Capocannoniere

The Capocannoniere award (Italian: [ˌkapokanːoˈnjɛːre]; literally "head gunner"), known as Paolo Rossi Award[1] since 2021, is awarded by the Italian Footballers' Association (AIC) to the highest goalscorer of each season in Italy's Serie A. The award is currently held by Victor Osimhen, who scored 26 goals for Napoli in the 2022–23 season.

Paolo Rossi Award
Gunnar Nordahl, by winning the Capocannoniere award 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 byItalian Footballers' Association
Formerly calledCapocannoniere
First awarded1898
Currently held byVictor Osimhen (2022–23)
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.[2]

Winners

Data relating to seasons prior to 1923–24 are incomplete or imprecise due to scarcity of sources.

Key
  Player also won the European Golden Shoe (first awarded in 1968)

* Italian by naturalisation.

Season Player(s) Nationality Club(s) Goals[3]
1898 Edoardo Bosio
Norman Victor Leaver		  Italy
 England		 Internazionale Torino
Genoa		 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 Guido Pedroni  Italy Milan 3
1907 Hans Kämpfer   Switzerland Torino 7
1908 Mario Cagliani  Italy US Milanese 4
1909 Amilcare Pizzi  Italy US Milanese 9
1909–10 Unknown N/A N/A N/A
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
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 Fulvio Bernardini  Italy Lazio 21
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  Italy* Torino 35
1928–29 Gino Rossetti  Italy Torino 36
Foundation of Serie A
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  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  Italy* Bologna 22
1941–42 Aldo Boffi  Italy Milan 22
1942–43 Silvio Piola  Italy Lazio 21
1943–45 Not awarded
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 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		  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
Renamed as Paolo Rossi Award
2020–21 Cristiano Ronaldo  Portugal Juventus 29
2021–22 Ciro Immobile  Italy Lazio 27
2022–23 Victor Osimhen  Nigeria Napoli 26

Awards won by player

For 15 seasons the capocannonieri are unknown.

Rank Player Club(s) Country Titles Seasons
1Gunnar NordahlMilan Sweden51949–50, 1950–51, 1952–53, 1953–54, 1954–55
2Ciro ImmobileTorino, Lazio Italy42013–14, 2017–18, 2019–20, 2021–22
3Giuseppe MeazzaInternazionale Italy31929–30, 1935–36, 1937–38
Aldo BoffiMilan Italy31938–39, 1939–40, 1941–42
Gigi RivaCagliari Italy31966–67, 1968–69, 1969–70
Paolo PuliciTorino Italy31972–73, 1974–75, 1975–76
Roberto PruzzoRoma Italy31980–81, 1981–82, 1985–86
Michel PlatiniJuventus France31982–83, 1983–84, 1984–85
Giuseppe SignoriLazio Italy31992–93, 1993–94, 1995–96

Awards won by club
The Capocannoniere has been won 18 times by A.C. Milan players, the most recent being Zlatan Ibrahimović in 2012

For 13 seasons the clubs are unknown. Current Serie A teams are shown in bold.

Club Total
Milan 18
Juventus 17
Internazionale 14
Lazio 12
Torino 11
Roma 9
Bologna 7
Fiorentina 5
Napoli 4
Udinese 4
Cagliari 3
Sampdoria 3
Internazionale Torino 2
Livorno 2
US Milanese 2
Vicenza 2
Atalanta 1
Bari 1
Genoa 1
Piacenza 1
Hellas Verona 1

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

For 15 seasons the nationalities are unknown.

Country Total
 Italy 73
 Argentina 9
 Sweden 7
 France 4
 Brazil 3
 Denmark 3
 Uruguay 3
 Austria 2
 Hungary 2
 Netherlands 2
  Switzerland 2
 Ukraine 2
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1
 England 1
 Germany 1
 Wales 1
 Portugal 1
 Nigeria 1

See also

References
  1. THE PAOLO ROSSI AWARD IS BORN (in Italian). AIC
  2. "Serial-scoring Swede who inflamed Milan". FIFA. Archived from the original on 25 September 2015. Retrieved 4 September 2013.
  3. "Italy - Serie A Top Scorers". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 31 October 2015. Retrieved 4 September 2013.
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