All Information About The Golden Boot Goal Scorer Prize

January 14, 2022

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The golden shoe is awarded every year to the most successful goalscorer of the season. We have summarized the rules of the competition as well as its history, the most recent award winners, and record holders. All information about the Golden Shoe can be found here at a glance. So here is All information about the Golden Boot goal scorer prize.

What is the Golden Shoe?

The Golden Shoe is an award launched by the French magazine France Football. The trophy is intended to award the most successful goalscorer in Europe.

Nowadays the association “European Sports Media” awards the award. Renowned sports magazines from all over Europe belong to it. Germany is represented by the FAZ and the kicker.

When Was The Golden Shoe Introduced?

The first golden shoe was awarded after the season of 1967/68. The award is celebrating its 50th anniversary after this season.

However, the trophy was not awarded between 1992 and 1996 – after that, with new calculation criteria.

Who Was The First Winner of The Golden Shoe?

The first-ever golden shoe was won by the Portuguese Eusebio. During his time at Benfica Lisbon, the “Pantera Negra” ensuring the most successful period in the club’s history.

Five years later, the born Mozambican was able to repeat the triumph.

How is The Golden Shoe Winner Determined?

When the award was introduced, it was all about the number of goals a player had scored in each season. The only restriction: It had to be the first division in a European country.

After the rules were changed between 1992 and 1996, a point system based on the five-year rating of UEFA now applies. In the five best leagues, the goals scored are multiplied by two, in leagues 6-22 by a factor of 1.5 and in all leagues below the goals are single.

Why Were The Golden Shoe Criteria Changed?

This should prevent too often players from weak leagues win the award. The idea behind this is that it is harder to score goals in Spain than in Estonia, for example.

As a result of the rule change, most of the current winners will come from the Premier League or the Primera Division. Had it not been for the change, another player would have been honored in 14 out of 20 years. Including the German Rainer Kauffmann, who scored 42 goals for Omonia Nicosia in Cyprus in 1997/98.

Who Are The Record Winners of The Golden Shoe?

So far, only ten players have ever won the Golden Shoe more than once. Fernando Gomes, Mario Jardel, Diego Forlan, Thierry Henry, and Luis Suarez call two trophies their own.

However, eternal opponents Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi jointly hold the record for most shoes. Both were able to secure the coveted trophy four times (within the last eleven years).

All Winners of The Golden Shoe At A Glance

Season	Player	Society	Gates
1967/68	Eusebio	Benfica Lisbon	42
68/69	Petar Shekov	CSKA Sofia	36
69/70	Gerd Müller	FC Bayern Munich	38
70/71	Josip Skoblar	Olympique Marseille	44
71/72	Gerd Müller	FC Bayern Munich	40
72/73	Eusebio	Benfica Lisbon	40
73/74	Hector Yazalde	Sporting Lisbon	46
74/75	Dudu Georgescu	Dinamo Bucharest	33
75/76	Sotiris Kaiafas	Omonia Nicosia	39
76/77	Dudu Georgescu	Dinamo Bucharest	47
77/78	Hans Krankl	SK Rapid Vienna	41
78/79	Kees Kist	AZ Alkmaar	34
79/80	Erwin Vandenbergh	Lierse SK	39
80/81	Georgi Slavkov	Botev Plovdiv	31
81/82	Wim Kieft	Ajax Amsterdam	32
82/83	Fernando Gomes	FC Porto	36
83/84	Ian Rush	Liverpool FC	32
84/85	Fernando Gomes	FC Porto	39
85/86	Marco van Basten	Ajax Amsterdam	37
86/87	Anton upholstery	FK Austria Vienna	39
87/88	Tanju Colak	Galatasaray Istanbul	39
88/89	Dorin Mateut	Dinamo Bucharest	43
89/90	Hugo Sanchez Christo Stoitschkow	real Madrid CSKA Sofia	38 38
90/91	Darko Pancev	Red Star Belgrade	34
No award between 92-96 / conversion of goals to points
96/97	Ronaldo	FC Barcelona	68
97/98	Nikolaos Machlas	Vitesse Arnhem	68
98/99	Mario Jardel	FC Porto	72
1999/2000	Kevin Philipps	Sunderland AFC	60
00/01	Henrik Larsson	Celtic Glasgow	52.5
01/02	Mario Jardel	Sporting Lisbon	63
02/03	Roy Makaay	Deportivo La Coruna	58
03/04	Thierry Henry	Arsenal FC	60
04/05	Thierry Henry Diego Forlan	Arsenal FC FC Villareal	50 50
05/06	Luca Toni	AC Florence	62
06/07	Francesco Totti	AS Roma	52
07/08	Cristiano Ronaldo	Manchester United	62
08/09	Diego Forlan	Atletico Madrid	64
09/10	Lionel Messi	FC Barcelona	68
10/11	Cristiano Ronaldo	real Madrid	80
11/12	Lionel Messi	FC Barcelona	100
12/13	Lionel Messi	FC Barcelona	92
13/14	Luis Suarez Cristiano Ronaldo	Liverpool FC real Madrid	62 62
14/15	Cristiano Ronaldo	real Madrid	96
15/16	Luis Suarez	FC Barcelona	80
16/17	Lionel Messi	FC Barcelona	74