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Winning Goal

The game is officially endorsed by former soccer player and current coach for the Argentina national team, Diego Maradona.


Sjoerd Ars

On 28 July 2011, in his official debut for Levski, he came on as a substitute and scored the winning goal for the 2:1 win over FC Spartak Trnava.


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1937–38 FA Cup

Seconds later, Preston were awarded a penalty, from which George Mutch scored the winning goal; Woodrooffe kept his promise.

1967 in Scotland

25 May - Celtic F.C. become the first British and Northern European team to reach a European Cup final and also to win it, beating Inter Milan 2-1 in normal time with the winning goal being scored by Steve Chalmers in Lisbon, Portugal.

1973 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship

The undefeated Maryland Terrapins, led by coach Bud Beardmore and Hall of Fame midfielder Frank Urso defeated Johns Hopkins 10 to 9 in two overtimes, with Urso scoring the winning goal 1:18 into overtime.

1978–79 Birmingham City F.C. season

Within three months he scored the winning goal in the 1979 European Cup Final.

1979–80 Philadelphia Flyers season

Facing the Islanders for the Cup, the Flyers would ultimately lose in six games on Bob Nystrom's overtime Cup-winning goal.

2006–07 Vancouver Canucks season

Scored the game-winning goal in Game 1 vs. Dallas ending the longest overtime game in team history and the 6th longest in NHL history on April 11, 2007.

2008 Football League Cup Final

Three minutes into extra time, Jonathan Woodgate headed a Jermaine Jenas free kick onto Petr Čech, who in turn pushed it straight back onto Woodgate's head to score the winning goal.

2010 I-League 2nd Division

On match day 1 Local favorites HALSC beat NISA 2-1 with satish kumar jr scoring the winning goal for HALSC in 87th minute and in the second match of the day VASCO SC drubbed Oil India 4-0.

2011–12 Canadian Interuniversity Sport women's ice hockey season

On February 25, 2012, Iya Gavrilova scored the game-winning goal in the deciding game of the 2012 Canada West tournament, as the Calgary Dinos claimed their first ever tournament title.

2012–13 Anaheim Ducks season

Defenseman Sheldon Souray uses his trademark slapshot to score the game-winning goal with 2:08 left in the third period; the Los Angeles Times had run an article on Souray's benefits to the team that very morning.

Abdulla Koni

In the quarter-finals, he scored the winning goal against Espérance de Tunis slotting in a cross from teammate Lee Jung-Soo, earning his team a 2–1 victory.

Ahmad Hassan Stakoza

In the 2006-2007 season he appeared in some matches for Al Ahly and scored the winning goal against Tanta FC.

Alejandro Aguiluz

Aguiluz made his debut in the Honduran Liga Nacional on 6 February 2010 against C.D. Marathón at the age of 17, he scored the winning goal that night.

Alejandro Salazar

Salazar made his debut coming on as a substitute replacing Steve Corica on the 66th minute in the Semi Final against Adelaide United assisting Mark Rudan's winning goal.

Ali Jabbari

He scored again in the final which Iran won vs South Korea, with the winning goal coming from Hossein Kalani, who also scored a hat-trick during the Group phase.

Andrew Jean-Baptiste

Jean-Baptiste scored the game-winning goal on July 13, 2013 against the Los Angeles Galaxy, on a header from a corner kick by Diego Valeri.

Barry O'Connor

Hakan Şükür scoring the winning goal in front of 25,000 locals.

Colby Armstrong

His only goal of the tournament was the game-winning goal in the gold medal game against Finland in Moscow, which Canada won 4–2.

Darío Conca

On 27 October, Conca assisted Gao Lin to score the league-winning goal in the injury time against Liaoning Whowin, which gave Guangzhou Evergrande their second Super League title and became the first team ever to defend the CSL title.

Detroit Junior Red Wings

During that game vs. Brandon, there was an online report that said that Milan Kostolny scored the winning goal, but in fact after video research, the goal was scored by Matthew Ball, off of Wade Redden's foot Detroit then started the final game vs Kamloops shorthanded, playing without Shayne McCosh (broken wrist) and Bryan Berard, trying to play with a bad charley horse.

Diego Quintana

He scored the winning goal at the FIFA Youth World Cup in 1997 against Uruguay in front of 62,000 spectators at the Shah Alam Stadium in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Emmanuel Nwachi

On 13 October 2008, he left Sharks and moved to Bayelsa United F.C., helping them to a league title and securing a semi-final slot in the 2009 CAF Confederation Cup with the winning goal in the final group stage game at Stade Malien.

Eren Derdiyok

On 27 August 2008, he scored the winning goal in FC Basel's 2–1 win over Vitória S.C. at St. Jakob-Park which meant that Basel qualified for the UEFA Champions League.

Francisco Sandaza

A few week later, Sandaza scored his first goal, which turns out to be a winning goal, in a 2–1 win over Oldham Athletic.

Fuentealbilla

FC Barcelona and Spain midfielder Andrés Iniesta, who scored the winning goal in the 2010 FIFA World Cup Final, was born in Fuentealbilla.

Georgios Anatolakis

He most notably scored the winning goal for Olympiacos' first match in the renovated Georgios Karaiskakis.

Guðmundur Pétursson

Pétursson scored the only and winning goal in the local derby against HK in the quarter-finals and scored the winning goal against Keflavík in the semi-finals.

Harry Welfare

Welfare ended his career after scoring the winning goal for Fluminense against Botafogo, in 1924.

Héctor Castro

A third playoff was contested on 18 November, and Héctor Castro played a vital role in this match, scoring a hat-trick which meant twice equalising as well as scoring the winning goal for Nacional, in a 3–2 win over Peñarol, which finally settled the Uruguayan Championship, almost six months after the controversial first playoff.

Ismael Blanco

On 26 September 2007 in a match against Veria, after putting AEK Athens in front, Blanco revealed a Zorro mask from his sock and drew a big Z in the air celebrating the winning goal.

Jesús Lugo

His first ever goal for Aragua FC came against Monagas in a 2–2 draw on 16 August 2009, a week later he bagged the winning goal against Mineros de Guayana (1–0), he then got both goals in a 2–1 win over Atlético El Vigía on 12 September 2009.

Johan Elmander

On 26 February 2012, he scored the opening and the winning goal of the game against Beşiktaş in a 3–2 win and also scored goals in all derby matches including Fenerbahçe and Trabzonspor.

John Tonelli

On May 24, 1980, Tonelli had the assist on Bob Nystrom's overtime Stanley Cup-winning goal against the Philadelphia Flyers, giving the Islanders their first of four straight Cups.

Josué Martínez

Josué was an important part of The Purple Monster, being one of its top goalscorers in that tournament also scoring the 1-0 winning goal against Liga Deportiva Alajuelense in the first of two matches of "El Clásico" de Costa Rica, at Ricardo Saprissa Stadium in San José.

Juan Pablo Ángel

Ángel began to make a name for himself when he scored the winning goal against local rival Independiente Medellín to help Nacional capture the 1994 Colombian title.

Kelowna Rockets

Justin Keller scored the game-winning goal late in the third period as the host Kelowna Rockets won their first ever MasterCard Memorial Cup by defeating the QMJHL Champion Gatineau Olympiques.

Ken Mulhearn

Mulhearn started the following season as first choice, but was dropped following a European Cup defeat to Fenerbahçe, in which his failure to claim a cross resulted in a winning goal for the Turkish side, leading Malcolm Allison to blame him for the defeat.

Lochore Welfare F.C.

Among these are Willie Johnston, who could often be seen playing for Lochore before going on to play for Rangers and Scotland and Ian Porterfield, whose greatest moment of glory was scoring the winning goal for Sunderland in the FA Cup final.

Maksym Kalynychenko

After playing an away match on Saturday, 16 August 2008, against rivals Illychivets Mariupol during which Maksym Kalynychenko scored the winning goal in the 66th minute – helping Dnipro win 2:1, he was named by UA-Football as the of the two best attacking midfielders along with Constantinos Makrides of Metalurh Donetsk, of the fifth round in the Ukrainian Premier League.

Mauro Boselli

He also helped the team by scoring the winning goal in the tournament's final against Cruzeiro, in Belo Horizonte.

Nery Pumpido

At the 1990 World Cup, Pumpido was at fault for Cameroon's winning goal, fumbling François Omam-Biyik's header into the net as the African nation shocked the defending champions at the tournament's opening game in Milan, winning by a goal to nil.

Óscar Pareja

Pareja came up through the youth system of Atlético Nacional; however, he began his professional career in 1987, debuting for renowned club Independiente Medellín, and assisted on the winning goal in a 1-0 victory on his debut.

Robbie Neilson

A high point in his career came in 2004 with his match-winning goal in Hearts' 2-1 away win over FC Basel in the 2004-05 UEFA Cup, his first in any competition for the club.

Shehab Ahmed

After a long absence that lasted for almost two seasons, Shehab made a phenomenal comeback in the Etisalat Emirates Cup competition and scored the winning goal in the finale against Al-Wahda in the 73rd minute which handed Al Ain FC the first Etisalat Emirates Cup.

Song Ho-Young

On 10 May 2009, he scored his first goal, the winning goal of the match in a 1:0 defeat against Gangwon FC and scored his 2nd goal in the 4:1 victory against Chunnam Dragons on 6 September.

Starcade

(famous for scoring the game-winning goal for the 1980 U.S. Men's Olympic Hockey Team vs. Russia) and featured an almost entirely different format.

Tsang Man Fai

He scored a goal in the penalty area of his team and assisted his teammate Makhosonke Bhengu to scored the winning goal in his first professional match.

Wayne Simmonds

Later that same week, on February 23, 2013 Simmonds recorded yet another Gordie Howe hat trick in a 5–3 win against the Winnipeg Jets at Wells Fargo Center, fighting Chris Thorburn assisting on the Flyers first goal and scoring the game-winning goal.