Capocannoniere Explained

Paolo Rossi Award
Current Awards:-->
Image Upright:-->
Awarded For:The leading goalscorer in a single Serie A season
Country:Italy
Presenter:Italian Footballers' Association
Former Name:Capocannoniere
Year:2011
Holder:Lautaro Martínez (2023–24)
Most Wins:Gunnar Nordahl (5)

The capocannoniere award (pronounced as /it/;), known as Paolo Rossi Award[1] since 2021, is awarded by the Italian Footballers' Association (AIC) to the highest goalscorer of each season in Italy's Serie A from the 2010–11 season, when it was called the AIC Award to the Top Scorer (Italian: Premio AIC al Capocannoniere in Italian). The award is currently held by Lautaro Martínez, who scored 24 goals for Internazionale in the 2023–24 season.

The highest number of goals scored to win the Capocannoniere is 36, by Gino Rossetti for Torino in 1928–29, Gonzalo Higuaín for Napoli in 2015–16 and Ciro Immobile for Lazio in 2019–20. Ferenc Hirzer, Julio Libonatti and Gunnar Nordahl are in joint fourth place for this record; they each scored 35 goals for Juventus, Torino and Milan respectively.

Gunnar Nordahl of Milan has won the title of capocannoniere five times: 1949–50, 1950–51, 1952–53, 1953–54 and 1954–55, more than any other player in the history of Italian championship.[2]

Winners

Data relating to seasons prior to 1923–24 are incomplete or imprecise due to scarcity of sources.

Key* Italian by naturalisation (Puricelli has been a capocannoniere both as an Uruguayan and an Italian player)
SeasonPlayer(s)NationalityClub(s)data-sort-type="number"Goals[3]
1898Edoardo Bosio
Norman Victor Leaver		 Italy
Internazionale Torino
Genoa		2
1899Albert WeberInternazionale Torino2
1900UnknownN/AN/AN/A
1901Umberto Malvano ItalyJuventus4
1902UnknownN/AN/AN/A
1903UnknownN/AJuventusN/A
1904UnknownN/AJuventusN/A
1905UnknownN/AN/AN/A
1906Guido Pedroni ItalyMilan3
1907Hans KämpferTorino7
1908Mario Cagliani ItalyUS Milanese4
1909Amilcare Pizzi ItalyUS Milanese9
1909–10UnknownN/AN/AN/A
1910–11UnknownN/AN/AN/A
1911–12UnknownN/AN/AN/A
1912–13UnknownN/AN/AN/A
1913–14UnknownN/AN/AN/A
1914–15UnknownN/AN/AN/A
1915–19Not awarded
1919–20UnknownN/AN/AN/A
1920–21UnknownN/AN/AN/A
1921–22 (FIGC)UnknownN/AN/AN/A
1921–22 (CCI)UnknownN/AN/AN/A
1922–23Fulvio Bernardini ItalyLazio24
1923–24Torino22
1924–25Mario Magnozzi ItalyLivorno19
1925–26Ferenc Hirzer HungaryJuventus35
1926–27Anton PowolnyInternazionale22
1927–28Julio Libonatti ItalyTorino35
1928–29Gino Rossetti ItalyTorino36
Foundation of Serie A
1929–30Giuseppe Meazza ItalyAmbrosiana-Inter31
1930–31Rodolfo Volk ItalyRoma28
1931–32 Italy
Bologna
Fiorentina		25
1932–33Felice Borel ItalyJuventus29
1933–34Felice Borel (2) ItalyJuventus32
1934–35Enrique Guaita ItalyRoma28
1935–36Giuseppe Meazza (2) ItalyAmbrosiana-Inter25
1936–37Silvio Piola ItalyLazio21
1937–38Giuseppe Meazza (3) ItalyAmbrosiana-Inter20
1938–39Ettore Puricelli
Aldo Boffi
Italy		Bologna
Milan		19
1939–40Aldo Boffi (2) ItalyMilan24
1940–41Ettore Puricelli (2) ItalyBologna22
1941–42Aldo Boffi (3) ItalyMilan22
1942–43Silvio Piola (2) ItalyLazio21
1943–45Not awarded
1945–46Guglielmo Gabetto ItalyTorino22
1946–47Valentino MazzolaTorino29
1947–48Giampiero BonipertiJuventus27
1948–49István Nyers HungaryInternazionale26
1949–50Gunnar NordahlMilan35
1950–51Gunnar Nordahl (2)Milan34
1951–52John HansenJuventus30
1952–53Gunnar Nordahl (3)Milan26
1953–54Gunnar Nordahl (4)Milan23
1954–55Gunnar Nordahl (5)Milan27
1955–56Gino PivatelliBologna29
1956–57Dino da CostaRoma22
1957–58John CharlesJuventus28
1958–59Antonio Valentín AngelilloInternazionale33
1959–60Omar SívoriJuventus28
1960–61Sergio BrighentiSampdoria27
1961–62José Altafini
Aurelio Milani
Milan
Fiorentina		22
1962–63
Bologna
Roma		19
1963–64Harald Nielsen (2)Bologna21
1964–65
Internazionale
Fiorentina		17
1965–66Luís VinícioVicenza25
1966–67Gigi RivaCagliari18
1967–68Pierino PratiMilan15
1968–69Gigi Riva (2)Cagliari21
1969–70Gigi Riva (3)Cagliari21
1970–71Roberto BoninsegnaInternazionale24
1971–72Roberto Boninsegna (2)Internazionale22
1972–73
Bologna
Torino
Milan		17
1973–74Giorgio ChinagliaLazio24
1974–75Paolino Pulici (2)Torino18
1975–76Paolino Pulici (3)Torino21
1976–77Francesco GrazianiTorino21
1977–78Paolo RossiVicenza24
1978–79Bruno GiordanoLazio19
1979–80Roberto BettegaJuventus16
1980–81Roberto PruzzoRoma18
1981–82Roberto Pruzzo (2)Roma15
1982–83Michel PlatiniJuventus16
1983–84Michel Platini (2)Juventus20
1984–85Michel Platini (3)Juventus18
1985–86Roberto Pruzzo (3)Roma19
1986–87Pietro Paolo VirdisMilan17
1987–88Napoli15
1988–89Aldo SerenaInternazionale22
1989–90Marco van BastenMilan19
1990–91Gianluca VialliSampdoria19
1991–92Marco van Basten (2)Milan25
1992–93Giuseppe SignoriLazio26
1993–94Giuseppe Signori (2)Lazio23
1994–95Gabriel BatistutaFiorentina26
1995–96Igor Protti
Giuseppe Signori (3)
Bari
Lazio		24
1996–97Filippo InzaghiAtalanta24
1997–98Oliver BierhoffUdinese27
1998–99Márcio AmorosoUdinese22
1999–2000Andriy ShevchenkoMilan24
2000–01Hernán CrespoLazio26
2001–02David Trezeguet
Dario Hübner
Juventus
Piacenza		24
2002–03Christian VieriInternazionale24
2003–04Andriy Shevchenko (2)Milan24
2004–05Cristiano LucarelliLivorno24
2005–06Luca ToniFiorentina31
2006–07Francesco TottiRoma26
2007–08Alessandro Del PieroJuventus21
2008–09Zlatan IbrahimovićInternazionale25
2009–10Antonio Di NataleUdinese29
AIC Award to the Top Scorer
2010–11Antonio Di Natale (2)Udinese28
2011–12Zlatan Ibrahimović (2)Milan28
2012–13Edinson CavaniNapoli29
2013–14Ciro ImmobileTorino22
2014–15Mauro Icardi
Luca Toni (2)
Internazionale
Hellas Verona		22
2015–16Gonzalo HiguaínNapoli36
2016–17Edin DžekoRoma29
2017–18Mauro Icardi (2)
Ciro Immobile (2)
Internazionale
Lazio		29
2018–19Fabio QuagliarellaSampdoria26
2019–20Ciro Immobile (3)Lazio36
Paolo Rossi Award
2020–21Cristiano RonaldoJuventus29
2021–22Ciro Immobile (4)Lazio27
2022–23Victor OsimhenNapoli26
2023–24Lautaro MartínezInternazionale24

Awards won by player

For 15 seasons the capocannonieri are unknown.

RankPlayerClub(s)CountryTitlesSeasons
1Gunnar NordahlMilan51949–50, 1950–51, 1952–53, 1953–54, 1954–55
2Ciro ImmobileTorino, Lazio42013–14, 2017–18, 2019–20, 2021–22
align=center rowspan=73Giuseppe MeazzaInternazionale31929–30, 1935–36, 1937–38
Aldo BoffiMilan31938–39, 1939–40, 1941–42
Gigi RivaCagliari31966–67, 1968–69, 1969–70
Paolo PuliciTorino31972–73, 1974–75, 1975–76
Roberto PruzzoRoma31980–81, 1981–82, 1985–86
Michel PlatiniJuventus31982–83, 1983–84, 1984–85
Giuseppe SignoriLazio31992–93, 1993–94, 1995–96

Awards won by club

For 13 seasons the clubs are unknown. Current Serie A teams are shown in bold.

ClubTotal
Milan18
Juventus17
Internazionale15
Lazio12
Torino11
Roma9
Bologna7
Fiorentina5
Napoli4
Udinese4
Cagliari3
Sampdoria3
Internazionale Torino2
Livorno2
US Milanese2
Vicenza2
Atalanta1
Bari1
Genoa1
Piacenza1
Hellas Verona1

Awards won by nationality

For 15 seasons the nationalities are unknown.

CountryTotal
align=left 73
align=left 10
align=left 7
align=left 4
align=left 3
align=left 3
align=left 3
align=left 2
align=left 2
align=left 2
align=left 2
align=left 2
align=left 1
align=left 1
align=left 1
align=left 1
align=left 1
align=left 1

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://www.assocalciatori.it/news/nasce-il-premio-paolo-rossi THE PAOLO ROSSI AWARD IS BORN (in Italian)
  2. Web site: Serial-scoring Swede who inflamed Milan . https://web.archive.org/web/20150925203543/http://www.fifa.com/fifa-tournaments/players-coaches/people=174807/profile.html . dead . 25 September 2015 . FIFA . 4 September 2013.
  3. Web site: Italy - Serie A Top Scorers . 4 September 2013 . live . . https://web.archive.org/web/20151031163443/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesi/italtops.html . 31 October 2015 .

This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Capocannoniere".

Except where otherwise indicated, Everything.Explained.Today is © Copyright 2009-2024, A B Cryer, All Rights Reserved. Cookie policy.