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There have been 35 own goals scored in the 26 Olympic men's football tournaments featuring national teams (since 1908). This is a list of all such own goals (not including qualification games).
Spain has scored three own goals for their opponents, while Nigeria, Brazil, Ivory Coast, and South Korea have benefited from three own goals. Of the 35 matches with own goals, the team scoring the own goal has won seven times and drawn nine times.[n 1] All but twelve own goals have been scored in the opening stages of the tournament.
List
[edit]Key | |
---|---|
Player's team won the match | |
Player's team drew the match |
- Notes
- ^ Spain lost 3–5 on penalty kicks.
Statistics and notable own goals
[edit]- Time
- First ever own goal
- Fastest own goal
- Latest regulation-time own goal
- Own goals in a gold medal match
- Tournament
- Most own goals, tournament
- 6 (2000)
- Fewest own goals, tournament
- Most own goals by a team in one tournament
- 1, 35 teams
- Most own goals in favour of a team in one tournament
- 2, Nigeria (1996), South Korea (2004), Ivory Coast (2020)
- Teams
- Most own goals by a team, overall
- 3, Spain
- Most own goals in favour of a team, overall
- 3, Nigeria, Brazil, Ivory Coast, South Korea
- Most matches, never scoring an own goal
- 36, South Korea
- Most matches, never benefiting from an own goal
- 43, Mexico
- Most matches, never scoring or benefiting from an own goal
- 32, Soviet Union
- Only pair of teams to have scored own goals for each other
- Players
- Youngest player with an own goal
- Joachim Yaw, age 18, Ghana vs Paraguay, 1992.
- Oldest player with an own goal
- Gösta Lindh, age 28, Sweden vs Hungary, 1952.
- Players who have scored own goals and regular goals
- Shaun Murphy of Australia scored against Sweden in 1992.
- Gianni Comandini of Italy scored twice against Honduras in 2000.
- Slobodan Rajković of Serbia scored against Australia in 2008.
- Abdulelah Al-Amri of Saudi Arabia scored against Brazil in 2020.
- Only player to score for both teams in a match
- Gianni Comandini, Italy vs Honduras, 2000 (one own goal, two regular goals)
By team
[edit]Team | Own goals by | |
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own players | opponents | |
Spain | 3 | 0 |
Ghana | 2 | 0 |
Japan | 2 | 0 |
Mali | 2 | 0 |
Mexico | 2 | 0 |
Honduras | 2 | 1 |
Nigeria | 2 | 3 |
Czechoslovakia | 1 | 0 |
Denmark | 1 | 0 |
Egypt[a] | 1 | 0 |
Finland | 1 | 0 |
Germany | 1 | 0 |
Greece | 1 | 0 |
India | 1 | 0 |
Kuwait | 1 | 0 |
Saudi Arabia | 1 | 0 |
Serbia | 1 | 0 |
Slovakia | 1 | 0 |
Sweden | 1 | 0 |
Australia | 1 | 1 |
Cameroon | 1 | 1 |
Guatemala | 1 | 1 |
Iraq | 1 | 1 |
Portugal | 1 | 1 |
Romania | 1 | 1 |
Italy | 1 | 2 |
Brazil | 1 | 3 |
Argentina | 0 | 1 |
Chile | 0 | 1 |
Colombia | 0 | 1 |
Costa Rica | 0 | 1 |
France | 0 | 1 |
Great Britain | 0 | 1 |
Israel | 0 | 1 |
Netherlands | 0 | 1 |
Paraguay | 0 | 1 |
Poland | 0 | 1 |
Hungary | 0 | 2 |
Yugoslavia | 0 | 2 |
Ivory Coast | 0 | 3 |
South Korea | 0 | 3 |
Notes
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ Includes 1960 own goal as United Arab Republic.
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