Goal (website)

GOAL is an international association football news website founded in 2004 by Chicco Merighi and Gianluigi Longinotti-Buitoni. It is published in 19 languages, with 38 national editions and 600 contributors.[1] It is owned by Integrated Media Company (IMC), a division of TPG Capital.

GOAL
Type of site
Sports journalism
Available inEnglish
French
German
Spanish
Italian
Arabic
Thai
Portuguese
Dutch
Turkish
Indonesian
Korean
Japanese
Hungarian
Vietnamese
Chinese
Headquarters
London
,
England
Area servedWorldwide
OwnerIntegrated Media Company (majority)
DAZN Group (minority)
Founder(s)
  • Chicco Merighi
  • Gian Luigi Longinotti-Buitoni
CEOJuan Delgado
ServicesAssociation football news
URLgoal.com
Launched2004
Current statusActive

History

GOAL was acquired by Perform Group in 2011, paying £18 million to the website's investors, including Bessemer Venture Partners.[2][3][4] In 2012, the website was investigated by HM Revenue and Customs department of the UK government over the use of unpaid interns.[5]

In August 2016, Perform Group launched the online sports video streaming service DAZN. In September 2018 Perform Group was split into two companies: DAZN Group (named after its streaming service) for its consumer content operations, and Perform Content for its business-to-business services. Under this new structure, GOAL sat under DAZN. In March 2019, DAZN re-organized the Perform Media division into DAZN Media, which includes GOAL. In late 2020, GOAL, alongside Spox and Voetbalzone were packaged as a new company called FootballCo. Shortly after, a majority stake in FootballCo. was purchased by Integrated Media Company (IMC) which is a division of TPG Capital.[6]

Awards

In 2017 and 2020, GOAL won the Best Sports News Site award at The Drum Online Media Awards.[7]

GOAL50

Since the 2007–08 season, the best 50 players of the respective season are selected by GOAL reporters and ranked as part of Goal's "Goal 50."[8] Starting from the 2018–19 season, the 50 players were divided into 25 men and 25 women, with a winner from both genders being crowned. In 2021 voting was changed, with the list of available players chosen by GOAL journalists and the ranking decided by a public vote.

Lionel Messi is the record winner of the award having won it 6 times overall.

Men's winners
SeasonWinnerClub(s)
2007–08 Portugal Cristiano RonaldoEngland Manchester United
2008–09 Argentina Lionel MessiSpain Barcelona
2009–10 Netherlands Wesley SneijderItaly Internazionale
2010–11 Argentina Lionel MessiSpain Barcelona
2011–12 Portugal Cristiano RonaldoSpain Real Madrid
2012–13 Argentina Lionel MessiSpain Barcelona
2013–14 Portugal Cristiano RonaldoSpain Real Madrid
2014–15 Argentina Lionel MessiSpain Barcelona
2015–16 Portugal Cristiano RonaldoSpain Real Madrid
2016–17 Portugal Cristiano RonaldoSpain Real Madrid
2017–18 Croatia Luka ModrićSpain Real Madrid
2018–19 Netherlands Virgil van DijkEngland Liverpool
2019–20 Poland Robert LewandowskiGermany Bayern Munich
2020–21 Argentina Lionel Messi[9] Spain Barcelona
2021–22 Argentina Lionel Messi[10] France Paris Saint-Germain

Women's winners
SeasonWinnerClub(s)
2018–19 United States Megan RapinoeUnited States Reign FC
2019–20 Denmark Pernille HarderGermany VfL Wolfsburg
England Chelsea
2020–21 Spain Alexia Putellas Spain Barcelona
2021–22 Spain Alexia Putellas Spain Barcelona

NXGN

Since the 2015–16 season, GOAL has ranked the 50 best players aged under 19 for that respective season, with selections made by GOAL's network of journalists. The resulting list is known as the NXGN list, with the first-ranked players receiving the NXGN winner's award.[11]

Since 2020, a women's list and award has also been published and handed out.[12]

Men's winners
SeasonWinnerClub(s)
2015–2016 Belgium Youri TielemansBelgium Anderlecht
2016–2017 Italy Gianluigi DonnarummaItaly Milan
2017–2018 Netherlands Justin KluivertNetherlands Ajax
2018–2019 England Jadon SanchoGermany Borussia Dortmund
2019–2020 Brazil RodrygoSpain Real Madrid
2020–2021 Spain Ansu FatiSpain Barcelona
2021–2022 England Jude BellinghamGermany Borussia Dortmund

Women's winners
SeasonWinnerClub(s)
2019–2020 Germany Lena OberdorfGermany SGS Essen
2020–2021 Sweden Hanna BennisonSweden FC Rosengård
2021–2022 Haiti Melchie DumornayFrance Stade de Reims

References
  1. "Goal.com". Perform Group. Archived from the original on 12 March 2018. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
  2. Farey-Jones, Daniel (23 February 2011). "Perform challenges Sky with Goal.com acquisition". Campaign. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
  3. Wauters, Robin (23 February 2011). "Score! Perform Group Buys Goal.com From Bessemer To Go Direct-To-Consumer". TechCrunch. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
  4. Sweney, Mark (16 May 2012). "Perform buys data company RunningBall for £95m". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
  5. Malik, Shiv (23 December 2012). "Football site Goal.com investigated over use of 30 unpaid interns a week". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
  6. "IMC sign agreement to acquire Goal | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  7. "The Drum: Best Sports News Site". The Drum. Archived from the original on 7 October 2020. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
  8. "Cahill named in Goal 50 list". Socceroos. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  9. "GOAL50 2021: Messi and Putellas crowned winners after historic fan vote | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  10. "GOAL50 2022: Messi, Putellas and Maradona crowned winners after global fan vote | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
  11. "NxGn 2019". Goal. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
  12. "NxGn 2020: The 10 best wonderkids in women's football | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  • International edition site (in English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Indonesian, Arabic, Hungarian, and Japanese)
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