Thierry Henry climbed eight places to joint-second in the European Golden Shoe standings after scoring twice for Arsenal FC on Saturday but it will make little difference to the final standings.
Joy for Jardel
Sporting Clube de Portugal's Mario Jardel finished his season with 42 goals and is almost certainly the winner, with virtually all of the 2001/02 campaigns finished across Europe. The Brazilian has been out in front for much of the season and fully deserves the accolade.
Henry enjoys celebrations
Henry would have needed nine goals from Arsenal's last two matches to have gone in front of Jardel, but will not be too distraught by falling short. Arsenal beat Everton FC 4-3 at Highbury as the club celebrated winning the league and FA Cup double and Henry's two goals also made him the top scorer in the English FA Premiership with 24 goals. Henry moved up to 48 points, level with Dario Hubner of Piacenza FC and Juventus FC's David Trezeguet.
Few other movers
There were few other movers elsewhere either as the leagues in Italy, Portugal, France, Switzerland and Belgium had already come to an end. In Spain, there was a final round of matches played over the weekend but surprisingly no representatives from the Primera División finished up in the top ten. Diego Tristán of RC Deportivo La Coruña was the highest-placed player from Spain in joint-14th position, some 25 points behind the leader.
Latest standings (only league goals count):
| Pos | Name | Club (Country) | Gls | Val | Pts | | 1 | Mario Jardel | Sporting Clube de Portugal (POR) | 42 | 1.5 | 63 | | 2 | Dario Hubner | Piacenza FC (ITA) | 24 | 2 | 48 | | 2 | David Trezeguet | Juventus FC (ENG) | 24 | 2 | 48 | | 2 | Thierry Henry | Arsenal FC (ENG) | 24 | 2 | 48 | | 5 | Marc Lloyd Williams | Bangor City FC (WAL) | 47 | 1 | 47 | | 6 | Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink | Chelsea FC (ENG) | 23 | 2 | 46 | | 6 | Ruud van Nistelrooij | Manchester United FC(ENG) | 23 | 2 | 46 | | 6 | Alan Shearer | Newcastle United FC(ENG) | 23 | 2 | 46 | | 9 | Wesley Sonck | KRC Genk(BEL) | 30 | 1.5 | 45 | | 10 | Christian Vieri | Internazionale FC (ITA) | 22 | 2 | 44 | | 10 | Djibril Cissé | AJ Auxerre (FRA) | 22 | 2 | 44 | | 10 | Pauleta Resendes | FC Girondins de Bordeaux (FRA) | 22 | 2 | 44 | | 13 | Henrik Larsson | Celtic FC (SCO) | 29 | 1.5 | 43.5 | | 14 | Diego Tristán | RC Deportivo La Coruña (ESP) | 21 | 2 | 42 | | 14 | Ricardo Nuñez | Grasshopper-Club (SUI) | 28 | 1.5 | 42 | | 14 | Christian Giménez | FC Lugano/FC Basel (SUI) | 28 | 1.5 | 42 | | 17 | Ronald Brunmayr | Grazer AK (AUT) | 27 | 1.5 | 40.5 | | 18 | Marco di Vaio | Parma AC (ITA) | 20 | 2 | 40 | | 19 | Jean-Claude Darcheville | Lorient FC (FRA) | 19 | 2 | 38 | | 19 | Michael Owen | Liverpool FC (ENG) | 19 | 2 | 38 | | 21 | Paul Kpaka | KFC GB Antwerpen (BEL) | 25 | 1.5 | 37.5 | | 22 | Maksim Gruznov | JK Trans Narva (EST) | 37 | 1 | 37 | | 23 | Patrick Kluivert | FC Barcelona (ESP) | 18 | 2 | 36 | | 23 | Filippo Maniero | AC Venezia (ITA) | 18 | 2 | 36 | | 23 | Marcio Amoroso | BV Borussia Dormund(GER) | 18 | 2 | 36 | | 23 | Martin Max | TSV 1860 München (GER) | 18 | 2 | 36 | | 23 | Pierre van Hooijdonk | Feyenoord (HOL) | 24 | 1.5 | 36 | | 23 | Fernando Morientes | Real Madrid CF (ESP) | 18 | 2 | 36 | | 29 | Javier Saviola | FC Barcelona (ESP) | 17 | 2 | 34 | | 29 | Raúl Tamudo | RCD Espanyol (ESP) | 17 | 2 | 34 | | 29 | Michael Ballack | Bayer 04 Leverkusen (GER) | 17 | 2 | 34 | | 29 | Giovane Elber | FC Bayern München (GER) | 17 | 2 | 34 | | 29 | Ole Gunnar Solskjær | Manchester United FC (ENG) | 17 | 2 | 34 | | 29 | Catanha | RC Celta de Vigo (ESP) | 17 | 2 | 34 |
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Last updated 13 May 2002
Only the leading five countries (Spain, Italy, Germany, France and England) on the UEFA Ranking after the 2000/01 season have 2 as their multiplier. This is to emphasise the difference in (international) performance level between the clubs from those countries and those from the other countries.
In a change from last season, a player cannot first play in a summer league (e.g. Norway) and then in a winter league (e.g. Spain) and combine the points total for each season. For example, last season John Carew played for Rosenborg BK and then moved to Valencia CF for the start of the Spanish season. From this season, he would have had two separate rankings.
Figures from Voetbal International
