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own goal An own goal, also called a self goal, is where a player performs actions that result in them or their team scoring a goal on themselves, often resulting in a point for the opposing team, such as when a football player kicks a ball into their own ...

s scored during

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matches (not including

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). 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 53One match had two own goals. matches with an own goal, nine have ended as wins for the team scoring the own goal, and eight 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 13 own goals have been scored in the first stages of the tournament. Following the 1994 murder of Colombian

Andrés Escobar Andrés Escobar Saldarriaga (; 13 March 1967 – 2 July 1994) was a Colombian footballer who played as a defender. He played for Atlético Nacional, BSC Young Boys, and the Colombia national team. Nicknamed ''The Gentleman'', he was known ...

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

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, dubbed by ''

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'' 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

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Statistics and notable own goals

;Time * First ever own goal :* Manuel Rosas, Mexico vs Chile, 1930 * Fastest own goal :*

Sead Kolašinac Sead Kolašinac (; born 20 June 1993) is a Bosnian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Ligue 1 club Marseille and the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team. Kolašinac started his professional career at Schalke 04, playing fir ...

, 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 James William Dickinson Order of the British Empire, MBE (25 April 1925 – 8 November 1982) was an English association football, footballer who played as a wing half, left half. Dickinson holds the record for number of league appearances fo ...

, 94', England vs Belgium, 1954 * Only own goal to open scoring in a tournament :*

Marcelo Marcelo is a given name, the Spanish and Portuguese form of Marcellus. The Italian version of the name is Marcello, differing in having an additional "l". Marcelo may refer to: * Marcelo Costa de Andrade (born 1967), Brazilian serial killer, rapi ...

, Brazil vs Croatia, 2014In addition, another own goal has been scored in a tournament's opening match: Tom Boyd, Scotland vs Brazil, 1998. * Only own goal in a final match :*

Mario Mandžukić Mario Mandžukić (; born 21 May 1986) is a Croatian football coach and a former player who is an assistant coach of the Croatia national team. As a player, he played as a forward and became known for his aggressiveness, defensive contribution ...

, Croatia vs France, 2018 * Only match with two own goals :* United States vs Portugal, 2002.

Jorge Costa Jorge Paulo Costa Almeida (born 14 October 1971) is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a central defender, currently manager of Académico de Viseu. Nicknamed ''Bicho'' (animal) and ''Tanque'' (tank) by his colleagues and fans for ...

of Portugal scored for the United States, and Jeff Agoos of the United States scored for Portugal. ;Tournament * Most own goals, tournament :* 12 (

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) * Fewest own goals, tournament :* 0 (

1934 Events January–February * January 1 – The International Telecommunication Union, a specialist agency of the League of Nations, is established. * January 15 – The 8.0 Nepal–Bihar earthquake strikes Nepal and Bihar with a maxi ...

1950 Events January * January 1 – The International Police Association (IPA) – the largest police organization in the world – is formed. * January 5 – Sverdlovsk plane crash: ''Aeroflot'' Lisunov Li-2 crashes in a snowstorm. All 19 ...

1958 Events January * January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being. * January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed. * January 4 ** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the third ...

1962 Events January * January 1 – Western Samoa becomes independent from New Zealand. * January 3 – Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro for preaching communism. * January 8 – Harmelen train disaster: 93 die in the wor ...

and

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) * Most own goals by a team in one tournament :* 2, ( 1966) and (

) * Most own goals in favour of a team in one tournament :* 2, (

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) ;Teams * Most own goals by a team, overall :* 4, * Most own goals in favour of a team, overall :* 6, * Most matches, never scoring an own goal :* 73, * Most matches, never benefiting from an own goal :* 60, * Most matches, never scoring or benefiting from an own goal :* 26, * Only team to have scored multiple own goals for the same opponent :* / Now succeeded by . scored two own goals for / ( 1954,

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently s ...

) * Only pair of teams to have scored own goals for each other :* and , 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 Sergei Nikolayevich Ignashevich ( rus, link=no, Сергей Николаевич Игнашевич, p=sʲɪrˈɡʲej nʲɪkɐˈla(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ ɪɡnɐˈʂɛvʲɪtɕ; born 14 July 1979) is a Russian professional football coach and a former play ...

, 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 Rudolf ("Ruud" or "Rudi") Jozef Krol (; born 24 March 1949) is a Dutch former professional footballer who was capped 83 times for the Netherlands national team. Most of his career he played for his home town club, Ajax, and he became a coach ...

of the Netherlands scored against Argentina in 1974 **

Ernie Brandts Ernstus "Ernie" Wilhelmus Johannes Brandts (born 3 February 1956) is a Dutch football manager and former player. Playing career Club Born in Didam, he played for local club De Sprinkhanen before joining De Graafschap at 17. After three seasons ...

of the Netherlands scored against Austria and

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in 1978 **

Siniša Mihajlović Siniša Mihajlović ( sr-Cyrl, Синиша Михајловић, ; 20 February 1969 – 16 December 2022) was a Serbian professional football player and manager. During his career as a footballer, he played as a defender or midfielder. He won ...

of Yugoslavia scored against Iran in 1998 **

Park Chu-young Park Chu-young (; ; also romanised as Park Ju-young; born 10 July 1985) is a South Korean footballer who plays for Ulsan Hyundai as a forward. Club career FC Seoul In February 2005, Park joined a K League club FC Seoul with the highest sa ...

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 Denis Dmitriyevich Cheryshev (russian: link=no, Денис Дмитриевич Черышев, p=dʲɪˈnʲis ˈdmʲitrʲɪjɪvʲɪtɕ ˈtɕerɨʂɨf; born 26 December 1990) is a Russian professional footballer who plays as a left winger for c ...

of Russia scored twice against Saudi Arabia and once against Egypt and

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in 2018 **

of Croatia scored twice against Cameroon in 2014, and once against Denmark,

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and

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in 2018 ** Enzo Fernández of Argentina scored against Mexico in 2022 * Players to score for both teams in a match :*

, Netherlands vs Italy, 1978 :*

, Croatia vs France, 2018 ;Various * The own goal that Honduran goalkeeper

Noel Valladares Noel Eduardo Valladares Bonilla (born 3 May 1977 in Comayagua, Honduras) is a Honduran former football goalkeeper, who last played for Liga Nacional team Olimpia. Valladares is Honduras' third most capped footballer of all time, after Amado ...

scored for France in 2014 was the first World Cup goal (of any kind) to be awarded with

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. * has scored more own goals ( one) than regular goals (zero). * and have benefited from as many own goals (one) as regular goals (one). * It is believed that the murder of Colombian footballer

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.

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