A goal is an objective that a person or a system plans or intends to achieve.
Goal may also refer to:
Sport
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Goal (sports), a method of scoring in many sports, or the physical structure or area where scoring occurs
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Goals, the goal frame in association football
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Scoring in association football, goal scored when the ball passes completely over a goal line
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Goal (ice hockey), scored when the puck completely crosses the goal line
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The Goal, the winning goal of the 1972 Summit Series
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Scoring in Gaelic games, for games such as hurling, camogie, and Gaelic football
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Drop goal, a scoring method used in rugby
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Field goal, a scoring method used in American and Canadian football
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Field goal (basketball), a basket scored on any shot other than a free throw
Arts, entertainment and media
Films
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Goal (1936 film), a 1936 Argentine sports film directed by Luis Moglia Barth
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Goal! (film series), a trilogy of football films
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Goal! (film), 2005 British film
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, 2007 sequel
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, 2009 straight-to-DVD release
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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.
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Goal (2007 Malayalam film), a 2007 Malayalam film directed by Kamal
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Goal (2018 film), a 2018 Sinhala film
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Goal!, the 1966 official FIFA World Cup film
Games
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Goal! (video game), a 1988 game for the Nintendo Entertainment System
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Goals (video game), an upcoming free-to-play video game for Windows, macOS, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X and S
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Dino Dini's Goal, a 1993 game for Amiga, Atari ST and PC
Literature
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Goal (children's novel), a children's novel by Michael Hardcastle
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The Goal (novel), a 1984 management-oriented novel by Eliyahu M. Goldratt
Other uses
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GOAL (organization), a charitable organisation founded by Irish humanitarian John O'Shea
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Goal (website), a football news website owned by FootballCo.
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Goal mac Morn or Goll mac Morna, a character in Irish mythology
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Global Overseas Adoptees' Link, a South Korean agency that aids Korean overseas adoptees
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GOAL agent programming language, a high-level programming language for programming rational agents
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Game Oriented Assembly Lisp, a video game programming language
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A trade name for the herbicide oxyfluorfen
See also
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Gaol or jail, a prison or remand center
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Goal line (disambiguation)
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Gol (disambiguation)
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Gole (disambiguation)
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Object (disambiguation)
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Objective (disambiguation)
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Purpose (disambiguation)
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Targeting (disambiguation)