costa 29' 0–2 2–3 2002, South Korea / Japan 28. Jeff Agoos 71' 3–2 29. Carles Puyol 10' 0–1 30. Carlos Gamarra 3' 0–1 0–1 2006, Germany 31. Cristian Zaccardo 27' 1–1 32. Brent Sancho 25' 0–1 0–2 33. Petit 60' 0–2 1–3 34. Daniel Agger 46' 0–1 0–2 2010, South Africa 35. Park Chu-young 17' 0–1 1–4 36. Marcelo 11' 0–1 2014, Brazil 37. Noel Valladares 48' 0–2 0–3 38. Sead Kolašinac 3' 0–1 1–2 39. John Boye 31' 0–1 1–2 40. Joseph Yobo 90+2' 0–2 0–2 41. Aziz Bouhaddouz 90+5' 0–1 0–1 2018, Russia 42. Aziz Behich 81' 1–2 1–2 43. Oghenekaro Etebo 32' 0–1 0–2 44. Thiago Cionek 37' 0–1 1–2 45. Ahmed Fathy 47' 0–1 1–3 46. Denis Cheryshev 23' 0–2 0–3 47. Edson Álvarez 74' 0–3 0–3 48. Yann Sommer 90+3' 2–2 49. Yassine Meriah 33' 0–1 50. Sergei Ignashevich 12' 0–1 51. Fernandinho 13' 0–1 1–2 52. Mario Mandžukić 18' 0–1 2–4 53. Nayef Aguerd 40' 2–1 2022, Qatar 54. Enzo Fernández 77' 2–1 55.Damián Bobadilla 7'0–1 1–42026, Canada / Mexico / United States56.Miro Muheim 90+4'1–157.Mohamed Hany 66'1–158.Aymen Hussein 90+6'1–4 1–459.Yazan Al-Arab 76'1–2 1–360.Mohamed Manai 75'0–5 0–661.Cameron Burgess 11'0–1 0–262.Hassan Al-Tambakti 49'0–40–463.Abduvohid Nematov 60'0–40–564.Mahmud Abunada 34'0–21–365.Yassine Bounou 10'0–166.Ellyes Skhiri 3'0–11–367.Mohamed Hany 55'1–1 align="center" 68.Diney 111'2–32–3aet

Notes

Statistics and notable own goals Tournament Most own goals, tournament: 14 – 2026 Tournaments without own goals: 1934, 1950, 1958, 1962, 1990 To date the only own goal to open scoring in a tournament: Marcelo, against v , 2014In addition, another own goal has been scored in a tournament's opening match: Tom Boyd, Scotland vs Brazil, 1998. To date the only own goal in a final match: Mario Mandžukić, against v , 2018 To date the only match with two own goals (and the only match where bith teams scored an own goal against each other): United States vs Portugal, 2002. Jorge Costa of scored for the United States, and Jeff Agoos of the scored for Portugal.

Teams Most own goals by a team: 4 (1930, 1954, 1970, 2018) (1998, 2018, 2022, 2026) Most own goals in favour of a team: 6 – (1954, 1998, 2014 (x2), 2018 (x2)) Most own goals by a team in one tournament: 2 , 1966 , 2018 , 2026 , 2026 Most own goals in favour of a team in one tournament: 2 , 2014 and 2018 , 2026 Most matches, never scoring an own goal: 81 – (1930–2026) Most matches, never benefiting from an own goal: 65 – (1930–2026) Most matches, never scoring or benefiting from an own goal: 29 – (1998–2026) To date the only team to have scored multiple own goals for the same opponent: / Now succeeded by . scored two own goals for / (1954, 1998) To date the only pair of teams to have scored own goals for each other: and , in the same match in 2002 To date the only team where every match of a tournament featuring them had an own goal: in 2026 ( scored an own goal against Qatar before Qatar scored an own goal against both and ).

Players Most own goals by a player: 2 – Mohamed Hany, against , for Belgium and for Australia in 2026 Youngest player with an own goal: – Manuel Rosas, against v , 1930 Oldest player with an own goal: – Sergei Ignashevich, against v , 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, and against Egypt and England in 2026 Aymen Hussein of Iraq scored against Norway in 2026 Players to score for both teams in a match: Ernie Brandts, Netherlands vs Italy, 1978 Mario Mandžukić, Croatia vs France, 2018 Aymen Hussein, Iraq vs Norway, 2026

Time First ever own goal: Manuel Rosas, against v , 1930 Fastest own goal: 2:10 minute – Sead Kolašinac, against v , 2014 Latest regulation-time own goal: 90+6th minute – Aymen Hussein, against v , 2026 Own goals during extra time: Jimmy Dickinson, 94th minute, against v , 1954 Diney, 111th minute, against v , 2026

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. 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 him having scored an own goal which contributed to his team's elimination from the tournament.

By team

+ Own goals by nations Team Own goals by own players opponents 4 0 4 0 3 0 3 0 3 1 3 2 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 3 2 4 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 4 1 4 1 5 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 3 0 3 0 6

By tournament Source: +KeyDenotes the highest own goalscoring-related record +Own goals by tournamentYearTeamsMatchesGoalsOwn goalsOwn goalsper matchPercentage ofgoals1930131870119341617700––1938151884219501322880––195416261404195816351260––19621632890––196616328921970163295119741638973197816381023198224521461198624521322199024521150––1994245214111998326417162002326416132006326414742010326414522014326417152018326416912202232641722202648104308Total1,068 3,02868 See also

List of UEFA European Championship own goals List of FIFA Women's World Cup own goals FIFA World Cup records and statistics

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References

Reports

External links 9 own goals at the WC (YouTube)