Leroy Sane Scores Germany's Second Fastest Goal In FIFA World Cup History

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Last Updated:June 26, 2026, 02:31 IST

In the FIFA World Cup 2026 match at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, winger Leroy Sane needed just 1 minute and 49 seconds to open the scoring for Germany against Ecuador.

Four-time champions Germany are taking on Ecuador in their third and final Group E match of the FIFA World Cup 2026 on Thursday (Friday IST). In the fixture at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, winger Leroy Sane needed just 1 minute and 49 seconds to open the scoring. He scored his first-ever goal for Germany in a major tournament (the FIFA World Cup or the UEFA European Championship) on Thursday, and the strike also helped him enter the record books.

The goal by the former Manchester City and Bayern Munich star is the second-fastest goal scored by a German player in a FIFA World Cup match.

The record for the fastest goal scored by a German player in a FIFA World Cup match is held by Ernest Lehner. In the third-place match of the 1934 FIFA World Cup, Lehner needed just 25 seconds to score against Austria at Stadio Giorgio Ascarelli in Naples.

The overall record for the fastest goal in FIFA World Cup history is held by Turkey’s Hakan Sukur. Sukur scored after just 11 seconds in the third-place match of the 2002 FIFA World Cup against South Korea at Daegu World Cup Stadium in Daegu.

Fastest goals in FIFA World Cup

PLAYER	COUNTRY	TIME	AGAINST	VENUE	YEAR
Hakan Sukur	Turkey	11 seconds	South Korea	Daegu World Cup Stadium, Daegu	2002
Vaclav Masek	Czechoslovakia	15 seconds	Mexico	Estadio Sausalito, Vina del Mar	1962
Ernest Lehner	Germany	25 seconds	Austria	Stadio Giorgio Ascarelli, Naples	1934
Bryan Robson	England	28 seconds	France	San Mames, Bilbao	1982
Clint Dempsey	USA	30 seconds	Ghana	Arena das Dunas, Natal	2014
Bernard Lacombe	France	31 seconds	Italy	Estadio Jose Maria Minella, Mar del Plata	1978
Arne Nyberg	Sweden	35 seconds	Hungary	Parc des Princes, Paris	1938
Emile Veinante	France	35 seconds	Belgium	Stade Olympique, Colombes	1938
Florian Albert	Hungary	50 seconds	Bulgaria	Estadio Braden Copper Co., Rancagua	1962
Adalbert Desu	Romania	50 seconds	Peru	Estadio Pocitos, Montevideo	1930
Seung Zin Pak	North Korea	50 seconds	Portugal	Goodison Park, Liverpool	1966
Celso Ayala	Paraguay	52 seconds	Nigeria	Stade Municipal, Toulouse	1998
Mathias Jorgensen	Denmark	55 seconds	Croatia	Nizhny Novgorod Stadium, Nizhny Novgorod	2018

So far, a total of 13 goals have been scored within the opening minute of a FIFA World Cup match.

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