Dictionary

own goal en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈoʊn.ɡoʊl/
• (US) audio

Meanings

1. A goal that results from a player putting the ball or puck into the goal of their own team; the resulting goal being scored for the opposition.
   • Madagascar's soccer authorities have banned Stade Olympique de L'Emyrne (SOE)'s coach and four of the team's players after they scored a world record 149 own goals in a match last month. 2002 November 29, “Team punished for 149-0 own-goal farce”, in The Guardian:
   • It is 20 years to the day since Escobar was shot dead after scoring the own goal that effectively sealed Colombia’s elimination from USA ’94. 2014 July 2, Jeremy Wilson, “Andrés Escobar murder: Colombia prepare for biggest ever World Cup match on 20th anniversary of death”, in The Daily Telegraph:
2. (figuratively) A blunder that damages one’s own prospects.
   • No doubt the buzz of army helicopters will sound again in the skies over Belfast tonight, as loyalists continue to score this series of bloody own goals. 2011 June 22, Fionola Meredith, “Belfast riots are an own goal”, in The Guardian:
   • These elections mark a personal humiliation for incumbent Ms. May, who ran a very personalized campaign as a “strong and stable” leader asking British voters to give her a clear mandate to negotiate Brexit. Ms. May scored an unforced own goal by reducing her party’s parliamentary seats and absolute majority. 2017 June 9, Sotirios Zartaloudis, “Theresa May wins election, but ends up the biggest loser”, in The Globe and Mail:
   • In its penultimate year, for example, starting from when the Provos blew up Canary Wharf in February 1996, the IRA suffered its last 'own goal' when Wexford-born Ed O'Brien blew himself up on a London bus whilst transporting a bomb. 2008, Henry McDonald, Gunsmoke and mirrors: how Sinn Féin dressed up defeat as victory:

Forms

Relateds

dig one's own grave · self-inflicted · shoot oneself in the foot · self-own

Synonyms

autogoal · self goal

Translations (51)

ko 자책골 (goal scored by player against their own team) · es autogol (goal scored by player against their own team) · pl gol samobójczy (goal scored by player against their own team) · it autorete (goal scored by player against their own team) · nb selvmål (blunder that damages one's own prospects) · es gol en contra (goal scored by player against their own team) · da selvmål (goal scored by player against their own team) · ja 自殺点 (goal scored by player against their own team) · ru гол в свои́ воро́та (goal scored by player against their own team) · ar هدف في مرماه (goal scored by player against their own team) · pl samobój (goal scored by player against their own team) · hu öngól (goal scored by player against their own team) · fr but contre son camp (goal scored by player against their own team) · sv självmål (goal scored by player against their own team) · hu öngól (blunder that damages one's own prospects) · de Eigentor (goal scored by player against their own team) · tr kendi kalesine gol (goal scored by player against their own team) · de Eigentor (blunder that damages one's own prospects) · bg автого́л (goal scored by player against their own team) · cs vlastňák (goal scored by player against their own team) · cmn 自毀 /自毁 (blunder that damages one's own prospects) · pl samobój (blunder that damages one's own prospects) · nl eigen doelpunt (goal scored by player against their own team) · cs vlastní gól (goal scored by player against their own team) · it autogoal (goal scored by player against their own team) · ru автого́л (goal scored by player against their own team) · mk автогол (goal scored by player against their own team) · ko 자살골 (goal scored by player against their own team) · fi oma maali (goal scored by player against their own team) · ar هدف ذاتي (goal scored by player against their own team) · ca autogol (goal scored by player against their own team) · cs vlastní branka (goal scored by player against their own team) · es gol en propia meta / puerta / portería (goal scored by player against their own team) · nn sjølvmål (goal scored by player against their own team) · ro autogol (goal scored by player against their own team) · vi bàn thắng phản lưới nhà (goal scored by player against their own team) · br embal (goal scored by player against their own team) · cmn 烏龍球 /乌龙球 (goal scored by player against their own team) · gl autogol (goal scored by player against their own team) · ar هدف عكسي (goal scored by player against their own team) · id gol bunuh diri (goal scored by player against their own team) · fi oma maali (blunder that damages one's own prospects) · pl bramka samobójcza (goal scored by player against their own team) · is sjálfsmark (goal scored by player against their own team) · pt gol contra (goal scored by player against their own team) · pt autogolo (goal scored by player against their own team) · nb selvmål (goal scored by player against their own team) · sq autogol (goal scored by player against their own team) · ms gol sendiri (goal scored by player against their own team) · ja オウンゴール (goal scored by player against their own team) · da selvmål (blunder that damages one's own prospects)