Top ten most humiliating defeats in football history

• Losing is the worst feeling a football fan can have; humiliating defeats always leave a scar in the memory of fans and everyone involved
• On 11 April 2001, Australia beat American Samoa 31-0 in an Oceanian qualifying game for the 2002 FIFA World Cup
• The recent humiliating football event that will never fade is when Germany beat Brazil 7-0 in the 2014  FIFA World Cup 

The highs of the beautiful sport are all the sweeter because every fan has also endured crushing lows. Some of history’s most embarrassing losses have taken years to recover from. Others were never honestly forgotten.

So we have compile a definitive list of the most humiliating losses of all time

10. Tottenham 2-7 Bayern Munich

Bayern Munich beat Spurs 7-2. Photo in the Champions League, 2019. Photo: MARCA

In October 2019, Spurs suffered their worst European defeat earlier this season, which was one of the most apparent signs that Mauricio Pochettino‘s five-year project was coming to an end.

Almost everything Bayern hit went in (they had ten shots on goal), and to make matters worse for the home fans, ex-Arsenal man Serge Gnabry scored four of them.

9. Manchester City 6-0 Watford

In the 2019 FA Cup final, it was hard not to feel sorry for Watford. Yes, there is no pity in losing by such a large margin to an excellent City team, but the Hornets were disappointed in front of a global audience in one of the most important games in their history.

8. Real Madrid 2-6 Barcelona

What happens when you put Pep Guardiola up against Juande Ramos? Back in May 2009, it was billed as a watershed moment in the title race, but the two rivals couldn’t have been more dissimilar.

Thierry Henry and Lionel Messi scored a brace, and Carles Puyol and Gerard Pique scored.

7. Spain 1-5 Netherlands

A game with everything. It was a rematch of the 2010 FIFA World Cup final, but despite scoring first through Xabi Alonso, the defending champions were smashed.

Robin van Persie scored a diving header before putting La Roja to the sword with Arjen Robben.

6. Manchester United 1-6 Manchester City

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A predictable outcome after Ferguson, but not while he was still in charge. It was United’s worst home defeat since February 1955, prompting Mario Balotelli’s famous ‘Why always me?’ celebration.

Nobody could have expected how big a win it was for City – those three points helped them win the title, which they won on goal difference over the Red Devils months later.

5. Liverpool 4-0 Barcelona

Barcelona was reportedly offered PTSD treatment after their UEFA Champions League hopes were dashed again. When they travelled to Merseyside with a 3-0 lead, it seemed unimaginable that they would lose. 

4. Manchester United 8-2 Arsenal

 Due to injuries, Arsene Wenger was forced to field a defence consisting of Carl Jenkinson, Laurent Koscielny, Johan Djourou, and Armand Traoré.

But that’s no excuse for what happened, with Ferguson looking perplexed in his post-match interview. “You don’t expect a result like that when you play Arsenal,” he said.

3. Barcelona 6-1 Paris Saint-Germain

On this day in 2017, Barcelona hammered Paris Saint-Germain 6-1 in the most incredible Champions League comeback, becoming the only team in competition history to overcome a four-goal first-leg deficit.

Barcelona is no stranger to a spectacular comeback. After winning the first leg 4-0, Pars Saint-German became the first team in the UEFA Champions League history to leave the competition.

In the final stages of the return at Camp Nou, it was Neymar (then still with Barcelona) who aided and abetted their demise. The man in charge of PSG? Emery, Unai

2. Australia 31–0 American Samoa

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It’s not every day that a team suffers such a humiliating defeat. FIFA must alter the rules

The Australian and American Samoan national soccer teams met in an Oceanian qualifying game for the 2002 FIFA World Cup on April 11, 2001.

The game took place at Coffs Harbour’s International Sports Stadium in Australia. With a 31-0 victory, Australia set a world record for the world’s most significant victory in an international football match.

Archie Thompson of Australia also broke the record for most goals scored by a soccer player in an international game with 13 goals.

FIFA then instituted a preliminary round in Oceania qualifying to ensure that such a result did not occur again.

 1. Brazil 1-7 Germany

It’s bad enough to lose 7-1 in any World Cup, let alone in your own country. The 2014 Brazil did not deserve to play in the final at the Maracana, and Germany dumped them out in the semi-finals, winning 5-0 in under half an hour.

Brazil has never lost by such a large margin in World Cup history, as Miroslav Klose became the tournament’s all-time leading scorer.