Goal (website)

Goal, stylized in all caps and alternatively known as Goal.com, is a website currently dedicated to the coverage of international association football.

Currently owned by the Integrated Media Company (IMC) division of TPG Inc. since 2020,[1] it is published in 18 languages across 38 global regions and edited by over 500 contributors as of 2019.

[2] Sports statics company Perform Group acquired Goal.com for £18 million from its previous investors, which included Bessemer Venture Partners.

[3][4][5] In 2012, the website was investigated by HM Revenue and Customs department of the UK government over the use of unpaid interns.

[1] As of mid-2023, Goal was the fifth most popular sports news website in the UK, with 1.5 million monthly British readers according to a report by Press Gazette.

Lionel Messi is the record winner of the award having won it 7 times overall.