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EventTHB Champions League playoff
AS Adema SO l'Emyrne
149 0
Date31 October 2002

AS Adema 149–0 SO l'Emyrne is the world record for the highest scoreline in association football, recognised by The Guinness Book of Records, set on 31 October 2002. AS Adema, of Antananarivo, in Madagascar, beat their arch-rivals Stade Olympique de l'Emyrne (SOE) as the result of a pre-determined protest by SOE over refereeing decisions that had gone against them during a four-team playoff tournament. The match surpassed the previous record for the highest scoreline of 36–0, set in 1885.

Overview

The match was part of a four-team round robin playoff to determine the national championship. The league crown went to Adema after SOE were held to a 2–2 draw by DSA in their penultimate match, during which the referee awarded a late and disputed penalty. The resulting draw meant that SOE were knocked out of the title race. With the championship already decided, SOE decided to protest; according to some sources, there was an argument between the SOE coach and the referee himself. SOE deliberately scored 149 own goals, with spectators saying that after each kick-off the ball was kicked into their own goal, the opposition players standing and looking bemused. It was reported that spectators descended on the ticket booths to demand a refund.[1]

Following the match, the Fédération Malagasy de Football suspended the SOE coach, Zaka Be, for three years, and four of the team's players – defender Mamisoa Razafindrakoto, the captain of the Madagascar national football team the "Scorpions", SOE captain Manitranirina Andrianiaina, and players Nicolas Rakotoarimanana and goalkeeper Dominique Rakotonandrasana – were suspended until the end of the season and banned from visiting stadiums for the same period. All the other players, from both teams, received a warning and a threat of more serious action should they commit further offences. The referee was not punished.[2]


See also

  • Barbados 4–2 Grenada, where a Barbadian defender deliberately scored an own goal so his team can win on 2 goals' difference in the extra-time, according to an unconventional golden goal rule.
  • Thailand 3–2 Indonesia, where an Indonesian defender deliberately scored an own goal so his team did not have to face the host Vietnam in the semi-finals of the 1998 Tiger Cup.

References

  1. ^ Report of match at ESPN.com
  2. ^ Team punished for 149-0 own-goal farce, The Guardian.
  • Kempson, Russell (2 November 2002). "Coach settles scores as his team notch 149 own goals". The Times. London: News International Limited. Retrieved 5 April 2009.
  • "Madagascan champions win 149-0". The Guardian. Guardian News and Media Limited. 1 November 2002. Retrieved 5 April 2009.
  • "149-0 scoreline sets new record". BBC Sport. 1 November 2002. Retrieved 5 April 2009.
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