List of own goals in the history of the World Cup

23.06.98 16h11 CET

 

 

Following extensive studies of the video of match no. 29 between GERMANY and YUGOSLAVIA (Group F), on 21 June in LENS, FIFA's Technical Study Group has credited Predrag MIJATOVIC ( 9) with his team's first goal which was scored in the 13th minute.

 

Also, the TSG came to the conclusion that the first goal for GERMANY (the result of a deflected free-kick by TARNAT in the 73th minute) is to be considered an own goal by Sinisa MIHAJLOVIC (11). The deflection was considered decisive as TARNAT's shot would have gone wide.

 

The number of own goals in the 1998 World Cup amounts to four already, thus equalising the all-time record set in Switzerland in 1954.

 

List of own goals in the history of the FIFA World Cup

 

YEAR	OWN GOALS	MATCH	SCORER	FINAL SCORE
1998	4	BRA-SCO	Boyd, SCO	2-1
		MOR-NOR	Chippo, MOR	1-1
		FRA-RSA	Issa, RSA	3-0
		GER-YUG	Mihajlovic, YUG	2-2
1994	1	USA-COL	Escobar, COL	2-1
1986	1	KOR-ITA	Cho Kwang Rae,KOR	2-3
1982	1	ENG-TCH	Barmos, TCH	2-0
1978	2	HOL-ITA	Brandts, HOL	2-1
		SCO-IRN	Eskandarian, IRN	1-1
1974	3	ARG-ITA	Perfumo, ARG	1-1
		HOL-BGR	Krol, HOL	4-1
		GDR-AUS	Curran, AUS	2-0
1970	1	ITA-MEX	Peña, Mexico	4-1
1966	2	HUN-BGR	Davidov, BGR	3-1
		POR-BGR	Vutzov, BGR	3-0
1954	4	AUT-URU	Cruz, URU	3-1
		FRG-YUG	Horvat, YUG	2-0
		ENG-BEL	Dickinson, ENG	4-4 a.e.t.
		FRA-MEX	Cardenas, MEX	3-2
1938	1	SUI-GER	Lörtscher, SUI	4-2

 

Total 20 out of 1664 goals (total number of goals 1930-20.06.1998) or 1.2%