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]
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
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).
^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.
