Goal of the Month (Germany)

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The Goal of the Month (German: Tor des Monats) is, like the Goal of the Year, the ARD Goal of the Decade and Goal of the Century, an individual soccer award selected by viewers of Sportschau (German TV channel ARD). Honored are spectacular or important football goals mostly scored in or for Germany.

Winners

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(Rows in bold are also Goals of the Year.)

1971

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Month Scorer For Against Competition Date
March Gerhard Faltermeier SSV Jahn Regensburg VfR Mannheim Regionalliga Süd 28 March 1971
April Günter Netzer Borussia Mönchengladbach Bayern Munich Bundesliga 14 April 1971
May Bernd Nickel Eintracht Frankfurt Kickers Offenbach Bundesliga 29 May 1971
June Werner Balte VfL Bochum SC Tasmania 1900 Berlin Regionalliga Playoff Round 20 June 1971
July Peter Braun SV Fraulautern FC Homburg DFB-Pokal 24 July 1971
August Stan Libuda FC Schalke 04 MSV Duisburg Bundesliga 21 August 1971
September Rolf Rüssmann FC Schalke 04 Werder Bremen Bundesliga 18 September 1971
October Ulrik le Fevre Borussia Mönchengladbach FC Schalke 04 Bundesliga 23 October 1971
November Alun Evans FC Liverpool Bayern Munich European Cup Winners' Cup 3 November 1971
December no goal selected

1972

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Month Scorer For Against Competition Date
January Bernd Nickel Eintracht Frankfurt Hamburger SV Bundesliga 22 January 1972
February Franz Beckenbauer Bayern Munich Eintracht Braunschweig DFB-Pokal 23 February 1972
March Gerd Müller Bayern Munich FC Steaua București European Cup Winners' Cup 8 March 1972
April Klaus Scheer
Stan Libuda
FC Schalke 04 Borussia Mönchengladbach DFB-Pokal 5 April 1972
May Manfred Kaltz Hamburger SV Bayern Munich Bundesliga 6 May 1972
June Gerd Müller Germany Belgium Euro 1972 14 June 1972
July Wolfgang Holoch Stuttgarter Kickers SpVgg 07 Ludwigsburg Süddeutscher Pokal 22 July 1972
August no goal selected
September Uli Hoeneß Germany Olympic football team East Germany Olympic football team 1972 Summer Olympics 8 September 1972
October Reiner Geye Fortuna Düsseldorf Borussia Mönchengladbach Bundesliga 4 October 1972
November Günter Netzer
Gerd Müller
Germany Switzerland Friendly 15 November 1972
December no goal selected

1973

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Month Scorer For Against Competition Date
January Hans-Josef Kapellmann 1. FC Köln VfB Stuttgart Bundesliga 20 January 1973
February Jupp Heynckes Borussia Mönchengladbach Fortuna Düsseldorf Bundesliga 17 February 1973
March Günter Netzer Borussia Mönchengladbach 1. FC Kaiserslautern UEFA Cup 20 March 1973
April Bernd Nickel Eintracht Frankfurt Wuppertaler SV Bundesliga 28 April 1973
May Jupp Heynckes Borussia Mönchengladbach FC Liverpool UEFA Cup 23 May 1973
June Günter Netzer Borussia Mönchengladbach 1. FC Köln DFB-Pokal 23 June 1973
July Alfons Kluger TSV Burgdorf VfL Wolfsburg DFB-Pokal 29 July 1973
August Alfred Volk FV Speyer 1. FC Saarbrücken Regionalliga Südwest 26 August 1973
September Bernd Rupp Borussia Mönchengladbach Werder Bremen Bundesliga 8 September 1972
October Bernd Rupp Borussia Mönchengladbach Rangers European Cup Winners' Cup 24 October 1973
November Erwin Kremers FC Schalke 04 Eintracht Frankfurt Bundesliga 3 November 1973
December no goal selected

1974

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Month Scorer For Against Competition Date
January Johann Ettmayer VfB Stuttgart Eintracht Frankfurt Bundesliga 26 January 1974
February Klaus Fichtel FC Schalke 04 Borussia Mönchengladbach Bundesliga 2 February 1974
March Franz Beckenbauer Bayern Munich MSV Duisburg UEFA Cup 30 March 1974
April Herbert Neumann 1. FC Köln Wuppertaler SV Bundesliga 27 April 1974
May no goal selected
June no goal selected
July no goal selected
August Karl-Heinz Struth SC Fortuna Köln Rot-Weiß Oberhausen Bundesliga 25 August 1974
September Bärbel Wohlleben TuS Wörrstadt DJK Eintracht Erle Deutsche Fußballmeisterschaft 8 September 1974
October Erwin Kostedde Kickers Offenbach Borussia Mönchengladbach Bundesliga 18 October 1974
November Erich Beer Hertha BSC Berlin MSV Duisburg Bundesliga 3 November 1973
December no goal selected

1975

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Month Scorer For Against Competition Date
January Peter Nogly Hamburger SV Borussia Mönchengladbach Bundesliga 25 January 1975
February Gerd Zimmermann Fortuna Düsseldorf 1. FC Kaiserslautern DFB-Pokal 8 February 1975
March Jürgen Glowacz 1. FC Köln Hamburger SV Bundesliga 26 March 1975
April Manfred Ritschel Kickers Offenbach Eintracht Frankfurt Bundesliga 19 April 1975
May Herbert Wimmer Germany Netherlands Friendly 17 May 1975
June Beverly Ranger Bonner SC SSG Bergisch Gladbach Mittelrheinmeisterschaft 26 June 1975
July Jupp Heynckes Borussia Mönchengladbach FC St. Pauli Friendly 23 July 1975
August Peter Hayduk Hannover 96 Borussia Mönchengladbach Bundesliga 9 August 1975
September Klaus Fischer FC Schalke 04 Karlsruher SC Bundesliga 27 September 1975
October Lorenz-Günther Köstner Bayer Uerdingen FC Schalke 04 Bundesliga 25 October 1975
November Johann Ettmayer Hamburger SV Red Star Belgrade UEFA Cup 5 November 1975
December no goal selected

1976

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Month Scorer For Against Competition Date
January Hannes Löhr 1. FC Köln Hertha BSC Berlin Bundesliga 17 January 1976
February Berti Vogts Germany Malta UEFA Euro 1976 qualifying 28 February 1976
March Sigfried Held Kickers Offenbach Bayern Munich Bundesliga 13 March 1976
April Erich Beer Germany Spain UEFA Euro 1976 qualifying 24 April 1976
May Uli Hoeneß Germany Spain UEFA Euro 1976 qualifying 22 May 1976
June Dieter Müller Germany Soviet Union UEFA Euro 1976 20 June 1976
July Burkhard Steiner Rot-Weiss Essen (U18) VfB Stuttgart (U18) U18 championship 11 July 1976
August Jürgen Jendrossek SG Wattenscheid 09 Wuppertaler SV 2. Bundesliga 29 August 1976
September Gerd Müller Bayern Munich Tennis Borussia Berlin Bundesliga 10 September 1976
October Gerd Müller Bayern Munich Banik Ostrava European Cup 20 October 1976
November Heinz Flohe Germany Soviet Union Friendly 17 November 1976
December no goal selected

1977

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Month Scorer For Against Competition Date
January Manfred Burgsmüller Borussia Dortmund Karlsruher SC Bundesliga 29 January 1977
February Lorenz Hilkes SpVgg Greuther Fürth FC 08 Homburg 2. Bundesliga Süd 4 February 1977
March Rainer Bonhof Borussia Mönchengladbach Eintracht Frankfurt Bundesliga 26 March 1977
April Hans-Jürgen Wittkamp Borussia Mönchengladbach Dynamo Kyiv European Cup 20 April 1977
May Kurt Jara MSV Duisburg 1. FC Saarbrücken Bundesliga 14 May 1977
June Klaus Fischer Germany Mexico Friendly 15 June 1977
July Jan Højland Nielsen 1860 Munich Arminia Bielefeld DFB-Pokal 30 July 1977
August Carlos Babington SG Wattenscheid 09 Fortuna Köln 2. Bundesliga North 5 August 1977
September Allan Simonsen Borussia Mönchengladbach Vasas Budapest European Cup 14 September 1977
October Allan Simonsen Borussia Mönchengladbach Eintracht Frankfurt Bundesliga 29 October 1977
November Klaus Fischer Germany Switzerland Friendly 16 November 1977
December no goal selected

1978

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1979

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Month Scorer For Against Competition Date
January Jürgen Röber Werder Bremen 1. FC Nürnberg Bundesliga 16 December 1978
February Horst Hrubesch Hamburger SV Borussia Mönchengladbach Bundesliga 4 February 2004
March Gerd Warken FC 08 Homburg SpVgg Bayreuth 2. Bundesliga Süd 25 March 1979
April Klaus Toppmöller 1. FC Kaiserslautern Eintracht Frankfurt Bundesliga 21 April 1979
May Walter Krause Kickers Offenbach TSV 1860 Munich 2. Bundesliga Süd 15 May 1979
June Wolfgang Seel Fortuna Düsseldorf Hertha BSC DFB-Pokal 24 June 1979
July Wolfgang Dienelt Stuttgarter Kickers U-19 1. FC Kaiserslautern U-19 U-19 Meisterschaft 15 July 1979
August Hans-Peter Briegel 1. FC Kaiserslautern FC Valencia Friendly 4 August 1979
September Karlheinz Kwolek 1. FC Pforzheim TSV 1860 Munich DFB-Pokal 29 September 1979
October Karl-Heinz Rummenigge Germany Wales UEFA Euro 1980 qualifying 17 October 1979
November Harald Nickel Borussia Mönchengladbach Inter Milan 1979–80 UEFA Cup 7 November 1979
December no goal selected

1980

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2004

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Month Scorer For Against Competition Date
January Lukas Podolski 1. FC Köln Borussia Mönchengladbach Bundesliga 31 January 2004
February Stefan Blank Alemannia Aachen Bayern Munich DFB-Pokal 4 February 2004
March Normen Elsner Eisenhüttenstädter FC Stahl Frankfurter FC Viktoria NOFV-Oberliga 6 March 2004
April Mike Hanke FC Schalke 04 Bayer Leverkusen Bundesliga 17 April 2004
May Lukas Podolski 1. FC Köln Bayern Munich Bundesliga 1 May 2004
June no goal selected
July Angelos Charisteas Greece Portugal Euro 2004 final 4 July 2004
August Ahmet Kuru Eintracht Braunschweig VfB Lübeck Regionalliga Nord 11 August 2004
September Joe Enochs VfL Osnabrück Bayern Munich DFB-Pokal 21 September 2004
October Lukas Podolski 1. FC Köln Rot-Weiß Oberhausen 2. Bundesliga 17 October 2004
November Matthias Lehmann TSV 1860 Munich 1. FC Saarbrücken 2. Bundesliga 7 November 2004
December Klemen Lavrič Dynamo Dresden Rot-Weiß Erfurt 2. Bundesliga 12 December 2004

2009

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Month Scorer For Against Competition Date
January Sérgio Pinto Hannover 96 Schalke 04 Bundesliga 31 January 2009
February Kevin Kuranyi Schalke 04 Borussia Dortmund Bundesliga 20 February 2009
March Michael Ballack Germany Liechtenstein World Cup qualification 4 April 2009
April Grafite VfL Wolfsburg Bayern Munich Bundesliga 4 April 2009
May Florian Trinks Germany U17 Netherlands U17 European Under-17 Championship 18 May 2009
June Sandro Wagner Germany U21 England U21 European Under-21 Championship 29 June 2009
July Orlando Smeekes FC Carl Zeiss Jena SV Wehen Wiesbaden 3. Liga 25 July 2009
August Bastian Götzfried Würzburger FV FC Blau-Weiß Leinach Landesliga 26 August 2009
September Melanie Behringer Germany England 2009 UEFA Women's Championship 10 September 2009
October Angelo Barletta VfL Osnabrück Borussia Dortmund DFB-Pokal 27 October 2009
November Alexander Ende SC Fortuna Köln MSV Duisburg II Oberliga NRW 29 November 2009
December Eljero Elia Hamburger SV 1. FC Nürnberg Bundesliga 12 December 2009[1]

2010

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Month Scorer For Against Competition Date
January Arjen Robben Bayern Munich Werder Bremen Bundesliga 23 January 2010
February Aristide Bancé Mainz 05 Hertha Berlin Bundesliga 13 February 2010
March Arjen Robben Bayern Munich Schalke 04 Bundesliga 24 March 2010
April Arjen Robben Bayern Munich Manchester United Champions League 7 April 2010
May Claudio Pizzaro Werder Bremen Hamburger SV Bundesliga 8 May 2010
June Thomas Müller Germany Australia 2010 World Cup 13 June 2010
July Ilian Micanski 1. FC Kaiserslautern Liverpool F.C. Friendly 24 July 2010
August Alexander Thamm Rot-Weiss Essen VfB Homberg NRW-Liga 13 August 2010
September Sami Allagui Mainz 05 Bayern Munich Bundesliga 25 September 2010
October Michael Stahl TuS Koblenz Hertha Berlin DFB-Pokal 26 October 2010
November Sidney Sam Bayer Leverkusen 1. FC Kaiserslautern Bundesliga 7 November 2010
December Torsten Oehrl FC Augsburg FSV Frankfurt 2. Bundesliga 11 December 2010

2011

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Month Scorer For Against Competition Date
January Paul Kosenkow BV Cloppenburg SV Meppen Oberliga Niedersachsen 28 January 2011
February Lukas Podolski 1. FC Köln SC Freiburg Bundesliga 26 February 2011
March Marcel Schuhen 1. FC Köln U19 SG Wattenscheid U19 U19 Bundesliga 27 March 2011
April Julian Schuster SC Freiburg 1899 Hoffenheim Bundesliga 9 April 2011
May Julian Draxler FC Schalke 04 MSV Duisburg DFB-Pokal Final 21 May 2011
June Lukas Scepanik 1. FC Köln U17 Werder Bremen U17 U17 Bundesliga 5 June 2011
July Sascha Rösler Fortuna Düsseldorf VfL Bochum 2. Bundesliga 18 July 2011
August Raúl FC Schalke 04 1. FC Köln Bundesliga 13 August 2011
September Silvio 1. FC Union Berlin FC Ingolstadt 04 2. Bundesliga 11 September 2011
October Eren Derdiyok Bayer Leverkusen VfL Wolfsburg Bundesliga 1 October 2011
November Jan Schlaudraff Hannover 96 Hamburger SV Bundesliga 26 November 2011
December Christian Clemens 1. FC Köln SC Freiburg Bundesliga 10 December 2011

2012

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Month Scorer For Against Competition Date
January Marco Reus Borussia Mönchengladbach Bayern Munich Bundesliga 20 January 2012
February Shinji Okazaki VfB Stuttgart Hannover 96 Bundesliga 19 February 2012
March Raúl Schalke 04 1. FC Kaiserslautern Bundesliga 18 March 2012
April Raúl Schalke 04 Hannover 96 Bundesliga 8 April 2012
May Thomas Müller Bayern Munich 1. FC Köln Bundesliga 5 May 2012
June Marco Reus Germany Greece UEFA Euro 2012 22 June 2012
July Sebastian Kehl Borussia Dortmund 1. FC Nürnberg Friendly 21 July 2012
August Mohammed Abdellaoue Hannover 96 Manchester United Friendly 11 August 2012
September Marco Reus Borussia Dortmund Borussia Mönchengladbach Bundesliga 29 September 2012
October Ciprian Marica Schalke 04 SV Sandhausen DFB-Pokal 30 October 2012
November Zlatan Ibrahimović Sweden England Friendly 14 November 2012
December Juan Arango Borussia Mönchengladbach Mainz 05 Bundesliga 9 December 2012

2013

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Month Scorer For Against Competition Date
January Mame Biram Diouf Hannover 96 Schalke 04 Bundesliga 18 January 2013
February Arjen Robben Bayern Munich Borussia Dortmund DFB-Pokal 27 February 2013
March Ivica Olić VfL Wolfsburg SC Freiburg Bundesliga 9 March 2013
April Bastian Schweinsteiger Bayern Munich Eintracht Frankfurt Bundesliga 6 April 2013
May Franck Ribéry Bayern Munich Borussia Mönchengladbach Bundesliga 18 May 2013
June Leonie Maier Germany Japan Friendly 22 June 2012
July Raúl
Julian Draxler
Schalke 04 Al Sadd Friendly 27 July 2013
August Christian Gentner VfB Stuttgart Rijeka UEFA Europa League 29 August 2013
September Robert Lewandowski Borussia Dortmund SC Freiburg Bundesliga 28 September 2013
October André Schürrle Germany Sweden FIFA World Cup qualification 15 October 2013
November Pascal Köpke SpVgg Unterhaching VfB Stuttgart II 3. Liga 9 November 2013
December Patrick Helmes 1. FC Köln Dynamo Dresden 2. Bundesliga 13 December 2013

2014

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Month Scorer For Against Competition Date
January Thiago Bayern Munich VfB Stuttgart Bundesliga 29 January 2014
February Klaas-Jan Huntelaar Schalke 04 Real Madrid UEFA Champions League 26 February 2014
March Domi Kumbela Eintracht Braunschweig Mainz 05 Bundesliga 25 March 2014
April Florian Dick 1. FC Kaiserslautern FSV Frankfurt 2. Bundesliga 20 April 2014
May Claudio Pizarro Bayern Munich Hamburger SV Bundesliga 3 May 2014
June André Schürrle Germany Algeria 2014 FIFA World Cup 30 June 2014
July Mario Götze Germany Argentina 2014 FIFA World Cup 13 July 2014
August Fabian Klos Arminia Bielefeld SV Sandhausen DFB-Pokal 17 August 2014
September Moritz Stoppelkamp SC Paderborn Hannover 96 Bundesliga 20 September 2014
October Kevin De Bruyne VfL Wolfsburg Lille UEFA Europa League 2 October 2014
November Dennis Mast Arminia Bielefeld SV Wehen Wiesbaden 3. Liga 8 November 2014
December Bastian Schweinsteiger Bayern Munich Mainz 05 Bundesliga 19 December 2014

Details

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The Goal of the Month Award and the Goal of the Year Award were incepted in 1971 by the German TV station ARD, back then one of only two public broadcasting agencies in Germany, in its Saturday evening "Sportschau" report in the channel of Das Erste. Each month, the GotM is held, and five especially spectacular, unusual or important goals are shortlisted for the viewers to vote on. Initially in the 1970s, votes were cast per mail, but nowadays votes are commonly cast per telephone or per Internet. The winner receives a golden plaque.

Up to 12 winners (usually less due to breaks in winter and summer) 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 Goal of the Decade Award, and in 1999, the three Goals of the Decade of the 70s, 80s and 90s squared off for the Goal of the Century Award, see above.

Records

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Teams (as of February 2011):

  1. 61 FC Bayern Munich
  2. 46 Men's national teams (FIFA team, Under 21 team, Olympic team)
  3. 35 Borussia Mönchengladbach
  4. 33 1. FC Köln

Most GotM per Team and Year:

Additional notes

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See also Category:kicker-Torjägerkanone Award winners for the top scorer of each season.

References

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  1. ^ "Dezember 2009 - Elia". Sportschau.de (in German).
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