What Is the Biggest Win in Football?

Football (or soccer, depending on where you're reading this) is a sport built on drama. Nail-biting 1-0 finishes, last-minute goals, penalty shootouts… those are the moments that make fans scream at their screens. But sometimes, football throws all that tension out the window and delivers absolute destruction—matches so lopsided they feel like a FIFA video game on beginner mode.

So, what’s the biggest win in football history? Well, sit down, because the numbers are ridiculous.

149-0: When a Match Turned Into a Protest

Let’s start with the most absurd scoreline ever recorded: 149-0. No, that’s not a typo. In 2002, Madagascar’s AS Adema defeated Stade Olympique de l’Emyrne (SOE) by this insane margin. But there’s a twist—this wasn’t a case of one team being utterly terrible.

SOE was actually a decent side. The reason they lost by 149 goals? A protest.

Frustrated by a refereeing decision in a previous match that cost them the title, SOE’s players decided to make a statement by scoring 149 own goals on purpose. Every time they restarted play, they just kicked the ball straight into their own net. AS Adema just stood there, probably wondering if they should celebrate or look embarrassed.

Not exactly a true “biggest win” in terms of skill, but in terms of numbers? Unbeatable.

36-0: The Real Deal in International Football

If we’re talking about real, honest-to-goodness beatdowns, the record for the biggest win in international football belongs to Australia 31-0 American Samoa in 2001.

This match wasn’t a protest. It was just a complete mismatch.

American Samoa, a tiny island nation, had a squad mostly made up of teenagers because many of their best players didn’t have passports. Meanwhile, Australia—who were still part of the Oceania Football Confederation at the time—had a team full of professionals. It was never going to be fair.

Australian striker Archie Thompson scored 13 goals, a world record for most goals by a player in an international match. To this day, American Samoa’s defense probably wakes up in cold sweats thinking about that game.

Fun fact: This game was so infamous that they even made a movie about it, Next Goal Wins, which tells the story of how American Samoa tried to recover from that humiliation.

149-0 is a Joke, but What About Club Football?

If we ignore SOE’s protest, the biggest recorded professional club football win is Arbroath 36-0 Bon Accord, back in 1885 in Scotland.

The story behind this one? Bon Accord wasn’t even supposed to be in the competition. A cricket club accidentally got invited instead of a real football team… and, well, it went about as well as you’d expect.

Arbroath scored 36 times, with John Petrie netting 13 goals. Meanwhile, the Bon Accord goalkeeper probably had the worst day of his life.

Just to make things even crazier, on the same day, Dundee Harp beat Aberdeen Rovers 35-0—just one goal less than Arbroath. Imagine losing 35-0 and still not holding the record for biggest defeat. Brutal.

When Big Clubs Humiliate Their Rivals

Now, if we bring the conversation into modern club football, you probably remember some brutal demolitions.

• Manchester United 9-0 Ipswich Town (1995) – Andy Cole scored five goals. Pure destruction.
• Liverpool 9-0 Bournemouth (2022) – Bournemouth were so bad they sacked their manager immediately after.
• Germany 7-1 Brazil (2014 World Cup) – Okay, not the biggest win ever, but arguably the most shocking. Watching Brazil get torn apart on home soil was like watching a national tragedy unfold in real time.

There’s something uniquely painful about a total collapse, and fans never forget. Just ask anyone who saw their team on the wrong end of a thrashing.

So, What’s the "Biggest" Win?

If we’re talking pure numbers, 149-0 is unbeatable (even if it was a farce).
If we’re looking at international football, Australia 31-0 American Samoa takes the crown.
For club football, Arbroath 36-0 Bon Accord still stands as the highest legitimate win.

But the truth is, the "biggest" win isn't just about numbers. It’s about context, about how a game makes fans feel.

Some blowouts fade into history, just a line in a record book. Others—like Germany's 7-1 over Brazil—leave scars. Because sometimes, a team doesn't just lose... it collapses in front of the world. And that's the kind of "win" that gets remembered forever.

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