List of UEFA Cup Winners' Cup top scorers

Summary

The UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (CWC) 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 (formerly called the European Champion Clubs' Cup) 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.

List of UEFA Cup Winners' Cup top scorers
Founded1960
RegionEurope (UEFA)
Number of teams32 (first round)
WebsiteOfficial website

All-time top scorers edit

Rank Player Goals Apps Ratio Years Club(s) (Goals)
1   Rob Rensenbrink 25 36 0.69 1970–1978 Club Brugge (2)
Anderlecht (23)
2   Gerd Müller 20 25 0.8 1966–1972 Bayern Munich (20)
  Gianluca Vialli 20 35 0.57 1988–1999 Sampdoria (13)
Chelsea (7)
4   François Van der Elst 18 30 0.6 1975–1980 Anderlecht (18)
5   Roger Claessen 17 23 0.74 1965–1972 Standard Liège (16)
Beerschot (1)
  Hans Krankl 17 33 0.52 1972–1986 Rapid Wien (8)
Barcelona (9)
7   Mendonça 16 23 0.7 1961–1969 Atlético Madrid (14)
Barcelona (2)
  Kurt Hamrin 16 23 0.7 1960–1968 Fiorentina (12)
Milan (4)
9   Włodzimierz Lubański 15 17 0.88 1969–1971 Górnik Zabrze (15)
  Hristo Stoichkov 15 28 0.54 1988–1997 CSKA Sofia (7)
Barcelona (8)
  Alon Mizrahi 15 18 0.83 1993–1999 Maccabi Haifa (15)
12   Lothar Emmerich 14 9 1.56 1965–1966 Borussia Dortmund (14)
  Peter Osgood 14 18 0.78 1970–1977 Chelsea (12)
Southampton (2)
  Kiril Milanov 14 8 1.75 1976–1983 Levski Sofia (13)
Lokomotiv Sofia (1)
  Klaus Allofs 14 39 0.36 1979–1993 Fortuna Düsseldorf (4)
1. FC Köln (4)
Marseille (4)
Werder Bremen (2)

Top scorers by season edit

The top scorer award is for the player who amassed the most goals in the tournament.

Season Player(s) Club(s) Goals
1960–61   Kurt Hamrin   Fiorentina 6
1961–62   János Göröcs   Újpest 8
1962–63   Georgi Asparuhov   Botev Plovdiv 6
  Jimmy Greaves   Tottenham Hotspur
1963–64   Mascarenhas   Sporting CP 11
1964–65   Pierre Kerkhoffs   Lausanne 6
  Václav Mašek   Sparta Prague
  Ivan Mráz   Sparta Prague
1965–66   Lothar Emmerich   Borussia Dortmund 14
1966–67   Roger Claessen   Standard Liège 10
1967–68   Uwe Seeler   Hamburger SV 8
1968–69   Carl-Heinz Rühl   1. FC Köln 6
1969–70   Włodzimierz Lubański   Górnik Zabrze 7
1970–71   Włodzimierz Lubański   Górnik Zabrze 8
1971–72   Peter Osgood   Chelsea 8
1972–73   Luciano Chiarugi   Milan 7
1973–74   Jupp Heynckes   Borussia Mönchengladbach 8
1974–75   Willy van der Kuijlen   PSV Eindhoven 8
1975–76   Rob Rensenbrink   Anderlecht 8
1976–77   Kiril Milanov   Levski Sofia 13
1977–78   Ab Gritter   Twente 6
  Ferdinand Keller   Hamburger SV
  François Van der Elst   Anderlecht
1978–79   Alessandro Altobelli   Inter Milan 7
1979–80   Mario Kempes   Valencia 9
1980–81   David Cross   West Ham United 6
1981–82   Ramaz Shengelia   Dinamo Tbilisi 6
  Eddy Voordeckers   Standard Liège
1982–83   Santillana   Real Madrid 8
1983–84   Viktor Hrachov   Shakhtyor Donetsk 5
  Mark McGhee   Aberdeen
  Serhiy Morozov   Shakhtyor Donetsk
1984–85   Valery Gazzaev   Dynamo Moscow 5
  Andy Gray   Everton
  Antonín Panenka   Rapid Wien
1985–86   Ihor Belanov   Dynamo Kyiv 5
  Oleg Blokhin   Dynamo Kyiv
  Frank Lippmann   Dynamo Dresden
  Oleksandr Zavarov   Dynamo Kyiv
1986–87   John Bosman   Ajax 8
1987–88   Paulinho Cascavel   Sporting CP 6
1988–89   Hristo Stoichkov   CSKA Sofia 7
1989–90   Gianluca Vialli   Sampdoria 7
1990–91   Roberto Baggio   Juventus 9
1991–92   Péter Lipcsei   Ferencváros 6
1992–93   Alexandre Czerniatynski   Antwerp 7
1993–94   Ivaylo Andonov   CSKA Sofia 5
  Eoin Jess   Aberdeen
  Ulf Kirsten   Bayer Leverkusen
  Alon Mizrahi   Maccabi Haifa
1994–95   Ian Wright   Arsenal 9
1995–96   Petr Samec   Hradec Králové 9
1996–97   Robbie Fowler   Liverpool 7
1997–98   Pasquale Luiso   Vicenza 8
1998–99   Alon Mizrahi   Maccabi Haifa 7

Source: RSSSF[1]

By player edit

Rank Player Titles Goals Seasons
1   Włodzimierz Lubański 2 15 1969–70, 1970–71
  Alon Mizrahi 12 1993–94*, 1998–99
  • * Two or more players were equal top scorers.
  • List is ordered by date of accomplishment.

By club edit

Rank Club Titles Goals Seasons
1   Dynamo Kyiv[nb 1] 3 15 1985–86*, 1985–86*, 1985–86*
2   Sparta Prague[nb 2] 2 12 1964–65*, 1964–65*
  Hamburger SV 14 1967–68, 1977–78*
  Górnik Zabrze 15 1969–70, 1970–71
  Anderlecht 14 1975–76, 1977–78*
  Standard Liège 16 1966–67, 1981–82*
  Shakhtyor Donetsk[nb 3] 10 1983–84*, 1983–84*
  Sporting CP 17 1963–64, 1987–88
  Aberdeen 12 1983–84*, 1993–94*
  CSKA Sofia 12 1988–89, 1993–94*
  Maccabi Haifa 12 1993–94*, 1998–99
  • * Two or more players were equal top scorers.
  • List is ordered by date of accomplishment.

By country edit

Rank Country Titles Goals Seasons
1   Germany[nb 4] 5 42 1965–66, 1967–68, 1968–69, 1973–74, 1977–78*, 1994–95*
  Ukraine[nb 5] 25 1983–84*, 1983–84*, 1985–86*, 1985–86*, 1985–86*
  Netherlands 36 1964–65*, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1977–78*, 1986–87
  England 36 1962–63*, 1971–72, 1980–81, 1994–95, 1996–97
  Italy 38 1972–73, 1978–79, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1997–98
6   Belgium 4 29 1966–67, 1977–78*, 1981–82*, 1992–93
  Bulgaria 31 1962–63*, 1976–77, 1988–89, 1993–94*
  Czech Republic[nb 6] 26 1964–65*, 1964–65*, 1984–85*, 1995–96
9   Scotland 3 15 1983–84*, 1984–85*, 1993–94*
10   Poland 2 15 1969–70, 1970–71
  Hungary 14 1961–62, 1991–92*
  Israel 12 1993–94*, 1998–99
  • * Two or more players were equal top scorers.
  • List is ordered by date of accomplishment.

Notes edit

  1. ^ In the 1985–86 season, three Dynamo Kyiv players were joint top scorers.
  2. ^ In the 1964–65 season, two Sparta Prague players were joint top scorers.
  3. ^ In the 1983–84 season, two Shakhtyor Donetsk players were joint top scorers.
  4. ^ Includes West Germany but not East Germany.
  5. ^ In the 1983–84 season, two Ukrainian players were joint top scorers, and in the 1985–86 season, three Ukrainians players were joint top scorers.
  6. ^ In the 1964–65 season, two Czech players were joint top scorers.

References edit

  1. ^ "Cup Winners Cup Topscorers".