EIR RADNEDGE REPORTS: Kasper Junker of Norway’s Bodo/Glimt is the 27-goal leader in the Christmas compilation of the ESM European Golden Shoe rankings.

The Scandinavian leagues which traditionally play to a calendar-year schedule always provide the initial leaders before being overtaken in due course by the superstars of western Europe.

Junker, a 26-year-old former Danish under-21 international, joined Bodo/Glimt at the start of the year from AC Horsens.

Bayern Munich’s Robert Lewandowski is the leading pursuer from the traditional Golden Shoe powers with 17 goals so far in the Bundesliga.

The Golden Shoe is based on a ranking computed according to UEFA’s end-of-season 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.

Last season’s winner was Lazio’s Ciro Immobile.

Golden Shoe standings

(Ranking multiplication based on UEFA coefficient status)

1. Kasper Junker (FK Bodø/Glimt) 27 x 1,5 = 40,5
2. Amahl Pellegrino (Kristiansund BK) 25 x 1,5 = 37,5
3. Robert Lewandowski (FC Bayern München) 17 x 2 = 34
4. Philip Zinckernagel (FK Bodø/Glimt) 19 x 1,5 = 28,5
5. Christoffer Nyman (IFK Norrköping) 18 x 1,5 = 27
6. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool FC) 13 x 2 = 26
7. Veton Berisha (Viking FK Stavanger) 16 x 1,5 = 24
— Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus) 12 x 2 = 24
9. Rauno Sappinen (FC Flora Tallinn) 23 x 1 = 23
10. Astrit Seljmani (Varbergs BoIS) 15 x 1,5 = 22,5
11. Dominic Calvert-Lewin (Everton FC) 11 x 2 = 22
Romelu Lukaku (Internazionale Milano) 11 x 2 = 22
Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint-Germain) 11 x 2 = 22
Heung-Min Son (Tottenham Hotspur) 11 x 2 = 22
Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) 11 x 2 = 22
16. Paul Ebere Onuachu (KRC Genk) 14 x 1,5 = 21
Jens Petter Hauge (FK Bodø/Glimt) 14 x 1,5 = 21
Mushaga Bakenga (Odds BK) 14 x 1,5 = 21
Moses Ogbu (Mjällby AIF) 14 x 1,5 = 21
Isaac Kiese Thelin (Malmö FF) 14 x 1,5 = 21
21. Erling Braut Haaland (Borussia Dortmund) 10 x 2 = 20
Zlatan Ibrahimovic (AC Milan) 10 x 2 = 20
23. Anders Christiansen (Malmö FF) 13 x 1,5 = 19,5
Thomas Henry (Oud-Heverlee Leuven) 13 x 1,5 = 19,5
Leke James (Molde FK) 13 x 1,5 = 19,5
26. Maksim Skavysh (FC BATE Borisov) 19 x 1 = 19
27. Patrick Bamford (Leeds United) 9 x 2 = 18
Andrea Belotti (Torino FC) 9 x 2 = 18
Nahir Besara (Örebro SK) 12 x 1,5 = 18
Boulaye Dia (Stade de Reims) 9 x 2 = 18
Luiz Paulo Hilario ‘Dodô‘ (FC Liepaja) 18 x 1 = 18
Bruno Miguel Borges Fernandes (Manchester United) 9 x 2 = 18
Dino Islamovic (Rosenborg BK) 12 x 1,5 = 18
Aron Jóhannsson (Hammarby IF) 12 x 1,5 = 18
Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur) 9 x 2 = 18
Ohi Omoijuanfo (Molde FK) 12 x 1,5 = 18
Ulrik Saltnes (FK Bodø/Glimt) 12 x 1,5 = 18
André Miguel Silva (Eintracht Frankfurt) 9 x 2 = 18
Stefano Holmquist Vecchia (IK Sirius) 12 x 1,5 = 18
Wout Weghorst (VfL Wolfsburg) 9 x 2= 18
Kristoffer Zachariassen (Rosenborg BK) 12 x 1,5 = 18
42. Steven Lennon (FH Hafnarfjardar) 17 x 1 = 17
Klaemint Olsen (NSI Runavík) 17 x 1 = 17
Uros Stojanov (ÍF) 17 x 1 = 17
45. Youssef El-Arabi (Olympiakos Piraeus) 11 x 1,5 = 16,5
Sardar Azmoun (FC Zenit Sint-Petersburg) 11 x 1,5 = 16,5
Théo Bongonda (KRC Genk) 11 x 1,5 = 16,5
‘Danilo‘ Pereira da Silva (FC Twente) 11 x 1,5 = 16,5
Artem Dzyuba (FC Zenit Sint-Petersburg) 11 x 1,5 = 16,5
Hólmbert Aron Friðjónsson (Aalesunds FK) 11 x 1,5 = 16,5
Mario Gavranović (GNK Dinamo Zagreb) 11 x 1,5 = 16,5
Raphael Holzhauser (K Beerschot AC) 11 x 1,5 = 16,5
Anthony van den Hurk (Helsingborg IF) 11 x 1,5 = 16,5
Jesper Karlsson (Elfsborg IF) 11 x 1,5 = 16,5
Nenad Lukic (FK TSC Backa Topola) 11 x 1,5 = 16,5
Milan Makarić (FK Radnik Surdulica) 11 x 1,5 = 16,5
James Tavernier (Rangers FC) 11 x 1,5 = 16,5
Fredrik Ulvestad (Djurgården IF) 11 x 1,5 = 16,5