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A '''[[goal]]''' is an objective that a person or a system plans or intends to achieve.

'''Goal''' may also refer to:
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==Sport==
* [[Goal (sports)]], a method of scoring in many sports, or the physical structure or area where scoring occurs
** Goals, the [[Football_pitch#Goals|goal frame]] in association football
* [[Scoring in association football]], goal scored when the ball passes completely over a goal line
* [[Goal (ice hockey)]], scored when the puck completely crosses the goal line
**The Goal, the winning goal of the [[Summit Series#Game eight|1972 Summit Series]]
* [[Scoring in Gaelic games]], for games such as hurling, camogie, and Gaelic football
* [[Drop goal]], a scoring method used in rugby
* [[Field goal]], a scoring method used in American and Canadian football
* [[Field goal (basketball)]], a basket scored on any shot other than a free throw

==Arts, entertainment and media==
===Films===
* [[Goal (1936 film)|''Goal'' (1936 film)]], a 1936 Argentine sports film directed by Luis Moglia Barth
* [[Goal! (film series)|''Goal!'' (film series)]], a trilogy of football films
** [[Goal! (film)|''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)|''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)|''Goal'' (2007 Malayalam film)]], a 2007 Malayalam film directed by Kamal
* [[Goal (2018 film)|''Goal'' (2018 film)]], a 2018 Sinhala film
* ''Goal!'', the 1966 [[List of official FIFA World Cup films|official FIFA World Cup film]]

===Games===
* [[Goal! (video game)|''Goal!'' (video game)]], a 1988 game for the Nintendo Entertainment System
* [[Goals (video game)|''Goals'' (video game)]], an upcoming free-to-play video game for Windows, macOS, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X and S
* ''[[Dino Dini's Goal]]'', a 1993 game for Amiga, Atari ST and PC

===Literature===
* [[Goal (children's novel)|''Goal'' (children's novel)]], a children's novel by Michael Hardcastle
* [[The Goal (novel)|''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]], a video game programming language
* A trade name for the herbicide [[oxyfluorfen]]

==See also==
* [[Gaol]] or jail, a prison or remand center
* [[Goal line (disambiguation)]]
* [[Gol (disambiguation)]]
* [[Gole (disambiguation)]]
* [[Object (disambiguation)]]
* [[Objective (disambiguation)]]
* [[Purpose (disambiguation)]]
* [[Targeting (disambiguation)]]

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