UEFA Champions League each season’s leading goal scorer list – 1956-2019

UEFA Champions League Each Season’s Leading Goal Scorer – Since 1956

UEFA Champions League Each Season’s Leading Goal Scorer? Players with most Champions League goals? Who is the player with most goals in Champions League history? Who are the top goal scorers in Champions League History? Have you ever thought of finding out who is the Champions League all time leading goal scorer?

Which players have finished the top scorer at the end of each Champions League tournament? Well, if you don’t know then worry not because we have prepared a list of the Champions League Each seasons Leading goal scorer. Here we look at the UEFA Champions League Each Season’s Leading Goal Scorer.

Brief Information About The UCL

The Champions League is one of the most competitive competition is European football, which is consisted of the most power teams in Europe. The UEFA Champions League is the biggest football tournament in the world besides from the FIFA World Cup. The tournament is contested by European sides.

Champions League is the biggest rivalry in world football, in fact in the world of sports. The match draws over 500 million viewers around the world making one of the most watched football games in world. Apart from the World Cup final, it is the biggest game in world football.

Originally Champions League match matches which were held in the Spanish championship but nowadays it has been generalized to every single match between the two giants. The two clubs are among the richest and the most successful clubs in the world. In 2014, Forbes ranked the two the most valuable clubs in the world.

2018-19 season

This season has possibly been the best Champions League campaign in a a long long time.

For the first time in almost 10 years, Cristiano Ronaldo did not turn up for Real Madrid. There was the introduction of VAR. Then there was the promise of Lionel Messi who told Camp Nou he would bring back the Champions League to Catalonia.

Real Madrid, the three time defending champion on the trot looked like a toothless tiger without their talismanic Cristiano Ronaldo. They were knocked out by a young Ajax club full of heart. The Dutch club played some of the best football as they left the world awed by beating Real Madrid and Juventus.

On the other hand, Messi had 7 man of the matches in 8 attempts and had given Barcelona a 3-0 lead at Nou Camp against Liverpool before returning to Anfield to see his dreams crashed by a ruthless and determined Liverpool side who staged the mother of all comebacks.

Finally there was Tottenham Hotspur who stopped Ajax’ pure football with some great determination and heroic football and now they wait to play Liverpool in the final 3 weeks from today.

We must not also forget how Ole’s ruled out team came from 2-0 down at home to beat PSG 3-1 with a depleted side. What a season it has been.

So who is the leading goal scorer in this topsy turvy season? Read below to find out!

UEFA Champions League Past Golden Boot Winners! UEFA Champions League Each Season’s Leading Goal Scorer!

Here is the UEFA Champions League Each seasons top leading goal scorers since 1956-2018. Enjoy. ( Note * means goals scored so far).

UEFA Champions League Each Season’s Leading Goal Scorer since 2000-2018

Season	Top scorer		Team		Goals
2018/19		Lionel Messi		FC Barcelona	12
2017/2018		Cristiano Ronaldo		Real Madrid	15
2016/2017		Cristiano Ronaldo		Real Madrid	12
2015/2016		Cristiano Ronaldo		Real Madrid	16
2014/2015		Neymar		FC Barcelona	10
		Lionel Messi		FC Barcelona	10
		Cristiano Ronaldo		Real Madrid	10
2013/2014		Cristiano Ronaldo		Real Madrid	17
2012/2013		Cristiano Ronaldo		Real Madrid	12
2011/2012		Lionel Messi		FC Barcelona	14
2010/2011		Lionel Messi		FC Barcelona	12
2009/2010		Lionel Messi		FC Barcelona	8
2008/2009		Lionel Messi		FC Barcelona	9
2007/2008		Cristiano Ronaldo		Manchester United	8
2006/2007		Kaká		AC Milan	10
2005/2006		Andriy Shevchenko		AC Milan	9
2004/2005		Ruud van Nistelrooy		Manchester United	8
2003/2004		Morientes		AS Monaco	9
2002/2003		Ruud van Nistelrooy		Manchester United	12
2001/2002		Ruud van Nistelrooy		Manchester United	10
2000/2001		Jardel		Galatasaray	9
		Andriy Shevchenko		AC Milan	9
1999/2000		Sergiy Rebrov		Dinamo Kiev	10
		Rivaldo		FC Barcelona	10
		Raúl		Real Madrid	10
		Jardel		FC Porto	10

UEFA Champions League Each Season’s Leading Goal Scorer since 1955-1999

Season	Top scorer		Team		Goals
1998/1999		Andriy Shevchenko		Dinamo Kiev	10
1997/1998		Alessandro Del Piero		Juventus	10
1996/1997		Milinko Pantić		Atlético Madrid	5
1995/1996		Jari Litmanen		AFC Ajax	9
1994/1995		George Weah		Paris Saint-Germain	8
1993/1994		Wynton Rufer		Werder Bremen	8
		Ronald Koeman		FC Barcelona	8
1992/1993		Romário		PSV Eindhoven	7
1991/1992		Sergei Yuran		SL Benfica	7
		Jean-Pierre Papin		Olympique Marseille	7
1990/1991		Peter Pacult		FC Wacker Innsbruck	6
		Jean-Pierre Papin		Olympique Marseille	6
1989/1990		Romário		PSV Eindhoven	7
		Jean-Pierre Papin		Olympique Marseille	7
1988/1989		Marco van Basten		AC Milan	9
1987/1988		Rui Águas		SL Benfica	4
		Rabah Madjer		Valencia CF	4
		Michel		Real Madrid	4
		Jean-Marc Ferreri		Girondins Bordeaux	4
		Gheorghe Hagi		Steaua Bucureşti	4
		Alistair McCoist		Rangers FC	4
1986/1987		Boro Cvetkovic		Crvena Zvezda	7
1985/1986		Torbjörn Nilsson		IFK Göteborg	7
1984/1985		Torbjörn Nilsson		IFK Göteborg	7
		Michel Platini		Juventus	7
1983/1984		Viktor Sokol		Dinamo Minsk	6
1982/1983		Paolo Rossi		Juventus	6
1981/1982		Dieter Hoeneß		Bayern München	7
1980/1981		Terry McDermott		Liverpool FC	6
		Karl-Heinz Rummenigge		Bayern München	6
		Graeme Souness		Liverpool FC	6
1979/1980		Sören Lerby		AFC Ajax	10
1978/1979		Claudio Sulser		Grasshoppers Zürich	11
1977/1978		Allan Simonsen		Bor. Mönchengladbach	5
1976/1977		Gerd Müller		Bayern München	5
		Franco Cucinotta		FC Zürich	5
1975/1976		Jupp Heynckes		Bor. Mönchengladbach	6
1974/1975		Gerd Müller		Bayern München	5
		Eduard Markarov		FC Ararat	5
1973/1974		Gerd Müller		Bayern München	8
1972/1973		Gerd Müller		Bayern München	12
1971/1972		Sylvester Takac		Standard Liège	5
		Johan Cruyff		AFC Ajax	5
		Antal Dunai		Újpest FC	5
1970/1971		Antonis Antoniadis		Panathinaikos	10
1969/1970		Ove Kindvall		Feyenoord	7
		Mick Jones		Leeds United	7
1968/1969		Dennis Law		Manchester United	9
1967/1968		Eusébio		SL Benfica	6
1966/1967		Paul van Himst		RSC Anderlecht	6
1965/1966		Florian Albert		Ferencvárosi TC	7
		Eusébio		SL Benfica	7
1964/1965		José Torres		SL Benfica	9
		Eusébio		SL Benfica	9
1963/1964		Vladimir Kovacevic		Partizan	7
		Sandro Mazzola		Inter	7
		Ferenc Puskas		Real Madrid	7
1962/1963		Altafini		AC Milan	14
1961/1962		Heinz Strehl		1. FC Nürnberg	8
1960/1961		José Aguas		SL Benfica	11
1959/1960		Ferenc Puskas		Real Madrid	12
1958/1959		Just Fontaine		Stade Reims	10
1957/1958		Alfrédo di Stefano		Real Madrid	10
1956/1957		Dennis Viollet		Manchester United	9
1955/1956		Milos Milutinovic		Partizan	8

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