Messi back in charge of Golden Shoe chase ahead of showdown with Juventus
LONDON: Lionel Messi’s two goals in Barcelona’s weekend win over Real Sociedad have edged him back into sole lead of the ESM Golden Shoe.
Messi totals 29 league goals so far this term, one more now than Bas Dost of Sporting Clube from Lisbon. The Argentinian’s hunger for goals was encouraging for Barcelona ahead of their bid to overturn a three-goal deficit in the UEFA Champions League against Juventus tomorrow.
Dost is bidding to become the first Dutchman to win the annual award for European football’s leading league marksman since Roy Makaay who scored 29 goals for Deportivo de La Coruna in in 2002-03.
Players’ goals totals are multiplied by a 1-2-3 ranking of the countries according to the UEFA Ranking of last July 1. That means the goals from numbers one (Spain) to five (Portugal) are doubled, goals from places six (France) to 22 (Denmark) are multiplied by 1.5.
As in previous years the Golden Shoe does not consider goals in play-off competitions.
Golden Shoe standings
(Ranking multiplication based on UEFA coefficient status)
1. Lionel Messi (FC Barcelona) 29 x 2 = 58
2. Bas Dost (Sporting Clube de Portugal) 28 x 2 = 56
3. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Borussia Dortmund) 26 x 2 = 52
— Robert Lewandowski (FC Bayern München) 26 x 2 = 52
5. Andrea Belotti (Torino FC) 25 x 2 = 50
Edin Džeko (AS Roma) 25 x 2 = 50
7. Romelu Lukaku (Everton FC) 24 x 2 = 48
Luis Suárez (FC Barcelona) 24 x 2 = 48
9. Gonzalo Higuaín (Juventus) 23 x 2 = 46
Anthony Modeste (1.FC Köln) 23 x 2 = 46
11. Edinson Cavani (Paris Saint-Germain) 29 x 1,5 = 43,5
12. Mauro Icardi (Internazionale) 21 x 2 = 42
Dries Mertens (SSC Napoli) 21 x 2 = 42
14. Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur) 20 x 2 = 40
15. Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) 19 x 2 = 38
Alexis Sánchez (Arsenal) 19 x 2 = 38
17. Ciro Immobile (Lazio Roma) 18 x 2 = 36
Alexandre Lacazette (Olympique Lyonnais) 24 x 1,5 = 36
Francisco Soares ‘Tiquinho’ (Vitória Guimarães SC/FC Porto) 18 x 2 = 36
20. Sergio Agüero (Manchester City) 17 x 2 = 34
Diego Costa (Chelsea) 17 x 2 = 34
Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Manchester United) 17 x 2 = 34
23. Dele Alli (Tottenham Hotspur) 16 x 2 = 32
Iago Aspas (RC Celta de Vigo) 16 x 2 = 32
Timo Werner (RasenBallsport Leipzig) 16 x 2 = 32
26. Marcus Berg (Panathinaikos) 21 x 1,5 = 31,5
27. Marco Borriello (US Cagliari Calcio) 15 x 2 = 30
Matt Derbyshire (AC Omonia Nicosia) 20 x 1,5 = 30
Antoine Griezmann (Atlético Madrid) 15 x 2 = 30
Konstantinos Mitroglou (SL Benfica) 15 x 2 = 30
André Silva (FC Porto) 15 x 2 = 30
Łukasz Teodorczyk (RSC Anderlecht) 20 x 1,5 = 30
33. Christian Gytkjaer (Rosenborg BK) 19 x 1,5 = 28,5
Nicolai Jørgensen (Feyenoord) 19 x 1,5 = 28,5
35. Aritz Aduriz (Athletic de Bilbao) 14 x 2 = 28
Jermaine Defoe (Sunderland AFC) 14 x 2 = 28
Alejandro Gómez (Atalanta Bergamo) 14 x 2 = 28
Mario Gomez (VfL Wolfsburg) 14 x 2 = 28
Eden Hazard (Chelsea) 14 x 2 = 28
Lorenzo Insigne (SSC Napoli) 14 x 2 = 28
Nikola Kalinić (ACF Fiorentina) 14 x 2 = 28
42. Radamel Falcao (AS Monaco) 18 x 1,5 = 27
Reza Ghoochannejhad (sc Heerenveen) 18 x 1,5 = 27
Guillaume Hoarau (BSC Young Boys) 18 x 1,5 = 27
Ricky van Wolfswinkel (Vitesse) 18 x 1,5 = 27
46. Carlos Bacca (AC Milan) 13 x 2 = 26
Sadio Mané (Liverpool FC) 13 x 2 = 26
48. Bafétimbi Gomis (Olympique Marseille) 17 x 1,5 = 25,5
Younés Hamza (Xanthi FC) 17 x 1,5 = 25,5
John Owoeri (BK Häcken) 17 x 1,5 = 25,5
Cenk Tosun (Besiktas JK) 17 x 1,5 = 25,5
Enes Ünal (FC Twente) 17 x 1,5 = 25,5
53. Evgeni Kabaev (Sillamäe Kalev) 25 x 1 = 25
54. Samuel Armenteros (Heracles Almelo) 16 x 1,5 = 24
Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace) 12 x 2 = 24
Joshua King (Bournemouth AFC) 12 x 2 = 24
Andrej Kramaric (TSG 1899 Hoffenheim) 12 x 2 = 24
Azdren Llullaku (CS Gaz Metan Mediaş) 16 x 1,5 = 24
Moussa Marega (Vitória Guimarães SC) 12 x 2 = 24
Marco Martini (SP La Fiorita) 24 x 1 = 24
Heung-Min Son (Tottenham Hotspur) 12 x 2 = 24
Pieros Sotirou (APOEL Nicosia FC) 16 x 1,5 = 24
‘Vágner Love’ Silva da Souza (Alanyaspor) 16 x 1,5 = 24
64. Gerard Gohou (FC Kairat Almaty) 23 x 1 = 23
Bojan Kaljević (Balzan FC) 23 x 1 = 23
Klæmint Olsen (NSÍ Runavik) 23 x 1 = 23
67. Deni Alar (SK Sturm Graz) 15 x 1,5 = 22,5
Sebastian Andersson (IFK Norrköping) 15 x 1,5 = 22,5
Mikhail Gordeichuk (BATE Borisov) 15 x 1,5 = 22,5
Marcin Robak (KKS Lech Poznán) 15 x 1,5 = 22,5
Vitali Rodionov (BATE Borisov) 15 x 1,5 = 22,5
Jelle Vossen (KRC Genk) 15 x 1,5 = 22,5
73. Diego Falcinelli (FC Crotone) 11 x 2 = 22
Roberto Firmino (Liverpool FC) 11 x 2 = 22
Kike Gomez (Europa FC) 22 x 1 = 22
Marek Hamsik (SSC Napoli) 11 x 2 = 22
Vedad Ibišević (Hertha BSC Berlin) 11 x 2 = 22
Fernando Llorente (Swansea City) 11 x 2 = 22
Andrew Mitchell (Dungannon Swifts FC) 22 x 1 = 22
Álvaro Morata (Real Madrid) 11 x 2 = 22
Gerard Moreno (RCD Espanyol) 11 x 2 = 22
Jason Oswell (Newtown AFC) 22 x 1 = 22
Mohamed Salah (AS Roma) 11 x 2 = 22
Giovanni Simeone (Genoa CFC) 11 x 2 = 22
Cyril Théréau (Udinese Calcio) 11 x 2 = 22
Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) 11 x 2 = 22
Sandro Wagner (SV Darmstadt 98) 11 x 2 = 22
‘Welthon’ Fiel Sampaio (Paços de Ferreira) 11 x 2 = 22
89. Egzijan Alioski (FC Lugano) 14 x 1,5 = 21
Kasper Dolberg (AFC Ajax) 14 x 1,5 = 21
Otto John (KF Trepça’89) 21 x 1 = 21
Vidar Orn Kjartansson (Malmö FF) 14 x 1,5 = 21
Páll Klettskard (KÍ Klaksvik) 21 x 1 = 21
Mimoun Mahi (FC Groningen) 14 x 1,5 = 21
Orlando Sá (Standard Liège) 14 x 1,5 = 21
Idriss Saadi (KV Kortrijk) 14 x 1,5 = 21
Milan Skoda (SK Slavia Praha) 14 x 1,5 = 21
Jens Toornstra (Feyenoord) 14 x 1,5 = 21
Ivan Trickovski (AEK Larnaca) 14 x 1,5 = 21
100. Federico Bernardeschi (ACF Fiorentina) 10 x 2 = 20
José Callejón (SSC Napoli) 10 x 2 = 20
Yannick Ferreira Carrasco (Atlético Madrid) 10 x 2 = 20
‘Rubén Castro’ Martín (Real Betis Balompié) 10 x 2 = 20
Troy Deeney (Watford FC) 10 x 2 = 20
Sergi Enrich (SD Eibar) 10 x 2 = 20
Iago Falqué (Torino FC) 10 x 2 = 20
Rui Pedro da Rocha Fonte (Sporting Braga) 10 x 2 = 20
Kevin Gameiro (Atlético Madrid) 10 x 2 = 20
Serge Gnabry (SV Werder Bremen) 10 x 2 = 20
Samir Hadji (CS Fola Esch) 20 x 1 = 20
Javier ‘Chicharito’ Hernández (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) 10 x 2 = 20
Willian José (Real Sociedad) 10 x 2 = 20
Andrija Kaludjerović (FK Žalgiris Vilnius) 20 x 1 = 20
‘Pedro León’ Sánchez Gil (SD Eibar) 10 x 2 = 20
Sergio León Limones (CA Osasuna) 10 x 2 = 20
Luis Muriel (UC Sampdoria) 10 x 2 = 20
Ilija Nestorovski (US Città di Palermo) 10 x 2 = 20
Pablo Piatti (RCD Espanyol) 10 x 2 = 20
Scott Sinclair (Celtic FC) 20 x 1 = 20
Theo Walcott (Arsenal) 10 x 2 = 20
Wissam Ben Yedder (Sevilla FC) 10 x 2 = 20
