Golden Shoe (UEFA)
The Golden Shoe of the UEFA is an award in European football . It is awarded annually to the most successful goalscorer of a season. Only players who play in the top divisions of the UEFA member associations are considered. In addition, the strength of the respective league is taken into account for the ranking, in which the goals are multiplied by a country factor.
The award was first presented in 1968 by the French magazine France Football . The trophy, then known as Soulier d'Or , went to the player who scored the most goals in league games in one season. The number of games played and the relative strength of the league played no role. In 1987 the Romanian Rodion Cămătaru secured the trophy with 44 goals. For a long time the Austrian Anton Polster led the ranking with 39 goals, but was still overtaken by Cămătaru, who scored 21 goals in the last six championship games. A few years later, Romanian officials admitted that Cămătaru's victory was achieved through manipulation . Polster subsequently received a Golden Shoe.
No prize was awarded between 1991 and 1996. The Cyprus Football Association protested Darko Pančev's win (34 goals) in 1991, claiming that the Cypriot league's top scorer scored 40 goals. However, the two top scorers in the Cypriot league had only scored 19 goals each. Pančev received retrospectively a Golden Shoe for 1991 in 2006. Since 1997 the prize has been awarded by the European Sports Media Association (ESM). A point system takes into account the different levels of play in the European leagues. The decisive factor here is the league's position in the UEFA five-year ranking .
Ten players have won the Golden Shoe more than once. Gerd Müller , Eusébio , Dudu Georgescu , Fernando Gomes , Mário Jardel , Thierry Henry , Diego Forlán and Luis Suárez each won twice, Cristiano Ronaldo four times and Lionel Messi six times.
Cristiano Ronaldo and Luis Suárez are the only players who have won the award in different leagues.
List of title holders
Title holder from 1968 to 1991
From 1968 to 1991, the player with the most goals won (maximum value is marked in bold ). No Golden Shoe was awarded from 1992 to 1996.
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Title holder since 1997
Since 1997 the player with the highest number of points ( marked in bold ) wins .
Officially awarded titles by nationality
| rank | country | number |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Portugal
|
8th |
| 2 |
 Argentina
|
7th |
| 3 |
 Netherlands
|
4th |
 Uruguay
|
4th | |
| 5 |
 Bulgaria
|
3 |
 Brazil
|
3 | |
 Italy
|
3 | |
 Romania
|
3 | |
| 9 |
 Germany
|
2 |
 France
|
2 | |
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|
2 | |
 Austria
|
2 | |
| 13 |
 Belgium
|
1 |
 England
|
1 | |
 Greece
|
1 | |
 Mexico
|
1 | |
 Sweden
|
1 | |
 Turkey
|
1 | |
 Wales
|
1 | |
 Cyprus
|
1 |
Unofficial leaderboards
The most successful goal scorers 1992–1996 (untitled)
No Golden Shoes were awarded during this period. According to the rules in force until 1991, the following players would have won the Golden Shoe between 1992 and 1996:
| season | Nat. | Surname | society | league | Gates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991/92 |
|
Ally McCoist c | Glasgow Rangers |
Scottish Premier Division
|
34 |
| 1992/93 |
|
Ally McCoist d | Glasgow Rangers |
Scottish Premier Division
|
34 |
| 1993/94 |
|
David Taylor | FC Porthmadog |
League of Wales
|
43 |
| 1994/95 |
|
Arsen Avetissyan | Hometmen Erewan |
Bardsragujn chumb
|
39 |
| 1995/96 |
|
Zviad Endeladze | Margveti Sestaponi |
Umaghlessi League
|
40 |
The most successful goal scorers since 1997
Official (marked green) and unofficial winners (according to original rules); most goals or the highest number of points are marked in bold .
Worldwide comparison
The IFFHS organization annually selects the best goal scorers of all top leagues worldwide ( winner list ).
The country factor
The country factor depends on the UEFA five-year rating . The goals in the first five leagues are multiplied by a factor of 2, the goals in leagues 6–22 are multiplied by 1.5 and the goals from the remaining leagues are simply counted.
Footnotes
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Sorin Arotăriţei, Roberto Di Maggio, Karel Stokkermans: Golden Boot ( "Soulier d'Or") Awards. In: rsssf.com. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation , August 18, 2016, accessed October 12, 2016 .
- ↑ The incredible Camataru. In: sportv.orf.at , accessed on June 7, 2020.
- ^ "Golden shoe" for Pancev. In: n-tv.de , August 4, 2006.
- ↑ soccerphile.com: Golden Boot: The Quotients Decide It All
- ↑ Messi conquista su sexta Bota de Oro. May 24, 2019, accessed May 24, 2019 (Spanish).
- ^ The award to Toni Polster was officially awarded on February 5, 1990 in Cologne.
- ↑ a b The Golden Shoe. In: eusm.eu , accessed on June 7, 2020.