Franz Beckenbauer and Michael Ballack are among those featured in this montage of own goals in the Bundesliga since its 1963 inception. Upon reaching the 1,000-markof shots into the wrong net, Bundesliga TV went into the archives to find video of the funniest (off a goalkeeper’s head), the longest (Christoph Kramer from the center circle), mostcostly (Ballack’s strike ruined Bayer Leverkeusen’s title chances in 2000), etc. There’s even a three-own-goal game, in Hannover’s loss to Borussia Moenchengladbach in 2009-10.
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