The ARD Goal of the Year is, like the ARD Goal of the Month (de:Tor des Monats), the ARD Goal of the Decade and ARD Goal of the Century, a individual soccer award selected by spectators of ARD German TV, among spectatular or important soccer goals scored in or for Germany. Current logo ARD (Arbeitsgemeinschaft der öffentlich-rechtlichen Rundfunkanstalten der Bundesrepublik Deutschland – the Consortium of public-law broadcasting institutions of the Federal Republic of Germany), is a joint organization of Germanys regional public broadcasting agencies. ...

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Details

The ARD Goal of the Month Award and its sister event, the ARD Goal of the Year Award, were incepted in 1971 by the German TV station ARD, one of two government channels. Each month, the GotM is held, and five especially spectacular, unusual or important goals are shortlisted for the seers to vote on. Initially you could only vote per mail, but today, votes are commonly made per telephone or per Internet. The winner gets a golden plaque which is one of the most-sought individual awards in German soccer. 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1971 calendar). ... ARD may refer to: ARD (broadcaster), the Arbeitsgemeinschaft der öffentlich-rechtlichen Rundfunkanstalten der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, the German association of public broadcasters. ... The telephone or phone (Greek: tele = far away and phone = voice) is a telecommunications device which is used to transmit and receive sound (most commonly voice and speech) across distance. ...

The 12 winners then are eligible for the big annual event, the GotY Award. Again, the goal with the most votes wins. Parallel to this, the 10 annual winners may participate in the ARD Goal of the Decade Award, and in 1999, the three Goals of the Decade of the 70s, 80s and 90s squared off for the ARD Goal of the Century Award, see above. 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...

Winners

ARD Goal of the Year scorers

• 1971 Ulrik Le Fevre
• 1972 Günter Netzer und Gerd Müller
• 1973 Günter Netzer
• 1974 Erwin Kostedde
• 1975 Klaus Fischer
• 1976 Gerd Müller
• 1977 Klaus Fischer
• 1978 Rainer Bonhof
• 1979 Harald Nickel
• 1980 Karl-Heinz Rummenigge
• 1981 Karl-Heinz Rummenigge
• 1982 Klaus Fischer
• 1983 Jürgen Wilhelm
• 1984 Daniel Simmes
• 1985 Pierre Littbarski
• 1986 Stefan Kohn
• 1987 Jürgen Klinsmann
• 1988 Jürgen Wegmann
• 1989 Klaus Augenthaler
• 1990 Lothar Matthäus
• 1991 Andreas Müller
• 1992 Lothar Matthäus
• 1993 Augustine "Jay-Jay" Okocha
• 1994 Bernd Schuster
• 1995 Jean-Pierre Papin
• 1996 Oliver Bierhoff
• 1997 Lars Ricken
• 1998 Olaf Marschall
• 1999 Giovane Elber
• 2000 Alex Alves
• 2001 Kurt Meyer
• 2002 Benjamin Lauth
• 2003 Nia Künzer
• 2004 Klemen Lavric
• 2005 Kasper Bögelund

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Lothar Matthäus. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... Agustine Azuka Jay-Jay Okocha (born August 14, 1973 in Enugu) is a Nigerian football (soccer) midfielder. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated like the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal. // Events January Bill Clinton January 1 : North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) goes into effect. ... Bernd Schuster (born December 22, 1959 in Augsburg) is a German football coach and former player. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jean-Pierre Papin (born November 5, 1963 in Boulogne-sur-Mer, France) was a French football player. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Oliver Bierhoff (born May 1, 1968 in Karlsruhe) is a German football striker, who scored the first golden goal in the history of major international football, for Germany in the Euro 96 final. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article needs to be wikified. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Giovane Elber de Souza (born July 23, 1972 in Londrina, Brazil) is a football (soccer) striker. ... 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ARD Goal of the Decade

• 1970s: Klaus Fischer (1977) - bicycle kick
• 1980s: Klaus Augenthaler (1989) - goal from the middle circle
• 1990s: Bernd Schuster (1994) - goal from the middle circle

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ARD Goal of the Century

• Klaus Fischer (1970s)

Notable cases

• In the most cases, spectacular and flashy goals win the Goal of the Year Award. But also Oliver Bierhoff's decisive goal to win the 1996 European Championship and Nia Künzer's header goal in the Woman's World Cup of 2003 were elected GotYs despite being arguably unspectacular.
• Bernd Schuster once managed to score the first, second and third most popular goal in the 1994 edition of ARD Goal of the Year Award.
• Klaus Fischer scored the ARD Goal of the Year in 1975, 1977 and 1982, and is the only player to have won three times. His 1982 GotY came in the World Cup half finals against France, equalizing with a bicycel kick in the 108th minute. Two-time winners are Günter Netzer, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, Gerd Müller and Lothar Matthäus.
• The oldest player was the 80 year old Kurt Meyer, the only woman yet is Nia Künzer.
• Twice, own goals have won the ARD Goal of the Month Award. Helmut Winklhofer once spectacularly smashed a wild 20-metre kick into his own goal, and another time, a horrified Frank Rohde saw his goalie kicking over his harmless back-pass.

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Additional notes

See also for the top scorer of each season.

External link

• (German) ARD-Sportschau