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Capocannoniere

Capocannoniere (Italian: [ˌkapokanːoˈnjɛːre]; literally "head gunner") is the title awarded to the highest goalscorer of each season in Italy's Serie A. The title is currently held by Ciro Immobile, who scored 36 goals for Lazio in the 2019–20 season.

Capocannoniere
Gunnar Nordahl - AC Milan.jpg
Gunnar Nordahl, by winning the Capocannoniere title five times, is the pluricapocannoniere of Serie A, while playing at A.C. Milan.
Awarded forThe leading goalscorer in a single Serie A season
CountryItaly
Presented bySerie A
First awarded1898
Currently held byCiro Immobile (36)
Most awardsGunnar Nordahl (5)

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.[1]

WinnersEdit

By seasonsEdit

Data relating to seasons prior to 1929–30 (establishment of Serie A), with special reference to seasons prior to 1923–24, may be incomplete or imprecise due to scarcity of sources.

Season Player(s) Nationality Club(s) Goals[2]
1898 Edoardo Bosio
Norman Victor Leaver 		  Italy
  England 		Genoa
Internazionale Torino 		2
1899 Albert Weber    Switzerland Internazionale Torino 2
1900 Unknown N/A N/A N/A
1901 Umberto Malvano   Italy Juventus 4
1902 Unknown N/A N/A N/A
1903 Unknown N/A Juventus N/A
1904 Unknown N/A Juventus N/A
1905 Unknown N/A N/A N/A
1906 Unknown N/A N/A N/A
1907 Hans Kämpfer    Switzerland Torino 7
1908 Unknown N/A N/A N/A
1909 Amilcare Pizzi   Italy US Milanese 9
1909–10 Ernest Peterly    Switzerland Internazionale 23
1910–11 Unknown N/A N/A N/A
1911–12 Unknown N/A N/A N/A
1912–13 Unknown N/A N/A N/A
1913–14 Unknown N/A N/A N/A
1914–15 Unknown N/A N/A N/A
1915-19 Not awarded N/A N/A N/A
1919–20 Unknown N/A N/A N/A
1920–21 Unknown N/A N/A N/A
1921–22 (FIGC) Unknown N/A N/A N/A
1921–22 (CCI) Unknown N/A N/A N/A
1922–23 Unknown N/A N/A N/A
1923–24 Heinrich Schönfeld   Austria Torino 22
1924–25 Mario Magnozzi   Italy Livorno 19
1925–26 Ferenc Hirzer   Hungary Juventus 35
1926–27 Anton Powolny   Austria Internazionale 22
1927–28 Julio Libonatti   Argentina/  Italy Torino 35
1928–29 Gino Rossetti   Italy Torino 36
1929–30 Giuseppe Meazza   Italy Ambrosiana-Inter 31
1930–31 Rodolfo Volk   Italy Roma 29
1931–32 Angelo Schiavio
Pedro Petrone 		  Italy
  Uruguay 		Bologna
Fiorentina 		25
1932–33 Felice Borel   Italy Juventus 29
1933–34 Felice Borel   Italy Juventus 31
1934–35 Enrique Guaita   Argentina/  Italy Roma 28
1935–36 Giuseppe Meazza   Italy Ambrosiana-Inter 25
1936–37 Silvio Piola   Italy Lazio 21
1937–38 Giuseppe Meazza   Italy Ambrosiana-Inter 20
1938–39 Ettore Puricelli
Aldo Boffi 		  Uruguay
  Italy 		Bologna
Milan 		19
1939–40 Aldo Boffi   Italy Milan 24
1940–41 Ettore Puricelli   Uruguay/  Italy Bologna 22
1941–42 Aldo Boffi   Italy Milan 22
1942–43 Silvio Piola   Italy Lazio 21
1943–45 Not awarded N/A N/A N/A
1945–46 Guglielmo Gabetto   Italy Torino 22
1946–47 Valentino Mazzola   Italy Torino 29
1947–48 Giampiero Boniperti   Italy Juventus 27
1948–49 István Nyers   Hungary Internazionale 26
1949–50 Gunnar Nordahl   Sweden Milan 35
1950–51 Gunnar Nordahl   Sweden Milan 34
1951–52 John Hansen   Denmark Juventus 30
1952–53 Gunnar Nordahl   Sweden Milan 26
1953–54 Gunnar Nordahl   Sweden Milan 23
1954–55 Gunnar Nordahl   Sweden Milan 27
1955–56 Gino Pivatelli   Italy Bologna 29
1956–57 Dino da Costa   Brazil/  Italy Roma 22
1957–58 John Charles   Wales Juventus 28
1958–59 Antonio Valentín Angelillo   Argentina Internazionale 33
1959–60 Omar Sívori   Argentina Juventus 28
1960–61 Sergio Brighenti   Italy Sampdoria 27
1961–62 José Altafini
Aurelio Milani 		  Brazil/  Italy
  Italy 		Milan
Fiorentina 		22
1962–63 Harald Nielsen
Pedro Manfredini 		  Denmark
  Argentina 		Bologna
Roma 		19
1963–64 Harald Nielsen   Denmark Bologna 21
1964–65 Sandro Mazzola
Alberto Orlando 		  Italy
  Italy 		Internazionale
Fiorentina 		17
1965–66 Luís Vinício   Brazil Vicenza 25
1966–67 Gigi Riva   Italy Cagliari 18
1967–68 Pierino Prati   Italy Milan 15
1968–69 Gigi Riva   Italy Cagliari 21
1969–70 Gigi Riva   Italy Cagliari 21
1970–71 Roberto Boninsegna   Italy Internazionale 24
1971–72 Roberto Boninsegna   Italy Internazionale 22
1972–73 Giuseppe Savoldi
Paolino Pulici
Gianni Rivera 		  Italy
  Italy
  Italy 		Bologna
Torino
Milan 		17
1973–74 Giorgio Chinaglia   Italy Lazio 24
1974–75 Paolino Pulici   Italy Torino 18
1975–76 Paolino Pulici   Italy Torino 21
1976–77 Francesco Graziani   Italy Torino 21
1977–78 Paolo Rossi   Italy Vicenza 24
1978–79 Bruno Giordano   Italy Lazio 19
1979–80 Roberto Bettega   Italy Juventus 16
1980–81 Roberto Pruzzo   Italy Roma 18
1981–82 Roberto Pruzzo   Italy Roma 15
1982–83 Michel Platini   France Juventus 16
1983–84 Michel Platini   France Juventus 20
1984–85 Michel Platini   France Juventus 18
1985–86 Roberto Pruzzo   Italy Roma 19
1986–87 Pietro Paolo Virdis   Italy Milan 17
1987–88 Diego Maradona   Argentina Napoli 15
1988–89 Aldo Serena   Italy Internazionale 22
1989–90 Marco van Basten   Netherlands Milan 19
1990–91 Gianluca Vialli   Italy Sampdoria 19
1991–92 Marco van Basten   Netherlands Milan 25
1992–93 Giuseppe Signori   Italy Lazio 26
1993–94 Giuseppe Signori   Italy Lazio 23
1994–95 Gabriel Batistuta   Argentina Fiorentina 26
1995–96 Igor Protti
Giuseppe Signori 		  Italy
  Italy 		Bari
Lazio 		24
1996–97 Filippo Inzaghi   Italy Atalanta 24
1997–98 Oliver Bierhoff   Germany Udinese 27
1998–99 Márcio Amoroso   Brazil Udinese 22
1999–2000 Andriy Shevchenko   Ukraine Milan 24
2000–01 Hernán Crespo   Argentina Lazio 26
2001–02 David Trezeguet
Dario Hübner 		  France
  Italy 		Juventus
Piacenza 		24
2002–03 Christian Vieri   Italy Internazionale 24
2003–04 Andriy Shevchenko   Ukraine Milan 24
2004–05 Cristiano Lucarelli   Italy Livorno 24
2005–06 Luca Toni   Italy Fiorentina 31
2006–07 Francesco Totti   Italy Roma 26
2007–08 Alessandro Del Piero   Italy Juventus 21
2008–09 Zlatan Ibrahimović   Sweden Internazionale 25
2009–10 Antonio Di Natale   Italy Udinese 29
2010–11 Antonio Di Natale   Italy Udinese 28
2011–12 Zlatan Ibrahimović   Sweden Milan 28
2012–13 Edinson Cavani   Uruguay Napoli 29
2013–14 Ciro Immobile   Italy Torino 22
2014–15 Mauro Icardi
Luca Toni 		  Argentina
  Italy 		Internazionale
Hellas Verona 		22
2015–16 Gonzalo Higuaín   Argentina Napoli 36
2016–17 Edin Džeko   Bosnia and Herzegovina Roma 29
2017–18 Mauro Icardi
Ciro Immobile 		  Argentina
  Italy 		Internazionale
Lazio 		29
2018–19 Fabio Quagliarella   Italy Sampdoria 26
2019–20 Ciro Immobile   Italy Lazio 36

By playerEdit

For 17 seasons the capocannonieri are unknown.

Rank Player Club Country Titles Seasons
1 Gunnar Nordahl Milan   Sweden 5 1949–50, 1950–51, 1952–53, 1953–54, 1954–55
2 Giuseppe Meazza Internazionale   Italy 3 1929–30, 1935–36, 1937–38
Aldo Boffi Milan   Italy 3 1938–39, 1939–40, 1941–42
Gigi Riva Cagliari   Italy 3 1966–67, 1968–69, 1969–70
Paolo Pulici Torino   Italy 3 1972–73, 1974–75, 1975–76
Roberto Pruzzo Roma   Italy 3 1980–81, 1981–82, 1985–86
Michel Platini Juventus   France 3 1982–83, 1983–84, 1984–85
Giuseppe Signori Lazio   Italy 3 1992–93, 1993–94, 1995–96
Ciro Immobile Lazio   Italy 3 2013–14, 2017–18, 2019–20

By clubEdit

 
The Capocannoniere has been won 17 times by A.C. Milan players, the most recent being Zlatan Ibrahimović in 2012

For 15 seasons the clubs are unknown.

Rank Club Titles
1st Milan 17
2nd Juventus 16
3rd Internazionale 15
4th Torino 11
5th Lazio 10
6th Roma 9
7th Bologna 7
8th Fiorentina 5
9th Udinese 4
10th Cagliari 3
10th Napoli 3
10th Sampdoria 3
13th Internazionale Torino 2
13th Livorno 2
13th Vicenza 2
16th Atalanta 1
16th Bari 1
16th Genoa 1
16th US Milanese 1
16th Piacenza 1
16th Hellas Verona 1

By countryEdit

 
Argentines are the most prolific foreign winners of the Capocannoniere, the most recent being Mauro Icardi of Internazionale in 2018.

For 17 seasons the nationalities are unknown.

Country Players
  Italy 72
(68 + 4 oriundi)
  Argentina 11
(9 + 2 oriundi)
  Sweden 7
  France 4
  Uruguay 4
(3 + 1 oriundi)
  Brazil 3
(2 + 1 oriundi)
  Denmark 3
   Switzerland 3
  Austria 2
  Hungary 2
  Netherlands 2
  Ukraine 2
  Bosnia and Herzegovina 1
  England 1
  Germany 1
  Wales 1

See alsoEdit

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ "Serial-scoring Swede who inflamed Milan". FIFA. Retrieved 4 September 2013.
  2. ^ "Italy - Serie A Top Scorers". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 31 October 2015. Retrieved 4 September 2013.

External linksEdit

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