The fastest goals in the history of football are scored in just a few seconds - in 2 and 4 seconds, and all such effective shots come from the center of the field. How else? If you start to spread and quickly bring the striker closer to the goal, then it will take much more than 2-4 seconds and you also need to take into account the time of movement of the players themselves on the field, the time of the ball's flight. So those who want to quickly score the ball into the opponent's goal have no choice but to hit from the center and hope for the goalkeeper's oversight. And goalkeepers sometimes make mistakes and make such blunders that lead to their goal being scored. Such goals from the center of the field happen time after time - someone scores at the beginning of the match, others at other times when throwing the ball from the center, and others during the match, being in the center, shoot the ball towards the goal and sometimes successfully.

Several players claim to have their goals recognized as the fastest.

1. On December 6, 1995, the Australian Damanien Mori, who plays for the Adelaide City team from Australia, immediately after the whistle powerfully charged the opponent's goal from the center of the field and scored. The ball was scored at 3.68 seconds. At that time, the goal was recognized as the fastest and was entered into the Guinness Book of Records. But then this figure has been improved more than once by other players.

2. Brazilian player Fred in 1998 scored a goal at 3.17 seconds from the start of the game, held in the championship among juniors in Sao Paulo.

3. Also in 1998, but already in the confrontation between the Rio Negro and Soriano clubs, the Argentinean Ricardo Oliveiro scored the ball 2.8 seconds after the starting whistle.

• In 2004, Mark Burrows, who plays in the reserves of the Crouse club in the English amateur football league, dared to shoot from the center and hit the opponent's goal 2 seconds after the starting whistle of the referee. But it is worth noting that it was still an amateur game, not a professional one.
• The curiosity took place with the goal of Nawaf al Abed, a player of the youth team from Saudi Arabia "Al Hilal". He hit the goal of the Al Shoalah team in 2009 exactly 2 seconds after the start of the match, breaking through almost instantly from the center of the field. But that game was canceled due to the fact that it also included players over the age of 23, which is against the rules of the game of youth teams. And so, it would be exactly the fastest goal in the history of football.

Nawal al Abeda's quick goal video:

4. In the history of professional football, the fastest goal was scored in the Russian Championship in the second division. On September 11, 2011, 35-year-old Mikhail Osinov, playing for MITOS from Novocherkassk, scored the ball against Olimpia from Gelendzhik 2.68 seconds after the start of the match (this figure is given by the site 101greatgoals.com, the Russian media write that the goal took place on 2nd second; English media calls him the fastest goal).

Video of an early goal by Mikhail Osinov:

5. The midfielder from Serbia, Vuk Bakic, did not manage to catch up with the Russian, who scored the ball at 3.03 seconds when two Belgrade youth teams “Polyot” and “Dorcol” ​​met in 2012.

Vuku Bakic's quick goal video:

If we take professional football, then the fastest goal belongs to Mikhail Osinov (in 2.68 seconds), and if you do not rely on the officiality of the game, then two players share the lead - Mark Burrows and Nawal al Abed (both scored goals in 2 seconds).

Women's soccer players also have the record for the fastest goal. Yael Averbukh in 2006, playing for the team of the University of North Carolina, against the team of Yale University, scored a goal at 4 seconds.

Video of an early goal by Yael Averbuch:

It is worth drawing this conclusion. We can be proud that the fastest goal in professional football was scored in the Russian Championship. But it certainly won't last forever. There were also examples with goals in 2 seconds. Therefore, it is worth waiting for further improvement in this indicator. It is also notable that very quick goals are often scored in matches against not very strong opponents and not in the top leagues. It can be seen that the teams that concede such balls, and especially their goalkeepers, were not very motivated to play.

The technique, power and spectacular techniques that personify football captivated millions of spectators around the world. Even decades later, many fans remember and revise best goals in football history. These are the ones we tried to collect in this rating.

Our selection includes only those goals that required a combination of extraordinary ability and skill.

AC Milan fans will remember George Weah not as the 25th president of Liberia, but as one of the biggest goalscorers in football.

During the Milan-Verona match in 1996, Milan's Liberian striker managed to take the ball in his own box and then evade three opponents with unmatched ease and score a beautiful goal.

George Veja has been recognized as one of the best soccer players of the 20th century by World Soccer. He is also the only African footballer to have won the Ballon d'Or (in 1995).

9. Zlatan Ibrahimovic

At the end of 2012, Zlatan Ibrahimovic during the match "Sweden - England" made two achievements at once. First, he scored four goals against the English. And secondly, Zlatan made one of these goals in a coup, and from a distance of 30 meters. Describing a spectacular arc, the ball flew past the goalkeeper and two defenders before crashing into the net.

The technique, composure, athleticism and precision displayed by the Swedish striker were phenomenal. England captain Steven Gerrard said Ibrahimovic's goal was the best he had ever seen.

8. Dennis Bergkamp

The Dutch footballer at the peak of his career was known for his honed skills and ball control. However, in Arsenal's match against Newcastle in 2002, he delighted and stunned the fans. It's hard to describe exactly what he did because no one seems to have done it before. We can say that he pirouetted a defender with a beautiful pirouette and then sent the ball into the far corner of the opponent's goal with an accurate shot, but you'd better see this fantastic goal for yourself.

7. Eric Cantona

The famous Manchester United striker, nicknamed "King Eric" by the fans, scored his best goal in 1996 against Sunderland. He beat two players before exchanging a pass with a Manchester United teammate. He then shot the ball, which flew past goalkeeper Lionel Perez, crashed into the post and landed in the top corner of the goal. After that, Cantona turned to face the fans, holding his head high and looking around the field with a proud look that, without words, told everyone who was the best here.

6. Lionel Messi

As one of the best football players in the world, Lionel Messi almost always puts on a superb game. But a particularly outstanding goal in his performance was demonstrated in 2007 (Barcelona-Getafe home match), and has much in common with the famous strike of Diego Maradona. Running 55 meters in 12 seconds, the Argentine striker passed 4 players before beating the goalkeeper and sending the ball into the Getafe net with lightning speed.

5. Eder Aleixo de Assis

In 1982, the Brazilian national team played against the USSR national team in the group stage. The goal scored by Eder in the 88th minute of the match helped the Brazilians beat the Soviet players. And he became the second best goal in the history of the World Cup according to the results of a poll of fans conducted by FIFA in 2018.

4. Diego Maradona

In third place in the top 10 best goals in football is the famous kick, called the "Hand of God". Fans saw him at the quarterfinals of the 1986 World Cup performed by the legendary Argentinean Diego Maradona ..

Maradona overtook the ball, which bounced towards the penalty area, with his left fist and sent it into the opponents' goal. Despite the indignation of the British, the referee allowed the goal, and in the English press this episode was called "the hand of the devil." According to Diego himself, the ball was scored "partly by my head, and partly by the hand of God."

During the same game, Maradona demonstrated the most beautiful goal in the history of football of the 20th century - the Goal of the Century. To score it, the football player broke into the penalty area of ​​the British, bypassing 6 players, including the goalkeeper.

3. Roberto Carlos

The retired Brazilian footballer forever inscribed his name in the history of world football, thanks to spectacular free kicks. He performed them with superb precision and power.

The most memorable free kick that fans still remember, Carlos scored in 1997. Then his team played against France at the Tournois de France. The ball, sent by Carlos from a distance of 35 meters, flew along a parabolic trajectory to the right of the goal, and then ricocheted off the post and flew into the net.

2. Ricardo Oliveira

The fastest goal in the history of football, according to the Guinness Book of Records, struck the striker of the Rio Negro club in a match against Soriano in 1998. As soon as the starting whistle blew, Oliveira hit the ball. The player had 2.8 seconds for everything.

Unofficially, this record was broken in 2009 by the Saudi national team player Nawaf al Abed, who scored a goal just 2 seconds after the starting whistle. However, Oliveira's result has not yet been annulled. Not all players involved in the Saudi Arabia youth clubs match were under 23, which is against the rules.

1. Manuel Negrete

The Mexican midfielder Manuel Negrete scored the best goal in football in the history of the World Cup. These are the results of a fan poll conducted by FIFA from March 31 to April 9, 2018.

In June 1986, during the match "Mexico - Bulgaria" Negrete scored his goal against the Bulgarians in the fall. The ball flew at the level of his chest, but Manuel managed to hit it, putting the body horizontally. At one of the largest stadiums in the world - "Azteca", where the game was held, a monument to an outstanding goal was erected.

"Faster, higher, stronger". Literally everyone knows this Olympic slogan. But for now we will leave the tall and strong behind, and only the fastest are waiting for us ahead. The fastest goals in football and hockey.

Fastest goal in hockey

The almost instantaneous goal in the history of ice hockey was recorded on January 15, 2012. On this day there was a match of the Slovak Extraliga. The hockey player of the Žilina team named Peter Sivak scored the puck into the goal of the Poprad team three seconds after the signal to start the game. As a result, the previous record was broken, which was set in the NHL and recorded in the Guinness Book of Records. According to official figures, the goal was scored five seconds after the starting whistle. The fast puck flew by on May 2, 2009. It was abandoned by the hockey player of the Belarusian national team Sergei Demagin. At the gates of the opponent - the Finnish national team - the puck was in the fifth second of the match.

Another result close to the record was recorded on May 10, 2010. Salavat Yulaev from Ufa and Ugra from Khanty-Mansiysk met in the KHL match. Ufimets Alexander Radulov scored a goal 6 seconds after the starting signal.

Champions League fastest goal

Fast balls are quite common in football. The fastest goal in the history of the Champions League was scored in 2011. Milan striker Alexandre Pato surprised everyone in the game against Barcelona. The Brazilian threw the ball into the opponent's net at 24 seconds into the meeting. And the best start of the game for the famous "Milan" is hard to come up with, but still the meeting ended with a score of 2:2. Well, the goal itself was in the top 10 fastest goals, he was immediately in fifth place.

Fourth place went to Milan midfielder Clarence Seedorf, who scored the famous goal in 2005. It happened in the match against Schalke 04. The ball was in the goal at 21.06 seconds.

Alessandro Del Piero turned out to be a little faster. In 1997, he scored a goal at 20.12 seconds against the notorious Manchester United team. Overtook him Gilberto Silva. In 2002, then an Arsenal player scored a goal against PSV at 20.07 seconds.

Well, the record belongs to Roy Makay from Holland. In 2007, when he played for Bayern, Roy hit Real Madrid in the match of the one-eighth final just 10.12 seconds after the whistle.

Hakan Shukur's fastest goal

The more serious the tournament, the less the opportunity to shine in it with speed. But, nevertheless, this happens. In 2004, the fastest goal in Russia was scored. Scorer Dmitry Kirichenko sent the fastest goal of the European Championship. The ball ended up in the opponent's goal already 67 seconds after the referee's whistle to start the game. The Russian team played against the future European champions - the Greek team. Thus, in a minute with a penny, Dmitry Kirichenko broke the previous record, also a Russian, Sergey Aleinikov (by the way, he held the lead for more than 16 years). In 1988, scorer Aleinikov scored a goal 2 minutes and 7 seconds after the start of the match between the USSR national team and the England team. The match ended with the score 3:1. Well, in 2004, the Russian team beat the Greek team with a score of 2:1.

And the fastest goal of the World Cup was scored in 2002. His car is Hakan Shukur. This Turkish striker needed only 11 seconds of the match against the Koreans to attack the opponent through the central zone.

The previous leader was Vaclav Mashek. He distinguished himself already in the 15th second of the match with the Mexicans. And this record lasted for about 40 years. Therefore, in the near future, it is unlikely that any football player will be able to climb the podium in terms of speed and accuracy.

The fastest goal in football

Well, for the title of the fastest goal in the history of football, several contenders are fighting at once. And all the balls were scored from the center of the field immediately after the referee's starting signal. In the famous Guinness Book of Records, there is now an entry about the fastest goal in football with the mention of the name of the Argentine Ricardo Oliveira. In 1998, in the game of the Soriano and Rio Negro clubs, the football player scored a goal against the opponent 2.8 seconds after the start of the game. And to this day, no one can beat the record.

Mark Burrows tried to do this in 2006 in the match of amateur teams in England. The player who played for the Coase football club hit the opponent's goal after 2 seconds after the start of the match. Mark scored a goal directly from the center of the field, the football player hit the ball after the referee's whistle, a strong tailwind gave the ball extra speed. The goalkeeper's fastest goal frightened him so much that he could not prevent it. The fans in the stands were amazed, the teammates, the coach, and Mark Burrows himself were in shock. Moreover, the record holder began to laugh right on the field.

It took almost the same amount of time in 2009 for a footballer from Saudi Arabia. 21-year-old Nawaf striker Al Abed surprised everyone with a 2-second goal. Sheikhs in the stands were very pleased with such a quick result. It is worth noting that the meeting was held as part of the Saudi Arabian championship. But the results of this match were not counted, since all the players on the field were under 23 years old. And this is a violation of the rules of the game of youth teams.

Russian football player Mikhail Osinov scored the fastest goal

According to the football player Mikhail Osinov, before the referee's whistle he saw that the Olimpia goalkeeper moved a little away from the goal. But not very far from the ribbon. The player decided to try to throw the ball, and asked the guys after the ball was played, to throw it back to Osinov from the center of the field. Mikhail, by the way, has always dreamed of scoring the fastest goals with a direct kick from a corner and from the center of the field. The last dream has already come true, the player admits. Now is the time to practice corners.

It's not just the players who are fast. According to the site, the fastest man in the world is an athlete from Jamaica.
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Whoever tells you that goals are not the most important thing in football - do not believe it! As long as football is won by the one who scores more and not concedes less, the goal will be the main event of the match and the spectators gathered in the stadium and at the TV screens are only eager to see how the ball crosses the goal line.

A quick goal changes the whole strategy of the game

What can we say about scoring a goal in the first seconds of the match, which completely breaks the plans for the opponent's game and promises the fans mind-blowing football in the coming 90 minutes. In this article, you will find out who scored the fastest goal in the history of the game, as well as read about high-speed balls in the main tournaments held under the auspices of FIFA.

World record

In football, many tournaments have been and are being held on different continents, so each of them has its own champions who scored a goal immediately after the signal to start the match. Among the main tournaments that keep statistics of such records, it is worth highlighting the following:

• World Championship;
• Europe championship;
• Olympic Games;
• Champions League;
• Europa League.

The best of the best take part in these competitions, the level of rivals is so high that you should not expect a world record for high-speed scoring. For the right to be called the football player who scored the fastest goal, football players who play in tournaments of a smaller caliber argue.

He distinguished himself in the match against the team of Honduras in the semi-final of the tournament at 14 seconds of the match. That match, like the competition, the Brazilians won, becoming the first ever gold medal winner in an Olympic football tournament.

Five speed record holders of the main club tournament

Records for the speed of goals scored in the Champions League matches were set exclusively by the stars of world football. In the presented five, three places were staked out by the players of Italian clubs.

In fifth place is the “forever promising” Alexandre Pato, who then played for Milan. The Brazilian magician of the ball was celebrating the goal of Barcelona itself already at 24 seconds of the match. True, that match ended in a draw, and in the sum of two games, the Catalans proceeded further.

Milan player Clarence Seedorf is also in fourth place in the ranking, with a goal against the German club Schalke 04, scored at 22 seconds.

On the ribbon ahead of the Italian Alessandro Del Piero Brazilian midfielder Arsenal Gilberto Silva. Their goals are divided by some fractions of a second: Del Piero scored 20.12 seconds after the start of the meeting, Silva hit the PSV Eindhoven gate at 20.07 seconds.

And the fastest goal in the Champions League was scored by the Dutch striker of Bayern Munich Roy Mackay. It was in 2007, the footballers of Real Madrid suffered from Makai, conceding a goal at 11 seconds of the match.

9 seconds of Sikora

The Europa League does not excite the minds of European fans so much, remaining a consolation prize for those who could not get into the Champions League, but quick goals are scored there too.

The record belongs to the player of the Czech "Slovan" Jan Sikora, who sent the ball into the net of the goal of the Azerbaijani "Karabakh" 9 seconds after the start of the playing time. It was recently installed in 2016.

Not football alone

If we are talking about quick goals, then we should remember the fastest goal in the history of hockey. The puck was thrown during the match of the Slovak Extraliga already 3 seconds after the starting siren. The champion's laurels belong to Peter Sivak, and this happened in 2012.

Summing up, we can say that not always a quick goal led to the victory of the scoring team. The opponent gathered his will into a fist and gave a fight to the presumptuous opponent, even pulling out a victory in an unsuccessfully started game. But there are often cases of defeat of the team that missed the match in the debut. In any case, goals will always delight spectators around the world, whether they are scored in the first seconds or at the very end of the match.

The balls that were scored almost immediately after the referee's signal sounded cause indescribable delight of football fans. The fastest goal in football is even listed on the pages of the Book of Records, or rather, the name of the football player who made the fans rejoice was entered there. So who is recognized as the "owner" of the fastest goal in the history of this sport?

Record holders of the Book of Records

Several achievements of football players can claim the title of the fastest goal at once. For example, the first can be called Ricardo Olivier, whose goal no one is able to repeat yet. Him in the match in 1998. managed to drive the ball into the opponent's goal immediately after 2.8 seconds after the referee's whistle.

However, the ball sent to the opposite goal by forward Damien Maury (in 1995) is considered the fastest goal. This striker, after overpassing, made a strong shot on goal and did not fail - it turned out to be an excellent goal. When the game ended, the experts analyzed the game - it became clear that the ball hit the goal after 3.68 seconds from the start of the match. Mori's record haunted for a long time, and even now many players are trying to repeat such a goal.

Amateur record

Mori's record was repeated by Mark Burrows, playing for the amateur team of England (in 2006). Representing the Coases, Burroughs scored in just two seconds - that's how long it took him to score a beautiful and fast goal. He sent the ball into the goal from the central part of the field, and thanks to the strong wind that was on that day, the ball flew with even greater speed. Such a goal was shocked not only by the fans, but also by Burrows himself, who could not restrain his emotions and laughed on the field. Of course, it was quite difficult to believe in this. Subsequently, the commission from the Book of Records recognized this record, but classified it as an achievement in amateur sports.

World Cup Achievements

At the World Championship in 2002 the fans were surprised by Hakan Šukur, who had only 11 seconds to perform a great attack and confidently drive the ball into the opponent's goal. Can any of the players do this in the near future? This question is quite interesting, because the last one is the record of Vaclav Mashek, who scored at the fifteenth second - no one could do this in forty years. Although everything can change very quickly - in a game of any level, incidents and rapid attacks are possible, which will lead to a new quick goal.

Champions League achievements

It is difficult to excel in speed if the tournament is of a fairly serious level. For example, in the Champions League, football players do not chase record goals at all, but nevertheless circumstances sometimes develop in such a way that balls fly into the opponents' goal after the referee's whistle very quickly. The fastest goal in the League is the ball scored in the eleventh second. And Roy Mackay from Bayern, who met with Real Madrid in 2007, scored such a goal.

Achievements of the Russian Championship

The fastest in the Russian Championship in 2011. the goal scored by Mikhail Osinov was recognized. The 35-year-old footballer sent the ball into the opposing team's goal in the third second from the referee's whistle. As Osinov himself said, he saw that the goalkeeper moved slightly away from the gate. He took advantage of this, successfully scoring the ball from the central part of the field.

A little earlier, Aleksey Bychkov from Shinnik was able to "boast" with a quick goal, who scored the ball into the opponent's goal in the ninth second from the start of the game. This led to the team's victory. In addition, Bychkov somewhat raised the bar for future players who can show better results in the future.

Quick hat trick

The fastest hat-trick in the history of football belongs to Tommy Ross, who scored 7 goals in a game (in 1964). And 3 of them were completed in 90 seconds. Ross's record was not recorded immediately, but only in 2004. Ross explained his rate of fire by the lack of hugs and tenderness and the concentration of attention on the game.

Another quick hatt trick was the achievement of Swedish striker Magnus Arvidsson, who scored three goals in 89 seconds. And this "hat trick" was not so much fast as very important. Indeed, thanks to this hat-trick, Arvidsson was able to lead his team to the desired victory.