Of the 1,081 goals scored in matches at the nine final tournaments of the FIFA Women's World Cup, only 33 have been own goals. 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". This is a list of all own goals scored during FIFA Women's World Cup matches (not including qualification games).
The United States has scored four own goals for their opponents, while Norway has benefited from five own goals. Of the 31Two matches had two own goals. matches with own goals, the team scoring the own goal has won five times and drawn three times.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 eight own goals have been scored in the group stage of the tournament.
The only player to score two own goals is Angie Ponce from Ecuador, scoring twice for Switzerland in 2015. She later scored Ecuador's first World Cup goal in the same match.
List Key Player's team won the match Player's team drew the match
Seq. Player Time Representing Goal Finalscore Opponent Tournament Round Date FIFAreport 1Terry McCahill 30' 0–1 0–4 1991, China Group stage report 2Sayuri Yamaguchi 70' 0–8 0–8 report 3Ifeanyi Chiejine 19' 1–1 1–7 1999, United States Group stage report 4Hiromi Isozaki 26' 0–2 0–4 report 5Brandi Chastain 5' 0–1 3–2 Quarter-finals report 6Dianne Alagich 39' 1–1 1–2 2003, United States Group stage report 7Eva González 9' 0–1 1–6 2007, China Group stage report 8Trine Rønning 42' 0–1 0–3 Semi-finals report 9Leslie Osborne 20' 0–1 0–4 report 10Amy LePeilbet 35' 0–2 1–2 2011, Germany Group stage report 11Daiane 2' 0–1 2–2aet Quarter-finals report 12Desire Oparanozie 21' 0–1 3–3 2015, Canada Group stage report 13Angie Ponce 24' 0–1 1–10 report 14 71' 1–8 15Jennifer Ruiz 9' 0–2 0–5 report 16Laura Bassett 90+2' 1–2 1–2 Semi-finals report 17Julie Johnston 52' 4–2 5–2 Final report 18Osinachi Ohale 37' 0–3 0–3 2019, France Group stage report 19Kim Do-yeon 29' 0–1 0–2 report 20Wendie Renard 54' 1–1 2–1 report 21Mônica 66' 2–3 2–3 report 22Lee Alexander 79' 3–2 3–3 report 23Aurelle Awona 80' 1–1 2–1 report 24Waraporn Boonsing 48' 0–1 0–2 report 25Jonna Andersson 50' 0–2 0–2 report 26Valeria del Campo 21' 0–1 0–3 2023, Australia / New Zealand Group stage 21 July 2023 report 27Hanane Aït El Haj 54' 0–4 0–6 24 July 2023 report 28Zineb Redouani 79' 0–5 29Megan Connolly 45+5' 1–1 1–2 26 July 2023 report 30Alicia Barker 48' 0–4 0–6 30 July 2023 report 31Benedetta Orsi 32' 1–1 2–3 2 August 2023 report 32Laia Codina 11' 1–1 5–1 Round of 16 5 August 2023 report 33Ingrid Syrstad Engen 15' 0–1 1–3 report
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Statistics and notable own goals Tournament Most own goals, tournament: 8 – 2019 and 2023 Tournaments without own goals: 1995 Only own goal in a final match: Julie Johnston, against v , 2015. Matches with two own goals: Ecuador vs Switzerland, 2015. Angie Ponce of scored twice for . Germany vs Morocco, 2023. Hanane Aït El Haj and Zineb Redouani of each scored for .
Teams Most own goals by a team: 4 – (1999, 2007, 2011, 2015) Most own goals in favour of a team: 5 – (1991, 1999, 2019 (x2), 2023) Most own goals by a team in one tournament: 2 (2015) (2023) Most own goals in favour of a team in one tournament: 2 (2015) (2015) (2019) (2023) Most matches, never scoring an own goal: 47 – (1991–2023) Most matches, never benefiting from an own goal: 36 – (1991–2023) Most matches, never scoring or benefiting from an own goal: 36 – (1991–2023) Teams to have scored multiple own goals for the same opponent: scored two own goals for (2015) scored two own goals for (2023) Pairs of teams to have scored own goals for each other: and (2007, 2011) and (2011, 2019) and (1999, 2023)
Players Most own goals by a player: 2 – Angie Ponce, against , twice for Switzerland in 2015 Youngest player with an own goal: – Ifeanyi Chiejine, against v , 1999 Oldest player with an own goal: , Mônica, against v , 2019 Players who have scored own goals and regular goals Brandi Chastain of the United States scored against Germany in 1999 Eva González of Argentina scored against England in 2007 Trine Rønning of Norway scored against Thailand in 2015 Angie Ponce of Ecuador scored against Switzerland in 2015 Wendie Renard of France scored twice against South Korea, once against Nigeria, and once against the United States in 2019, and once against Brazil in 2023 Julie Ertz (née Johnston) of the United States scored against Chile in 2019 Laia Codina of Spain scored against Switzerland in 2023 Players to score for both teams in a match Brandi Chastain, United States vs Germany, 1999 Eva González, Argentina vs England, 2007 Angie Ponce, Ecuador vs Switzerland, 2015 (two own goals, one regular goal) Laia Codina, Spain vs Switzerland, 2023
Time First ever own goal: Terry McCahill, against v , 1991. Fastest own goal: 2nd minute – Daiane, against v , 2011. Latest regulation-time own goal: 90+2nd minute – Laura Bassett, against v , 2015.
Various The own goal scored by Brazilian Mônica for Australia in 2019 was the first own goal to be confirmed by VAR. Club (FC Barcelona Femení) teammates Laia Codina from Spain and Ingrid Syrstad Engen from Norway both scored own goals, in different matches, on the same day (5 August 2023). After scoring one own goal for Japan in 2023 (0–1), Ingrid Syrstad Engen from Norway was the last player to connect with the ball that went in for Japan's next goal (1–2); as the initial strike from Japan's Risa Shimizu was on target, it was not recorded as a second own goal. has scored more own goals (two) than regular goals (one). has scored as many own goals (two) as regular goals (two). has benefited from as many own goals (one) as regular goals (one).
By team + Own goals by nations Team Own goals by own players opponents 4 3 3 1 2 0 2 0 2 1 2 3 2 5 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 1 1 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 4
See also List of UEFA European Championship own goals List of FIFA World Cup own goals
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