goal A goal is an idea of the future or desired result that a person or a group of people envision, plan and commit to achieve. People endeavour to reach goals within a finite time by setting deadlines. A goal is roughly similar to a purpose or ...

is an objective that a person or a system plans or intends to achieve. Goal may also refer to:

Sport

Goal (sports) In sport, a goal may refer to either an instance of scoring, or to the physical structure or area where an attacking team must send the ball or puck in order to score points. The structure of a goal varies from sport to sport, and one is pla ...

, a method of scoring in many sports, or the physical structure or area where scoring occurs ** Goals, the goal frame in association football *

Scoring in association football In games of association football, teams compete to score the most goals during the match. A goal is scored when the ball passes completely over a goal line at either end of the field of play between two centrally positioned upright goal posts 24& ...

, goal scored when the ball passes completely over a goal line *

Goal (ice hockey) In ice hockey, a goal is scored when the puck entirely crosses the goal line between the two goal posts and below the goal crossbar. A goal awards one point to the team attacking the goal scored upon, regardless of which team the player who act ...

, scored when the puck completely crosses the goal line *

Scoring in Gaelic games This page discusses scoring in the Gaelic games of hurling, Gaelic football, camogie, ladies' Gaelic football, international rules football and shinty-hurling. Note that although rounders and Gaelic handball are considered "Gaelic games", ...

, for games such as hurling, camogie, and Gaelic football *

Drop goal A drop goal, field goal, or dropped goal is a method of scoring points in rugby union and rugby league and also, rarely, in American football and Canadian football. A drop goal is scored by drop kicking the ball (dropping the ball and then kicki ...

, a scoring method used in rugby * Field goal, a scoring method used in American and Canadian football *

Field goal (basketball) In basketball, a field goal is a basket scored on any shot or tap other than a free throw, worth two or three points depending on the distance of the attempt from the basket. Uncommonly, a field goal can be worth other values such as one point i ...

, a basket scored on any shot other than a free throw

Arts, entertainment and media

Films

* ''Goal'' (1936 film), a 1936 Argentine sports film directed by Luis Moglia Barth * ''Goal!'' (film series), a trilogy of football films ** ''Goal!'' (film), 2005 British film **'' Goal II: Living the Dream'', 2007 sequel **'' Goal III: Taking on the World'', 2009 straight-to-DVD release * ''Goal'' (2007 Hindi film), a 2007 Bollywood Hindi-language film based on football in the Asian community in England; titled ''Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal'' in India. * ''Goal'' (2007 Malayalam film), a 2007 Malayalam film directed by Kamal * ''Goal'' (2018 film), a 2018 Sinhala film * ''Goal!'', the 1966 official FIFA World Cup film * ''

Goal! The Dream Begins ''Goal!'' (also known as ''Goal! The Dream Begins'') is a 2005 sports drama film directed by Danny Cannon from a screenplay by Mike Jefferies, Adrian Butchart, Dick Clement, and Ian La Frenais. It is the first installment in the ''Goal!'' t ...

'', a 2005 sports drama film

Games

* ''Goal!'' (video game), a 1988 game for the Nintendo Entertainment System * '' Dino Dini's Goal'', a 1993 game for Amiga, Atari ST and PC

Literature

* ''Goal'' (children's novel), a children's novel by Michael Hardcastle * ''The Goal'' (novel), a 1984 management-oriented novel by Eliyahu M. Goldratt

Other uses

* GOAL (organization), a charitable organisation founded by Irish humanitarian John O'Shea * Goal (website), a football news website owned by FootballCo. * Goal mac Morn or Goll mac Morna, a character in Irish mythology * Global Overseas Adoptees' Link, a South Korean agency that aids Korean overseas adoptees * GOAL agent programming language, a high-level programming language for programming rational agents *

Game Oriented Assembly Lisp Game Oriented Assembly Lisp (GOAL) is a programming language, a dialect of the language Lisp, made for video games developed by Andy Gavin and the ''Jak and Daxter'' team at the company Naughty Dog. It was written using Allegro Common Lisp and us ...

, a video game programming language * A trade name for the herbicide