Belgian Golden Shoe


In association football, the Belgian Golden Shoe is an award given in Belgium at the beginning of each civil year to the best footballer of the Belgian First Division for the past year. The trophy is sponsored by the Belgian newspaper Het Laatste Nieuws.
The voters are a selection of Belgian press specialists and football personalities. They are invited to vote for the best player of the competition for both half seasons. As a result, a player can receive all of his votes in one half season, or he can receive votes for matches with two different teams, as with Philippe Albert in 1992 and Mbark Boussoufa in 2006.
Paul Van Himst has collected 4 Belgian Golden Shoes which is the current record. Jan Ceulemans and Wilfried Van Moer have both won the trophy three times. The first foreigner to win the trophy was the Dutchman Johan Boskamp, especially for his excellence during the second half of the 1974–75 season, when his club, RWDM, won its first and only championship title. The only foreigners who have won the award more than once are the Swede Pär Zetterberg and the Moroccan Mbark Boussoufa. In 2011, Argentinian Matías Suárez became the first South American to be awarded the Golden Shoe.
In 2016, Tessa Wullaert was awarded the first ever Golden Shoe for women football players.

Recipients (men)

YearWinnerClubSecondClubThirdClub
1954BeerschotAnderlechtRFC Liège
1955LierseAntwerpAnderlecht
1956AntwerpStandard LiègeDaring Club Bruxelles
1957AnderlechtRFC LiègeAntwerp
1958GentOlympic CharleroiStandard Liège
1959LierseOlympic CharleroiBeerschot
1960AnderlechtStandard LiègeGent
1961AnderlechtStandard LiègeAnderlecht
1962AnderlechtStandard LiègeAnderlecht
1963Standard LiègeAnderlechtLierse
1964AnderlechtAnderlechtStandard Liège
1965AnderlechtAnderlechtAnderlecht
1966AntwerpClub BruggeRFC Liège
1967Club BruggeStandard LiègeStandard Liège
1968Sint-TruidenStandard LiègeRacing White
1969Standard LiègeStandard LiègeRacing White
1970Standard LiègeStandard LiègeRacing White
1971Club BruggeAnderlechtStandard Liège
1972Standard LiègeRacing WhiteStandard Liège
1973Racing WhiteStandard LiègeClub Brugge
1974AnderlechtStandard LiègeRWDM
1975RWDMAnderlechtClub Brugge
1976AnderlechtAnderlechtClub Brugge
1977Club BruggeBeverenAnderlecht
1978BeverenClub BruggeAnderlecht
1979BeverenClub BruggeBeveren
1980Club BruggeBeringenLierse
1981LierseAnderlechtStandard Liège
1982Standard LiègeAnderlechtAnderlecht
1983AnderlechtBeverenClub Brugge
1984AnderlechtClub BruggeAnderlecht
1985Club BruggeWaregemAnderlecht
1986Club BruggeAnderlechtStandard Liège
1987MechelenAntwerpClub Brugge
1988MechelenClub BruggeMechelen
1989MechelenMechelenClub Brugge
Anderlecht
1990Club BruggeAnderlechtAnderlecht
1991AnderlechtMechelenAnderlecht
1992Mechelen
Anderlecht		Club BruggeCercle Brugge
1993AnderlechtClub BruggeCercle Brugge
1994AnderlechtClub BruggeClub Brugge
1995Club BruggeStandard LiègeAnderlecht
Sheffield Wednesday
1996Club BruggeAnderlechtGerminal Ekeren
1997AnderlechtClub BruggeLierse
1998GenkGenkClub Brugge
Anderlecht
1999AnderlechtLokeren
Anderlecht		Westerlo
2000AnderlechtMouscron
Anderlecht		Anderlecht
2001GenkClub BruggeAnderlecht
2002Club BruggeGenkSint-Truiden
2003AnderlechtAnderlechtMouscron
2004AnderlechtMouscron
Auxerre		Lierse
2005Standard LiègeAnderlechtAnderlecht
2006Gent
Anderlecht		Standard Liège
Anderlecht		Anderlecht
2007Standard LiègeAnderlechtCercle Brugge
2008Standard LiègeStandard LiègeStandard Liège
Everton
2009Standard LiègeAnderlechtAnderlecht
2010AnderlechtAnderlechtCercle Brugge
Genk
2011AnderlechtStandard Liège
Benfica		Genk
Atlético Madrid
2012AnderlechtGenkAnderlecht
2013Zulte WaregemClub BruggeAnderlecht
2014AnderlechtClub BruggeLokeren
2015GentGentGent
2016Club BruggeAnderlechtClub Brugge
2017Club BruggeAnderlecht
Monaco		Anderlecht
2018Club BruggeStandard LiègeGenk
2019Club BruggeAntwerpGenk
Atalanta

Breakdown of winners (men)

Multiple winners (men)

By nationality (men)

Recipients (women)