Football Match Ends 149–0, All Own Goals

Ninety minutes of protest, 149 goals

AS Adema and Stade Olympique de l'Emyrne met in Toamasina during the final stage of Madagascar's national championship.

Under ordinary circumstances, a 149–0 scoreline would suggest either a typo or the most catastrophic defensive performance in football history.

This was neither.

Stade Olympique de l'Emyrne — commonly shortened to SOE — deliberately scored 149 own goals.

The protest arose from the previous match. SOE had drawn 2–2 after a disputed refereeing decision, a result that ended its remaining chance of retaining the championship. By the time SOE faced AS Adema in the final fixture, Adema had already secured the title.

SOE's response was not subtle.

After kickoff, its players began sending the ball into their own goal.

Then they did it again.

And again.

Contemporary accounts described AS Adema's players largely standing by in bewilderment while their opponents repeatedly restarted play and scored against themselves. Radio Madagascar reported that the own goals were a deliberate protest connected to the earlier refereeing dispute.

By full time, the scoreboard read:

AS Adema 149 — SOE 0

Guinness World Records recognizes the match for the most own goals recorded in a domestic national-league match.

The protest did attract consequences. Football authorities later disciplined SOE officials and players, including a lengthy suspension for the coach associated with the protest.

Football frequently produces arguments with referees.

Madagascar produced one that required three digits on the scoreboard.