LONDON: Ciro Immobile of Italian Serie A club Lazio is the first leader of the opening compilation for the European Golden Shoe administered by the European Sports Media grouping.

The Golden Shoe is based on a ranking computed according to UEFA’s July rankings. Thus marksmen from among the top five nations benefit from a multiple of 2.0, the next batch (places six to 22) a factor of 1.5 and the remainder 1.0.

As in previous years the Golden Shoe does not consider goals in play-off competitions.

Last season’s winner was Lionel Messi who collected the prize as the continent’s leading league marksman for a record-extending sixth time.

Messi finished Barcelona’s Spanish league title-winning campaign with 36 goals, three clear of Paris Saint-Germain’s Kylian Mbappe (33) and a massive 10 clear of Sampdoria’s Fabio Quagliarella (26).

Golden Shoe standings

(Ranking multiplication based on UEFA coefficient status)

1. Ciro Immobile (SS Lazio Roma) 17 x 2 = 34
2. Robert Lewandowski (FC Bayern München) 16 x 2 = 32
— Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) 16 x 2 = 32
4. Erik Sorga (Flora Tallinn) 31 x 1 = 31
5. Timo Werner (RasenBallsport Leipzig) 15 x 2 = 30
6. Ilia Shkurin (FC Zvezda-BGU Minsk) 19 x 1,5 = 28,5
7. Kamil Wilczek (Bröndby IF) 17 x 1,5 = 25,5
8. Klaemint Olsen (NSÍ Runavik) 25 x 1 = 25
9. Erling Haaland (Red Bull Salzburg) 16 x 1,5 = 24
Lionel Messi (FC Barcelona) 12 x 2 = 24
Shon Weissman (Wolfsberger AC) 16 x 1,5 = 24
12. Mohamed Buya Turay (Djurgärdens IF) 15 x 1,5 = 22,5
Jean-Pierre Nsame (BSC Young Boys) 15 x 1,5 = 22,5
14. Tammy Abraham (Chelsea FC) 11 x 2 = 22
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Arsenal) 11 x 2 = 22
Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) 11 x 2 = 22
Tomislav Kis (FK Zalgiris Vilnius) 22 x 1 = 22
Wissam Ben Yedder (AS Monaco) 11 x 2 = 22
19. Torgeir Børven (Odds BK) 21 x 1 = 21
Stanislav Dragun (FC BATE Borisov) 14 x 1,5 = 21
Aluísio ‘Júnior Moraes’ (FC Shakhtar Donetsk) 14 x 1,5 = 21
Vitaly Kvashuk (FC Gomel) 14 x 1,5 = 21
Dieumerci Mbokani (Royal Antwerp FC) 14 x 1,5 = 21
Robin Söder (IFK Göteborg) 14 x 1,5 = 21
Muamer Tankovic (Hammarby IF) 14 x 1,5 = 21
26. Moussa Dembélé (Olympique Lyonnais) 10 x 2 = 20
Rouwen Hennings (Fortuna Düsseldorf) 10 x 2 = 20
Levani Kutalia (FC Dinamo Tblisi) 20 x 1 = 20
Romelu Lukaku (FC Internazionale Milano) 10 x 2 = 20
‘João Pedro’ Galvão (Cagliari Calcio) 10 x 2 = 20
Marcus Rashford (Manchester United) 10 x 2 = 20
32. Patson Daka (Red Bull Salzburg) 13 x 1,5 = 19,5
Nikola Djurdjic (Hammarby IF) 13 x 1,5 = 19,5
Christoph Monschein (FK Austria Wien) 13 x 1,5 = 19,5
Markus Rosenberg (Malmö FF) 13 x 1,5 = 19,5
36. Aderinsola Habib Eseola (FC Kairat Almaty) 19 x 1 = 19
Marin Tomasov (FC Astana) 19 x 1 = 19
38. Sergio Agüero (Manchester City) 9 x 2 = 18
Jóannis Bjartalid (KÍ Klaksvík) 18 x 1 = 18
Memphis Depay (Olympique Lyonnais) 9 x 2 = 18
Habib Diallo (FC Metz) 9 x 2 = 18
Danny Ings (Southampton FC) 9 x 2 = 18
Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur) 9 x 2 = 18
Denis Laptev (FC Dinamo Brest) 12 x 1,5 = 18
Sadio Mané (Liverpool FC) 9 x 2 = 18
Mirko Maric (NK Osijek) 12 x 1,5 = 18
Luis Muriel Fruto (Atalanta Bergamo) 9 x 2 = 18
Pavel Nekhaychik (FC Dinamo Brest) 12 x 1,5 = 18
Victor Osimhen (Lille OSC) 9 x 2 = 18
Ronnie Schwartz (Silkeborg IF) 12 x 1,5 = 18
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** The Golden Shoe is administered, computed and formulated by the European Sports Media group whose members comprise: A Bola (Portugal), ElfVoetbal (Netherlands), Fanatik (Turkey), Foot Magazine (Belgium), Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (Germany), Gazzetta dello Sport (Italy), GoalNews/Sentragoal (Greece), Guerin Sportivo (Italy), Kicker (Germany), Marca (Spain), Nemzeti Sport (Hungary), SoFoot (France), Sport Express (Russia), Telegraaf/Telesport (Netherlands), Tipsbladet (Denmark), World Soccer (England). Affiliated members: Kick Off (South Africa), Titan Sport (China), Netease (China), SportalKorea (South-Korea).
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