Birkir Már Sævarsson of Iceland scored the latest ever own goal in a European Championship match, taking place in the 88th minute of a 1–1 draw with Hungary.

This is a list of all own goals scored during UEFA European Championship matches, which does not include qualifying matches.

As UEFA is the governing body of football, only goals recorded as own goals by UEFA are noted. Only 20 own goals have been scored in the 16 European Championship tournaments to date, 11 of which occurred in Euro 2020.

Summary

The first European Championship own goal was scored by Anton Ondruš of Czechoslovakia while playing against the Netherlands in the semi-finals of the 1976 tournament, equalising Ondruš's earlier goal and pushing the game into extra time.[1]

The next own goal took place twenty years later, with Lyuboslav Penev of Bulgaria scoring in the 1996 edition while playing against France.[2]

At the following tournament, Dejan Govedarica of FR Yugoslavia scored an own goal while playing against the Netherlands in the quarter-finals of UEFA Euro 2000.[3]

Four years later at UEFA Euro 2004, Igor Tudor of Croatia scored the fastest own goal in a match until Euro 2020 broke the record, taking place in the 22nd minute of his side's group stage match against France.[4] Jorge Andrade of Portugal also scored an own goal at the tournament in the semi-finals against the Netherlands, making it the first European Championship to feature multiple own goals.[5]

The next own goal was scored eight years later by Glen Johnson of England at UEFA Euro 2012, against Sweden in the group stage.[6]

At UEFA Euro 2016, for the first time three own goals were scored in a single tournament. Ciaran Clark of the Republic of Ireland scored the first (playing against Sweden in the group stage),[7] before Birkir Már Sævarsson of Iceland scored an own goal five days later while playing against Hungary.[8] To date, Sævarsson's own goal is the latest in European Championship history, occurring in the 88th minute. One week later, Gareth McAuley of Northern Ireland scored the third own goal of the tournament, while playing in the round of 16 against Wales.[9]

The first own goal of UEFA Euro 2020 came in the tournament's opening game, as Merih Demiral of Turkey put through his own net to open the scoring in a 3–0 loss to Italy; it was the first time the opening goal of a European Championship was awarded as an own goal.[10] The first ever own goal scored by a goalkeeper occurred just three days later, where Wojciech Szczęsny of Poland unluckily had the ball bounce off the post, off his back, and into the net while playing against Slovakia. This broke Igor Tudor’s record of the fastest own goal in a match. [11] The following day, Mats Hummels of Germany scored an own goal in his side's loss to France, which saw the 2020 tournament equal the previous edition's record total of three own goals in only the first round of matches.[12] In Germany's following match against Portugal, Portuguese defenders Rúben Dias and Raphaël Guerreiro each scored an own goal in the span of less than five minutes; this was the first ever individual match with two own goals in tournament history, and also took Euro 2020's own goal tally to five, breaking its tie with the 2016 edition for most own goals in a single tournament.[13] Two days later, on 21 June, Finland goalkeeper Lukáš Hrádecký scored an own goal in their last group stage match against Belgium, bringing the record to six goals.[14] On 23 June, goalkeeper Martin Dúbravka and defender Juraj Kucka of Slovakia each scored an own goal in their final group stage match against Spain, becoming the second match with multiple own goals.[15] On 28 June, midfielder Pedri of Spain scored an own goal after a missed back-pass to the goalkeeper during his side's Round of 16 match against Croatia, bringing the number of own goals in the tournament to nine, as many as in the previous 15 competitions combined. This was then exceeded on 2 July when Swiss midfielder Denis Zakaria scored an own goal during his team's quarter-final match against Spain, which broke Wojciech Szczęsny’s record of the fastest own goal in a match.[16] Five days later, another own goal occurred during the semi-final match-up between Denmark and England where Simon Kjær scored an own goal in the 39th minute bringing the total number of own goals in Euro 2020 to 11.[17]

Own goals

Key
Player's team won the match
Player's team drew the match (a penalty shoot-out is recorded as a draw regardless of shootout results)
Player's team lost the match
No. Player Time Representing Goal Final
score 		Opponent Tournament Round Date UEFA
report
1 Anton Ondruš 73'  Czechoslovakia 1–1 3–1 (a.e.t.)  Netherlands 1976, Yugoslavia Semi-finals 16 June 1976 Report
2 Lyuboslav Penev 63'  Bulgaria 0–2 1–3  France 1996, England Group stage 18 June 1996 Report
3 Dejan Govedarica 51'  FR Yugoslavia 0–3 1–6  Netherlands 2000, Belgium & Netherlands Quarter-finals 25 June 2000 Report
4 Igor Tudor 22'  Croatia 0–1 2–2  France 2004, Portugal Group stage 17 June 2004 Report
5 Jorge Andrade 63'  Portugal 2–1 2–1  Netherlands Semi-finals 30 June 2004 Report
6 Glen Johnson 49'  England 1–1 3–2  Sweden 2012, Poland & Ukraine Group stage 15 June 2012 Report
7 Ciaran Clark 71'  Republic of Ireland 1–1 1–1  Sweden 2016, France Group stage 13 June 2016 Report
8 Birkir Már Sævarsson 88'  Iceland 1–1 1–1  Hungary Group stage 18 June 2016 Report
9 Gareth McAuley 75'  Northern Ireland 0–1 0–1  Wales Round of 16 25 June 2016 Report
10 Merih Demiral 53'  Turkey 0–1 0–3  Italy 2020, Pan-European Group stage 11 June 2021 Report
11 Wojciech Szczęsny 18'  Poland 0–1 1–2  Slovakia Group stage 14 June 2021 Report
12 Mats Hummels 20'  Germany 0–1 0–1  France Group stage 15 June 2021 Report
13 Rúben Dias 35'  Portugal 1–1 2–4  Germany Group stage 19 June 2021 Report
14 Raphaël Guerreiro 39' 1–2
15 Lukas Hradecky 74'  Finland 0–1 0–2  Belgium Group stage 21 June 2021 Report
16 Martin Dúbravka 30'  Slovakia 0–1 0–5  Spain Group stage 23 June 2021 Report
17 Juraj Kucka 71' 0–5
18 Pedri[a][18] 20'  Spain 0–1 5–3 (a.e.t.)  Croatia Round of 16 28 June 2021 Report
19 Denis Zakaria 8'   Switzerland 0–1 1–1 (1–3 p)  Spain Quarter-finals 2 July 2021 Report
20 Simon Kjær 39'  Denmark 1–1 1–2 (a.e.t.)  England Semi-finals 7 July 2021 Report

Statistics

See also

Notes

  1. ^ The goal is officially attributed to Pedri, even though the ball was last touched by goalkeeper Unai Simón.

References

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  3. ^ a b "Kluivert stars as Oranje leave Yugoslavia in shade". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 6 October 2003. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  4. ^ "Battling Croatia rattle holders France". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 18 June 2004. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  5. ^ a b "Maniche has final say against Oranje". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 1 July 2004. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  6. ^ "Welbeck's England winner ousts Sweden". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 15 June 2012. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
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  8. ^ a b "Iceland own goal spares Hungary defeat". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 18 June 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  9. ^ "McAuley agony as Wales advance to last eight". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 25 June 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  10. ^ Opta [@OptaJoe] (11 June 2021). "1 - This is the first time in European Championship history that the first goal of the tournament has been an own goal. Unfortunate. #EURO2020 #TURITA" (Tweet). Retrieved 13 June 2021 – via Twitter.
  11. ^ a b "Poland-Slovakia | UEFA EURO 2020". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 14 June 2021. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  12. ^ "France-Germany | UEFA EURO 2020". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 15 June 2021. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
  13. ^ a b "Portugal-Germany | UEFA EURO 2020". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 19 June 2021. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  14. ^ "Finland-Belgium | UEFA EURO 2020". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 21 June 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  15. ^ a b "Slovakia-Spain | UEFA EURO 2020". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 23 June 2021. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
  16. ^ "Switzerland-Spain | UEFA EURO 2020". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 2 July 2021. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
  17. ^ "England-Denmark | UEFA EURO 2020". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 7 July 2021. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  18. ^ "Nach Torfestival und Thriller: Spanien mit Mühe ins EM-Viertelfinale" [After goal festival and thriller: Spain barely advances to the quarter finals] (in German). Kurier. 28 June 2021. Retrieved 10 July 2021. Ein Pedri zugerechnetes Slapstick-Eigentor von Tormann Unai Simon (20.) schien die Pläne der Spanier an diesem Abend ein erstes Mal zunichte zu machen. [A comical own goal by keeper Unai Simon (20'), attributed to Pedri, seemed to foil Spain's plan.]
  19. ^ [1] The Guardian
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