The European Golden Shoe, formerly known as the European Golden Boot, is an association football award presented each season to the leading goalscorer from all of the top European divisions. Dudu Georgescu (born 1 September 1950) is a former Romanian footballer. Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered
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 France Football magazine to the top goalscorer in all European leagues that season. French ( français,) is a Romance language spoken around the world by 118 million people as a native language and by about 180 to 260 million people France Football is a French bi-weekly Magazine containing football news from all over the world No allowance was made for the relative strengths of those leagues. Between 1991 and 1996, the award was made unofficial following a protest from the Cyprus FA, which claimed that a player had scored 40 goals, despite the official top scorers for the season both being listed with 19 goals. The Cyprus football assosiation ( CFA) ( Greek: Κυπριακή Ομοσπονδία Ποδοσφαίρου, ΚΟΠ is the governing body of football [1]
The award was made official again for the 1996–97 season, when European Sports Magazines (ESM), of which France Football is a member, decided on a points system weighted according to the relative strength of each of Europe's leagues. European Sports Magazines ( ESM) is a European association of football related publications 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. See also UEFA European Football Championship, UEFA Champions League, UEFA Cup In European football, the UEFA coefficients The Union of European Football Associations (Union des associations européennes de football is the administrative and controlling body for European football. Thus goals scored in Serie A, the top Italian football league, will count for more than those scored in the weaker League of Wales, its Welsh equivalent. Serie A (officially known as the Lega Calcio Serie A TIM for Sponsorship reasons is a professional league competition for football clubs located Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest The Welsh Premier League is the national football league for Wales and is at the top of the Welsh football league system. [2]
As of the 2007–08 season, the current holder of the Golden Shoe is Cristiano Ronaldo of Manchester United, whose 31 goals in premier league gave him 62 points, becoming the first winger to win the award. Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro, OIH (kɾɨʃˈtiɐnu ʁuˈnaɫdu born 5 February 1985 in Funchal, Madeira) is a Portuguese footballer
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Winners from 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. Eusébio da Silva Ferreira, GCIH, GCM ( pron eu'zɛbiʊ dɐ 'siɫvɐ fɨ'ʁɐiɾɐ (born January 25, 1942 in Gerhard "Gerd" Müller (German ˈgɛʀt ˈmʏlɐ born November 3, 1945 in Nördlingen) is a former (West German football Dudu Georgescu (born 1 September 1950) is a former Romanian footballer. Fernando Mendes Soares Gomes born November 221956 in Porto, Portugal is a former professional footballer who achieved great success with FC Porto [2]
Seasons when there were joint winners
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Unofficial winners from 1991 to 1996
The Golden Shoe was made unofficial from 1991 to 1996, following a protest from the Cyprus FA where a player allegedly scored 40 goals, though the official top scorers for the season are both listed with 19 goals. Due to this affair, France Football decided to make the competition unofficial until 1996. The top scorer for the 1990–91 season, Darko Pancev, did not receive his award until 2006. Darko Pančev (Дарко Панчев) (born September 7, 1965 in Skopje, SFR Yugoslavia, now Republic of Macedonia) is a [4] It was reinstated in 1996 with different regulations. The "unofficial" Golden Shoe winners, according to the pre-1991 rules, would have been:
| Season | Player | Club | League | Goals | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991–92 |  Ally McCoist |
Rangers | Scottish Premier Division | 34 | [1][5] |
| 1992–93 | Ally McCoist |
Rangers | Scottish Premier Division | 34 | [1][5] |
| 1993–94 |  David Taylor |
Porthmadog | League of Wales | 43 | [1] |
| 1994–95 |  Arsen Avetisyan |
Homenetmen | Armenian Premier League | 39 | [1] |
| 1995–96 |  Zviad Endeladze |
Margveti | Georgian Umaglesi Liga | 40 | [1] |
Winners from 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. European Sports Magazines ( ESM) is a European association of football related publications With this modification goals are ranked differently between the leagues. 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. See also UEFA European Football Championship, UEFA Champions League, UEFA Cup In European football, the UEFA coefficients 5. [1]
Seasons when there were joint winners
| Season | Player | Club | League | Goals | Points | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996–97 |  Ronaldo |
Barcelona | Spanish La Liga | 34 | 68 | [1] |
| 1997–98 |  Nikos Machlas |
Vitesse Arnhem | Dutch Eredivisie | 34 | 68 | [1] |
| 1998–99 | Mário Jardel |
FC Porto | Portuguese Liga | 36 | 72 | [1] |
| 1999–00 |  Kevin Phillips |
Sunderland | English Premier League | 30 | 60 | [6] |
| 2000–01 |  Henrik Larsson |
Celtic | Scottish Premier League | 35 | 52. 5 | [7] |
| 2001–02 | Mário Jardel |
Sporting CP | Portuguese Liga | 42 | 63 | [8] |
| 2002–03 |  Roy Makaay |
Deportivo La Coruña | Spanish La Liga | 29 | 58 | [8] |
| 2003–04 |  Thierry Henry |
Arsenal | English Premier League | 30 | 60 | [9] |
| 2004–05[10] | Thierry Henry |
Arsenal | English Premier League | 25 | 50 | [8] |
| 2004–05[10] |  Diego Forlán |
Villarreal | Spanish La Liga | 25 | 50 | [8] |
| 2005–06 |  Luca Toni |
Fiorentina | Italian Serie A | 31 | 62 | [8] |
| 2006–07 | Francesco Totti |
Roma | Italian Serie A | 26 | 52 | [11] |
| 2007–08 |  Cristiano Ronaldo |
Manchester United | English Premier League | 31 | 62 | [12] |
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- ^ Macedonia's Pancev gets his Golden Boot. setimes. com. Retrieved on 2008-02-23. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1455 - Traditional date for the publication of the Gutenberg Bible, the first Western Book printed from Movable
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- ^ Larsson wins Golden Shoe. BBC Sport (2001-06-17). Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Events 1462 - Vlad III the Impaler attempts to assassinate Mehmed II ( The Night Attack) forcing him to retreat Retrieved on 2008-02-27. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1560 - The Treaty of Berwick, which would expel the French from Scotland, is signed by England and the Congregation
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- ^ a b Thierry Henry and Diego Forlan were joint winners
- ^ Totti crowned Europe's top scorer. UEFA (2007-06-18). Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 618 - Coronation of the Chinese governor Li Yuan as Emperor Gaozu of Tang, the new Emperor of China, initiating three centuries Retrieved on 2008-02-23. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1455 - Traditional date for the publication of the Gutenberg Bible, the first Western Book printed from Movable
- ^ Another award looms for Ronaldo. UEFA (2008-05-19). 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1535 - French explorer Jacques Cartier sets sail on his second voyage to North America with three ships 110 men and Retrieved on 2008-05-20. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 325 - The First Council of Nicaea &ndash the first Ecumenical Council of the Christian Church is held
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