List of FIFA Women's World Cup own goals

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".[1] 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 31[n 1] matches with own goals, the team scoring the own goal has won five times and drawn three times.[n 2] 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.[2]

List

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Key
Player's team won the match
Player's team drew the match
Seq. Player Time Representing Goal Final
score
Opponent Tournament Round Date FIFA
report
1 Terry McCahill 30'  New Zealand 0–1 0–4  Norway 1991, China Group stage 19 November 1991 report
2 Sayuri Yamaguchi 70'  Japan 0–8 0–8  Sweden report
3 Ifeanyi Chiejine 19'  Nigeria 1–1 1–7  United States 1999, United States Group stage 24 June 1999 report
4 Hiromi Isozaki 26'  Japan 0–2 0–4  Norway 26 June 1999 report
5 Brandi Chastain 5'  United States 0–1 3–2  Germany Quarter-finals 1 July 1999 report
6 Dianne Alagich 39'  Australia 1–1 1–2  Russia 2003, United States Group stage 21 September 2003 report
7 Eva González 9'  Argentina 0–1 1–6  England 2007, China Group stage 17 September 2007 report
8 Trine Rønning 42'  Norway 0–1 0–3  Germany Semi-finals 26 September 2007 report
9 Leslie Osborne 20'  United States 0–1 0–4  Brazil 27 September 2007 report
10 Amy LePeilbet 35'  United States 0–2 1–2  Sweden 2011, Germany Group stage 6 July 2011 report
11 Daiane 2'  Brazil 0–1 2–2aet[a]  United States Quarter-finals 10 July 2011 report
12 Desire Oparanozie 21'  Nigeria 0–1 3–3  Sweden 2015, Canada Group stage 8 June 2015 report
13 Angie Ponce 24'  Ecuador 0–1 1–10  Switzerland 12 June 2015 report
14 71' 1–8
15 Jennifer Ruiz 9'  Mexico 0–2 0–5  France 17 June 2015 report
16 Laura Bassett 90+2'  England 1–2 1–2  Japan Semi-finals 1 July 2015 report
17 Julie Johnston 52'  United States 4–2 5–2  Japan Final 5 July 2015 report
18 Osinachi Ohale 37'  Nigeria 0–3 0–3  Norway 2019, France Group stage 8 June 2019 report
19 Kim Do-yeon 29'  South Korea 0–1 0–2  Nigeria 12 June 2019 report
20 Wendie Renard 54'  France 1–1 2–1  Norway report
21 Mônica 66'  Brazil 2–3 2–3  Australia 13 June 2019 report
22 Lee Alexander 79'  Scotland 3–2 3–3  Argentina 19 June 2019 report
23 Aurelle Awona 80'  Cameroon 1–1 2–1  New Zealand 20 June 2019 report
24 Waraporn Boonsing 48'  Thailand 0–1 0–2  Chile report
25 Jonna Andersson 50'  Sweden 0–2 0–2  United States report
26 Valeria del Campo 21'  Costa Rica 0–1 0–3  Spain 2023, Australia / New Zealand Group stage 21 July 2023 report
27 Hanane Aït El Haj 54'  Morocco 0–4 0–6  Germany 24 July 2023 report
28 Zineb Redouani 79' 0–5
29 Megan Connolly 45+5'  Republic of Ireland 1–1 1–2  Canada 26 July 2023 report
30 Alicia Barker 48'  Philippines 0–4 0–6  Norway 30 July 2023 report
31 Benedetta Orsi 32'  Italy 1–1 2–3  South Africa 2 August 2023 report
32 Laia Codina 11'  Spain 1–1 5–1  Switzerland Round of 16 5 August 2023 report
33 Ingrid Syrstad Engen 15'  Norway 0–1 1–3  Japan report
Notes
  1. ^ Brazil lost 3–5 on penalty kicks.

Statistics and notable own goals

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Time
  • First ever own goal
  • Fastest own goal
  • Latest regulation-time own goal
  • Only own goal in a final match
  • Matches with two own goals
Tournament
  • Most own goals, tournament
  • Fewest own goals, tournament
  • Most own goals by a team in one tournament
  • Most own goals in favour of a team in one tournament
Teams
  • Most own goals by a team, overall
  • Most own goals in favour of a team, overall
  • Most matches, never scoring an own goal
  • Most matches, never benefiting from an own goal
  • Most matches, never scoring or benefiting from an own goal
  • Teams to have scored multiple own goals for the same opponent
  • Pairs of teams to have scored own goals for each other
Players
  • Youngest player with an own goal
  • Oldest player with an own goal
  • 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
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).[4]
  • 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.[5][6]
  •  Ecuador has scored more own goals (two) than regular goals (one).
  •  Morocco has scored as many own goals (two) as regular goals (two).
  •  Chile has benefited from as many own goals (one) as regular goals (one).

By team

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Own goals by nations
Team Own goals by
own players opponents
 United States 4 3
 Nigeria 3 1
 Ecuador 2 0
 Morocco 2 0
 Brazil 2 1
 Japan 2 3
 Norway 2 5
 Cameroon 1 0
 Costa Rica 1 0
 Italy 1 0
 Mexico 1 0
 Philippines 1 0
 Republic of Ireland 1 0
 Scotland 1 0
 South Korea 1 0
 Thailand 1 0
 Argentina 1 1
 Australia 1 1
 England 1 1
 France 1 1
 New Zealand 1 1
 Spain 1 1
 Sweden 1 3
 Canada 0 1
 Chile 0 1
 Russia 0 1
 South Africa 0 1
 Switzerland 0 3
 Germany 0 4

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Two matches had two own goals.
  2. ^ 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.

References

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  1. ^ "FIFA World Cup: Milestones, facts & figures" (PDF). p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 May 2013.
  2. ^ "Records tumble, holders advance and heavyweights collide". FIFA. 13 June 2015. Archived from the original on 15 June 2015. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
  3. ^ "Statistical kit, FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019: Milestones & Superlatives – Draw edition" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 11 April 2019. p. 4. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  4. ^ "Women's World Cup: Spain thrash Switzerland to reach quarter-finals; Japan power through Norway". 90min.com. 5 August 2023.
  5. ^ "As It Happened: Japan progress to quarterfinals after Engen self-destructs". VAVEL. 5 August 2023. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
  6. ^ Murray, Scott (5 August 2023). "Japan 3-1 Norway: Women's World Cup 2023 last 16 – 52 min: Shimizu's shot was on target, so at least that's not a second own goal for Engen". the Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 30 August 2023.