足球 · 趣味事实
第6章:奇特比赛与规则趣闻
10项测试 · 100条事实 · 更新于 2026年10月23日 · markdown
The strangest, most extreme and most infamous moments in football told as 'did you know' trivia, not officiating guidance: freak scorelines and weather, strange goals and cards, odd places to play, marathon matches, forgotten rules, named skills and superstitions.
6.61极端比分、纪录与臭名昭著的比赛
足球界最奇怪的极端情况:一场产生了149个乌龙球的抗议比赛、有记录以来最快和最长的进球、欧洲冠军杯决赛史上最大的逆转,以及世界杯上最暴力的一个下午。
测试 1极端比分、纪录与臭名昭著的比赛参加测试
在2002年马达加斯加的一场联赛中,SO l'Emyrne 为抗议一次使他们痛失冠军的裁判判罚,故意打进149个乌龙球,造就了有记录以来足球史上最高的比分。
来源:经交叉核对的 AS Adema 对 SO l'Emyrne 比赛历史记述 · 记忆
马拉多纳在1986年四分之一决赛中用拳头把球打过英格兰守门员;由于裁判员 Ali Bin Nasser 和他的助理没有发现手球,且无法使用回放,这个进球被判有效。
来源:FIFA, fifa.com/en/articles/diego-maradona-argentina-england-hand-of-god-1986 · 记忆
巴西守门员 Rogerio Ceni 在1997年至2015年间为圣保罗打进129球,主要来自任意球和罚球点球,这是吉尼斯世界纪录认定的守门员进球纪录。
来源:Guinness World Records, guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/most-goals-scored-by-a-goalkeeper · 记忆
纽波特郡守门员 Tom King 在2021年以一粒96.01米的进球打破了 Asmir Begovic 在2013年创下的纪录,这是目前吉尼斯世界纪录认定的最远距离进球。
来源:经交叉核对的 Tom King 2021年纪录进球报道 · 记忆
AC米兰上半场以3:0领先,但利物浦在下半场六分钟内连进三球扳平,随后在罚球点球决胜中以3:2获胜,这是欧洲冠军杯决赛史上最大的逆转。
来源:UEFA, uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/025d-0f782b45c942-3e20b8c30dfa-1000--miracle-of-istanbul-2005-champions-league-final-in-the-w · 记忆
澳大利亚前锋 Damian Mori 在1995年12月6日代表阿德莱德城对阵悉尼联,仅用3.69秒就破门得分,这是吉尼斯世界纪录认定的男子足球最快进球。
来源:Guinness World Records, guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/72575-fastest-goal-football-video · 记忆
在1962年世界杯一场激烈的小组赛中,智利以2:0击败意大利,比赛出现两次罚令出场和警察多次介入;裁判员 Ken Aston 后来称,这场混乱是促使他发明牌制的原因之一。
来源:经交叉核对的圣地亚哥之战历史记述 · 记忆
美国人 Michael Lewis 于2019年在得克萨斯州把足球掷出59.817米,这是吉尼斯世界纪录认定的最远足球掷界外球。
来源:Guinness World Records, guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/longest-throw-in-(football) · 记忆
2009年日本乙级联赛的一场比赛中,东京绿茵的 Tomo Sugawara 仅10秒就被罚令出场,原因是用手阻止对方队员进入罚球区,这是职业足球中有记录的最快红牌之一。
来源:经交叉核对的职业足球最快红牌历史记述 · 记忆
在接连的红牌和伤病使谢菲尔德联无法派出足够的队员之后,比赛进行到第82分钟被终止,这是英格兰职业足球史上唯一因这个原因中止的比赛。
来源:经交叉核对的谢菲尔德联对西布朗中止比赛历史记述 · 记忆
6.62第一次、壮举与创纪录的低观众人数
一笔百万英镑的转会、一场载入史册的业余球队爆冷、一种新发明的罚球点球技术,以及承办过职业足球比赛的最空荡的球场。
测试 1转会、罚球点球、帽子戏法与观众人数趣闻参加测试
1979年2月9日,Trevor Francis 以据报道100万英镑的转会费从伯明翰城转会到诺丁汉森林,随后在当年的欧洲冠军杯决赛中打进制胜球。
来源:经交叉核对的 Trevor Francis 转会历史记述 · 记忆
1950年6月29日,在贝洛奥里藏特,一支以业余球员为主的美国队以1:0击败当时的夺冠热门英格兰,这是世界杯历史上最大的冷门之一。
来源:经交叉核对的1950年美国对英格兰比赛历史记述 · 记忆
罚球点球决胜战成4:3时,Panenka 以一记轻巧的挑射罚球点球骗过了西德守门员,这项技术如今在全世界被称为“帕嫩卡”。
来源:UEFA, uefa.com/uefaeuro/history/news/0253-0d7ad65d5ee8-a6bff388bd0f-1000--watch-panenka-s-classic-1976-final-penalty · 记忆
1977年1月对阵剑桥联的比赛中,托奎联的 Pat Kruse 在开球仅6秒后就头球顶入本方球门,至今仍被认为是英格兰联赛足球中最快的乌龙球。
来源:经交叉核对的 Pat Kruse 1977年乌龙球历史记述 · 记忆
IFFHS和RSSSF认定 Josef Bican 仅在正式比赛中就打进约800球,多于贝利的官方进球数,而贝利自己高得多的总数包括友谊赛和表演赛。
来源:经交叉核对的 Bican 与贝利进球数争议报道 · 记忆
赫尔城与曼联在1970年沃特尼杯的比赛,加时赛后战平,成为第一场以罚球点球决胜分出胜负的正式职业比赛;乔治·贝斯特罚了第一个球。
来源:经交叉核对的1970年沃特尼杯罚球点球决胜历史记述 · 记忆
2015年5月16日,萨迪奥·马内代表南安普顿对阵阿斯顿维拉,在2分56秒内打进三球,打破了 Robbie Fowler 此前的纪录。
来源:Guinness World Records, guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/385454-fastest-hat-trick-in-a-football-soccer-english-premier-league-match · 记忆
阿森纳从2003年5月到2004年10月在英超联赛中保持49场不败,其中包括整个2003/04赛季不败,这一纪录保持至今。
来源:Arsenal 官方历史,arsenal.com/history/the-wenger-years/the-2004-invincibles · 记忆
在1930年世界杯上,罗马尼亚对阵秘鲁的小组赛据估计只有几百名观众,是世界杯任何一场比赛中有记录的最低上座人数。
来源:经交叉核对的1930年世界杯观众人数历史记述 · 记忆
1930年12月6日,泰晤士队对阵卢顿城的比赛只有469人到场观看,尽管西汉姆体育场可容纳120,000人,是有史以来经常承办联赛足球比赛的最大球场。
来源:经交叉核对的 Thames AFC 观众人数记录历史记述 · 记忆
6.63Fog, Snow and Floods
Bartram in the fog, the water battle of Frankfurt, the Snow Clasico and the Big Freeze.
测试 1Weather-hit matches参加测试
Firefighters tried to clear the water; Gerd Müller scored the only goal in Frankfurt.
来源:DFB, 'Die Wasserschlacht von Frankfurt 1974' (dfb.de); FIFA World Cup 1974 match report · 记忆
Snow fell so heavily that the lines were cleared by hand during the qualifier.
来源:U.S. Soccer, 'The Snow Clasico' (ussoccer.com, 2013); CONCACAF · 记忆
FIFA rejected the protest.
来源:U.S. Soccer, 'The Snow Clasico' (ussoccer.com, 2013); CONCACAF · 记忆
Frozen pitches forced match after match to be postponed.
来源:The FA, 'The Big Freeze of 1962-63' (thefa.com); EFL history · 记忆
A panel of former players and referees forecast the scores.
来源:Football Pools, 'The Pools Panel' (footballpools.com); The FA · 记忆
Stoke and Sheffield United played the last match on 14 June; Liverpool were champions.
来源:EFL, 'The 1946-47 season' (efl.com) · 记忆
Fixtures had to be squeezed into the spring.
来源:The FA, 'The Big Freeze of 1962-63' (thefa.com); EFL history · 记忆
1937, 1947, 1963, 1974 and 2013.
来源:The FA, 'The Big Freeze of 1962-63' (thefa.com); EFL history · 记忆
December 1962, January 1963 and March 1963.
来源:The FA, 'The Big Freeze of 1962-63' (thefa.com); EFL history · 记忆
Sam Bartram stood there for about a quarter of an hour before a policeman told him everyone had gone.
来源:Charlton Athletic, 'Sam Bartram and the fog of 1937' (cafc.co.uk) · 记忆
6.64Strange Goals
A deliberate own goal, a ghost goal, a phantom goal, four goals for both sides and the fastest hat-trick.
测试 1Strange goals参加测试
Barbados needed to win by two; they forced extra time at 2-2 and then won with a golden goal.
来源:Barbados Football Association, '1994 Shell Caribbean Cup: Barbados v Grenada' reports; BBC Sport archive · 记忆
Barbados had to defend both goals to stop them.
来源:Barbados Football Association, '1994 Shell Caribbean Cup: Barbados v Grenada' reports; BBC Sport archive · 记忆
The officials gave it after a corner went past the post; the incident became known as the ghost goal.
来源:Reading FC, 'The ghost goal against Watford, 2008' (readingfc.co.uk); BBC Sport · 记忆
Villa drew 2-2 at Leicester.
来源:Aston Villa, 'Chris Nicholl's four goals at Leicester, 1976' (avfc.co.uk) · 记忆
Guinness World Records lists it as the fastest hat-trick in a senior match.
来源:Ross County FC, 'Tommy Ross's 90-second hat-trick' (rosscountyfootballclub.co.uk); Guinness World Records · 记忆
It beat Ledley King's 9.82 seconds from 2000.
来源:Premier League, 'Shane Long's 7.69-second goal' (premierleague.com, 2019) · 记忆
He gave the goal on the word of his assistant.
来源:Reading FC, 'The ghost goal against Watford, 2008' (readingfc.co.uk); BBC Sport · 记忆
1976, 1994, 2008 and 2013.
来源:Barbados Football Association, '1994 Shell Caribbean Cup: Barbados v Grenada' reports; BBC Sport archive · 记忆
The final score after extra time was 4-2.
来源:Barbados Football Association, '1994 Shell Caribbean Cup: Barbados v Grenada' reports; BBC Sport archive · 记忆
Hoffenheim's request for a replay was rejected; the rules now let referees use video for such cases.
来源:Bayer 04 Leverkusen and DFB statements on Kießling's 'Phantomtor' (2013) · 记忆
6.65Strange Cards and Sendings-off
The Battle of Nuremberg, a referee who sent himself off, a two-second red and 36 in one match.
测试 1Unusual dismissals参加测试
There were also four red cards in the 'Battle of Nuremberg'.
来源:FIFA, 2006 World Cup match report: Portugal v Netherlands, Nuremberg (inside.fifa.com) · 记忆
He was criticised for losing control of the match.
来源:FIFA, 2006 World Cup match report: Portugal v Netherlands, Nuremberg (inside.fifa.com) · 记忆
He had lost his temper and punched the player before showing himself the red card.
来源:BBC News, 'Referee sends himself off' (1998) · 记忆
He was startled by the whistle and cursed out loud.
来源:Guinness World Records, 'Fastest sending-off' (Lee Todd, 2000) · 记忆
The Cameroon defender was dismissed in 1994 and 1998.
来源:FIFA, World Cup disciplinary records (inside.fifa.com); Cameroon match reports 1994 and 1998 · 记忆
A brawl at the end of Claypole v Victoriano Arenas led to everyone being sent off, substitutes and staff included.
来源:Guinness World Records, 'Most red cards in a football match' (Claypole v Victoriano Arenas, 2011) · 记忆
He was playing for Chelsea in an FA Cup tie.
来源:Chelsea FC heritage (chelseafc.com); BBC Sport, 'Fastest bookings' · 记忆
1994, 1998, 2000, 2002 and 2006.
来源:FIFA, World Cup disciplinary records (inside.fifa.com); Cameroon match reports 1994 and 1998 · 记忆
1992, 2000 and 2011.
来源:Guinness World Records, 'Most red cards in a football match' (Claypole v Victoriano Arenas, 2011) · 记忆
He was sent off for abusing the referee from the bench against Sweden.
来源:FIFA, 2002 World Cup match report: Sweden v Argentina (inside.fifa.com) · 记忆
6.66Odd Places to Play
Kilimanjaro, a floating pitch, a mountain stadium reached by cable car and pitches by the sea.
测试 1Unusual pitches参加测试
Women players from around the world played at about 5,700 metres.
来源:Guinness World Records, 'Highest altitude football match' (Kilimanjaro, 2017) · 记忆
Teams from dozens of countries take part each July.
来源:Gothia Cup, 'About the tournament' (gothiacup.se) · 记忆
It has hosted football, the National Day parade and concerts.
来源:Singapore Sports Hub and Urban Redevelopment Authority, 'The Float @ Marina Bay' (ura.gov.sg) · 记忆
It sits at about 2,000 metres above sea level.
来源:Valais tourism, 'Ottmar Hitzfeld Stadium, Gspon' (valais.ch) · 记忆
The pitch sat right beside the water.
来源:Faroese Football Association (fsf.fo) and Visit Faroe Islands (visitfaroeislands.com) · 记忆
The pitch fills almost the whole islet.
来源:Visit Norway, 'Henningsvær football pitch' (visitnorway.com) · 记忆
Matches are played on dozens of pitches around the city.
来源:Gothia Cup, 'About the tournament' (gothiacup.se) · 记忆
1975, 1986, 2007 and 2017.
来源:Gothia Cup (gothiacup.se), Tourism Authority of Thailand, URA Singapore and Guinness World Records · 记忆
Lofoten lies inside the Arctic Circle; Koh Panyee is in the tropics.
来源:Gothia Cup (gothiacup.se), Tourism Authority of Thailand, URA Singapore and Guinness World Records · 记忆
Their club, Panyee FC, went on to win youth tournaments on the mainland.
来源:Tourism Authority of Thailand, 'Koh Panyee and its floating football pitch' (tourismthailand.org) · 记忆
6.67Long Matches and Long Shoot-outs
203 minutes in 1946, six FA Cup matches, three misses in one game and a 48-kick shoot-out.
测试 1Marathon matches and shoot-outs参加测试
The rules said play on until a goal; it was still 2-2 when the light went.
来源:Stockport County, 'The longest match: Doncaster 1946' (stockportcounty.com) · 记忆
The six matches took about eleven hours of football.
来源:The FA, 'Alvechurch v Oxford City, 1971' FA Cup records (thefa.com) · 记忆
Argentina lost 3-0 to Colombia; Guinness lists it as a record.
来源:CONMEBOL, 'Copa América 1999: Argentina v Colombia' (conmebol.com); Guinness World Records · 记忆
They missed two in the match and three in the shoot-out.
来源:UEFA, 'Euro 2000 semi-final: Italy v Netherlands' (uefa.com) · 记忆
Every player on the pitch took a kick.
来源:Liverpool FC, '2022 League Cup final shoot-out' (liverpoolfc.com); EFL · 记忆
Players dribbled at the goalkeeper and had five seconds to shoot.
来源:Major League Soccer, 'The 35-yard shootout, 1996-99' (mlssoccer.com) · 记忆
Twenty-four kicks were taken in the quarter-final.
来源:CAF, 'Africa Cup of Nations 2006: Ivory Coast v Cameroon' (cafonline.com) · 记忆
1946, 1971, 1999, 2000 and 2005.
来源:Guinness World Records, MLS and EFL records of penalty shoot-outs · 记忆
1996, 2006 and 2022.
来源:Guinness World Records, MLS and EFL records of penalty shoot-outs · 记忆
KK Palace beat Civics 17-16 after 2-2.
来源:Guinness World Records, 'Longest penalty shoot-out' (KK Palace v Civics, 2005) · 记忆
6.68Rules From the Past
Test matches, two-legged cup ties, a cup third-place match, goal average and Christmas Day fixtures.
测试 1Forgotten competition rules参加测试
The losing semi-finalists met before the final; few fans came.
来源:The FA, 'The FA Cup third-place play-off, 1970-74' (thefa.com) · 记忆
Goal average divided goals scored by goals conceded.
来源:EFL, 'From goal average to goal difference' (efl.com) · 记忆
Drawn ties now go to extra time and penalties.
来源:The FA, 'FA Cup replays: changes from 2024-25' (thefa.com) · 记忆
They were dropped after Stoke and Burnley drew 0-0 in 1898 when a draw suited both.
来源:EFL, 'Test matches, 1893-98' (efl.com) · 记忆
Charlton kept their First Division place through them.
来源:EFL, 'The first play-offs, 1986-87' (efl.com) · 记忆
It is the only season the competition used two legs.
来源:The FA, '1945-46: the two-legged FA Cup' (thefa.com) · 记忆
United beat Watford 2-0 at Highbury.
来源:The FA, 'The FA Cup third-place play-off, 1970-74' (thefa.com) · 记忆
1890s, 1945-46, 1970, 1976 and 1987.
来源:The FA (thefa.com) and EFL (efl.com) histories of competition rules · 记忆
1965, 1974 and 2024.
来源:The FA (thefa.com) and EFL (efl.com) histories of competition rules · 记忆
Blackpool played Blackburn on Christmas Day 1965.
来源:EFL, 'When football was played on Christmas Day' (efl.com) · 记忆
6.69Kicks and Moves With Names
The chilena, the Marseille turn, the Cuauhtemiña, the drag-back, the sombrero and the rainbow flick.
测试 1Named skills参加测试
Unzaga is said to have used it in Chile in 1914.
来源:ANFP Chile, 'La chilena de Ramón Unzaga' (anfp.cl) · 记忆
Players drag the ball with one foot, spin and drag it on with the other.
来源:Olympique de Marseille, 'La roulette' (om.fr); FIFA · 记忆
It is named after the forward who made it famous at the 1998 World Cup.
来源:Mexican Football Federation, 'La Cuauhtemiña' (miseleccion.mx); FIFA 1998 World Cup reports · 记忆
He pulled the ball back with his studs as Billy Wright slid past.
来源:Hungarian Football Federation, 'Wembley 1953: the drag-back' (mlsz.hu); The FA · 记忆
He spun round Nikos Dabizas and scored at St James' Park.
来源:Arsenal FC, 'Bergkamp's goal at Newcastle, 2002' (arsenal.com) · 记忆
The ball flies over the defender like a hat.
来源:FIFA (fifa.com) and national federation histories of named skills · 记忆
The player traps the ball between the feet and flicks it up with the heel.
来源:FIFA (fifa.com) and national federation histories of named skills · 记忆
1914, 1953, 1998 and 2002.
来源:FIFA (fifa.com) and national federation histories of named skills · 记忆
The full spin carries the player away from the defender.
来源:Olympique de Marseille, 'La roulette' (om.fr); FIFA · 记忆
He first did it against South Korea at the 1998 World Cup.
来源:Mexican Football Federation, 'La Cuauhtemiña' (miseleccion.mx); FIFA 1998 World Cup reports · 记忆
6.70Curses and Superstitions
Buried cats, gypsy curses, a kiss on the head, a pre-penalty ritual and a player who had to be last out.
测试 1Curses and superstitions参加测试
Rival fans were said to have buried seven cats after Racing's 1967 world club title; the last was found in 2001.
来源:Racing Club, 'La maldición de los gatos' (racingclub.com.ar) · 记忆
The curse was said to date from travellers being moved off the land in 1906.
来源:Birmingham City, 'The gypsy curse at St Andrew's' (bcfc.com) · 记忆
Derby then beat Charlton 4-1 to win the cup.
来源:Derby County, 'The Baseball Ground gypsy curse and the 1946 FA Cup' (dcfc.co.uk) · 记忆
Blanc missed the final through suspension, but the ritual was carried on.
来源:Fédération Française de Football, '1998: le baiser de Blanc' (fff.fr) · 记忆
He said it brought him luck; he saved four penalties in two shoot-outs.
来源:AFA, 'Goycochea, Italia 90' (afa.com.ar) · 记忆
William Gallas was still being treated, so Touré waited and then came on without the referee's permission.
来源:Arsenal FC and UEFA match report, Arsenal v Roma, 2009 (uefa.com) · 记忆
Racing dug up the pitch looking for them.
来源:Racing Club, 'La maldición de los gatos' (racingclub.com.ar) · 记忆
1946, 1967, 1990, 1998 and 2009.
来源:Club histories: dcfc.co.uk, racingclub.com.ar, bcfc.com, fff.fr, arsenal.com · 记忆
1966, 1967 and the 2001 Apertura.
来源:Racing Club, 'La maldición de los gatos' (racingclub.com.ar) · 记忆
The two clubs' grounds in Avellaneda stand only a few hundred metres apart.
来源:Racing Club, 'La maldición de los gatos' (racingclub.com.ar) · 记忆
来源
有一手来源 / 官方来源时优先采用:国际足联 (fifa.com)、欧足联 (uefa.com)、Guinness World Records (guinnessworldrecords.com)。部分较早或记录较少的事件依据多个经交叉核对的非维基百科记述,因为没有找到单一的官方档案页面,已在相应题目中标明。不引用维基百科。以原创文字转述;题目为原创编写。
- The FA, 'The Big Freeze of 1962-63' (thefa.com); EFL history4
- Barbados Football Association, '1994 Shell Caribbean Cup: Barbados v Grenada' reports; BBC Sport archive4
- Racing Club, 'La maldición de los gatos' (racingclub.com.ar)4
- FIFA (fifa.com) and national federation histories of named skills3
- U.S. Soccer, 'The Snow Clasico' (ussoccer.com, 2013); CONCACAF2
- Reading FC, 'The ghost goal against Watford, 2008' (readingfc.co.uk); BBC Sport2
- FIFA, 2006 World Cup match report: Portugal v Netherlands, Nuremberg (inside.fifa.com)2
- FIFA, World Cup disciplinary records (inside.fifa.com); Cameroon match reports 1994 and 19982
- Guinness World Records, 'Most red cards in a football match' (Claypole v Victoriano Arenas, 2011)2
- Gothia Cup, 'About the tournament' (gothiacup.se)2
- Gothia Cup (gothiacup.se), Tourism Authority of Thailand, URA Singapore and Guinness World Records2
- Guinness World Records, MLS and EFL records of penalty shoot-outs2
- The FA, 'The FA Cup third-place play-off, 1970-74' (thefa.com)2
- The FA (thefa.com) and EFL (efl.com) histories of competition rules2
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- Mexican Football Federation, 'La Cuauhtemiña' (miseleccion.mx); FIFA 1998 World Cup reports2
- 经交叉核对的 AS Adema 对 SO l'Emyrne 比赛历史记述1
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- 经交叉核对的圣地亚哥之战历史记述1
- Guinness World Records, guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/longest-throw-in-(football)1
- 经交叉核对的职业足球最快红牌历史记述1
- 经交叉核对的谢菲尔德联对西布朗中止比赛历史记述1
- 经交叉核对的 Trevor Francis 转会历史记述1
- 经交叉核对的1950年美国对英格兰比赛历史记述1
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- 经交叉核对的 Bican 与贝利进球数争议报道1
- 经交叉核对的1970年沃特尼杯罚球点球决胜历史记述1
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- 经交叉核对的1930年世界杯观众人数历史记述1
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- Visit Norway, 'Henningsvær football pitch' (visitnorway.com)1
- Tourism Authority of Thailand, 'Koh Panyee and its floating football pitch' (tourismthailand.org)1
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