They scored 149 goals in 90 minutes — that's one goal every 36 seconds. And the wildest part? They were all own goals. 🤯 Welcome to the most chaotic football match ever played, where pettiness reached absolute legendary status.
Picture this: It's October 31, 2002, in Madagascar. The national league championship is on the line. 🏆 SO l'Emyrne (SOE) is the defending champion, but they just got completely robbed in their previous match by a highly controversial, late penalty call that handed the title to their bitter rivals, AS Adema. 💔
So SOE shows up to play AS Adema in the final match of the season. The title is already lost. The manager is furious. The players are fuming. 😡 As soon as the whistle blows, they decide they aren't going to play football — they are going to make a statement. ⚔️
The SOE players take the kickoff and immediately blast the ball into their own net. The AS Adema players just stand there, completely confused. 👀 The referee is helpless. The crowd is losing their minds.
And then? They do it again. And again. And again. 🫠 For 90 straight minutes, SOE players pass the ball back to their own goalkeeper and smash it into their own net. The opposing team literally did not touch the ball for the entire match. Not once.
The final score? 149-0. It completely obliterated the previous world record — a measly 36-0 from 1885. 🤯 The fans were so furious they stormed the ticket booths demanding refunds. 🏃♂️💨
The consequences were brutal. The SOE coach was banned for three years and barred from entering any stadium. Four key players — including the captain of the Madagascar national team — were suspended for the entire following season and banned from stadiums for the same period. 🚫🏟️
The referee? He received zero punishment. The football association ruled there was literally nothing he could have done to stop 11 grown men from aggressively scoring on themselves for an hour and a half. 😭
The club eventually dissolved in 2006. The Guinness World Record stands to this day — and almost certainly forever. 💅
Sometimes, if you can't win, you just have to lose so spectacularly that people are still talking about it two decades later. 🔥
AS Adema 149–0 SO l'Emyrne - Wikipedia
Madagascan champions win 149-0 - The Guardian
Team punished for 149-0 own-goal farce - The Guardian
The day questionable refereeing decisions led to a 149-0 scoreline - These Football Times
