Out of over 2500 goals scored in matches at the 21 final tournaments of the FIFA World Cup,^[1] only 53 have been own goals.^[2][3] 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".^[4]

No player holds the dubious distinction of having 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 52^{[n 1]} matches with an own goal, seven have ended as wins for the team scoring the own goal, and eight have ended as draws.^{[n 2]} All but 12 own goals have been scored in the first stages of the tournament.

List

Own goals scored at the FIFA World Cup tournaments^[4]

№	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	[report 1]
2.	Ernst Lörtscher	22'	Switzerland	0–2	4–2	Germany	1938, France	First round (replay)	June 9, 1938	[report 2]
3.	Sven Jacobsson	19'	Sweden	1–1	1–5	Hungary		Semi-finals	June 16, 1938	[report 3]
4.	José Parra	15'	Spain	0–1	1–6	Brazil	1950, Brazil	Final round	July 13, 1950	[report 4]
5.	Jimmy Dickinson	94'	England	4–4	4–4aet	Belgium	1954, Switzerland	Group stage	June 17, 1954	[report 5]
6.	Raúl Cárdenas	46'	Mexico	0–2	2–3	France			June 19, 1954	[report 6]
7.	Ivica Horvat	9'	Yugoslavia	0–1	0–2	West Germany		Quarter-finals	June 27, 1954	[report 7]
8.	Luis Cruz	59'	Uruguay	1–2	1–3	Austria		3rd place play-off	July 3, 1954	[report 8]
9.	Ivan Vutsov	17'	Bulgaria	0–1	0–3	Portugal	1966, England	Group stage	July 16, 1966	[report 9]
10.	Ivan Davidov	43'	Bulgaria	1–1	1–3	Hungary			July 20, 1966	[report 10]
11.	Javier Guzmán	25'	Mexico	1–1	1–4	Italy	1970, Mexico	Quarter-finals	June 14, 1970	[report 11]
12.	Colin Curran	58'	Australia	0–1	0–2	East Germany	1974, West Germany	Group stage	June 14, 1974	[report 12]
13.	Roberto Perfumo	35'	Argentina	1–1	1–1	Italy			June 19, 1974	[report 13]
14.	Ruud Krol	78'	Netherlands	3–1	4–1	Bulgaria			June 23, 1974	[report 14]
15.	Andranik Eskandarian	43'	Iran	0–1	1–1	Scotland	1978, Argentina	Group stage	June 7, 1978	[report 15]
16.	Ernie Brandts	18'	Netherlands	0–1	2–1	Italy		Second round	June 21, 1978	[report 16]
17.	Berti Vogts	59'	West Germany	1–1	2–3	Austria				[report 17]
18.	Jozef Barmoš	66'	Czechoslovakia	0–2	0–2	England	1982, Spain	Group stage	June 20, 1982	[report 18]
19.	László Dajka	73'	Hungary	0–5	0–6	Soviet Union	1986, Mexico	Group stage	June 2, 1986	[report 19]
20.	Cho Kwang-rae	82'	South Korea	1–3	2–3	Italy			June 10, 1986	[report 20]
21.	Andrés Escobar	35'	Colombia	0–1	1–2	United States	1994, United States	Group stage	June 22, 1994	[report 21]
22.	Tom Boyd	74'	Scotland	1–2	1–2	Brazil	1998, France	Group stage	June 10, 1998	[report 22]
23.	Youssef Chippo	45+1'	Morocco	1–1	2–2	Norway				[report 23]
24.	Pierre Issa	77'	South Africa	0–2	0–3	France			June 12, 1998	[report 24]
25.	Andoni Zubizarreta	73'	Spain	2–2	2–3	Nigeria			June 13, 1998	[report 25]
26.	Siniša Mihajlović	72'	Yugoslavia	2–1	2–2	Germany			June 21, 1998	[report 26]
27.	Georgi Bachev	88'	Bulgaria	1–5	1–6	Spain			June 24, 1998	[report 27]
28.	Jorge Costa	29'	Portugal	0–2	2–3	United States	2002, South Korea–Japan	Group stage	June 5, 2002	[report 28]
29.	Jeff Agoos	71'	United States	3–2	3–2	Portugal
30.	Carles Puyol	10'	Spain	0–1	3–1	Paraguay			June 7, 2002	[report 29]
31.	Carlos Gamarra	3'	Paraguay	0–1	0–1	England	2006, Germany	Group stage	June 10, 2006	[report 30]
32.	Cristian Zaccardo	27'	Italy	1–1	1–1	United States			June 17, 2006	[report 31]
33.	Brent Sancho	25'	Trinidad and Tobago	0–1	0–2	Paraguay			June 20, 2006	[report 32]
34.	Petit	60'	Portugal	0–2	1–3	Germany		3rd place play-off	July 8, 2006	[report 33]
35.	Daniel Agger	46'	Denmark	0–1	0–2	Netherlands	2010, South Africa	Group stage	June 14, 2010	[report 34]
36.	Park Chu-young	17'	South Korea	0–1	1–4	Argentina			June 17, 2010	[report 35]
37.	Marcelo	11'	Brazil	0–1	3–1	Croatia	2014, Brazil	Group stage	June 12, 2014	[report 36]
38.	Noel Valladares	48'	Honduras	0–2	0–3	France			June 15, 2014	[report 37]
39.	Sead Kolašinac	3'	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0–1	1–2	Argentina				[report 38]
40.	John Boye	31'	Ghana	0–1	1–2	Portugal			June 26, 2014	[report 39]
41.	Joseph Yobo	90+2'	Nigeria	0–2	0–2	France		Round of 16	June 30, 2014	[report 40]
42.	Aziz Bouhaddouz	90+5'	Morocco	0–1	0–1	Iran	2018, Russia	Group stage	June 15, 2018	[report 41]
43.	Aziz Behich	81'	Australia	1–2	1–2	France			June 16, 2018	[report 42]
44.	Oghenekaro Etebo	32'	Nigeria	0–1	0–2	Croatia				[report 43]
45.	Thiago Cionek	37'	Poland	0–1	1–2	Senegal			June 19, 2018	[report 44]
46.	Ahmed Fathi	47'	Egypt	0–1	1–3	Russia				[report 45]
47.	Denis Cheryshev	23'	Russia	0–2	0–3	Uruguay			June 25, 2018	[report 46]
48.	Edson Álvarez	74'	Mexico	0–3	0–3	Sweden			June 27, 2018	[report 47]
49.	Yann Sommer	90+3'	Switzerland	2–2	2–2	Costa Rica				[report 48]
50.	Yassine Meriah	33'	Tunisia	0–1	2–1	Panama			June 28, 2018	[report 49]
51.	Sergei Ignashevich	12'	Russia	0–1	1–1aet[a]	Spain		Round of 16	July 1, 2018	[report 50]
52.	Fernandinho	13'	Brazil	0–1	1–2	Belgium		Quarter-finals	July 6, 2018	[report 51]
53.	Mario Mandžukić	18'	Croatia	0–1	2–4	France		Final	July 15, 2018	[report 52]

Notes

Statistics and notable own goals

Time

• First ever own goal

• Manuel Rosas, Mexico vs Chile, 1930

• Fastest own goal

• Sead Kolašinac, 2 min 10 sec, Bosnia and Herzegovina vs Argentina, 2014^[5]

• 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^[6]

• Only own goal to open scoring in a tournament

• Marcelo, Brazil vs Croatia, 2014^{[7][n 3]}

• Only own goal in a final match

• Mario Mandžukić, Croatia vs France, 2018

• 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.^[4]

Tournament

• Most own goals, tournament

• 12 (2018)

• Tournaments with no own goals

• 1934, 1958, 1962, 1990

• Most own goals by a team in one tournament

• 2,  Bulgaria (1966)^[6] 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

• 66,  France

• Most matches, never benefiting from an own goal

• 57,  Mexico

• Most matches, never scoring or benefiting from an own goal

• 23,  Cameroon

• Only team to have scored multiple own goals for the same opponent

•  SFR Yugoslavia /  FR Yugoslavia^{[n 4]} 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^[8]

Players

• Youngest player with an own goal

• Edson Álvarez, age 20, Sweden vs Mexico, 2018

• Oldest player with an own goal

• Sergei Ignashevich, age 38, Spain vs Russia, 2018^[9]

• Players who have scored own goals and regular goals
  • Manuel Rosas of Mexico scored twice against Argentina in 1930^[3]
  • Ruud Krol of the Netherlands scored against Argentina in 1974^[10]
  • Ernie Brandts of the Netherlands scored against Austria and Italy in 1978^[11]
  • Siniša Mihajlović of Yugoslavia scored against Iran in 1998^[12]
  • Park Chu-young of South Korea scored against Nigeria in 2010^[13]
  • Carles Puyol of Spain scored against Germany in 2010^[14]
  • Fernandinho of Brazil scored against Cameroon in 2014^[15]
  • Denis Cheryshev of Russia scored twice against Saudi Arabia and once against Egypt and Croatia in 2018^[16]
  • Mario Mandžukić of Croatia scored twice against Cameroon in 2014, and once against Denmark, England and France in 2018
• Players to score for both teams in a match

• Ernie Brandts, Netherlands vs Italy, 1978^[11]
• Mario Mandžukić, Croatia vs France, 2018

Various

• The own goal that Honduran Noel Valladares scored for France in 2014 was the first World Cup goal (of any kind) to be awarded with goal-line technology.^[6]
•  Trinidad and Tobago has scored more own goals (one) than regular goals (zero).
•  Panama has benefited from as many own goals (one) as regular goals (one).
• 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.^[17]

By team

Own goals by nations Team Own goals by own players opponents  Mexico 4 0  Bulgaria 3 1  Spain 3 2  Australia 2 0  Morocco 2 0  South Korea 2 0   Switzerland 2 0  Serbia 2 0  Netherlands 2 1  Nigeria 2 1  Brazil 2 2  Russia 2 2  Portugal 2 3  Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 0  Colombia 1 0  Czechoslovakia 1 0  Denmark 1 0  Egypt 1 0  Ghana 1 0  Honduras 1 0  Poland 1 0  South Africa 1 0  Trinidad and Tobago 1 0  Tunisia 1 0  Iran 1 1  Scotland 1 1  Sweden 1 1  Uruguay 1 1  Argentina 1 2  Croatia 1 2  England 1 2  Hungary 1 2  Paraguay 1 2  United States 1 3  Germany 1 4  Italy 1 4  Chile 0 1  Costa Rica 0 1  East Germany 0 1  Norway 0 1  Panama 0 1  Senegal 0 1  Belgium 0 2  Austria 0 2  France 0 6