Lewandowski extends his lead in European Golden Shoe chase
KEIR RADNEDGE REPORTS: He’s still out in front. Robert Lewandowski maintained his lead in the ESM European Golden Shoe with his two goals in Bayern Munich’s 3-1 Bundesliga defeat of Freiburg.
The Pole has 33 goals, six more than Lazio’s Ciro Immobile from Italy where Serie A resumed at the weekend though the Rome club do not play their first game until the visit to Atalanta on Wednesday.
Lewandowski: Closed-doors celebration time again
The Golden Shoe is based on a ranking computed according to UEFA’s rankings last July. Thus marksmen from among the top five nations benefit from a multiple of 2.0, the next batch including Austria (places six to 22 ) a factor of 1.5 and the remainder 1.0.
The European Sports Media group has decided to resume the ranking while acknowledging that some leagues have already finished. As in previous years the Golden Shoe does not consider goals in play-off competitions.
Last season’s winner was Lionel Messi for a record-extending sixth time.
Golden Shoe standings
(Ranking multiplication based on UEFA coefficient status)
1. Robert Lewandowski (FC Bayern München) 33 x 2 = 66
2. Ciro Immobile (SS Lazio Roma) 27 x 2 = 54
3. Timo Werner (RasenBallsport Leipzig) 26 x 2 = 52
4. Erling Braut Haaland (Red Bull Salzburg/Borussia Dortmund) 16 x 1,5 + 13 x 2 = 50
5. Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus) 22 x 2 = 44
6. Lionel Messi (FC Barcelona) 21 x 2 = 42
7. Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) 19 x 2 = 38
8. Romelu Lukaku (FC Internazionale Milano) 18 x 2 = 36
Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint-Germain) 18 x 2 = 36
Wissam Ben Yedder (AS Monaco) 18 x 2 = 36
11. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Arsenal) 17 x 2 = 34
Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) 17 x 2 = 34
Jadon Sancho (Borussia Dortmund) 17 x 2 = 34
14. Odsonne Édouard (Celtic FC) 22 x 1,5 = 33
Shon Weissman (Wolfsberger AC) 22 x 1,5 = 33
16. Sergio Agüero (Manchester City) 16 x 2 = 32
Moussa Dembélé (Olympique Lyonnais) 16 x 2 = 32
Danny Ings (Southampton FC) 16 x 2 = 32
‘João Pedro’ Galvão (Cagliari Calcio) 16 x 2 = 32
Mohamed Salah (Liverpool FC) 16 x 2 = 32
Wout Weghorst (VfL Wolfsburg) 16 x 2 = 32
22. Jean-Pierre Nsame (BSC Young Boys) 21 x 1,5 = 31,5
23. Erik Sorga (Flora Tallinn) 31 x 1 = 31
24. Rouwen Hennings (Fortuna Düsseldorf) 15 x 2 = 30
Josip Iličić (Atalanta Bergamo) 15 x 2 = 30
Ivan Tričkovski (AEK Larnaca) 20 x 1,5 = 30
27. Ilia Shkurin (FC Zvezda-BGU Minsk) 19 x 1,5 = 28,5
Alexander Sørloth (Trabzonspor AŞ) 19 x 1,5 = 28,5
29. Raúl Alonso Jiménez (Wolverhampton Wanderers) 14 x 2 = 28
Sadio Mané (Liverpool FC) 14 x 2 = 28
Marcus Rashford (Manchester United) 14 x 2 = 28
32. Jonathan David (KAA Gent) 18 x 1,5 = 27
Dieumerci Mbokani (Royal Antwerp FC) 18 x 1,5 = 27
Aluísio ‘Júnior Moraes’ (FC Shakhtar Donetsk) 18 x 1,5 = 27
35. Tammy Abraham (Chelsea FC) 13 x 2 = 26
Dominic Calvert-Lewin (Everton FC) 13 x 2 = 26
Francesco Caputo (US Sassuolo Calcio) 13 x 2 = 26
Jhon Córdoba (1.FC Köln) 13 x 2 = 26
Luis Muriel Fruto (Atalanta Bergamo) 13 x 2 = 26
‘Neymar’ da Silva Santos Júnior (Paris Saint-Germain) 13 x 2 = 26
Florian Niederlechner (FC Augsburg) 13 x 2 = 26
Klaemint Olsen (NSÍ Runavik) 26 x 1 = 26
Victor Osimhen (Lille OSC) 13 x 2 = 26
Robin Quaison (1. FSV Mainz 05) 13 x 2 = 26
Duván Zapata (Atalanta Bergamo) 13 x 2 = 26
46. Youssef El Arabi (Olympiakos Piraeus FC) 17 x 1,5 = 25,5
Patson Daka (Red Bull Salzburg) 17 x 1,5 = 25,5
Mirko Maric (NK Osijek) 17 x 1,5 = 25,5
Kamil Wilczek (Bröndby IF) 17 x 1,5 = 25,5
50. Sebastian Andersson (1. FC Union Berlin) 12 x 2 = 24
Papiss Demba Cissé (Alanyaspor) 16 x 1,5 = 24
Habib Diallo (FC Metz) 12 x 2 = 24
Edin Dzeko (AS Roma) 12 x 2 = 24
‘Gerard’ Moreno Balagueró (Villarreal CF) 12 x 2 = 24
Serge Gnabry (FC Bayern München) 12 x 2 = 24
Kai Havertz (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) 12 x 2 = 24
Mauro Icardi (Paris Saint-Germain) 12 x 2 = 24
Nenad Lukic (FK TSC Backa Topola) 16 x 1,5 = 24
Lautaro Martínez (FC Internazionale Milano) 12 x 2 = 24
Nikola Petkovic (FK Javor Ivanjica) 16 x 1,5 = 24
Vladimir Siladi (FK TSC Backa Topola) 16 x 1,5 = 24
Raheem Sterling (Manchester City) 12 x 2 = 24
‘Carlos Vinícius’ Alves Morais (SL Benfica) 16 x 1,5 = 24
64. Steven Berghuis (Feyenoord) 15 x 1,5 = 22.5
Mohamed Buya Turay (Djurgärdens IF) 15 x 1,5 = 22,5
Cyriel Dessers (Heracles Almelo) 15 x 1,5 = 22,5
Christoph Monschein (FK Austria Wien) 15 x 1,5 = 22,5
Luís Miguel Afonso Fernandes ‘Pizzi’ (SL Benfica) 15 x 1,5 = 22,5
69. Darío Benedetto (Olympique Marseille) 11 x 2 = 22
Kasper Dolberg (OGC Nice) 11 x 2 = 22
Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur) 11 x 2 = 22
Tomislav Kis (FK Zalgiris Vilnius) 22 x 1 = 22
Anthony Martial (Manchester United) 11 x 2 = 22
Lucas Ocampos (Sevilla FC) 11 x 2 = 22
‘Lucas Pérez’ Martínez (Deportivo Alavés) 11 x 2 = 22
Andrea Petagna (SPAL) 11 x 2 = 22
Nils Petersen (SC Freiburg) 11 x 2 = 22
Teemu Pukki (Norwich City) 11 x 2 = 22
Marco Reus (Borussia Dortmund) 11 x 2 = 22
‘Roger’ Martí Salvador (Levante UD) 11 x 2 = 22
André Miguel Valente Silva (Eintracht Frankfurt) 11 x 2 = 22
Luis Suárez (FC Barcelona) 11 x 2 = 22
Chris Venables (Bala Town FC) 22 x 1 = 22
Chris Wood (Burnley FC) 11 x 2 = 22
** 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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