Of the 1,081 goals scored in matches at the nine final tournaments of the

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, only 33 have been

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s. In 1997,

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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

s scored during

matches (not including

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). 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

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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

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from Ecuador, scoring twice for Switzerland in 2015. She later scored Ecuador's first World Cup goal in the same match.

List

;Notes

Statistics and notable own goals

;Time * First ever own goal :* Terry McCahill, New Zealand vs Norway, 1991. * Fastest own goal :*

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, 2', Brazil vs United States, 2011. * Latest regulation-time own goal :*

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, 90+2', England vs Japan, 2015. * Only own goal in a final match :*

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, United States vs Japan, 2015. * Matches with two own goals :* Ecuador vs Switzerland, 2015.

of Ecuador scored twice for Switzerland. :* Germany vs Morocco, 2023. Hanane Aït El Haj and

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of Morocco each scored for Germany. ;Tournament * Most own goals, tournament :* 8 (

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) * Fewest own goals, tournament :* 0 (

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

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), (

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

), (

) ;Teams * Most own goals by a team, overall :* 4, * Most own goals in favour of a team, overall :* 5, * Most matches, never scoring an own goal :*47, * Most matches, never benefiting from an own goal :*36, * Most matches, never scoring or benefiting from an own goal :*36, * Teams to have scored multiple own goals for the same opponent :* scored two own goals for (

) :* scored two own goals for (

) * Pairs of teams to have scored own goals for each other :* and (

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) :* and (

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) ;Players * Youngest player with an own goal :* Ifeanyi Chiejine, age 16, Nigeria vs United States, 1999 * Oldest player with an own goal :* Mônica, age 32, Brazil vs Australia, 2019 * Players who have scored own goals and regular goals :*

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of the United States scored against Germany in 1999 :*

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of Argentina scored against England in 2007 :*

Trine Rønning Trine Bjerke Rønning (born 14 June 1982) is a former Norwegian footballer. She has previously played for Trondheims-Ørn and Kolbotn. Since making her Norway women's national football team debut in October 1999, she has won over 150 caps. Røn ...

of Norway scored against Thailand in 2015 :*

of Ecuador scored against Switzerland in 2015 :*

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of France scored twice against South Korea, once against Nigeria, and once against the United States in 2019, and once against Brazil in 2023 :*

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(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 :*

, United States vs Germany, 1999 :*

, Argentina vs England, 2007 :*

, Ecuador vs Switzerland, 2015 (two own goals, one regular goal) :* Laia Codina, Spain vs Switzerland, 2023 ;Various :* The own goal scored by Brazilian Mônica for Australia in 2019 was the first own goal to be confirmed by VAR. :* Club (

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) 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

Notes

References

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List

Statistics and notable own goals

By team

See also

Notes

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