List of UEFA Cup Winners' Cup top scorers


The UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was an annual association football cup competition organized by UEFA since 1960. Prior to 1994 the tournament was officially called the European Cup Winners' Cup. The competition was a straight knockout competition open only to the cup winner club of each country, or the losing finalist, if the winner managed a double. After the establishment of the UEFA Champions League in the early 1990s, the standing and prestige of the Cup Winners' Cup began to decline. With the expansion of the Champions League in 1997 to allow more than one team from the highest ranked member associations to enter, the CWC began to look noticeably inferior. By the late 1990s, the CWC had come to be seen as a second-rate competition with only one or two big name teams available to enter each year and the interest in the tournament from both major clubs and the public dropped. Finally, with the further expansion of the UEFA Champions League to include as many as three or four teams from the top footballing nations, the decision was taken to abolish the competition after the end of the 1998–99 tournament, which was won by Lazio.

All-time top scorers

RankingPlayerCountryGoalsAppRatioYearsClub
1Rob Rensenbrink Netherlands25360,641970–1978Club Brugge, Anderlecht
2Gerd Müller West Germany20250,801966–1972Bayern Munich
2Gianluca Vialli Italy20350,571988–1999Sampdoria, Chelsea
4François Van der Elst Belgium18300,601975–1980Anderlecht
5Roger Claessen Belgium17230,741965–1972Standard Liège, Beerschot
5Hans Krankl Austria17330,521972–1986Rapid Wien, Barcelona
7Mendonça Portugal16230,701961–1969Atlético Madrid, Barcelona
7Kurt Hamrin Sweden16230,701960–1968Fiorentina, Milan
9Włodzimierz Lubański Poland15170,881969–1971Górnik Zabrze
9Hristo Stoichkov Bulgaria15280,541988–1997CSKA Sofia, Barcelona
9Alon Mizrahi Israel15180,831993–1999Maccabi Haifa
12Lothar Emmerich West Germany1491,561965–1966Borussia Dortmund
12Peter Osgood England14180,781970–1977Chelsea, Southampton
12Kiril Milanov Bulgaria1481,751976–1983Levski Sofia, Lokomotiv Sofia
12Klaus Allofs West Germany14390,361979–1993Fortuna Düsseldorf, 1. FC Köln, Marseille, Werder Bremen

By season

The top scorer award is for the player who amassed the most goals in the tournament.
SeasonPlayerCountryClubGoals
1960–61Kurt Hamrin Sweden Fiorentina6
1961–62János Göröcs Hungary Újpest8
1962–63Georgi Asparuhov Bulgaria Botev Plovdiv6
1962–63Jimmy Greaves England Tottenham Hotspur6
1963–64Mascarenhas Portugal Sporting CP11
1964–65Pierre Kerkhoffs Netherlands Lausanne-Sports6
1964–65Václav Mašek Czechoslovakia Sparta Prague6
1964–65Ivan Mráz Czechoslovakia Sparta Prague6
1965–66Lothar Emmerich West Germany Borussia Dortmund14
1966–67Roger Claessen Belgium Standard Liège10
1967–68Uwe Seeler West Germany Hamburger SV8
1968–69Carl-Heinz Rühl West Germany 1. FC Köln6
1969–70Włodzimierz Lubański Poland Górnik Zabrze7
1970–71Włodzimierz Lubański Poland Górnik Zabrze8
1971–72Peter Osgood England Chelsea8
1972–73Luciano Chiarugi Italy Milan7
1973–74Jupp Heynckes West Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach8
1974–75Willy van der Kuijlen Netherlands PSV Eindhoven8
1975–76Rob Rensenbrink Netherlands Anderlecht8
1976–77Kiril Milanov Bulgaria Levski Sofia13
1977–78Ab Gritter Netherlands Twente6
1977–78Ferdinand Keller West Germany Hamburger SV6
1977–78François Van der Elst Belgium Anderlecht6
1978–79Alessandro Altobelli Italy Internazionale7
1979–80Mario Kempes Argentina Valencia9
1980–81David Cross England West Ham United6
1981–82Ramaz Shengelia Soviet Union Dinamo Tbilisi6
1981–82Eddy Voordeckers Belgium Standard Liège6
1982–83Santillana Spain Real Madrid8
1983–84Viktor Hrachov Soviet Union Shakhtyor Donetsk5
1983–84Mark McGhee Scotland Aberdeen5
1983–84Serhiy Morozov Soviet Union Shakhtyor Donetsk5
1984–85Valery Gazzaev Soviet Union Dynamo Moscow5
1984–85Andy Gray Scotland Everton5
1984–85Antonín Panenka Czechoslovakia Rapid Wien5
1985–86Ihor Belanov Soviet Union Dynamo Kyiv5
1985–86Oleg Blokhin Soviet Union Dynamo Kyiv5
1985–86Frank Lippmann East Germany Dynamo Dresden5
1985–86Oleksandr Zavarov Soviet Union Dynamo Kyiv5
1986–87John Bosman Netherlands Ajax8
1987–88Paulinho Cascavel Brazil Sporting CP6
1988–89Hristo Stoichkov Bulgaria CSKA Sofia7
1989–90Gianluca Vialli Italy Sampdoria7
1990–91Roberto Baggio Italy Juventus9
1991–92Peter Lipcsei Hungary Ferencváros6
1992–93Alexandre Czerniatynski Belgium Antwerp7
1993–94Ivaylo Andonov Bulgaria CSKA Sofia5
1993–94Eoin Jess Scotland Aberdeen5
1993–94Ulf Kirsten Germany Bayer Leverkusen5
1993–94Alon Mizrahi Israel Maccabi Haifa5
1994–95Ian Wright England Arsenal9
1995–96Petr Samec Czech Republic Hradec Králové9
1996–97Robbie Fowler England Liverpool7
1997–98Pasquale Luiso Italy Vicenza8
1998–99Alon Mizrahi Israel Maccabi Haifa7

By team