So far, 13 goals in the history of the FIFA World Cup have been scored in the first minute of the match. It is well known that Turkish footballer Hakan Şükür is the scorer of the fastest goal in World Cup history, and below you can see who scored the remaining 12 goals:
Mathias Jørgensen (Denmark) – 55 seconds
World Cup: Russia 2018 🇷🇺
Match: 🇩🇰 Denmark – 🇭🇷 Croatia
Result: 1–1 (pens: 2–3)
Stage: Round of 16
Time: 55 seconds
Team that took the kick-off: Denmark
Assist: Thomas Delaney
Goalkeeper who conceded: Danijel Subašić
Celso Ayala (Paraguay) – 52 seconds
World Cup: France 1998 🇫🇷
Match: 🇵🇾 Paraguay – 🇳🇬 Nigeria
Result: 3–1
Stage: Group stage
Time: 52 seconds
Team that took the kick-off: Paraguay
Assist: Francisco Arce
Goalkeeper who conceded: Peter Rufai
Pak Seung-zin (North Korea) – 50 seconds
World Cup: England 1966
Match: 🇰🇵 North Korea – 🇵🇹 Portugal
Result: 3–5
Stage: Quarter-finals
Time: 50 seconds
Team that took the kick-off: Portugal
Assist: Han Bong-zin
Goalkeeper who conceded: José Pereira
Adalbert Deșu (Romania) – 50 seconds
World Cup: Uruguay 1930 🇺🇾
Match: 🇷🇴 Romania – 🇵🇪 Peru
Result: 3–1
Stage: Group stage
Time: 50 seconds
Goalkeeper who conceded: Juan Valdivieso
Adalbert Deșu
Nascimento: 24/3/1909 (115 anos)
Gataia (Romênia)Atacante que disputou a Copa do Mundo de 1930.
Revelado no UDR Resita, jogou ainda pelo Banatul Timisoara. Faleceu em junho de 37, aos 28 anos, vítima de pneumonia. pic.twitter.com/KsJpitEsPl
— Protofutebol (@protofutebol) March 25, 2024
Flórián Albert (Hungary) – 50 seconds
World Cup: Chile 1962 🇨🇱
Match: 🇭🇺 Hungary – 🇧🇬 Bulgaria
Result: 6–1
Stage: Group stage
Time: 50 seconds
Team that took the kick-off: Hungary
Assist: Mátyás Fenyvesi
Goalkeeper who conceded: Georgi Naidenov
Émile Veinante (France) – 35 seconds
World Cup: France 1938 🇫🇷
Match: 🇫🇷 France – 🇧🇪 Belgium
Result: 3–1
Stage: Round of 16
Time: 35 seconds
Team that took the kick-off: France
Assist: –
Goalkeeper who conceded: Arnold Badjou
Arne Nyberg (Sweden) – 35 seconds
World Cup: France 1938 🇫🇷
Match: 🇸🇪 Sweden – 🇭🇺 Hungary
Result: 1–5
Stage: Semi-finals
Time: 35 seconds
Goalkeeper who conceded: Antal Szabó
Bernard Lacombe (France) – 31 seconds
World Cup: Argentina 1978 🇦🇷
Match: 🇫🇷 France – 🇮🇹 Italy
Result: 1–2
Stage: Group stage
Time: 31 seconds
Team that took the kick-off: Italy
Assist: Didier Six
Goalkeeper who conceded: Dino Zoff
Clint Dempsey (USA) – 30 seconds
World Cup: Brazil 2014 🇧🇷
Match: 🇺🇸 USA – 🇬🇭 Ghana
Result: 2–1
Stage: Group stage
Time: 30 seconds
Team that took the kick-off: Ghana
Assist: Jermaine Jones
Goalkeeper who conceded: Adam Kwarasey
Bryan Robson (England) – 28 seconds
World Cup: Spain 1982 🇪🇸
Match:
Result: 3–1
Stage: Group stage
Time: 28 seconds
Team that took the kick-off: England
Assist: Terry Butcher
Goalkeeper who conceded: Jean-Luc Ettori
Ernst Lehner (Germany) – 25 seconds
World Cup: Italy 1934 🇮🇹
Match: 🇩🇪 Germany – 🇦🇹 Austria
Result: 3–2
Stage: Third-place match
Time: 25 seconds
Goalkeeper who conceded: Peter Platzer
Crazy stat: in a WC Qualifier game on the 29/08/1937 against Estonia. Ernst Lehner was involved in all 4 German goals. Every single one of his G/A came from corners. He scored 2 olimpico goals and also had 2 assists from corner kicks. Most likely the only player to do so pic.twitter.com/L9Iaj27BRC
— adim2911 (@adim2811) September 21, 2025
Václav Mašek (Czechoslovakia) – 15 seconds
World Cup: Chile 1962 🇨🇱
Match: 🇨🇿 Czechoslovakia – 🇲🇽 Mexico
Result: 1–3
Stage: Group stage
Time: 15 seconds
Team that took the kick-off: Mexico
Assist: Josef Masopust
Goalkeeper who conceded: Antonio Carbajal
Jubilejní 80. narozeniny dnes slaví legenda českého fotbalu, vicemistr světa z roku 1962, Václav Mašek. Přejeme vše nejlepší a pevné zdraví! pic.twitter.com/G6v8BN7Qo5
— Česká fotbalová reprezentace (@ceskarepre_cz) March 21, 2021
Hakan Şükür (Turkey) – 11 seconds
The scorer of the fastest goal in World Cup history is the famous Turkish footballer Hakan Şükür. He did it in the 11th second of the third-place match at the 2002 World Cup against one of the hosts, South Korea. With that, he crowned in the best possible way the historic success of Turkey, which achieved the best result in its history.
World Cup: Japan and South Korea 2002 🇯🇵🇰🇷
Match: 🇹🇷 Turkey – 🇰🇷 South Korea
Result: 3–2
Stage: Third-place match
Time: 11 seconds
Team that took the kick-off: South Korea
Assist: İlhan Mansız
Goalkeeper who conceded: Lee Woon-jae
Featured image: Jörg Struwe from Pixabay
