European Golden Shoe

December 14th, 2007 by SM Dev (ste)

Since the 1967/68 season, the highest goal scorer in all the top European divisions each season, has been awarded the European Golden Boot.

Since the 1996/97 season, a points system has been introduced, which allows those in ‘tougher’ leagues to win even if they score fewer goals than someone in a ‘poor’ league. Goals are ranked differently between the leagues as follows:

• goals scored in leagues ranked 1st-8th according to the UEFA coefficient are multiplied by a factor 2.
• goals scored in leagues ranked 9th-21st according to the UEFA coefficient are multiplied by a factor 1.5.
• goals scored in leagues ranked 22nd and above according to the UEFA coefficient are not multiplied by a factor.

The new format helps the European Sports Magazine (ESM) decide who is awarded the prestigious award, as the ESM (a European association of football related publications) now have a means to judge fairly the number of goals scored by an individual (based on the respective strength of their league).

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