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European Golden Shoe

The European Golden Shoe, or European Golden Boot is awarded each season to the player scoring the most club league goals in topflight European football. The inaugural Golden Show was won by Benfica’s Eusébio in 1968, who scored 42 goals in the Portuguese Primeira Liga in the 1967/68 season.

There was no official Golden Shoe awarded between 1991/92 and 1995/96 due to disputes over the winner. The award returned in the 1996/97 season when a points system was introduced which is weighted towards the top leagues in Europe. This weighting is based on the UEFA coefficients which also decide allocations for the Champions League and Europa League.

The top five leagues are the English Premier League, Spanish La Liga, German Bundesliga, Italian Serie A and French Ligue 1. These divisions have a coefficient of 2, meaning players here gain two points for each goal scored. The next 17 teams have a coefficient of 1.5 with every league after that gaining a single point per goal scored.

List of European Golden Shoe Winners: 1967/68 – 2020/21

Season Player Goals Club League
2020/21 Robert Lewandowski 41 Bayern Munich Bundesliga
2019/20 Ciro Immobile 36 S.S. Lazio Serie A
2018/19 Lionel Messi 36 Barcelona La Liga
2017/18 Lionel Messi 34 Barcelona La Liga
2016/17 Lionel Messi 37 Barcelona La Liga
2015/16 Luis Suárez 40 Barcelona La Liga
2014/15 Cristiano Ronaldo 48 Real Madrid La Liga
2013/14 Cristiano Ronaldo (DH) 31 Real Madrid La Liga
Luis Suárez (DH) Liverpool Premier League
2012/13 Lionel Messi 46 Barcelona La Liga
2011/12 Lionel Messi 50 Barcelona La Liga
2010/11 Cristiano Ronaldo 40 Real Madrid La Liga
2009/10 Lionel Messi 34 Barcelona La Liga
2008/09 Diego Forlán 32 Atlético Madrid La Liga
2007/08 Cristiano Ronaldo 31 Manchester United Premier League
2006/07 Francesco Totti 26 A.S. Roma Serie A
2005/06 Luca Toni 31 Fiorentina Serie A
2004/05 Diego Forlán (DH) 25 Villarreal La Liga
Thierry Henry (DH) Arsenal Premier League
2003/04 Thierry Henry 30 Arsenal Premier League
2002/03 Roy Makaay 29 Deportivo La Coruña La Liga
2001/02 Mário Jardel 42 Sporting CP Primeira Liga
2000/01 Henrik Larsson 35 Celtic Scottish Premier League
1999/00 Kevin Phillips 30 Sunderland Premier League
1998/99 Mário Jardel 36 FC Porto Primeira Liga
1997/98 Nikos Machlas 34 Vitesse Arhem Eredivisie
1996/97 Ronaldo 34 Barcelona La Liga
1995/96 Zviad Endeladze 40 Margveti Umaglesi Liga
1994/95 Arsen Avetisyan 39 Homenetmen Yerevan Armenian Premier League
1993/94 David Taylor 43 Porthmadog League of Wales
1992/93 Ally McCoist 34 Rangers Scottish Premier Division
1991/92 Ally McCoist 34 Rangers Scottish Premier Division
1990/91 Darko Pančev 34 Red Star Belgrade Yugoslav First League
1989/90 Hristo Stoichkov (DH) 38 CSKA Sofia A PFG
Hugo Sánchez (DH) Real Madrid La Liga
1988/89 Dorin Mateuț 43 Dinamo București Liga I
1987/88 Tanju Çolak 39 Galatasaray Süper Lig
1986/87 Toni Polster 39 Austria Wien Austrian Bundesliga
1985/86 Marco van Basten 37 Ajax Eredivisie
1984/85 Fernando Gomes 39 FC Porto Primeira Liga
1983/84 Ian Rush 32 Liverpool First Division
1982/83 Fernando Gomes 36 FC Porto Primeira Liga
1981/82 Wim Kieft 32 Ajax Eredivisie
1980/81 Georgi Slavkov 31 Botev Plovdiv Parva Liga
1979/80 Erwin Vandenbergh 39 Lierse Belgian First Division
1978/79 Kees Kist 34 AZ Alkmaar Eredivisie
1977/78 Hans Krankl 41 Rapid Wien Austrian Bundesliga
1976/77 Dudu Georgescu 47 Dinamo București Liga I
1975/76 Sotiris Kaiafas 39 Omonia Nicosia Cypriot First Division
1974/75 Dudu Georgescu 33 Dinamo București Liga I
1973/74 Héctor Yazalde 46 Sporting CP Primeira Liga
1972/73 Eusébio 40 S.L. Benfica Primeira Liga
1971/72 Gerd Müller 40 Bayern Munich Bundesliga
1970/71 Josip Skoblar 44 Marseille Ligue 1
1969/70 Gerd Müller 38 Bayern Munich Bundesliga
1968/69 Petar Zhekov 36 CSKA Sofia Parva Liga
1967/68 Eusébio 42 S.L. Benfica Primeira Liga

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