European Golden Shoe
The European Golden Shoe, formerly known as the European Golden Boot, is an association football award presented each season to the leading goalscorer in league matches from the top division of every European national league. From its inception in the 1967–68 season the award, originally called Soulier d'Or, which translates from French as Golden Shoe or Boot, was given by L'Équipe magazine to the top goalscorer in all European leagues that season.
Following a protest from the Cyprus FA where a player allegedly scored 40 goals, L'Équipe decided to make the competition unofficial until 1996; however, co-sponsors Adidas continued to present the award.[1] The top scorer for the 1990–91 season, Darko Pančev, did not receive his award until 2006.[2] It was reinstated in 1996 with different regulations. Since then, European Sports Magazines have awarded the Golden Shoe based on a points system that allows players in tougher leagues to win even if they score fewer goals than a player in a weaker league. With this modification goals are ranked differently between the leagues.
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1968 to 1991
Between 1968 and 1991, the European Golden Boot, as it was then known, was given to the highest goalscorer in any European league. This was regardless of the toughness of the league in which the top scorer played and the number of games in which the player had taken part. During this period Eusébio, Gerd Müller, Dudu Georgescu and Fernando Gomes each won the Golden Boot twice.[3]
Seasons when there were joint winners
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1991 to 1996
Originally, no allowance was made for the relative strengths of the leagues in which the players competed. Following a protest from the Cyprus FA, which claimed that a Cypriot player with 40 goals should have received the award (though the official top scorers for the season are both listed with 19 goals), L'Équipe issued no awards between 1991 and 1996; however, sponsors Adidas continued to present an award.[1] For the 1996–97 season, when European Sports Magazines (ESM), of which L'Équipe is a member, decided on a points system weighted according to the relative strength of each of Europe's leagues.
The winners in the interim were:
| Season | Country | Player | Club | League | Goals | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991–92 |  Scotland |
Ally McCoist | Rangers | Scottish Premier Division | 34 | [5][6] |
| 1992–93 | Scotland |
Ally McCoist | Rangers | Scottish Premier Division | 34 | [5][6] |
| 1993–94 |  Wales |
David Taylor | Porthmadog | League of Wales | 43 | [5] |
| 1994–95 |  Armenia |
Arsen Avetisyan | Homenetmen | Armenian Premier League | 39 | [5] |
| 1995–96 |  Georgia |
Zviad Endeladze | Margveti | Georgian Umaglesi Liga | 40 | [5] |
1996 to present
Since the 1996–97 season, European Sports Magazines have awarded the Golden Shoe based on a points system that allows players in tougher leagues to win even if they score fewer goals than a player in a weaker league.
The weightings are determined by the league's ranking on the UEFA coefficients, which in turn depend on the results of each league's clubs in European competition over the previous five seasons. Goals scored in the top five leagues according to the UEFA coefficients list are multiplied by a factor of two, and goals scored in the leagues ranked six to 21 are multiplied by 1.5.[5] Thus goals scored in Serie A, the top Italian football league, will count for more than those scored in the weaker Welsh Premier League, its Welsh equivalent.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Smith, Paul (2007). Rangers' Cult Heroes. United Kingdom: Know The Score Books. ISBN 978-1-905449-07-1.
- ↑ "Macedonia's Pancev gets his Golden Boot". setimes.com. http://www.setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/features/setimes/features/2006/08/15/feature-02. Retrieved 2008-02-23.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Golden Boot: The Quotients Decide It All". soccerphile.com. http://www.soccerphile.com/soccerphile/news/golden-boot.html. Retrieved 2008-02-20.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Hugo Sanchez and Hristo Stoichkov were joint winners.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.8 "Golden Boot ("Soulier d'Or") Awards". rsssf.com. http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/gboot.html. Retrieved 2008-02-23.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Life and times of Ally McCoist". BBC Sport. 2001-05-21. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/scotland/1342480.stm. Retrieved 2008-02-23.
- ↑ "Phillips nets Golden prize". BBC Sport. 29 July 2000. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/sunderland/856691.stm. Retrieved 23 February 2008.
- ↑ "Larsson wins Golden Shoe". BBC Sport. 17 June 2001. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/celtic/1393528.stm. Retrieved 27 February 2008.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 "Golden Shoe award winners". European Sports Magazines. http://www.eusm.eu/item/goldenshoe_winners.htm. Retrieved 7 March 2008.
- ↑ "Henry set for golden shoe". BBC Sport. 24 May 2004. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/a/arsenal/3743775.stm. Retrieved 23 February 2008.
- ↑ Thierry Henry and Diego Forlan were joint winners
- ↑ "Totti crowned Europe's top scorer". UEFA. 18 June 2007. http://www.uefa.com/footballeurope/news/kind=2/newsid=552524.html. Retrieved 23 February 2008.
- ↑ "Ronaldo scoops ESM Golden Shoe". UEFA. 17 June 2008. http://www.uefa.com/footballeurope/news/kind=2/newsid=720667.html. Retrieved 17 June 2008.
- ↑ "Forlán claims Golden Shoe and Pichichi awards". UEFA. 1 June 2009. http://www.uefa.com/footballeurope/news/kind=2/newsid=835149.html. Retrieved 1 June 2009.
External links
- European Sports Magazine
- 2009–10 standings at WorldSoccer.com
- UEFA coefficients list
- "European Golden Shoe winners from 1968 to 1991". napit.co.uk. http://www.napit.co.uk/viewus/infobank/football/awards/european_golden_boot.php. Retrieved 2008-03-07.
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