The FM Puskas Award

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We put out a call for your best goal in FM23, with FM24 about to come out in full we needed to decide something very important. What is the best goal scored in a YEAR of Football Manager? The Puskas award, if you will, and we had a truly huge amount of submissions that it took me quite a while to go through.
I did eventually make a decision but not before I created a top 20 and a top 5 for wondergoals in FM. There were simply too many amazing goals that I couldn’t leave so many out without sharing my amazement. I also learned that there were animations in Football Manager I have never seen, which is great, something to look forward to whenever my player wants to do a bicycle kick for once.
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[@ZealandonYT]

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[@outlawedTV88]

Van Dijk goal should have won

[@Bolor30]

A lot of great goals, obviously the Van Dijk goal should have won.

[@karl1ok]

I agree. That van Dijk goal is magical

[@verbfrombonsai8852]

4 seems criminal for such a pretty goal

[@tobyv6087]

Definitely first I’ve seen way more bicycle kicks than whatever that goal was

[@willster947]

Agreed.

[@bitchtits9292]

3 was the best goal ❤

[@SamFonsecaa]

Delighted to make the semi final in the Puskas award! Would like to thank my parents, my friends and most importantly, Marcus Edwards.

[@danielsousa8151]

Fuck yeah, SPORTIIIING!!!

[@exmsenhorbataguas6411]

Filho de emigrantes no reino unido ou na america?

[@SamFonsecaa]

@@exmsenhorbataguas6411 Nascido no Reino Unido, o meu pai é português e a minha mãe é irlandesa

[@exmsenhorbataguas6411]

@@SamFonsecaa fixe

[@karl1ok]

I must say van Dijk got robbed. The Endrick goal is truly insane, but I'm more partial to van Dijk's goal

[@АльрамиУразбеков]

that's was just a bug or glitch

[@rb43210]

​@@АльрамиУразбековok? Fm counted it so why does that matter

[@corester3018]

@@АльрамиУразбеков if thats just reasoning it shouldnt be on the list

[@ryangilhooley13]

As a Scotland fan that Schick goal just gave me vietnam flashbacks to Euro 2021. Amazing goal, nightmares for days. Thanks

[@ShayCovers]

Still remember that... wasn't it basically at the halfway line? Crazy goal

[@MarcosSilva-mq6xr]

My favorite is #2, and fun fact, as a former goalkeeper that goal was nostalgic... The best goal that I've ever seen live is a goal that was scored.... against me... I was never able to fully explain the goal, but it's literally a copy of that goal and just to be even more context, it was a 2-1 loss in the 90+ 😂. The pure silence on my entire team was incredible, knowing that we just lost a game in the last minute, but with a ****ing goal.

[@RichJ93]

I'll take second place all day. Brunori really was a legend, that guy was an absolute animal in front of goal. But that was the pick of the bunch 😂

[@bertbertsonson]

Goalkeepers get so much stick on fm it would be awesome to see top 10 saves 😊

[@Zarramba]

That would be awesome! Agreed

[@ChristianPowell-b6h]

Your goalkeeper makes saves?

[@bertbertsonson]

@@ChristianPowell-b6h yes I saw one once 😁

[@bimapringgo]

Top 10 saves is the opponent's goalie every time my AC Milan play at home against bottom of the table clubs.

[@TuNKy97]

The fun fact about the Schick goal is that he scored an almost identical goal in real life too when playing for the national team

[@n0body550]

Actual Nam flashbacks for us scots

[@goncalomartins2676]

My thoughts exactly. On that save I felt a lot that Schick only liked to score goals like that. Always trying to schip that ball

[@damoncrossan3827]

I don't dwell on twitter or X but if I did I'd have submitted one, probably wouldn't hold up against these goals but it's certainly the best one I've scored, was playing as Crystal Palace and had Jeff Schlupp get dispossessed on the edge of the box, he then proceeded to chase the person who dispossessed him all the way back to half way near the sideline steal it back and run back towards the box and just plant his foot through it and hit the back corner of the net. I was honestly stunned

[@kahntaylor2246]

Work rate - 20

[@fifacatalyst864]

#12 reminded me of THAT Jamie Vardy goal against Liverpool when Leicester won the league

[@roiped]

The #2 or the Van Dijk goals should have won..

[@Salas100786]

Wow, that Endrick overkick reminds me of Rivaldo goal against Valencia. It's so nice to see so nasty goals in FM, this game really evolved.

[@dimitrioli1506]

I found your channel because of puskas from FM 22 so its big moment

[@benzub4103]

Zealand i love your content, thank you so much for taking me from someone who saw all the fm trailers since 07 and not understanding any of it to getting sacked by my club after a promotion season and then an average finish the next division. Keep going bro i'm from SA Cape Town and i only recently saw that you received last seasons Cape Town FC kit. When i was younger i used to play for Ajax Cape Town (Cape Town Spurs now) and i played half a season on loan at Cape Town City so it would mean the world to me for you to do some kind of save down here. Im so excited for fm24 i cant even express it, but for now ill take all the content about it you got.PS FM took over my life for the last 2 years and i dont see it going anywhere soon. Sys saved my season.

[@trippydrew8492]

The Endrick one wouldn't have got out of the semi finalists for me 🤷‍♂

[@ayomipoige7726]

Thumbnail predicted something

[@muhammadryanelyeddari8631]

4:17 I really like this one. It's reminds me of how Ozil would hit the ball. It looks like Ferguson caught it under his foot, had it hit off the ground and bounce over the keeper.

[@Embetebe]

Have you considered putting out a tweet requesting people's best comical own goals?

[@Archie503]

The Van Dijk goal is reminiscent of a Brazilian fullback,not Carlos but Josimar 1986.Scored 2 worldies in 86 but the one against Poland is the one it reminds me of.

[@gamerpanda3255]

I’m happy that my goal was on the list!

[@oliverbrady6342]

"He's past the bubble...on the top of the box" Never change Zealand.

[@simonpercy1388]

You should try to do this but with all Football manager versions using the current match engine and have a rating system with like the top 30 maybe even invite other creator just go crazy as a goodbye to the match engine next year.

[@lawosluka7234]

the goalkeeper to volley one was the best

[@whitestripe1854]

That Coventry vs Leicester one was a 96th minute winner to make it 4-3 as well!

[@JennFaeAge]

I was going to say there are a pair of goals I wish I could've shared, but to be fair I don't know if they'd have got anywhere near this list. Ronaldo lobbing the Nottingham Forrest goalie from inside the center circle Neves hits a long ball to Messi, goalie rushes towards him so Leo takes a touch to hit the ball into the air and then, from outside the box, heads the ball over the goalkeeper and beyond the despairing dive of a defender

[@danielsantarosa101]

The 15th one is the kind of the goal that would make the player try it again every single game for the rest of their career in real life

[@minichalvo9818]

Mcsplatts goal in the VNL should have been here, if ykyk

[@Jerry.Y.S]

Unpopular opinion: the winner shouldn't even be in top 10

[@yellowscarlightningscream8347]

Well I have experienced most of these such goals in a long FM23 save with Port Vale town....... When you get into new-gen territory then you get to see absolutely crazy goals especially in European competitions

[@TheSilentScreamX]

That Marcus Edwards goal made me laugh. I too had an insane Marcus Edwards season in my Sporting save (49 games, 38 goals, 29 assists - he WAS my team), and ironically sold him to the team he scored against in the video for £72m.

[@Aussie_08]

0:00 The bite of '14 (Suarez on Chiellini)

[@Leo-uw3me]

sadly angrily but not surprisingly the 20th place goal is almost better than the first place endrick

[@ollieduracell]

I bet none of them won goal of the season in their saves though because winning goal of the season is just broken on FM 😂

[@yur048]

I wish this competition was also on the discord server(i dont have Twitter)

[@julianodriozola]

that last goal make Zlatan's on Sweden-England look like a tap-in

[@rivaanjhaveri4673]

bruh patrick shick scored basically the same goal in euro 2020, it was just more further out. crazy

[@safakkral35]

Thank you for giving me this honour, Zealand. I just got the chance to watch the video. Also, I'm sorry about the Nba game, i did not have another record of it. Keep up the good work!

[@Norman.Balc0]

Anyone else feel that overhead kicks are much more common this fm

[@99dndd]

I’ve scored 1 on FM23 compared to 0 from FM20-FM22 so yeah 😂

[@Norman.Balc0]

@@99dndd I scored 2 on the day it came out 😂

[@henrikmadsen6446]

Hi Zealand. Content idea: None of the FM streamers cover what physical condition actually does. Yes, it increase injury risk, and you say hard tackle to jerk around both their knees... and neck. But does condition do nothing beside that?? Does it decrease workrate and aggression? Does it decrease technicals? What does low condition do?

[@LukeMinecraft1739]

6:51 my favorite part

[@Sasquatch10]

2:45 i call that the finesse chip lob.

[@hessen5498]

Madueke scored Like 3 better than those for me

[@Jasoncj099]

LMAO and Bellingham scored the same goal today XD

[@domingod74]

10:10 We are having a pop here lads 🗣🗣🔥🔥🔥

[@Bunniejasmine]

happy to have made it! and totally justified not being any higher with those goals ahead of mine, these goals are ridiculous :')

[@lufcwls]

Love seeing the Cymru kit behind Z!

[@A_Baguette_]

you cant start with Toreador and not immediately invoke Freddy Fazbear Mr Zealand

[@Hartful13]

Just missed top 5! And those 5 above me were LIT! So that is cool beans!

[@eltonpinheiro410]

about that endrick goal, he already did that for u20 palmeiras

[@lazaron1]

Notice time and score with that Coventry bicycle kick vs Leicester

[@DetBareMikkel]

On the #2 goal, there is a bar at the top of the screen, where highlights of the match and be "tracked" so to speak. Much like the older FM's had. Is it a skin you have to dowload in the newer versions or am I missing something? Is it in the settings somewhere? How do I get it?

[@shapeovertime6364]

I think you get that when viewing replays of a game after the game has ended. I remember having that bar up when going through some highlights of my team’s games to figure out who to sell

[@DetBareMikkel]

@@shapeovertime6364 Ah, I see. Was hoping to get it during games. Oh well, thanks anyway!

[@mateuszsadowski6060]

#6 E. Can goal (L. Leiva assist) vs Watford vibe

[@hambonefakenamington13]

I had Julian Faubert score 2 very similar to #15 against me in the same damn season

[@ramanbaig1968]

its funny how all of us (including me) get hyped over a computer simulation

[@broganmckinlay4099]

3rd place 🎉 would like to thank my scout for finding the absolute gem of a right back and the defender for heading it out to him

[@mikeladen6214]

Imo the list is not great. I don't think endrick's goal is even the best bicycle kick scored

[@dayshadow39]

No11. Bicycle kick excellent, swerve on free-kick is unbelievable.

[@jediromanista3229]

Zealand predicted the Bellingham goal against Barca😂😂

[@hoovR]

endrick scored a similar goal irl in the 2022 u20 cup

[@waqqn]

okoye’s goal was so underrated

[@morlath4767]

This was a fantastic video. It's making me excited to see what insanity my team can pull off in FM24. Won't lie though, my head totally went to a condom/STD protection device when the Nord advert started....and I've been watching this channel for _years_ so I know Nord is a big sponsor of Zea!

[@cv_luka]

we need FM's goal of the month too

[@Theonewhomadethisedit]

agree

[@dimitrioli1506]

leetsgooo i was waiting whole year for this

[@ungface]

"all of the other voices in my head" So an entire galactic senates worth of committee members in that nogging?

[@saoirsedeltufo7436]

Sorry but how was the van Dijk one not top 2 at least?

[@endytu1788]

Great goals here but number 4 is so far ahead of the rest imo. Bicycle kicks and long shots are nice but that one is just ridiculous

[@POPUpKR]

#3 was the best tbh

[@Hogni2000]

I think you shold start a KÍ Klaksvík save in the new fm! Build up KÍ and Faroe Island

[@timcarlstrand5890]

17 is basically Kasami vs Crystal Palace 2014

[@budou2323]

lots of goals like Ibrahimovic today

[@timcliffsmith]

The thing I'm taking away from all these goals is that Zealand refers to the D as 'the bubble'.

[@trainofk]

I NEED to give a massive shoutout to whoever edited this one. The audio synchronization on the #1 goal was immaculate. Lining up the important parts leading into the guitar solo with both the kick and the ball hitting the net. Top notch.

[@pbsmoothie7281]

I'm confused. Z said he watched all the goals and selected the top ones. Is he just rereacting to them in the video then?

[@danielmannandersen2332]

Scored a volley after a short throw in with a 3 longshot, 70 CA player and didnt even get to submit it :(

[@catz8449]

FC Copenhagen scored an almost identical goal to #13 on this list after just 14 seconds yesterday.

[@MrCrispy941]

Can't hate the personal choice but for me its' 1. Ghana v Uruguay 2. Brazilian RB 3. Brunori

[@FazaLotu]

Oh freak I was waiting for this

[@AltoCalibreOP7]

so hurt that my tiki taka goal wasn't awarded but yeah those are some good finish goals hahah

[@christopheryoung2874]

Sweet video, homie!

[@jacoblea2200]

Do a best newgens from fans on fm 23 video next it would be cool to see some of the crazy stats

[@NunoC95]

hello Z, is the custom database that you used in your FM24 save available to download anywhere? best regards

[@Tubsidio]

Same gol from Rivaldo in 99. If you dont know it... take a look

[@onose10000]

you mean the one versus Valencia in 2001?

[@Ruok]

Didn't know there's such a competition going ... While I might be too late, I'll like to share the goal that won goal of the season in my current playthrough: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pYLGpIKCl5Vmnq8 Do let me know if this would have been a worthy contender!

[@charleslucas911]

Vid of the year not just goal of the year

[@CoolSkeIeton_95]

Bobby Endrick in 1956:

[@SensibleMax]

Endrick did a 'Rivaldo'

[@Preposterous93]

Please do a video of best team goals

[@asousaRD]

BANGERS!

[@lewisbrookes411]

All outrageous goals, none won goal of the season award in their respective saves

[@Rafaels3DPrintLab]

Edwards Goal was the best in my opinion

[@TheSiniSterrr]

When is the Zealand skin coming out for FM 2024?

[@keiranmcguire9988]

19 is the best

[@steven5232]

These just show how bad the FM23 match engine really is. 2 of the first 3 are essentially impossible as you'd not be able to get the ball to go in that direction after attempting that.

[@ademkaraman4795]

my favorite #9

[@tomkmb4120]

Is it Flair that causes some of these outrageous attempts?

[@codla796]

I just wonder why #13 is on the list?

[@110890nick]

kist shows they need to work on the goal keeper

[@jallen1504]

How did the Van Dijk goal not win?!?!?

[@jimsclahdi853]

I think 4 is the best tbh